Coming This Summer…

January 27, 2011 JUKEBOXDC Staff News No Comments  
pushing for a summer release of the wizard album… wizard is a rock album, no raps, just singing. brand new thing… workin on some jay and ye shit… new mixtape “a man named scott” thats this summah for all those who fucks with my raps, this is for u since ima be all rocked out with the wizard shit. also its free… oh and new york catch me if u can, i start filmin “how to make it” in march.
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Submission: DJ Q-BERT TO UNVEIL "BOLD AS SCRATCH" 2/19

January 27, 2011 JUKEBOXDC Staff News No Comments  


Urban art imprint When Art Imitates Life (WAIL) deals in music visionaries creating visual art collections. Its premiere release, a collaboration with The RZA titled Victory Or Death, dubbed “the greatest painting of 2010” by Village Voice (link), ‘remixed’ the historic Washington Crossing The Delaware painting, replacing Washington with Wu-Tang Clan visionary RZA, the man who changed the sound and business of hip-hop. The Valley Of Kings fused Egyptian iconography with the philosophy and aesthetic of Hieroglyphics, the Bay Area collective that molded underground hip-hop as we know it today. And on February 19, 2011, WAIL will officially unveil “Bold As Scratch”, their artistic collaboration with Q-Bert, the world-famous deejay who made turntables a musical instrument and turntablism an artform. Conceptualized and created behind closed doors in San Francisco by Q-Bert, hip-hop photographer Trevor Traynor and the WAIL team over the course of more than a year, the piece evolved from a multitude of ideas and sketches to a mixed-media canvas focused on QBert’s personal tribute to one of his musical heros. In creation, photography, graphic art, found images and acrylic were utilized. Each piece in the collection of 250 are massive in size, and features custom augmentation by Q-Bert, making each a one-of-a-kind collectible.

Read more after the jump.

The man referred to in many circles as the Jimi Hendrix of deejays has racked a list of accolades in his 25 years on the ones and twos that put him squarely in a league of his own. The three-time DMC world champion created the first musical annotation system for scratching. He was a member of the Invisibl Skratch Piklz, the world’s first band composed entirely of turntablists. His 1994 release Demolition Pumpkin Squeeze Musik is considered by institutions like The Source Magazine to be the greatest mixtape in hiphop history. Graffiti artist Dug-1 created animations to the sounds of Q-Bert for the animated/live-action feature Wave Twisters, which premiered at the 2001 Sundance Festival. His equipment creations for Vestax and Ortofon have reached sales into the millions.

Sign up early at www.qbertart.com for details on the piece, as well as a chance to receive a Golden Ticket, allowing you to view the piece on February 17, two days before the general public.

WAIL was founded in 2010 by King Tech of the World Famous Wake Up Show and MTV’s Sway Calloway in conjunction with notorious L.A. creativity house SceneFour.

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Phife Reveals He Was Caught Off-Guard By ATCQ Documentary

January 26, 2011 JUKEBOXDC Staff News No Comments  
“To be honest, I was totally caught off-guard when Ali [Shaheed Muhammad] called me one day, a day before the Rock the Bells show in L.A. that you guys saw onscreen, and Ali gave me a heads up that Mike was gonna call me and talk about this so-called documentary. And Mike called me like two minutes after Ali because he doesn’t play at all,” Phife shared.
Read the entire article over at MTV’s RapFix.
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Will.i.am Becomes Intel’s Director of Creative Innovation

January 26, 2011 JUKEBOXDC Staff News No Comments  

Wow. Contrats.


“Nearly everything I do involves processors and computers, and when I see an Intel chip I think of all the creative minds involved that help to amplify my own creativity,” said will.i.am. “Teaming up with the scientists, researchers and computer programmers at Intel to collaborate and co-develop new ways to communicate, create, inform and entertain is going to be amazing.”


Source: Intel

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Ice Cube Announces U.S. Tour

January 25, 2011 JUKEBOXDC Staff News No Comments  
Ice Cube has just announced the dates and locations for his 28-city tour. See when Cube hits your area after jump.

