The Four Elements of Hip Hop Showcase

Jan. 15th at The Emerson Cultural Center 6pm-9 pm

Graffiti -- 6:30-7pm

We will not be able to do a live painting, unless the weather allows us to put something together outside of Emerson Cultural Center.  We will plan on local artist John Warren, Brian Koenig, Gabriel Schiers, and Nekst to display some of their graffiti pieces. The Pieces will be floating around the Emerson Ballroom. Artist will also have the option to give a brief speech about their influences.

DJ -- 7-7:30pm

We will present 2 to 3 Local DJ's to perform a display of the different forms of Deejaying. This DJ portion will provide a great show of old school Mixing, Scratching.  To show the current and future trends of Hip Hop we will step into the New School with Beat Making Deejay's and HD Projector Video Deejaying.

B -Boy (Break Dancing) --7:30-8:00pm

This Element will be represented by local Bozeman dance crews “Montana Freestylers" and the “Hip Hop Disciples” who will team up to do an old school competition set versus the “Soled Out Crew” out of Missoula, MT. “Montana Freestylers” is led by Debbie Vetter features  exchange and  local students. “Hip Hop Disciples” is headed by Bozeman native Tuzco and consists of local High School and Junior High School students. “Soled Out Crew” Is led by University of Montana students Zach Ford, Will Bradley, Trevor Pressler, and Satoshi Kubo.  All of the dance crews will collaborate on a choreographed B-Boy battle dance showcase.  The showcase will be judged by Abstract Rude winning Crew will be presented with a Trophy.

MC -- 8:00-9:00pm

We will have a 16 Bars Rap Off. 16 Bars is a basic verse in a Rap song. We will invite 4 local M.C.'s to write an original verse/16 Bars. The MC's will get three different topics to write three verses about. We will also have a Wild Card Battle at Cactus Records for non-invited M.C.'s that feel they have what it takes to be in the 16 Bars Rap Off. (The Wildcard event will be on Jan. 13th). The 16 Bar Rap off will be Judged by Ryhmesayer's Artist /Producer “Abstract Rude” and “Shames Worthy” and Cactus Records Owner Mike “Bueno” Good.  After the battle we will have “Shames Worthy” perform a 20-30 min Hip Hop Set.

Also as part of the 16 Bar Rap off we will have a beat contest for local producers.  Winning Beats will be paired up with the Three Topics for MC's to use. Producers will be able to turn in beats by emailing Soundcloud Links or they can drop off hard copies to Cactus Records/Nightlife. For more details about beat contest check out www.bozemanskissfm.com

Abstract Rude- As a product of the legendary Good life open mic sessions, Abstract Rude splashed onto the scene in 1994 as part of the famed Project Blowed crew that included LA's Freestyle Fellowship and Aceyalone. As one half of the A-Team (with Aceyalone), one third of Haiku D'Etat (with Aceyalone & Myka 9) and frontman of his group Abstract Tribe Unique (ATU), Ab Rude has endeared himself to fans worldwide through consistent touring and genre defining albums.  Once signed to the Beastie Boys Grand Royal imprint, Ab has readied himself to re-emerge with Rhymesayers Entertainment and his most consistent and focused work to date, Rejuvenation. Produced entirely by Seattle super producer Vitamin D (G-Unit, Redman, Young Buck, Gift of Gab, Choklate, Shames Worthy- He's been referred to as “the emcee's emcee”. He's a founding member of the Tunnel Rats crew as well as the group Footsoldiers. Raphi, who now goes by Shames Worthy, paid his dues at such legendary spots as The Good Life, Project Blowed, Elements, Unity, and The Breaks & Foundation during “the wonder years” of L.A. Hip-Hop. He's been all across the country as well as the UK, Australia & Israel

Employee Picks (Best of 2011)

Best of 2011

According to the
Cactus Records Staff

Bueno:

1. The Kills "Blood Pressure"

2. The Beastie Boys “Hot Sauce Committee Part 2”

3. Dessa “Castor the Twin”

4. Sims “Bad Time Zoo”
5. Tom Waits “Bad As Me”

6. The Black Keys “El Camino”

7. Nick Lowe “Old Magic”

8. Foster the People “Torches”

9. Danger Mouse & Danielle Loupi “Rome” 

10. Imelda May “Love Tattoo”

Honorable Mentions:
Hanni El Khatib “Will the Guns Come Out”
Wild Flag “Wild Flag”

Ryan:

1. Gillian Welch "Harrow & the Harvest"
2. Decemberists "King Is Dead"
3. Donnie Evil "Holiday That!"
4. Primus "Green Naugahyde"
5. "Weird Al" Yankovic "Alpocalypse"
6. Black Keys "El Camino"
7. Fountains of Wayne "Sky Full of Holes"
8. They Might Be Giants "Join Us"
9. Tom Waits "Bad As Me"

10.Various "The Green Album: Muppets Tribute Album"

Chelsea:

1. Chris Thile and Michael Daves  "Sleep With One Eye Open"
2. Gillian Welch "The Harrow and the Harvest"
3. Ma, Meyer, Thile, and Duncan "The Goat Rodeo Sessions"
4. The Kills "Blood Pressures"
5. The Decemberists "The King is Dead"
6. Primus "Green Naugahyde"
7. Steve Earle "I'll Never Get out of This World Alive"
8. Sarah Jarosz "Follow Me Down"
9. Abigail Washburn "City of Refuge"
10. Dj Numark "Take Me With You"

Doc: 

1. Adele "21"

2. Betty White & the Roots "Betty Wright: The Movie"

3. Chris Thile and Michael Daves  "Sleep With One Eye Open"

4. Gillian Welch  "The Harrow and the Harvest"

5. Imelda May "Mayhem"

6. My Brightest Diamond "All Things Will Unwind"

7. North Mississippi Allstars "Keys to The Kingdom"

8. Tom Waits "Bad As Me"

9. Ma, Meyer, Thile, and Duncan "The Goat Rodeo Sessions"

10. Various  "Treme: Original Television Soundtrack"

R.E.D.

1. Tom Waits "Bad As Me"
2. Scott H Biram "Bad Ingredients"
3. Black Joe Lewis "Scandalous"
4. Wanda Jackson "Party Ain't Over"
5. Hanni El Khatib "Will The Guns Come Out"
6. Kills "Blood Pressure"
7. Donnie Evil "Holiday That!"
8. Primus "Green Naugahyde"
9. PJ Harvey "Let England Shake"
10. Gillian Welch "The Harrow & the Harvest"  

Klaralyn:

1. Danger Mouse & Danielle Luppi "Rome"
2. The Beastie Boys “Hot Sauce Committee Part 2”
3. Tom Waits "Bad As Me"
4. Foo Fighters "Wasting Light"
5. Black Joe Lewis "Scandalous"
6. Chemical Brothers "Hanna Soundtrack"
7. Aloe Blacc "Good Things"
8. Primus "Green Naugahyde"
9. Foster The People "Torches"    

10. OK Go "180/365" 

Tol:

1. Cedric Kewlow "Sol"
2. Kimya Dawson Thunder Thighs"
3. Donnie Evil "Holiday That!"
4. Primus "Green Naugahyde"
5. Tom Waits "Bad As Me"
6. They Might Be Giants "Join Us"
7. Dead Milkmen King in Yellow"
8. Various "The Green Album: Muppets Tribute Album"
9. B.U.T. "Assorted B.U.T.  Demos"
10. B.U.T. "I Love B.U.T."

