Freaks and Beats @ Mt Tabor Theater

Halloween Hip-Hop Show

Portland, Oregon 2011

Mt Tabor Theater‎
4811 Southeast Hawthorne Boulevard
Portland, OR 97215-3251
(503) 360-1450
thetabor.com‎

Mt Tabor will be home to the freshest Halloween Hip-Hop show in Portland, Oregon this year (2011). Featuring performances by one of the most conscious minded up-and-coming hip-hop groups, Speaker Minds. Lead by member, Diezel P, the group has made a name for themselves in the underground hip-hop scene. The Freaks & Beats Halloween Hip-Hop Show will be a dual mix-tape release show for Speaker Minds and Bad Habitat, whose album, Scissor Tree has been delayed and for sake of the fans have decided to release a teaser mixtape called “The Waiting Room EP”. The Waiting Room EP features all new music that has never been released and will not be on the Scissor Tree album. It is just a taste of the talent offered by smash mouth underground hip-hop group Bad Habitat of Surreal Music. Visit Bad Habitat on Facebook for more information about this Halloween Hip-Hop Show. Portland, Oregon will not be the same after this night.

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The Flyer above was designed by the talented Adrian Adel, a Portland Photographer and graphic designer extraordinaire. Props for the help on the graphics and flyers in the past and the future. Much thanks and respect. Peace

Other Halloween Hip-Hop Parties that weekend will be whack compared to the Freaks & Beats show. For more information about Local Hip-Hop Shows in and around Portland, Oregon that weekend and during the months of October and November visit some of the links below:

• Freaks & Beats Halloween Hip-Hop Party: Halloween Hip-Hop Concert Portland, Oregon 2011.
• Bend Hip-Hop Show: Performances By: Speaker Minds, Bad Habitat, Northorn Lights, The Gooniez.
• Ashland Hip-Hop Show: Performances By: Bad Habitat, Speaker Minds, Brown Caesar + More.
• Salmon Street Studios Shows: “Hands down the best hip-hop venue in Portland” – Mindskillz.
• Devin The Dude in Portland, Oregon: A great show at a great venue with Devin The Dude, MY-G…

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Friday July 8th 2011

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Astoria, Oregon

Dj Mikey B’s Summer Jam! Friday July 8th 2011 doors open @ 9pm! This is my biggest show to date come out and support local northwest music at Astoria’s Event Center! Live Performances by: Bad Habitat (Portland, OR), Reign Pro (Vancouver, WA), E Dub phenomenon (Seaside, OR), Nitro (Vancouver, WA), Mr Wild (Astoria, OR), and Quiet One of Western Medicine (Manzanita, OR). This is the BIGGEST SHOW OF THE YEAR! Tickets are $5 and can be purchased @ Crossover Car Stereo (503)861-0326 or contact any of the artist listed on the flyer!

SPECIAL THANKS TO: CROSSOVER CAR STEREO, RUNNING FREE DESIGNS, THE ASTORIA EVENT CENTER, VIREAL, AND ALL THE PERFORMERS!

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More details about the competition and about Hempstalk visit www.hempstalk.org

Portland’s Hempstalk 2011

Portland’s annual Hempstalk Festival in Portland, Oregon is one of the largest events in the pot friendly state which advocates the decriminalization of marijuana for medicinal, industrial, and recreational use. The Hemp and Cannabis Foundation was founded in 2005, and since then the festival has taken place the weekend after Labor Day in September every year. The event features food vendors, live music, guest speakers and information booths. This public event has always been free to attend.

Hempstalk Portland, Oregon

According to Paul Stanford, founder and presenting sponsor of the event, “Hempstalk is about the many uses of agricultural hemp fiber, oil, protein, fuel and medicine. We are working to end adult cannabis prohibition, allow adults to grow their own and license the legal sale of psychoactive cannabis to adults. We believe that hemp will save the Earth’s biosphere with the adoption of hemp seed for bio-diesel fuel, which will solve the energy and world hunger problems, and stop deforestation when hemp fiber is used for paper and building materials. We support the Oregon Cannabis Tax Act of 2012 to implement this. We shall overcome!”

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Today I bought 10 NEW CD’s from my favorite underground artists off of Amazon.com – for under $100 (including shipping and handling). I don’t know why the CD’s are so cheap (often cheaper than buying mp3’s). They come new, in plastic wrap, unscratched. I am a little old-school and tend to cling to things longer than other people. I like the sound vinyl records make, I like collecting things that I love. And I love hip-hop. Collecting CD’s has been a part of my niche of underground hip-hop culture since I can remember. Other than the old days of BMG Music Club (R.I.P) this is the best deal for buying physical CD’s anywhere. Their selection is HUGE. Look for yourself.

