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“Words And Rhythms of the D” Featuring TALIB KWELI and JESSICA CARE MOORE

A celebration of the spoken word featuring performances by Talib Kweli, Jessica Care Moore, Fluent & some of the most talented Detroit area youth poets. ALL AGES WELCOME.  $15.

WHERE: Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts – 350 Madison, Detroit.
WHEN: Saturday, February 14th, 2009, 7PM
WHY: In Detroit where nearly 75% of high school students drop out, “Words and Rhythms of the D” celebrates and honors the young poets who blur the lines between Hip-Hop and literature, all the while promoting literacy in a most creative and fun way.

DJ Topspin x Waajeed “The PPP Remixtape”

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Tracklist:

1. Intro
2. Act Like U Know (Waajeed x Topspin Remix)
3. You Day Is Done
4. 1 Luv 2 U
5. Shotgun
6. Stay With Me
7. Fever
8. One Minute More
9. Talkin 2 Me
10. U Gets No Love
11. Be Happy
12. Can’t Knock The Hustle
13. Jusfriends
14. You
15. Ooh
16. Dude
17. One Thing
18. Saturday Night
19. Naughty Girl
20. Deep Inside

Remixed & Blended by DJ Topspin aka Blendiana Jones
Beats by Waajeed & J Dilla

live performances by:
One Be Lo
Black Milk
Octane
The Regiment

Sounds by:
DJ Phrikshun

Also a sneak preview of upcoming producer Apollo Brown’s instrumental album “Make Do”

Saturday January 31, 2009
Doors @ 9:30pm
Blind Pig
208 S. First St. Ann Arbor MI 48104 (map)

18+ w/ID
$10 in advance
$12 @ The Door
Tickets are available @ www.BlindPigMusic.com

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Royce Da 5’9″ “Kay Slay Freestyle (Feat. Busta Rhymes)”
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DJ Swissivory & DJ Butter “Butter’s Birthday Mixtape 2009”

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Tracklist

1. DJ Swissivory & DJ Butter “Intro”
2. J Dilla “The Diary Of Dilla”
3. Jay-Z “My President Is Black 2009”
4. Royce Da 5’9 “Part Of Me”
5. Elzhi, Royce Da 5’9, Guilty Simpson “The D”
6. Stretch Money “Girl Look At You”
7. Sylvio Vega/Spudd Spliff “Exclusive”
8. Termanology “100 Bars”
9. Geno/Jimmy Hoffa/Lodown “Detroit Niggaz”
10. 50 Cent “In God We Trust”
11. Royce Da 5’9 “Exclusive”
12. Notorious B.I.G. “Love No Hoe”
13. Lazarus & Royce Da 5’9″ “Born To Die”
14. Nas “Something Foul”
15. Juan “Kings Of Kings”
16. Mickey Facts & Mims “Block Em'”
17. Grandmaster Flash & Busta Rhymes “Bounce Back”
18. Mims “Move”
19. Mc Lyte “Brooklyn”
20. Mims “Donkie Booty”
21. Royce Da 5’9 “Shake This”
22. Nas “Fear Of Mandingo”
23. Jadakiss “A Letter To B.I.G.”
24. Flow Manners “Gifted”

Royce 5’9″, Phonte & Stat Quo “Homage To Premier (Prod. Focus)”
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DJ House Shoes “Music Is My Art Vol.4, We’ve Only Just Begun” Mix
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