Hip Hop Gigs 2012

Jimmy Iovine · 28-03-2012 3:03am

Soul Khan and Koncept are doing a tour of England next month. I'd love to go see them. Koncept's album is something else. No cheap flights at all.

United are playing at home that weekend so all the cheap flights to Manchester, Liverpool and Leeds are gone. Probably wasn't feasible anyway. I don't exactly have that much money atm.

I'll just have to wait for him to become a big enough act so that he might venture over here for a few gigs in the future some time.

conor.hogan.2 · 28-03-2012 3:39am

Boat to Liverpool? Return ferry with no overnight stay and ticket in wouldn't be that expensive.

Boom_Bap · 28-03-2012 8:23am

Soul Khan and Koncept would be excellent, and probably draw a good crowd as well due to Soul Khans popularity in the battle leagues.

And I have found thier bookings email address. I might pass this on to a promoter I know to see if he can make anything happen for an Irish date.

If not, the Ferry is a good option.

Jimmy Iovine · 28-03-2012 1:04pm

Boom_Bap wrote: »

Soul Khan and Koncept would be excellent, and probably draw a good crowd as well due to Soul Khans popularity in the battle leagues.

And I have found thier bookings email address. I might pass this on to a promoter I know to see if he can make anything happen for an Irish date.

If not, the Ferry is a good option.

I wrote to Koncept on Twitter asking him about it and he said he'd love to come over here for a gig. All he needs is the promoter on board.

They would surely pull in a decent enough crowd.

I've done that boat trip before. It's handy and not too expensive but it is a soul wrecking journey. My hand may be forced on it I'll see.

Jimmy Iovine · 28-03-2012 8:55pm

Death Grips play Academy 2 on the 18th of May.

http://www.ticketmaster.ie/Death-Grips-tickets/artist/5039993

Boom_Bap · 29-03-2012 10:42am

Jimmy Iovine wrote: »

Death Grips play Academy 2 on the 18th of May.

http://www.ticketmaster.ie/Death-Grips-tickets/artist/5039993

This is awesome. Not sure what type of crowd they will draw. They are also releasing a new album in April as well:

http://www.pitchfork.com/news/45832-death-grips-share-nsfw-album-cover-tracklist/

Jimmy Iovine · 29-03-2012 12:54pm

Boom_Bap wrote: »

This is awesome. Not sure what type of crowd they will draw. They are also releasing a new album in April as well:

http://www.pitchfork.com/news/45832-death-grips-share-nsfw-album-cover-tracklist/

Not the usual crowd anyway I'd imagine.

I think they've another album coming out this year as well. Not fully sure though.

They can be hard enough to listen to. Going from someone like KRIT to these on my iPod is some shock. Must give them a full listen later on.

Raekwon · 29-03-2012 1:24pm

Got an email from Choice Cuts with the news that The Trap Door Rapp Tour feat. Edan, Mr. Lif, Paten Locke & Willy Evans Jnr will be coming to Dublin at the end of next month.

http://vimeo.com/39044933

Boom_Bap · 29-03-2012 1:56pm

Raekwon wrote: »

Got an email from Choice Cuts with the news that The Trap Door Rapp Tour feat. Edan, Mr. Lif, Paten Locke & Willy Evans Jnr will be coming to Dublin at the end of next month.

http://vimeo.com/39044933

Excellent, more info here http://us2.campaign-archive2.com/?u=f3c9b94c5458fdff4f5d12826&id=aeb2cd8def

Even if you've never heard of Edan, you should go to this. One of the best live performers ever.

Jimmy Iovine · 30-03-2012 10:33pm

Freddie Gibbs is touring Europe (minus Ireland, yet again) next month.

April 13th - London, UK @ East Village

April 14th - Berlin, Germany @ Bohannon

April 16th - Copenhagen, Denmark @ KB18

April 17th - Paris, France @ La Maroquinerie

April 18th - Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Bitterzoet

April 19th - Rotterdam, Netherlands @ Podium De Nieuwe Oogst

April 20th - Oslo, Norway @ Beatbar

April 21st - Zurich, Switzerland @ Stall 6

April 23rd - Montpellier, France @L'antiroulle

Andy_rse · 31-03-2012 3:31am

Immortal Technique is announcing Euro dates tomorrow. Heres hoping for an Irish date. Hopefully for me another Belfast show!

ghostface ste · 31-03-2012 5:55pm

Andy_rse wrote: »

Immortal Technique is announcing Euro dates tomorrow. Heres hoping for an Irish date. Hopefully for me another Belfast show!

Hope the lads (from Cork I think

) are back at the gig wearing scarves over their faces. That was very entertaining

Not sure if would head again, haven't heard much new material last few years, was a good gig tho

Jimmy Iovine · 31-03-2012 6:47pm

Andy_rse wrote: »

Immortal Technique is announcing Euro dates tomorrow. Heres hoping for an Irish date. Hopefully for me another Belfast show!

