Jacksonville’s biggest hip hop event is taking place this Friday and Saturday around the urban core. If you want to know what’s happening, look no further than the Urban Jacksonville Summertime in the City page.

I’ve gathered schedules and artist profiles complete with videos and mp3s. I made this page a one stop shop for all STITC information. I hope this page will serve as a resource for people on the go, at least providing a schedule people can access online with their mobile.

This year’s Summertime in the City triples the number of venues from last year starting TSI on Friday the 31st:

Day 1: Friday, July 31st @ T.S.I.

Headliner: EDAN with Dahga

Where: 333 E. Bay St. (Downtown) Jacksonville, Fl. MAP
When: Doors @ 9pm show @ 10pm
Price: $10.00 21-up, $12.00 18-20

Edan is known for his unique/unlikely take on hip hop culture, where traditional rap songs are often skewed by 60’s rock samples, tape echoes, and foreign language choruses, not to mention the off-beat humor and surrealist imagery incorporated via his lyrics.

Performing live with:

Willie Evans Jr, Paten Locke, Dillon and Tough Junkie. Also featuring The $Big Bucks$ DJ Crew on the 1’s and 2’s all night.

Day 2: B-boys, parties and final blowout

Day 2 of Summertime in the City kicks off with a B-Boy battle at the Riverside Arts Market stage. This is sure to be one of the highlights of the 2-day event.

After that head over to Springfield to continue Summertime in the City with a party at the BBB Complex at 1520 Main Street:

FREE KEG from Shantytown Pub (while it lasts)! Cheap pizza slices! Live mural painting by: THURSTO, KIDD YZER, KENSKI and crew. Rotating DJs including $The Big Bucks$, DJ Buttered Cup, Spacemikespace, and more. BICYCLES AND SKATE BOARDS! MAD RED BULL and HIP HOP! PRODUCT GIVEAWAYS!

The big blowout at Shantytown starts at 10pm. For $5 you can see performances by: Larry Otis (aka Blakhart), Mr. Al Pete, The Elevated Hip Hop Experience, Heavy Flow, The N Word, Dr. Sam Beckett, Dope Sandwich (Savannah Ga.), Steadfast (DC ) and more!

Become a fan of Summertime in the City on Facebook and listen to the Urban Jacksonville Weekly interview with Tough Junkie where we talk tons of Summertime in the City.

Tough Junkie talks about Larry Otis at 23 minutes and 30 seconds on Urban Jacksonville Weekly yesterday and reveals Larry is officially working with him.

Thanks to Reax Magazine for this artist write up. They have a huge Summertime in the City feature in the most recent issue. Pick it up!

The MC also known as BlakHart is tough to keep track of – the guy’s Internet presence is, like, nil these days, which in this day and age is unheard of, and all the more intriguing for it. Hip Hop Hell says “Jacksonville legend … known for his work with The IG Camp and The Funkmonsta.

Proper EP release coming on HHH Records with Delectable Beats.” His older stuff at BlakHart’s Myspace page showcases a seriously listenable mix of old-school gangsta and clubby refrains, but with a bit of upbeat vibe thrown in. It’s a pretty undeniable style that could easily climb into the mainstream consciousness without sacrificing any cred.

Lah Lah Lah
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myspace.com/iamblakhart

He is performing the second day of Summertime in the City at Shantytown in Springfield.

Day 2: Summertime in the City Grand Finale Blowout presented by HIP HOP HELL and Red Bull Music Academy

Where: Shantytown Pub 22 W. 6th St. (Springfield) MAP
When: 10pm to 2am
Price: $5.00

Featuring live performances by: Mr. Al Pete, Dope Sandwich, Steadfast, The Elevated Hip Hop Exp., Heavy Flow, The N Word, Dr. Sam Beckett and many more special guests.

Complete STITC 2009 schedule and more artist profiles at the Summertime in the City 2009 page. Join the Summertime in the City fan page on Facebook.

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Summertime In the City w/ Tough Junkie

• Summertime in the City page on Urban Jacksonville
• 4th year
• Hip Hop Festival, DIY vibe
• Tough Junkie goes on first (10pm)
• will start on time, probably
• lineup – Edan (psychedelic hip hop), Dagha, Paten Locke, Willie Evans Jr., Dillon
• Saturday – breakdancing at RAM, pizza party at BBB (1520 N. Main St.)
• Saturday night – Shantytown show: tons of folks playing
• Tough Junkie’s new CD available on toughjunkie.com, iTunes
• TJ – “goal is to get in trouble”

Uptown Market Part Deux

• skipping it!
• set to open Aug 31 (or later)

Pineapples

• film Tony’s day (cuz it’s soooo interesting)
• he works real hard and funny stuff happens
• RAM office is completely full of pineapples
• will be for sale at RAM, cheap, all proceeds go to Hubbard House
• donated by Winn Dixie
• more details to come on Urban Core
• accepting applications for interns to film Tony’s life
• @mogdoy: #ujw. I want a pineapple.

