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November 2008 Blog Posts (69)

Shaka Pitts Mixtape Release Wrap-Up/Recap

In a great night of performances, The Turntable Club is the place where the Baltimore hip-hop community came together under one roof to celebrate the Mixtape release of one of its heros and leaders, Shaka Pitts, The Voice of Baltimore Hip-Hop.

The night kicked off with an opening performance by Trace Blam. The next act was the most versatile as Reina Williams went through a… Continue

Added by Mumbo Sauce on November 14, 2008 at 4:30am — No Comments

In Stores Now: Trick-Trick The Villain (Download Links Inside)

Detroit Hip-Hop Veteran Trick-Trick returns with a new project entitled The Villain.

Describing The Villain, Trick says, “I wanted to make music that I feel good about, to bring some real music back to the game. Each track is designed for its texture of song, texture of writing. I wanted to do what I felt good about, not chase after the times. Music is Eternal so I might have a song that is rotten as f***, and there’s a point to it. I’m… Continue

Added by Mumbo Sauce on November 13, 2008 at 12:00pm — No Comments

In Stores Now: Jedi Mind Tricks: History of Violence

Philly's own Underground Kings Jedi Mind Tricks returns with a new album History of Violence released on Babygrande. Tracklisting is below and links to download History of Violence to support JMT!

History of Violence Tracklisting

1. Intro - Jedi Mind Tricks, Baldwin, K.

2. Deathbed Doctrine

3. Deadly Melody - Jedi Mind Tricks, Diaz, I.

4. Monolith

5. Those with No Eyes (Interlude) - Jedi Mind… Continue

Added by Mumbo Sauce on November 13, 2008 at 11:30am — No Comments

Shaka Pitts Celebrates Mixtape Release @ Turntable Club!

Shaka Pitts aka The Voice of Baltimore Hip-Hop has made his presence felt on the Baltimore hip-hop scene and The Mid-Atlantic region as a whole. As an event host to over 30 events this year, including The Scribble Jam Preliminary event, audio engineer with numerous industry accolades, and most recently as host/creator of the LIVE call-in hip-hop radio program Real Talk Radio, Shaka Pitts has definitely put in his work.

Shaka… Continue

Added by mr.shadeed on November 13, 2008 at 11:00am — No Comments

In Stores Now: Kurupt Co-Starring Roscoe

The Phila-fornia legend is back with a new album alongside his brother Roscoe. Tracklisting is below and link to Kurupt and Roscoe freestyle.

Click Here to View freestyle by Kurupt and Roscoe:

http://iplanethiphop.ning.com/profiles/blogs/2042258:BlogPost:7006

Tracklisting

1. Intro

2. Hate on Me

3. Break It Down Like

4. Game Been Missin

5. All I Need

6. I Like dem… Continue

Added by Mumbo Sauce on November 13, 2008 at 8:30am — No Comments

Gillie Exposes Dirty Rik As Pedophile (It's Over for Rik)

In probably the most vicious recording this side of Tupac's Hit Em Up, Gillie Da Kid is back. This video is vicious because he interviews Dirty Rik's Baby's Mother and SHE goes all out and exposes him as a pedophile who sexually abused her two daughters and allegations that a gay man was paying Rik for sexual favors in Southwest Philly.

Needless to say, Dirty Rik is definitely not gonna rebound from this - the… Continue

Added by Mumbo Sauce on November 12, 2008 at 2:00am — No Comments

Rappers Who Served In The Military (Veteran's Day Edition)

Ice-T US Army

In celebration of this Veteran's Day 2008, Indie Planet TV has gone back and we present our readers with a list of rappers who served in the military. Military life is not all about Iraq and desert. When not at war or "in the field", the military is like a regular 9-5 in many ways. There are lots of soldiers who have studio equipment in their barracks and record entire albums, some of which lead… Continue

Added by mr.shadeed on November 11, 2008 at 11:00am — 1 Comment

Gillie Da Kid Exposes Dirty Rik (Video)

Philadelphia's own Gillie Da Kid is definitely the King of exposing fake tough-guy rappers.

Former Major Figgas affilate Dirty Rik has been releasing DVDs and freestyles going at Gillie recently.

In this clip, Gillie went and pulled up Dirty Rik's criminal history which reveals his past as a child predator and other no's-no's.… Continue

Added by Mumbo Sauce on November 9, 2008 at 10:30pm — No Comments

Primo Starr: IPTV Presents I GOT NEXT

I've seen the future, and his name is Primo Starr. The Lauren, South Carolina native displays a great deal of versatility and showcases a bright future in his "A Starr Still Shines" EP, which is a 7 song journey through trunk rattling music that is popular throughout the South to Boom Bap on joints such as Starr Power.

The versality throughout artists in the Carolinas is evident in Starr's music as he mentions Heavy Chevys and reference a… Continue

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Baltimore Crown Awards 2008 Recap

The Baltimore Crown Awards featured a diverse mix of talent from the Baltimore hip-hop community

under one roof.

The location was the 5 Seasons on Guilford Ave in Baltimore, MD.

The event featured awards given to the performers and key individuals behind-the-scenes who have made things happen for quite some time.

Bmore Crown was hosted by comedian Larry Lancaster, who kept the crowd moving with a mix of jokes for literally every artist who came on… Continue

Added by Mumbo Sauce on November 9, 2008 at 3:52am — No Comments

Baltimore Hip-Hop Comes Together to Celebrate the Best in The Scene

The Baltimore Scene proudly presents The Baltimore Crown2008 featuring a virtual who's who of the Baltimore Hip-Hop Scene. It will be hosted on November 7th TONIGHT! at The 5 Seasons 830 Guilford Ave, Baltimore MD.

