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pimpcast 4 – Back with a vengeance

d89don — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:59:23 +0000

Took a while but this is well worth the wait. A really ill, hour long mix of hip-hop for your asses. Zion I make an appearance, the Orphanage is on there, One Be Lo, Royce, Pharaohe Monch is on there, Soul Position, and many more!

As always click here to listen/download, and feel free to leave feedback on these podcasts.

More to come.

pimpcast 3 – Better late than never

d89don — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 21:59:59 +0000

I’ve been busy with all kinds of bullshit so I didn’t have time to throw one together until now. Not that anyone really noticed. All kinds of new shit on here and some old stuff just to balance it out, Reef is on there, new Jedi Mind, Guilty Simpson, Royce, WMS the Sultan, new Mos Def, new Eminem, Sean P is on there, MF Doom, and more!

Anyway, as usual heres the link to listen and/or download.

Enjoy.

Crooked I – Hip-Hop Weekly (Collection)

d89don — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 18:02:02 +0000

I mentioned this on the most recent pimpcast so here it is: An entire years worth of freestyles released once a week for the entire 52 weeks. Every single one of these freestyles is dope and you can’t say he came weak on any of them. Crooked rips all these beats from classics like Ether to new shit, that motherfucker is crazy. Check it.

Crooked I – Hip-Hop Weekly (Collection)

Enjoy, bitches.

pimpcast 2 – The second one

d89don — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:51:24 +0000

Right then, the moment none of you have been waiting for. It’s the second ever pimpcast for you hip-hop heads. This pimpcast is all new shit from a variety of dope emcees. Apathy is on there, Royce, Crooked I, Ya Boy, Heltah Skeltah, and more!

To listen to the pimpcast you can click here and if you want to download it there’s the option on that page.

And that’s about it, later on I’ll update the blog with Crooked I’s Hip-Hop Weekly Collection.

Away with ye, then.

Brother Ali on Tour

d89don — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 14:53:37 +0000

Rhymesayers emcee Brother Ali is going on an East Coast Tour in the coming months. If you’ve slept on this man go pick up both of his albums, Shadows on the Sun & The Undisputed Truth. They’re both extremely dope and you will thank me. Anyway, hit the jump for tour dates.

+ 10.17.2008 + Brother Ali in Northfield, MN

Venue: St. Olaf College
Address: Lion’s Pause Mane Stage
1520 St. Olaf Ave.
City: Northfield
State: MN
Phone: 507-786-3999
Doors: 7:30PM
Ages: All Ages
Cost: $15 Students /$25 GA
-> Performing: Brother Ali

+ 10.18.2008 + Brother Ali in Tempe, AZ

Venue: The Clubhouse
Address: 1320 E. Broadway Rd
City: Tempe
State: AZ
Phone: 480-968-3238
Doors: 8:30PM
Ages: 18+
Cost: $20/$22
-> Performing: Brother Ali

http://clubhousemusicvenue.com/

+ 11.05.2008 + Brother Ali East Coast Tour

Venue: Rock N Roll Hotel
Address: 1353 H St. NE
City: Washington DC
State: DC
Phone: 202-388-7625
Doors: 8:00PM
Ages: All Ages
Cost: $15
-> Performing: Brother Ali w/ BK One & Toki Wright

BUY TICKETS!
www.rockandrollhoteldc.com

+ 11.06.2008 + Brother Ali East Coast Tour

Venue: Living Room
Address: 23 Rathbone St
City: Providence
State: RI
Phone: 401-521-5200
Doors: 8:00PM
Ages: All Ages
Cost: $15
-> Performing: Brother Ali w/ BK One & Toki Wright

Ticket Info:
www.etix.com
www.livingroomny.com/music.html

+ 11.07.2008 + Brother Ali East Coast Tour

Venue: Pearl Street
Address: 10 Pearl St.
City: Northampton
State: MA
Phone: 413-584-7810
Doors: 9:00PM
Ages: All Ages
Cost: $13/$16
-> Performing: Brother Ali w/ BK One & Toki Wright

BUY TICKETS
www.iheg.com/pearl_street_main.asp

+ 11.08.2008 + Brother Ali East Coast Tour

Venue: The Asylum
Address: 121 Center St.
City: Portland
State: ME
Phone: 207-772-8397
Doors: 9:00PM
Ages: All Ages
Cost: $13/$15
-> Performing: Brother Ali w/ BK One & Toki Wright
www.portlandasylum.com

