If you’re anything of a hip hop fan, this is a you’ve gotta hear this type of mix. Fools Gold Records co-founder Nick Catchdubs offers a fun string of new, cutting-edge sounds, with a couple classic tracks or samples thrown in: Method Man & Redman’s “Da Rockwilder” and DJ Sliink’s incredible “Stop Me Now,” a genius track released last year that samples Missy Elliott’s “Get Ur Freak On.” Enjoy.
Catchdubs created the 30-minute mix for Sirius XM Radio’s Shade 45, the uncensored hip-hop-focused channel created by Eminem.
Converse City Carnage took over New York and delivered a great experience. Featuring Sleigh Bells, Rye Rye, Jel and Mr. Dream, the one-day event was a successful debut for Converse’s event and Sleigh Bells definitely delivered the carnage thanks to a loud aggressive sound and blasts of strobes.
For a free event, things ran as smoothly as can be. Converse could not have picked a better location than Pier 63. Great views of the band and stage from all the way in the back, the sold-out, even though it was free there were tickets “sold” beforehand, the space felt open and at the same time intimate. Great audio definitely helped the event as well, especially when it came time for Sleigh Bells.
The Great GoogaMooga promised a smorgasborg of musical and culinary delights. For two sunny days, GoogaMooga delivered just that, but there was some indigestion along the way.
On its first day (Saturday, May 19) it seemed like Prospect Park was the epicenter for the foodies of New York. As the day progressed, every stall grew lines that ranged from too long to impossibly long.
Rolling Stone reports that Beastie Boys co-founder Adam Yauch, aka MCA, has died at the age of 47. Yauch had been diagnosed with cancer in 2009 after a tumor was discovered in his salivary gland.
He was unable to attend the Beastie Boys’ induction to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame last month.
“His treatments delayed the release of the group’s most recent album, Hot Sauce Committee, Pt. 2,” Rolling Stone reported. “The Beastie Boys had not performed live since the summer of 2009, and Yauch’s illness prevented the group from appearing in music videos” for the album.
Yauch co-founded the Beastie Boys with Mike “Mike D” Diamond and Adam “Ad-Rock” Horowitz in 1979. The band started off as a hardcore punk group, but soon began experimenting with hip-hop. The band broke big with their first proper album, Licensed to Ill, in 1986, and further albums Paul’s Boutique, Check Your Head and Ill Communication cemented the band as a true superstar act.
In addition to his career with the Beastie Boys, Yauch was heavily involved in the movement to free Tibet and co-organized the Tibetan Freedom Concerts of the late Nineties. In 2002, he launched the film production company Oscilloscope Laboratories.