Visit Amazon to buy hard to find underground hip hop CD’s for cheap. If you were looking for some other options here are a few really good places to snag some great underground hip hop music for a good price:

CDBaby: This is the largest and most popular site for independent musicians, and any MC worth listening to (without a record deal) is bound to have their tracks listed here. CD Baby is a great place to find mixtapes, singles, freestyle compilations, etc. The search feature is really easy to navigate and the best part is that you are supporting independent hip hop artists who receive a much large percentage of album sales than they would through a conventional record deal. CDBaby offers music in both digital and- you guessed it- CD format. Sorry, no 8 Track…

CDUniverse: Similar to CDBaby, this website offers competitive pricing on their CDs. They also offer vinyl recordings of a wide variety of musical styles- a gold mine of information for DJ’s looking for new music to sample.  Unlike CDBaby, this website tends to cover the more commercial rap groups such as the Black Eyed Peas and Lil’ Wayne. If you’re looking for the up and comers, you’re better off with CDBaby.

UndergroundHipHop: This store is a happy medium between the former two; it’s got underground hip hop CDs from both signed and unsigned artists. While it doesn’t have the same search functionality as the others, this site is more like an actual record store; you walk around and browse. I really like UndergroundHipHop for its selection of music that I’m interested in. Obviously, it caters to a sub genre of rap albums, so it’s either your cup of tea or it isn’t.

These websites provide quality hip hop CDs at reasonable prices. Some, like CDBaby, actually provide an avenue for under the radar artists to promote their work and actually make a living doing it. Selling Cds online is going to be the way for the next generation of artists to get noticed, so check them out before your friends do!

Besides just being your own boss there are huge financial advantages to beginning independent. You don’t have to worry about going into debt. As an independent hip-hop artist / CEO you’ve got a ton of potential to get money. If you were with a record label and you sold ten to one hundred thousand albums that would be a total failure and you wouldn’t make a lot of cash off record sales. But if you sold ten to a hundred thousand albums as an independent artist, with the money from the album and shows, you could make at least a couple hundred thousand bucks even after all of your expenses. This is more than many artists who are signed make.

By being independent an artist will run a tighter ship than they can on a major label. Massive labels need to purchase the cost of huge office buildings, huge staffs of executives (many with huge salaries), receptionists, assistants and the list goes on and on. Those expenses for the most part are all taken out of revenues from digital and physical album sales of the artists on the label. Besides that, the unfortunate truth is that not all artist projects are promoted equally. Therefore you’ll be in result paying for the promotion of somebody else’s album with your album sales. When you are independent you never have to stress regarding that because all the resources invested are going toward your projects and you solely employ those people who are vitally necessary to run the operation.

It’s called “Starting Independent” because once you reach a certain level of success you almost certainly will need to form a deal a big label. There are positively some advantages to signing with a significant label. Major labels can place your music in markets that may be really difficult to reach as an independent. It’s a lot easier to get radio play and general recognition for your project when you are with a major label.

If you do decide to try to do a contract wih a major, it is important to have any contract looked over by an entertainment lawyer before signing any contract with a major label. But it’s equally vital to educate yourself the terminology utilized in contracts for a label deal. You don’t need to leave your fate to anyone else. Make no mistake it’s important to have folks like lawyers and accountants who are specialists in their fields, however you need to be an amateur lawyer and accountant also when it involves the details connected to your career.

The really good thing when it comes to reaching a high level of success as an independent is that once you approach a major label or once they approach you, they don’t “give you a deal” you negotiate a deal and also the more success you have had, in general the more lucrative the deal you’ll be able to get. If you’ve reached that level where you’ve sold ten to one hundred thousand albums already, the record label will see you as having a higher value than someone who just got “discovered.” Artist, “Solo 7″ of 7broadwayent.com commented, “I want to keep grinding until} the point where I don’t need a major label, so when I sign its simply the icing on the cake.” Artists like Solo 7 continue to enjoy success building their fanbase independently with no major label backing.

Finally when you have had some measure of success independently, your approach dealing with a major label will be totally different. You won’t be desperate for a deal the way somebody who was just performing at talent shows or doing other free shows simply hoping the right person would discover them would be. You’ll probably be comfortable knowing that you’ll be able to sell 50,000 or five hundred thousand more albums down the road.

