prima volta in Italia
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con la presente siamo ad annunciarvi: Intl Live Booking, Unlmtd Struggle, Cso Rivolta present BLOCK PARTY INTERNATIONAL per la prima volta in Italia unica data del Nord in esclusiva live on stage Up Above/Haltooth/Low Budget tour:
Kev Brown(Maryland)+Kenn Starr+Oddisee(Washington DC/Low Budget Crew) feat.Dj Conikt.
sab 20 Ottobre h.22 @ Cso Rivolta Via F.Lli Bandiera Marghera(Venezia)
Kev Brown
Birth name Kevin Brown
Born February 10, 1976 (age 31)
Origin Landover, Maryland
Genre(s) Hip Hop
Years active 2001–present
Label(s) UP Above
Kev Brown (b. Kevin Brown, February 10, 1976) is an American rapper and producer from Landover, Maryland, United States. He is a member of the Washington D.C. based hip hop collective, Low Budget.
Biography
Kev Brown's soulful style of production has earned him comparisons to revered producers such as Pete Rock, who incidentally helped Brown's career gain some momentum after introducing him to Grap Luva. The pair then went on to collaborate on "What Ruling Means", from Marley Marl's BBE Beat Generation installment Re-Entry (2001). His appearance alongside Grap Luva left an impression on the underground and he subsequently contributed a track to De La Soul's AOI: Bionix later that year.
Kev Brown continued to build his resume with contributions to DJ Jazzy Jeff's The Magnificent (2002). As a then-member of Jazzy Jeff's production-for-hire unit A Touch Of Jazz, Brown contributed no less than 7 tracks to the project yet it wasn't until his remix of Jay-Z's The Black Album, aptly titled The Brown Album was released in January, 2004 that he began to receive recognition.
As the first producer to do so (to date there are more than 100 submitted remixes of the project), Brown made use of Jay-Z's starpower and commercial appeal. Although his time in the spotlight was somewhat overshadowed by DJ Danger Mouse's The Grey Album (2004), a remix project of the same album noticeable for its use of The Beatles' White Album (1968) as a soundbed for Jay-Z acapellas, Kev Brown was nevertheless able to garner enough of a following to embark on a solo career.
After numerous productions and collaborations with artists throughout 2003 and 2004, Brown made his debut in 2005 with I Do What I Do through the independent Up Above imprint. The single, "Life's A Gamble", followed in early 2006. Among his current projects are production work on albums by Freddie Foxxx, and Eric Roberson, as well as an EP entitled Random Joints.
Discography
Albums
Album cover Album information
I Do What I Do
Released: September 16, 2005
Singles: "Work In Progress", "Life's A Gamble"
I Do What I Do Instrumentals
Released: March 3, 2006
Singles: N/A
Notes: Instrumental album.
Random Joints
Released: TBA
Singles: TBA
Notes: EP.
[edit] Compilations / Mixtapes
Album cover Album information
The Brown Album
Released: January 28, 2004
Singles: N/A
Notes: Remix of Jay-Z's The Black Album.
The Kev Brown Mixtape
Released: September 28, 2004
Singles: N/A
Notes: Compilation of production work for various artists.
Exclusive Joints
Released: March 3, 2007
Singles: N/A
Notes: Compilation of rare, and hard to find productions.
Singles
2003: "Nitefall"
2003: "Always"
2004: "Kev Brown Presents..."
"Changes"
"Look"
"Albany"
2005: "Work In Progress"
2006: "Life's A Gamble"
2007: "The Versatility Joint"
Selected production credits
2001: "What Ruling Means" - Marley Marl, from the album Re-Entry
2001: "Special" - De La Soul, from the album AOI: Bionix
2002: "Branded", "Da Rebirth" - DJ Jazzy Jeff, from the EP The Magnificent EP
2002: "How I Do", "Know Ur Hood", "Rock Wit You", "Scram", "Shake It Off", "Travelz", "We Are" - DJ Jazzy Jeff, from the album The Magnificent
2003: "Catch 22" - Raheem De Vaughn, from the album The Love Experience
2003: "Wallflower" - Critically Acclaimed, from the compilation Hidden Hits Vol. 1
2003: "Young World" - Cy Young, from the compilation Hidden Hits Vol. 1
2003: "Who Programmed Us Anyway?" (Remix) - Grand Agent, from the album Fish Outta Water Remixes
2003: "Get Down", "Games" - Biz Markie, from the album Weekend Warrior
2004: "The Ultimate" (Remix) - Lone Catalysts
2004: "Walk The Walk" - Kenn Starr, from the Halftooth Records compilation You Don’t Know the Half
2004: "Another Private Conversation" - Critically Acclaimed
2004: "Doubting Destiny", "Exposed" - Wayna, from the album Moments Of Clarity: Book 1
2006: "Best Friend" - V, from the album The Revelation is Now Televised
2006: "Good Rap Music", "Reign" - Bahamadia, from the album Good Rap Music
2006: "Batida" - Kev Brown, from the Dopeness Galore compilation The Timeless Interpretations
2006: "That's M
2006: "1%" - The Visionaries, from the album We Are The Ones (We've Been Waiting For)
2006: "Relentless", "Never Too Late", "Another Day" - Kenn Starr, from the album Starr Status
y" - Wade Waters, from the album Dark Waters
2007: "Pen Just Cries Away" - Eric Roberson, from the album ...Left
2007: "Bophelo Bame" - Tumi, from the album Music from my Good Eye
KENN STARR is an mc from Suffolk, Virginia, currently residing in the Washington D.C. metro area. Starr is a member of the D.C.-based Low Budget Crew, and the duo Isaac Jones. His solo debut, Starr Status, was released in mid-2006.
