Posted on 07/27/2008
Ok, so we've been stretching out our follow up to The Roots Picnic a little while now but we swear this is the last of it.  Here are all the Webisodes of okayplayerTV in one place for your viewing pleasure. Webisodes feature: The Roots, The Cool Kids, Esperanza Spalding, J*DaVey, and plenty of shots of the crowd.  Don't hate on our mic flag!  A very special thanks to ProCreate Pics, Amanda Diva, LiveNation, and of course to everyone who braved the heat to come out and get down.  See you next year!

Posted on 07/22/2008
The world class, Hip-Hop music event you’ve been waiting for all year is back! The 2008 Rock the Bells Festival series, powered by SanDisk, is ready to crush your city with performances by A Tribe Called Quest, Nas, Mos Def and special guests, The Pharcyde, along with MANY more. For the full Rock The Bells line-up and tour date list, see after the jump.

Posted on 07/14/2008
The 2008 Afro-Punk Festival came to a glorious close over the weekend with its main stage concert at Fort Greene Park and Block Party on Clinton Avenue. Saturday's free concert featured an eclectic mix of rock, soul and punk with performances by Sophia Ramos, Little Jackie, Tamar-kali and The Dirtbombs.  Sunday brought The Carps, J*Davey and Kudu.

Posted on 07/11/2008
"The New West Movement"- this is a term that gets thrown around a lot these days to categorize all of the young and up-and-coming talent out of that region. In reality, this movement isn't new at all. High quality Hip-Hop has always been a part of Cali's music scene, and the rest of the world is just now catching up. You can argue about when it began and who is included in it, but there is no question that Pacific Division is one of the acts at the forefront of this movement.