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| Poconorecord.com Wins Two State Excellence in Cyberspace Awards Posted: 17 Mar 2009 03:40 PM PDT ____________________________________ Dow Jones & Company, Inc. March 17, 2009 Poconorecord.com Wins Two State Excellence in Cyberspace Awards To view the full press release, go to: Visit http://www.dowjones.com/Pressroom/PressReleases.htm to view all Dow Jones & Company, Inc. press releases.
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| Ottaway's New England Media Groups Win Newspaper of the Year Honors, Among Other Awards Posted: 17 Mar 2009 03:29 PM PDT ____________________________________ Dow Jones & Company, Inc. March 17, 2009 Ottaway's New England Media Groups Win Newspaper of the Year Honors, Among Other Awards To view the full press release, go to: Visit http://www.dowjones.com/Pressroom/PressReleases.htm to view all Dow Jones & Company, Inc. press releases.
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| Ottaway Newspapers Launches Mobile-friendly Sites Posted: 17 Mar 2009 03:12 PM PDT ____________________________________ Dow Jones & Company, Inc. February 23, 2009 Ottaway Newspapers Launches Mobile-friendly Sites To view the full press release, go to: Visit http://www.dowjones.com/Pressroom/PressReleases.htm to view all Dow Jones & Company, Inc. press releases.
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| The Kid Daytona "Fly Shit" Video Posted: 17 Mar 2009 11:47 AM PDT  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Wyclef & Bill Clinton Visit Haiti To Raise Global Awareness Posted: 17 Mar 2009 11:43 AM PDT  Haiti Goodwill Ambassador, Wyclef Jean, arrived in Port au Prince last Wednesday (Mardh 11) with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and former U.S. President Bill Clinton, in an effort to bring worldwide awareness to his home country of Haiti, the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. Haiti, which has been hit by a series of devastating storms over the past year, desperately needs help after more than 800 people died and over 1 million people were left homeless, or in desperate need of recovery and reconstruction efforts. Jean, who was born and raised in Haiti, has lead efforts to help rebuild, educate, and create jobs, via his own Yéle Haiti foundation. He founded the movement with the goal to help bring hope back to the country, in which his projects are designed to make a difference in the fields of education, health, environment and community development. The power and reach of music, sports and the media is used to increase the impact of these projects. The former Fugees rapper was invited to accompany Clinton and Ban tour the region. "I was honored to show my support when they asked me to join them on this important humanitarian trip, which also gave them the opportunity to experience the beauty underneath the devastation my country and its people have had to face," he says. "It's crucial for me to do all I can to raise awareness and help Haiti get through this tough time." The threesome visited a Yéle sponsored feeding program at a school in Cité Soleil and an education leadership program in Turgeau. They also met with President René Preval and senior government officials, where they took in the Sonapi Industrial Park in a walking tour. Before traveling back to the US, Jean attended a press conference where Clinton and Ban summarized their trip and discussed the Hope II US trade deal, which gives Haiti direct access to US markets for apparel without duty; a bill that Jean lobbied for extensively before it was passed. For more information on the Yéle Haiti foundation, go to Yele.org.  |
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| St.Lunatics "St.Lunatics" Video Posted: 17 Mar 2009 01:07 AM PDT  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
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| Backstage With Busta Rhymes Part 1 Posted: 16 Mar 2009 10:38 PM PDT  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| 50 Cent To Release 2 Albums This Year Posted: 16 Mar 2009 10:36 PM PDT |
| Jy Rock, Jim Jones, Baby Bash, & Freeky Zeeky @ Celebrity Basketball Game Posted: 16 Mar 2009 10:23 PM PDT  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Jadakiss Album Pushed Back Again!!! Posted: 16 Mar 2009 05:57 PM PDT  Jadakiss recently told MTV News that while Def Jam has pushed back his album again, he has continued to record more songs. In addition to working with A-List producers like Swizz Beatz and Pharrell, Jada has also enlisted Mary J. and Nas for his new project. The song with Nas is entitled What If and Kiss said "Nas nailed the verse" and called the song "an uppercut". The song with Mary J. is called Grind Hard and Kiss said "The record is huge". He also promised that the songs that didn't make the album would be on his mixtape. The album The Last Kiss, was originally going to be titled Kiss My Ass, but was changed in hopes of having a better chance in retail outlets. Nas did the same thing when last year he released an Untitled CD after changing the name from Nigger. Nas later released a mixtape titled Nigger and Kiss followed suit when earlier this month he released a mixtape called The Champ Is Here Pt. 2: Kiss My Ass. The mixtape like its predecessor The Champ Is Here was hosted by DJ Green Lantern and marks the first time Green Lantern and Jadakiss have worked together since Jada put Green, Eminem's official tour DJ, on speaker phone while being videotaped. While on the phone, Lantern sided with Kiss in his beef with 50 Cent and was fired from Shady Records.  |
