After Kanye on Sat 25th

kevri

Rap Ireland present the only gig you need to be at
after Kanye West on the 25th
The Dipset Europe Party
Live @ Radio City

SAS Diplomats
Rob Kelly
The Elements
Frank Jez
AND VERY SPECIAL GUESTS

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log on to http://www.sasdiplomats.com/ to see SAS'
latest video "cheerio"
featuring Kanye West
or www.myspace.com/rapireland

more news to follow

kevri

This starts at 11pm and is 10e before 12- its beside Isaac Butts directly accross from Busaras on Store Street in a brand new club called Radio City

Performances on the night from Rob Kelly
The Best Live Performers in Dublin "The Elements"
DJ Frank Jez on the one and twos and
a few more special guests on the night ; )

Joining the them on stage is the Dipset Europe crew SAS
Kelly featured on their latest mixtape "Fedayeen Regime"
and they recently released "Streets All Salute" DVD and CD on Diplomat Records
in the UK

See bio below


Born to Nigerian parents, S.A.S. came to the States in 1998 when Mayhem (the older of the two) received a basketball scholarship. Like many unsigned artists in school, they faced the dilemma of balancing out academics with their aspiring dreams to be in the Hip Hop game. They made good grades, but just had a stronger passion for rhyming. As far as their music went, "Our mother didn't totally support us at first," Mega told me, "but once she heard our songs on the radio, She supported us more."
The road to getting signed was not an easy one. In a nutshell, they met Kanye West in 2002, which led to him introducing them to Juelz Santana in 2003, eventually leading to a phone conversation with Damon Dash, signing them to Dipset/Rocafella.
True Hip Hop fans, S.A.S. have been down with the art form since The Rocksteady Crew, and are influenced by Slick Rick. Their favorite time in Hip Hop was the Biggie "Ready to Die" era. They also said they were fascinated by the mainstream US Hip Hop battles, like the Dr. Dre/Easy-E beef. Missing the Hip Hop days of old, S.A.S. hopes to bring that sound back, saying the game is now "basically generic and unoriginal."
They've been rhyming for 7 years and formed a crew in the UK called "The Eurogang," who they still associate themselves with. They proudly shout out their crew in their song Still Free: "This is S.A.S., Dipset, Eurogang!" The Eurogang producer Rephan still makes beats for them, and all of the Eurogang are featured in a scene in the upcoming film State Property Two."
Based out of Staten Island, Mega and Mayhem took to Shaolin’s mean streets in search of battles and ciphers wherever they could be found. Their burgeoning reputations as vicious battle rappers soon found them throwing down with some of the city’s finest, from Sugar Hill in Harlem, to Times Square to Brooklyn’s infamous Marcy Projects and the ears of some of it’s most infamous denizens. “Mega and Mayhem were the only unsigned artists to ever come into Marcy projects and completely shut it down,” praises Memphis Bleek. “They just nice like that Bleek wasn’t the only one listening.
Back in the UK, tastemakers like Radio One’s Tim Westwood had started showing them love, and freestyles began popping up on New York stations like Hot 97. And connections at The Roc were running deep – by late 2002 / early 2003 Kanye West was interested in a production deal and the duo were recording tracks with Diplomats Cam’ron, Jim Jones and Juelz Santana . Later that summer, things came full circle – a ten-minute trans-Atlantic conference call with Jim Jones and Roc-A-Fella CEO Damon Dash made it official: SAS were now DipSet/Roc-A-Fella. Cam'ron has taken his Diplomats Record label international with the launching of Diplomat Records Europe and signing Eurogang creators S.A.S. The group linked up with the Diplomats in 2002 after a visit to the United States.
The group was affiliated with Damon Dash and that led to them being featured in a worldwide Roc-A-Wear ad campaign, but group members said they were never formally signed to Roc-A-Fella Records “We approached the Diplomats on the street level and we had mutual friends in Harlem,” Mayhem recounted. “We vibed on a character level, but when they realized we were talented they asked us to record songs with them in a hotel. Next thing you know we were on Top of the Pops with them when they performed ‘Hey Ma’ and the rest was history." “We’re excited,” Mega stated.
“We’ve always known we were this nice, it’s just that now we have a team behind us with Diplomats that people respect.