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TRU GAME PRESENTS

THE REALEST UNITED

SATURDAY Jan 22nd

Mt Tabor Theater

4811 SE Hawthorne Blvd Portland, OR
FEATURING
BAD HABITAT
REIGN PRO
FIREFACE LOC
STAY SICC RECORDS
ROULETTE DELGATO

Come down and help us celebrate Boss Hawg’s (of Stay Sicc Records) birthday. Free tatoo giveaway courtesy of Aardvark Tattoo Co.

Tickets

$10 @ Door

$8 Adv

21 and over

Doors Open 9pm

Tickets Available at Tickets West

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T-Webb and Winkz

T-Webb and Winkz are two young up and coming Hip-Hop/R&B artists straight outta Estacada, OR. T-Webb and Winkz had a dope performance and brought out a huge crowd. I would have liked to see more of their fans sticking around and filling up the dance floor, but it is what it is. Props to T-Webb and Winkz, look to see them smashing it on a lot more shows in the future.

Greyspace

What is better than a dope live band with an ill emcee and a phenomenal guitar player who happens to also be a doctor? Not a whole lot in this cruel world, but Greyspace has that and more. Their performance was awesome, switching up their style on more than a few tracks to accommodate every musical preference in the building. Their Myspace categorization of Hip-Hop/Funk/Indie is a good indicator of their style and sound. Mad props to Greyspace, they killed it last night.

Okwerdz and Illmaculate

Okwerdz opened up his set with a song featuring Greyspace and then did a couple tracks with DJ Cuttah as accompaniment. All of those early tracks were sick but couldn’t really compare to what came next. Unannounced to anyone, Illmaculate was set to perform with Okwerdz. So Ok called him up mid set and spit some verses with Ill. They got the Greyspace band behind them and busted some sick 4 bar freestyles. It was a stellar performance. Props to Okwerdz for coming out and killing it less than 24 hours after doing a show in Reno, Nevada. Good luck to the rest of the Home Grown Tour, keep it crackin’. Big ups to Portland rap battle legend Illmaculate for coming out and showing the real heads some love.

More Shout Outs

Props to ourselves for killing it. Dru, Flawless, Damian Grey and DJ Cuttah (Bad Habitat) rocked the show with one of the dopest performances of the night. Props to Sawb 1 for collaborating with us on the planning and coordinating of the event. Big ups to all the fans and real hip hop heads that came out to Oregon City on a Saturday Night.

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Bad Habitat is in the running for the contest to decide who will perform at the Vans Warped Tour 2010 in Hillsboro on the Battle of the Bands Showcase. We need your help so visit the Battle of the Bands website and vote for us.  Its gonna be a great show so make sure you vote and we will see you there.

Vans Warped Tour 2010

The Warped Tour has been touring for years, bringing music and extreme sports to people nationwide. The tour is held in venues such as parking lots, outdoor venues, fairgrounds, parks or fields upon which the stages and other structures are erected. The BMX/skateboarding shoe manufacturer Vans, among others, has sponsored the tour every year since 1995, and it is often referred to as the Vans Warped Tour. The tour started out as a showcase for punk rock music, but its more recent line-ups have featured a diversity of genres. Click here for a full list of the Vans Warped Tour Lineup.

Battle of the Bands 14

Below is a little bit of background information about the Battle of the Bands Competition from wikipedia. Also included below is an excerpt about the contest directly from their website which has information about signing up for the Battle of the Bands 14 and how the contest works.

Battle of bands is a contest in which many bands, usually rock/guitar bands but often from a range of different styles, compete for the title of “best band”. The winner is determined by a panel of judges, the general response of the audience, or a combination. The winning band usually receives a prize in addition to bragging rights. Prizes usually include cash, free recording time in a local recording studio, support or main slot at a local or large gig, a piece of new equipment, or a gift certificate.

