The Pharcyde News

Next Thursday, Dec. 11, Live and Direct returns for another evening of live remixing and production.

Nickodemus 'lays it down' at the Waverley, Saturday, November 21. From the early days of Giant Step, to today's Turntables on the Hudson parties, Nickodemus has been a key element in the NYC dance music scene for over 10 years.

Right now's a pretty great time to be a late-to-the-party hip hop fan, with the last several years seeing reunions by Golden Era greats like Public Enemy, A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, The Wu-Tang Clan and west coast heavies The Pharcyde, who closed out the first night of Fun Fun Fun Fest with as energetic and compelling a show as you're likely ...

As Imani will attest, no two Pharcyde albums will ever sound the same. "Change is always good, whether people like it or not.

To repurpose a phrase from Seinfeld , 2009 Fun Fun Fun Fest is the Festivus for the rest of us, a two-day alternative holiday for all the freaks and geeks.

In 2009 the MYX Music Label has embodied the fighting spirit of underground Hip Hop.

Bay area MC Jern Eye is preparing for the October 13th release of his second CD Vision , and in the meantime he's treating fans to a mixtape of album cuts, remixes, and previously unreleased songs.

HipHopDX wassup! It's your man Jern Eye. It's been a minute but for some of you who've never heard of my work, here's a small introduction: I'm one third of the Oakland based Hip Hop group Lunar Heights.

The Pharcyde - Passing Me By - Sampled from: "Summer in the City" by Quincy Jones, "Are You Experienced?" by Jimi Hendrix, "It's a New Day" by Skull Snaps, "Hill Where the Lord Hides" by Eddie Russ, "125th Street Congress" by Weather Report, "Friends" by Whodini 03.

The '90s were back in full force when an array of 90s alt hip hop groups played the African Festival Of The Arts on Saturday.

Super Hot Podcasting! . Ancient Astronauts - Everybody . Enter Ancient Astronauts boasting their debut full-length record We Are To Answer ; cosmic beats, bass lines thumping, Afro-funk pulse, down-tempo grooves, hard-hitting electro jolts, vocal maneuvering from Pharcyde, Tippa Arie and Azeem.

Slow Food San Diego sponsors a potluck picnic for the National Day of Action to Get "Real Food" in Schools.

Considering the indie-rock crowd's generally fickle nature, any band that's managed to stick it out for almost 20 years deserves a goddamn medal or something.

By coyly "leaking" bits of the Fun Fun Fun Fest lineup over the past couple of months, Transmission Entertainment has proven its little festival that could has the power to attract not just recently reunited rock pioneers , but recently reunited rock pioneers who nobody thought would ever play a festival .

Germany's Ancient Astronauts producers Kabanjak and Dogu have arrived a little late to the ambient instrumental hip-hop party, but what they present on their debut isn't all bad.

West coast emcee Jern Eye is proud to announce the release of his sophomore solo LP, Vision.

Various Artists: Dillanthology 3: Dilla's Productions October 13th, 2009 http://www.dillanthology.com **final cover image to be confirmed** In his brief 32 years J-Dilla, otherwise known as Jay Dee or James Yancey created and shaped a new sound for Hip-Hop that inspired beat smiths, MCs and music lovers around the globe.

The video for "Trap Goin' Ham," by the sharp young rapper Pill, crackles with a refreshing and sometimes astonishing naturalism.

"It was announced during Vampire Weekend 's rain-soaked but well-attended 6 p.m. set on the main "Blue Comet" stage that due to the weather, single-day Friday tickets would be accepted for festival entry on Saturday and Sunday .

Wednesday, August 05, 2009 HOT SH-T!!!! Hiroller's New Mixtape - The Premonition I was gonna just throw this in the next edition of my underground hip hop Serato wrap-up but I started to check it out yesterday and it's f-cking fiya! Solid, clever rhyming over all kinds of certified classic beats from the 90's with a theme about a new rapper trying ...