| Public Enemy Performs "It Takes A Nation Of Millions" @ Flavor Flav Birthday Bash Posted: 16 Mar 2009 06:00 PM PDT We know him variously as a hip-hop pioneer, a hyperactive court jester, a cringe-worthy reality TV star and a future talk show host, but last night, Flavor Flav wore all his hats for a 50th birthday bash to remember at BB Kings in Times Square, New York. To mark the occasion, Public Enemy elected to play the entirety of their seminal 1988 album It Takes A Nation Of Million To Hold Us Back for the first time in New York. A host of hip-hop luminaries turned out to pay their respects to Flavor's colorful career, including DJ Kool Herc (whose Bronx house parties in the 1970s are frequently cited as being the birth of hip-hop), Eric B, and a particularly sharply dressed Melle Mel of Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame inductees the Furious Five, who duetted with Flav on a verse of the legendary 1982 single "The Message." Original gangster rapper turned Law And Order: Special Victims Unit star Ice T also tossed out some of his own lyrics over an interlude of Flavor's drumming before adding his vocal input to PE tracks such as "Night Of The Living Bassheads." Flav also added his heartfelt gratitude to Ice T for not beating him up when the Public Enemy man crashed the OG's Ferrari in the late 1980s. It was quite the family affair too, as Flavor took several opportunities during the night to French kiss his very pregnant wife Liz onstage, much to Chuck D's obvious befuddlement. After powering through Nation of Millions, Number 48 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, Public Enemy's set concluded with a run through of classics such as "Shut 'Em Down," "Public Enemy No.1″ and "Fight The Power" before Flav rounded off the thoroughly entertaining two-and-a-half-hour show with a list of thank yous that would have dwarfed even the most overwrought of Oscar acceptance speeches. Public Enemy are set to appear on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon tonight, where they will play "Bring the Noise" with house band the Roots. The Philly hip-hop group are also set to back PE later in the year when they embark on further U.S. dates to perform the entirety of It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back, including the Roots' June 6th picnic.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| 10 Slang Words That May (Or May Not) Need To Come Back Posted: 16 Mar 2009 05:42 PM PDT To jump-start this idea I've compiled a list of the ten Hip Hop slang words I would love to see a come back into the vernacular. Language says a lot about a person or a cultural movement and these terms helped define Hip Hop when it was at its zenith. Read along, discuss and add your own words or sayings if you want to. 10. Vic: This was a term that meant to steal from somebody. It doesn't make a lot of sense but it has a great ring to it and you really get the idea of what it means. "Yo they vicked by sneakers" or "I'm gonna vic that wallet". Granted it's not a friendly term but it's effective and paints a great picture. 09. Fly: If something was really good, really cool or a girl was really pretty it/she was "Fly". I loved this term because it gave the idea that something was so cool it was above us all, in the sky looking down at us. It's a lot more interesting of a term than "Hot" or "Tight" which lacks any real originality or punch to it. It was also a term for women involved in Hip Hop termed "Fly Girls". For more on that check out the Boogie Boys song "Fly Girl". 08. Def: This was the ultimate compliment to anything good. "That shit is def yo" could apply to anything from your ability to write (graffiti), rhyme, dress or anything that just kicked ass. 07. Battle: This term pre-dated "Beef", sort of. While beef tends to mean you have a problem with a person that must end in violence Battle had more to do with artistic skills. If a rapper thought he had been copied or insulted by another rapper he could challenge him to a battle. Usually this had the two men/women going back and forth rhyming at each other until one of them clearly won or choked altogether. It could also be used for DJ's going at it or dance crews trying to outdo each other. The artistic gave way to the alpha male ignorance and battles fell by the wayside as disagreements were largely solved by gunfire. Don't get me