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DJ Toshi is celebrating the 10th anniversary of his Classic Storm Radio Show by throwing on this must see event for all hip hop heads in New York City, tomorrow night, Saturday November 25th 2017.

He’s brought together a seriously impressive line up which will include live performances by The Beatnuts, Planet Asia, Ruste Juxx, Illa Ghee, Mr Complex, C-Rayz Walz and El Gant.

There will be a special DJ set by D.I.T.C.’s Lord Finesse with further sets by Toshi, Street Vision’s DJ Ready Cee and DJ Mixx. The night will be hosted by Classic Storm’s Sunez, Bodega Cold Kutz’ Doc AHK and local emcee Mic Handz

THE VENUE IS MERCURY LOUNGE, 217 EAST HOUSTON STREET, NEW YORK, NY 10002

Doors open at 10.30pm with the show starting at 11pm. This is a 21 and over event so bring ID if you think it may be required. Price on the door is $20, although there are still some discount priced tickets available in advance from TICKETFLY

There is more information about the show at the Facebook Event Page

In August, Toshi had producer Frost Gamble and Detroit rapper ZotheJerk as guests on the show. The pair released the album “Black Beach” in May.

Frost was in town to finish the recording of his “Rare Fabric” EP with Tragedy Khadafi, released in October, and to help promote his album “Respect Is Earned Not Given” with NY state rapper Tone Chop which released in September and featured Kool G Rap, Planet Asia and rap battler DNA

In early 2018 he will be releasing his solo producer album “I Missed My Bus” which includes featured artists KXNG Crooked, Ruste Juxx, Ras Kass, Skyzoo, Conway, Rah Digga, Guilty Simpson and many more.

Listen back to the show first broadcast on August 8th

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Earlier this month, NY state producer Frost Gamble – now resident in Winnipeg Canada – hit NYC to finish recording his new “Rare Fabric” EP with Tragedy Khadafi which releases on October 20th. It is available to pre-order on Bandcamp

While there, he took the opportunity to meet with several members of the press including journalist Shamika Sykes who sat down with him for online “My Hip Hop Life“.

The interview was recorded for Shamika’s “Hangout Session” series of interviews and was published yesterday.

The pair began by discussing his earliest days in hip hop, and how “The Message” was the single that first reeled him in as a fan. He then explains his initial link up with rapper Tone Chop, first as friendly rap battle rivals before refocusing on beatmaking. The pair have the new album “Respect Is Earned Not Given” releasing on September 29th featuring Kool G Rap, D.N.A., Tragedy Khadafi, Planet Asia and Canadian upcomer White Rhino. Available again to pre-order through 22 Entertainment in digital and CD formats HERE

Moving onto the subject of production more generally, Frost compares his original recording techniques through tape splicing and the MPC to the current technology used, explaining methods are of secondary importance to the result having “a soul”. Citing Diamond D, The Beatnuts, Pete Rock and Madlib as some of his influences, the conversation turns to Fat Joe’s recent comments that “boom bap’s not the wave anymore”.

Frost speaks on the over indulgence in labelling genres, stating “ultimately everyone is replicating what Kool Herc did” as an evolved extension of the turntable, with many contemporary styles having a comparatively shorter shelf life.

This leads him to outline his own longevity and how advice helped him adapt and work within the modern music industry which has resulted in his deal with 22 Entertainment.

Following his views on the current Canadian scene, he then discusses the development of his own stable of artists, his new work with Horseshoe Gang and Royce da 5’9″, the aforementioned albums and his new “I Missed My Bus” project which includes guest artists Skyzoo, Ras Kass, Ruste Juxx, KXNG Crooked, Rah Digga, Guilty Simpson and more.

LISTEN TO THE INTERVIEW IN FULL ON SOUNDCLOUD

FROM THE NEW ALBUM “RESPECT IS EARNED NOT GIVEN”, LATEST SINGLE “GUILLOTINE CHOP” ft WHITE RHINO & PLANET ASIA

Connect with Frost on social media via twitter @FrostGamble, IG @Frost.Gamble and FB FrostGamble

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East coast duo, M.I. and DJ Cutt – aka Constant Deviants – released their new album “Omerta” today.

