HipHop Anniversary Tour Featuring:GrandWizard Theodore,Mele Mel,Kurtis Blow.

[Mike Barnes]

I just wanted to pass this information on to the board, In regards to the 2008 HipHop Anniversary Tour, Which features:GrandWizard Theodore,Mele Mel,Kurtis Blow,The SugarHill Gang,Big Daddy Kane,Houdini,The Airforce crew

(BBoy crew), Much respect to Christie Pabon(Zulu Nation/Tools of War Throwdowns in New York), In regards to the information, Here are the tour dates:
Much Respect
Mike Barnes


May
9 Atlanta 29 Indianapolis
10 Pensacola 30 Chicago
11 Jacksonville 31 St Louis
14 Mobile
15 Columbia
16 Raleigh/Durham
17 Richmond
18 Washington
21 Philly
22 Newark
23 NYC
24 Hartford
25 Rochester/Buffalo
28 Cleveland

June
1 Kansas City 18 Las Vegas
4 Dallas 19 Fresno
5 Houston 20 Sacramento
6 Austin 21 San Jose
7 San Antonio 22 San Fran
8 El Paso 26 Portland
12 Phoenix 27 Seattle
13 San Diego 28 Anchorage
14 LA
15 Bakersfield

CD

We have CD/DVD deal with The Machine/Koch

The CD will feature 6 of the classic Big 3 songs:
Rappers Delight Sugar Hill Gang
Apache Sugar Hill Gang
The Breaks Kurtis Blow
Christmas Rap Kurtis Blow
The Message Mele Mel
White Lines Mele Mel

We will also have 10 or 11 brand new songs by the Big 3 artists on this
CD. We have a song called “Florida” inviting people to in fact - Visit
Florida. So put cha hands up! We may need help with the music video.

Click Here to Listen

Thank you for your time to look over this sponsorship package. The
market we are anticipating reaching has your company’s advertising
marketing strategy strongly in mind. The target audience is anyone from
25 to 60 years of age. This music is for everyone. We understand you
have a limited amount of time to choose where you sponsorship is
allotted. However, this tour is politically correct and more than
worthwhile.
Your customers are a very large part of our audience and your
sponsorship would be advantageous to your prestigious company. You
may participate as the Official Sponsor or share sponsorship with a local
or national company.

Market Analysis

It is important to try a different approach in the marketing strategy for
this concert. The plan is to utilize the slogan “3 Hrs of non-stop Hip Hop
with no profanity - The Hip Hop Anniversary Tour.” We are paying tribute
to the forefathers by saying come and help us celebrate more than 30
years of good music. The music from the past had no profanity and it was
fun. In fact, How about a whole day where the whole city does not use
profanity? A No-Profanity Day!

http://www.hiphopanniversary.com/aboutus.html

[wiz247]

Dang!!
I caught Kurtis Blow, I recall around a year & a half, then the Furious Five at Jazz Cafe and they all slammed it...!!
I wish I was on vacation to experience this. It will sure be off the meter!!

[BrazenMuse]

Good look, Mike. The Temple Brothers are currently on tour with them since they work with SGH (Wonder Mike & Master Gee) on production and other things and have worked with Melle Mel and Kurtis on the show itself plus the new tracks ... Last night in Rome was hot to death and tonight in Sardegna went wonderfully!!!

The Florida sponsorship and other sponsorships have made this possible and it looks like it is going to be pretty darned fun. www.hiphopanniversary.com has a "tour dates" link that you might want to check out...Europe all of March then the dates you have listed in this post...


Kurtis is very interested in getting to perform for children in schools and other venues, showing the young folks that it can be done without all that sketchiness...

Peace...

[BrazenMuse]

Just got this email:




NAACP ACCEPTS AIMS OF HIP HOP ANNIVERSARY TOUR

The NAACP applauds the profanity-free, family oriented nature of the Hip Hop Anniversary Tour as it begins in Italy this week. The anniversary tour will showcase legendary artists and enormous talents that created the rap music genre. In the last 30 years, rap has steadily become a cultural phenomenon and its influence dominates as America’s latest offering of pop culture to the world. The Tour is sponsored by Visit Florida and aims to present 3 hrs of non-stop Hip Hop without profanity.

“The pioneers of this global art form are to be commended for setting the proper tone as they set out to play to adoring crowds around the world,” said NAACP Interim President & CEO Dennis Courtland Hayes. “As their fame, popularity and string of awards demonstrate, you can be creative and sell without degrading women, being profane, violent, racist or sexist. We hope that more contemporary artists are paying attention.”

“The music from the past was fun,” rap industry legend Kurtis Blow said in announcing the series of U.S. and European shows Friday in Washington, D.C. with fellow rap icons the Sugar Hill Gang, Grand Master Mele Mel, Grand Wizard Theodore and Whodini. “The tour brings those beats and good feelings back with three hours of Hip Hop with no profanity and within the bounds of universal acceptance.”

Last year Kurtis, former ‘gangsta’ rapper Master P, his son Romeo, other entertainers and media corporations, signed on to the NAACP’s STOP Campaign. Kurtis, now a minister, also participated in the NAACP’s symbolic burial of the N-word at its annual convention in Detroit.

The STOP Campaign -- an initiative of the NAACP Youth & College Division -- seeks to end the prevalence of racist, sexist language, images and concepts in the media by holding the industry responsible and by calling for a shift in personal behavior. The targets of the STOP Campaign are the record and television industries, recording artists and the African American community. More information about the STOP Campaign can be found at: www.naacp.org.

[Mike Barnes]

Wiz247, Was, BusyBee performing with the Furious 5 my man(BusyBee, Taking Cowboys/Rip, Spot In the crew), BrazenMuse, Good lookin with the information, Brazenmuse, When Kurtis Blow was on Teen Summitt in 1999, On BET, (Along with Grandmaster Caz), Kurtis Blow and Caz, Had cats in awe(Including Ananda Lewis and Prince DaJour, The former host of Teen Summit,

Back in the late 90's), Kurtis Blow and Caz were building about the early years of hiphop(Kurtis Blow mentioned cats like Pete Dj Jones,Grandmaster Flowers,Maboya,Plummer,The Smith Brothers,Etc) Going back to the early 70's(Hearing Kurtis Blow build about the Early Dj's on the Dance music circuit in

New York, Rockin throwdowns in the parks, Made me feel mad good to the ninth power/LOL), Kurtis Blow is mad dedicated and committed, To enlightening, And Informing, The younger cats of today, On the history of Hhiphop to the ninth power with his(Along with Caz,Mele Mel,Kool Moe Dee,KRS-One,BusyBee,Hollywood,Kool Herc,Pete Dj Jones,Dougie Fresh,Dj Yoda(Crashcrew from Uptown/Harlem)Etc.
Much Respect
Mike Barnes

[wiz247]

Respects Mike,
At that time BusyBee wasn't performing as part of the furious five. If i can recall correctly, it was actually Melle Mel and the other three cats out of the four, in which they did pay tribute to Cowboy. The show was pure fiya!!

The last time I saw BusyBee he was performing with KRS One at the Shepards Bush Empire, that show was totally nutz...!! :hail: