Paid Dues is Coming, are you Ready?!

Hip Hop Heads, the 8th annual Paid Dues Festival is a mere two weeks away, do you have your tickets? If you don't you better get on it, because this year promoters Murs 3:16 and Guerrilla Union have put down on paper one of the most eclectic hip hop festival lineups that you will ever see, regardless of the year, place, or time.

It's going down on March 30th at the San Manuel Amphitheater in San Bernadino. The line-up and schedule are already up. In all there are forty acts participating in the fest including heavy hitters like Macklemore, Talib Kweli, Trinidad James, De La Soul, and Tech N9ne. We here at SUPERGOODMUSIC are pretty stoked about sets from Hopsin, Grouch & Eligh, Swollen Members, Killer Mike, Black Hippy, and of course, our favorite rapper and trippy aficionado Mr. Juicy J!

Let us know if you're going to be at Paid Dues and who you're looking forward to seeing in our comments section or on twitter @JamintheVan, and when you go to the festival, remember to wear sunscreen, cause literally everyone there will be "spitting hot fire!" - Dylon (who will not be on the line up)

B Hoody's "Gwopanese"

Hip hop comes in a lot of flavors and packages these days - and videos throwing back to 40s, blunts and bad broads usually a recipe for being on brand.  B-Hoody's no average joe on the come up, the Nashville, TN MC's livemixtapes.com release Properly Preserved features a handful of solid tracks - including "Gwopanese."   Indulge - and then download here.  

Kosha Dillz & His Hustle To Happiness

Over the last several years I've had the opportunity to get to know MC Kosha Dillz and the privilege of watching his career and character evolve and blossom.  The man also known as Rami Even Esh has come along way from the formerly incarcerated KD Flow.  Graduating from freestyles and CD-R's to commercial releases in record stores and characters in video games.

2012 was quite the rollercoaster for Kosha Dillz - starting with a Super Bowl commercial and grinding through Paid Dues Festival, Warped Tour, Rock The Bells, tours with RZA, Matisyahu and Alex Clare, being in the BET Cypher and ultimately ending with what he does best - freestyles on stage.  All of his traveling certainly took a lot of effort and money, and also provided a platform for a lot of content creation.  Now he needs to edit all that content and he's reached out for donations so he can complete the documentary of his trials and tribulations - a film he calls Kosha Dillz Is Everywhere: The Hustle to Happiness.

Check out his clever Kickstarter video and then figure out if you've got a buck or two to send his way.  His Kickstarter campaign is here.

Don't Believe Me, Just Watch

Trinidad James.  Biggest rapper in 2013.  Don't believe me?  Just watch.  All Gold Everything.  #popthemollyimwsweating

Mac Mall Throw Back

Its one of my close homies 30th birthdays today - and we're celebrating all things nostalgic in 90s rap from when we met.  That includes this underutilized gem from Mac Mall - "Get Right."  The video was produced by Tupac Shakur in 1993.  Get familiar and go a little thug this Friday...

Tonight in L.A. (November 1, 2012)

Cure your Halloween hangover with live music in Los Angeles tonight...

The top choices are Kid Koala, Dan The Automator, Money Mark and more at The Echoplex and The VS Party at The Central SAPC with Destructo and friends.  Both will feature well respected producers - The Echoplex just happens to be hosting the likes of individuals who worked with some of the best MCs of the 90s and a large part of the brains behind Handsome Boy Modeling School.  If you've never seen Dan The Automator or Kid Koala - tonight is a good night to correct that error.  On the westside, The VS Party is always the jam, but this week Destructo comes through and rumor has it lots of the HARD performers this weekend may be making appearances.  





If you like apple bottom jeans, boots with the fur, or other pop-rap references - Flo Rida at San Manuel Indian Bingo and Casino might be worth your time.  If you just want rap straight up and sag your pants - Hopsin, Dizzy Wright and SwizZz at The Observatory would be my recommendation.



If you're not looking for recommendations from SUPERGOOD - peep the list below. 

