Showing posts with label eyedea and abilities. Show all posts
Showing posts with label eyedea and abilities. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Wu-Tangers meet Rhymesayers: This year's Soundset is gonna be HUGE!

SOUNDSET
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - March 30, 2010                 
SOUNDSET  FESTIVAL 2010
Date: Sunday, May 30, 2010 - Gates at 11:00AM CST
Location: Canterbury Park - Shakopee, MN

General On Sale is Friday, April 2, 2010 at 11:00AM local time


Rhymesayers Entertainment and Rose Presents bring you the third annual Soundset Festival:  the official Midwest kick-off of the summer with nine hours of the best independent Hip Hop music in one day. It all goes down at Canterbury Park in Shakopee, MN (rain or shine).
 

Confirmed artists for Soundset 2010 include: Atmosphere, Method Man & Redman, Brother Ali, Hieroglyphics featuring Del The Funky Homosapien, Souls of Mischief, Casual and Pep Love, P.O.S, Murs, Freeway & Jake One, Eyedea & Abilities, Wiz Khalifa, Cage, DJ Rob Swift, Grieves & Budo, 45 King, People Under The Stairs, BK One, DJ Revolution, Dessa, Yelawolf, Fashawn, Themselves, Busdriver, Toki Wright, Solillaquists of Sound, Prof & Rhazwell, Cecil Otter, Dark Time Sunshine, Ernest Rhodes, A.R.M (M.anifest & Krukid), Mike Dreams, I.B.E, Ice Rod, Plain Ole Bill, Mike 2600, Kid Cut Up, DJ Pratt and DJ Anton.  Hosted by Peter Parker, Kevin Beacham and DJ Snuggles.
 

In 2009, Rhymesayers and Rose Presents produced the second year of Soundset to an outdoor festival setting at Canterbury Park in Shakopee, MN with over 15,000 people in attendance, including:  two stages with over 40 artists performing, b-boy battles, live DJs, artist's painting, live skateboard demos and a low rider car show. Soundset 2010 is expected to be even bigger this year!
 

"The biggest indie-rap festival of the year..." URB.com
 

After playing the main stage at Lollapalooza,headlining Red Rocks in Colorado and performing at the Outlands Festival, Atmosphere will be back at Soundset to play their first live performance of 2010. On the heels of their latest release "Blackout 2", superstar combo Method Man (Wu Tang Clan) & Redman bring their legendary live show and catalog to the Twin Cities for a set that's not to be missed. Hieroglyphics, including the full lineup of: Del The Funky Homosapien, Souls of Mischief, Casual and Pep Love return to perform together in Minnesota for the first time in 5 years! Referred to as, "one of independent Rap's strongest voices" by HipHopDX, Brother Ali will once again deliver his raw emotion on the main stage. Murs of Living Legends and Rhymesayers collaborative project Felt will touch down at Soundset in support of his brand new album, "Fornever". With over a year on the road in support of, "Never Better" and performing on last year's Warped Tour, hometown hero or glorified Doomtree member, P.O.S is back again (YEAH RIGHT!). With much critical acclaim for their debut release on Rhymesayers, "The Stimulus Package" and recently performing on Jimmy Fallon with The Roots, Freeway & Jake One are set to play main stage. Since appearing on XXL Magazine's Freshman 10 cover, both Pittsburgh's Wiz Khalifa and Fresno's Fashawn are confirmed to play Soundset for the first time along with buzzworthy Alabama native Yelawolf, making his Minnesota debut.
 

With options of two stages delivering over 40 artists performing nine hours of diverse music, an expanded B-Boy/B-Girl DJ tent, live painting exhibit, skate demo area, Slow and Low custom car show and a special Last of the Record Buyers production showcase, Soundset 2010 is guaranteed to bring the fun for the whole family!
 

Tickets are on sale Friday, April 2, 2010 to the general public through www.ticketmaster.com  and Fifth Element. General admission tickets are $35 plus applicable fees ($3 facility fee and parking are included in ticket price), VIP options are also available!


Visit our websites for the latest Soundset Festival 2010 lineup, music and information!
www.soundsetfestival.com          www.rhymesayers.com               www.twitter.com/soundset


Monday, May 18, 2009

A&E FYI: New E&A coming July 21 on RSE!


Via Biz3...

EYEDEA & ABILITIES RELEASE FIRST ALBUM IN FIVE YEARS

RHYMESAYERS ENTERTAINMENT TO RELEASE BY THE THROAT ON JULY 21


A duo thoroughly steeped in hip-hop accolades, the Minnesota-based duo Eyedea and Abilities have returned with their brand new album By The Throat, out July 21st on Rhymesayers Entertainment.  Their first album since the breakout 2004 release E&A, By The Throat's songs range from intensely personal topics to the more esoteric (quantum mechanics).  The end result is leaps and bounds beyond what MC Eyedea is perhaps best known for, his prowess as a battle rapper (winner of HBO's Blaze Battle, Scribble Jam and several others).  DJ Abilities, also a well-known battle vet and contributor to El-P's now-classic Fantastic Damage, adds heavily to the sonic soundscape of this album, which advances beyond boom-bap hip-hop into rock-fueled guitar riffs, gritty production and melodic songwriting. 

Eyedea and Abilities were instrumental in the wave of independent hip-hop that includes Atmosphere, El-P, Aesop Rock, Living Legends and several other seminal acts.  By The Throat is their most progressive and refined effort to date.  

E & A will be performing at Rhymesayers' Soundset '09 on May 24th and will be headlining a tour in the fall of 2009.  They have also been confirmed for the following Rock the Bells dates this summer.

06.27 - Chicago, IL @ First Midwest Bank Amphitheater 
06.28 - Detroit, MI @ DTE Energy Music Theatre 
07.05 - Toronto, ON @ Molson Amphitheater 
07.12 - Washington DC @ Merriweather Post Pavilion 
07.18 - Boston, MA @ Comcast Center |
07.19 - New York, NY @ Jones Beach Amphitheater 
08.01 - Vancouver, BC @ Deer Lake Park
08.06 - Denver, CO @ Red Rocks Amphitheater
08.08 - Los Angeles, CA @ San Manuel Amphitheater
08.09 - San Francisco, CA @ Shoreline Amphitheater


EYEDEA & ABILITIES ON MYSPACE: 

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