Q-TiP European Tour

Q-Tip will head to Europe this August for 14 shows in 10 different countries.

Tip will be backed by a full band and fellow emcee J.Period. Dates are below.

Q-Tip
8/11 – Oslo, Norway – Oya Festival
8/12 – Helsinki, Finland – Flow Festival
8/13 – Gothenburg, Sweden – Way Out West Festival
8/15 – Hamburg, Germany – Klubsen
8/17 – Nice, France – Theatre de Verdure
8/18 – St. Tropez, France – VIP Room
8/19 – Orpund, Switzerland – Royal Arena Festival
8/20 – Krakow, Poland – Coke Live Festival
8/21 – Biddinghuizen, Holland – Lowlands Festival
8/23 – Manchester, UK – Manchester Academy
8/24 – Dublin, Ireland – Button Factory
8/25 – London – Forum
8/26 – London – Indigo
8/27 – Paris – Rock en Seine

Hope he does more US Shows.
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Watch the Throne, Production credits


Watch The Throne in stores August 2nd.

1.No Church In The Wild (ft. Frank Ocean) [prod. 88-Keys, Kanye West, Mike Dean & Ken Lewis]
2.Lift Off (ft. Beyoncé) [prod. Kanye West, Mike Dean, Jeff Bhasker, Q-Tip & Don Jazzy; Additional Vocals by Seal, Mr Hudson, Don Jazzy, Bankulli & Ricardo Louis]
3.Niggas In Paris [prod. Hit-Boy]
4.Otis (ft. Otis Redding) [prod. Kanye West]
5.Gotta Have It [prod. The Neptunes]
6.New Day [prod. The RZA]
7.That’s My B—h [prod. Q-Tip & Kanye West]
8.Who Gon’ Stop Me [prod. Sham “Sak Pase” Joseph & Kanye West]
9.Murder To Excellence [prod. Swizz Beatz & Symbolyc One]
10.Welcome To The Jungle [prod. Swizz Beatz]
11.Made In America (ft. Frank Ocean) [prod. Sham “Sak Pase” Joseph); This was formerly titled ‘Sweet Baby Jesus.’
12.Why I Love You (ft. Mr Hudson) [prod. Mike Dean & Kanye West]
Deluxe Edition Bonus Tracks

1.Illest Motherf–ker Alive [prod. Southside & Kanye West]
2.H*A*M [prod. Lex Luger & Kanye West]
3.Primetime [prod. No I.D.]
4.The Joy (ft. Curtis Mayfield) [prod. Pete Rock & Kanye West]

Nicki Minaj, Alicia Keys, Lady Gaga, Coldplay & More Headline 1st Annual iHeartRadio Music Festival

On September 23rd and 24th, Las Vegas will host the first annual iHeartRadio Music Festival.The two-day festival  will include  Lady Gaga, Coldplay, Black Eyed Peas , Nicki Minaj, Alicia Keys, John Mayer, Jennifer Lopez, David Guetta, Bruno Mars, Carrie Underwood, Kelly Clarkson and more. Fans in attendance will also get a special guest performance from Usher and Sting. Tickets go on sale to the public this Saturday, July 16th via Ticketmaster at 1pm EST, with details on a special pre-sale available now over at iHeartRadio’s Facebook page.The event takes place at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, hosted by Ryan Seacrest. Check the full lineip here. After the jump watch the official announcement for the festival.

[Watch] ‘We Got The Jazz’ Recap 2011 Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival,

Brooklyn Bodega: We Got The Jazz from BrooklynBodegaTV on Vimeo.

6/16, Club Europa in BK – Brooklyn Bodega presents We Got The Jazz, an official showcase of L Magazine’s Northside Festival.

Headlined by The Stuyvesants, with special guests ScienZe, Naturel, Tanya Morgan, Che Grand & Fresh Daily.

Also, performances by Adrienne Mack-Davis, Progress, Sophia Urista, Kooley High & Phony PPL.

Hosted by The Company Man.