Music (Jack)

Wednesday July 15
Doozer’s Pub – Florida Punk Show
The New Threat (St. Cloud)
Big City Bombers (Orlando)
False Arrest (Valdosta, GA)
Psycho Vision (Cocoa)

Friday July 17
Doozer’s Pub – Hardcore/Punk/Thrash Show
Fortitude (Daytona Beach)
Suburban Lockdown (Orlando)
Talk Sick Earth (Jacksonville)

At Shantytown Pub
Buff Clout (Jacksonville)
Antarctic (Jacksonville)
Victor! Fix the Sun (Grand Rapids, MI)
Pisces at the Animal Fair (Elmhurst, IL)

More shows on the EU music calendar.
Follow the EU Music Twitter feed.

Tony – Summertime In the City spread in REAX
TJ – officially representing Larry Otis

Bloggers’ Summit

• folio – neighborhood interviews
• flog – stepping it up
• bloggers’ “meeting” with the mayor
• walked in, walked out (but not next week)
• Random Control (TJ’s blog)
• mostly discussed the budget
• @mogdoy: #ujw. If the republican state house had not “cut” property taxes we wouldn’t be in this situation. Peyton fought that one.
• embracing new media
• TJ might’ve stirred it up
• T – it’s not about the mayor but about the people interacting with their government

Recommendations
Joey – new Urban Facelift project from content design group
Jonathan – mayor’s chats, details on jacksonville.com
Tony – City Kidz Ice Cream on 3rd/Main
TJ – eat spinach, honey (mogdoy: #ujw. Local honey cures allergies.)
Jack – Nicole Middleton art show at Bogda (Saturday July 18)

If you think Jack Diablo produces the show and turns in for the week, oh no. He’s a true renaissance man. His Urban Jacksonville Weekly duties just kick off the week. He details the rest of his days in his post Gainfully Unemployed.

Photo compliments of JaxScene

Between playing in Chicken and Whiskey (Doozers, July 28th) and tweeting for Burro Bags, Jack writes crazy amounts of music articles for EU Jacksonville all wrapped together in one section: http://www.eujacksonville.com/jack.php.

We’re excited to have Jack on the team. He’ll be writing show notes, doing a local music segment and monitoring Twitter and Facebook for any questions you might have for our special Urban Jacksonville Weekly guest: Tough Junkie.

Tough Junkie at the Partisan the Sea art show. Photo compliments of JaxScene

Jack recently wrote an album review of TJ’s Grab What You Can:

Tough Junkie’s initial foray into hip hop may have been akin to a kid with a chemistry set, crafting beats out of tape decks to accompany his rhymes the way an aspiring young scientist might mix the contents of test tubes to get a reaction. Junkie’s been getting a reaction here in Jacksonville for years, a positive one, and now after years in the lab obsessing, perfecting, evolving, the rest of the world will be exposed to one of Jacksonville’s best kept secrets.

We’ll be talking about three topics on the show: Summertime in the City (which Jack also wrote about in EU. Hmmm suprise), Part Duex of Tony’s Uptown Market preview and whatever Jonathan comes up with. Read Jack Diablo’s blog and follow him on Twitter.

Don’t forget to watch Urban Jacksonville Weekly Tonight at 5:30

Video compliments of JaxScene

The Dope Sandwich website describes this collective better than I could:

Dope Sandwich is a Hip-Hop collective that has taken the city of Savannah GA by storm over the past years. What started as a secret society of MC’s, DJ’s, B-Boys, and Graph artists, DSP is quickly becoming the voice of alternative Hip hop around the coastal South East. The bio goes on to say:

They own a live show that plays like a nonstop party, and truly have something for everyone. You have to see it to believe it.

Blue Collar – Bottoms Up

Lucky you! They are playing the second day of Summertime in the City at Shantytown in Springfield.

Day 2: Summertime in the City Grand Finale Blowout presented by HIP HOP HELL and Red Bull Music Academy

Where: Shantytown Pub 22 W. 6th St. (Springfield) MAP
When: 10pm to 2am
Price: $5.00

Featuring live performances by: Dope Sandwich, Steadfast, Grizleh (aka Blakhart), Mr. Al Pete, The Elevated Hip Hop Exp., Heavy Flow, The N Word, Dr. Sam Beckett and many more special guests.

Follow Dope Sandwich on Twitter and check out their Myspace

Complete STITC 2009 schedule and more artist profiles at the Summertime in the City 2009 page. Join the Summertime in the City fan page on Facebook.

Steadfast was raised in Ft. Washington, MD. Whether it was his sister playing the flute or his grandmother practicing with the church choir, it appeared early on that music would be a mainstay in his lifelong diet. He began writting in 1993 after listening to Wu Tang Clan’s debut album and after cultivating his style he linked up with The Homeless Society, a group of emcees and producers repping the New York, Maryland and DC areas.

He’s now on Social Light Sounds records and will be appearing at Summertime in the City 2009. You can also find Steadfast on MySpace.

