For Philly Heads: Excursions

From the RecordBreakin.com and Eavesdrop crew comes Excursions - a lounge party at the Latest Dish. They will be playing all of that great future soul, nu-jazz, type stuff you hear on their show each week. This will also be a listening session/album release for some of the most exclusive must-have-albums on the scene. On top of that, there will be lots of free goodies from various record labels, clothing companies, magazines, etc.

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EXCURSIONS
w/ Junior & Lil' Dave
@ Latest Dish (613 S 4th St, Philly)
Thursday May 12th (and every 2nd Thursday thereafter)
9pm - 1am
FREE

Check them out this Thursday May 12th for a special release party celebrating Ubiquity's Platinum Pied Pipers "Triple P" and Quantic Soul Orchestra "Pushin On."

Platinum Pied Pipers "Triple P"

Get a behind the scenes look at the making of Platinum Pied Pipers “Triple P” album.
Beginning in the Bling 47 studio in downtown Detroit and following the band as they touch down in Los Angeles and New York. This short film features an all-Waajeed soundtrack, including snippets of the album, and in-studio appearances from Derf Reklaw and Steve Spacek.

Click here to stream Windows Media Video (256k)
Click here to stream Real Media Video (256k)

Click here to check out video of Platinum Pied Pipers live in Los Angeles at the Temple Bar courtesy of triphoptv.com.

PLATINUM PIED PIPERS NORTH AMERICAN TOUR
(BOOKED BY CHAMPION SOUND)
"Wow! I listened to the album seven times in a row....... I made 23 friends listen to the album 3 days straight....... at gunpoint - I'm on the run. I will go to jail for PPP."
?uestlove (The Roots)

"Real grown folk music, There's no need for a fast forward button. This album is solid from start to finish."
J. Rocc (Beat Junkies)

"One of the most talked about artists of the year has been Waajeed and his Platinum Pied Pipers project... blending Detroit hip hop style with 21st Century soul flavor."
Fatbeats.com

May 12: Detroit @ Fifth Avenue Detroit
May 16: Washington DC @ Black Cat
May 19: New York @ SOB’s
May 25: Atlanta @ MJQ Concourse
June 2: San Francisco @ Mighty
June 3: Los Angeles @ Conga Room
July 7: Montreal @ Montreal Jazz Festival
July 8: Toronto @ Harbourfront
July 23: Baltimore @ Artscape Festival (DJ Culture)

www.ubiquityrecords.com

Deep Thinkers "Necks Move" (Datura Records)

Hailing from Kansas City, Missouri, about as unlikely a North American hip-hop landmark as there is, Deep Thinkers have the element of surprise on their side, and the freedom perhaps that comes with few expectations. But let’s make it clear, that while these factors provide an additional punch to their album, Necks Move would hold its own under any other circumstances, because it is simply a great record that provides fulfilling listening.

The pair of MC Brother of Moses and producer Leonard D. Stroy bear some similarities to Bay Area crew Zion I in their willingness to incorporate elements of other production styles in their boom-bap. Many tracks have a slightly futuristic edge, inspired perhaps from experimental drum programming some electronica producers utilize. But there’s nothing abstract here. Their beats do what the album title suggests and set heads to bobbin’, while the sonic backdrops provide for rich listening. “Movin’ On” featuring label mate Approach incorporates future funk, with warm keys and wicked scratches. “Bottled Slaughter” is a musically epic and lyrically incisive catalog of socio-political topics such as environmental issues and corporate greed set against a cinematic backdrop of exotic and primal instrumentation which transcends the realm of typical hip-hop.

While their name, Deep Thinkers, may suggest an overly wordy, pseudo-intellectual sense of self, all lyrical evidence points instead to an intelligent, informed point of view expressed deftly and without pretentiousness. Perhaps the most telling track on the album in terms of revealing self is “We Live In Kansas City.” They speak volumes about their point of view with the following lines: “I live in Kansas City and I don’t drive a monster truck…I’ll pass a rack of ribs up…I don’t roll the streets with heat” and “I open minds with my rhymes….can’t sound silly talking about pimpin’ in front of the children.”

Necks Move is a rarity in that delivers lyrics and production of equally satisfying proportions. It’s one of those albums that works well on a superficial level, the album title overtly stating this purpose, but has much more to reveal upon closer inspection and repeated playing. Necks Move is recommended listening for any hip-hop head looking for something different, and even for those looking to be re-inspired by the possibilities of hip-hop.
www.myspace.com/deepthinkers