Red Bull’s famed Culture Clash hits New York for the first time tonight and will feature heavyweight dj’s going head to head in a battle of all battles. The line up consists of Just Blaze and Guru, vs. Max Glazer and the Federation Sound crew, vs. Brooklyn’s Trouble and Bass collective, and Latin bass crew Que Bajo!.
The contest will be decided over 4 rounds:
ROUND ONE – TEMPERATURE RISING
Crews play whatever floats their boats. No winner in this round.
ROUND TWO – THE SELECTOR
Crews are judged on tune selection and presentation.
ROUND THREE – SLEEPING WITH THE ENEMY
Crews twist it up and play an opponent’s style of music.
ROUND FOUR – THE DECIDER
Dubplate specials and exclusive live performances only. Attention: this round counts double.
It’s scheduled to start at 9pm EST (2am UK Time) and if your not fortunate to be in the Big Apple to experience it live you can check out the live stream HERE.
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Joe Budden touched the stage at SOB’s in his hometown of New York and tore it down as he performed some of his hits including “Ordinary Love Shit”, “Black Cloud”, “Exxxes” and of course his classic “Pump It Up”.
Fred The Godson will be releasing his new mixtape “Gordo Frederico” this Wednesday and recently held a listening party for it in his home town of New York, peep the video below as EME Takeover were on hand to capture the event…
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Fabolous kicked off the first leg of his “Backstage Connection Tour” at the Bowery Ballroom in New York City last night. The event was free entry and was put together by Complex Magazine and Sony to promote “Loso’s Way 2” and the Sony Xperia ION, special guests on the night were Lloyd Banks & Ryan Leslie. Peep the video below as Fab blitzed through his barrage of hits…
Pitchfork caught up with SpaceGhostPurrrp as he touched down in New York for his SOB’s show and spoke on women and hip hop, his live act & his relationship with A$AP Rocky.
Rita Ora made her concert debut Stateside last night to a sold out crowd at New Yorks famous S.O.B’s, peep out some of the highlights below including her tribute to biggie as she performed “How We Do” with her Coogi sweater…
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