Jd Era You Know This *OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO*
July 27, 2010 by Dark Arkansa
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JD ERA’s FIRST VIDEO SINCE PAPER CHASE
3 years Ago
Luu Breeze & Boi-1da in the studio listening to single “I Ain’t Going To Jail” ** DOPE **
July 15, 2010 by Dark Arkansa
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Shea Davis Interview with BigMouthsOnline.com NY to Toronto
July 9, 2010 by Dark Arkansa
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With a big buzz and big numbers. Shea Davis is turning out to be New York Cities new Rap Champ. Recently Shea Davis and Dame Dash have been spotted together and rumor has it that they are cooking up something hot for the streets of New York and World. STAY TUNED!! Also Dj KAY SLAY AND SHEA DAVIS ARE TEAMING UP!!!
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Prince Ea (st. louis) – The Brain ** NEW ** PRODUCTION BY YOUNG K ( canadian producer )
July 4, 2010 by Dark Arkansa
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PRINCE EA IS BACK WITH CRAZY TUNE FROM IS UP COMING ALBUM CALLED ” THE BRAIN” Production by Young K, Tech Supreme, Nate Kiz and Trifeckta. Teacher played by Ken Wolfe.
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*** NEW SHIT FROM TORY LANEZ!!!! MUSIC VIDEO
June 30, 2010 by Dark Arkansa
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** OUR BOY REDWAY IS KILLING NEW YORK RIGHT NOW ! ** CHECK THE VIDEO!!! Redway ft. Rich Dolarz- Doin Me [OFFICIAL VIDEO]
June 29, 2010 by Dark Arkansa
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Tour Life Foreword and Tour Life Pt 1 Salesmen ** Includes Photos and writtens by Bizz Brown
June 29, 2010 by Dark Arkansa
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Tour Life Introduction
By Jonathon “Bizz” Brown
They say you don’t really know someone until you’ve travelled with them. I say, you don’t really know someone until you’ve driven across the world’s second largest country with them, stopping in nine cities over 14 days, living off Tim Hortons and 7/11. I say you don’t really know someone until you’ve spent, on average, seven hours a day in a car with them talking your life away. I say you don’t really know someone until you’ve walked into a club full of strangers beside them and walked out everybody’s new friend from Toronto. I say you don’t really know someone till you’ve toured with them. Make no mistake, this is tour life. The highs are euphoric, the lows are isolating but the experience is the treasure.
Welcome to the introduction to my five part series called Tour Life, where I’ll tell stories and give commentary of my time on tour alongside Slaughterhouse, Pharoahe Monch, Peter Jackson, DJ Dames Nellas & Concrete Guerilla Clothing. For the record, I’m not a rapper. I’m a journalist and entrepreneur who’s accompanied Canadian rapper Peter Jackson now on two tours. My mandate is to expand brand awareness of my line of t-shirts reading “Hip Hop Ain’t Dead It Lives In The North,” as well as chronicle my time on the road.
With the formalities out of the way, please join me tomorrow and every Tuesday for the next five weeks to hear my stories, interviews and insights. Pharoahe Monch drops knowledge. Slaughterhouse talks Shady deal. Peter Jackson shows me his passion and his humility. DJ Dames Nellas continues his rise. Niko drives across the country. Duxx of Concrete Guerilla Clothing proves he’s a people person. And my hustle is humbled by the canvas it covers. All coming up in Tour Life.
TOUR LIFE PART 1
Tour Life Part One
By Jonathon “Bizz” Brown
The Salesmen
The tour begins in our home town of Toronto and will end two weeks and over 4400km later in Vancouver. There’s myself, Duxx and Nikos of Concrete Guerilla Clothing in the car, with DJ Dames Nellas & Peter Jackson riding on the tour bus with Slaughterhouse & Pharoahe Monch. We hit the road on a Sunday evening on route to Thunder Bay. I immediately realize two things: Duxx smokes a lot of weed (he’s a dred I should’ve figured) and Nikos is “The Transporter.” He drives twelve hours straight from 6pm to 6am!
“I’m a people person,” says Duxx when talking about our sales tactics in Thunder Bay. “My thing is I walk around the room and talk to everybody, make everybody my friend. Of course they’re ready to talk to the big white dred dude right? Then I tell them we have shirts over there and I’ll hook them up. I work the room. Watch on this tour…”
As salesmen we have to work the room. There’s no other way to do it. And that’s exactly what gets the adrenaline flowing – talking. We strut into every show with a story to tell.
“Hey brother,” I say reaching my hand out to greet a guy browsing the t-shirts. “I’m Bizz, what’s your name man? We’re out here all the way from Toronto. We’re going across the country with these t-shirts. Their exclusive to this tour actually. These are the hottest things out here right now. Me and Duxx always argue because I like the red and white version, he loves the black and white though. What size do you wear bro?”
Don’t feel taken, if you heard this story too. Feel exactly as you felt when you first bought the t-shirt – exclusive. This is the reality, this is the truth. Don’t blame me for bottling it up and serving it to you in a succinct little spiel for your auditory consumption.
Of course, not every night worked out so smoothly. As much as I was looking forward to focusing on one single task for two weeks (selling t-shirts), I also soon realized how our success or failure on that task could sway the energy within the crew.
On good nights, we fed off each others momentum. We tag teamed, signaled and consulted on potential buyers. We up sold, cut deals and made real connections with the audience. We’d walk away flying high, knowing we’d reached our goal and looking forward to the next opportunity.
On bad nights, we were pulling teeth. We surveyed the crowd, spotted potential enthusiasts and put our best foot forward, but ultimately were at the mercy of a few uninterested, random crowds. We’d walk away with our minds on other things, thinking about our families, hoping for a better shot the next night.
And that was the tiring part. Not the time in the car (well that was tiring for Niko “The Transporter”), not the physical labor of hauling t-shirts in and out of cars and venues every night, not the irregular sleep patterns and poor eating habits. It was the psychological strain of it all. The roller coaster ride is really what we’d come to battle.
Like I said in the intro: The highs are euphoric and the lows are isolating. Being the salesman on tour means no guarantees, as we’d sink or swim on the strength of our hustle. The artists got paid regardless of the crowd, we didn’t. But I’d like to think that with every good night we learned something and with every bad night we learned more. I knew I was a people person, just like Duxx knew he was. But this tour I learned to push myself to be one, even when the people weren’t necessarily ready and willing.
This is the tale of The Salesmen and our Tour Life.
NEXT INSTALLMENT IS
Tuesday July 6th – Tour Life Part Two – Peter Jackson
CITY ON LOCKDOWN , DOWNTOWN TORONTO TRASHED!!!! * exclusive pics *
June 26, 2010 by CKELS
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Huge G20 summit protest gone crazy , as protesters set fire to police cars and smashed windows in of random stores all up Young street this afternoon sending the city into an even tighter lockdown then it already was. Union Station, the Eaton Center and the subway lines through the downtown core were shutdown for the afternoon to name a few of the big ones but most stores were closed almost in anticipation of wat was to come CHECK OUT THE PICS BELOW!!!!!!
BIZARRE- I Love Canada ( new video )
June 21, 2010 by Dark Arkansa
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Gangis Khan AKA Camoflauge – Internet Gangsta’
June 10, 2010 by Dark Arkansa
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