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Erykah Badu And The Roots Hit Radio City Music Hall!
Posted on 05/13/2008 3:12 PM
Friday, May 9th, The Roots opened for Erykah Badu at NYC's legendary (truly!) Radio City Music Hall.  The sold out show seated close to 6000 hip-hop lovers, and The Roots and Erykah Badu made sure everyone got their money's worth!  OKP had photographer Terrence Jennings on hand to shoot some flicks from the night's performances.  See our flickr gallery below.  After, peep some photos from the NYC after-party at Sutra.

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Dizzee Rascal, El-P and Busdriver Hit NYC
Posted on 05/12/2008 12:20 PM
Usually for a hip-hop concert, whatever time is printed on your ticket, in this case 6 p.m., it's safe to arrive 90 minutes after that if you want to see the actual show instead of everyone in the crowd awkwardly standing around trying not to look at each other. Ah, but leave it to the alt-rap crowd to participate in the one hip-hop show that starts on time. Strolling into...
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Space Is The Place
Posted on 05/08/2008 4:40 PM
In Okayplayer's Spring/Summer line for 2008 we have one very special shirt.  Entitled "Space Is The Place," named after a famous Sun Ra song and Sun Ra feature film, this shirt is intended to raise money for the Sun Ra Arkestra who are in a time of need.  Why did we decide to make this shirt to help the Sun Ra Arkestra? Before you can understand the "why" let us...
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Spelunking In The Garden: From Jammys to Jay-Z
Posted on 05/07/2008 6:26 PM
Anyone who knows me learns rather quickly that I've had love affairs with both the Grateful Dead and Phish. But don't get it twisted, it never really went beyond those two. The Dead were pioneers and Garcia is one of music's great legends. Phish was destined to carry that torch, and on their own terms. Terms so much their own I like to consider them punk-rock-like in...
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