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Today’s Featured Mixtape…

DJ Clue – 4, 5, 6 (Going for Broke) 1996

01-Nas feat Nature – The Foulness Pt. 3
02-Mobb Deep – Drop a Gem On Em
03-Lil Kim feat Notorious BIG – Queen *****
04-Mobb Deep feat Godfather – Rep Da QBC
05-Akinyele – **** U For Free
06-Ghostface Killah – The Water Technique
07-KRS-One – One Emcee
08-Nas – Take It In Blood
09-Lil Kim feat Puff Daddy – No Time
10-Keith Murray – The Rhyme II
11-Capone and Noreaga – Illegal Life
12-M.O.P. – Firing Squad
13-Jay-Z – Freestyle
14-112 feat Lost Boyz – Come See Me
15-Keith Sweat feat Kut Klose – Twisted b/w Da Bridge
16-Mona Lisa feat The Lox – Just Wanna Please You (remix)
17-Dr. Dre, KRS-One, RBX, B-Real & Nas – East Coast West Coast Killer
18-Mobb Deep – Everyday Gunplay
19-Redman – It’s On Fire Tonight
20-McGruff – Make It Hot

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Props to Niko

Circa 95′ is having fun in the Studio…

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Bringing you the best of 90’s hip-hop music and beyond…

Circa 95 all day everyday

PattyDukes & Rephstar Buggin in the Studio

Rephstar and our WebSlinger - Insterstate P holding down the fans...

Rodstarz of Rebel Diaz feeling the vibe..

Rodstarz of Rebel Diaz Visiting Circa 95'

Wordspit pays a visit to Circa 95

WordSpit and PattyDukes all smiles...

Wordspit and Rephstar getting focused for 2009

Nuyorican Poets Cafe – Womens History Month March 1st and 2nd

Check it out, PattyDukes will be performing MARCH 2nd along with her homies from URBANLATINORADIO.COM La Bruja & Hebrew Mamita. It’s bound to be a fun and sexy filled night. Join the Ladies .. peep the flyer for the info.

Womens History Month Performance at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe

Fordham University Panel on Women in Hip- Hop features our very own PattyDukes….

Shout out to everyone who attended the Women in Hip-Hop panel at Fordham University last week. Featuring our very own Circa 95′ representative PattyDukes, former editor at VIBE Elizabeth Mendez Berry, and writer/emcee Sheri Sher of the Mercedes Ladies. The first female crew in Hip-Hop. Check out the article written up about the event.

Bless Roxwell @ Circa 95 Radio Show – 1/28/09

Bless Roxwell at Circa 95' radio show

Interstate P, Bless Roxwell & Circa 95'

PattyDukes & Bless Roxwell

Laurie, PattyDukes & Bless Roxwell

bless roxwell & interstate p

interstate p & rephstar

Last Sunday’s Guest: Bless Roxwell

Song: K.I.S.S. (Keep It Simple Sweetheart)
Artist: Bless Roxwell

January 31st- Brother Ali, Fabel, K-Salaam NYC

Jan. 31, 2009: Living the Legacy!

Brother Ali (Rhymesayers)
DJ K-Salaam
PopMaster Fabel (Rock Steady Crew)
Three Generations
New York Gnawa Ensemble

Live art by Revise CMW
Hosts: Cap D (All Natural) & Ethnosis

Special guests include
Al Hajj Imam Talib Abdur Rahsid
Ali Shaheed Muhammad and many more!

Sat. Jan. 31st, 2009: 6- 11pm. $5. All Ages!
Malcolm X & Dr. Betty Shabazz Center
3940 Broadway at 165th St NY 10032
Trains: A, C or 1 to 168th

Presented by IMAN Central
ImanCentral.org
myspace.com/imancommunitycafe

For More Artist Information:

Brother Ali
myspace.com/brotherali

Three Generations
myspace.com/threegenerationz

Pop Master Fabel
myspace.com/popmasterfabel

DJ K-Salaam
myspace.com/ksalaammusic

New York Gnawa Ensemble
myspace.com/brahimfribgane

Revise CMW
myspace.com/revisecmw

Cap D
myspace.com/capd1

Ethnosis
myspace.com/drsuad

It Takes A Nation…

Here is a shot from the crowd during the inauguration ceremonies. Two million plus strong…wow…Props to Daniela Sanchez of 5.2 Films..

