Monday, March 17, 2008

A Baltimore Weekend



So I am craving my favorite eat spot, Sushi San in Canton. They have the best sushi ever.I arrive at 1pm and Start off with the house salad with sesame seed dressing. Right into the Snow White roll and a Terp roll. Just what the doctor ordered. I then get the urge for some new vinyl. I drive down the street to Fells Point to stop into SoundGarden. They carry a great little section of club and hip hop. I am surprised to see the "Baltimore Club" section is growing....TWO ROWS NOW!!! I flashback to Bernie's store "Music LIberated" that was floors of club :( RIP BERNIE!!! So I come back to my small selection and happiness return as I remember for a brief moment of only two records here months before. It the selection are newcomers Tittsworth & Ayres, Some A Trak, New Technics reprints, DJ Booby, Scottie B's Money Lotion, and Bird Peterson. The section is growing but filled primarily with out of towners.
WHERE IS BMORE PRODUCERS AT? Georgia, NY...who said that??? Its true many club producers have relocated out of town. And I understand 100%. So I comeback from a 90's Bmore flashback and see some new
records I gotta have. Since I was diggin for breaks I am not going to reveal the names but they were definitely worth the price tag. I roll out of there to the packed tourists stumbling around for the St Patty Day festivities. The traffic uggggghhh. (to be continued)

Thursday, March 13, 2008

Baltimore Artist Update- ABROCK


WHADDUP ROCKMICS FAM

AB THOUGHTS

Psst..hey Fam, wanna share some exciting news with you....

I've been working on my sophomore album "The Mid MidLife Crisis" for a while (shut up Femi!!!...lol) and proud to announce that I'm finally done! Probably been my most challenging and emotionally invested project. Unlike other projects, I just didn't write the songs, I lived each and every one of them. The album was my audio diary as I faced my "quarterlife" experience, and I hope other folks going through it can gain something useful. Not to mention the fact that it's a solid brand of dope Grown Folk HipHop/Music.

Sometime we artists, tend to think of our project as extensions of ourselves, sort of like our children... well if that's the case, my baby got some good clothes on, and I'm ready to share it with world!!!

Rockmics Entertainment proudly presents AbRock's sophomore album "The Mid MidLife Crisis" available 4/2/2008.


To everyone who has been on the journey with me for the last couple of years, I appreciate your support and hope you continue to support the project. You can listen to select tracks via myspace: www.myspace.com/rockmics
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SAVE THE DATE



Joint Album Release with E Major of Undersound Music. (releasing "Majority Rules" the same night).

also featuring live music from the Rockmics Band!!!!.


Hit us up for advance tix..
Email: rockmics@gmail.com
Tel: 443-370-1817.
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CALENDAR

3/21 - AbRock w/ Tanya Morgan @ TurnTable Club
3/29 - AbRock @ Yabba Pot - Art of Conversation
4/02 - AbRock Album Release Party @ Fletchers
4/29 - AbRock @ Edens Lounge - Organic Soul Tuesdays

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PRESS

Mentioned in Government Names Blog
http://governmentnames.blogspot.com/2008_02_01_archive.html
(Whaddup Al Shipley)


Video Interview at J Dilla Tribute
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kA2o5zGbK0
(Whaddup Indeo Tv Films)


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WOMANS HISTORY MONTH GIVEAWAY

Rockmics Entertainment presents The JROCK Project
The JROCK Project - Return to the Art of Making Good Music EP
Not Hip Hop, not Neo Soul, Not R&B, just AbRock + J.SOUL = good music. Check it out

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peace
AbRock
CEO, Rockmics Entertainment
www.myspace.com/rockmics -----> Add me
http://www.youtube.com./user/rockmics

Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Not Your Average Record Label




Well finding things on the net is the modern day treasure hunt. Well we found a hidden gem for you. DJ Excel from Baltimore has a site called BmoreOriginal.com.
On the site there is a cool streamlined player that plays high quality mixes from "Bmore Original Radio". You can find underground hip hop from artists you forgot about like "The Lords Of The Underground,& Miilkbone, to the new and upcoming stars like Braille,Marco Polo,& The Lyricists. Wait it gets better there is actual Baltimore Club mixes that you can download. We found that DJ Excel does these Bmore Club mixes and features dj's from around the world that mix Baltimore Club. There is a great mix up under the "Down Low" mix series from DJ Impact from France. If you wanna here the local talent, DJ Excel even has a series called "Homegrown" that features Baltimore artists like Abrock, Unreal, Minlus N McCracken. I spent nearly 5 hours on here. There is so much dope content. Another feature was the radio style interviews. The shows are a full 1/2 hour with in depth interviews with artists while mixing in their newest arts of work. For those that are looking to buy Baltimore Club tracks, you find a great selection under the download section. Over all I give it 4 out 5. The reason I didn't give it a 5 is the overall site style could use a facelift.

