Vinyl - New and Restocks

BIG DADDY KANE - SUN 23 OCT - PRINCE BANDROOM, ST. KILDA

KING ASIATIC NOBODY'S EQUAL

The dopest rhyme spitter and ghost writer from the 'Golden Era' of Hip Hop, Big Daddy Kane is simply a living legend!

Growing up in the notorious Bed-Stuyvesant neighbourhood of Brooklyn, Kane was educated first hand in the rapidly expanding culture of Hip Hop. He found strong influence in the lyrical proficiency of Grandmaster Caz from the Cold Crush Brothers and as a late teenager he joined a local group called the Juice Crew headed by legendary Marley Marl. During this time he was also a writer for many peers in the game, Biz Markie and Roxanne Shante who were also Juice Crew members. His first single in 1987 called ‘Raw’ was a nonstop barrage of abuse upon the mic without a pause for breath, Kane had proven he had what it took and stole centre spotlight from the Juice Crew only to pursue a solo identity. During the early 1990s, Jay-Z is known to have been Big Daddy Kane’s hype man, and Kane helped him early on in his career.

It's amazing to think that in a career spanning over 25 years Australia has never witnessed the magic of a Big Daddy Kane live show...that wait ends in October with a show promising to deliver all the classics that influenced countless MCs and defined to many a generation and lifestyle.

LONG LIVE THE KANE!

+ VERY SPECIAL GUESTS: Koolism w/ Plutonic Lab, Dialect & Despair and DJ Mike Who?

Tickets are priced at $40+b/f and now available from Obese Records

Royal Deviates - 25th Anniversary Party and Exhibition

Friday 2nd September - Revolver Upstairs

Nearing their 25th anniversary, ROCK DA CITY crew have been striving since 1987 and lifting their graffiti game to new heights. Prowla, co-designing and developing graffiti based architecture - The Hive. Jors, running Melbourne based hip hop outlet This Is It. Grits, recently winning the Australian Ironlak piece competition and Jase Beathedz, continuing his music production and mixing for the likes of Pegz, Patto, Eloquor, NFA, Dizz1, music for TV shows like Summer Heights High and graff workshops for the next generation of young writers. Both Shem and Jors are currently featured in the worldwide Thames and Hudson graffiti alphabets book titled Streetfonts.

The sky really is the limit, with numerous projects on the go including Shem and Jors latest venture Royal Deviates. Stay tuned for a limited edition book from Jors, Royal Deviates clothing and the mammoth work in progress, the 25th Anniversary hard cover release of Royal Deviates featuring Jors and Shem’s life work to date. Including active crew members, guest affiliates and an accompanying soundtrack.

As crews and generation’s of peers retire or fade away into history, don’t call these writers oldschool. With their technical letter styles, entrenched in New York and Melbourne graffiti tradition these forward thinkers are only getting started.

Brought to you by Revolver Upstairs in conjunction with GraffixCreative and DangerFork.

http://www.revolverupstairs.com.au

The Herd - Future Shade

Limited signed copies of the new album with bonus sticker on sale Fri 26th August.

It is the most complete realisation of the band’s vision, and their most carefully produced record to date. From a love of ‘90s hip hop (Red Queen Theory) to Eastern European soul (Grandma’s Song); from a Sufjan influence (My Sister’s Palace) to the incomparable (Signs of Life), Future Shade is underpinned by hip hop, but is not contained by any genre.

At their essence, The Herd have always explored the personal and the political: but the fury of a song like 77% has given way to the subtlety of a song like Shihaba, detailing a family member’s encounter with racist customs officials in Europe. The rage hasn’t dimmed though – it bubbles away, masked by melody, cheer and self-deprecating honesty. The same reason they’re loved by lawyers and labourers alike is on show here. The party band is back and sticking the knife in.

New Arrival: Royce Da 5'9" - "Success Is Certain" and RZA publications

And two classic publications from RZA, back in stock...

WU-TANG LIMITED - tees in stock

The good people at ROCKSMITH team up with WU-TANG for another quality range. Here's a selection of what has come in stock.

Ironlak - Apparel 2011, first drop.

Ironlak hit us with a new range of hoods and tees for winter. Includes a fresh print from DOES. Stock is limited so don't sleep.

Beat Summit feat. DAZASTAH - HYKUS - ZEKE

Two incredible producers and the nation's freshest scratch talent will provide detailed product knowledge to targeted audiences as they instruct how to produce a record.

Hosted as an open workshop, come and witness as we produce/mix/master a whole album, finalizing the production, re-recording and mix down in a studio along with the featuring artists on the record.Dazastah, Hykus & Zeke will take you through what will be an intensive day of production knowledge and skills building.

The Masterclass practitioners will focus on how they produce, mix and perform using NI and Steinberg products. They will detail all of their tips, tricks and deepest secrets.

www.facebook.com/thebeatsummit

Books - new and restocks

Initially recognized for her unique graffiti and street artwork, Faith 47 is a self-taught artist who draws inspiration from her own intuitive political and existential questions. Her art takes on the form of metaphor. Both abstract and definitive in meaning, plucking at our heartstrings in harmonious and sometimes dark tones as she paints.Faith's images thrive on broken-down cars and old factories, dusty side roads of lost towns and inner-city alleyways. Her deep affinity with lost spaces allows her to gracefully bring attention to the most honest and humble of environments. Her interactions resonate with our fragility and our elusive relationship with dreams, memory, human interaction and urban decay.

Europe’s most notorious train crew, Monsters Of Art, celebrates 20 years of train havoc. It is with great pleasure that we honor their anniversary with a monster edition of ON THE RUN. Join us for a rare and privileged glimpse into the unruly world of MOAS. With over 200 pages that detail MOAS’s history and unique crew concept, along with classic tales from the train yard, including great escapes, writer beef, legendary busts, extreme graffiti feats, trains, trains and more trains. This is a must-have for all diehard fans of train graffiti.

Ghost is one of the last purveyors of the New York City train writing era. He has developed his own funky letter styles that defy convention. A mad bomber at heart, he thrashes out a few hundred throw-ups without a second thought. His styles possess that same casual blast, with a combination of loose letters and psychedelic cartoons that drip off the wall with his boogaloo charm.

Sabe is a true master of styles. Adept on many levels, he is able to switch between advanced mechanical compositions, bubble styles, throw-ups, characters and photo-realism with ease. With a ‘paint now, think later’ attitude he mixes up these styles to suit the occasion, leaving a legacy of playful hybrids that sit left of mainstream.

A modern classic back in stock

BURN CREW - Beanies and zip hoods

LOGO BEANIE ONE SIZE FITS ALL

LOGO ZIP HOOD W/ FRONT CHEST AND SLEEVE EMBROIDERY

Music - New Release and restocks

Lets kick off August with some US and local releases....