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3rd Annual Roots Picnic follow-up

Special THANKS to Tayyib Smith of two.one.five magazine and Rachel F. at Philly 360.  Had a BLAST at the picnic, met lots of cool people, reconnected w/ old friends, got some great shots...dope day for art and music.

You can check out Philly 360's photos, videos, and more HERE

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Some flics I took that day (and the rest will be over at Couch Sessions):

The lovely and talented, Nikki Jean.  She is one of Philly 360's 2010 Creative Ambassadors. 

The Legendary ROOTS Crew Lt. Black Thought (he performed on-stage w/ the Money Making Jam Boys and The Roots)

My homies Mark (aka @Carolinaware) and Mr. Phonte Coleman (of Little Brother and The Foreign Exchange).  FE performed at the picnic as well, s-o Aimee, Nic, YahZ, Zo!, Bynum, D-Brock and the entire FE fam.  Always a good time when I run into these guys.  FE's 3rd album will be released soon as well.  Can't wait for that.

Jay Electronica on-stage.  The fans and the other performers went nuts when he took the stage!  He stopped a few times, talked to the crowd, jumped INTO the crowd at one point to stand on the gate in the pit....he did the damn thing.  I'm a HUGE Jay Elec fan and I was not disappointed.  

P.O.R.N. of the Money Making Jam Boys on-stage, DJ Phsh was on the wheels for their set in the background.  If you don't know who MMJB are?  #getfamiliar  They got next.  I've wrote about them before on here, look back through the posts?  Or pay attention the 1st time I tell y'all!

 
John Legend performed on-stage w/ The Roots.  He also brought along his beautiful girlfriend and their dog.  When I saw the dog backstage I was like who's dog is that?!  Lmao.  I should've snapped a pic of the dog too.

Method Man crowd surfing.  The crowd was bananas when Wu came out, everyone had their "W" in the air, they were backed by The Roots band, EPIC performance.  You had to be there.  And if you weren't?  Enjoy my photos over on THE COUCH SESSIONS and check out Philly 360's links (above) as well. 

I had the pleasure of meeting Mel D. Cole of Village Slum photos again...we met in NYC at a show before, but Saturday at the picnic I had the opportunity to really watch him work and talk to him a few times.  He is SO DOPE.  One of my photog idols.  If you have never seen his photos, you need to check em out.  He got a sneaker deal w/ Etnies, he's ?uestlove's fave photog, a huge Slum Village fan and just an all-around dope dude.  *Namaste*

3rd Annual Roots Picnic

Starring The Roots, Vampire Weekend, Clipse, Mayer Hawthorne & The Country,
The Very Best, Nneka, Jay Electronica, DJ Jazzy Jeff, Das Racist,
The Foreign Exchange, Bajah and the Dry Eye Crew, Pattern Is Movement,
Money Making Jam Boyz, and a special appearance by John Legend

Featuring a special performance by Wu Massacre featuring Ghostface Killah, Method Man, & Raekwon backed by The Roots.

Saturday, June 5th, 2pm
@ The Festival Pier, Penns Landing

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*Post and pic obtained from www.okayplayer.com * 

And I got a media pass this year, hype.  Will have some photos & memories to share, fo sho. 

I met BLACK THOUGHT @ the 215 Mag Heineken Green Room Party last night...

....#thatisall.

More pics coming soon, I got some great shots.  My life is complete...*dies*

Stweets is watchin'...(oh and it's Thanksgiving)...some DMV Dopeness too

So I'm in my sister's den.  Been lurking on & off Twitter since I got here a few hours ago.  Spent some time w/ my nieces (7 & 13) and a neighbor kid (13) on the Wii...I suck @ shooting games.  I have been to a shooting range on many occasions and can properly shoot a firearm unassisted.  Weird.

So I've been aware that Lupe was droppin' a mixtape @ midnight.  Twitter is like the instantaneous 'grapevine'.  The real time, real public, real real chatroom, 24/7, 365.  Lupe doesn't tweet much, so when he does I pay attention.  Got an hour #latepass though since I was all caught up in family fukkery, shout-out @f_deville, he sent me the link.  (He's also a dope emcee, check him out HERE & follow him on Twitter.  He's from DMV.)

Here is Lupe's just released mixtape:  "Enemy Of The State: A Love Story"



He also released THIS, it's the "Angels Remix feat. Lupe Fiasco".  SO dope.  The beat is crazy.  He remixed Diddy's song and sent to him on Twitter.  I love modern technology, LOL.

Through Twitter I also discovered Black Star was on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.  Mos & Talib jammed w/ The Roots (you all DO know The Roots is the house band for Jimmy Fallon, right?!  If not, get from under the rock you've been living and #getfamiliar !)  backed by Dirty Projectors (sidebar:  never heard of 'em but I'm on it...coming soon).  @jose3030** followed right up and tweeted THIS LAINK, you can check the performance there.



Jimmy also had Jamie Kennedy on (The Roots played The Fresh Prince's theme song as his walk-on music, #215 stand up!)...and Padma Lashki was glowing & gorgeous, 7 months pregnant.  I don't get to catch his show much b/c it's on so late, but @jose3030** always has the highlights and I catch clips online.

**If you don't follow him already on Twitter, do so.  Cool dude from the DMV.  He also has a dope site you can check out HERE.  This dude gets it in.

Download the links.

Check out the sites, the DMV dopeness. 

I am putting you ON.

I'm anxious to see my family tomorrow (later on this afternoon, it's nearly 3 am)...Thanksgiving is always a good time.  Mi Madre turns 50 on Friday.  My bro's 1st baby is due this weekend.  There's a lot going on for me right now. 

But tonight I am THANKFUL for hip hop...I needed this.... d(-_*)b

UPDATE: the official split-files version & track list for Lupe's "Enemy Of The State: A Love Story"

01 Intro
02 The National Anthem (Radiohead)
03 All The Way Turnt Up (Travis Porter)
04 Fireman (Lil Wayne)
05 L.A.S.E.R.S. Manifesto Interlude
06 Angels (Remix) (Dirty Money)
07 So Ghetto (Jay-Z)
08 Say Something (Timbaland)
09 Thank You (Jay-Z)
10 The One (Slaughterhouse)
11 Popular Demand (Clipse)
12 HP Skit