It’s the pair’s fifth album since their debut “Concrete Utopia” and follows just a year after the critically acclaimed “Avant Garde”.

A new review of the album by Wayne Allen, writing for US online Swurv Radio, has just been published and can be read HERE

Released on the group’s own Six2Six Records, it is being distributed in vinyl format worldwide, so check with your local specialist record store for availability. It is also available to buy as a digital download from Six2Six Records’ Bandcamp

The group are currently in NYC meeting with press and appearing as guests on radio stations every night this week including Guerilla Grooves Radio, Beatminerz, Flip The Script Radio, YAC Radio, East NY Radio, Bodega Cold Kutz and Classic Storm Radio. You will also hear them on RapStation in the next couple of weeks and look out for filmed footage of their appearance on Sunday’s Rap Is Outta Control Show with DJ Eclipse hitting the internet shortly.

Keep up to date with them on twitter @Cnstnt_Dvnts & @Six2SixShift and over on their Facebook Page

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Constant Deviants release their new album “Omerta” on Tuesday June 28th through their own Six2Six Records imprint. It will be available worldwide on vinyl, CD and digital formats.

On Sunday June 26th, they begin a busy week in NYC meeting with press and appearing as guests on a variety of radio stations when they drop in on DJ Eclipse for his Rap Is Outta Control show. It broadcasts from 10pm EST on Sirius XM’s Hip Hop Nation Channel 44. Listen online HERE

They’ll also be meeting up again with The Beeshine in the studio, so look out for some new visuals soon.

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Tomorrow, Saturday June 25th, you can catch them performing live at the Loudpalooza event being held in Castaways, Boston Street, Baltimore. Doors open from 5pm EST, and more information including ticket availability can be read HERE

During the week you’ll be able to hear them live on Atlanta’s Raw Radio, New Jersey’s Flip The Script Radio, and among the NYC stations are Guerilla Grooves Radio, Beatminerz Radio, YAC Radio, East NY Radio, Bodega Cold Kutz and Classic Storm Radio. Check back here daily from Monday to find out where you can hear them live on air next.

Their latest single “DeLorean” has been getting serious airplay this week, consistent with their previous releases “So Underrated” and “Cutt for President”. The group will also launch the third in their “Tre Volte” freestyle video series during July.

Keep up to date with Constant Deviants on social media, twitter @Cnstnt_Dvnts & @Six2SixShift, and over on their Facebook Page

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East coast duo Constant Deviants release their new album “Omerta” on June 28th through Six2Six Records, available worldwide on vinyl, CD and digital formats.

Next Saturday June 25th, M.I. and DJ Cutt will be performing at the Loudpalooza event being held in Baltimore’s Castaways, before heading north for a weeklong series of radio show guest appearances in Manhattan, The Bronx and Brooklyn.

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Beginning with DJ Eclipse’s Rap Is Outta Control Show on Sunday June 26th, they will be promoting the album and M.I.’s new film “Six2Six”. Selected by Ralph McDaniels for screening at the Hip Hop Film Festival in August, it co:stars Treach (Naughty by Nature), Syleena Johnson and Chief Rocker Busy Bee.

“DeLorean” is the second official single taken from the new album, and has been launched today. Check the audio stream :

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Meanwhile, US freelance journalist & author Samuel Odunsi Jr reviewed the album for his own online platform called, appropriately enough, “Sam The Author”. He has previously provided reviews for titles such as Dead End Hip Hop and true to form gives it an in depth appraisal which endorses the quality of the release, quite possibly the group’s finest to date

CHECK THE FULL REVIEW HERE

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So if you’re in Baltimore this Saturday, definitely recommended to catch Constant Deviants at Castaways, and look out for them hitting the NYC airwaves all of next week. Keep up to date with them on twitter @Cnstnt_Dvnts & @Six2SixShift and over on their Facebook Page

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US online Da-What run a series “Five Finger Discount” where they ask artists to highlight five of their tracks or videos for special mention, the story behind them and why they currently have a specific relevance and importance to them.

