VIDEO: EPMD - Listen Up

Think Mary J Blige/Dr. Dre's 'Family Affair' meets EPMD's 'Crossover'. EPMD still holding it down.

VIDEO: Naughty By Nature, EPMD, etc. @ Nokia

Unlike TSS (check their account) and Eskay (check his account) I didn't attend this epic night at Nokia. Luckily there's videos.

Naughty By Nature - O.P.P./Uptown Anthem


Lord Finesse, A.G. & O.C. - Thick


EPMD - You Got’s To Chill/I Shot The Sheriff

PHOTOS: SitDownStandUp.com's 2007 In Pictures

I brought my camera to a few really great Hip Hop concerts in 2007 including Clipse @ Columbia University, Rock The Bells featuring Cypress Hill, Wu-Tang Clan, Redman, The Roots and more, Boost Mobile Rock Corps @ Radio City Music Hall featuring Swizz Beatz, Just Blaze, Jadakiss, Fabolous, Hurricane Chris, Yung Joc, Keyshia Cole and more, EPMD, Nas, Jeru Da Damaja @ Roseland Ballroom and more. Click on the shows above specifically for relevant photos. Below there's a slideshow of photos from all of those. More non-Hip Hop photos can be found here. Move your mouse over the top of the picture below to go to the next photo, and move it over the bottom for thumbnails.


Full size photos available @ my flickr page.

NEWS: J.A.M. Awards Tribute To Jam Master Jay

It killed me to not be able to attend this due to birthday obligations (my own) last night. Mobb Deep, M.O.P., Jim Jones, Papoose, De La Soul, Dead Prez, Everlast, Raekwon, Snoop Dogg and others performed at the J.A.M. Awards, a tribute to the late Jam Master Jay’s vision of Justice, Arts & Music. This sounds it would've hit the old school sweet spot: "EPMD took the stage to perform classics including “You Gots to Chill,” “So Wat Cha Sayin” and “Headbanger.” LL Cool J joined them for a verse, putting his fist in the air for JMJ." (More over at RS)


Related: Inspired by the recent murder of Sean Taylor and other violent crimes recent, P. Rosenberg wrote an interesting, long and worthwhile post about violence, hip hop culture and responsibility here called 'We Must Change This Ourselves'.

PHOTOS: EPMD & Jeru Da Damaja @ Roseland Ballroom

EPMD, Slick Rick and Jeru Da Damaja all played Roseland Ballroom the same night that Nas did. A few photos from Jeru's and EPMD's set below.
Full set here.




The last photo is of the host of the night. Full set here.

NEWS: Nas & EPMD Play Roseland Ballroom NYC

Both Rock The Bells alumni Nas and EPMD are set to play the Roseland Ballroom together next Friday. For a very reasonable $25. I'm there.


Friday October 12th, 8PM
Nas & EPMD @ Roseland Ballroom
239 W 52nd St. NYC
$25 (buy tix)

VIDEO: Heroes Season 2 Preview

Comic books and Hip Hop go together very well. Heroes was one of two tv shows I watched last season and I secretly loved it. Brought me back to those days where I was listening to EPMD on my walkman while reading Spiderman kick some villain ass.

This is the preview for Season 2. My response is just: "Um...what?"


Thanks Rachael!