Rock the Bells dates and line-up announced

The line-up for this year's Rock the Bells International Festival is a wow-ser! Love, love, love it.

Headliners

• A Tribe Called Quest
• Nas
• Mos Def
• De La Soul
• Rakim
• The Pharcyde

Also depending on what show you attend, you might get a performance from Spank Rock, Method Man and Redman, Dead Prez, Murs and others. This is a hyper-crazy line-up.

So, you want to know the dates, eh? Because you may be so inclined to sell some of your most personal wares for tix to this joint. The tour doesn't kick off until July - thus giving you a good amount of time to line up your chedda!

Sat 7/19 - Chicago, IL
Sun 7/20 - Toronto, ON
Sat 7/26 - Boston, MA
Sun 7/27 - New York, NY
Sat 8/2 - Miami, FL
Sun 8/3 - Philadelphia, PA
Sat 8/9 - Los Angeles, CA
Sat 8/16 - San Francisco, CA
Sat 8/23 - Denver, CO
Sat 8/30 - Vancouver, BC

I'm leaning toward the Chicago or Miami dates ... where are you gonna be hip hoppers? kfox

VH1 Hip Hop Honors - The Back Story

This is old news, but I am just now getting around to recapping (after watching a weeks worth of repeats of the VH1 Hip Hop Honors show).

The short story is the screed that is playing out on the interweb about Lupe Fiasco and A Tribe Called Quest and Q-Tip in particular. Nothing like a little bit o' hip hop drama.

Following this situation is not my strong suit ... So I point you to those who get paid to follow the histronics.

VH1 Hip Hop Honors

The VH1 Hip Hop Honors show aired on where else, VH1 (actually it could be on another channel ... heck I wouldn't be surprised to see it repeat on another cable channel in the future).


This year's honorees are:

A Tribe Called Quest

Snoop Dogg

Missy Elliott

Whodini

New Jack Swing

Wild Style


It leaves me a bit underwhelmed, but I tuned in to see what was up ... you should have done the same hip hoppers.

It was all good. I was feeling it ... mostly because I am old school and I remember those songs and dances and clothes like it was just last week.