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HIP-HOP.COM NEW ARTIST OF THE WEEK:

ANA TIJOUX

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Regarded by many as the best rapper in the Spanish Language, Ana Tijoux’s career has spanned 10 years of pure hits. Starting with her groundbreaking group Makiza–which mixed socially conscious lyrics with production styles unheard of in Latin America–to collaborations that turned into world-wide hits with the likes of Julieta Venegas, Control Machete, y Bajofondo, to the voice of the Gorillaz-inspired, #1 children’s animated hit show Pulentos, Tijoux has always been at the forefront of her genre, one step ahead of the pack.

In 2010 she took a bold step forward to see if her flow would be accepted by those in the English-speaking world. The results: press raves and 2 coast-to-coast tours in the USA, picked by Radiohead’s Thom Yorke at the top of his summer listening list, #1 Latin album of the year at Amazon.com, breaking new ground on iTunes charts around the world, and to top it all of, a Grammy nomination–only the second ever by a Chilean artist.

Her laid-back stlye and flow, mixed with jazzy production akin to old school classic hip-hop from its golden era, gives her a unique sound that has caught the ears of new fans across the globe. And she uses these techniques to tell a story that is from from the typical hip-hop anthem: born in France to parents who had been forced into exile by a brutal dictatorship in Chile, growing up between two worlds and not even knowing what language to speak, returning to her “native” country at 13 and not fitting in anywhere, and above all, being a female MC in a male dominated world who is much more concerned with being at home to tuck in her son at night than pimping or dealing drugs on the street corner. A true revelation for Latin music, for world music, for hip-hop … Ana Tijoux is the real deal, a raw and honest tale wrapped in the most unlikely of packages, ready to explode on stage

WWW.ANATIJOUX.COM

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Atlanta Natives and Grand Hustle Artists Young Dro & Killer Mike Kick Off their Grind ‘N Hustle Tour April 1st with openers Pac Div & Dee -1 Presented by Lessons Learnerd.

Keep up with the artists on Twitter via @DroPolo @Mike_Bigga @ItsPacDiv & @Dee1music

Grind N Hustle Tour Dates
Saturday April 2 – Corvallis, OR – Impulse Bar and Grill
Sunday April 3 – Seattle, WA – The Croc
Monday April 4 – Portland, OR – Roseland
Wednesday April 6 – San Francisco, CA – 330 Ritch –  Hip-Hop.com Official Date
Saturday April 9 – San Diego, CA – Adult Swim Block Party
Monday April 11 – Albuquerque, NM – Sunshine Theatre
Tuesday April 19 – Detroit, MI – St. Andrew’s Hall
Wednesday April 20 – Cleveland, OH – The Grog Shop
Thursday April 21 – Akron, OH – Club Rose
Friday April 22 – Columbus, OH – Club Mansion
Monday April 25 – Boston, MA – Middle East
Saturday April 30 – Carrboro, NC – Cat’s Cradle

M1 of Dead Prez & DJ Child—”Go To War”

M1 of Dead Prez & DJ Child: “Go To War”…..2nd leak off upcoming full length studio album (M1 & Child) produced entirely by DJ Child…the TAKEOVER CONTINUES….PGM/RBG

www.projectgroundation.com

San Francisco Show @ the Warfield!

MOVING TARGET: EXTENDED INTIMATE PLAYDATE SERIES
12 CITY SERIES SET TO KICK OFF ON MARCH 16th IN ORLANDO, FL
ANNOUNCES @MSHILLMVNGTRGT AS THE DEFINITIVE SOURCE FOR NEWS, HIGHLIGHTS AND UPDATES FOR THE SERIES

The legendary GRAMMY Award winning MC, vocalist, producer and songwriter, Ms. Lauryn Hill, has announced dates for her Moving Target: Extended Intimate Playdate Series. The series will kick off in Orlando, FL on March 16thand hit 12 cities across the country including sets at Miami’s Jazz in the Gardens Festival on March 19th, this year’s Coachella Music and Arts Festival on April 15th and then wrapping at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival on May 7th (full routing below). More dates to be announced in the coming weeks. In addition, Ms. Hill has also announced the creation of @MsHillMvngTrgt on Twitter as the definitive source for news, highlights and updates for the Moving Target Series as well as a place for her to communicate directly with her supporters.
Of these playdates Ms. Hill says, “One of the benefits of playing venues smaller than the ones I’m used to allows me the opportunity to not only reconnect with my supporters but to expose them to a portion of the musical journey I’ve been on which the world for the most part has not had access to. I’ve never shied away from being musically adventurous, nor am I known for being a lightweight when it comes to lyrical content or musical exploration. These more intimate playdates afford me the time to perform for listeners who haven’t heard from me over the past several years or have been misinformed by the inaccuracies in some media coverage, many of which I might add, I find very amusing. Getting back out there to perform is a lot like resuming a strenuous sport after having been away from it for a while, but eventually the muscle-memory kicks in and each day brings progressive strength. It’s an exciting and REAL process which these audiences will get to witness.”

