Axum’s self titled debut is an in-your-face album that has broadened Israel’s definition of Hip-Hop, Reggae & Dancehall by adding a unique Middle Eastern and Ethiopian sound. It was co-produced by Sabbo of Soulico, who will be performing with Y-Love on Sept 28th at Jerusalem’s Kraft Stadium! Sabbo also remixed Y-Love’s “Move On”, we sort [...]
MazziveMazels to Kosha Dillz who will be featured on MTVu’s Freshman 5. Yes! “DooDoo” is up on MTVu The Freshman! The contest will run for 2 weeks and voting has begun for Kosha Dillz video “Doo Doo” on MTVu’s Freshman 5. The winner will be on massive rotation on the network and the [...]
Sep 1: Dmitriy Salita Fight & After-Party w/ Remedy, DeScribe, Y-Love (info here), NY
Sept: Y-Love & Electro Morocco ISRAEL TOUR
Sep 25: Diwon @ Yale, CT
Sept 28: Shemspeed Sukkot Show @ South Paw, NY (RSVP/Buy Tix)
Sep 28: Y-Love @ Kraft Stadium, ISRAEL
Oct 10: Y-Love @ 92Y, NY
Oct 19: CMJ Shemspeed Showcase @ Coco66, NY
Oct 30: [...]
It’s not just Y-Love & Drake. Check this article in the NY Times: In yeshivas, they are sometimes taunted as “monkeys” or with the Yiddish epithet for blacks. At synagogues and kosher restaurants, they engender blank stares. And dating can be awkward: their numbers are so small, friends will often share at least some romantic [...]
Shemspeed’s been following Dmitriy Salita’s career for a while now and we are really excited to work with him on his Redemption fight on Sept 1st at Oceana Hall! We will all be in the house VIP chillen and welcome you all to join with our Shemspeed discount tickets. Each ticket comes with a free [...]
Check out ‘The Socalled Movie’ about our boy Socalled from Montreal took the world by storm when he released his “You Are Never Alone” letting the world know that there is nothing unusual about being a Jewish Cowboy. The track showcased his production and inventiveness beyond any of his other previous tracks…it featured C-Rayz Walz [...]
MyJewishLearning are throwing a High Holiday Poetry Contest and the winners will receive stuffs from Shemspeed and Simon & Schuster! So send in your poems to mjl.poetry@gmail.com by 5:00 tomorrow night for the chance to win!
Of course, even if you don’t enter, keep your eyes peeled and your RSS feed set to stalk the MyJewishLearning [...]
Behind the scenes of possibly the biggest Jewish unity recording in history, Mordechai Ben David (the king of Jewish music) and Y-Love, (Jewish music’s best and most revolutionary rapper) took a few minutes from recording to shoot a snippet for Shemspeed TV. The session included Lipa Schmeltzer, Gad Elbaz, Piamenta, DeScribe, Yeedle and countless [...]
We were walking through the streets of Brooklyn and saw a poster for Edan’s show at the Knitting Factory, in Brooklyn, this Tuesday. If you aren’t familiar yet, it is worth checking out the show and reading our post from his last performance at Knitting Factory when they were still located in the city. (side [...]
Kosha Dillz is touring Europe right now and Y-Love will be touring Israel in the fall, but for those stuck in NY where the two live, well, we found a map at Heeb of Jew York City (as Y-Love calls it in this Free Download). So, print out their map and begin complaining about [...]
Yossele Rosenblatt died in 1933, one of the most celebrated cantors of his time, a time before clear recordings and digitized music. Mr. Rosenblatt earned his name, the Jewish Caruso with his impressive two and a half octave vocal range. This beautiful music would be lost to the world if not for Mendel Werdyger, [...]
Darkcho is an album of mystical Hasidic music, that sounds more like an indie folk rock album with tradition than what you would expect of a religious album. The music is very real, very meditative and very very human. A physical copy of this record is hard to find. As we look at the art [...]
Diwon will be throwing an all night party this saturday night at NY’s Bulgarian Bar, mixing his favorite Balkan, Israeli, Bhangra, & Bmore tracks. To get you ready for the all night dance party, we are posting his Sabra Sessions mixtape here, FREE!
8/14 - Bulgarian Bar
113 Ludlow between Rivington & Delancey.
11:45PM to 4:00AM / [...]
Y-Love’s first single from his hotly anticipated forthcoming record This is Unity, ‘Move On’, produced by Diwon and featuring DeScribe, is the beginning of the era of “global hiphop” — where global social consciousness combines with pop for the kids on the street. The club-friendly track is the first off the upcoming album, takes a [...]
If you missed the Punk Jews Party, well….!!!! don’t fret, cuz you could check out some Moshiach Oi with some cameo’s from Y-Love,, Eden, Blanket Statementstein, Golem, & Rivka Karasik.
Y-Love has just recorded a track for the Gulf Restoration Network, produced by Diwon, the track is an audio fundraiser helping to bring awareness to the Gulf Coast Oil Disaster and a call for action to help rebuild it! Please visit http://shemspeed.com/dl/grn and donate as you see fit.
Now for some info: Since the times [...]
We just saw this on ynet! Sixteen PresenTense fellows from US, Israel England and Australia work to improve Jewish communities in Jewish state and abroad. Through grassroots initiatives and small business models, 16 fellows from the PresenTense organization presented their projects in a Launch Night in Jerusalem recently. A Jewish keffiyah and a social [...]
There comes a time in a man or woman’s life where they have to stop listening to Miley Cyrus and responsibility kicks in. This time often comes with a heaviness of heart and a new outlook on life. It is most often accompanied by a desire for a new soundtrack to these new expereinces [...]
We have decided to move Punk Fest from Piano’s to Ella Lounge. It will now be even cooler, so see you all there!
here is the updated info:
Shemspeed Jewish Punk Fest at Ella Lounge
Featuring Moshiach Oi! & The Groggers
9 Ave ASt, NYC
10:30pm Doors / $8 Advance with RSVP / RSVP HERE or $10 Door
Facebook Event
Free [...]
“DeScribe’s ‘Harmony’ music video celebrates understanding between the Black and Jewish communities of Crown Heights; it is a positive and useful instrument for promoting unity and harmony in our diverse Brooklyn neighborhood.” - NYS Senator Eric Adams
For those that couldn’t attend, click play on the video to see some behind the scenes footage with DeScribe, [...]
C-Rayz Walz will be stopping by as a special guest on Kosha Dillz’s band performance, the two might perform a track or two off their famous collabo record, “Freestyle Vs. Written!” . This is the summer show, you just don;t want to miss! It all goes down tonight (8/2) at NYC’s Le Poisson Rouge! The [...]
Tonight’s Art & DJ Night at Gallery Bar was the second event as part of Shemspeed’s Summer Music & Art Fest and was amazingly fun. People of all ages and backgrounds came to view and buy art which expanded existing notions of what Jewish “looks” like. The evening was presented by Be’Chol Lashon [...]
DeScribe (pictured on the right) will be performing at this years Shemspeed Hip Hop Festival on August 2nd at NYC’s Le Poisson Rouge! The evening will be in celebration for the release of “A Tribe Called Tes” by Brooklyn’s own Tes Uno as well as Y-Love & Diwon’s new single, “Move On”. If that [...]
We love them so much that we are throwing an audio-fundraiser for them. The track features DeScribe, Dennis & Beniton the Menace.
Listen below and drop some grivny:
RAJE Song (audio fundraiser) by Shemspeed
Different Strokes is what they should be calling the CW! How times have changed…
