Promoters of Mos/DOOM Show Issue Statement
By now, everyone knows about last Saturday's DOOM/Mos Def show. Today the promoters of the show issued a statement regarding DOOM's performance. Just to be clear, DOOM and Mos Def's actions are their actions. It would be erroneous to assume that the promoters signed on to hoodwink everyone, and they've done plenty of shows to prove otherwise. I also wrote in my review that many of the very complaints being made are reflective of DOOM's whole M.O., so I'm not sure why people are going after the promoters... In reality, they took a risk in trying to bring a dope concert to Chicago. I know I was excited when I learned of the concert, and for that, they should be commended for taking the chance. No promoter gets up thinking, "man, I hope this show goes way over schedule, and people throw s**t at my DJs..." Things went down how they did, and they're working to fix it.
Check out their statement below
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RH TV: Closed Session w/Emilio Rojas, Scheme, and Astonish
Last week we released "Helluva Year" a new Closed Sessions joint featuring Emilio Rojas, Scheme, and Astonish. This new video tells the story behind the song, documenting the recording session at SoundScape Studios, why RubyHornet wanted to work with Emilio Rojas, and how Scheme and Astonish came into the picture.
Check out the video, and download the song (if you haven't already) below.
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Ski Beatz: "Prowler 2" feat. Jean Grae, Jay Electronica, Joell Ortiz, Mos Def
"Don't push me, I don't land good..."
This is a radio rip from Succio Smash's Squeeze Radio, but all that didn't fit in the title. This is off Ski Beatz' 24 Hour Karate School mixtape, that was supposed to drop yesterday, but ah, it didn't. I'm told it's coming out March 30th... Anyway, this joint is the bizness!
Download/Listen here.
Props to Senor Kaos for the track.
B. Dolan Announces New Single/Video
Strange Famous' B. Dolan dropped me a line over the weekend with some new info about his forthcoming LP, Fallen House, Sunken City. Turns out that the first radio single from the LP will be "Earthmovers". He and producer Alias are shooting a video for the song, and the word is that El-P is working on a remix. The album will be available for purchase March 2nd, and we'll have tracks/info for you as they become available.
You can also pre-order the album and get other goodies over at FallenHouse.com
BTS Video: B.O.B. x Bruno Mars' "Nothing On You"
Props to TheQSide.
"B.o.B. and Bruno Mars shot their highly anticipated video for Nothin’ On You last week in Los Angeles. Quddus was there and got this exclusive behind the scenes footage of them as they made the video and broke out into a comical live version of the song."
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Ish of Project Mayhem: "That's Me"
Ish of Chicago's Project Mayhem will be releasing his solo effort, The Body In The Trunk, tonight at Mahoney's. Prior to the release, we have "That's Me" off said project. Download it right here.
[audio: http://rubyhornet.com/media/rh/music/thats_me.mp3|width=180]Johnson&Jonson: "Disco Dynamite"/Limited Tee
This is a pretty cool concept/story via Tres Records:
"In 2008, TRES released the self title album "Johnson&Jonson," by Blu and Mainframe. Besides the grimy flow, and raw loops, one of the other most memorable aspects of the album was the Red Baby a.k.a Johnny. The baby was conceived by artist, Shawn Barber, who also had other works which were featured on the 12" singles for J&J. When doing shows, J&J would actually bring along Johnny with them on stage and flaunt him, almost as if it were the third member of the group. This continued on until the Red Baby was stolen at one of their shows in San Francisco. Soon after, flyers online could be seen asking "Have you seen the Red Baby? report "Johnny to 1-800-johnson." Johnny is still missing till this day...... In memory of Johnny, and the J&J album, we are doing a limited worldwide release of Red Baby T-Shirts, as well as Red Baby Crewneck Sweaters. Shirts will be available in Black and White, and the sweaters will be available in Black and Gray. These items are now available for preorder at Tres's official ebay store ( http://stores.ebay.com/tresrecords). All preorders have to be made by purchasing it at Tres's ebay store by 2/24/2010. We are going to make the exact quantity we get preorders for. These items are not going to be available for sale after the deadline date of preorder. Both T shirts and sweat shirts are scheduled to be shipped on 3/10/2010."
So, that hit my inbox this morning, and then I just found this new video/song on nahright... It looks like someone got their PR signals all aligned... Check out the new track below.
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