This line-up is CRAZY! Brought to you by Garden Grown Entertainment, Flygirrl, Phrequency, Bee Eater Records, Okayplayer, two.one.five Magazine & 215hiphop.com, some of the illest to do it in the history of hip-hop will be together at the Trocadero (1003 Arch St, Philadelphia). Mos Def, De La Soul, Philadelphia’s own Hezekiah, special guest Slick Rick the Ruler, and the legendary Pete Rock on the wheels. All this for $40! Doors open at 8PM. Get your tickets by going to the Trocadero box office or clicking here.

Join bluntedonreality.com at The Bell House (149 7th St, Brooklyn) this Saturday night for “Donuts Are Forever 4″, a J. Dilla Tribute & Benefit, with proceeds going to the J. Dilla Foundation, which works toward finding a cure for Lupus. Doors open at 10PM, but early arrival is suggested, as there is limited room & this show is guaranteed to fill up quick. Hosted by Detroit’s own Guilty Simpson, live art by bluntedonreality’s favorite artist, Tatyana Fazlalizadeh, and music spun by DJs ?uestlove (of the Legendary Roots Crew), Brainchild, Parler, Low-Key & Tara. A $5 donation to the Foundation will get you in the door, but please consider giving more if you can. Hope to see you there!

DMV Stand UP! PG County’s own Olubowale Victor Akintimehin, or as you know him “Wale” (Wah-lay, don’t say Wall-E!) comes through to Philly on Thursday, January 28th at TLA (334 South St, Philadelphia) with fellow DC artists Fly Gypsy & the Illadelph’s own Chiddy Bang. Show starts at 8PM & tix are just $18… get your tickets by clicking the banner above or right here.

Just in case you’ve been in a cave for the past year or so, here’s a video for Wale’s “The Artistic Integrity”…

Outasight’s been on my radar for a couple years now, ever since I caught a listen to “Fame & Fortune” from his “Radio New York” LP & was really impressed. Earlier this year he released the “From There To Here” mixtape with the tagline “An Album Prequel”. Well, in December, here’s the album he was giving us a taste of… “Further”, presented by LRG Clothing. He continues to work with producers 6th Sense, D/Will & Cook Classics who provide the head-nodding backdrops to Outasight’s witty lyrics & off-key/on-key singing. Check out two tracks, “Here We Go Again” & “Brand New Day”. Download the whole LP at Outasight’s Myspace page.

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Outasight – “Here We Go Again”

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Outasight – “Brand New Day”

Come out to Silk City (435 Spring Garden, Philadelphia) for the Heineken Green Room, featuring Black Thought of the Legendary Roots Crew & DJ Statik of the Illvibe Collective. Doors open at 9PM and the show runs til 2AM.

Keep an eye on 215mag.com, where you can enter to receive a VIP All-Access Pass. From midnight to noon on December 8th – 15th, the first 10 submissions will receive a pass for themselves & a friend!

Check out the latest (hot!) joint by Idle Warship (Talib Kweli, Res & Graph Nobel), “Bedroom Lites”, off of their debut album/mixtape Party Robot. If you don’t already have Party Robot, you can download it here.

Come out tonight for what’s definitely going to be a dope show with some great live music. Boston’s Mr. Lif & Philadelphia’s Dephonic & Writtenhouse are gonna bring Johnny Brenda’s (1201 Frankford Ave) down, and Dephonic will be debuting their new LP, Dephonition! Doors open at 8PM and cover is just $12. If you don’t feel like waiting til 8PM to get the party started, head over to the Fresh Melt Water Shop at the Piazza (1001 N. 2nd St in Philadelphia) from 6PM – 9PM for the official pre-release party with Sock the Rapper, Scanz & The Paxtons. Need more encouragement? How about free beer at the pre-release provided by Stoudt’s Brewing Company? Good people, good music, free beer? Doesn’t get much better than that!

Rarely do you get to go out & party, listen to good music, kick it with good people (like yours truly), and all the while be supporting a good cause. This Friday from 10PM – 2AM at MarBar (40th & Walnut, above Marathon Grill), you can do just that. In conjunction with World AIDS Week, Philly’s own Ethel Cee presents “Spread”, a benefit for the Philadelphia AIDS Fund, featuring local acts like the legendary Bahamadia, Hustle Simmons, TuPhace, Zap & Castro, DJs Ultraviolet & AfroDJiak, and live art done in the building by the fabulous Stacey “Flygirrl” Wilson. If that’s not enough to get you there, cover is only $10 and there are complimentary drinks from 10-11PM. Come out, have a good time, support a great cause!

This Thursday night in South Philly, join bluntedonreality.com for what I promise will be a ridiculous night with some of the best music spun by some of the illest DJs you’ll find. Brooklyn’s own Ge-ology, Superdope’s DJ Phsh & Illvibe Collective’s Lil’ Dave & Junior all come together for Eavesdrop Sessions from 10PM – 2AM at Fluid Nightclub, located at 613 S. 4th St in Philadelphia. Cover is $5… even in a recession, you have no excuse for missing this!

For a map of the location and the full-size flier, check out the event listing here at bluntedonreality.