Emcee/Producer team-ups don’t happen enough anymore. It’s really too bad because there is a certain type of cohesion that comes from an album produced by a single producer. Jay Qwest’s “Whiskey & Gunpowder” is just such an album. Produced entirely by Illastrate, the album is tied together by the soulful samples and subtly bombastic drums [...]
By Ghani
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Posted in Music Monday, Music Reviews
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Also tagged boog brown, georgia, hip hop, illastrate, jay qwest, kel, methuzulah, music, Music Monday, music review, rap, review, whiskey & gunpowder
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Artist: LockOne and Ratchet
Album: The Wisdom Of Insecurities
I’ve been fortunate in my musical exploits to have been able to meet a lot of talented artists. In fact that sometimes has desensitized me to truly impacting music. I’ve gotten spoiled to the point where I expect a certain level of quality from my peers that even excellent albums [...]
Greetings Gautamanation,
As you might already know (due to my relentless posting of it) the release party for “Few Against Many” is this Friday. Myself an Metrognome have put a lot of work into this record and we are chomping at the bit to let y’all hear this new batch of songs. We have been playing [...]
By Ghani
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Posted in Events, Music Monday, News
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Also tagged art, blue frog cantina, chris hamer, dj scizzahands, dp, evaready RAW, ghani gautama, hiphop, live music, metrognome, music, quanstar, the contraverse, the smudge
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What’s poppin’ Gautamanation? March always seems to be a busy month for us and this year has been no different. Your favorite hiphop vagabond and my partners in rhyme Quanstar and Evaready RAW just wrapped up a very long but awesomely productive weekend.
3/4/2010 Rapper Big Pooh @ Apache Cafe, Atlanta GA w/ Rockmost & Tommy [...]
By Ghani
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Posted in Events, The Bring Your A Game Tour
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Also tagged apache, apache cafe, bring your a game tour, dragon's den, evaready RAW, ghani gautama, hip hop, hiphop, li, live music, lyrikill, march madness, metrognome, new orleans, quanstar, skip coon, southern hip hop, tommy lee soul, truth universal
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So yes we are wrapping up 2009 with a visit to Washington DC…
Here’s the OFFICIAL press release so go ahead and get informed:
Tour Overview - Headlining Akil of the Legendary Jurassic 5 fresh off a 2 month sold out tour in Europe & Austrailia
Bring Your A Game Tour is an Independent Hip Hop Tour founded [...]
By Ghani
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Posted in Events
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Also tagged alpha noise, blue frog cantina, december 18th 2009, dj scizzahands, dp, east atlanta village, evaready RAW, free events, friday night collective, gainesville fl, ghani gautama, hiphop, independent, live music, metrognome, quanstar, rap, tommy lee soul, underground
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Here’s an interview conducted about the past installment of The Bring Your A Game Tour, BIG THANKS to DLabrie for hooking it up. You can read the full interview with all of the artists at www.reverbnation.com/thebringyouragametour look under the BLOG/BUZZ tab
ENJOY
Bring Your A Game Tour is an Independent Hip Hop Tour founded by Quanstar of [...]
By Ghani
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Posted in Bring Your A Game Tour: Bennington Bound
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Also tagged akil the mc, bring your a game tour, DLabrie, evaready RAW, hip hop, hiphop, independent, interview, killah priest, may 09, metrognome, midwest, music, northeast, november 09, october 09, quanstar, rap, southeast, tour
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what’s up Gautamanation,
Just got back into the A from doing 2 long awaited shows in my old stomping grounds, Myrtle Beach SC and I must say it’s good to go home, music has given me a lot and one thing, perhaps the most valuable, is the chance to catch up with family more often than [...]
By Ghani
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Posted in Events
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Also tagged drum n bass, freestyle, ghani gautama, hip hop, hiphop, laptop dj, metrognome, myrtle beach, open mic, rap, the basement
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What’s up Gautamanation,
So I caught the train to go to my “real” job today and it was the hardest train ride I’ve ever taken. Why? Because I just spent the previous two nights living out my dream and watching my life’s passion come to fruition right in front of my eyes. I don’t know what [...]
By Ghani
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Posted in Events
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Also tagged akil the emcee, alabama, hell naw, hip hop, hiphop, jurassic 5, live, live music, metal, metrognome, music, quanstar, shows, the drunken unicorn, the mellow mushroom, tuscaloosa
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