wrong I'm not sainting this era of Hip Hop; it had a fair share of violence. However the direction seemed more to people wanting to be the best at what they did not the toughest. It not only gave us some great battles but also forced people in the scene to be at their best. 06. Mic Controller: This is the original term that MC stood for. This was it, this was what it meant to grab a microphone and rhyme into it until the crowd went nuts. If your skill level was high enough then you controlled the microphone and became an MC. DMC from Run-DMC stands for Devastating Mic Controller (as well as Darryl McDaniel) When you stuck MC in front of your name that meant you were the best at what you did and anybody who wanted to test you was welcome. Soon MC gave way to stupid names or people dropped the MC from their name altogether. Most said it was too old school but truth be told few really deserved it anymore. Mic Controlling is a lost art form for most. They tend to want to make hit singles or be pop stars. Whatever they say the MC is the ultimate rhymer and entertainer. Like Double Trouble says in the film Wild Style: "MC stands for Mic Controller". 05. Bite: If you stole somebody's idea, rhyme, graffiti style or anything that they made up themselves you was a biter. The term came from the idea that a biter only took bits of what he wanted and tried to make it their own. The perpetrator would use a piece of your style and piece of somebody else's but had little of his or her own original content. 04. Diss: Short for Disrespect this meant you insulted a person in some way. If you insulted their style, girlfriends, ride, family, anything under the sun then you Diss or Dissed them. It was a great way for Hip Hop to take a universal term and focus it in the Hip Hop scene. Disrespect had a very 70s or Godfather feel but Diss allowed it to be more street worthy. KRS One from Boogie Down Productions used it as a declaration of who he was. "Just the guy to lead a crew. Right up to your face and diss you". 03. Shorts: This meant you were taking short cuts. If you weren't working hard to perfect your ability at something then you were taking shorts. That could go from rapping to making a living or anything. If you weren't walking the straight and narrow or you were lying to get out of school you were "Taking shorts" 02. Wack: Easily my favorite expression when something is bad. When it's beneath awful then it's wack. If your rhymes suck then you're wack, sneakers are ugly then they were wack anything and everything that sucked could be called wack. It was a harsh term that even sounded rough but it was really different and unique only to Hip Hop. 01. Fresh: The ultimate expression of something being good. If it was Fresh it was beyond the best, there just wasn't anything better. Fresh wasn't a term that was just handed out, you had to earn that compliment. If your boy came up and told you that this new record they bought was Fresh then you ran right out and bought it because people didn't bandy that term around without really meaning it. I you said something was fresh but it was wack you could be ridiculed forever.  |
| 2nd Most Wanted Graffiti Artist Held After Probe Posted: 16 Mar 2009 05:28 PM PDT  One night in May 2008, police said, they spotted Ian Debeer spraying his indelible moniker, "HERT," on a bridge support in Etna. His arrest prompted Pittsburgh detectives to search his Mount Washington home where, they said, they found 500 cans of costly, high-end spray-paint, 300 photographs of graffiti, and videos of Mr. Debeer leaving his mark. Despite the raid, police said, Mr. Debeer continued tagging while detectives built their case against him, until his arrest yesterday on four felony and 69 misdemeanor counts of criminal mischief for graffiti that, police said, caused $212,100 in damage to city and private property. Officers arrested Mr. Debeer, 21, after a morning court appearance for his arrest last year in Etna. "He thought we forgot all about him," said Detective Daniel Sullivan, who filed a 33-page criminal complaint against Mr. Debeer that lists 100 locations where "HERT" had been sprayed. Police said his spree of painting colorful, bubbly "graffiti murals" started in April 2007 and offers glimpses into a lively underworld of graffiti vandalism that has made Pittsburgh what one detective called "the heart of graffiti nation." Mr. Debeer was so prolific that the Graffiti Task Force named him No. 2 on its list of "10 Most Wanted Graffiti Vandals." No. 1 was Daniel Montano, a Highland Park graffitist who was sentenced last year to 21/2 to 5 years in state prison after pleading guilty to 79 counts of criminal vandalism. Mr. Montano and Mr. Debeer belonged to "Not Strictly Freights," a prominent "graffiti crew," Detective Sullivan said. Police also found a letter from the convicted graffitist in Mr. Debeer's house, the complaint says. Mr. Debeer split his time between Mount Washington and his birthplace of Buffalo, N.Y., where, Detective