I had a look there and there doesn't seem to be any Irish or UK gigs at all. Portugal, Switzerland, Netherlands and Scandinavia.

Jimmy Iovine · 31-03-2012 7:53pm

#NoKings European tour dates are being announced today. Stay tuned and check http://www.doomtree.net for updates

That's from Sims. Hopefully they have a gig here, but I'm not expecting one at all really.

I looked at their site there and at the moment it seems like they're playing London, Bristol and Birmingham on the 14th, 15th and 16th of May.

Having delved a little more into it they are opening for Yelawolf on all three nights. Chances are high then maybe that they'll be here for his gig in the Academy.

Boom_Bap · 01-04-2012 8:59am

Jimmy Iovine wrote: »

#NoKings European tour dates are being announced today. Stay tuned and check http://www.doomtree.net for updates

That's from Sims. Hopefully they have a gig here, but I'm not expecting one at all really.

I looked at their site there and at the moment it seems like they're playing London, Bristol and Birmingham on the 14th, 15th and 16th of May.

Having delved a little more into it they are opening for Yelawolf on all three nights. Chances are high then maybe that they'll be here for his gig in the Academy.

Excellent, no other updates yet, so i'm going to start looking for flights.

Jimmy Iovine · 01-04-2012 12:29pm

Boom_Bap wrote: »

Excellent, no other updates yet, so i'm going to start looking for flights.

Thankfully it's on in May so the flights are going to be relatively cheap. My preference would be Birmingham. The airport is connected to the train station by a SkyRail train, and then it's about 10 minutes into the city. It's perfect, you've almost no walking to do at all

.

Only €28 for a return flight for the dates.

Boom_Bap · 02-04-2012 11:06am

Doomtree Brussels date has been added...May 6th.

Liquidswords · 02-04-2012 12:49pm

Andy_rse wrote: »

Immortal Technique is announcing Euro dates tomorrow. Heres hoping for an Irish date. Hopefully for me another Belfast show!

That gig was awful, he talked his viva la revolution sh*t for more time than he actually rapped. It was really poor, hands down the worst hip hop show I've ever been to.

Jimmy Iovine · 02-04-2012 8:58pm

Boom_Bap wrote: »

Doomtree Brussels date has been added...May 6th.

Another new one. Heidelberg in Germany on the 9th of May. They're getting further away from Ireland with every announcement.

Boom_Bap · 03-04-2012 10:04am

Jimmy Iovine wrote: »

Another new one. Heidelberg in Germany on the 9th of May. They're getting further away from Ireland with every announcement.

That is tempting, Heidleberg is a excellent spot to visit.

Jimmy Iovine · 03-04-2012 10:40pm

Boom_Bap wrote: »

That is tempting, Heidleberg is a excellent spot to visit.

If I'd the money I'd probably go. No job means no travel to Europe for me.

I'm still hoping that they announce an Irish gig. I read this today on their site.

We’ll be spending a good chunk of May across the pond playing some headlining shows, a few festivals, and some support slots on the Yelawolf tour. I can’t tell you how long we’ve all been dreaming about this opportunity. So so amped about it. You can check out info on a few of the dates that have been announced so far below. Still many, many more to come later this week (and in quite a few more countries as well), so keep it locked.

If the Irish gig doesn't materialise I'll think about the Bristol or Birmingham gig, whichever is handiest.

first son · 03-04-2012 11:03pm

End Of The Weak is launching in Ireland April 14th at Sweeneys Bar
heres the fb event page, http://www.facebook.com/events/268763759871324/
Caxton Press and Logic (Peoples Army) are comin over from the uk to perform and Sons Phonetic and Lethal Dialect are also performing.
5 euro in,gonna be a good one

Boom_Bap · 04-04-2012 8:31am

Jimmy Iovine wrote: »

If I'd the money I'd probably go. No job means no travel to Europe for me.

I'm still hoping that they announce an Irish gig. I read this today on their site.

If the Irish gig doesn't materialise I'll think about the Bristol or Birmingham gig, whichever is handiest.

Going to hold off myself for a bit to see what else getsw announced.

ghostface ste · 23-04-2012 11:59pm

I see Brother Ali is touring Europe with Grieves/Budo for support. Would love to see Grieves live, Ali would need to step it up from his last show.

No Irish date anyway and 4 UK stops on the tour

conor.hogan.2 · 24-04-2012 12:33am

He was in crawdaddy 2 ish years ago? He might add a date later.

Jimmy Iovine · 30-04-2012 10:15am

Brother Ali better come to Ireland. Sims from Doomtree is providing support for a few of the dates.

