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Answer The Call

The Mad Editor — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 14:52:30 +0000

Trama doing big things again. Samsung recently commissioned a song and video for their Olympic advertising campaign. Here's Tram with "Answer the Call":

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Twin Cities Battle League Series Two

The Mad Editor — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 14:59:33 +0000

The second series of TCBL happened right before the championship battle last Friday. A deserving rapper finally earned his title...

MC Rentz

The Mad Editor — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:48:22 +0000

MC Rentz recently released 1981. Here he talks about the Loonatix crew and the new album. He's at Gastoff's tonight (July 30th), if you want to see the always-live MC on stage.

Twin Cities Battle League: Round Five

The Mad Editor — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:38:48 +0000

Introducing the winner from round five:

The final battle is this Friday, 9pm at The Blue Nile. An unnamed guest battler has been enlisted to compete with Shelltoe, Illab, Wolf (MC Flow), Elijah and Ezra. DJ Drea and DJ All Purpose, performances by OSP and Chantz. As always, peacefully moderated by Truthmaze and brought to you by Rose Up Productions. Don't miss this shit.

Note: IBE was one of the last people to battle Ezra in round five. I was rewinding tape and only caught part of his second verse and none of Ezra's from that round, so I left it out since I usually show both full freestyles from each battle.

Vibin Open Mic

The Mad Editor — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 08:51:28 +0000

Vibin Open Mic is getting really big. They moved from the monthly format at Barfly to a weekly show at Axis, and its 18+, with drink specials. I hear it's a really large crowd, and it's still DJ Enferno, too.

Traditionally, it's been a lot of mainstreem and street raps, R&B and a little spoken word. So if you're looking for an open mic that's less of the backpacker type and more of the crunk type, check it out.

Podcasts

The Mad Editor — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 03:51:07 +0000

Two podcasts to check out. FranzDiego.com and Noam the Drummer started a weekly show, currently unnamed, that you can download right here.

Additionally, Joey G, the producer of Don't Believe the Hype, has recorded a podcast introducing Vision from Hot Box, breaks down his mixtape, and includes unreleased material from the Hot Box's upcoming debut EP. That is here.

Weirdly, they're linked. FranzDiego's podcast interviews Tramon and Alicia, the hosts of Don't Believe the Hype. Take a chance.

Franzdiego.com
Vision

PS - if you've got a podcast, let me know. I'll add to this post.

Mmmmmm

The Mad Editor — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 06:12:19 +0000

I'm working on the battle video but I thought I'd give ya a little something to tie you over...

Babylon Breakdown

The Mad Editor — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 18:53:53 +0000

I love, love this song. Finally a video.

Free Tix And A Good Blog

The Mad Editor — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 03:42:48 +0000

Once again, CultureBully is giving away tickets. This time it's to hometown MVP Muja Messiah for his CD release party on July 27th at - where else - First Ave. Get to www.culturebully.com to win your tickets. In any case, don't miss the show. Muja's shows are always live. This lineup is killer, too.