Many people in the hip-hop community of B-more want more unity and this is an excellent step in that direction. Producer beat battle and awards will go out to people behind the scenes who consistently put it down for the… Continue

Added by Mumbo Sauce on November 7, 2008 at 2:00pm — No Comments

In Stores Now: Q-Tip "The Renaissance" (Album Download Links Inside)

Q-Tip of the legendary A Tribe Called Quest is back with a new solo album on his new label home Universal Motown entitled "The Renaissance". Due to the demand of the album from die-hard fans

the album release date has been pushed forward to be available digitally. The album is now

available here on www.theindieplanet.com (below), iTunes, Rhapsody, WalMart MP3, MySpace Music, and Napster.

The Renaissance features notable collaborations… Continue

Added by Mumbo Sauce on November 6, 2008 at 1:00pm — No Comments

In Stores Now: Little Brother: Separate But Equal (Drama Free Version)

Little Brother blesses the hip-hop world with Separate But Equal (Drama Free Version).

Some of the joints originally featured DJ Drama for a mixtape project (hence the name). Little Brother

added some bonus material and unreleased tracks.

Production featured Hall of Justus producers 9th Wonder and Krysis.

Separate But Equal Tracklisting

1. Knock Knock

2. Don't Trust Em (Skit)

3. Cross That Line… Continue

Added by Mumbo Sauce on November 6, 2008 at 12:31pm — No Comments

In Stores Now: Don Keke: Only the Strong Survive

Hosted by DJ Bigga Rankin, the H-town's own Don Keke returns with 20 tracks and 1 bonus.

1. RNR Speaks Real N99 Radio (Lil Keke)

2. Lil Keke Speaks (Lil Keke)

3. Tryin To Eat (Lil Keke)

4. Alive Free (Lil Keke)

5. Trae Speaks (Lil Keke)

6. I'm Still Holdin (Lil Keke)

7. Lil Keke Speaks (Lil Keke)

8. Let Your Nutz Hang (Lil Keke)

9. RNR Speaks (Lil Keke)

10. 1st Class Swag (Lil… Continue

Added by Mumbo Sauce on November 6, 2008 at 12:23pm — No Comments

In Stores Now: Ludacris/DJ Drama - The Preview

The Preview Tracklisting

1. And Starring (Ludacris and DJ Drama)

2. Still Spittin' (Ludacris and DJ Drama)

3. DTP Magic (Ludacris and DJ Drama feat. Willy Northpole)

4. Get Up Get Out (Ludacris and DJ Drama feat. Block Xchange)

5. So Thoro (Ludacris and DJ Drama)

6. The Vocalizer (Ludacris and DJ Drama)

7. Bigg Ass House (Ludacris and DJ Drama)

8. 2 Kings (Ludacris and DJ Drama feat.… Continue

Added by Mumbo Sauce on November 6, 2008 at 12:21pm — No Comments

Young Jeezy - My President (Download + Lyrics)

Young Jeezy aka The Snowman is notorious for dopeboy lyricism. Many have criticized him for his content. His content on his latest release The Recession shows Jeezy infusing his songs with songs that relate to people Black, White, Brown that reside outside of the trap.

One of the tracks on My President (Is Black) where he speaks on current events and even the controversial comments concerning Pimp C.

Jeezy enlisted the services… Continue

Added by Mumbo Sauce on November 6, 2008 at 2:30am — No Comments

Bemad llc Exclusive Interview (Part I

In the late 1980's when the music world was being transformed, entrepreneur Darrio Green formed , FULANI. Inc an innovative and revolutionary company. With the music industry growing and dance music making its move into the main stream, there was a void in the area of professional management for new artists, especially where DJ and producers were concerned so with the help of his brother they decided to get involved in the development of the artist,… Continue

Added by The Chef on November 6, 2008 at 1:30am — No Comments

Hip-Hop Community Comes Together for Change (Editorial)

Jay-Z lends his support for Barack Obama

The voice of hip-hop has sounded loudly over the 2008 Presidential election.

I would like to acknowledge the fact that in no other election has the voice of hip-hop been so loud, proud, and vocal behind one candidate.

Voters young and old, arrived at the polls in record numbers to cast their vote for the candidate that they felt would impact… Continue

Added by mr.shadeed on November 5, 2008 at 10:30am — No Comments

Coming Out For Obama

The primary party I co-hosted last night was fantastic. Although my friend and I didn’t organize it in support of a specific candidate, the 200+ guest who attended turned out to be staunch Obama supporters. I made a beautiful Obama ‘08 cake (above), a man brought fresh donuts because they’re “O-shaped and delicious”, followed by the cocktail party my company provided, and most everyone sported both their trilingual “I Voted!” stickers and something… Continue

Added by The Chef on November 5, 2008 at 1:45am — No Comments

In the Lab: MPC 500

MPC 500 Product Info Page

In today's portable society of cell phones and mobile devices, it is becoming more and more important to

bring more of your studio on the road.

AKAI's MPC 500 was designed with the road warrior/musician in mind. The unit features the sequencing and pad design that has made the MPC a staple in the hip-hop community.

This unit is… Continue

Added by Mumbo Sauce on November 4, 2008 at 10:43pm — No Comments