In the latest edition just published, they spoke with Constant Deviants. The group will release a new concept album “Omerta” on June 28th, and reveal the linkage between the new album and last year’s “Avant Garde”, specifically the role their tour of Switzerland played in how they were devised. They also speak more on the deliberate differences in style of production between the two albums and provide more background into how last year’s single “Standards” came to be remixed by The Beatminerz.

All the track streams and videos they selected are included in the feature which can be read HERE

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With the album set for release through their own Six2Six Records in just over a week’s time, it’s a busy period for M.I. and DJ Cutt.

They are performing at the Loudpalooza event at Baltimore’s Castaways next Saturday June 25th, before heading to NYC for a weeklong series of meetings with press and radio show guest appearances to discuss the new album and M.I.’s move into film making as an actor, writer and producer. His film “Six2Six” co:starring Treach, Syleena Johnson and Chief Rocker Busy Bee has been selected by Ralph McDaniels for a special screening at NYC’s Hip Hop Film Festival in August.

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Their radio appearances will begin next Sunday June 26th when they drop in on DJ Eclipse’s Rap Is Outta Control Show on Sirius XM. Their new single “Delorean” will receive its first airplay on Eclipse’s show tonight, and you can also hear M.I. guest on London’s Pulse88 FM from 2pm GMT when he speaks on all his new ventures with Linda E.

Details of all their guest appearances on NYC radio which will span Monday June 27th – Friday July 1st inclusive will be listed here shortly, so look out for that together with their new single “Delorean” from early this week. Keep up to date with them on twitter @Cnstnt_Dvnts & @Six2SixShift, on their Facebook Page, and meantime check out the first single from the album, “So Underrated”

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As with US / Canadian publication Nine5Four Magazine last week, another has featured two of the artists we work with this week, this time Italian online RapManiacz

Translators at the ready as obviously the articles are written in Italian, but they begin by reviewing the new album “Anti-Trap Music” by west coast rap group Horseshoe Gang which released on April 29th through Seven 13 Music & Entertainment.

You can read the review HERE

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The group’s new single “Poor Swagg” is currently building up some airplay, with early support coming in from WHHL St Louis and WJTT Chattanooga. They are also putting together early plans for live performances through the summer and a later tour, while another new album is in the works.

You can buy Anti-Trap Music from iTunes and CD versions from Amazon. Keep up to date with their news on twitter @HorseshoeGang and on Facebook “HorseshoeGangCOB”

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The magazine also jumped on Skype recently to speak with MC M.I. of Constant Deviants who is himself of Italian descent, referred to in the theme of the new album “Omerta” out on June 28th where he assumes the role of Lucky Luciano.

The role playing aspect of the concept album is consistent with M.I.’s additional focus on film writing, acting and film production. His new movie “Six2Six” co:starring Treach, Syleena Johnson and Chief Rocker Busy Bee is set for a special screening at this year’s Hip Hop Film Festival, chaired by Ralph McDaniels, taking place the first week of August at NYC’s National Black Theater.

He has also been shooting scenes for another new movie “Can’t Live Without My Radio” in Baltimore, a comedy set in a radio station, likely to be released in 2017.

The interview in RapManiacz can be read HERE

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The duo of M.I. and DJ Cutt will be in NYC the last week of June meeting with press and appearing on various radio stations including Sirius XM, Beatminerz, Bodega Cold Kutz and Classic Storm. The album itself is also set to feature in the UK’s legendary MOJO Magazine around the time of release.

Keep up to date with them on twitter @Cnstnt_Dvnts & @Six2SixShift and on their Facebook page “ConstantDeviantsMusic”

Check out their most recent bonus joint “Cutt for President”

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Well, it’s not often you get a genuinely good laugh doing this job, but just occasionally something turns up…..

Earlier this week, MC M.I. from Constant Deviants jumped on the phone with DJ D-Money, host of the weekly Fresh Juice Radio Show based out of Washington State.

The pair began by discussing the group’s new album “Omerta” which releases on June 28th, and then moved on to the rapper’s new additional focus of movie making. As co:owner of Six2Six Records, M.I. has become more involved in acting, film writing and film production, and has set up a new subsidiary Six2Six Films.

