St. Joe Louis – “Good Morning” (Video)
“Good Morning,” the second video from St. Joe Louis (directed by Visual High Life), can be found on their most excellent mixtape, “30,000 Ft. High & Rising” which was released last summer. If you haven’t heard it yet, it better be because you’ve never heard of this talented group of MC’s from New Jersey. But … Continue reading
Pharoahe Monch & Jean Grae @ Brooklyn Bowl – 5.10.11
Tuesday night, the masses descended upon Williamsburg to Brooklyn Bowl to bask in the aura of some of hip hop’s finest artists (OK, I was feeling myself a little with that intro…) Pharoahe Monch and Jean Grae were the headliners; unfortunately, I wasn’t able to make it in time to catch the opening acts, such … Continue reading
Honorable Mention in Photo Rob Interview by Brooklyn Bodega!
In my opinion, April was one of NYC photographer Robert Adam Mayer (aka Photo Rob)’s best months ever. First, a documentary was released profiling Photo Rob and his contribution to the NYC hip hop scene. Then last week, he was interviewed by Brooklyn Bodega about the documentary and so much more. I was very surprised … Continue reading
Photoset: Ladies First
Last night at Southpaw in Brooklyn, I was honored to participate in a photo slideshow dedicated to women in hip hop and ladies in general as part of an event called Ladies First. I can’t even begin to tell you how amazing the show was, but most of all, it was awesome to see so … Continue reading
The Garden State Hip-Hop Cypher 2011 (Full Show)
(taken from GardenStateHipHop.com) On January 13, 2011 sixteen of New Jersey’s rising underground hip-hop talents filled the Turntable Izm Show studio in a gathering for the Gardenstatehiphop.com cypher. The Gardenstatehiphop.com cypher was created to give NJ’s premiere underground hip-hop artists an opportunity to showcase their precious talents to hip-hop lovers worldwide. Due to the lack … Continue reading
Tomorrow Today @ Southpaw – 1.8.10
Excellent way to kick off another year of shows. This was my first show of 2011, and it was a great one! On the bill were some of New York City’s emerging talents: Warren Britt, Children of the Night, Illustrate, Jah-C & Jason Spain, YC the Cynic and Wordspit. All gave energetic performances and the … Continue reading
Nike Nando is “Sickkk”!
At the DeadStock Kicks fundraiser this past weekend, one of the performers was Nike Nando from the DMV… I was very impressed with his performance, and especially enjoyed his song “Sickkk!” which flips “One More Time” from Daft Punk. Yeah… so many others have done it before, but this one became an instant favorite! I … Continue reading
Baby Boogaloo
I saw this video at a lounge a couple of weeks ago…cutest thing ever! If we taught our children to preserve the elements of hip hop like someone’s doing with this kid, then I think we’ll be alright…
Nobody Beats the LIZ 