The A3C Hip Hop Festival announces the 2010 event will occur on North Avenue in Atlanta, GA with a home base centered around the legendary music complex, The Masquerade (www.masq.com).
Building upon the success of last year’s event, the A3C has three new priorities for 2010. The festival wants to provide an outdoor showcase and create a true block-party experience for fans.
The festival will have a centralized location that offers expanded educational content, including equipment demonstrations and panel discussions. 2009’s well received educational programs included panels on “Women in Hip Hop” and “State of the Industry” presented by GRAMMY U as well as a lecture by Public Enemy’s own Professor Griff.
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We mentioned this song earlier in the month but Skyzoo and !llmind along with the Duck Down crew now bring us the video to the aforementioned song, Frisbees.
The 3rd stop of the Atlanta Stargazing Tour is only 2 days away! SMKA continues to bring together some of the best local artists- this time with amost exclusively hip-hop acts- for only $5. With performances by Vonnegut, Stanza, Aleon Craft and Grip Plyaz you won’t want to miss this one!
To celebrate the official album release of Concrete Steppin, E Reece shares a third leak with the track “Don’t Front” featuring fellow L.A. emcees El Prez and Tunji. This track, as well as the singles “Fly Hi” and “The Game”.
I checked out a DJ Dmadness mixtape today called The Cee-Lo Green Mix at The Smoking Section. As you might imagine it’s pretty dope. It’s a pretty extensive mix of everything from Goodie Mob / Dungeon Family, to his solo work, to Gnarls Barkley with some rare tracks and b-sides, some of which I’ve never heard before. Most certainly worth a listen, see below for the link.
The latest from Gang Starr Foundation member Big Shug, Spit Six showcases DJ Premier’s 6 booms and 6 baps while Shug rhymes on like, 6 different mics.
Black Spade (a.k.a. Stoney Rock) along with Union LA and Trackstar brings you the refreshing new mixtape entitled “Build & Destroy.” He handles most of the production duties and features friends and frequent collaborators like Coultrain, Simeon (The Primeridian), Vic Spencer (Brainiac Society), ADaD, Rockwell Knuckles, Corey Black, Vic Mensah, Rita J, J Davey, Wafeek and others… Enjoy the download!
Riding hard (no pun) over the beat du jour, See.Francis puts his stamp on Waka Flocka’s Hard In da Paint.
Straight from HiPNOTT Records, Southern Cali Hip-Hop duo Tomorrow, Yesterday bring us their J. Bizness-produced EP as a warm-up to the album, To…, From… set to drop August 24, 2010.
A whole bunch of Southern guys took over Midtown this weekend: new Def Jam signee, quartet of freaks, and a super producer.
Big K.R.I.T. celebrated his Def Jam signing with Atlanta’s Hollyweerd and New Orleans Nesby Phips. Watch Maurice Garland’s after show interview with the king remembered in time. Hopefully he’ll be back in October to kill it again: A3C style.
More than a year ago, a staple for women in hip hop throughout Atlanta. Check out Boog Brown’s her new video that throughly expresses “this is real hip hop”.