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• Awol One, Deedub, 0x0, Haun Solo Project @ The Viper Room
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  The Green, Natural Vibrations, Billy Van @ House of Blues – Sunset
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  Hedwig & The Angry Inch @ The Roxy
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  Kevin M., Pieere Faze, Lil Miss Lady Bug, Deep Pink @ On The Rox
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  Raheem Cohen, Heaps N Heaps @ Harvard & Stone
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  Joaquuin Pastor of James Supercave, Trance Farmers, Danny Bobe (LA Font), Hobart W. Funk @ Lot 1 Café (FREE)
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  Hopsin, Dizzy Wright, SwizZz @ The Observatory
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  The Red Ties, Green Monkey, Asleep in Reality, Almight Grind @ House of Blues – Anaheim
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  The All American Rejects, Boys Like Girls @ City National Grove of Anaheim
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  Flo Rida @ San Manuel Indian Bingo & Casino
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  Kirll Gliadkovsky @ CSUN
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  Rita @ Royce HALL UCLA
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  David & Devine, Luke Buckett, Jeremy Holloway @ El Cid
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  Maus Haus, Body Parts, Maston, Penny Dreadful @ The Smell
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  Greg Spero Trio @ Catalina Bar & Grill
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  Julia Fordham, Tim Booth, Jane Siberry @ Molly Malones
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  Gungor, Anna Nelson @El Rey Theatre
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  Kid Koala, Dan The Automator, Money Mark (Beastie Boys), David Choe, Adira Amram and The Experience @ The Echoplex
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  Pantha Du Prince, DJ Travis Holcombe (KCRW) @ The Echo
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  The Donkeys, Chamberlin, Buxton and Bart Davenport @ The Satellite
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  Dysryhtmia, Dog Shredder, Hurt Model @ Los Globos (Cancelled – Venue Closed)
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  Ringside, Jeremy Silver, May Stands Still, Honey Trees @ The Hotel Café
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  Rupa & The April Fishes, Jon Wayne & The Pain Bubbeleh @ The Mint
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  Craig Elkins, COLORS, Y @ Silverlake Lounge
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  Casey Abrams, Justin Hopkins, Graham Harper @ Saint Rocke
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  The Higgs, Poor Man’s Change, Loco Mesa @ Detroit Bar
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  Zammuto, Piney Gear  @ Bootleg
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  Fortunate Youth, Reeform, Solution, Low Budget @ Slidebar 
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• The VS Party feat. Destructo & Special Guests @ The Central SAPC

The Noise From The Cemetery...

Trippy video from Computer Jay....just in time for Halloween.  Get your zombie on with Noise From The Cemetery....

Noise From The Cemetery(Re-Animator Mix Ft. Ali BABA Abnormal)- Computer Jay from Computer Jay on Vimeo.

Prob Cause Gonna Knock You Out - "Flex"

Rising Chicago hip-hop artist Prob Cause is back in the music ring for another bout - this time delivering "Flex."  The second single off of his forthcoming "Recipe" project - showcases Prob midwest repping with clever metaphors and, in classic Chicago fashion, a varying flow speed.  



Prob Cause breaks it down for his hometown this weekend at North Coast Music Festival as well as a stop in Bloomington on August 30th with another midwestern spitter - Machine Gun Kelly.  L.A. gets the privilege of another Prob Cause visit in early October for Filter's Culture Collide Festival; start training for the event by watching the video and copping Recipe (featuring Rockie Fresh, YP and more) when it is released this coming Labor Day weekend.  

"Flex" video was directed by Elijah Alvarado and High Ambition.

Check out more at http://probcause.com and more videos at http://www.youtube.com/probcausetv.

Snack, Snack, Snack, Crunch!

This music video makes you long for more child-fueled entertainment like the 4th season of the Wire, and has you itching to get your snack on at the same time.  It even has me wanting some Taki's and some red stained fingers.   Cheers to whomever within the Y.N RichKids crew inspired this idea ... now where are my Hot Cheetos and Taki's though?

Snack, Snack, Snack, Crunch!

This music video makes you long for more child-fueled entertainment like the 4th season of the Wire, and has you itching to get your snack on at the same time.  It even has me wanting some Taki's and some red stained fingers.   Cheers to whomever within the Y.N RichKids crew inspired this idea ... now where are my Hot Cheetos and Taki's though?

Rock The Bells 2012

Saturday marks the launch of the 9th annual Rock The Bells Festival - as it returns to San Bernardino's NOS Events Center for the first of three weekends around the country.  The hip-hop mega fest is slated to deliver a hefty dosage of current heavyweights, veterans and artists who are clearly on their grind.  

From the opening words of Dom Kennedy on Saturday to the final verse from Nas on Sunday - Los Angelenos and hip-hop heads from far and wide can rejoice in a celebration of the culture and some undoubtable surprises.  Some of those we can spoil for you - like the fact that Biz  Markie will join DJ Lance Rock (of Yo Gabba Gabba), Saafir and Ras Kaas reunite wth Xzibit for a special Golden State Warriors performance and Psycho Realm opens up Paid Dues Stage!  Staring into my crystal ball of festival forecasting - I also predict a few guest appearances from Travis Barker (Yelawolf), Kosha Dillz (some stage somewhere with RZA) and Chip Tha Ripper (Kid Cudi) are bound to happen....

The full official line-up includes all of the following: Kid Cudi, J Cole, DMX + Eve, Method Man + Redman, KRS - One, Nas, Wiz Khalifa, Bone Thugs N Harmony, Ice Cube, Xzibit, Golden State Warriors, Kid Ink, E-40 (& Too Short, Deltron 3030, Chief Keef, Machine Gun Kelly, Atmosphere, Killer Mike, El-P, Immortal Technique, Casey Veggies, Dipset, Kendrick Lamar (w/ Black Hippy), Common, 2 Chainz, Tyga, Yelawolf, Future, Dom Kennedy, Jadakiss, Wu Blok, Naughty By Nature, Curren$y, Prodigy, Zion I, Grouch, Eligh, Sean Price, Watsky, Black Knights, Salt-N-Pepa, DJ Quik, Big Daddy Kane, Mix Master Mike, DJ Lance Rock & Friends , I Self Devine, Slim Da Mobster, and Psycho Realm.