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A new movie “Six2Six” will be screened at Ralph McDaniels’ Hip Hop Film Festival in NYC during August, and co:starring with M.I. is Treach (Naughty by Nature), Syleena Johnson and Chief Rocker Busy Bee. Some of the plot line is explained before the Baltimore MC reveals he is near completion of another new film, this time a comedy, called “Can’t Live Without My Radio”.

Then comes a regular section of the show where rappers play the radio version of the board game “What?”. Among the questions asked are “What do dogs think when owners dress them up in clothes?” and “What would you legalize?”

We’ll just leave that there and you can have a listen to what he says……enjoy…..

You can listen back to the whole show on Fresh Juice’s Mixcloud

You’ll be able to hear the pair on radio again when they’re in NYC during the last week of June at the time of the album’s release, appearing on stations including Sirius XM, Beatminerz Radio, Bodega Cold Kutz and Classic Storm. Meantime, keep up to date with news about Constant Deviants on twitter @Cnstnt_Dvnts (label @Six2SixShift) or over on their Facebook Page

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Nine5Four Magazine operate in the Canadian and US marketplaces, publishing both a physical print and digital online version. Their specific focus is on talent operating in the independent sector, whether musicians, models, DJs, athletes, actors and small business owners.

They balance the coverage with those who have operated in the sector for some time while giving new emerging talent a platform.

In the new issue, they have featured two of the artists we are currently working with.

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Adorning the front cover is west coast rap crew Horseshoe Gang who released their new album “Anti-Trap Music” on April 29th. The album sold out Amazon‘s initial CD stock, within a week charted Top 50 on iTunes in 15 different countries, and has had over 100,000 streams to date. The magazine carries an in depth two page interview with the group.

CHECK OUT THE OFFICIAL “ANTI-TRAP MUSIC” ALBUM STREAM

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Also featured in the new issue is east coast hip hop duo Constant Deviants.

They release their new album “Omerta” on their imprint Six2Six Records on June 28th.

Label co:owner MC M.I. has also made a significant move into the world of acting, film writing and film production, and developed the label subsidiary Six2Six Films. Having appeared in last year’s “Swiss Banks”, a collaboration with European affiliates SWC Records, he wrote, produced and features in a new movie “Six2Six”.

It co:stars Treach (Naughty by Nature), Syleena Johnson and Chief Rocker Busy Bee, and has been selected by Ralph McDaniels’ Hip Hop Film Festival for screening in NYC at the beginning of August.

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Constant Deviants will be in NYC in the last week of June meeting with press and appearing on various radio shows including Sirius XM, Beatminerz Radio, Bodega Cold Kutz and Classic Storm

Check out their single “So Underrated” and first of their Tre Volte Freestyle video series, Hard on these Streets

YOU CAN READ THE FEATURES WITH BOTH ARTISTS BY FLIPPING THROUGH THE PAGES IN NINE5FOUR’S DIGITAL EDITION HERE

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Cincinnati emcees Buggs tha Rocka and Donte from the group MOOD got together a couple years back to form the new group Space Invadaz.

They signed to Talib Kweli’s Javotti Media group imprint, Talib having strong historic links with the area from his own work with MOOD and of course another Cincy resident, Hi Tek.

To help launch the overall project, having just returned from performing at this year’s SXSW, the group’s debut release is the new free album “Contact” which is available to stream and download from AudioMack HERE and from DJ Booth HERE

Production comes from among others, Hop Trax, Hi Tek, Jake One and Buggs himself, with featured artists including Talib Kweli, Chuck Inglish and M1. Here’s the full tracklisting on the album’s back cover :

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The duo will link up with Talib in NYC from 16th April where they will be meeting with various members of the press and appearing on various radio stations including Smokin Aces on Beatminerz, Sway in the Morning, Tony Touch’s Toca Tuesdays and DJ Bazarro’s World on Beatminerz.

From the album there have been two official videos released, Gun Show and Annunaki Rap

The group are planning several shows and special releases, with an official album in the works due out at later this year. You can keep up to date with all of their news on their OFFICIAL TWITTER ACCOUNT

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