Feb. 24 – Aspen, CO – Belly Up Aspen
Feb. 25 – Albuquerque, NM – Sunshine Theatre
Feb. 26 – Boulder, CO – Boulder Theater
Mar. 1 – Dallas, TX – House of Blues
Mar. 2 – Houston, TX – House of Blues
Mar. 3 – Baton Rouge, LA – Varsity Theatre
Mar. 5 – Atlanta, GA – Center Stage
Mar. 6 – Asheville, NC – The Orange Peel
Mar. 7 – Baltimore, MD – Bourbon Street
Mar. 8 – New York, NY- B.B. King Blues Club
Mar. 10 – South Burlington, VT – Higher Ground Ballroom
Mar. 11 – Buffalo, NY – The Town Ballroom
Mar. 12 – Milwaukee, WI – Eagles Ballroom
Mar. 13 – Chicago, IL – MID
Mar. 15 – Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue
Mar. 17 – Saskatoon, Saskatchewan – Tequila Nightclub
Mar. 18 – Lethbridge, Alberta – Bully’s
Mar. 19 – Calgary, Alberta – Flames Central
Mar. 22 – Vancouver, British Columbia – Commodore Ballroom
Mar. 23 – Victoria, British Columbia – Club 9One9
Mar. 25 – Portland, OR – Roseland Theater
Mar. 26 – Seattle, WA – Showbox at the Market
Mar. 27 – Bend, OR – Midtown Rink
Mar. 29 – Chico, CA – Senator Theatre
Mar. 30 – West Hollywood, CA – House of Blues
Apr. 1 – Anaheim, CA – Grove of Anaheim
Apr. 2 – Las Vegas, NV – House of Blues
Apr. 3 – Bakersfield, CA – Majestic Fox Theater
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UPDATE: Did 50 Cent Really Shut Down World Star Hip-Hop?

January 24, 2011 JUKEBOXDC Staff Interviews, News, Videos 1 Comment  

 
Since AllHipHop.com already reported on it, I’ll let them tell it. But once you finish reading about it, check out the above interview where 50 Cent speaks on having issues with Q of World Star Hip-Hop for using his likeness….the interview is from the summer of last year. Also, check out 40 Glocc’s own previous opinions on Q as well. Thoughts?
 
For the record, I kind of don’t really believe it, but I’d be lying if I didn’t feel a bit on edge knowing this guy. ::shrug::
 
Update: 50 actually called into Hot 97. True opportunist there. Lol. Oh yea, by the way….World Star actually setup an alternate site in the meantime. Smart of them.
 

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Lil’ Wayne Announces Upcoming Tour

January 24, 2011 JUKEBOXDC Staff Events, News No Comments  

From MTV:
On Monday (January 24), the New Orleans MC announced the outing, on which Nicki Minaj, Rick Ross, Travis Barker and Mixmaster Mike will join him as opening acts. The 24-city tour opens March 18 in Buffalo, New York, and will feature stops in Chicago, Cleveland, Philadelphia, Houston and Atlanta, among other locations.

Tickets go on sale February 4 through Live Nation.

Check out the tour dates after the jump.


» 3/18 – Buffalo, NY @ HSBC Arena
» 3/19 – Columbus, OH @ Nationwide Arena
» 3/20 – Baltimore, MD @ First Mariner Arena
» 3/23 – Hampton, VA @ Hampton Coliseum
» 3/24 – Cleveland, OH @ Quicken Loans Arena
» 3/26 – Philadelphia, PA @ Wells Fargo Center
» 3/27 – Long Island, NY @ Nassau Coliseum
» 3/30 – University Park, PA @ Bryce Jordan Center
» 4/1 – Chicago, IL @ United Center
» 4/2 – Auburn Hills, MI @ The Palace of Auburn Hills
» 4/3 – Washington, D.C. @ Verizon Center
» 4/6 – Miami, FL @ Bank Atlantic Center
» 4/8 – Greensboro, NC @ Greensboro Coliseum
» 4/9 – Atlanta, GA @ Philips Arena
» 4/10 – St. Louis, MO @ Scottrade Center
» 4/14 – New Orleans, LA New Orleans Arena
» 4/15 – Dallas, TX @ American Airlines Arena
» 4/16 – Houston, TX @ Toyota Center
» 4/19 – Phoenix, AZ @ US Airways Arena
» 4/23 – Anaheim, CA @ Honda Center
» 4/24 – Oakland, CA @ Oracle Arena
» 4/26 – Sacramento, CA @ ARCO Arena
» 4/28 – Edmonton, AB @ Rexall Place
» 4/29 – Vancouver, BC @ Rogers Arena