kevri

Just added to the gig
The Cor Blimey Guy......BIGZ
get to bigz.co.uk to check it out and read the below BIOG

PLUS EXTRA SPECIAL GUESTS ON THE NIGHT YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED NOT TO MISS THIS

“Cor Blimey MTV Base, MTV Africa and Channel U
This Is How We Do Choice Fm and BBC 1Xtra play-listed
The Big-Inning sold out its 1000 printed copies
The Big-Inning Vol 2 has sold over 3000 units
The Best Of The Big-Inning:The Story So Far February ‘06
Street Commentary Summer ’06”

At the age of 22 Bigz has gained a major buzz in the music industry through a blend of witty lyrics, hard work and charismatic flow.

Bigz is a natural joker and leader. Rapping since he was 10, Bigz only started to take music seriously after featuring on Taz’ Cowboy Film Remix. The response Bigz received from that track inspired him to focus his energy on his music career instead of a career in the streets. With Bigz what you see is what you get, everything he raps about he lives, “No rented cars or rented jewellery!”

Bigz motivation lead him and his business partner P to set up the record label and production company, Alliance Records, which has released and financed his two mixtapes; The Big-Inning (sold out its 1000 printed copies) and The Big-Inning Vol 2 which to date has sold over 3000 units.

The first track that caught the attention of the public was the street smash Cor Blimey , which armed with a banging beat and Bigz’ personality shining through the track, gained major support from the likes of Tim Westwood, Semtex, Dan Greenpeace, Shortee Blitz and Big Ted, Masterstepz, Manny Norte and pirate radio. The accompanying video for Cor Blimey raised the bar for independent music videos in the UK, reaching No.3 on the MTV Base Chart, obtaining plays on MTV Africa and dominating the Channel U charts for months.

Bigz’ second warm up single This Is How We Do is currently sitting at No.3 on the Channel U charts within a few weeks of its release and like Cor Blimey is garnering major love from all major urban music outlets by being play-listed by the likes of Choice Fm and BBC 1Xtra.

Since the success of Cor Blimey, This Is How We Do and his mixtapes, Bigz has become one of the most recognisable artists in the UK and has become one of the most sought after vocalists, featuring on 679 Recordings Run The Road compilation on Sway’s Up your speed remix, Baby Blue’s street smash Still Dont Care and the highlight verse on Sway’s Loose Woose, which is taken from Sway’s debut album.

Bigz has also worked with the likes of Brian Harvey and Top Of The Pops, Reggie Yates. Tracks from Bigz have also featured on a number of compilations including a number of Tim Westwood compilations, DMX’s Bloodline Compilation and TheTwice as Nice Weekender.

This February Bigz will be repackaging and re-releasing his two mix-tapes as a double pack entitled, The Best Of The Big-Inning:The Story So Far. This will be nationally distributed by Pickwick/Altered Ego.

In the summer of 2006 Bigz will be releasing his highly anticipated debut album, Street Commentary, which will feature appearances from the likes of Sway(Mobo winner),S.A.S.(Dipset), Baby Blue(Estelle, John Legend),Sincere(Ms.Dynamite),El Rae(Aftershock Records) and Hayden(formerly of Ultimate Kaos).

Street Commentary will feature production from heavy weight producers such as Para Beats, Black Smoke, Kaos and Siarysus. Also in February Bigz’ label, Alliance, will be co-releasing Sway’s debut album in conjunction with Dcypha and All City.

All in all, 2006 is shaping up to be a massive year for Bigz with the promise of much more to come from one of the UK’s most exciting talents. The quality of Bigz’ music is second to none and the love he receives in the streets reflects this. In 2006 no doubt the mainstream will be showing him the same level of acceptance.