Andy_rse · 30-04-2012 1:28pm

Jimmy Iovine wrote: »

Brother Ali better come to Ireland. Sims from Doomtree is providing support for a few of the dates.

Has this been announced? Just seen Ali on twitter yesterday saying he might kidnap him for a few shows. Im flying over for 2 of the English shows, hopefully he'll be at one of them.

Jimmy Iovine · 30-04-2012 2:58pm

Andy_rse wrote: »

Has this been announced? Just seen Ali on twitter yesterday saying he might kidnap him for a few shows. Im flying over for 2 of the English shows, hopefully he'll be at one of them.

Yea Sims put it up on his facebook page. I don't think he's joining him on any of the English gigs. It's only ones on mainland Europe. I'm on my phone now so I can't post the dates but have a look at the dates Doomtree are playing in Europe and it'll be straight after that.

Andy_rse · 30-04-2012 6:34pm

Jimmy Iovine wrote: »

Yea Sims put it up on his facebook page. I don't think he's joining him on any of the English gigs. It's only ones on mainland Europe. I'm on my phone now so I can't post the dates but have a look at the dates Doomtree are playing in Europe and it'll be straight after that.

Just seen it there, cheers.

Ah well maybe next time!

PrettyBoy · 01-05-2012 6:43pm

Childish Gambino playing The Academy August 17th

http://www.ticketmaster.ie/Childish-Gambino-tickets/artist/1503424

Am I the only one that thinks €33.50 is a bit expensive..?

Jimmy Iovine · 01-05-2012 8:36pm

Very expensive for someone like him. I'd have expected something more in the region of €15. Add another 30 to that ticket and you could go to see Jigga and Kanye. Pretty crazy pricing.

Bobby Baccala · 01-05-2012 8:41pm

Jimmy Iovine wrote: »

Very expensive for someone like him. I'd have expected something more in the region of €15. Add another 30 to that ticket and you could go to see Jigga and Kanye. Pretty crazy pricing.

Add another 50 to that and you'll get jay and kanye, my ticket cost me 80 quid online.

Kylo Ren · 01-05-2012 8:42pm

My friend bought me a ticket. Should be good.

Jimmy Iovine · 01-05-2012 8:48pm

P4DDY2K11 wrote: »

Add another 50 to that and you'll get jay and kanye, my ticket cost me 80 quid online.

I only gave a guess at that. I forgot the price of them. It's still way too much to see a lad who really only has one album out and a few mixtapes/independent albums.

Kylo Ren · 01-05-2012 8:52pm

Jimmy Iovine wrote: »

I only gave a guess at that. I forgot the price of them. It's still way too much to see a lad who really only has one album out and a few mixtapes/independent albums.

I'd say him being on Community adds the extra cash.

Jimmy Iovine · 08-05-2012 10:54pm

In case anyone in here hasn't heard Death Grips have cancelled their tour and won't be playing in the Academy next week. They're working on their next album instead. Bit strange considering they've only just put out one.

Boom_Bap · 09-05-2012 8:43am

Jimmy Iovine wrote: »

In case anyone in here hasn't heard Death Grips have cancelled their tour and won't be playing in the Academy next week. They're working on their next album instead. Bit strange considering they've only just put out one.

Shame about that, would have been great.

Wiirdo · 09-05-2012 11:17am

PrettyBoy wrote: »

Childish Gambino playing The Academy August 17th

http://www.ticketmaster.ie/Childish-Gambino-tickets/artist/1503424

Am I the only one that thinks €33.50 is a bit expensive..?

That's a crazy price tbh, especially for someone with so little material.

Boom_Bap · 09-05-2012 11:32am

Wiirdo wrote: »

That's a crazy price tbh, especially for someone with so little material.

Considering that he is quite close to being a headline act at festivals, it's quite a good price.
He also has a lot of material! And his live shows will throw in some freestyling, improv and I think that he also does a few covers.

....and if Danny Brown is there, it is well worth it!

Wiirdo · 09-05-2012 11:41am

Boom_Bap wrote: »

Considering that he is quite close to being a headline act at festivals, it's quite a good price.
He also has a lot of material! And his live shows will throw in some freestyling, improv and I think that he also does a few covers.

....and if Danny Brown is there, it is well worth it!

I dunno, judging by my Facebook page people are willing to pay it so fair enough.:D

Still freaked I missed the Wu last year. Anybody here see them?

Jimmy Iovine · 10-05-2012 5:36pm

Slaughterhouse are doing a tour of Europe. Of course that doesn't include Ireland. The more tour dates I see the luckier I feel we are to have managed to get Jigga and Kanye to come here for two nights.

ghostface ste · 10-05-2012 9:35pm

Boom_Bap wrote: »

Considering that he is quite close to being a headline act at festivals, it's quite a good price.
He also has a lot of material! And his live shows will throw in some freestyling, improv and I think that he also does a few covers.

