DJ Pos 2 sent me this video of S.P.I.R.I.T. bringing the Polar Records Showcase to a frenzy Saturday here in Columbus. S.P.I.R.I.T. were Columbus’s flagship group during the mid 90’s. I once saw a S.P.I.R.I.T. performance at the Newport where Rizz commanded the stage by removing his shoe and making it the crowd’s focal point. They were like the Leader’s of the New School of Columbus and he was the Busta Rhymes..
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Martin Hugo is sometimes called Martin Weedsteeler because of his output in the notorious Weedsteeler camp. He heavily influenced design in Columbus DIY. He also works a day job in the fashion world. Over the past few years Martin began collecting shirts that were sold outside the OJ Simpson Trial. He will share this collection tonight at Skylab. This collection causes the viewer to think about celebrity in America, racial and social issues as well as presents a moment of outsider design.
U-Weekly did a good story about this Exhibit . I made an unauthorized video that you can watch above. Well, he said I could do it. But I haven’t shown it to him yet. The audio is not perfect but it’s not terrible. Consider this Martin’s Exhibit Chopped and Screwed.
Show’s Catalog
The SkyLab Gallery is located at 57 East Gay Street, 5th Floor, Columbus, OH. Show Starts At 7 Tonight.
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Brooklyn Rapper Soul Khan will play at Double Happiness this evening in support of his latest EP, Wellstone. The video for the title track above depicts Soul Khan as a homeless War Vet. If you are starved for socially conscious Hip Hop please do not sleep on Soul Khan.
I wrote about Soul Khan’s latest in the Other Paper this week below is an except
He recently released the Wellstone EP, his fourth, which was named after the late Sen. Paul Wellstone from Minnesota. Khan said he chose the name because Wellstone “was in his time, and by today’s standards and yesterday’s standards, one of the most progressive members of Congress.”
“He always fought for his convictions,” said Khan, “and that was what the EP is about, my convictions.”
Speaking of convictions, Khan isn’t afraid to talk about his. A look at his Twitter and YouTube posts reveals that he’s spoken out against, among other things, GOP-led moves to require voter IDs at the polls.
“The incidents of prosecuted, let alone reported, voter fraud are actually statistically insignificant,” he said. “Any attempt by election officials in any way to constrain when or where someone can vote is usually done for political means and not to actually protect the integrity of voting.”
He added that he felt such moves are attempts to discourage potential Obama voters from turning out.
Khan may have inherited his interest in politics, having been raised in California by the daughter of left-leaning labor organizers. He ended up in Brooklyn, where he worked at the now-defunct underground hip-hop haven Fat Beats Records after attending Bard College in Hudson, N.Y.
To download Soul Khan’s Wellstone EP visit Soul Khan.com.
Soul Khan @ Double Happiness is $8.00 at the door. Doors are @ 7 pm.
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The MHz were a Columbus Hip Hop group in the late 90’s that signed to Bobbito Garcia’s Fondle Em’ Records and paved the the way for the solo careers of RJD2, Copywrite, the late Camu Tao, Jakki and Tage Prototype and C.olumbus Hip Hop in general. Today the Mhz Legacy album was announced with guest appearances by Ill Bill, Danny Brown, Slug, OHno, Playdough, Aaron Livingston, Middle Distance Runner and Blu. RJD2 did some of the beats as well as Harry Fraud, Surock, Illmind, Stu-Bangaz, J-Rawls, Jason Rose, D1, Rob Stern, and Marco Polo.
Mhz Legacy will be released October 30th.
Track List after the jump.
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Sacramento Hardcore lunatics Trash Talk announced tourdates today that include festival dates and after parties for select dates on Odd Future’s tour at separate venues.
They also dropped a new video for F.E.B.N. directed by Wolf Haley aka Tyler, the Creator. F.E.B.N. is available on itunes.
F.E.B.N. video after the jump:
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MellowHype’s video for La Bonita puts inverted crosses on the Day of the Dead nuns and a random chimpanzeees. Mellowhype’s new album Numbers drops on Odd Future Records October 2nd.
Mellowhype and the rest of Odd Future will perform at the Newport Music Hall September 12th.
Numbers cover art after the jump
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Credit – Nabil Elderkin
Frank Ocean will perform on Saturday Night Live’s season Opener on September 15th. Ocean’s album Orange has is quite the critical and commercial success peaking at #2 on the Billboard . Frank kicks off the 38th season of Saturday Night Live alongside host Seth MacFarlane, who is best known for creating the hit TV show “Family Guy.”
watch Frank Ocean on Jimmy Fallon after the jump.
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Skyzoo raps from the perspectives of Theo Huxtable and JJ Evans on his new mixtape.:
Skyzoo explains:
Here is Pt. 2 of Noisey’s documentation of Odd Future’s NY Trip. OF freestyles at a Terry Richardson photo shoot. Tyler does a really good rendition of Early 90’s New York Onyx style of rapping. Frank Ocean delivers a sophisticated cool performance at Terminal 5. OF’s tour manager complains about OF and predicts death at the Trash Talk show that they drive to.
Odd Future will be playing at the Newport Music Hall September 12th.
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Shellac’s “Prayer to God” is Eminem level of emo=violence. “Transcendental-black metal” band Liturgy rocks the Albini murder anthem accapelle for the Onion’s AV Club here.
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