Nappy Roots - The Pursuit of Nappyness Tour 09'

Perhaps it's been awhile since you've heard anything from your favorite platinum-selling American alternative southern rap group from Kentucky, Nappy Roots. However in 2008 Milledgeville, Georgia native Fish Scales, Kentucky natives Skinny DeVille, B. Stille, Ron Clutch, and Big V left their major label troubles behind and started their very own label, Nappy Roots Entertainment Group (known as NREG). The result of that decision has brought Nappy Roots back to the people with the release of "The Humdinger" which has been called one of the top 25 hip hop albums of 2008 and includes the uplifting single "Good Day" featuring Greg Street. Nappy Roots have been steadily putting out good music since their classic debut in 2002 with the number one album “Watermelon, Chicken & Gritz” and their follow up “Wooden Leather.” I'm sure you remember the classic songs “Awnaw (ft Jazze Pha),” “Round Da Globe,” and “Po Folks.” The Humdinger has more of that down home feel good music that is greatly needed in times such as these. Fortunately for Arizona the boys will bringing the good vibes to Club Red this Friday February 20th along with local openers Dan Smack, J-Beam & Knawledg, Novelty, and Queen Yonasda. Tickets for this 18+ show are only $15 and can be purchased directly from the local artists or by stopping in Eastside Records, Stinkweeds, and all valley Zia's locations. If you feel like grabbing your $15 presales online you can visit http://um.frontgatetickets.com/ or click the flyer below.
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Here's a few videos from the southern gentleman including a promo for the The Humdinger.



Bonus!
Click the link below to download the single "Good Day" from "The Humdinger." Enjoy
Nappy Roots - Good Day

CHOKE

I love to read. That's a statement I often exclaim with great dignity and pride when in the presence of like minded individuals who may want to chatter about how many Bukowski's we have on our shelf or whether or not we have an original copy of Fear and Loathing minus the movie poster cover. With that being said you must also remember that I am a modern man and although the day is long, it's not always long enough to find the time to start and finish a book. Hell it's 330am and I'm writing this little post as my last official business of the night, so i'll be lucky if i get a chapter of the book I'm currently reading in before my eyes burn out of my skull. But i digress. The point of all this is that once in awhile a book pulls you deep enough into the story for you to get lost and forget that you have other priorities. It's now been a few years since I've had such an experience while reading the novel "Choke" by one of my favorite modern authors Chuck Palahniuk and since then they have turned the twisted story into a film. This isn't the first time Hollywood has turned one of Palahniuk's novels into a major motion picture. Some of you may remember the film Fight Club. I'm not at all ashamed to admit that I read Fight Club after I had seen the film. I'm not ashamed of this because I can proclaim that I've read every Palahniuk novel, and non fiction, ever since that first read finding out how raw and funny his sadistically satirical tales are. So needless to say, when I saw the trailer for the film adaptation of Choke I was immediately excited.



Equally exciting is the release of the DVD on the 17th of this month. Fortunately I was asked to promote the release of this DVD which enables me to pass along some gifts to all of you out there. Tomorrow when the UPS truck arrives our pal in brown will be dropping me off a number of copies of the novel in question, Choke by Chuck Palahniuk, in case you forgot. These, along with some posters and bookmarks that look like they have anal beads attached (which i swear will make sense once you read this book or see the film), are going to be my gift to you tonight at The Lost Leaf. That's right this Tuesday is in fact Downtime: A Night At The Lost Leaf With Pickster One & Friends. I'm sure I'll see you there, I'll give you a copy of the book and we can talk about what you're reading right now. Or you can just look at me weird because I'm handing you a book in a bar while Pickster and friends, who happen to be Jeremy Dana of Drunken Immortals and Tato of Sonorus, are behind me playing the smoothest shit you've ever heard on Tuesday.



Either way I recommend you check out Choke and anything else you can get your hands on from Chuck Palahniuk.






I'm off to my bedroom to read a chapter of The Autobiography of Malcolm X. What are you reading?

P.O.S. - Never Better Tour 09'

If you're at all familiar with the Rhymesayers camp, and I've seen you at the shows so I know you are, then you've no doubt noticed a lot of commotion surrounding one of their very prolific artists recently. That artist is no other then the Minneapolis born MC Stefon Alexander. You probably know him better as P.O.S. of the mighty Doomtree crew. Rhymesayers released P.O.S.'s newest album Never Better earlier this week and wasted absolutely no time in launching the coinciding tour. I mean no time at all. When Fifth Element opened it's doors to a crowd of fans eager to get their hands on a copy of Never Better at midnight this past week they were treated to a performance from P.O.S. and DJ Papertiger. The following day Stef, as they call him in his hometown, grouped up with DJ Plain Ole Bill and special Doomtree guests Sims as well as Mictlan + Lazerbreak as Hand Over Fist to officially launch the Never Better Tour 09. The tour will be stopping by The Clubhouse Music Venue in Tempe this upcoming Wednesday the 11th and we've just add very special hometown AZ guests The Insects to the bill to make this very affordable all ages show all the more ill for you. Tickets are only $10 presale at Eastide Records (Tempe), Stinkweeds (Phoenix), and all valley Zia locations. Or you can click the flyer below or visit um.frontgatetickets.com to cop your online tickets.



You know i can't leave you without a few treats so I've decided to include the video for P.O.S.'s new single Drumroll. This video is intense and pulls you into it's grip before you even hear his first verse as he's huddled up for cover behind an abandoned car. Make sure to scroll through the rest of the videos to see the making of this video as well as special messages regarding the album straight from P.O.S. and the Rhymesayers camp.



Bonus!
Click the link below to download the single "Goodnight" off Never Better.

P.O.S. - Goodnight