Married to the MOB x Shameless present....

MTTM x Shameless Management's free concert at Santos Party House was a blast!  It was a packed house for headliner, Def Jam recording artist, Curren$y.  The show was jump started by rapper and DJ Jasmine Solano and Duck Down records' Team Facelift.

Curren$y

Curren$y's Signature

The evening was hosted by Shade45 The Morning After Show star Angela Yee. I laughed to myself seeing her talk so little when her job is to talk so much.  She was very pleasant to be around and posed for a bunch of pictures with fans. 

Angela Yee

Jasmine Solano went from DJing the event to kicking the nights performances off with her single "That's Not It".  Hop over to www.JasmineSolano.com if you've never heard this song.  It KNOCKS somethin' ferocious!

DJ Jasmine Solano

Mistress of Ceremonies Jasmine Solano

Team Facelift temporarily turned the show into a ceiling hanging, Angela Yee belly smashing, water spitting, slam dancing romper room during their set.  I was just glad that band member "The Fat Jew" didn't get naked.

Team Facelift

Machine goes in.

If the performances weren't enough for you, a few special guests were in the building showing support.  You'll be surprised at this mixed bag of talent...

 Donnis (l.) poses with Jasmine Solano's Publicist

Homeboy Sandman....diggy dot com

Hip-Hop Pioneer Marley Marl

The rest of the nights shots are on my Flickr page.  Go.  View.  Be happy.

Def Jam - Rapstar

With the success of games like Rock Band and Guitar Hero, it was only a matter of time before the rhythm game scene tried to appeal more to the Hip-Hop crowd. There were attempts a few years ago with games like Funkmaster Flex Digital Hits. More recently, DJ Hero is having large success. Def Jam is now trying it's hand with Def Jam Rapstar. An attempt at a Rap simulation. You will recite rhymes with Hip-Hop legends, participate in Rap battles and, believe it or not, record music videos with a compatible camera.

I've been talking to Donnis recently about doing a show here in NY, which I will detail later.  It was a nice surprise to see him pop up on this project.  He's making significant strides quickly and I expect he'll be a major force on the indie scene.  Check his freestyle clip below.

Game Rebellion EP Release Party (Pics)

The Game Rebellion EP release party was off the chains!  I nodded my head, I danced, I thrashed, I moshed, I took pics and I had a blast.  Picked up "Sounds Like A Riot" with the purchase of my ticket.  If you're sick of the same ol' same ol', you need to pick this up.

The show opened up with Donnis performing 3 songs.  Check his myspace to download his 10.Deep mixtape and check out the songs he performed last night. I actually first heard of Donnis back when I was living in Japan.  He put his first disc out independently over there and we have a very good mutual friend.  I put them back in contact so that was a beautiful thing.  He took off a little early as he had to prep for a XXL photo shoot.  Look for him in the upcoming issue.

 

After Donnis' 3 songs the show went into overdrive.  Kidz in the Hall came on and did several songs from "The In Crowd".  I picked up a copy for $10.00 bucks as it's a dope ass album and $5.00 of the purchase was being donated to YELE.  They really gave a great performance and shut the place down when they performed "Drivin' Down The Block (Low End Theory)".  Their label mate Buckshot came through but I didn't get a chance to get a pic of him as I was all into the show.

 

 

Game Rebellion premiered the video for "Blind" and then the place went into a frenzy!  The mosh pit started up and fists, elbows and bodies altogether were all over the place.  Their set was just amazing.  Netic is a truly skilled MC and he kept us hanging on every word on every song.  Looking at the album credits, he's damn near solely responsible for "Sounds Like A Riot". 

 

 

 

I have a bunch more photos and some really great shots to post up but I may have lost them.  I was jumping around with my cam a few times and probably destroyed some data doing it.

I think this is dope.

 

 

Game Rebellion EP Release Party

I will be in the building for this party.  If you're not up on Game Rebellion yet, check out their website.  Download their mixtape "Searching for Rick Rubin" while you're there.  I posted the album back in July of '09.  It's a super dope afro-punk mixtape inspired by Rick Rubin's contributions to Rap music and Hip-Hop culture.