Employee Picks

Ryan:

* Josh Ritter--Bring In The Darlings (vinyl)
* Thunderclap Newman--Hollywood Dream
* Jack White--Blunderbuss

Chelsea:

*Grace Potter & the Nocturnals--Live From the Legendary Sun Studios (vinyl)
*Sex Pistols--Never Mind the Bullocks 

Doc:

* Imelda May--Mayhem
* Betty Wright — Betty Wright: The Movie

Red:
* Cramps--Stay Sick (vinyl)
* Scott H. Biram--Bad Ingredients

Tol:


* Cedric Kreklow--Sol
*Queen--News of the World (vinyl)


Klarlyn:

*Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band--Wrecking Ball
*Betty Davis--They Say I'm Different

Bueno:

*Justin Townes Earle--Nothing's Gonna Change The Way You Feel About Me Now
*Alabama Shakes--Boys & Girls
*Miike Snow--Happy to You

This Week In Rock History

1954--Seven years after it was initially recorded, Bing Crosby's version of Irving Berlin's song White Christmas enters the charts for the first time. Crosby's version of the song would go on to sell over 100 million copies worldwide, holding the record for the most copies sold of a single until 1997 when it was surpassed by Elton John's re-recording of Candle in The Wind for Princess Dianna.

1960—12 year-old James Taylor receives a guitar for Christmas .

1964--Patty Boyd, then girlfriend of George Harrison, is attacked by female Beatles fans who are jealous of her relationship with George.

1968--Peter Tork quits the Monkees. He buys out his contract for $160,000, all the money he had in the world. He returned to the Monkees in 1986, and has performed with them off-and-on since.

1970--George Harrison's My Sweet Lord becomes the first solo hit for a member of the The Beatles. Later Harrison would be found guilty of unintentionally plagiarizing the melody line from The Chiffons’ 1963 hit He's So Fine.

1970--Elvis Presley tours FBI headquarters in Washington, DC. He requests, and is granted, a permit to carry a gun in all 50 states.

1974--British blues band Fleetwood Mac change their line-up for the 10th time, adding guitarist Lindsey Buckingham and singer Stevie Nicks. With the new line-up the band morphed into a best selling pop/rock act.

1982--Jamaica issues a Bob Marley commemorative stamp.

1990-- James Brown uses his two day furlough from prison to give his first concert in two years in Ft. Jackson, South Carolina.

1998--Bryan McLean, guitarist for the band Love, is having Christmas dinner with a young fan researching a book on the band, when he drops dead at the table from a massive heart attack.

2004--A North Carolina man named Wade Jones sold three tablespoons of water taken from a cup used by Elvis Presley during a 1977 concert for $455.

Rock News

Ending months of speculation and rumor, it was announced on Monday, December 26^th, that Van Halen will be hitting the road in 2012. The band, who have reunited with original lead-singer “Diamond” David Lee Roth, singed with Colombia Records in September to record a new album, now set to be released in February. Tour dates and venues have not been released, however tickets are slated to go on sale January 10^th. 

