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The 2nd Annual Global Spin Awards will honor talented DJs from around the world on November 18th at the New York Times Center in Manhattan. Tracie Strahan speaks with Shawn Prez, founder of the Global Spin Awards, about what to expect from this year’s event.
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Last night J. Holiday took the stage at SOB’s Soul Village where he performed some of his biggest hits as well as new music from his forthcoming album “Guilty Conscience”
The other day, Banksy’s art continued to have the people of NYC flocking to buy one of a kind pieces. With each piece running for $60 each, the old man selling them had racked up about $420 within a few hours in Central Park.
Chanel Iman photographed by Ben Watts For ELLE Magazine Australia October 2013 issue.
The Skateboard culture in NYC is at an all-time high. On any given day, better yet, on any given moment you can see young people and hipsters alike skateboarding thru the NYC streets. With rap stars like Lil Wayne, Big Sean and Lupe Fiasco help bridging the gap between the skateboard & hip-hop community, the skateboard culture has grown tremendously. Now brands like AirWalk are tapping into this new alliance with the hip-hop community and shinning light on to this ever growing community. Now AirWalk has released their highly anticipated documentary entitled “We Out Here – Already Famous” which showcases and chronicles the lives of skateboarders in NYC. Checkout the video below and take a peek into the lives of some of NYC’s best skateboarder’s.
They say if you can make it in NY, you can make it anywhere, and if that rings true, then Mali Music has an extremely bright future. We’ve covered literally hundreds of shows across NYC, and we haven’t seen the type of reception that Mali got from a crowd that wasn’t familiar with him before. Opening up for Raheem DeVaughn, he literally brought a crowd to it’s feet with his energetic performance. Performing music from his “Mali Is” sampler, he paid homage to his constant collaborator Jerry Wonda who came out with his team to support. Going through “Beautiful”, “No Fun Alone”, and “Fight for You”, he eventually shut the place down with “Ready Aim”. It was a great sight to see.
Raheem followed to the stage, and it wasn’t even surprising to anyone that the #LoveKing would come out and sit on a throne. Not only is he the #LoveKing, but he’s the king of male r&b performers when you compare him to the rest of the genre; he’s that good. Constantly innovating and improving his live show, you will always find a packed building when he’s in town, and tonight was no different. After rising from the throne, he spent the evening serenading his adoring fans with songs from his new album “A Place Called LoveLand” as well as his biggest hits.
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Sometimes you just have to take time and enjoy the simple things in life. Seeing this view of NYC inspires us to be great, and to reach for the moon and if you don’t make it you’ll be with the stars. What will you do to be great today?
New Video from Arlis Michaels Feat Prince Sha “I Got 5 On It”
Lil Debbie and Mr. Pretty Puke partner up with Alife NYC for some new heat. Stay on the look out HERE.
Newcomer ImJaeHall is among the crop of new artist that is actually saying something. We have been quietly watching him and after his release of his Aaliyah tribute, we could not help but want to find out more about him.. We got a few minutes with him and he had a lot to say…we respect it all!
You have an impressive sound. Who are your musical influences?
My musical influences is such a hard question to answer! Might sound cliche, but I’m truly influenced by any genre. One day I’m playing Calvin Harris 18months album the next I’m playing The Fugees The Score. It just varies! I really can’t pin point what are my exact musical influences. It’s truly just good music!
Explain for us, your track F.N.W.A.
F.N.W.A all came from a certain moment and a wave of emotion. You know I wasn’t brought up in that era. I didn’t know what it’s like to first hear somebody say “f*ck the police” and really mean it and not just say it because it sounded cool but say it because of what they’ve wrongfully gone through. And that’s really how they felt! And to see how the same exact things they were talking about 10-15-20 years ago are still happening today was just a sobering thing for me. And to see it happen so close to home was just unreal meaning seeing it happen over and over again in New York City. In no way am I advocating violence but at that particular moment that’s how I felt! F*ck em! You know because they don’t give a sh*t about what happens to us. And music is my way of expressing my feelings and my thoughts at whatever time I see fit. Some people write in there journal, I create music. And me creating a song is not going to change anything we got to change our selves and how we see each other. But hey hopefully in due time. [Read more…]
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