Philly DJ Day... Behind the scenes pics.

Last Wednesday, over 100 of Philly's best djs desended on a mansion in Fairmount park for an afternoon of networking, angry golfers, giant trees and posing for pictures. This was the first Philadelphia DJ Day photo shoot. Here are some flicks (photos by lil'dave).

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CityPaper's Best of Philly

Once again Illvibe showed up on a "Best of Philly" list. This time it was in the CityPaper. Read more here: http://www.citypaper.net/articles/2008/09/25/arts-entertainment

Best Thing You Slept On
What happened? Two of the most talented DJ crews in the city, IllVibe and Skratch Makaniks came together to throw Ill Makaniks — a monthly party down at The Barbary, and somehow it flatlined. Maybe it was the weeknight, the location or just people not wanting to pay. Wait, the jawn was free. Sigh. —Deesha Dyer


DJs with the Most Passport Stamps
Sometimes you have to pack a bag to make the big money grab. Globetrotting DJs Statik, Cosmo Baker and Skeme know that. Individually, these three have traveled to over 30 countries in the last 8 months, including Hong Kong, South Africa and Finland. Represent! —Deesha Dyer

Video Game DJs

(This picture isn't DJ Hero)

Word is that the makers of the insanely popular Guitar Hero are in the works for a DJ Hero game. Let’s hope they can pull this off with some authenticity. Nothing is worse then weak attempts at bringing the art of djing into mainstream culture. Let's see what happens.

More info here
http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1594921/20080916/story.jhtml

*note: the photo

Philadelphia DJ Day 2008

Wednesday September 24th, over 100 Philly djs will come together for a photo shoot in the vein of the famous "A Great Day in Harlem". Just getting all this talent in one place is surely going to be a beautiful thing. Check here later this week for behind the scenes photos and first hand accounts.

Waajeed & PPP back again.

The Platinum Pied Pipers' Triple P album was definitely in heavy rotation for us when that dropped a few years back, so the news that they have a new cd dropping has us hungry for more. They now go by PPP and the album, which is dropping next year, is called Abundance.

Waajeed and the crew stopped by Benji B's show on BBC 1xtra last night. They basically took over the show and dropped a ton of PPP exclusives and unreleased Waajeed tracks.

Listen here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/1xtra/benjib/

New sounds for you to see.

Big up to everyone who checked us out as we played all over town this past weekend.

Let's kick off the week with a feel good tune by two artists we are always checking for. Here is the video to Mr. Scruff's new single "Music Takes Me Up" featuring vocals by Alice Russell. Any video with singing lemons has to be good!

Fair Trade Festival

Media, PA is America's first Fair Trade Town. They are working to make sure that the farmers and producers of products recieve fair pay for the products sold and consumed in this town. To celebrate this huge step the town is throwing their first Fair Trade Festival this Sunday. There will be live bands and performers, as well as, djs King Britt, Rob Paine, lil'dave, and Junior.

Fair Trade Festival
THIS SUNDAY, Sept. 14th
12 noon to 7 pm
on State St in Media, PA
3 different music stages
DJ's : King Britt, Rob Paine,
Junior & Lil' Dave

New Q-tip.

Q-tip is back. Officially this time ...we hope! If you didn't know Q-tip has made like two or three albums worth of joints that ended up getting shelved. But it seems like a new Q-tip album is finally going to happen. Check out the first video "Gettin' Up".

Heavyweight Crates

If you missed last Friday's episode of Eavesdrop Radio, you missed the Rare Grooves special. It's was a 3 hour set of funk, soul, and jazz from deep in the crates. Lucky for you, the recording is available to download for a limited time only.

Download Here: http://www.sendspace.com/file/0v5rie
Playlist Here: http://www.recordbreakin.com/eavesdrop.html

Thursday 9/11: Ill! Makaniks @ The Barbary

Ill! Makaniks is back in session for September. This month, DJ Skipmode and DJ Statik are holding everything down on 4 turntables. Don't miss it!

ill! makaniks
DJ Skipmode & DJ Statik
Thurs. Sep 11th
@ The Barbary
(951 Frankford Ave. & Delaware Ave)
9pm-2am
FREE COVER

These Colours Don't Run

Nothing like a good party at an art gallery to make you feel like one of the cool people. This Saturday, check out The Love Movement at Amble Gallery & Books in Northern Liberties as they present "These Colours Don't Run". DJ Statik will be keeping it live on the 1's and 2's.

Your girl's favorite color...

If you haven't heard of BLU then you are missing out. This west coast MC has been killing it for a minute now. Get to the closest record store to find the Below the Heavens album he did with producer Exile or search the internet for mp3s of the C.R.A.C. project he is dropping with Detriot's Ta'raach. HipHop at it's finest.

Catch him in Philly this Saturday at the Barbary. Our own DJ lil'dave will be on the wheels. Check the flyer below for info.



Here are some BLU videos you need to check:

What's going on?!

Eavesdrop Radio Rare Grooves Special: Tonight

This Friday on Eavesdrop Radio, Junior and lil'dave are dropping 3 hours of rare grooves, dusty funky 45s, and dollar bin bangers. Make sure you tune in!




TAG MC Battle: Tonight

DJ Statik is holding down things today at the TAG Records Survival of the Freshest MC Competion. It's going down in Washington D.C. at 33 Patterson Street. Starts at 9pm.

More info at http://www.tagrecords.com


Red Bull Soap Box Race: Saturday Sept 6th

Red Bull is bringing their Soap Box Race to Philly this Saturday. Starting at 11am, expect to see some crazy homemade vehicles going down "The Wall" in Manayunk (Lyceum Ave. between Manayunk Ave. and Pechin St.). DJ Skipmode will be on hand to provide the musical backdrop for the day.

More info at http://www.redbullsoapboxusa.com

Back to School

HipHop Lives is back in session to school the uneducated this Friday at the M-Room. Check out the heavyweight line-up!

Reading Material

Shouts to everyone that came out to Bodyrock last Friday. DJ Touch Tone killed it as expected. We have some surprises lined up for the next one, so look out!


Now on to business....

Fader Magazine just started a digital zine called F2. Each issue looks into a specific musical sub-genre. The current one is all about the underground soul movement. It features some of our favs... Flying Lotus, Jazmine Sullivan, Muhsinah, and more. Check it out:



Download here:
http://www.thefader.com/articles/2008/9/2/f2-issue-3-the-new-soul