Day 2: Summertime in the City Grand Finale Blowout presented by HIP HOP HELL and Red Bull Music Academy

Where: Shantytown Pub 22 W. 6th St. (Springfield) MAP
When: 10pm to 2am
Price: $5.00

Featuring live performances by: Steadfast, Grizleh (aka Blakhart), Mr. Al Pete, The Elevated Hip Hop Exp., Heavy Flow, The N Word, Dr. Sam Beckett, Dope Sandwich and many more special guests.

Complete STITC 2009 schedule and more artist profiles at the Summertime in the City 2009 page. Join the Summertime in the City fan page on Facebook.

Edan is known for his unique/unlikely take on hip hop culture, where traditional rap songs are often skewed by 60’s rock samples, tape echoes, and foreign language choruses, not to mention the off-beat humor and surrealist imagery incorporated via his lyrics.

Edan use to like to wear a wig, but he’s grown his hair out since. From an interview with the Gossiping Bitches blog:

GB: You often wear a wig on stage. Did you run that by Kool Keith first?
EDAN: I deaded that wig shit a long time ago…I actually grew my shit out to accurately replace the wig…that was my scheme the whole time! Cats still think I’m rocking some bullshit wig…but thats part of the punchline.

Edan’s just a Rap Beautician:

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Edan cuttin and rhyming, at the same time!

Credit: Nathan Wind as Cochese

Day 1 – Friday July 31st @ T.S.I.

Where: 333 E. Bay St. (Downtown) Jacksonville, Fl. MAP
When: Doors @ 9pm show @ 10pm
Price: $10.00 21-up, $12.00 18-20

Edan performing live with:
Willie Evans Jr, Paten Locke, Dillon and Tough Junkie. Also featuring The $Big Bucks$ DJ Crew on the 1′s and 2′s all night.

Join the Dagha fan page on Facebook
Join the Edan fan page on Facebook

Complete STITC 2009 schedule and more artist profiles at the Summertime in the City 2009 page. Join the Summertime in the City fan page on Facebook.

Paten Locke will be appearing the first day of Summertime in the City at TSI in Downtown Jacksonville.

Day 1 – Friday July 31st @ T.S.I.

Where: 333 E. Bay St. (Downtown) Jacksonville, Fl. MAP
When: Doors @ 9pm show @ 10pm
Price: $10.00 21-up, $12.00 18-20

Edan performing live with:
Willie Evans Jr, Paten Locke, Dillon and Tough Junkie. Also featuring The $Big Bucks$ DJ Crew on the 1′s and 2′s all night.

This is what Clyde Singleton says about Paten:

this cat is still one of the most prominent figures in the Southeast hip-hop scene. Former deejay, and co-founder of the group Asomov- Paten Locke (known as DJ Therapy) is on the cusp of his Tres Records release, “Break Thru” and has blessed ya boy Hustlemania with his latest 12?. this, is some REAL hip-hop right here

You can follow Paten Locke on Twitter or
find him on MySpace or check out a review of Paten here or buy P Locke on Amazon.

Listen to Paten Locke from his album Break Thru

Paten Locke – Break Thru
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Paten Locke – Funky Hit Record
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Paten Locke – Just Me
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Complete STITC 2009 schedule and more artist profiles at the Summertime in the City 2009 page. Join the Summertime in the City fan page on Facebook.

Last week the flyer for Summertime in the City 2009 dropped. It’s very awesome, designed by Kenski. As you can see below, this is a no-joke event. Don’t miss it!

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Complete STITC 2009 schedule and more artist profiles at the Summertime in the City 2009 page

A while ago I posted I was helping organize a festival in Springfield. Well, I’m not anymore. The festival we were planning was too big for Springfield to handle, and definitely too big for me.

Too many false starts and a dwindling calendar forced us to reconsider time and again. Eventually we had to call it. It’s sad, but in a way I’m relieved. I learned so much from this experience, I’ll never run an event like that again.

I MUST EMPHASIZE The original Summetime in the City event, a hip-hop festival, will still take place in Springfield at 9th and Main. The date is TDB and I know this is confusing as hell, but bear with me.

For the past two years Summertime in the City has been a successful event that grew from the back patio of Burrito Gallery, to the parking lot of Burrito Gallery, to (we thought) 9 blocks of ever-loving Springfield. Therein lies the flaw, those 9 block require so much planning, documentation and resources that the festival was doomed before it started. It’s funny to look back and see how naive I was. I’m not saying it’s impossible, but give our timeline and resources, we really were kidding ourselves.

So keep an ear out, Summertime in the City is coming to a neighborhood near you and I’ll announce it as soon as I hear the date. You haven’t heard the last from me, I have a huge event coming up in late September, early October. It will blow your partisan mind.

If you have any questions please ask and I’ll be as frank as I can. If you were involved with the festival and this is the first you’ve heard of this I’d like to apologize for not reaching out to you personally. It wasn’t my intention to have you read about this now, but there were so many people involved, I kind of last track of who-knew-what.

Joey