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Rock The Bells Boston Canceled
Music ♦ Posted 09/16/2011
After three successful festivals -- in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and New York -- the 2011 Rock The Bells Festival in Boston has been canceled. After being moved from September 10th to the 24th in an announcement last week, Guerilla Union (the event's organizers) have scrapped the event all together. "We are very disappointed that our Boston Rock The Bells Festival stop had to be... |
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Photos: 2011 Rock The Bells New York (Nas, Erykah Badu & Lauryn Hill)
Music, Photos ♦ Posted 09/07/2011
The Rock The Bells Festival Series invaded New York's Governor's Island on Saturday (September 3), and it was quite a show. For the second year in a row, Guerilla Union enlisted some of hip-hop's most classic names to perform full album sets ... of their best known albums. From Nas performing Illmatic and Erykah Badu performing Baduizm, to Cypress Hill's Bad Sunday and Lauryn Hill's... |
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Rock The Bells' Boston Festival Stop Postponed Until September 24.
Music ♦ Posted 09/07/2011
The Boston-area date of the final date of the Rock The Bells 2011 Festival Series, originally scheduled for Saturday (September 10), has been rescheduled for later this month on September 24 at the Comcast Center. Previously purchased tickets will be honored on September 24, says the event's organizers, Guerilla Union. "Due to scheduling conflicts beyond our control, we must reschedule this Saturday's Rock The Bells... |
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Lauryn Hill Brings Out Her Kids During Rock The Bells NY, Reunites With Pras
Music ♦ Posted 09/04/2011
Although Lauryn Hill is usually a private person, which is why she was away from music so long, the legendary female rapper made it a family affair at New York's Rock The Bells Festival stop at Governor's Island on Saturday (September 3), bringing out her kids during her headlining performance. Hill brought out five of her six kids, aged from three to 14, during a... |
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Photos: 2011 Rock The Bells Los Angeles (Lauryn Hill, Mobb Deep & More)
Music, Photos ♦ Posted 09/02/2011
Rock The Bells mania is in full effect. With the New York leg of the Festival Series hitting Governor's Island on Saturday (September 3), we drop a bunch of photos from the Los Angeles show a couple weeks ago. The 2011 Rock The Bells series is crazy. If you haven't caught one of the show, you better make sure you do! It boasts multiple stages,... |
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Common Talks 2005 Classic 'Be,' Working With Kanye For First Time & Dilla The Last
Music, Videos ♦ Posted 09/01/2011
In the latest installment of the Rock The Bells/Reebok Classic exclusive film series, "Classic Albums By Classic Artists", Chicago rap star Common who talks about his 2005 classic, Be. In the clip, the rapper/actor talks about the beginning phases of what would be his second gold album and his G.O.O.D. Music debut, which began with him spending his own money for studio time before his... |
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Prodigy Discusses Sound Of 'The Infamous', How Havoc's Took Over Production For Mobb Deep
Music, Videos ♦ Posted 08/30/2011
In the latest installment of the Rock The Bells/Reebok Classic's exclusive film series, "Classic Albums By Classic Artists", Prodigy from Mobb Deep talks about how the record collection left to him by his grandfather -- a famous jazz musician -- influenced the sound on the group's influential 1995 album, The Infamous as well as their debut, Juvenile Hell. P goes on to reveal that he... |
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Raekwon Explains How Friendship With Nas Began & Led To Collabos On 'Cuban Linx' Album
Music, Videos ♦ Posted 08/25/2011
As part of Rock The Bells and Reebok Classics' video series, "Classic Albums By Classic Artist, Wu-Tang Clan legend Raekwon sits down in front of cameras to talk about his classic 1995 debut, Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... The clip starts off with the Chef discussing his friendship with Nas and how it turned into a collaboration on the album, as well as other appearances... |
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Contests: Win A Pair Tickets To The 2011 Rock The Bells Festival (ENDED)
Music ♦ Posted 07/29/2011
The 2011 Rock The Bells Festival Series is just around the corner with the Los Angeles date going down August 20th, followed by San Francisco on August 27, New York on September 3, and Boston on September 10. It's gonna be crazy! Lauryn Hill, Nas, Cypress Hill, Mobb Deep, The GZA, Slaughterhouse, and Mac Miller, are just a few of the names slated to hit... |
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Guerilla Union, House Of Blues Announce Partnership -- Team Up For Rock The Bells
Music ♦ Posted 07/20/2011
Guerilla Union (the organizers behind such festivals as Rock The Bells and Paid Dues) announced an alliance with House of Blues Entertainment Wednesday (July 20), which will roll out a slew of shows in several key markets across the country. Via the partnership, both G.U. will bring festival brands and unique properties to the club and theater circuit to create "North America's premiere live hip-hop... |
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Common, MF DOOM & Killah Priest Added To 2011 Rock The Bells Line-Up
Music ♦ Posted 06/09/2011
This year's Rock The Bells Festival Series is getting bigger and bigger by the week. Guerilla Union, the organizers behind the annual event, announced this week that they've just added Common, DOOM, Killah Priest, and Boy Jones to the line-up. The festival will head to four major North American markets this summer, kicking off on August 20 in Los Angeles. It will also feature seminal... |
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Video Wrap-Up Of Rock The Bell 2011 Launch Party & Press Conference
Music, Videos ♦ Posted 05/31/2011
A week ago, the organizers behind the annual Rock The Bells Festival Series announced the line-up and dates for the 2011 dates later this year, via a press conference/launch party at Hollywood's House of Blues on Sunset Blvd. Various artists joined festival creator, Chang Weisberg, unveiled the details for eighth installment of Rock The Bells, which was caught on film. The launch party itself was... |
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2011 Rock The Bells Headliners Announced: Lauryn Hill, Nas, Erykah Badu & Cypress Hill
Music ♦ Posted 05/25/2011
Guerilla Union announced the line-up for their 2011 Rock The Bells Festival Series with their official launch party on Tuesday night (May 24) at Hollywood's House of Blues on Sunset. While there's an array of seminal and up-and-coming hip-hop artists on three stages, it was the headliners who got the attention, which include Ms. Lauryn Hill, Nas, Erykah Badu, and Cypress Hill. This year's festival... |
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Show Review: Rock The Bells 2010 At NYC's Governors Island
Music ♦ Posted 09/09/2010
Summer 2010's best summer concert was definitely Rock The Bells (RTB) on Governors Island, New York City on August 28th -- a concert that is for true hip-hop heads who can still appreciate the classics. RTB brought out everyone from Jedi Mind Tricks to Snoop Doog, and the experience was amazing. Among the headliners were A Tribe Called Quest, the Wu-Tang Clan, Lauryn Hill, and... |
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