Jacksonville hip hop all-star (and Urban Jacksonville Weekly intro producer) Tough Junkie has produced the latest track for the new Black Sheep single “Birds of a Feather”.
This is HUGE. Jacksonville hip hop history! Ian Ranne said it best: That’s right folks, Q Tip, De La, Black Sheep, and The JBs on a TOUGH JUNKIE track….sorta like a big deal to my people!
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In the late 80s and early 90s, the loosely affiliated Native Tongues crew brought a playful bohemian warmth to hip-hop, helping to expand the genre’s boundaries. And now Black Sheep leader Dres has reunited luminaries from four principal Native Tongues groups (De La Soul, A Tribe Called Quest, Jungle Brothers, and Black Sheep) for the Black Sheep single “Birds of a Feather”.
DJ Maseo from De La Soul Spinning Live at Lomax Lodge June 18th in 5 Points
And in related hip hop news, DJ Maseo from De La Soul is spining live at The Lomax Lodge in 5 Points on Friday, June 18th with DJ Therapy and $THE BIG BUCKS$.
Urban Jacksonville Weekly: Tony Allegretti, Joey Marchy, Jonathan Bennett, Tough Junkie and Jack Diablo (not pictured)
First Coast Connect, Friday at 9:00
I’ll be on WJCT’s First Coast Connect this morning talking about Mayor Peyton lobbying members of the City Council for about $23 million in downtown improvements to increase public access and spruce up amenities on the St. Johns River. Listen here »
Live Urban Jacksonville Weekly, Saturday January 23rd at the Burrito Gallery
To celebrate our 50th Episode of Urban Jacksonville Weekly we’ll be doing a live show at the Burrito Gallery on Saturday January 23rd at 1:30pm. There will be lunch specials, giveaways and live performances by Tough Junkie.
Our special 50th Episode guest is Ian Ranne. Shantytown owner and one of the hardest working entrepreneurs in the Urban Core. We will be taking questions from the audience and there may be a few more surprises in store so don’t miss it. More information to come.
Want to Sponsor the Show or Get Involved?
We are looking for a show sponsor and additional giveaway items. If you want to get involved contact me at joeymarchy@gmail.com
Tune in to Urban Jacksonville Weekly on Monday for Content Design Group
Photo courtesy of Metro Jacksonville and Content Design Group
Greg and Jason from Content Design Group will be in studio on Monday January 11th to talk about the Metro Jacksonville article Is Springfield Ready for a Car Wash? and the role they played in the architecture of the revised plans:
Can a car wash be a part of an urban revitalization plan? After heated opposition and misinformation dominating discussion about the 4th & Main project, owner Silas Jones has modified development plans to better integrate the project within the community. Can common ground be found that will finally lead to project approval and new life along the Main Street corridor?
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Vote for the New Urban Jacksonville Weekly Intro
Tough Junkie was awesome enough to produce these three themes for the NEW Urban Jacksonville Weekly intro and we want you to vote on your favorite. When the favorite is selected, Jonathan will edit it down into an intro and outro for the show.
Theme #1
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Section 8 is the Grandfather of Jacksonville Zines
Section 8 is shooting for a Sept Release
Recommendations:
Joey – metrojacksonville/neighborhoods and The Sinclair this Friday
Junkie- Take a second or five to dance. (so you won’t go crazy)
Jon Ben- Southern Pecan Beer/ new npr.org / The green monster in the river.
Tony – August 29th International Dog Day @ Riverside Arts Market/ Art Walk on Wednesday
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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.
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
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.
GET LOOSE presents: “The Official Album Droppage Party”, Friday, June 19th @ Club TSI (http://clubtsi.com/) located in downtown Jax @ 333 East Bay Street.
The Album Droppage Party is from 9pm-1:30am and the talent will include emcees Arsun F!st, Paten Locke (aka Therapy of The Smile Rays, Asamov, Black Gestapos, The Perceptionists, The Alias Brothers) and featured DJs ZaneIII, SpaceMikeSpace and NickFRESH.
This will be an evening like no other so Junkie will be expecting all of you to clear your calendars. There will be music, dance contests with prizes, free snacks, great prices on beer and wine, surprise guests, giveaways and plenty of copies of the album for sale. This isn’t a concert or your average show, this is a party, so don’t show up 3 hours after it starts or you’ll miss out. Members of the facebook group have/will recieve an invitation to the party that will include a map with directions to the club if you’re not already a patron to TSI.
Google Reader helped me get a grasp on all my news sources. I’ve found a great new workflow with Google Reader that allows me to fly through 60-70 Jacksonville related posts per day. I enjoy using the share functionality for items I don’t have time to post on Urban Jacksonville. You can view my shared items page or subscribe to the RSS feed.
The The Jacksonville Observer launched this weekend. It’s a cool idea but there’s is too much syndicated content for me. I’d love to see more Jacksonville related stories. Tom Patton, who writes for The Jacksonville Observer, talks about the new site.
a business model is emerging up that has local people covering local stories and leaving the big national stories alone. With so many outlets devoted to the big national stories, local coverage sometimes seems to get short shrift. In hyper-local journalism, the marketplace may again be giving us insight as to what people want to read and understand. One might think that’s counter-intuitive on the “worldwide webâ€, and yet it speaks to a readership that is interested in their communities, and have found the web to be a perfect delivery vehicle for that content.
It’s revolutionary for Jacksonville and I commend Austin Cassidy for pulling it together. I have a plan like this too, but I’m laying back for a second to work on some other projects.
JaxScene posts some traffic numbers and reminds everyone they forgot to tell JaxScene happy birthday. Happy birthday on 1-year JaxScene. It’s a feat of dedication and love for the community, we’re lucky to have you.