+ 11.09.2008 + Brother Ali East Coast Tour

Venue: Higher Ground Lounge
Address: 1214 Williston Rd.
City: South Burlington
State: VT
Phone: 802-652-0777
Doors: 8:30PM
Ages: All Ages
Cost: $12/$14
-> Performing: Brother Ali w/ BK One & Toki Wright

BUY TICKETS!
www.highergroundmusic.com

+ 11.10.2008 + Brother Ali East Coast Tour

Venue: World Cafe Live
Address: 3025 Walnut St.
City: Philadelphia
State: PA
Phone: 215-222-1400
Doors: 7:00PM
Ages: All Ages
Cost: $13/$15
-> Performing: Brother Ali w/ BK One & Toki Wright

BUY TICKETS!
www.worldcafelive.com

+ 11.12.2008 + Brother Ali East Coast Tour

Venue: Grog Shop
Address: 2785 Euclid Hts Blvd
City: Cleveland Heights
State: OH
Phone: 216-321-5588
Doors: TBA
Ages: All Ages
Cost: $12/$14
-> Performing: Brother Ali w/ BK One & Toki Wright
www.grogshop.gs

+ 11.13.2008 + Brother Ali East Coast Tour

Venue: Uncle Pleasants
Address: 2126 S. Preston St.
City: Louisville
State: KY
Doors: TBA
Ages: All Ages
Cost: $10/$12
-> Performing: Brother Ali w/ BK One & Toki Wright
www.unclepleasants.com

+ 11.14.2008 + Brother Ali East Coast Tour

Venue: Skully’s Music Diner
Address: 1151 N. High St.
City: Columbus
State: OH
Phone: 614-291-8856
Doors: TBA
Ages: 18+
Cost: $15/$17
-> Performing: Brother Ali w/ BK One & Toki Wright
www.skullys.org

+ 11.15.2008 + Brother Ali in Copper Mountain, CO

Venue: Copper Mountain Ballroom
Address: Burning Squares Plaza
209 Ten Miles Circle
City: Copper Mountain
State: CO
Phone: 800-458-8386
Doors: 9:30PM
Ages: All Ages
Cost: $10/$15
-> Performing: Brother Ali

+ 11.22.2008 + Brother Ali in Milwaukee, WI

Venue: Turner Hall Ballroom
Address: 1043 N. 4th St.
City: Milwaukee
State: WI
Phone: 414-286-6663
Doors: 8:00PM
Ages: All Ages
Cost: $15
-> Performing: Brother Ali
www.turnerhallballroom.org

Cunninlynguists on Tour

d89don — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 14:24:27 +0000

The first group ever showcased on the pimpcast is on tour right now promoting their new album Dirty Acres (which is very dope I might add.) Hit the jump for tour dates.

October, 9 2008 09:00 PM – The Abbey
3420 W. Grace, Chicago, IL, 60618 – $10/$12

CunninLynguists Dirty Acres Tour 18+ www.abbeypub.com
October, 10 2008 09:00 PM – Club 200 East
200 E. Washington, Milwaukee, WI, 53204 – $10/$12

CunninLynguists Dirty Acres Tour
October, 11 2008 09:00 PM – Oberlin College
135 W. Lorrain Street, Cleveland, OH, – TBA

Dionysus Disco @ Oberlin College
October, 12 2008 09:00 PM – Gordon Best Theater
216 Hunter Street West, Peterborough, ON, TBA – TBA

CunninLynguists f. PackFM, Substantial & DJ FlipFlop
October, 14 2008 09:00 PM – Babylon Nightclub
317 Bank St., Ottawa, ON, – $12

Kapacity Entertainment & UndergroundHipHop.com Present : CunninLynguists f. Substantial, PackFM & DJ FlipFlop.
October, 15 2008 09:00 PM – Harpers Ferry
158 Brighton Avenue, Boston, MA, 02134 – $15

Leedz Edutainment & UndergroundHipHop.com Present : CunninLynguists Dirty Acres Tour f. Substantial, PackFM & DJ FlipFlop
October, 16 2008 02:00 PM – Yale Univ. [Private Event]
219 Prospect Street, New Haven, CT, – N/A

Kno of CunninLynguists speaks at Yale University. Private Event – Invite Only.
October, 16 2008 09:00 PM – Knitting Factory
74 Leonard Street, New York, NY, 10013 – TBA

