VIDEO: Sean Price - Jesus Price & Boom Bye Yeah (live)

Sean Price performed 'Jesus Price' and 'Boom Bye Yeahat' the Stand Up! Hip Hop showcase I organized with OhWord.com and Internets Celebrities. Great camera work by Terrence Elenteny.

VIDEO: NYOIL - You're A Queen (live)

NYOIL performed 'You're A Queen' at the Stand Up! Hip Hop showcase.

VIDEO: Donny Goines - Never Let My Talent Die (Disco D Tribute)

Donny Goines performs 'Never Let My Talent Die', his Disco D produced tribute to the man himself who passed away this year. This was filmed at the recent NYC's Stand-Up show, Harlem mc Donny Goines delivers "Never let my talent die". The song is a heartfelt tribute to the rapper's friend and collaborator Disco D (r.i.p.). The was filmed at last week's Stand Up! show, a showcase for underground hip-hop put on by OhWord.com and SitDownStandUp.com and hosted by the Internets Celebrities. Previously: Hired Gun performed. Video by Terrence Elenteny.

NEWS: Stand Up! The show is tomorrow. Spread the word!

Like Rafi said: If you’re anywhere near NYC, you have no excuse not to be there. Let musremind you what’s going on here. Two hip-hop blogs (Oh Word and Sit Down Stand Up) have put together a showcase for deserving underground rap acts. Internets Celebrities will be hosting.


For a $9 ticket you will be seeing sets from 4 underground MC’s who can rhyme their ass off, a group freestyle cipher onstage and a special guest appearance that will blow your mind. You get more than your money’s worth, we promise. I don’t know how to make this any clearer: if you miss this event, you’re probably an asshole. Don’t be an asshole. Buy tickets now.

The Performers:
Hired Gun: video + interview
Cause: MP3's + videos
Donny Goines: videos
NYOIL : videos

BONUS: Our 3 performers in a Cypher + Our Three Performers go Bowwwwlliinnn'.

LISTEN: Cause - BBQ's & Music

DOWNLOAD Cause - BBQ's & Music (MP3)


You may remember Cause from his excellent re-workings of 'The People', 'Stronger', and 'Ayo Technology', and today he shares with us 'BBQs & Music' over a Alchemist/Dilated Peoples beat. On December 6th Cause will be performing as part of Stand Up!, a live Hip Hop show at Pianos with underground talents NY Oil, Hired Gun, Donny Goines, a secret guest and Interns Celebrities as hosts. Co-curated by yours truly and OhWord. More info here.

NEWS: Hired Gun Interview

Hired Gun is one of the MCs performing at Stand Up! co-curated by OhWord & SitDownStandUp.com, hosted by theiCs and also featuring Cause, Donny Goines, NYOIL and a surprise guest (buy $9 tix here). R.H.S. over at OhWord interviewed him. Excerpts below, read the full interview including downloads here.


OhWord: Where exactly are you from? Do they have running water yet? Where are you currently located? What got you into emceeing, besides a lack of cow-tipping talent?
Hired Gun: I originate from Hopatcong, New Jersey, a small rural northwest town near the Pennsylvania border, but have been a Brooklyn resident since 2000. I credit my older cousin who was from Newark, home of Redman, Queen Latifah and Naughty By Nature [Editors’s Note: those guys are mostly from Irvington, let’s be real], for exposing me to hip hop. Where I grew up it was the land of Hall and Oates, Hair Bands, and southern rock. I spent a lot of time in the summer and on weekends though hanging out with him at my Grandmother’s who lived in Hillside (an area around Newark). Listening to 98,7 Kiss with Red Alert and Chuck Chillout, and WBLS with Marley Marl in the late eighties really hooked me on hip hop. The emceeing became a natural progression from hearing the music and following my cousin as he had grown up rhyming and battling kids in his school. I looked up to him, and identified more with Guru and Q-Tip then I ever really could with Bon Jovi or Eddie Van Halen. So my classmates picked up guitars to follow their heroes…I grabbed a mic to follow mine. Full interview here.

VIDEO: Rappers Bowling

Cause, Hired Gun, Donny Goines, the Internets Celebrities and myself went bowling. Or as I like to say "Bowwwwwllinnnnnn'" Dallas: "Hip-hop has become not like wrestling... but like bowling."


You know the deal. OhWord.com & SitDownStandUp.com curating. Internets Celebrities hosting. 4 dope underground MCs and one secret guest. Git yo tickets here.

VIDEO: Internet Celebrities - VH1 Hip Hop Honors Total Fucking Access

Internets Celebrities, hosts of the the upcoming Stand Up! concert curated by SitDownStandUp and OhWord (Dec. 6th), have a new video! Watch below.

SitDownStandUp.com Is On Vacation For A Week

I will be in Latin America and unless that turns out to be completely boring I won't be posting until I get back. In the mean time be sure to check out some of my colleagues for all of your Hip Hop news/insight/etc. I'll be back to claim my spot November 5th.


Oh and be sure to buy your tickets for Stand Up! on December 6th in the Lower East Side of New York City.

NEWS: SitDownStandUp + OhWord Curate Stand Up!

DOWNLOAD Donny Goines - Am I Dreaming (MP3)
DOWNLOAD Cause - Ayo Technology (Remix) (MP3)
DOWNLOAD NYOIL - Free The Jena 6 (MP3)
STREAM Hired Gun - The Village (MySpace)

Oh we've got an announcement for you my friends. SitDownStandUp has banded together with OhWord to curate a great night of Hip Hop on December 6th called Stand Up!. It will be hosted by the Rafi and Dallas Penn together known as Internets Celebrities. It's all presented by Liberated Matter and features four of our favorite underground artists that we think deserve some extra attention. Each artist will perform a solo set followed in the end by a big posse cut with all four artists PLUS our special secret guest. The special guest will then close out the night with a set. Get your tickets here now! All info below. Expect featured posts leading up the event and some more extra stuff.


Liberated Matter Presents Stand Up!
Curated by OhWord.com & SitDownStandUp.com
Hosted by Internets Celebrities
featuring Hired Gun, Donny Goines, NY Oil, Cause & one special surprise performer
Where: Pianos, 158 Ludlow St. NYC (directions)
When: Thursday December 6th, 9-11PM
Buy tix here