Game Rebellion @ Don Hill’s

Today: Check Game Rebellion out LIVE, along side Spirit Animal at Don Hill’s 511 Greenwich Street @ Spring St., on Wed. August 11th @ 9PM (Doors Open @ 7pm) $10 Cover at the door… Ages 21+

Afropunk Mural Recap

Check out this video recap of the Afropunk X Coup d’etat Brooklyn Art Mural at this year’s Festival. Video by SeeOne.

Afropunk 2010: Afropunk Artists from See One on Vimeo.

Game Rebellion Contest

The brothers of Game Rebellion are conducting an exclusive contest which will allow fans to win a dinner date with the band and gear from coup détat Brooklyn. Checkout the videos below for more info:

How to participate
Become a fan of Game Rebellion on Facebook and post a comment – that simple: http://www.facebook.com/pages/GAME-REBELLION

Game Rebellion Album Release Concert

Monday, January 18, 2010
Santos party house
96 Lafayette Street New York, NY

http://www.gamerebellion.eventbrite.com/
8pm
$10 ADvance tickets w/CD
$15 at door w/CD

with Performances from
Donnis
Kidz In The Hall
&
Game Rebellion

New Video by Game Rebellion – “Blind”

Events This Week: Hip Hop, Rock & Reggae

Here are a few events to check out this week, starting with Tonite!

Hosted by
NC Shuva

When: Tonite (August 5th @ Highline Ballroom)

Live Performances by
Suicide City | PUi | Game Rebellion | Hate In The Box

DJ Sets by
Michael T. | Chris Landry

Photography by
Joseph Marconi

Sponsored by
Guitar Center | Babeland

Rave With Us At The 2009 Afro-Punk Block Party!

“Afro-Punk became a touchstone of a cultural movement strongly reminiscent of the early days of Hip-Hop. Alternative urban kids across the nation (and across the globe) who felt like outsiders discovered they were actually the core of a boldly innovative, fast-growing community.” – Afro-Punk (www.afropunk.com)

Peace! We know you’ve heard about the 5th Annual Afro-Punk Festival and the amazing performances thus far (i.e. Game Rebellion, Saul Williams, Jonelle Monae), the mosh pits, the crowd surfing and the CDT Art Collective. All and all, this year has been amazing! If you haven’t had a chance to check it out, join us tomorrow from noon to 8PM. To find out more about the 2009 Afro-Punk Block Party click HERE. In the meantime, you can watch these amazing videos…
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Ghetto Metal Recap

Peace Comrades,

If you missed the Ghetto Metal event last night, you passed up on a great experience! Coup will like to send a big shout out to Bazaar Royale for doing his thing and organizing such a dope show.  The event took place at S.O.B.s with a crowd which included Mos Def, Beverly Bond, Danny Simmons, and Ryan Grant of the Green Bay Packers. The highlight of the night was the brothers from Game Rebellion tearing it down. Peep the footage below shot by yours truly. Pardon the poor vocals… S.O.B.s was having some technical difficulties on their set. Nonetheless, they rocked it!

*Salute to the Gods*

Special shout out to the homie Raye 6 for an amazing performance as well!

Peace.
-Ra

“Trapped”

“Dance Girl”

Mr. Pink (Drummer) & Emi (Keys) battle

“Those Days” Are Temporary

“A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.” -Herm Albright, quoted in Reader’s Digest, June 1995

Today is absolutely one of “Those Days.” Everybody knows what I’m referring to. “Those Days” are the days in which you feel like pulling a “WWF move” and body slamming somebody, cursing out your boss or maybe even taking a 3-month vacation to a deserted island. At the end of the “Those Days” you realize… its simply one of “Those Days.” How beautiful is it to know that those types of days are temporary? In the end, another day goes by, and guess what? You’re still breathing, you’re in a better mood and yesterday becomes something of the past. I have to admit- today is one of “Those Days.” Yet, today is so temporary. Agreed? Understand and manifest that. It’s OK to be salty, sometimes- simply keep it moving.

In the meantime, here are seven things that you can do to enhance the quality of your day:

1.) First, understand that whatever you’re going through is a temporary feeling. This feeling will not last forever.

2.) Think positive, during times in which things seem negative and uninspiring. Say to yourself: “Yes, I can,” “Nah, I’m good,” “Man, I’m really trippin’,” “My life is a gift,” etc. This really helps.
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If You See Something, Say Something: Why am I afraid to have daughters?

painting by Alexandra Cespedes

“If you see something, say something.” This is something I first heard my friend Netic (front man of the highly talented band Game Rebellion) say this a few years back, yelling it at the top of his lungs during an energized performance. I find Netic to be a very intelligent and highly intuitive guy, so perhaps this is something he penned. Or maybe its an old adage that never made its way to me before that point (it’s possible; I had never heard of the “Double Dutch Bus” song before Missy Elliot sampled it years back…yeah, I know, what’s wrong with me? Sue me). Sometimes the origin of the wisdom is not as important as the fact that there is a conduit that eventually delivers it to you. So I will try to focus my words to point out problems that I see, try to break them down objectively, and then speak on it in order to create a dialogue that is intent on coming up with solutions so that WE can start implementing them. Or in other words, when I see something, I will say something.

With that said I saw something today that infuriated me. On the surface it centers around a common practice today that has been widely accepted as the status quo of a particular industry, and it also centers around a reality star.  For those of you who do know me personally, you know that I find “the reality experience very problematic in regards to the perpetuation of some of the social problems in the country.  For those of you who don’t know me, allow me to introduce the way my mind works. I do not detest reality shows as a whole. In fact I try not to take anything, “as a whole” because it starts to deal with absolutes, which usually doesn’t work out too well when applying to the human race. We’re just too fallible a species to do anything “always”.

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Cirque Du Rock

Rock, Style & Mayhem. What more could you want?

WHERE: LE POISSON ROUGE (158 Bleecker Street. – SOHO)

WHEN: February 25th, 9pm

ADMISSION: $8

HOSTED BY: General Steele (of Smif-N-Wessun)

LIVE PERFORMANCES BY: Game Rebellion | PUi | Bazaar Royale | The Nillaz | The New Black

ALSO FEATURING: DJ Chris Landry | BASTET Belly dancing

Fonseca & Jiyo | Tattoos by Isaac | Piercings by Joe

Fortune Tellers | Magicians | Photography by Joe Marconi | And much more…