Make sure you check out Phony PPL at the 2011 Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival, and the Stuyvesants at the BHF After Party.BrooklynBodega.com
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10th Anniversary DC Hip-Hop Theater Festival Mixtape

10 Annual DC Festival MIXTAPE by Hip-Hop Theater Festival

HHTF & Washington City Paper presents
The 10th Anniversary DC Hip-Hop Theater Festival Mixtape
mixed by DJ RBI
greetings by Munch


TRACK LIST

1) HHTF Reflections/ Hip Hop (Roots Blend)
2) Kev Brown – Allways
3) Ardamus – Say To The Heart
4) Phil Ade – Always There
5) Asheru – Revolution
6) Zimbabwe Legit – Wake’ Em Up (Cadence Rmx) ft. Vast Aire
7) Educated Consumers
9) Hueman Prophets – Suits/ War
10) Kokayi – Hiya ft. Alison Carney
11) Dirty Water (Joe D & Cool Cee Brown) – Eat My Breakfast Alone
12) The Package – Makin’ Waves
13) J-$crilla ft. K-Beta, Lyriciss, Muggsy Malone & Pro’Verb – Chillin’
14) Jay Mills – Love Therapy
15) Gods’illa – Intro (Truth Unleashed)
16) Kingpen Slim – Fly Sh*t
17) Diamond District (XO, yU, Oddisee) – The Shining
18) Priest Da Nomad – Do What I Want ft. Sub Z, Storm The Unpredictable, & Kokayi (’97 Freestyle Union)
19) Tabi Bonney – Garfield Fish Bones
20) Ra The MC – Dreams
21) Team Demo – Live @ The BBQ

*bonus*

22) Wale – Spark


INFO

Hey DMV, Free Raheem DeVaughn Concert

The Embassy of Indonesia will host Indonesia Festival 2011, this Saturday on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. This FREE event will offer guests the opportunity to sample traditional Indonesian cuisine, dance, music and martial arts. GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ will be on hand to witness Maestro Daeng Udjo lead an ensemble, comprised of 5,000 attendees, in the world’s largest angklung (bamboo musical instrument) performance in history. In addition, the festival will feature special performances by Raheem DeVaughn.
North Lawn of the Washington Monument, near 15th Street and Constitution Avenue NW, on Washington D.C.’s National Mall.

Saturday, July 9, 2011 from 1.00 to 9.00 PM

Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter Raheem DeVaughn,

Triple Black Kamikaze’s

Triple Black Kamikaze style dropping in stores on Friday, July 8th.

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The new Triple Black Kamikaze retails for $100 and will be available at these retailers:

DC

Shoe City
Sports Zonez

New York
Villa
Dr Jays Harlem
BX Sports
Jimmy Jazz
David Z

Virginia
DTLR
Jimmy Jazz
Shoe City

50 Cent Bailing Out Max B ?

Word on the street is, 50 planning to bring Max B back? According to Dame Grease, Curtis plans to spring Biggaveli out of prison for $4 million. Last April, Max said he could be home by the end of the summer. The rapper is currently serving a 75 year sentence for masterminding a murder and robbery in 2006.

Respect the Jux: All-Odd Future Edition, Tomorrow at 2pm ET


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Elliott Wilson behind the mic to host 2 hours of EVR Special Programming during the Friday afternoon slot, and as expected, he pretty much killed it. You can listen to the archive here. With another end-of-the-work week timestamp to fill, EW gets his turn again, and this time, he’s hosting an all-Odd Future edition of Respect the Jux, thanks to Tyler the Creator being the cover boy for the new issue of RESPECT. Magazine. Listen live at 2pm ET this Friday, July 1.

Kanye West Running for President?

Freelancer.com US$20,000 Competition Determines Kanye West Would be the “Best Presidential Candidate of all Time!”

SYDNEY, June 29, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Freelancer.com, the world’s largest outsourcing and design marketplace today announced the winners of its US$20,000 competition, consisting of a satirical 2012 US Presidential Campaign Logo Contest and a T-shirt design contest.

The Presidential logo contest, and the $US10,000 grand prize, was won by Felipe Rojas ‘felro’ from the United States. His candidate Kanye West defeated close to 5,000 largely infamous challengers with his logo entry declaring Kanye as “the best Presidential candidate of all time!”