Ms. Hill recently ended a set of dates last month playing venues predominantly on the Eastern half of the country, which included performances at the Sundance Festival in Park City Utah and an exclusive party held during Fashion Week celebrating the opening of Alexander Wang’s New York City Flagship store. Ms. Hill has been performing an innovative set list of classic material, evolved but faithful to the rigor, soulfulness and power of the original music from her iconic and groundbreaking solo album The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill as well as classic Fugee numbers and a few covers honoring some of the music that Ms. Hill grew up influenced by.

OFFICIAL LIST OF DATES ARE AS FOLLOWS:
3/16 Orlando, FL House of Blues
3/19 Miami, FL Jazz in the Gardens Festival
3/23 Tampa, FL The Ritz
3/26 Myrtle Beach, SC House of Blues
3/30 Atlanta, GA Center Stage
4/3 Oahu, HI Aloha Tower
4/9 Portland, OR Arlene Schnitzer Hall
4/12 San Francisco, CA The Warfield
4/15 Indio, CA Coachella Music and Arts Festival
4/18 Los Angeles, CA Club Nokia
4/23 Denver, CO The Fillmore
5/7 New Orleans, LA Jazz and Heritage Festival

For more information, please visit @MsHillMvngTrgt

Praise for Ms. Lauryn Hill’s 2011 Tour:

“Hill sounded fantastic. She’s probably the best female singer-rapper of all time (sorry, Nicki!), switching between Nina Simone-style soul incantations and limber Caribbean-inflected rhymes with ease.”
Rolling Stone

“As she bobbed and weaved through the thickets of sound, it became clear that Hill had a firm grasp on bringing both the noise and the funk.”
Variety

“Several of the songs from ‘Miseducation’ were substantially reworked, but Ms. Hill’s energetic delivery enabled the crowd to find familiar segments to embrace…it seemed clear that she has renewed her enthusiasm for the music on which she built her reputation.”
The Wall Street Journal

About Ms. Lauryn Hill
Cited as one of the greatest female MCs of all time, Ms. Lauryn Hill’s prolific rhymes and powerful voice catapulted her into the public eye as a member of the Fugees, whose 1996 album The Score was certified six times platinum and took home two GRAMMY Awards for Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal and Best Rap Album. In 1998, Ms. Hill established herself as a creative force as a solo artist with her now classic debut The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill. The iconic work earned Ms. Hill a record-setting ten GRAMMY Award nominations, five of which she took home, including Best New Artist and Album of the Year. The album was also nominated in several categories at the NAACP Image Awards, including Outstanding Female Artist, Outstanding Album, and Outstanding Song, where she was nominated for both “Doo Wop (That Thing)” and “A Rose Is Still A Rose.” The album has appeared on countless “Best Of” lists, including Rolling Stone’s “500 Greatest Albums of All Time,” SPIN’s “Top 100 Albums of the Last 20 Years,” Vibe’s “150 Albums That Define the Vibe Era,” and the Associated Press’ “10 Best Albums of the 1990s.” The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill has sold 8 million copies worldwide. In 2002, she released MTV Unplugged No 2.0, a live album of her 2001 performance on MTV Unplugged, which was certified platinum four weeks after its release. Ms. Hill has also been recognized for her humanitarian efforts, receiving an Essence Award for her work including the 1996 founding of the Refugee Project.

CONTACT:
Press Here Publicity

Carleen Donovan
212-246-2640
carleen@pressherepublicity.com

Tour Press Inquiries:
Rachel Gomez
rachel@pressherepublicity.com

World Renowned Scratch Champion to Appear as Playable DJ and Deliver Two All-New Call-and-Response DJ Battle Mixes to This Year’s Best Soundtrack in Entertainment

DJ QBert, a defining member of DJ culture, having been crowned the best in his craft in multiple world championship competitions and revolutionized turntablism, DJ Qbert joins the distinguished rank of playable characters that will appear in-game, including Deadmau5, David Guetta and others, and will deliver two scratch intensive mixes to the best soundtrack in entertainment.

