Homeboy Sandman
Encore Status has probably seen Homeboy Sandman perform on four different occasions: Blender Theater, The Annex, SOBs and now South Paw for CMJ 2010. When he released his latest album, The Good Sun, I thought I saw him at his peak intensity level. SOBs rocked so hard it left everyone in awe, including Peter Rosenberg. At CMJ, he was just as intense. Check out this performance of The Carpenter…another hot track from his album:
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It’s probably been about 2 years since I saw Outasight perform. It was 2008, and I was standing next to DJ/Producer 6th Sense at a show at Public Assembly. I had never seen this guy in my life but he seemed like cool peoples. I introduced himself to him and told him about Encore Status. He informed me that his friend would be performing that night and I should stick around. I’m glad I did.
His friend, Outasight, is one of the most musically flexible artists I’ve seen. Whether its singing or rapping, he’s pretty good at both. At CMJ 2010, I got a chance to see his growth from 2008 in person. He has phenomenal stage presence. Lyrics and Harmony…impeccable. The crowd loved his entire set. The video below is his performance of Don’t say Anything .
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Attention Unsigned artists across the U.S.!!! Ford has created a campaign to promote the 2011 Ford Fiesta and undiscovered talent. According to AutoRemarketing.com
Unsigned musicians throughout the U.S. are currently able to submit performance videos to the Gimme the Gig website where fans can watch and vote on their favorite acts.
There is some sort of tour associated with it where artists get to perform in towns where there are Ford dealers located in different parts of California. It is called the Ford Fiesta Lounge Tour. If you are an unsigned artist…I would check this out. If you know an unsigned artist that might be interested, pass this info on.
Register to participate here: Gimme The Gig
Check them on Facebok: Gimme The Gig Fiesta Fan Page
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WAIT NO LONGER!! Its finally here.
The Heat. Prey. Love. mixtape is the product of a three way collaboration between Chicago artist Alex Ludovico, EncoreStatus.com, and DJ H Blendz of Brooklyn Collectiv. In this mixtape, Alex Ludovico raps your eyes open over both independent and mainstream instrumentals. Kanye West’s “Power” and Rick Ross’ “B.M.F.” are just a couple of tracks he remixes on this tape.
DOWNLOAD THE MIXTAPE FROM US HERE, Or Stream it below.
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But wait! We have a little contest with this release. Alex, Encore Status, and DJ HBlendz would love your feedback. So your comments/reviews will be appreciated…and rewarded. Three of the best comments made on EncoreStatus.com will get the following prizex:
1st prize – $30 Itunes Gift certificate and a Shout out on the next mixtape.
2nd prize - $15 Itunes Gift certificate
3rd prize - Middle finger to Critics tee by Cilli Puddie
Rules: All winners must be registered users to the EncoreStatus.com site AND follow us on twitter. In the “website” portion of the profile, put your twitter link or name. Thats it! Winners will be decided on Novemeber 1st November 31st!
Thanks for listening
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The artist known as ‘Gif’ put us on to a contest that he’s participating in. Heineken has a contest on reverbnation where the winner gets featured on the Heineken page and gets a little cash (aint mad at that). To win this contest an artist has to have the most downloads. Heineken selected Gif’s song “The Diner” to be in this contest. Please go here and support Gif and other artists. All downloads are free. Go Here and Vote!
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Hey all,
Just wanted to give you the heads up about a new play by Jermaine Smith . It’s called Cooking In Yesterday’s Grease. Its got an interesting name and should be a great show from the looks of it. Jermaine’s past work includes 2009 HBV Best Stage Play Award for, “A Piece of Me”. Jermaine’s plays inspire you and uplifts you on a holistic level …mind, body, and soul. He does this making us by making us laugh. Go to this show and laugh your way to a lesson.
Here are some additional details:
Adults $20 in adv ($25 at the door)
Children $10 (12yrs and younger)
Tickets/info: http://www.thejayeveryday.com/
Location: Faith Assemblies 1014 Gates Ave. Brooklyn Ny
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Yikes. (True Story)
Its the end of day and I’m doing some work after hours (trying to rack up that OT dough ya dig?). I needed my manager’s help, but he was on a conference call. I decided to kill time (pun intended) and catch up on some blogs I like to read. The blog “Put Me On It” posted a new video done for experimental music producer, Flying Lotus. The video is fantastic, a mix of sketch work, Tetris-like people, blood blocks… Excellent/innovative idea. I get to the end of the video and the end frame says “KILL YOUR CO-WORKERS”. At that same moment (just my luck), my manager walks over to my computer. He backs up, crouches behind the door, and says…”..but I thought you just wanted to talk!” SMH.
Luckily, I’m not fired (at least, I’ll find out today).
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Disclaimer: I would just like to note, I would NEVER Kill any of my co-workers. I love them to death.
Flying Lotus – Kill Your Co-Workers from beeple on Vimeo.
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According to Cilli Puddie co-founder, Aamarii Williams, “If you can pick 3 things that normally deter people from chasing their dreams or true happiness, the words on the t-shirts are the most common answers…” If you are not familiar with his latest line of tees, he’s referring to CRITICS, LOVE, WORK… Werd son…I say forget all of them, right?No . Williams doesn’t necessarily mean to brashly blow critics, love, and work off. He really wants people to make sure those things don’t mold you.
“We decided to create this line we made sure we would send the message LOUD and CLEAR to everyone that’s listening. Never let anything interfere with your happiness, goals, or how you envision yourself. Mold Yourself! Everything and everyone around us has inspired the team to collaboratively create the clothing line.. We realized the market was craving for something that spoke to real issues, something that encouraged individuality, so we used our fashion sense to convey that using clothing as a vehicle.”
Cilli Puddie was founded in 2008 by a group of designers that wanted to make sure consumers remembered to express themselves. Silly Putty was something that allowed the user to be as imaginative as they wanted to be, using the clay as a vehicle for expressing themselves. After tweaking the Silly Putty to Cilli Puddie, they created a brand name whose goal is to remind us that we have a hand in creating our happiness.
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Fresh is one of the artists coming out of BK that feel is underrated, but not for long. Yes, Yes, I know…we featured him before on the site. We had a poll about his controversial song, I DONT LIKE RAP and we featured his video “I DO THIS” (a track on his latest release ‘The Real World Season 2′). We couldn’t help but to put up this video “Dreamin’”. Check it out as Fresh brings the booth to the streets. Fresh idea Fresh…word.
Dreamin Freestyle
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Found some great blogs out in the interverse today. On edukatorz.com, blogger by the name of Dr. Bunsen Honeydew put me on to this very funny video. Its old..but still, I had to share. Its by TheGrandSpectacular.
OMG SPECTACULAR
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