Posted in Music on May 31st, 2010
Fuck A Mixtape features production duties from DJ Toomp, Swizz Beatz, Timbaland, Jim Jonsin and No I.D — all people that have made a huge name for themselves making some of the most memorable hip-hop bangers of the last decade — here Tip’s also backed up by lesser entity’s in the world of hip-hop who [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 15th, 2010
Okay, this is really easy but here’s what you want to do – watch the two videos posted above in order. T.I. first, Young Sid second. Note the differences. Now how do you feel about New Zealand hip-hop, haters? [via MTC] //
Posted in Music on Mar 10th, 2010
Riddle me this – is it just a coincidence that T.I.’s new song, I’m Back (which you can download below), came out on the same day that Lil’ Wayne went to jail? Also, T.I. still hasn’t been released from the halfway house where he’s staying but I assume that like the goons in The Wire [...]
Posted in Music on Dec 24th, 2009
XXL has confirmed that T.I. is indeed out of jail and the rapper is now reported to be finishing the last three months of his sentence in a halfway house in Atlanta. XXL spoke to T.I’s legal defense attorney Steve Sadow who said “You live within this house that is broken into areas for living, [...]
Posted in Footnotes on Nov 27th, 2009
1. The best Rated R review so far [Village Voice] 2. Former Idolator editor, Maura Johnston never had the chance to finish ‘The 50 Worst Songs of the Decade’ – now she does. [SOTC] 3. T.I. & Lil’ Wayne’s daughters start a group called OMG Girlz [MTV] 4. The 10 Most Underrated New Rappers [Complex] [...]
Posted in Music on Oct 7th, 2009
“You only do two days. The day you go in and the day you come out.” No points for guessing what TV show that’s from but apparently T.I. is taking it as gospel. It still sort of amazes me that this guy is getting pushed so much even though he’s serving a jail sentence right [...]
>> WEDNESDAY 8 SEPTEMBER
- Wax'd at Fu Bar, CBD, Auckland Region
- Canadian Club presents Base on High with Dylan C and guests at Rakinos, CBD, Auckland Region
- The Circling Sun + DJ Truent at Ponsonby Social Club, Ponsonby, Auckland Region
- Cuba Libre Karaoke with Bomber at Shadows, CBD, Auckland Region
- Tommy Ill Album Release Tour at Dux De Lux, Otago
- Boom-Draw, DJ sessions of Reggae, Dubstep, Hip-Hop, and Dancehall at Dux de Lux, Canterbury
>> THURSDAY 9 SEPTEMBER
- Attack Attack! (US), Pierce The Veil (US) at Ellen Melville Hall, CBD, Auckland Region
- Thursday Rollout: A Dubstep Weekly at Fu Bar, CBD, Auckland Region
- Becks present Platform Biz hosted by DJ Lokey and guests at Rakinos, CBD, Auckland Region
- Occupational Therapy feat Bobby Brazuka & Friends at Ponsonby Social Club, Ponsonby, Auckland Region
- Annie Crummer LIVE at Sale St, Freemans Bay, Auckland Region
- The Unfaithful Ways (ChCh) Wildwood Lights and Luckless! at Wine Cellar, Newton, Auckland Region
- Wild Things at San Francisco Bathhouse, Wellington Region
- Miho Wada & The Shit Fight at The Garden Club, Wellington Region
- Everything Revs and Gold Medal Famous at Mighty Mighty, Wellington Region
- JR Album Release at Happy, Wellington Region
- Good Luck Presents - Selective Hearing w/ Buff Marvin & guests at Good Luck, Wellington Region
- So What So What presents Strangehouse w/ Jetsam Isles at The Watusi, Wellington Region
- The Havana Club Series Nights of Swiss Mixto - Family Cactus at Matterhorn, Wellington Region
- Tommy Ill Album Release Tour at ReFuel, Otago
- The Black Seeds at Sammy's, Otago
- Funkin Thursdays, 90s Hip Hop Classics, The Biggest New Tunes & The Freshest Funk Around Drink Specials, Yummy Food & DJ Mike T From 10pm Til Late at Ishimoto, Canterbury
- Lupus Lunar, alt/quirk pop and roll at Dux de Lux, Canterbury
>> FRIDAY 10 SEPTEMBER
- XIU XIU (USA) with support from James Duncan at Whammy Bar, Newton, Auckland Region
- Glass Owls, Debutantes and Deer Park at Juice Bar at Windsor Castle, Parnell, Auckland Region
- Native Sons EP release Tour with support from Yebiisu at Forge Bar & Nightclub, Papakura, Auckland Region
- DJ Dubhead & the 95BFM Collaborations at Shadows, CBD, Auckland Region
- Tahuna Breaks at San Francisco Bathhouse, Wellington Region
- The Datsuns at Bodega, Wellington Region
- Good To Go with Kev Fresh at Good Luck, Wellington Region
- Truth Puppets Album Release Party at Sandwiches, Wellington Region
- Deth Becomes Shane album release with Murder Chord & Freddy Fudd Pucker at Happy, Wellington Region
- The Pickups, No Aloha & Green Eyed Owl at The Watusi, Wellington Region
- K-Lab 10pm at Matterhorn, Wellington Region
- The Bats NZ September Spring Tour at Captain Cook Tavern, Otago
- The Black Seeds at Queenstown Memorial Hall, Otago
- While I'm Awake I'm At War Album Release Tour at Dux de Lux, Canterbury
- Tommy Ill Album Release Tour at No.8 Wired, Canterbury
- Ed Muzik at El Santo Porteno, Canterbury
>> SATURDAY 11 SEPTEMBER
- Regrooved NZ feat Qdup Fndtn (USA) & Rephrase (AUS) at Toto Bacco Room, CBD, Auckland Region
- The PSYCHS, Eastern Flowers, Chums of Moorhaven at Masonic Tavern, Devonport, Auckland Region
- Dubclash feat Dead Fools Fiesta, Eddie Numbers and Sandy Bay Social Club at Galatos, Newton, Auckland Region
- Nocturne Magazine Presents: Biomechanoid, Issue 4 Release Party at Kings Arms, Newton, Auckland Region
- Matthew Crawley, Luckless and Silke Hartung at Wine Cellar, Newton, Auckland Region
- Modern Love at Cassette Number Nine, CBD, Auckland Region
- Ghost Wave, Deer Park. Grass Cannons at Whammy Bar, Newton, Auckland Region
- Common Ground at 4:20, Newton, Auckland Region
- Party Animals feat Team Dynamite at Rakinos, CBD, Auckland Region
- Skanarchy Fest at Bodega, Wellington Region
- Xiu Xiu at San Francisco Bathhouse, Wellington Region
- while I'm Awake I'm At War Album Release Tour at Chicks Hotel, Otago
- Flip Grater -While Im Awake Im at War Tour at Chicks Hotel, Otago
- The Truth Albulm Release 2 Zone Party feat Borderline at South Bar, Otago
- Tommy Ill Album Release Tour at Goodbye Blue Monday, Canterbury
- Into The Void, extreme experimental, wall of sound at Dux de Lux, Canterbury
- The Black Seeds at The Bedford, Canterbury
- RDU Presents RoundUp 2010, Heats 1 at Dux de Lux, Canterbury
- The Datsuns at Basement Bar, Taranaki
- Tommy and The Fallen Horses at Matinee, Taranaki