“I’m excited about finally getting to bring the art of turntablism’s defining skills, as well as two exclusive mixes, to DJ Hero 2,” said DJ Qbert. “It’s been a dream of mine as a gamer to battle myself on the turntables and now millions of fans around the world and their friends will get their chance to also.”

DJ QBERT HERO 2

“As a pioneer of his craft, DJ Qbert’s one-of-a-kind scratch and battle skills made him an amazing partner and prefect representative of DJ Hero 2’s new multiplayer modes, especially the unique DJ vs. DJ battle mixes,” said Tim Riley, Vice President of Music Affairs, Activision. “We’re bringing together the biggest and best DJ’s from around the globe, having already announced Deadmau5 and David Guetta as part of our incredibly talented crew, and having DJ Qbert cut up records in his signature style will help us put an indelible stamp on the DJ Hero 2 soundtrack.”

The ultimate mixer of music and friends, DJ Hero 2 will deliver the definitive way for players to come together and party with a host of new multiplayer modes – including DJ Battles that pit DJ against DJ in mixes produced specifically for battle gameplay – and invite vocalists into the spotlight with integrated on-screen singing and rapping of lyrics and rhymes while bringing the party to life with jump-in/jump-out Party Play gameplay. Featuring the biggest dance, pop and hip-hop hits by the hottest artists everyone knows and loves remixed by world-class DJ’s in an all-new way, the game’s soundtrack delivers over 80 unique creations only available in DJ Hero 2. Further immersing players into the music, the game offers a heightened level of creative input and allows everyone to add their own touch, directly impacting the beats they’re spinning with freestyle scratching, crossfading and sampling. The game will also feature an all-new career-based Empire Mode where players start out as an up-and-coming DJ on the road to becoming the head of a major entertainment empire, all of which is founded solely on their success as a DJ.

Dropping this fall, DJ Hero 2 will invite a wave of new digital disc jockeys to the turntables as the game will be available as a Party Bundle which will include a copy of the game, two turntable controllers and a microphone, offering the ultimate “party-in-a-box.” Gamers who experienced the #1 new videogame intellectual property of 2009 can pick up DJ Hero 2 as a Turntable Bundle featuring one turntable controller and a copy of the game or as standalone software. The game is in development by FreeStyleGames for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, the PLAYSTATION®3 and the Wii™ system from Nintendo. The game is rated “T” (Teen – Mild Suggestive Themes, Lyrics) by the ESRB. For more information about DJ Hero 2, please visit www.djhero.com, www.facebook.com/djhero and www.twitter.com/djhero.

About DJ Qbert
Richard Quitevis was born October 7, 1969, in San Francisco, California. Known by his stage name DJ Qbert or Grandmixer Qbert, is a Filipino-American Turntablist and composer. He has invented the most scratching techniques and musical innovations than any DJ in history. Qbert is credited for being the world ambassador of the DJ as a musician and turning the turntable into a respected musical instrument.

Hip-Hop’s founders created a set of rules and created a tradition for champions, it was proven during DJ battles, and it was put on wax as the DJ’s & MC’s paved the path proclaiming their DJ was the best. To prove themselves, DJs would be judged on their scratching cuts.

DJ QBert delivers on this discipline like no other DJ. Along with dear friend Roc Raida of the X-Ecutioners they are the only two DJs in history that have been Knighted by the Grand Masters of the Hip-Hop culture. His peers and the media call him the Greatest DJ in the World, one of the most influential DJs of all time.

Kid Cudi Featuring Kanye West – Erase Me by Hypetrak

The song was leaked a few weeks on from a radio rip, but now the official version has become available.Erase Me is one of the first looks at Cudi’s upcoming album, Man On The Moon II: The Legend Of Mr. Rager. Alongside Kid Cudi, his labelmates Consequence and Kanye West will also be sharing the same release date of September 14th, stay tuned.

Band claim it is ‘ridiculous to say we play blues music‘

The Black Keys have claimed their music is more influenced by hip-hop than the blues.

The Ohio duo bizarrely argued it is “ridiculous to say we play blues music” in an interview with theIndependent.

Frontman Dan Auerbach said: “When I listen to our records, I don’t hear blues music.”

Speaking about ‘Next Girl’, a song from their latest album ‘Brothers’, he added: “It’s weird because we ripped off a hip-hop song directly [on that track].”

Auerbach also claimed that the band’s live session players appreciate their musical influences.

“These guys understand where we’re coming from, they love hip-hop, they know that the groove is king. It’s hard to teach people that,” he remarked.

Last year, The Black Keys released a collaboration album under the name BLAKROC.

The self-titled record featured contributions from hip-hop artists such as Raekwon, Wu Tang Clan‘sRZA, Mos Def and Ludacris.