Recording history
In 2001, Starr joined the Low Budget Crew, which also included D.C. locals Oddisee, Kev Brown, Critically Acclaimed and Cy Young[1]. His connection with producer Oddisee landed him a deal with New York-based indie label Halftooth Records, which released his debut single, "If", featuring Talib Kweli and Asheru, in early 2004. "If", and the B-Side single "Walk the Walk", were both included on the Halftooth Records compilation You Don't Know the Half. The single led to a number of hailed guest appearances, on tracks including Foreign Exchange's "The Answer", Wordsworth's "Head High", Kev Brown's "Say Sumthin", and Symbolyc One and Illmind's "Guilty Pleasures".
In June 2006, Starr released a full-length mixtape titled The Starr Report, featuring tracks from Supastition, Cesar Comanche, Foreign Exchange and Kev Brown, followed by the single "Against the Grain" b/w "Waitin' on You" and "Back at it Again". On August 29, Starr's debut album, Starr Status, was released, featuring production from Illmind, Khrysis, Kev Brown, Oddisee, DJ Roddy Rod and M-Phazes. Album guests included Kev Brown, Isaac Jones partner Sean Born, Supastition, Median, Talib Kweli and Asheru.
Starr Status was well received by underground fans, and garnered the rapper attention from popular Hip Hop magazines including Scratch, The Source, and JIVE, who called Starr "one of the best MCs in the game".[2] Despite this, Starr Status failed to reach the Billboard chart, but sold moderately well online, reaching the top 10 on the Best Sellers list on UndergroundHipHop.com in both August and September 2006.[3] [4]
Discography
Albums
Album cover Album information
The Starr Report
Released: June, 2006
Singles: N/A
Notes: Mixtape/compilation
Starr Status
Released: August 29, 2006
Singles: "Against the Grain"/"Waitin' on You"/"Back at it Again"
Notes: Debut album.
ODDISEE
Since producing and performing the hit track “Musik Lounge” for DJ Jazzy Jeff’s The Magnificent LP in 2002, Amir “Oddisee” Mohamed has quickly become a rising star in Hip-Hop and an artist to keep your eye on as both a producer and emcee extraordinaire. Taking advantage of working at A Touch of Jazz studios, Oddisee has incorporated the neo soul vibe of Philly into his eclectic and well decorated resume. Coming from a diverse background, the half Sudanese half African American was blessed with musical talent from both sides of his family. Oddisee was influenced by the accomplished singers, guitarists, and poets on his Sudanese side, and on his American side, by the gospel singers, bluegrass guitar players, and older cousins who gave him his first taste of Hip-Hop. Ironically, though, it was his Sudanese father that gave Oddisee the vinyl that fueled his passion for producing Hip-Hop music.
Since turning his focus towards Hip-Hop in 1999, Oddisee has worked with the likes of Gary Shider of Parliament and Funkadelic, DJ Jazzy Jeff, Talib Kweli, J-Live, Wordsworth, Little Brother, Freddie Foxxx, Asheru, The UN, The Visionaries and many other respected recording artists around the world. In addition, Oddisee received a tremendous amount of attention and critical acclaim for his stand-out performances and production work on albums such as DJ Jazzy Jeff’s The Magnificent, Halftooth Records’ You Don’t Know the Half, Wordsworth’s Mirror Music, J-Live’s The Hear After, Kev Brown’s I Do What I Do, and The Foreign Exchange’s Connected, as well as his own renowned Instrumental Mixtape - Vol. 1, which was released in 2005 on Halftooth Records.
Signed with New York based Halftooth Records, Oddisee is invading air waves and record stores near you with a unique sound that is impossible to ignore. With his incredibly distinctive and mesmerizing style, Oddisee covers just about every sect of Hip-Hop music, creating a sound that is appealing to all music lovers. Born in Washington, D.C. and raised in Maryland, Oddisee and his Low Budget crew, including such Hip-Hop artists and producers as Kev Brown, Kenn Starr and Cy Young, have already managed to leave their mark within the Hip-Hop community of the D.C. metropolitan area, and Oddisee is today introducing his remarkable sounds to the world and ready to influence the entire Hip-Hop community. Although he has his own original and creative style and sound, Oddisee has been compared to such outstanding producers as Jay Dee, Pete Rock, Madlib and J. Rawls, and he has been called “one of the best underground producers in the game” by HipHopGame.com and “the best producer in Hip-Hop that you probably don't know yet” by AllHipHop.com. With a number of phenomenal projects and collaborations already under his belt, this producer/emcee extraordinaire is working on several amazing and exciting projects for release in 2006 and beyond. If he isn’t already, Oddisee is poised to be your favorite beat maker and lyricist in one. Watch out world!!!
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