CunninLynguists Dirty Acres Tour f. Substantial, PackFM & DJ FlipFlop
October, 17 2008 08:00 PM – Montclair State University
One Normal Avenue, Montclair, NJ, 07049 – Free

CunninLynguists Dirty Acres Tour f. Substantial, PackFM & DJ FlipFlop 18+
October, 18 2008 09:00 PM – McDaniel College
2 College Hill, Westminster, MD, 21157 – TBA

CunninLynguists Dirty Acres Tour f. Substantial, PackFM & DJ FlipFlop
October, 19 2008 09:00 PM – Carpool
208 Elden St. 100, Herndon, VA, 20170 – TBA

CunninLynguists Dirty Acres Tour f. Substantial & DJ FlipFlop
October, 20 2008 09:00 PM – The Brewery
3009 Hillsborough St, Raleigh, NC, 27607 – TBA

CunninLynguists Dirty Acres Tour f. Substantial & DJ FlipFlop
October, 21 2008 09:00 PM – The Jinx
127 W. Congress St., Savannah, GA, 31401 – TBA

CunninLynguists Dirty Acres Tour f. Substantial & DJ FlipFlop
October, 22 2008 09:00 PM – PS14
28 NE 14th St., Miami, FL, 33132 – $12

CunninLynguists Dirty Acres Tour f. Substantial & DJ FlipFlop
October, 24 2008 09:00 PM – Lenny’s
486 Decatur St SE, Atlanta, GA, 30312 – $10

Boycott Swagger!!

d89don — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:12:02 +0000

My man Apathy has started the Boycott Swagger movement. And I couldn’t agree more with his reasoning behind starting this.

“This word is played the fuck out… and needs to be deaded. Case closed.

Join the movement!

Anyone who prints this out… and takes a pic with it… I’ll put you in my myspace album!

I’ll write your name under the photo too.

GET BUSY!!!
SEND PICS TO Aholeville@gmail.com“

If you want to support the movement and get on his myspace, here’s the link to the pic he was talking about, print this shit out.

http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=3200890&blogID=391897224

Also, if you’re confused about this whole thing here’s the track that explains it all.

Apathy – Swagger Like Us Freestyle

The very first pimpcast

d89don — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 05:40:35 +0000

So I’ve decided to try out making a mix show type podcast. This pimpcast features myself, Don Juan, introducing several of Hip-Hop’s slept on artists. If you are a fan of Hip-Hop I promise that you will enjoy this.

I’ve spent my entire life listening to Hip-Hop music and I have about 775 hours of music in my collection so chances are you’ll discover something new. All the tracks on here are a few years old at least to fit with the theme but almost all the artists showcased have new material available.

Because it’s the first one I’d be happy to get any feedback on it. It’s about 78′ long so it’s a 128kb MP3 file which is around 63mb in size, very similar to an album or mixtape. Also, if you want I can post the featured tracks with individual links for download.

Just click here to download the pimpcast. Or if you just want to listen without downloading you can click here.

Like I say feedback is welcome, mostly!, and because it’s the first one the sound quality is a little bit mixed while I’m speaking. Also, I was pretty sick while I made this so my voice is little fucked. Hit the jump for a tracklisting.

Right, I’m off to sleep for the first time in three days.

Tracklist:
Cunninlynguists – Lynguistics
Cunninlynguists – Southernunderground
7L & Esoteric – Watch Me
7L & Esoteric – Precision
Apathy – Just Begun
Apathy – Personal Jesus
Black Moon – Who Got Da Props?
Black Moon – Niguz Talk Shit
Smif-N-Wessun – Wrektime
Smif-N-Wessun – Wrekonize (Remix)
Heltah Skeltah – Undastand
Heltah Skeltah – Leflaur Leflah Eshkoshka (ft. OGC)
Crooked I – Murderin MC’s
Crooked I – Uh Oh
Del tha Funkee Homosapien – Press Rewind
Del tha Funkee Homosapien – Jaw Gymnastics (ft. Casual)
Immortal Technique – Creation & Destruction
Immortal Technique – Watch Out Who You Fuckin With

The Beginning of Something..

d89don — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 19:08:57 +0000

The blog of Don Juan is born amidst a fanfare of pure silence and a rippling of no applause. Not sure what way this thing is going to go, it has no plan, no direction, no aim, no purpose – simply a tool for me spread dope music and to ramble on about all things Hip-Hop and maybe some other stuff instead. Anyway, I shall carry on.