Idle Warship with The Company Man

Gasoline Dream hasn't been puttin' ya'll on to events as of late due to the lack of hotness in the area, however, that is all about to change very very soon.

While many of you who follow these high profile Hip-Hop websites may know of the homie, The Company Man, for his official journalism skills, he's also been steppin his game up as a host for a more than his fair share of dope events. This next one will not be any different and it's in collaboration with our peoples over at Forever Fresh and Brooklyn Bodega. Squad UP

IDLE WARSHIP (Talib Kweli & Res) LIVE FROM SOUTHPAW

Kyle Rapps

Illustrate

Special Guest: The Band Called Fuse

Hosted By: The Company Man

Music & Afterparty Provided By: Dj Meka (2DopeBoyz)

Doors at 8PM / Show at 9PM

Tickets $20

Reduced admission for after party & after midnight: $10 guy / $5 ladies

1st hour open-bar presented by Iceland Reyka Vodka

(Reyka drink specials all night)

Chessboxin'

"Masters don't happen everyday, and African-American masters who are 12 never happen" - Maurice Ashley


Among the select group of prodigies are three black players from the New York City area - Justus Williams, Joshua Colas, and James Black Jr. - who each became masters before their 13th birthdays.




Read more courtesy of the NY Times here

Forever YOUNG

I'm still watching this interview courtesy of Red Bull and Chairman Mao with Young Guru and dude is dropping GEMS. I highly recommend.

CMJ 2011: RUN CMJ

Ugh, this is some crappy weather, but today’s showcase with Rocksmith is sure to break more than a couple of necks. STS, King Fantastic, and Dom Kennedy?? Don’t mind if I do attend this appropriately named event.

A little birdie told me a well respected OG from Queensbridge might be rollin through too so um yea…RSVP and I’ll see you there.

CMJ 2011: We Got The Jazz

I'ma be out and about doing what I need to do for this year's CMJ. Last Night I was over at Drom with Brooklyn Bodega for We Got The Jazz where all of the artists showed their asses off.

Below's a pic of the headliner, Kansas City's own, Miles Bonny. Dude is the real deal. Forreal forreal, you should check out his project Lumber Jack Soul. This is also probably one of the dopest titles in a long time.

Fight against Stop-and-Frisk

Past due issue...

Outside City Hall Park, there will be a few speeches. After the demonstration, the students will fan out and visit the offices of City Council members.

They have two purposes.

The first is to protest New York City’s practice of having the police stop and frisk hundreds of thousands of young people, mostly African-Americans and Latinos, an overwhelming majority of whom are charged with nothing.

The second is to do something about it.

Read the rest of the article here courtesy of the NY Times

Memory Lane

Feeling sentimental. Literally my earliest memory of Hip-Hop. When MTV was Mtv.