Foundation

FOUNDATION
b-boys, b-girls, and
hip hop culture in new york

by joseph schloss

In the late 1970s and early 80s, B-Boying (mistakenly known as breakdancing) along with DJ’ing, rapping, and graffiti art, soared to national recognition and popularity. While the latter three have gone on to varying degrees of success and lasting impact, b-boying has largely been dismissed as just another I Love the ’80s fad, along with the Rubik’s Cube and Wham! Now, for the first time, the Hip-Hop staple, which has flourished in the underground scene for more than thirty years, receives some due credit.

In his new book FOUNDATION: B-Boys, B-Girls, and Hip-Hop Culture in New York author Joseph Schloss has researched the art of the b-boy, and the b-girl, from the ground level. Based on interviews with many significant figures in the dance’s movement, Schloss examines the genre’s afterlife in underground venues in New York and around the world. From African tradition to professional gymnastics; from the Incredible Bongo Band’s 1973 dance hit “Apache” to the iconic martial artist Bruce Lee, FOUNDATION illustrates the unique history and influences of the b-boy, and b-girl, culture.

FOUNDATION: B-Boys, B-Girls, and Hip-Hop Culture in New York by Joseph Schloss, will be published, as a paperback original, by Oxford University Press on March 12, 2009 ($19.95 | 192 pages | ISBN: 9780195334067)

Interviewees Include:

Alien Ness
Amigo Rock
Character
Phantom
B-Girl Emiko
BOM5
Buz
Anthony Colon
DJ DV-One
GeoMatrix
Michael Holman
Kaotic Blaze
King Uprock
Eddie Luna
PJay 7
DJ Mr. Supreme
Pop Master Fabel
B-Boy Ru
Break Easy
B-Girl SeoulSonyk
Ken Swift
Tiny Love
Trac 2
Waaak One

Press and Educators, for review copies, examination copies, and interviews please contact:

Justin Hargett
Associate Publicist
212.726.6278
justin.hargett@oup.com

UK/Europe Contact:
music.uk@oup.com

About the Author:

Joseph Schloss is a Visiting Scholar and Adjunct Assistant Professor of Music at New York University. He is the author of Making Beats: The Art of Sample-Based Hip-Hop , which won the 2005 Book Award from the International Association for the Study of Popular Music. His writing has appeared in URB, Vibe, The Seattle Weekly, The Flavor , and the anthologies Classic Material and Total Chaos .
Good Words!

Reviews:

“Joe Schloss doesn’t just talk the talk, he rocks the rock. In the rapidly expanding field of hip-hop studies, he is without peer–a careful observer, a committed floor-rocker, a brilliant historian, a scholar’s scholar, and a true b-boy. Foundation is his first masterpiece. ”
–Jeff Chang, author Can’t Stop Won’t Stop: A History of The Hip-Hop Generation

“Joseph Schloss documents the path of the B-boy with the precision of a swordsman and the love of shaman. It took a great deal of courage and patience to make a book on Hip-Hop as inspirational as it is accurate. After reading it I made Foundation required reading for our organization.”
–Adisa Banjoko, CEO, Hip-Hop Chess Federation

“There is no richer example of tradition in Hip-Hop culture, than the legacy of B-Boys and B-Girls. Foundation gives voice to these often forgotten actors in hip-hop history, giving us all a clue about the genius that literally sits at the Foundation of Hip-Hop. Joe Schloss cannot be dismissed as some disconnected Ivory-Tower critic and with Foundation he simply ups the ante on hip-hop scholarship in a major way.”
–Mark Anthony Neal, Professor of Black Popular Culture at Duke University