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Aug 11

Help TRUE

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Our friends at TRUE suffered a devastating fire in their men’s store on Haight Street last night.  We’d like to  encourage people to help them out by stopping by the shoe store, True Sole 1429 Haight Street, SF, True East 1335 South Main Street, Walnut Creek or online at Trueclothing.net.  They are planning on rebuilding, but they’ve got quite a big task ahead.

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Jul 24

Russell Brand

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wrote quite a thoughtful piece for Amy Winehouse (and on the larger issue of addiction).  Check it on his site.

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Jul 23

RIP Amy Winehouse

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so sad…

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Jul 13

For the first time ever, the documentary Dirty Hands: The Art and Crimes of David Choe, is available on DVD, exclusively at Upper Playground. The 2-disc set features over 3 hours of bonus footage and 20-page booklet designed and written by David Choe. The DVD is currently for pre-sale, and Upper Playground will be throwing 120 of Dave’s Munko vinyl figures randomly into orders placed during the pre-sale: so get in on it here.

The documentary movie is also streaming online for free, in it’s entirety, for you fine folks. Check it out here.

And check it: This Sunday, July 17th, from 2PM on, David Choe and Harry Kim will be signing copies of the DVD at FIFTY24SF Gallery in San Francisco (copies of the DVD will be for sale).

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Jul 11

SMASHBOX LIVE Listening Party: CASUAL of Hieroglyphics and DJ Crimson

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Tonight!  Casual Listening Party for The Hierophant

DJ Crimson on the 1’s & 2’s

Monday, July 11 · 7:30pm – 11:00pm

Somar Bar & Lounge

1727 Telegraph Avenue
Oakland, CA
come through!
Read more about Smashbox on their tumblr.

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Jul 11

Beats Rhymes & Life Documentary

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Michael Rappaport’s documentary on A Tribe Called Quest opens this weekend.  Click image above for full schedule.  The official Bay Area screening party will be hosted by PST.  DJ Platurn of the Oakland Faders makes his return to PST.  Resident DJ Sake One (Local 1200) joins in the fun, along with the Concierge Crew of Fran Boogie & Terril Jamon Douglas.

RSVP and arrive early for special gifts from Sony Classics, including “Beats, Rhymes & Life,” movie memorabilia, mixtapes and more. $4 Stoli cocktails from 9-11pm.

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Jul 01

Happy Independence Day!

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With the 4th of July just around the corner, we wanted to celebrate in extending a special discount code to you! Now through Tuesday, July 5th, 2011 receive 25% OFF on any items throughout the site. Enter the discount code ‘JULY5‘ at checkout to receive this huge savings.

Note: No two discount codes can be combined for any one order. Discount cannot be applied to any previously placed orders. Please double-check your order before submitting it! If you happen to type in the discount code wrong or completely forget to apply the discount code at the time of placing your order, we cannot adjust your order once it has been submitted. Discount code is valid until Tuesday, July 5th, 2011.

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Jun 23

Talib feat Res on Colbert Nation (Get By)

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Talib was on Colbert last night.  We’re a fan of both of them, but their interaction was kinda weird.  You can watch it here.  Kweli performed “Cold Rain” from Gutter Rainbows.

He also did do a web-only version of “Get By” which was much better, imo.  It’s not letting us embed, so here’s the link.

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Jun 23

FREE DOWNLOAD: JEAN GRAE COOKIES OR COMAS (A GANGSTA GRILLZ SPECIAL EDITION) MIX CD HOSTED BY DJ DRAMA

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Free Mix CD, Cookies or Comas out now
The album is hosted by DJ Drama (A Gangsta Grillz Special Edition)
& features Talib Kweli, Pharoahe Monch, Styles P & Royce Da 5′ 9″

@JeanGreasy‘s Cake or Death Album Out This Fall

Track Listing:
1) Casebasket
2) R.I.P. (featuring Styles P and Talib Kweli)
3) Imagine
4) I Rock On
5) Uh Oh (from Talib Kweli’s Gutter Rainbows)
6) Live Up (featuring Talib Kweli)
7) Assassins (from Pharoahe Monch’s W.A.R. featuring Royce Da 5’9″)
8) Jeannie Rules
9) Blame Game
10) Killing ‘Em feat. Pharoahe Monch
11) You Don’t Like It (featuring scratches by Boogie Blind)

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Jun 21

Domino’s Song of the Day

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He says, “I had to put my favorite song from my Favorite Hip-Hop album of all time, Public Enemy’s, It takes a Nation of Millions to hold us Back. I miss the days when songs of substance were the norm in Hip-Hop. Public Enemy single handedly educated an entire Hip-Hop generation. Public Enemy was perfect, Chuck D’s militant lyrics and powerful preacher like voice, Flavor Flav’s hype and comic relief and the Bomb Squad’s manic soundscape of drums and samples. In this song Chuck defiantly states, “to understand my demands, I gave a warning…I wanted the governor ya’ll plus the Warden to know, that I am innocent because I’m militant. Posing a threat, you bet its fucking up the government.”

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