Sullivan said, he told police in 2004 that he was responsible for "HERT" graffiti. "That's my tag," Mr. Debeer told a Buffalo police officer, according to the complaint. "The name I picked." Mr. Debeer's murals also occasionally bore the letters "BF," for Buffalo's Finest, the complaint says. Police aren't sure what he does for a living or how he was able to afford the $3,000 worth of spray paint they discovered in June 2008 in his house, where he also kept detailed records of his graffiti activity in sketchbooks and computer files, they said. Police also found hundreds of photos of graffiti, 165 of which they matched to locations Downtown, in the Strip District, the North Side, the South Side, the West End, Bloomfield, Friendship, East Liberty, Uptown and Oakland. Task force detectives spent months canvassing neighborhoods to match the photos to their locations. The complaint says Mr. Debeer caused $65,800 in damage to city property; $18,900 in damage to railroad property; and $127,400 in damage to private property. His arrest underscores a police push to eradicate graffiti in a city where there are at least 25 graffiti crews and 650 individual vandals, Detective Sullivan said. But it might not have the desired effect. "The graffiti community believes now that the city of Pittsburgh is cracking down on graffiti and even more of them are coming to the city," he said. "They get street credibility."  |
| Jim Jones Play "Hip Hop Monologues" Back By Popular Demand Posted: 16 Mar 2009 05:23 PM PDT NEW YORK, March 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Hip Hop's most talked about theatrical production is coming back to the stage by overwhelming demand. Produced by Sony Entertainment, Damon Dash, and J Kyle's Korner Entertainment, Hip Hop Monologues: Inside the Life & Mind of Jim Jones, the critically acclaimed artistic listening set to stage, will open for the first time to the public at the 37 Arts Theater in New York City and will play for a limited edition run of six performances. Starting at $40, tickets to Hip Hop Monologues are available beginning March 10, 2009 via ticketmaster.com. Performances run from Tuesday March 24th to Friday March 27th at 8 PM with two final performances on Saturday March 28th at 7 PM and 10 PM. The 37 Arts Theater is located at 450 West 37th Street in NYC. Hip Hop Monologues: Inside the Life & Mind of Jim Jones, first debuted in November 2008 as a first of its kind, two-day theatrical album listening of sorts, set to stage using music from Jones' forthcoming Columbia Records debut album Pray IV Reign (in stores March 24th) as the platform. Its two day showing was exclusive to an audience of celebrities and media, music and entertainment industry insiders. Due to the overwhelming buzz and reviews of this private theatrical event, Hip Hop Monologues is returning to stage and opening to the public for the first time at the overwhelming demand of Jim Jones fans, theatre enthusiasts and critics alike. "Jim Jones's play [is] a triumph!, ...37 Arts, where the show went down, was packed to the brim with all of the roughly 300 seats filled..." Adam Fleischer, XXLMAG.com Accompanied by a live band conducted by Om'Mas Kieth of SA-RA and an ensemble of professional actors, Jim performs songs from his new album in the context of a scripted story. The plot is straight-forward and peripherally autobiographical: rapper Jim Jones, having garnered worldwide fame, returns to Harlem to interact with characters from his past: a preacher, his son's mother, a police detective, jealous enemies, even Jim himself as a younger man. After almost getting killed in an impromptu dice game, Jim is counseled by an old school elder on how to endure the stresses of being famous and the great responsibility of teaching the next generation. Later Jim finds himself having to make the decision of his life by either taking his elder's wise advice or returning to his street ways and risk losing it all. Several roles will be portrayed by contributors to Pray IV Reign. The play, produced written and directed by acclaimed actor, writer and director J. Kyle Manzay, interweaves many elements including multimedia and an intricate backdrop among other things into what J. Kyle terms a "surreal representation of 110th Street in Harlem"-- complete sensory stimuli. "Infused with a live band, rap and rhymes highlighting Jones' tumultuous upbringing and his rise to fame, the "Hip Hop Monologues" puts a new spin and breaks the monotony of a typical album listening session." Melissa Castellanos, CBS News "Hip Hop Monologues: Inside the Life & Mind of Jim Jones was a remarkable piece of work." Elon Johnson, Martinpink.com Tickets for Hip Hop Monologues: Inside the Life & Mind of Jim Jones, go on sale today March 10, 2009 and can be purchased at www.ticketmaster.com. For additional information on Jim Jones, Hip Hop Monologues or Pray IV Reign, please visit www.jimjonesofficial.com  |
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