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From K-Murdock:

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Shouts to the homie Seannie Cameras for putting this lil' video together for VIMBY.com. We shot this interview/feature back in March and have been eagerly awaiting the finished product to air! It was well worth the wait and just in time too, because we plan on increasing our visibility in the coming months in anticipation of not 1, but 2 NEW Panacea albums!! You can actually listen to a new song called "Reasons" over at our myspace page which will be on the Panacea compilation project called, "Corkscrew Gaps". "CG" is a collection of unreleased songs that didn't make past albums as well as rare collabos and remixes we have done with a wide array of artist that range from domestic to overseas! The other album, which we recently debuted a song off on my satellite radio show Subsoniq, is called "The 12 Step Program" and will be out this fall- details coming soon... in the meantime, go ahead and set aside some cash and sign up below to the Panacea mailing list, so u can stay in the loop :)

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You don’t hear a lot of rappers spittin about Kabbalah, but that's just one of the things that makes well traveled emcee Eprhyme so interesting. Eprhyme grew up in Phoenix where he played the sax and did poetry readings with his brother Cannupa Hanska, primarily at a club called The House of Grooves. During that time in the mid 90’s he also started jumping into some ciphers, although he didn’t actually write any of his rhymes down until half a decade later. At 18 Eprhyme moved to Olympia, WA, for college and ended up staying for ten years before eventually moving to Brooklyn. While in Olympia he rapped with a crew called the Saints of Everyday Failures. The group would put out five albums independently. Before that he was in what he describes as an “art-noise-ritual-metal jazz band” called American Cancer. This week, intrigued by both his music and his life story, I sat down with Eprhyme to ask him about his mixing of traditional Jewish music with Hip-Hop, his openness about his religion in his work, and what Kabbalah is really all about.

Read the full interview at:  http://adambernard.blogspot.com/2009/07/artist-of-week-eprhyme.html

Review by Steve 'Flash' Juon

Artist: Vic D f/ Juelz Santana
Title: Out the Bottle
Label: Vic D Music

Vic D's journey through hip-hop has taken him from South Jamaica, Queens to Atlanta G-A and all the way back around again. On his return he's linked up with Juelz Santana for the single "Out the Bottle." For better or worse Santana steals the spotlight on this song, which is reminiscent of the back to basics beats that got Chris & Neef over on "Can't Stop, Won't Stop." He vows to "treat ladies like babies [and] make 'em drink it out the bottle" but if someone acts stupid he'll "beat 'em with the bottle/then get back to what we doin, yup! Drinkin out the bottle." Vic D starts and finishes off the song though and stitches it together with the hook: "What we need a cup fo', FUCK NO!" Well if your aim is to get drunk, you sure as hell don't, and this is the kind of song that probably rocks even harder if you are when you're at the club. It's a straight up booty shaker.

Review by Steve 'Flash' Juon

Artist: Tocarra f/ Yung Dro
Title: I'm Out
Label: Tocarra Music

Random singles come and go, but I have to admit the singer behind chorus of "I'm Out" got a laugh out of me: "I'm lit, got'cha girl slurrin and shit/I'm 'bout to post up at his crib cause you know I'ma get it." You go Tocarra, go on wit'cha bad self. Whoever's behind the beat doesn't get much credit for creativity though, as it's ripping off the stereotypical Arabian "snake charmer" melodies that are so popular these days. Dro has the best part of the song: "I tell you what I think, you wanna ride with a killer/Your girl jockin but pimpin do not wanna hear her." Actually that might be an accurate description of having a girl this sloshed all over you at the club. The song - like the attitude expressed in the hook - is an entertaining trainwreck but a trainwreck all the same.

Review by Steve 'Flash' Juon

Artist: Brown Bag AllStars
Title: Brooklyn Queens Expressway
Label: Brown Bag AllStars

Marink on the beat. Koncept and J57 on rhymes. DeeJay Element scratching on the 1's and 2's. Add it all up and you've got the Brown Bag AllStars, a "Don't Give a Flying Fuck" collective who have been giving away fat tracks for free for the last month - and I just caught the late pass. Better late than never though as "Brooklyn Queens Expressway" is an adrenaline fueled and humor laced romp down a crowded highway, weaving around Keith Murray samples threatening to "drink ya style down straight with no chaser." This is what would happen if DJ Premier, The Beanuts and Marco Polo all got fucked up one night and started remixing each other's shit. Koncept may rep the best out of the BBAS posse: "He's gainin' in his game, it's a shame when you lose it/When bringing up my name, I am great, don't confuse it!" My review probably won't do the banging pianos and flippant flutes justice, so I encourage you to go to the Brown Bag AllStars website yourself to check out the dopeness.

Hip-Hop Shop is the precursor to K4D every week on Sunday night. On Episode 38 we're joined by K-Murdock from Panacea and Subsoniq to talk about the relationship between hip-hop and pro wrestling. If you would like to sponsor Hip-Hop Shop please send an e-mail to dj.flash@rapreviews.com for more information. The Hip-Hop Shop is 100% podsafe so distribute to your friends and tell them to visit RapReviews.com!

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From Nancy B:

Massive HIV Awareness Campaign
Over 5,000 Tested Thus far  

HOUSTON (July 2, 2009) — Radio Station KBXX-FM 97.9 The Box, The Houston Department of Health and Human Services and AIDS Foundation Houston in conjunction with the NAACP Houston Branch and Amerigroup Community Care are sponsoring a city-wide awareness campaign for HIV and STD education.

Hip Hop for HIV Awareness is slated to be the single largest testing event in the United States. The goal of the campaign is to provide free and confidential HIV and syphilis screening to 15,000 youth and young adults between the ages of 15-40 in the City of Houston. Thus far, over 5,000 have shown up to find out their status. Free testing began on Monday, June 22 for four consecutive days at the NAACP Family Technology Center located at 4203 Fannin Street in Houston and will continue through July 10th  at various other locations across the city.

Hip Hop for HIV Awareness encourages youth and young adults to receive free testing and consultation.  Each person tested will receive one ticket to a star-studded concert featuring national recording artists Plies, Pleasure P, Day 26, Melanie Fiona, Bobby Valentino, LeToya Luckett, Twista, Yung Problemz, Yung L.A., G.T., Gorilla Zoe, Bun B and Ginuwine.

The concert event will take place on Saturday, July 11, 2009 in Houston at The George R. Brown Convention Center from 2:00p – 6:00p. Only those tested for HIV and receiving their results will be issued a ticket for admittance.  

The HIV epidemic is a growing concern. African Americans, women and youth are among the fastest growing population of new HIV infections. There are 18,404 individuals known living with HIV in Houston/ Harris County and an estimated 3,500 to 4,500 individuals living with undiagnosed HIV infection. Every 9 ½ minutes someone is infected with HIV in the United States.

For testing dates and locations or for additional information concerning this event go to www.kbxx.com .