Information
Artists:
The Ernie Ball Vans Warped Tour Battle of the Bands is 100% free to enter!
To enter the Ernie Ball Vans Warped Tour Battle of the Bands, bands must complete a short informational profile and then upload at least one MP3. Entrants should use the Band Promotional Toolkit provided in their profile upon logging in, to promote their entry all over the web and drive fans to vote.
The Top 100 vote getting bands for each venue will be eligible to win a slot to play live on the Vans Warped Tour. All 100 bands for each venue will be reviewed by a panel of industry professionals comprised of our partners, Vans Warped Tour Organizers, and Ernie Ball Inc.
Four bands will be chosen to perform live on the Ernie Ball Stage for each date of the 2010 Vans Warped Tour.
The winning artists earn the opportunity to perform on the Ernie Ball Stage at the Summer’s largest music festival, The 2010 Vans Warped Tour. The winning bands will play live in their hometown venue in front of thousands of fans alongside main stage headliners and Ernie Ball headlining artists Mayday Parade, Emarosa, The Swellers, Automatic Loveletter, Eyes Set to Kill, Closure in Moscow, and more…
One band will be eligible to win the ULTIMATE GRAND PRIZE:
- $15,000 Guitar Center Shopping Spree
- All Expenses Paid Trip to Hollywood to play live at the Vans Warped Tour After-Party
- 2 Week Slot on the 2011 Vans Warped Tour
- Record a 3 song EP with Multi-Platinum Producer Matt Squire
- 1 Year of paid Tunecore Service – digital distribution on ITunes, Yahoo, Rhapsody, Amazon
- Full Ernie Ball Music Man Endorsement
- Customize Vans Shoes
- Custom Atticus Apparel Package
*Bands please note that the sign up deadline varies for each particular Vans Warped Tour date. Sign ups will be cut-off exactly two weeks prior to the specific date as it relates to the Vans Warped Tour.(IE: the deadline for 06/24 will be 06/10)
Fans:
Sign up here to become an official judge of this contest! Your votes will determine which artists become eligible to win this contest. Each vote you cast will serve as your entry to win a brand new, custom-designed Ernie Ball Music Man guitar!
You will be able to cast one vote per artist, per day.

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Okwerdz & Greyspace

The “Home Grown Tour” Tour

At Rodders Pub
19195 S Molalla Ave
Oregon City, OR 97045

July 31st 2010

Featuring Performances By: Jon The Baptist, Bad Habitat, Diction One, V!RTU, Northorn Lights and more.

$6 Cover – 21+

Doors Open @ 8PM – Show Starts @ 9PM

Okwerdz is a dope battle emcee hailing from Stockton, California. He has been killing it in the Grind Time Now battle league for some time now, holding it down for his home town. Known for being a an ill battle emcee, Okwerdz has also gained a lot of notoriety as of late for his skills on tracks as well.

Joining Okwerdz in Oregon, City on July 31st is Greyspace. Also from Stockton, California, Greyspace are a live hip hop band and word is that they are really good. This is sure to be a good show for hip hop fans and alternative fans alike.

The “Home Grown Tour” Tour featuring Okwerdz and Greyspace is brought to you by Surreal Music and Underrated Favorites. Additional performances by Jon The Baptist, Bad Habitat, Diction One, V!RTU, Northorn Lights and more.

Check out one of Okwerdz dopest battles vs T-Rex

Grind Time Now Presents

Okwerdz vs T-Rex

Massacre of the Bay: A grudge match of epic proportions is finally settled in Oakland, CA. Originating with a string of YouTube videos, the beef is finally settled… in the form of a YouTube video. Stockton battle veteran Okwerdz takes on New York legend T-Rex. Who will win this battlle of the titans?

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Pioneer Courthouse Square, Portland, OR.

Vendors, Speakers, and Bands: 10am – 5pm

Performances by: Bad Habitat, Big Dub featuring J-Mack, Pass Margo and more…

March begins promptly at High Noon.

More info coming soon for our May 1st Global Cannabis March at Pioneer Square in Potland Oregon. All bands and vendors and/or any questions can be emailed to events@ornorml.org.

Special Guests:

Bad Habitat – Winners of the “Open 4 Snoop Dogg” Contest
Madeline Martinez – Oregon NORML Executive Director and Founder of the Cannabis Cafe
Russ Belville – NORML Outreach Coordinator and Podcast Host
Delia Lopez – Congressional Candidate

Remember no drugs, no dogs, no alcohol.

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Indamix Records Presents: Tha 4/20 Jumpoff hosted by Evidence of Dilated Peoples! Performances by Alchemist, OH NO, My-G, Santotzin, and Bad Habitat’s own Damian Grey!

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The James Brown Show

Featuring Performances By: Bad Habitat, Brown Caesar, Landon Wordswell, Diezel P, T&E, Tru Game, Diction, The Low 80’s, DJ Red FYA

LMNO & Kev Brown Present

The James Brown Show

With DJ LD

Featuring a performance from yours truly, Portland’s hip hop saviors, Bad Habitat with that “Aggressively Progressive Hip Hop” sound.

FREE CD GIVEAWAY to the first fifty people

05-01-2010 (May 1st 2010) // 9PM // 21+ // $5 Cover

At Report Lounge in Portland, Oregon

1101 E Burnside St Portland, OR 97214

Also for those Northwest hip hop fans in Corvallis on April 30th there will be a show at Cloud 9 126 SW 1st St Corvallis OR 97330. Oregon State hip hop fans check this one out for sure. Its gonna be a dope show. Friday night in Corvallis featuring LMNO and Kev Brown… Word.

