One of the coolest hip-hop ensemble, the trio Digable Planets, will be having a New Year’s Eve Party and everyone is invited!
It’s an all ages event that will be held at the Crystal Ballroom – 1332 W Burnside Street – in Portland, Oregon. Doors will open at 7:30PM, but the show will not start until 9PM.
Digable Planets will be joined by Karma Rivera with DJ Spare Key on the 1s and 2s. Get tickets here.
For one night (Saturday, November 19), NJPAC’s City Verses program will unite the leading voices in jazz, hip-hop and poetry at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark, NJ.
The legendary lineup includes rap stars Rakim (Paid in Full), Speech (Arrested Development), Chuck D (Public Enemy), Black Thought (The Roots) and Dupré ‘DoItAll’ Kelly (Lords of The Underground); award-winning poets and spoken word performers Nikki Giovanni, Jessica Care Moore, Sean Battle, Mayor Ras Baraka and The Last Poets (Abiodun Oyewole, Umar Bin Hassan, Babadon Babatunde).
The program also includes jazz greats Ravi Coltrane and Javon Jackson; as well as musical director (and NJPAC jazz advisor) Christian McBride and A Christian McBride Situation. Get tickets here.
On Saturday, December 10th, Trey Songz, Ginuwine & Jacquees will all perform at the Arena Theatre – 7326 Southwest Freeway – in Houston, Texas. This is an up close and intimate show featuring three of the most desired men in R&B. Tickets and additional information are available on ticketmaster-dot.com.
Vocal powerhouse Fantasia will hit the Kings Theatre stage along with Tamar Braxton on November 11th, and everyone involved in the behind the scenes planning is promising that it will be a night to remember.
Kings Theatre is located at 1027 Flatbush Ave, in Brooklyn, New York. Doors will open at 6:30pm, and showtime is 8pm sharp! Passes are available on ticketmaster-dot-com.
Famed producer 9th Wonder is back with Zion VII. He dropped the predominantly instrumental hip-hop album on Friday, November 4th via his very own Jamla Records. I say predominantly because the first seven tracks are regular songs with vocals by Swank & King Draft.
In addition to Swank & King Draft, the project also features The Jack Moves, Jalisa and Datsunn. As we’ve come to expect from 9th Wonder, he delivered an exceptional body of work; something that all true hip-hop lovers will appreciate. Download Zion VII here.
The official after party for The RNB Experience AFROTECH is scheduled for Thursday, November 17, starting at 9:00pm CST. It will be held at Stubb’s Bar-B-Q – 801 Red River Street – in Austin, Texas.
It is being powered by RNB House Party, Amazon AWS, and Vizient and will feature a live performance by legendary RnB group Dru Hill. Tickets start at $30.00 and can be purchased on eventbrite.
In 2012, hip-hop star Lecrae – who is a native of Houston – elevated the status of Christian rap with his mixtape Church Clothes. Downloaded more than 100,000 times in the first 48 hours, the mix was instrumental in cementing the rapper’s position in two genres: secular and gospel rap.
Fastforward to 2022, and a now established Lecrae, has just released part four of that initial compilation. Church Clothes 4 was published on November 4, 2022, via Reach Records, an imprint which is co-owned by Lecrae. It has a total of 13 songs with several noteworthy collaborations: PJ Morton, Andy Mineo, Nobigdyl, Jordan L’Oreal, Jon Keith, A.I. The Anomaly and WHATUPRG. Click here to check it out.
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