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10 Thoughts from My “Watch The Throne Tour” Experience [Exclusive Coverage]

Posted by DJ Z on 12/05/11
Filed under: News, Exclusives, Featured, Concerts

Chicago, Ill. -- What do you do when you're Kanye West and Jay-Z, and you've just released the biggest collaborative album in hip-hop history? You follow it up by co-headlining the biggest, flashiest tour ever unleashed on North American stadiums, of course! Our very own DJ Z witnessed the unparalleled spectacle that is The Throne's live show …

Swizz Beatz & T.I. Launch New Lotus Line

Posted by Ru Porter on 12/05/11
Filed under: News, Other Events

When it comes to brand partnerships and endorsements, artists get handouts like children on Halloween. Other than Diddy, Swizz Beatz is the only person in my opinion to really connect with each product he works with. His creativity goes far beyond his music that whatever he does ends up being a huge success - from education to fashion, Swizz is …

Win Tickets to the “Watch the Throne” Tour in Chicago [Contest]

Posted by richard on 11/28/11
Filed under: News, Contests, Exclusives, Featured

On Wednesday, November 30, Kanye West and Jay-Z's Watch the Throne Tour is set to visit Chicago's United Center. The DJBooth is in possession of a pair of tickets to the show, which we'll be giving away via Facebook. Visit our official page on Monday, the 28th to learn how you can be the …

MURS’ “Hip Hop and Love” Tour Visits San Francisco [Exclusive Coverage]

Posted by Gregory Hill on 11/23/11
Filed under: News, Exclusives, Featured, Concerts

San Francisco, Calif. -- Friday night, a fantastic group of underappreciated talent descended upon the extraordinary Fillmore to display their brand of timeless music on the Hip Hop and Love Tour. Damon Dash’s Bluroc Records is responsible for the 51-city tour headlined by Los Angeles underground hip-hop icon MURS, and legendary hip-hop producer Ski Beatz; who is …

Maino Jumps “In the Mix” [DJBooth Interview Exclusive]

Posted by JustinM on 11/23/11
Filed under: News, Exclusives, Interviews

New York, N.Y. -- The road from Maino's 2009 debut set, ...If Tomorrow Comes, to his sophomore full-length has been a long and bumpy one, but he hasn't let a little red tape slow his hustle. Well-prepared for the trials and tribulations of the industry by his background in the streets, the NYC representative has kept his …

Quit Your Day Job - J.A.M.E.S. Watts [DJBooth Interview Exclusive]

Posted by richard on 11/22/11
Filed under: News, Exclusives, Interviews

New York, N.Y. -- Whether you're an aspiring artist or simply a daydreamer, you've likely fantasized about what it would be like to leave your nine-to-five grind behind and try your luck in the music game. But what is the life of an artist on the come-up really like? To answer that very question, we have launched a new, DJBooth-exclusive …

Elle Varner Performs Intimate Show at NYC’s Sounds of Brazil Nightclub [Exclusive Coverage]

Posted by Ru Porter on 11/17/11
Filed under: News, Exclusives, Concerts

New York, N.Y. -- In the “new music industry”, many of the artists you hear today are either manufactured products of reality television or branded copycats of whoever happens to be at the top of the Billboard charts. Oftentimes for the right price, you’ll find that many artists will go against every fiber of their being to achieve some sort …

Quit Your Day Job - Marion Write [DJBooth Interview Exclusive]

Posted by richard on 11/15/11
Filed under: News, Exclusives, Interviews

Whether you're an aspiring artist or simply a daydreamer, you've likely fantasized about what it would be like to leave your nine-to-five grind behind and try your luck in the music game. But what is the life of an artist on the come-up really like? To answer that very question, we have launched a new, DJBooth-exclusive interview series titled Quit …

M.O.P. Jump “In the Mix” [DJBooth Interview Exclusive]

Posted by JustinM on 11/11/11
Filed under: News, Exclusives, Interviews

New York, N.Y. -- Having soldiered ever onward through more than two decades of hits, misses, changing fortunes, and label switches, it's no wonder that Lil Fame and Billy Danze of M.O.P. identify with the Spartan troops who tenaciously stood their ground against the Persians at the Battle of Thermopylae (as famously, if not …

DJBooth-Approved Artists Remember Hip-Hop Legend Heavy D

Posted by richard on 11/09/11
Filed under: News, Featured

New York, N.Y. -- Yesterday, November 8, at Los Angeles' Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, hip-hop legend Heavy D. passed away at the age of 44. His death was reportedly due to respiratory problems. A 25 year-plus veteran of the industry, the artist born Dwight Arrington Myers first hit the scene as frontman of Heavy D & the …

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