SO, on wednesday, March 31st, me and my friends Erin over @rawemag.com and Nina hit up the Crowd Control Tour event @ The Independent in San Francisco. The tour headlined hip hop artists Kidz In The Hall and 88-Keys, and other artists performing were Donnis and Izza Kizza. Donnis couldn’t make it because I know he had a show going on in New York for XXL. Now I have been a fan of 88-Keys ever since I heard his song with J*DaVeY “Dirty Peaches” (we all know that I’m a J*DaVeY stan!) He’s really cool, and I love his music! I had heard of Kidz In The Hall, but never actually really heard their music. After this concert, I am now a fan! They are amazing live, and I had so much fun watching them. All of the acts had so much energy, and they aren’t a bore to watch on stage. A lot of hip hop artists seem to pace back and forth while performing, but these cats were dancing, connecting with their audience, and putting on a live show. I thought it was really cool how Double-0 was also DJing and playing an instrument on stage with Naledge from Kidz in The Hall. Izza Kizza performed, never heard of them but they were pretty live. They really entertained me with all the dancing they were doing, too funny! And also a couple of artists from bay area’s Honor Roll also performed. They were cool! I always see Honor Roll wherever I go it seems like. Nice to see artists in the Bay Area getting out there! 88-Keys performed songs from The Death of Adam, as well as some new ones that he will be releasing. His set was really good, even though he embarrassed me and my friends! He was basically telling the “beautiful women” to make some noise, and we just smiled, and he came up to us with the mic and said he didn’t hear us, and we just laughed, then he said we got some people with self-esteem issues in the audience! So everyone started to boo, then he told them to tell us that we were beautiful, and everyone cheered and heard some girl behind us say that we were sexy LOL! & he pointed to each one of us and told us that he thinks we are beautiful. It was too funny, and definitely made my night! Here are some pics from the show:

Izza Kizza

88-Keys

Fist Pumps! Lol 88-Keys

88-Keys

Kidz In The Hall

Double-0 & Naledge!

Anywho! A really dope concert! Check them out if they happen to be in your area! SUPPORT GOOD MUSIC!

Kidz In The Hall Official Website // 88-Keys Official Website // Izza Kizza Official Website

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J*DaVeY “Outta the Window” from SOCKETUMi Iam on Vimeo.

Check out my faves J*DaVeY! They just released their new music video for their song “Outta the Window” from the Boudoir Synema: The Great Mistapes, which came out on Christmas. I love it of course! Miss Jack Davey is such a doll + I’m loving her look. And of course Brook D’Leau is beyond cool.

If you haven’t got their mixtape YET then check out jdavey.bandcamp.com – IT’S FREE!

Janet Jackson premiered her new music video for her new song “Nothing” from Tyler Perry’s Why Did I Get Married Too? Hmmm…. Do I like the video? Not really. I know the song is slow and all – it’s nice and mellow – but damn… the video is pretty boring. The style and shape of her jacket is actually cute.. but the color? no. not working. Maybe it’s not even the color, maybe it’s her make up & hair along with the outfit. I just can’t put my finger on it. They definitely could have improved the video. Oh well! Looking forward to hearing more from Janet.

One of LA’s hottest MC’s, Dom Kennedy, just recently released his new mixtape “From the Westside, with Love.” I finally got around to listening to it, and I really like it. He’s really laid back & cool & his flow is nice. Music you can definitely find yourself vibing to. Go ahead and download it, IT’S FREE!

Dom Kennedy – From The Westside With Love Mixtape <– Download here.

Dom Kennedy – The 4 Heartbeats ft. Overdoz

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