by | Jun 22, 2016 | Throwback Thursday
On Tuesday, June 21, Public Enemy hosted a free concert at Betsy Head Park in the Brownsville neighborhood of Brooklyn as part of the park’s SummerStage Series. Opening up the show for P.E. was remix master DJ Tedsmooth! It was really high energy and they surely...
by | Jun 20, 2016 | Throwback Thursday
The Beastie Boys formed in 1979 in New York City and were originally a punk/hardcore band. They started getting into rap/hip hop in the early ‘1980’s and it was this changed the course of music history forever! The original line up consisted of Michael...
by | Jun 20, 2016 | Throwback Thursday
LL COOL J!! Of course, stands for LADIES LOVE COOL JAMES and he is one of the founding fathers of “pop-rap”! To date he has released 13 albums and 2 full compilations (greatest hits)…His album in 2008, EXIT 13, was the last to be released under his...
by | Jun 20, 2016 | Throwback Thursday
Ever wonder about the beginning of DEF JAM RECORDINGS?? Where artists like the Beastie Boys, RUN D.M.C. and LL Cool J came from?? Check out this awesome piece from ROLLING STONE’s youtube channel…all about the early days of DEF JAM! Rick Rubin returns to...
by | Jun 17, 2016 | Throwback Thursday
KRUSH GROOVE (Warner Bros. 1985) is the iconic semi auto-biographical story of Russell Simmons (named Russell Walker in the film) who was played by Blair Underwood in his big screen debut. The movie tells the story of the early days of the DEF JAM Recordings label...
by | Jun 17, 2016 | Throwback Thursday
Def Comedy Jam, the longest running HBO series ever, launched the careers of Chris Tucker, Martin Lawrence, Steve Harvey, Bernie Mac, and featured Chris Rock, and Jaime Foxx. The Def Comedy Jam franchise has extended into tours and sold over 8 million DVD’s worldwide....