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Marsha Ambrosius Late Nights & Early Mornings Tracklisting

January 21, 2011 JUKEBOXDC Staff News No Comments  

Late Nights & Early Mornings arrives March 1st. Tracklisting after the Jump.

1. “Anticipation” (Intro)
2. “With You”
3. “Late Nights & Early Mornings”
4. “Hope She Cheats on You (With a Basketball Player)”
5. “Far Away”
6. “Lose Myself”
7. “Your Hands”
8. “I Want You to Stay”
9. “Sour Times”
10. “Tears”
11. “Chasing Clouds”
12. “The Break Up Song”
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Blu To Release Amnesia On Valentine’s Day

January 20, 2011 JUKEBOXDC Staff News No Comments  
While I’m still waiting for NoYork, I’m not mad at this….read more and check the tracklisting after the jump.

Los Angeles MC/producer Blu has earned widespread acclaim for his collaborations with Exile, Ta’Raach, and Mainframe, and is currently at work on his major label debut for Warner Brothers. While fans wait, New World Color is happy to announce a digital EP (also available on limited edition 10″ vinyl) featuring music from Blu’s love-themed concept album Her Favorite Colo(u)r, as well as previously unheared material.
The 7-track Amnesia EP is sure to please Blu’s burgeoning fanbase. On tracks like the HFC standout “Amnesia” and the never-before-released “Amnesia(Rewind)”, the SoCal native explores the complexities of love and relationships while his own understated production sets the mood. The collection also features previously-unavailable instrumentals, showcasing Blu’s skills behind the boards. Amnesia goes digital on February 15th, just in time for Valentine’s day, and the collectible vinyl 10″ version hits stores shortly after, on March 1st. A full release of HFC is set for this spring.
Side A
1. Amnesia(Original)#
2. Amnesia(Instrumental)*
3. Amnesia(Remind)*
4. Amnesia(Rewind Instrumental)*
Side B
1. Since(Original)#
2. Since(Instrumental)*
3. GoodMorning#
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Raekwon Speaks On Working With Nas

January 19, 2011 JUKEBOXDC Staff News No Comments  
Recently news broke that Nas will make an appearance on The Chef’s upcoming album, Shaolin Vs. Wu-Tang. In a recent interview with XXL, Rae reveals that while he was performing overseas he ran into Nas and had a sit down which finally led to the two of them reuniting.
“It definitely sounds like vintage Rae and Nas again, I [saw] Nas across seas, we had a show together, and we talked about a lot of things. We went from A-Z how we felt about things what was goin on at the time, and by the grace of God we was able to get this thing happenin’ again. That was definitely one of the surprise things that I wanted to alert the fans with, just to let em know that my brother came up to air for me and I know through his busy schedule I guess in the back of his mind he was like ‘Yo I gotta come up for Rae.’”
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Light Skin vs. Dark Skin Party… Really?!?!

January 15, 2011 JUKEBOXDC Staff News No Comments  
Just something i thought yall should see. Wtf were they thinking? On MLK weekend of all weekends.

“It’s widely known that slave masters psychologically divided their slaves in order to conquer them and minimize chances rebellion. One of the main facets of that division was pitting people against each other based on complexion. Light skin slaves were seen as better than dark skin slaves and often had less strenuous jobs, as they weren’t bound to fields and doing backbreaking labor. They were also considered more attractive because most likely they were closer to being White.”
Full Article: VIibe
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