Rhymesayers Entertainment and Rose Presents announce the Sixth Annual Soundset Festival.  Confirmed artists for Soundset 2013 include:

Atmosphere, Snoop Dogg, Mac Miller, Tech N9ne, Busta Rhymes, Brother Ali, Juicy J, P.O.S, Schoolboy Q, Aesop Rock with Rob Sonic & DJ Big Wiz, Joey Bada$$, Step Brothers (Evidence & Alchemist), Sean Price, A$AP Ferg, Dizzy Wright, Apollo Brown & Guilty Simpson, R.A. The Rugged Man, Abstract Rude & Musab, Melo D – Beat Junkies, Diamond D (All 45s DJ Set), Kid Koala, Skratch Bastid, Psalm One & Oh No, The Reminders, Mixed Blood Majority, The Chalice, Open Mike Eagle, Greg Grease, Haphduzn, Meta, Major G, DJ Top Speed, Dan Speak, Jimmy2Times, Verb X, DJ Mad Mardigan, DJ Lean Rock and Edison.

Hosted by Sway Calloway, Blueprint, J Pratt.

Tickets are on sale Saturday, March 9th, 2013 at 11:00AM Central Standard Time to the general public through www.ticketweb.com and Fifth Element. General admission tickets are $49 ($3 facility fee and parking are included in ticket price) VIP options for $100 (includes $3 facility fee) are also available!

This year Soundset has partnered with Ironlak and The Seventh Letter Crew to bring some of the worlds most talented visual artists, who will be live painting all day: Ewok, Rime, Zes, Vizie, Trav, Aloy, and Eklips. In addition, the artists will be doing a black book signing. Also returning will be the 3rd annual Skateboard Showdown, the sixth annual Soundset Custom Car Show with over 200 cars and a special Last of the Record Buyers live production showcase.

New video from The Uncluded (Aesop Rock x Kimya Dawson)

This March, Rhymesayers and Atmosphere bring you the Third Annual “Welcome To Minnesota Tour”, with performances from Atmosphere, Brother Ali, Get Cryphy, Carnage and Haphduzn. The tour begins Friday, March 1st in Bemidji, MN and makes  stops in Duluth, St. Cloud, Mankato, and Minneapolis. Tickets are on sale now ONLINE!

TOUR DATES:
03.01.13 – Bemidji, MN – Sanford Center Ballroom | Buy TIckets
03.02.13 – Duluth, MN – Clyde Iron Works | Buy Tickets
03.03.13 – St. Cloud, MN – Red Carpet | Buy Tickets
03.04.13 – Mankato, MN – Verizon Wireless Center | Buy Tickets
03.05.13 – Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue | Buy Tickets

FREE DOWNLOAD: “It Ain’t The Prettiest”, a new song from Atmosphere featuring tourmates Brother Ali, Carnage, and Haphduzn. Listen/DL HERE!

Check out an exclusive video message from Slug about the tour and get your tickets today before it’s too late. You don’t want to miss this one…

(plagiarized from RSE)

Aesop has postponed the last few dates of his tour due to the current conditions in the Northeast.

VA, MD, MA, VT, RI, CT are going to be postponed. Check the venue sites for updates.

We don’t know if we could make it to the cities, or make it out, or if y’all could make it to the shows. As is – some of us can’t get home” -AR

via RSE

Brother Ali interviewed on Al-Jazeera about his new album, Mourning in America and Dreaming in Color…always appreciate the intelligent discourse.

Kitties love Aesop Rock.  New album, tees, & hoodies available here.

Download “Zero Dark Thirty”: http://snd.sc/InSPth

The first video/single from Aesop Rock’s upcoming album Skelethon premiered this morning on mtv.com.

Director: Isaac Ravishankara
DP: Kevin Hayden
Producer: Brooke Kennedy
EP: Danielle Hinde
Editor: Isaac Ravishankara
Artist: Coro
Production Company: Doomsday Entertainment

http://rhymesayers.com/aesoprock
http://twitter.com/aesoprockwins
http://aesoprock.com

(the lyrics are on the youtube page…)

He just filmed a video for this track this past weekend.

In case you missed it on FB, here’s the first webisode. RIP Whiskers.

We were sworn to secrecy, but since RSE just announced it, here it is:

Iconic New York-born, San Francisco-based rapper and producer, Aesop Rock, is joining forces with Rhymesayers to release his sixth studio album, Skelethon, on July 10th 2012. Since the release of None Shall Pass in 2007, we’ve seen Aesop Rock touring the world, launching online arts outlet, 900bats.com, and collaborating on LPs with Felt, Hail Mary Mallon, the Uncluded and more. Skelethon not only sees the rapper back waxing poetically on his own but also marks his first wholly self-produced effort. While the sounds are familiar, we see Aesop venturing in some exciting new directions with guest appearances from indie rock archetype, Kimya Dawson, as well as Allyson Baker of Dirty Ghosts, Hanni El Khatib, Nicky Fleming-Yaryan, Rob Sonic, DJ Big Wiz and the Grimace Federation. Aesop’s new album follows in the wake of several deep personal losses and highlights subject matter that deals with the sometimes-futile ways people try to cope with serious issues. The cover art comes from Barcelona-based painter Aryz. Skelethon is set to be both a showpiece for his illustrious career and a serious payoff for his droves of ever-patient loyal fans.

1. Leisureforce
2. ZZZ Top
3. Cycles To Gehenna
4. Zero Dark Thirty
5. Fryerstarter
6. Ruby ’81
7. Crows 1
8. Crows 2
9. Racing Stripes
10. 1,000 O’Clock
11. Homemade Mummy
12. Grace
13. Saturn Missiles
14. Tetra
15. Gopher Guts

Follow Aesop Rock on Twitter @AesopRockWins

We were distressed to learn that Mr. Dibbs is battlingCirrhosis, which is the final phase of chronic liver disease.  Friends have put together this event at Honey tonight featuring Sector 7G, Kristoff Krane, Zac HB and Ackronem. Every penny raised will go directly to Dibbs.  No one will be turned away from the door due to lack of funds.

Details: Monday, Nov. 21st / Honey MPLS / 8:30 PM / $7 / 18+

Dibbs is no longer able to work due to his debilitating condition, so we’re kindly requesting that people step up and help ease the financial pains while he deals with the physical ones. Any amount would help.  To donate money you can go Paypal to the address: Hellkitchen@netzero.com  (Mr. Dibb’s wife, Kristin Rose’s account).  If you don’t have a credit card to donate through PayPal, you can send directly to:

Brad Forste
4830 Poplar St
Cincinati, OH 45212

You can also buy something from the Mr. Dibb’s page on our site, and we will send a donation in for you.

You can keep up with his progress by following him on twitter www.twitter.com/mrdibbs.