Roots Tour Dates and Info, Jean Grae Radio, New Videos from Dilated, Hezekiah, & Poly feat. Pharoahe Monch.
Black Thought in Poland (6/29) with artist relations festival guy, Tomek
The Roots continue on their World Tour romp hitting the European festival circuit. Today they stop in Norway for the Quart Festival followed by 5 jams in Germany (with a mere one day off all the while).
The guys ranked #14 most enviroment-friendly artists, according to MSN’s Live Earth Web site. You must know about the 8 Live Earth concerts happening tomorrow.
Kicking of September 13th, The Roots Present Vh1 Hip Hop Honors Tour with Big Daddy Kane & MC Lyte. VH1 will be sending out their press release on Monday and pre-sale for tickets starts this coming Wednesday.
Crazy Dj Bazarro comes with a brand new Jean Grae radio featuring music from Jean (duh), Phonte, Common, Kanye, and more.
3 NEW VIDEOS!
- Oooh, we like this. Brand new Hezekiah with “Wild And Wreckless.”
- Bonus throwback jawn, Hez on the beat with Black Thought at work from a classic Beat * Society in Philly (we see you Jati!).
- Premiered this week on AllHipHop, Dilated People’s music video montage for “The Release Party,” one of seven new songs featured on the bonus CD to their DVD documentary of the same name in stores July 31. The single “<a href=”http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=258617950&s=143441
” target=”_blank”>Spit It Clearly” is available now from iTunes.
- New Polyrhythm Addicts video for “Reachin” featuring Pharoahe Monch, shot live at Southpaw in Brooklyn during Poly’s album release party for “Break Glass.”
Okayplayer’s of the week: Jay Electronica & Amanda Diva.