You can cop your tickets at www.rockthebells.com and check out a word about the festival from one of its creators - Chang Weisberg.

Check out set times below.  

Rock The Bells 2012

Saturday marks the launch of the 9th annual Rock The Bells Festival - as it returns to San Bernardino's NOS Events Center for the first of three weekends around the country.  The hip-hop mega fest is slated to deliver a hefty dosage of current heavyweights, veterans and artists who are clearly on their grind.  

From the opening words of Dom Kennedy on Saturday to the final verse from Nas on Sunday - Los Angelenos and hip-hop heads from far and wide can rejoice in a celebration of the culture and some undoubtable surprises.  Some of those we can spoil for you - like the fact that Biz  Markie will join DJ Lance Rock (of Yo Gabba Gabba), Saafir and Ras Kaas reunite wth Xzibit for a special Golden State Warriors performance and Psycho Realm opens up Paid Dues Stage!  Staring into my crystal ball of festival forecasting - I also predict a few guest appearances from Travis Barker (Yelawolf), Kosha Dillz (some stage somewhere with RZA) and Chip Tha Ripper (Kid Cudi) are bound to happen....

The full official line-up includes all of the following: Kid Cudi, J Cole, DMX + Eve, Method Man + Redman, KRS - One, Nas, Wiz Khalifa, Bone Thugs N Harmony, Ice Cube, Xzibit, Golden State Warriors, Kid Ink, E-40 (& Too Short, Deltron 3030, Chief Keef, Machine Gun Kelly, Atmosphere, Killer Mike, El-P, Immortal Technique, Casey Veggies, Dipset, Kendrick Lamar (w/ Black Hippy), Common, 2 Chainz, Tyga, Yelawolf, Future, Dom Kennedy, Jadakiss, Wu Blok, Naughty By Nature, Curren$y, Prodigy, Zion I, Grouch, Eligh, Sean Price, Watsky, Black Knights, Salt-N-Pepa, DJ Quik, Big Daddy Kane, Mix Master Mike, DJ Lance Rock & Friends , I Self Devine, Slim Da Mobster, and Psycho Realm.

You can cop your tickets at www.rockthebells.com and check out a word about the festival from one of its creators - Chang Weisberg.

Check out set times below.  

Midwest Hype: Boldy James

Pure Michigan bred.  Straight from the D.  


What you know about Boldy James?  He chews up the Blended Babies beat on "One on One" and spits out quintessential midwest cool flow.  Check out the single from the recent Decon label signee and anxiously await his future project produced by The Alchemist.  

Midwest Hype: Boldy James

Pure Michigan bred.  Straight from the D.  


What you know about Boldy James?  He chews up the Blended Babies beat on "One on One" and spits out quintessential midwest cool flow.  Check out the single from the recent Decon label signee and anxiously await his future project produced by The Alchemist.  

Murda Bizness

Iggy Azalea's finally put out something to follow up the down-under "Pu$$y" anthem that is worth talking about - "Murda Bizness," which features ad libs, breathing and a verse from her boss man T.I.  The swag heavy ode to killing features a perked up toddlers & tiaras style music video that just dropped this week.  Her EP, Glory, is expected shortly. 

Murda Bizness

Iggy Azalea's finally put out something to follow up the down-under "Pu$$y" anthem that is worth talking about - "Murda Bizness," which features ad libs, breathing and a verse from her boss man T.I.  The swag heavy ode to killing features a perked up toddlers & tiaras style music video that just dropped this week.  Her EP, Glory, is expected shortly. 

Microphone Check: Big Hud Jacks Beats

Southern underground rapper Big Hud showcases his lyrical flexibility on his latest "Jacking for Beats" - highlighting his ability to vary speed and flow style.  The video, featuring Hud rhyming over familiar backdrops, cements his status as a member of AllHipHop.com's Breeding Ground and suggests the recent RBC Records signee is armed with a thirst to validate his deal.

Microphone Check: Big Hud Jacks Beats

Southern underground rapper Big Hud showcases his lyrical flexibility on his latest "Jacking for Beats" - highlighting his ability to vary speed and flow style.  The video, featuring Hud rhyming over familiar backdrops, cements his status as a member of AllHipHop.com's Breeding Ground and suggests the recent RBC Records signee is armed with a thirst to validate his deal.

Stop Bullying

Fearce and Bean cut a track and shoot a video to target a poignant topic - bullying.  "Bully" puts you in the position of a youth struggling with the realities of bullying - watch...

Stop Bullying

Fearce and Bean cut a track and shoot a video to target a poignant topic - bullying.  "Bully" puts you in the position of a youth struggling with the realities of bullying - watch...