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Rapper Marion Hamilton, better known as Slim Dunkin, the newest, and youngest, member of the 1017 Brick Squad (along side Waka Flocka Flame, Gucci Mane, and others) was shot and killed on December 16th after an alleged argument over candy. Unconfirmed reports from witnesses say the argument began when Dunkin stole a piece of candy from an unnamed man at an Atlanta recording studio. The argument then escalated in to a fistfight, with the second man leaving the recording studio, returning at around 5:30pm with a gun, and shooting Dunkin four times in the chest. Dunkin's funeral is schedule to take place later this week in Atlanta.  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Irish singer Sinead O'Connor's fourth marriage has ended in divorce after just 18 days. O'Connor married child psychologist Barry Herridge on December 8th, her 45th birthday, in a drive-thru ceremony in Las Vegas after dating for one week. O'Connor met Herridge online after he responded to her much-publicized search for a "wham-bam" sexual encounter. In a statement O'Connor said she chose to end the marriage after two weeks because she felt her new husband was "terribly unhappy" due to conflict from members of his family regarding the marriage. This was O'Connor's 2nd divorce in 2011, her third marriage, to Steve Cooney, had ended in divorce in January. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Fueling speculations of reunion from Guns n' Roses classic line-up at their Rock-and-Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony, singer Axl Rose has dropped hints that he would be willing to perform with some, but not all, of his former band-mates. Rose told the LA Times that he would consider reuniting with former guitarist Slash and bassist Duff McKagan, but not rhythm guitarist Izzy Stradlin or drummer Steven Adler. "It's nothing against Izzy and it's nothing against Steven," Rose said "[however] I've toured with the other guys and I’ve also seen what they’ve done since, and I just know the difficulties. So it’s not really even a full reunion." Rose also said that he and Slash had been "...at war since Day 1...the fight with me and Slash started the day I met him. " ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Contemporary R&B singer R. Kelly has reportedly written 32 more chapters to his musical soap opera "Trapped In The Closet." Kelly penned the initial 22 chapters in 2005, writing and performing the music, as well as starring in the episodes. Kelly's "hip-hopera" relates the tale of Sylvester (played by Kelly) and a complicated chain of marital infidelities, gunplay, pregnancy, disease, and a "blessed" midget. Kelly ended the original series of episodes with "To be continued..." in 2007 and is currently seeking backers to help finance the next leg of the project.

Rock News

--Rumors hit the Internet on Monday morning claiming that Bon Jovi lead-singer Jon Bon Jovi had died suddenly of cardiac arrest. The rumors were traced back to a blog post which came complete with a fake obituary, reprinting large parts of Michael Jackson's LA Times obituary from 2009. Bon Jovi, who took the news in stride, released a photo of himself on Twitter holding a sign that read "Heaven looks a lot like New Jersey. December 19th, 2011 - 6:00."

--73-year-old soul and blues singer Etta James, best known for her 1961 rendition of the ballad At Last, is terminally ill. James has been privately battling leukemia and dementia since January, with her manager making the announcement on December 16th that she was "in the final stages" of the disease. James' son, Donto, who controls the singer's estate, has been battling with her husband concerning money allocated for her treatment. James, who's a member of the Rock-and-Roll Hall of Fame, Grammy Hall of Fame, and the Blues Hall of Fame, was listed at number 61 on Rolling Stone Magazine's top 100 singers.

--After great speculation The Beach Boys have announced that the remaining members, including estranged former leader Brain Wilson, will reunite for their 50th Anniversary. Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Al Jardine, Bruce Johnston and David Marks will set out on a 50-date tour, followed by a new album in 2012. The band had been splintered since the 1998 death of founding member Carl Wilson, touring in separate camps and exchanging lawsuits and bitter comments; however, according to singer Mike Love "All that stuff is long forgotten."

This Week In Rock History

1953—29 year-old Hank Williams Sr. dies of heart failure on his way home from a gig. At the time of his death Williams was in the #1 spot on the Country/Western charts with “I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive”

1954—Just days after being named Cashbox Magazine's “Most Promising New Act”, piano player Johnny Ace is accidentally killed playing a game of Russian Roulette backstage after a show.

1964—Beach Boy's front-man and primary songwriter Brian Wilson suffers a nervous breakdown on a flight from LA to Houston. He would retire from public performance for nearly 25 years.

1964—In response to the growing trend of long hair on men, The Rolling Stones take out a full-page ad in the New Musical Express wishing a Merry Christmas to the “starving hairdressers.”

1970—Elvis Presley meets with then president Richard Nixon to discuss how he can "help fight drugs." Elvis arranged the meeting after his help was turned down by the head of the narcotics bureau earlier in the day, saying that "only the president could override his decision." Elvis presented Nixon with a chrome plated Colt .45 revolver. In exchange Nixon gave Presley a narcotics bureau badge.

1977—Cat Stevens announces that he has converted to Islam and changed his name to Yusef Islam.

1980--An album called "The Wit and Wisdom of Ronald Reagan" was released by Stiff Records. The entire disc contained 40 minutes of silence.