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LOTNC hits Atlanta on Tuesday the 30th with performances from Alley Boy, Young LA, Stalley, Dom Kennedy, XO, Mikkey Halsted and more.
Indoor skate ramps, live art installations and video game demos will also be going down.
Hosted by Lil’ Duval, music by Don Cannon.

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Tonight, come see Curren$y, Nero, Fly Union, Mikkey Halsted and more at Reggie’s Rock Club in Chicago, powered by Say Your ABC, Leaders and Ray Protege.
It’s 17+ to attend, 21+ to drink. Great times will be had.
Save money and buy your tickets now here.

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Another showcase we’re involved with at SXSW this year is Quality!, brought to you by Blind I, DCtoBC, Leaders and The Great Progression.
From noon to 6PM on Friday the 19th, catch Theo Martins, TiRon, Mic Terror, Ro Spit, Brittany Street, YP, Big Homie Doe and more perform at the Soho Lounge.
Grab the official mixtape below!
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Cory Gunz sat down with us at our very first SMPL + MTH show to speak on a few things as well as give another great performance. Look out for some big news from Mr. Gunz real soon as some of that ink should be drying soon enough to speak on. Thanks again to Potential.

Donnis came out to Chicago a couple weeks ago to perform at Lincoln Hall for Jugrnaut’s Pop Them Thangs event. While there, Mike Carson and I rolled over to his hotel the next day where he was shooting a music video for ‘Yupp’, a track off his upcoming mixtape. We chopped it up before the shoot started, talking about everything from making the 2010 XXL Freshman list, his debut album on Atlantic Records, working with Fools Gold, how being in the military affected his music and more.

The hype has been Tweeted, now you can cop your own illRootsilver Tee. Silver ink on a black shirt. Perfect. We only printed a few pieces as a test, so if they sell well, more will be coming. For now however, be quick and get your hands on the first run!
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March 12th brings Curren$y, Nero, Fly Union, Mikkey Halsted and more to Reggie’s Rock Club in Chicago for a great show, powered by Say Your ABC, Leaders and Ray Protege.
It’s 17+ to attend, 21+ to drink. Great times will be had.
Save money and buy your tickets now here.

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Finally, here it is! Ryan Perfect brings us up to speed a little bit more with The Word is a Ghetto, his 2003-2005 sessions, powered by illRoots!
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You’re going to SXSW, right?
We’re working on it, but illRoots has teamed up with the great people at Last Rights to bring Curren$y, Pill, Dam Funk, Freddie Gibbs, MayDay, Dom Kennedy, Diz Gibran, Mikkey Halsted, Money Making Jam Boys and countless others out for The House Fire in Austin, Texas.
Buy your tickets here; one night for $15, all three days for $30.

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We’ve teamed up with Ray Protege and the good folks at Vita-Morte and Leaders to bring Curren$y to Reggie’s Rock Club in Chicago on March 12th.
That’s not all however, stay tuned as many more performers are set to be announced.

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We’ve been hyping this project up for a while and it is finally here. Guaranteed great music below, you don’t wanna sleep on this.
Shouts to the homie Ohla and BabblingIdiots.
Let’s let the music speak for itself.
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ALIen kills this again. Although the audio seemed to have messed up a little, he still goes in. Yes, this is another Visual Vinyl x illRoots operation.

When Mos Def stopped thru LA a few weeks ago we jumped at the chance to click some frames of him thanks to Hallway, our Illroots family. There are very few MC’s that can rock a crowd in plaid pants and suspenders. Mos is one of them. What became of our visit with the mighty, was something we didn’t even think of until after.

This is a series of Ecstatic Movements capturing the energy of Mos Def in a way no one has ever done before. The method is old school, the experience is true school. In Ecstatic Movements the art and style of Mos Def is frozen in time, caught somewhere between a still photo and a full motion video. This series is set to a really fresh remix of History by Mos Def featuring Talib Kweli created by Scotty Nevers.

Hevehitta and DJ Unexpected have teamed up yet again, with illRoots riding shotgun, to provide quite the musical biography of one of BK’s finest, Talib Kweli.
30 tracks of classic hip-hop? Lets do it! Check the tracklist below.
Purchase now at MixUnit.
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Directed by Kellen Dengler.
Songs Of Love And Madness drops on Valentine’s Day.
Are you ready?

PREVIOUSLY: Feeling iFFY: Episode 2 | iFFY – Feelin’ iFFY | Feeling iFFY: Episode 1

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On February 27th, myself and Peter Oasis will be presenting our very first collaborative production known as SIMPLE + MATH. Our first show will include DJ Babu, Fashawn, Cory Gunz and Folk & Stress at Santos in New York City. This show will also double as DJ Babu’s official release party for The Beat Tape Volume 3 being released off Natures Sounds on February 23rd. Make sure to get your tickets now and stay tuned for the website launch very soon.