Event
HIP-HOP 101 featuring KANYE WEST
Friday, February 20th, 2004...
White RhiKnow & Mad Idiot present...
the 4th installment of the ultimate club / concert series
Hip-Hop 101
featuring:
Roc-a-fella Records recording artist,
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:: KANYE WEST ::
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performing cuts from
"College Dropout," KANYE WEST'S debut album, named
"The Most Anticipated Album of 2004"
by more than a dozen media outlets
He got his start back in the third grade when he discovered his passion, writing and rhyming. He progressed and began making beats when most kids were still playing hide and seek on the playground. His favorite past time became an occupational goal as a teenager when he came across NO I.D. a Chicago beat mastering producer who at the time produced an up in coming rapper who at the time went by the name Common Sense (now Common). This was a chance encounter that would become the pivotal opportunity to shape his future career in music. NO I.D. encouraged Kanye to sample from soulful old school hits and revive them with a new school flavor. In a MTV interview, Kanye explains, "NO I.D. told me 'you need to sample off records' when I found that out, it was all over."
Kanye was signed to ROC-A-FELLA in 2002; the reality of a fathomable vision finally came in to view. Several big name labels had courted him at the time including Cash Money Millionaires, but the "R-O-C" had the stepping-stone he was looking for. Rather than his wildest dream come true, Kanye saw this as a calculated step to achieve the goals he had implemented for himself. "I am always confident in myself that what I put my all in, I could do it", he tells the MTV reporter.
This is also the unwavering confidence he fiercely brings in to the ring to fight for an MC heavyweight title. This direction was put on the backburner for while but he always intended to step in the studio as an artist once his career as a producer took off. His focus is to establish himself as a dynamic one man, bringing the rhymes and the rhythm with innovation and originality.
In addition to his highly anticipated album, "The College Dropout", West is currently in the studio producing tracks for Twista, Donell Jones, Beanie Siegel, Dead Prez, Ludacris and one of his most excited ventures, a project with Scarface. At this stage in the game Kanye West is taking everything in stride. With the support of his inner circle and his self derived ambition, he is geared up to learn his lessons and perfect his craft for the masses, proving that a kid named Kanye can make heads bounce from coast to coast.
Also performing live:
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:: PLANET ASIA ::
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Record Release Party for Planet Asia's
"The Grand Opening"
on Avatar Records
Planet Asia is well known throughout the hip-hop community. As one half of the duo Cali Agents (Planet Asia & Rasco), he has been tearing up airwaves and stages around the globe. Numerous banging 12-inch single releases such as "Place of Birth" (ABB 1999), "Pure Coke" (Interscope 2002), and "The Golden Age" (Threshold 2003) to name a few, ensured his place in hip hop history. The Source Magazine named him First Round Draft Pick and gave him Independent Album of the Year credit for "How The West Was One" by the Cali Agents for the year 2000. He was even nominated for a 2002 Grammy Award for his collaboration with hip-hop diva Mystic on "W". Even multi-platinum selling rock super group Linkin Park called upon Planet Asia for his vocal skills for their highly successful "Re-Animation" LP. And with collaborations with everyone from Black Thought of The Roots, BT, the Dub Pistols, Talib Kweli, & Ghostface Killah of Wu-Tang Clan, Planet Asia's fan base stretches far and wide. Check him out. He is guaranteed to rip the stage to pieces!
Be sure to look for his debut full length LP - "The Grand Opening". Dropping Fall 2003 on Avatar Records.
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:: D.U.S.T. ::
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of Zion I Crew
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:: FRONTLINE ::
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with DJs:
> Main Room
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:: T-Ski [Mad Idiot - Las Vegas]
:: D-Sharp [Quannum / Vinyl Bros.]
:: Rob Reyes [Mad Idiot]
> Reggae Room
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:: Ras Polo [13th Tribe / KPOO radio]
:: Papa Joe [Unity Hi-Fi / San Fiasco]
> VIP Soul Grooves Room
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:: Chuy Gomez [106.1 KMEL]
:: Daniella [Sophie's / Femme DJs]
PLUS:
CHUY GOMEZ / ROB REYES
BIRTHDAY BASH!
LIMITED $25 ONLINE TICKETS
for more info
Other Ticketing Locations:
(1) TRUE CLOTHING / 1427 haight st. @ masonic
san francisco / 415.626.2882
(2) PAPALOTE MEXICAN GRILL
3409 24th st. @ valencia
san francisco / 415.970.8815
(3) LUCKY'S BARBERSHOP / 948 Clay st. @ 10th.
Oakland / 510.836.LUCK
(4) KC'S BAR-B-Q / 2613 San Pablo Ave.
Berkeley / 510.548.1140
(5) PALMAS / 440 Haight st.
san francisco / 415.552.6906
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Location550 Barnaveld
San Francisco, CA
United States
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| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: No |
| Wheelchair Accessible: No |
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