Monday, March 10, 2008

Get To Know This Years Baltimore Orioles




Well we are almost ready for opening day. We have only 20 days until the roller coaster begins for Baltimore Orioles fans. Time to learn who represents Baltimore all over again. Yeaahhhhhhhh ;(


Front Office Directory
Executive Management
Peter Angelos Chairman of the Board/Chief Executive Officer
Tom Clancy Vice Chairman of Community Projects & Public Affairs
John P. Angelos Executive Vice President
Business/Administration
Robert Ames Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Lou Kousouris Vice President/Special Liaison to the Chairman
Baseball Operations
Andy MacPhail President of Baseball Operations
Mike Flanagan Executive Vice President, Baseball Operations
Scott Proefrock Assistant G.M./Director, Baseball Administration
John Stockstill Assistant G.M./Director, Professional, Major League and International Scouting
Player Development/Scouting
David Stockstill Assistant G.M./Director, Minor League Operations
Joe Jordan Director of Scouting


Active Roster
Pitchers B/T Ht Wt DOB
78 Matt Albers L/R 6-0 205 01/20/83
35 Greg Aquino R/R 6-1 190 01/11/78
28 Danys Baez R/R 6-1 235 09/10/77
77 Randor Bierd R/R 6-4 190 03/14/84
53 Chad Bradford R/R 6-5 205 09/14/74
56 Brian Burres L/L 6-1 180 04/08/81
40 Daniel Cabrera R/R 6-9 270 05/28/81
34 Fernando Cabrera R/R 6-4 220 11/16/81
23 Rocky Cherry R/R 6-5 225 08/19/79
72 Fredy Deza R/R 6-2 175 12/11/82
46 Jeremy Guthrie R/R 6-1 195 04/08/79
27 Jim Hoey R/R 6-6 210 12/30/82
64 Jim Johnson R/R 6-5 245 06/27/83
52 Jon Leicester R/R 6-3 220 02/07/79
62 Radhames Liz R/R 6-2 185 06/10/83
29 Adam Loewen L/L 6-5 225 04/09/84
71 Bob McCrory R/R 6-1 205 05/03/82
57 Garrett Olson R/L 6-1 195 10/18/83
43 Troy Patton S/L 6-1 185 09/03/85
49 Hayden Penn R/R 6-3 200 10/13/84
37 Chris Ray R/R 6-3 215 01/12/82
45 Dennis Sarfate R/R 6-4 225 04/09/81
51 George Sherrill L/L 6-0 230 04/19/77
32 Jamie Walker L/L 6-2 195 07/01/71
Catchers B/T Ht Wt DOB
18 Ramon Hernandez R/R 6-0 235 05/20/76
24 Guillermo Quiroz R/R 6-1 200 11/29/81
Infielders B/T Ht Wt DOB
12 Brandon Fahey L/R 6-2 170 01/18/81
2 Luis Hernandez S/R 5-10 180 06/26/84
17 Aubrey Huff L/R 6-4 235 12/20/76
15 Kevin Millar R/R 6-0 215 09/24/71
9 Scott Moore L/R 6-2 195 11/17/83
6 Melvin Mora R/R 5-11 200 02/02/72
1 Brian Roberts S/R 5-9 180 10/09/77
Outfielders B/T Ht Wt DOB
3 Freddie Bynum L/R 6-1 190 03/15/80
31 Jay Gibbons L/L 6-0 195 03/02/77
10 Adam Jones R/R 6-2 210 08/01/85
21 Nick Markakis L/L 6-2 215 11/17/83
16 Jay Payton R/R 5-10 205 11/22/72
13 Tike Redman L/L 5-11 175 03/10/77
30 Luke Scott L/R 6-0 210 06/25/78

EMajor - Majority Rules 4-1-08


Monday, March 10, 2008



Keeping up with style, you can't help but think of E Major and his sneaker game. We heard his new album entitled "Majority Rules" will be released April 1st, 2008. It features a pretty good roster of Bmore top talent, not to mention his single "Nuthin Nice"featuring Hezekiah (Rawkus Records) that he shot a video for earlier in the year. The album will be a free digital download with links available on his My Space page. There will be a release party to hear the new joints live @ Fletchers.


On that note we will leave you with his video "Nuthin Nice" prduced by Hilton Carter.



Did Obama Make a Difference by visiting Bmore?

Well presidential front runner Barack Obama stopped by Baltimore last month(Feb 11th). Apparently it wasn't to cop a bootleg of The Wire finale.My question to Bmore is this:Do the presidential candidates that actually come here to talk to the people effect your vote?
Here is what Barack had to say during his visit...

Fresh Out The Box

Well fresh out the box like a pair of Air Force ones. Ahhh the simple must haves of a Bmore native. Lets check in and see whats new in the 410 this week.



The picture shown above is the preview sample of the upcoming Nike Air Force 1 XXV Supreme Baltimore Series “Baltimore Dome