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3/27/2010

Performances at 7:00 PM and 11:00 PM

Sleep & Rocket One Double Feature Video Premier @ Salmon St. Studio’s
109 Se salmon suite c, Portland, Oregon
Cost: $10

SATURDAY MARCH 27TH

2 SHOWS/1 DAY

Come join Sleep & Rocket One for the Double Feature Video Premier with Guest DJ Sparks, Brown Caesar & Bad Habitat Our 1st feature is an all ages event from 7p.m -10p.m Our 2nd feature is 21+ event from 11p.m till the wheels fall off. $10 cover & Free Food

The Unofficial After party for “Foundation” Break Battle

CALLING ALL B-BOYS & B-GIRLS!!!!! GET IN FREE!!!!!

Sleep “Orchestra Of Strangers” Music Video

Underground Northwest Hip Hop Artist Sleep of Oldominion and The Chicharones “Orchestra Of Strangers” Music Video. This is a real dope video. The official premiere will be at the event on Saturday, but see it here first. You wont want to miss Rocket Ones Music Video Release either. This double feature hip hop video premiere is gonna be ill. A must see event for any Portland hiphop head. For those coming from The Foundation 10th Anniversary be ready to bust a move, b-boys get in free.

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at Catina in Downtown Corvallis Oregon

3/20/2010 9:00PM

Slamin Fat Beatz Magazine Release Party @ Catina in Corvallis
140 NW 3rd St., Downtown Corvallis, Oregon
Cost: $10
DJ Puddee & DJ Laylow present: Slamin FatBeatz Magazine Release Party featuring Bad Habitat, Matriarx, Tru Game, Serotonin, Maxaroni, F.O.B. & Compton & Aka!

This is a must see event for all Northwest Hip-Hop fans. If you live in Corvallis and claim to be a fan of hip hop you won’t want to miss this show. Check out some of Portland hip-hop’s best underground rappers at the Catina in Corvallis, Oregon on March 20th 2010.

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Portland, Oregon

Bad Habitat opens for Snoop Dogg at The Roseland Theater Portland, Oregon

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This was a great show, Bad Habitat killed it. Bad Habitat featured appearances by VIRTU of Fabulous Saturdays, Northorn Lights of Surreal Music and DJ Oz Rock. Photography by Mindskillz of Surreal Music. If you didn’t hear about it, Snoop Dogg performed with Daz Dillinger, Supafly and Kurupt. It was a crazy show, props to everyone involved. Thanks to Jammin for the opportunity to perform with a legend of hip hop.

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DJ Laylow and Maximum Entertainment Present

Spring Fling 2010

at Barracuda in Portland, Oregon

With DJ Jack

Doors Open at 10pm

Bikini Contest

Performances By: Bad Habitat and Tru Game

( $10 Cover – 18+ )

( $5 Cover – 21+ )

This is gonna be a great hip-hop show y’all. Not only are their gonna be fine hip-hop babes showing off their stuff in the bikini contest, there are also gonna be some really fresh hip-hop performances from yours truly, the one and only Bad Habitat, Portland’s rap rebels. DJ Laylow will be hosting the event which is being thrown by himself along with Maximum Entertainment. DJ Jack will be on the ones and twos for your hip-hop and dance hit’s entertainment. Boogie down y’all… boogie down. Ring in the spring at Portland’s Spring Fling 2010 at Barracuda.

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V!RTU “The Shoe-In” CD Release Party

@ Mt. Tabor Theater w/Dirty Birdy

4811 SE Hawthorne Blvd, Portland, Oregon 97215 – Cost: $6

V!rtu will officially be releasing his album and performing numerous songs from the new album. Line-Up is still developing, but there will be updates on that soon. Definite attendees include: “DIRTY BIRDY” (from the I.E.), Bad Habitat, MaddHadda (will be making a rare appearance), and DJ Laylow will be hosting the event. Virtu will be selling copies of his new album and T-shirts in a bunch of colors and sizes. He will also be raffling off a pair of custom painted shoes. The winner of the raffle will get a pair of shoes custom painted in any design they desire. Mark your calendar and come join the fun.

Performances By: V!rtu, Dirty Birdy, Bad Habitat, Tru Game, MaddHadda, Fontaine, Starchile, FelliDale, and DJ Laylow.

Fabulous Saturdays

“Fab Sats” Anthem

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Bad Habitat at Calabash

Friday 2/26/2010 @ Club Calabash on SW 2nd and Taylor

Slammin Beats Magazine Launch Party // Bad Habitat performs live at Club Calabash, Portland’s number one Underground Hip-Hop club.

21+ // $5 Cover

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