Friday December 18th @ The FireHouse XIII 41 Central Street Providence, RI 02907
Doors Open @ 9pm | $7 Cover | All Ages
Featuring Performances by: A Disturbing New Trend
40 Dash, Big Rush, and Nuke Youth
Music by DJ Sterby Rock
Hosted by Rock Solid
Here is the November edition of the highly anticipated podcast from the monthly open mic called Elevation. This month’s Elevation was also the record release party for Jahpan and his new album “An Album Called Life”. Jah came thru with Pistol Pone, Troop Raw, and Lord Willin and burned the stage down. You can check out his whole set and see why they call him the Prince of Providence.
Friday November 13th @ The FireHouse XIII 41 Central Street Providence, RI 02907
Doors Open @ 9pm | $7 Cover | All Ages
Featuring Jah Pan (Record Release Party for “An Album Called Life”)
Music by DJ Sterby Rock
Hosted by Rock Solid
Elevation is a monthly Open Mic / Hip Hop Showcase. Its also a monthly Podcast. We are proud to debut the first official Elevation Podcast. William Javier recorded the open mic, emcee battles, our features performers, and the cypher. He edited it down to one hour and nineteen minutes of pure Rhode Island hip hop audio goodness.
The Elevation podcast is hosted by Rock Solid. The beats are provided by Sterby Rock and William Javier (except when emcee brought their their own beats). The show features performances by: Rock Solid, Romen Rok, Wor Paint, HW, Vendetta, Boudy, Mic Feen, Big City Bumpus, Reason, Dirty Hank, Marshall Law, Science, Casper and CasUno.
Live hip-hop and an audience of smiling faces are rarely seen together nowadays, especially here in Rhode Island. That said; I can’t recall the last time a featured artist kicked off an evening wearing sun-tanning goggles. Romen Rok did exactly that while onstage at Friday night’s Elevation and set the tone for what went on to be an enjoyable, successful open mic night at Firehouse XIII.
Thanks to Rock Solid, who did a fine job of hosting as well as blessing the mic, and Sterby Rock performing scratchutory rape on the tables, the night continued on – and finished – without a moment of silence. Courtesy of some newer names (at least to myself), including Boudy, Wor Paint and Vendetta, and a few of the more recognizable rhyme-slingers, HW, Big City and Mic Feen, the open mic was nicely kept in balance and did a fine job of showcasing the aptitude of our locals.
The creative minds that brought you UNITY and the golden age of Round Midnight, want to introduce to you the next chapter in the Rhode Island Hip Hop Scene: Elevation, The Return of the Open Mic.
401HipHop.com Presents …
Elevation – The Return of the Open Mic
Friday October 2nd
@ The FireHouse XIII. 41 Central Street Providence, RI 02907
Doors Open @ 9pm | $7 Cover | All Ages
Featuring performance by Swann Notty
Music by DJ Sterby Rock [90.3 WRIU]
Hosted by Rock Solid [Family First]
Open Mic. Show up early to sign up.
Live Recording of the Open Mic for the 401HipHop.com Podcast.
1 vs 1 Emcee Battle. Marshall Law will defend his 401 Emcee Battle Champion title!
Producer Showcase. B-Boy Friendly. Graffiti Art Gallery.
here is an excerpt from labeless.net:
“Today, we bring forth Intox-I-Rox Solid “Stink Talk”, a project put together a month or so before I got married using the many beats Rock Solid has donated to my lyricism over the past 9 or 10 years…..See, most cats just trash it and forget about it, me, I keep every damn disc that has been given to me by anyone nice enough to lace me like that….Obviously the anxiety of getting married is more than enough to bury the most tough of all men alive, so what I did in calming myself down was writing and recording over the person who laced me the most’s beats rather than allow them to rott in obscurity (like so many “MCs” do)….. read more after the jump! (more…)
Two Shows In Two Nights. Monkey Business at the AS220. Special Teamz at The Living Room. Mortal comes out of hiding.
Rhode Island hip hop was in full effect this past weekend. I attended two shows. While attending hip hop shows seems like a natural activity for a self proclaimed hip hop fan, the fact that I have not been “out” in over six months makes this a monumental occasion … at least for me.
This write up won’t be so much a full blown review of each event. It will be more of a bunch of mini reviews peppered with scathing criticism, bordering on slander, of the Rhode Island Hip Hop scene as a whole. So sit back. Relax. Grab a tall, ice cold glass of grape Hater-Aid and enjoy.
