Hip Hop Hood Fest News

 
Pilbara Echo
Robin Hoods of the hilltop talk big gigs and winter thongs
Pilbara Echo
With ticket sales taking off for the inaugural North West Festival this August, Elise Batchelor catches up with Hilltop Hoods' DJ Debris to find out what to expect from these headlining kings of Aussie hip hop. Six studio albums, ARIA awards, ...


 
Straight.com
Tales set sail and run wild at the Vancouver International Children's Festival
Straight.com
How about Romeo and Juliet, condensed to 45 minutes, complete with a cast of rival cats and dogs, plus hip-hop? Or a spin on Little Red Riding Hood that whizzes kids around False Creek on a boat and includes a guitar-strumming sea wolf and an ...

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Eurweb.com
Jeff Lorber on Upcoming Playboy Community Concert; Talks Hip-Hop Appreciation
Eurweb.com
With more than 30 years in the music industry, Lorber has opened his ear to many genres, including hip-hop. Although he labels the late Notorious BIG “one of the greatest rappers of all time,” Lorber confessed to being “completely shocked” that an old ...


 
Santa Barbara Independent
Beck, Devendra Banhart Team Up to Take on the Bowl
Santa Barbara Independent
1996's Odelay found him blurring the lines between Nirvana's slacker rock and hip-hop. In 1999, his Midnite Vultures delivered a whacked-out mix of '70s funk and outsider music. And in 2002, Sea Change made a solid bid for the most tear-jerking ...

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Globe and Mail
Australian rappers pay tribute to Adam Yauch
Brisbane Times
South Australian hip-hop group the Hilltop Hoods will honour Adam Yauch at the Groovin the Moo music festival in Bendigo tonight. "The Beastie Boys were a massive influence on us. Their use of live instruments and samples changed how we viewed music," ...
Old school great turned tables on rapSydney Morning Herald

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'Uprising' documents role of hip-hop in LA riots
CNN
(CNN) -- In 1988, the West Coast hip-hop group NWA released a provocative song called "F**k tha Police," which stirred controversy and marked it as one of the most high-profile examples of tension between the black community in Los Angeles and ...

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The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
Music serenades Asbury as Bamboozle gets under way
Asbury Park Press
The Bamboozle music festival opens its gates Friday evening on the boardwalk in Asbury Park. / DOUG HOOD/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Crowds gather Friday on the Asbury Park boardwalk in anticipation of the Bamboozle Festival. / TOM SPADER/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ...
Music serenades Asbury as Bamboozle gets underwayDailyrecord.com

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