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Nas, Tribe Called Quest, Pharcyde To Rock The Bells This Summer [Lineups]
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Can I Kick It?
Rock Kid Sister Jay Electronica Wale Flosstradamus The Cool Kids Method Man & Redman Raekwon
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ROCK THE BELLS | Line-Up (Tribe & Pharcyde Reunions) + Tour Dates
Prez * Murs * Spank Rock * Kid Sister * Santogold * The Cool Kids * Jay Electronica * B.O.B. * Kidz
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[Photos] Whartscape 2008
, Rakim, Method Man & Redman, Raekwon & Ghostface, Immortal Technique, Dead Prez, Murs, Spankrock
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Nas, Mos Def, & Tribe Headline 2008 "Rock The Bells" Tour
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A Tribe Called Quest, Nas, Pharcyde Lead Rock the Bells 2008
the Machine. Other acts on the bill include Method Man and Redman, Raekwon, Immortal Technique, Dead Prez
(Rolling Stone: Rock & Roll Blog)
Rock The Bells
Technique, Dead Prez, Murs, Spank Rock, Kid Sister, Santogold, The Cool Kids, Jay Electronica, B.O.B., Wale
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Rock The Bells
, RAKIM, METHOD MAN & REDMAN, MURS, SPANK ROCK, KID SISTER, THE COOL KIDS, WALE, JAY ELECTRONICA, B
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News:: Rocking The Bells in TO and Vancity
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Idolator Rocks The Bells, Develops Kyphosis [ON THE SCENE]
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Saturday, Aug 23
12:00 AM
Ever since emerging as a member of Black Star in the late 1990s, Talib Kweli is one of the few artists making commercially viable music that matters. The Brooklyn bred rapper’s hard-hitting music has been able to educate and entertain simultaneously. So it is no wonder that at the peak of their fame, both Jay-Z and 50 Cent named Talib Kweli as one of their favorite rappers. With Ear Dr...
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God’s Son In 2001, with his platinum-selling Stillmatic, Nas created a classicchronicle of the streets and reclaimed his title as King of New York Rap—the city’s best MC and most authentic hip-hop hero. But Nas has always toldthose who listened close that the name of the game for him was never money,cash, or hoes. For Nas knowledge is king: knowledge of the world, of therap...
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You are now about to embark on a unique adventure where time, sound, and reality all have different meaning. No you won’t be hanging with Pee-Wee Herman money, your guide for this ride is none other than Reggie Noble BKA Redman, and the place with all the bass just happens to be The Dark Side. There’s no need to go into how Redman came on the scene housin’ $x%x! right ? What! ...
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In the dark, womb-like sanctuary of Jimi Hendrix’s Electric Lady studios in downtown Manhattan-a place that has birthed historical musical moments-sits the artist known as Iron Lung, Tical, Wu Brother #1, Johnny Blaze, and of course…Method Man. With a trusty, half-lit blunt by his side, he is lounging in front of white grand piano, his hands sweeping the keyboards, trying to remembe...
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At last, The Pharcyde has returned to the masses with yet another gem. The groups new album, Humboldt Beginnings, delivers all the creativity and talent from their Bizarre Ride days plus much more. It is the culmination of over ten years of honed musical passion and maturation. In that time The Pharcyde has put out 4 albums, been through one break-up, and formed their own record label; its been...
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RAEKWONThe Lex Diamond Story In 1993, hip-hop would be forever changed by the emergence of the gritty, Shaolin style of the seminal rap clique, the Wu-Tang Clan. Straight from the streets of Staten Island, New York, a unique conglomerate of nine individually exceptional lyricists flourished. Fondly referred to as the Wu, RZA, Method Man, Raekwon, Ghostface Killah, Inspectah Deck, GZA, U-God,...
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He is the only rapper with his own music festival. Each album he releases sells more than its predecessor. He toured the world without having a major record deal. So, there’s a reason why independent rap stalwart Murs decided to name his major label debut album Murs For President (Love And Rockets). Murs wants to be rap’s leader and spokesperson, the artist who helps give rap a credible face to...
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Many of today’s youth are not too familiar with the freedom fighters of the turbulent sixties. These men are. As rap faces its most challenging era, two aspiring revolutionaries in their early twenties emerge to pave the way for a stronger tomorrow.They call themselves dead presidents, and for good reason. M-1 and stic.man are leading the charge towards a topic that seems to be a dead iss...
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Since meeting on MySpace, The Cool Kids (Chuck Inglish and Mikey Rocks) have brought hooky rhymes and club cramming beats by blending old-school sounds with new-school jams, creating the perfect soundtrack from skate sessions to dance parties. Featured in Rolling Stone, The New Yorker, XXL and URB Performed at Rock the Bells, Lollapalooza and opened for M.I.A.
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Born in a military hospital in South America, Immortal Technique was brought to the United States in the early 80’s while a civil war was breaking out in his native Peru. The US supported puppet democracy and Guerilla factions were locked in a bitter struggle which ended like most do in Latin America, with the military and economic aid of the State Dept. through channels like the CIA. Alt...
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When Chicago native Jabari Evans began developing his literary gift in elementary school, he’d write short stories, poems, and anything else that would come to mind. By fifteen, he was deep into what would turn out to be his first published piece of work, a book titled “The Stiff Jab,” chronicling his life as a middle class, black male on Chicago’s rough Southside. With this writing came ...
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