....and if Danny Brown is there, it is well worth it!

He has a lot of mixtapes/lps alright. Really looking forward to it. His set at Coachella was excellent

Lockey123 · 10-05-2012 11:16pm

Has anyone got their tickets for jigga and kanye yet?
Booked 2 standing tickets on the first daya and haven't heard anything since.

PrettyBoy · 10-05-2012 11:18pm

Lockey123 wrote: »

Has anyone got their tickets for jigga and kanye yet?
Booked 2 standing tickets on the first daya and haven't heard anything since.

Haven't got mine either, beginning to wonder now because I got my Drake tickets in the post a week or 2 after I booked them.

Jimmy Iovine · 10-05-2012 11:22pm

Lockey123 wrote: »

Has anyone got their tickets for jigga and kanye yet?
Booked 2 standing tickets on the first daya and haven't heard anything since.

I have mine. They arrived in the post about 5 weeks ago. I wasn't around so my dad put them in the cupboard for me and forgot all about them. My mum handed them to me last week. I couldn't believe it. €160 worth of tickets left lying around and one of them wasn't even mine. Very close call there.

Bobby Baccala · 10-05-2012 11:48pm

Haven't got mine either, and when the time does come that they send them out there could be a bit of a mix up, i had to use my grandas credit card, and he's after moving apartment, so if the tickets aren't redirected to where he's after moving to, some random person in coolock will have my 80 quid ticket.

Jimmy Iovine · 10-05-2012 11:57pm

P4DDY2K11 wrote: »

Haven't got mine either, and when the time does come that they send them out there could be a bit of a mix up, i had to use my grandas credit card, and he's after moving apartment, so if the tickets aren't redirected to where he's after moving to, some random person in coolock will have my 80 quid ticket.

Ring up Ticketmaster and see can they do anything about it. They might still have them wherever they keep them before they send them out.

Boom_Bap · 19-05-2012 7:31pm

So Shabazz Palaces last night, what a let down. They really failed to recreate thier songs well last night and way too much improv and 'freestyle'. If I have to hear the bubblin/Dublin rhyme one more time i'll probably commit murder....well, maybe not.
It sounded like it was thier first time performing a lot of the songs, extending and remixing on the spot. Normally something like this is what I like to see at live gigs, but it really didnt work out, and it sounded very messy.

Earlier, Mixtapes From the UnderGround played. A mix of hip hop, rnb, soul, funk, ragga, reggae, trip hop...they sounded great. But, it was an improv gig, making it up as they go along. It worked for the most part, but dragged a bit. There were MC's invited up on stage to rap, and I was suprised to see MossChops up there. He killed it, amazing for a guy who is primarily a DJ and Producer. There were some other lads that were poor, political rhymes about nonsence, and extermely simple lyrics, similaes galore, rhyming dictionary-tastic. The highlight of the night was when G.I. took the mic. I think he is the shinning star of Irish Hip Hop and showcased again how good he was last night with just 3 or 4 verses.

But, we also had the low of Irish Hip Hop last night, not the aforementioned MC's, one other person, who in this posters opinion should give up. I knew when I started rapping that it wasnt working and quit. This person should do the same. Before I go on, this is an opinion of me, not boards.ie, not the community, just me and how annoyed I am that this person continues to perform and try to make music. This person believes they are making music with a message, music for the people, but essentially, they take political topics, mesh it with big words and puke them out without riding a beat. I was genuinely in shock when a verse was started last night and the first line matched the beat, but it all went horribly wrong with a spew of nonsence afterwards that was nowhere near being on time. It is dreadful and painful to listen to.
Secondly, there is the visual aspect to the performance, stop flicking your hair about the place like you are Beyonce in an early career Destinys Child video. Also, facial expressions should be used to express, not to fill time. Grabbing the mic at every oppertunity and not knowing when to stop is a tad bit unfair to the others around you. Trying to rap along with Ophelia and clearly not knowing her lyrics is a bit silly looking. Instead of doing all that bad stuff, why not try to rap on time instead.
If you've read along and haven't guessed yet who I'm talking about, it's Miss Elayneous that I think should be giving up. To try put things in perspective, I overheard the following being said, "I'd listen to The Assassin over her". I'll leave it at that. Apologies for any offence caused, but it has to be said.

But back to Shabazz Palaces, I wouldnt recommend thier live show unless they tighten up thier performance.

Yo! MTV SUCKS · 20-05-2012 4:06am

^^^ couldnt agree more,from what ive heard shes fukn awful

Bobby Baccala · 20-05-2012 4:22pm

She's possibly the least talented rapper I've ever heard.

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