11 Things: Food for thought Oct 9, 2009
The Cookie Monster is a convert, Dead Prez demands you "Be Healthy" by going veg and the Beach Boys request you send a letter naming your favorite vegetable. 6. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Health Care And You Don't Stop Sep 6, 2009
Be it Dead Prez, Mos Def or Lupe Fiasco, one of these MCs could sell us on the benefits of a plan somewhat identical to that of Canada, the United Kingdom and even Cuba. As for the hip-hop conservative rightif there actually is oneI would pass the mic to 50 Centwhos publicly allied himself with the GOP and who defended the Bush administrations handling of Hurricane Katrina. (Slate)
EA Announces Fall Music Line Up for Sports Franchises Jul 28, 2009
Long recognized as the premiere showcase for diverse and innovative new music, NBA LIVE 10 features more than 80% exclusive tracks, including reinvented classics from Afrika Bambaataa, Dead Prez and Snoop Dogg, along with ground-breaking collaborations by indie-rockers Matt with the legendary De La Soul, and newcomers Mickey Factz. The soundtrack also spotlights never-before-heard songs from Beastie Boys and Wyclef Jean. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Young and living green Jul 17, 2009
Producer and San Francisco State University faculty Gian Fiero will share his insights about breaking into the music industry, but true hip-hop devotees will want to hear the keynote speech from M-1 - of the intense and socially conscious underground hip-hop group Dead Prez - all on sound systems and audio gear powered in real time by volunteers pedaling away on generators on loan from Rock the Bike. "We want to bring youth into the epicenter of the sustainability movement," says Cantave. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Jackson's Concerts Highlight Risky Business Jul 7, 2009
Last year, in Washington State, riotous fans overturned a police car during a concert by the rap duo Dead Prez. Rap and hip hop concerts can attract "gang-mentality types of people," said Eric Moody, an entertainment insurance broker at Frankel iates Insurance Services in California. (ABC News)
A LOOK AT THE WEEK AHEAD Jun 20, 2009
-Dead Prez, "Pulse of the People". -Jim Lauderdale, "Planet of Love". (Erie Times-News, PA)
Drake Feels 'Blessed' To Have Lil Wayne As A Mentor Jun 2, 2009
Plus: Jadakiss working on new music with Cam'ron for joint tour; Dead Prez still looking out for the People, in Mixtape Daily ... " Chuck D joins the revolution on "Refuse to Lose," which also features Avery Storm. The Master Plan: "We inching closer and closer to independence," Stic said about Dead Prez's next album. "That's the real major, is our independence. (VHI.com -- Music News)
K'Naan Hopes To Break The U.S. With Help From Mos Def, Adam Levine Apr 30, 2009
" The album's first single, "ABCs," featuring Chubb Rock, is a perfect precursor to an album saturated with sobering lyrics about growing up in war-torn Somalia. On "America," a track that stands in contrast to one called "Somalia," K'Naan enlisted the help of good friend and mentor Mos Def. K'Naan doesn't seem to be slowing down anytime soon. The rapper says he has projects in the works with newcomer , Dead Prez, KRS-One and a "pretty remarkable" guest spot on the upcoming . K'Naan's album... (VHI.com -- Music News)
Film conference set for Tougaloo Mar 28, 2009
M1 of Dead Prez artist, activist, national spokesman for Hip Hop Congress. Derrick Johnson director of the Mississippi NAACP. (The Clarion-Ledger)
'90s groups are enjoying a hip-hop renaissance Mar 13, 2009
Between now and May, Harpers has Black Moon, Canibus, X-Clan, Wu-Tang stalwart GZA, and 1980s maven KRS-ONE, plus newer conscious rappers Dead Prez and Saigon. Digable Planets, at the Paradise, and Del tha Funkee Homosapien, at the Middle East, round out a promising, if vaguely nostalgic, spring menu of beats and rhymes. (Boston Globe)
South by Southwest (SXSW) Music Conference & Festival Mar 5, 2009
A very small sampling of bands includes Bedouin Soundclash, New York Dolls, The So So Glos, Sarah Borges and the Broken Singles, Invincible, Yarah Bravo, Complete, Choc Quib Town, Ximena Sarinana, The Sonics, Yelle, Amazing Baby, Bun B, Rick Ross, Dead Prez, Easy Star All-Stars, and Kingman and Jonah. The outdoor shows, at the Auditorium Shores Stage on Lady Bird Lake, are free to the public and take place for three days, Thursday, March 19 through Saturday, March 21. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Stompin' in My Air Force One Feb 26, 2009
The rap duo Dead Prez exemplifies this dilemma with the recent "," a song that offsets conciliatory language"I don't want to discourage my folk, I believe in hope"with skepticism about the new president: "Either way it's still white power, it's the same system, it just changed form." In three months, the song's official video has notched a scant 12,200 views on YouTubea would-be party crasher turned away at the door, left to hawk downers in the parking lot. Page: 1 | Jonah Weiner is a... (Slate)
The N-Word and Post-Racism Feb 26, 2009
Panelists included: Rosa Clemente, 2008 vice presidential candidate for the Green Party; MC Serch, host of VH-1 shows "The White Rapper Show" and "Miss Rap Supreme" and half of rap duo 3rd Bass; M-1, half of rap duo Dead Prez; Lisa Fager Bediako, president and co-founder of Industry Ears, Inc. and Elwood Watson, professor of history and African-American studies at ETSU. Bakari Kitwana, author and Rap Sessions CEO, served as moderator. "Post-racial asks to give up your identity," said Bediako,... (East Tennessean, TN)
'The N-Word and Post Racism in Hip Hop' coming to ETSU Feb 24, 2009
And, rounding out the list is M1, who is known as one-half of the political, hip hop duo Dead Prez. The dialogue is free and open to the public. (East Tennessean, TN)
