Hip Hop Congress

The Internet sure loves its outlaws

Despite the MPAA and the Swedish police, the Pirate Bay’s file-sharing ways are popular.
By David Sarno, LA Times Staff Writer

THEY may not wield battle-axes or wear horned helmets like their Viking forebears, but today’s Swedish pirates are still wreaking some pretty heavy-duty havoc.

The Pirate Bay file-sharing collective, one of the world’s largest facilitators of illegal downloading, is only the most visible member of a burgeoning international anti-copyright — or pro-piracy — movement that is striking terror in the heart of an industry that seems ever less capable of stopping it.

When the Pirate Bay’s Stockholm headquarters were raided last May and their servers seized, the Motion Picture Assn. of America thought it had scored a major victory. “Swedish Authorities Sink Pirate Bay,” trumpeted its news release. (As has since been pointed out, this is a mixed metaphor.) But the rejoicing didn’t last long. The site was back online three days later, and worse yet for Hollywood, the raid and several mass protests afterward generated so much sympathy for the pro-file sharing cause that both candidates for prime minister announced publicly that they did not think young file-sharers should be treated as criminals.

Sweden’s state-registered Pirate Party also benefited from the raid’s fallout. Its membership has now grown to almost 9,000, closing in on the nation’s Green Party (9,550), which holds 19 seats in Parliament.

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Tracks from Chicago Artists

Track 1: “Get Live” by Layman feat Ryan Officer from a8 Crew (alien8ighted crew which is SP 1′s crew). This is older material though. But still enjoyable.

Track 2: “Go ILL” by Kidz in the Hall (Naledge and Double O). Naledge is a personal friend of Roosevelt Treasurechests’ from growing up. Support these artists!

Mykill Miers Press Release and New Single

For Immediate Release – Please add to your playlist.

Ph: 323-423-3313 or booking@mykillmiers.com

Mykill Miers – “Why Don’t You Mean It”
The New Single From the Long Awaited Third album: “The Trails of Job”

Los Angeles Hiphop veteran Mykill Miers is back to claim his rightful place at the top of the game. His self produced single “Why Don’t You Mean it” is a hard-hitting lyrical barrage set to cause whiplash from listeners head-nods. It is Hip Hop at its purest, hard beats and killer flows bringing that Golden Era appeal back to Hip Hop.

Mykill Miers took the West Coast by storm in the mid 1990′s with his crew Western Hemisfear, and his solo debut album – 2000′s “It’s Been A Long Time Coming” which spawned the spin-chilling “Killing Spree” and the controversial “Wanna Be An MC?” featuring Freddie Foxxx – is often deemed a classic by Hiphop heads world-wide. Following it with the equally revered “The Second Coming” album, Mykill Miers chose to exit the game temporarily on a high note to provide music and theme songs for various TV shows such as America’s Next Top Model and Being Bobby Brown and movie productions – films like The 40 Year Old Virgin, and the cult Gang-Tapes are a couple in his resume.

Now it’s 2007, Hip Hop is in a state of emergency and Mykill Miers – the Hitchcock of Hiphop – is ready to provide disaster relief with his third solo opus “The Trials of Job”. The industry is currently saturated with thoughtless and misogynistic music which has created a lack of diversity for today’s consumers. ” Hip Hop needs balance,” states Miers, “when I was coming up, for every N.W.A and Too Short there was an X-Clan and Brand Nubian. Nowadays everybody’s talking about the same thing. It’s time for someone to give Hip Hop a shot of adrenaline.”

In addition to his trademark flow and aggressive passion, The Trials Of Job will feature special guest such as: Akil of Jurassic 5, E Rule, Kamil and Public Enemy DJ Johnny Juice. Mykill Miers will be touring this summer with dates throughout the US, Canada and Europe performing a variety of old and new material. The tour is also featuring Akil, E-Swift and Rakaa Iriscience of Dilated Peoples.

Tour dates will be listed on www.abnormalentertainment.com and www.mykillmiers.com.

“Mykill Miers is one of the best emcees to ever touch a mic in LA. He’s
one of the hardest working and passionate lyricist in the game.”
-Mike Nardonne KXLU/Fat Beats, LA

“Mykill is one of the best cats I ever heard and with this new record
he’ll prove it, best I’ve seen with beats and rhymes combined.”
-DJ Cheapshot KUCI/Fort Minor/Styles Of Beyond

Chicago Weekly Newsletter

Peace Everyone,

We have finally got an official list-serve together for Hip Hop Congress Chicago. Over the next week, B-Boy B of Fly Paper fame, will be taking over the e-Newsletter.

In the meantime, there are some important Chicago events coming up over the next week:

I.) Community Cafe
II.) May Day Rally
III.) Hip Hop Theater – Life and Times of Pih Poh!

Friday, April 27th
IMAN’s Community Cafe
Feat. M-Team, Jitu the Jugganot,
Hijabi Monologues, Picture Balata,
and Capital D!
Hosted by Jamila Firdausee
Music by Man-o-Wax

Don’t miss this line up!
Doors at 6pm, $5 donation, ALL AGES
AT Spoken Word Cafe – 4655 S. King Drive.
www.imancentral.org

Tuesday, May 1st
May Day Rally and March
LEGALIZATION AND FULL RIGHTS!

This May Day, join the march and rally for the unconditional legalization for ALL, and say NO to border walls and militarization of the border, NO to guest-worker programs, and NO to raids and deportations.

10:00 AM – Rally – Union Park [ Ashland Ave. and Washington St .]
12:00 PM – March – [Randolph St and Des Plaines St to Jackson Blvd. and Columbus Dr ]
2:00 PM – Rally – Grant Park [ Balbo Dr. and Columbus Dr .]

Thurs – May 3rd, Fri – May 4th, Sat – May 5th
F.E.W Presents
“The Life and Times of Pih Poh”
A Journey of Self-Exploration,
Hip Hop Theater at its finest!!

Make sure to support this all-star cast in a Hip Hop Theater piece which combines dance, music, vocals, and visuals in an impacting show! Saturday’s show is hosted by Rhymefest!

(Cast includes Man-o-Wax, DJ Arkitek, Bravemonk, Inlight, Pezent Waters, B Born, and more!)

Thurs and Friday, May 3rd and 4th
at Free Street Theater – 1419 W. Blackhawk
7pm, ALL AGES, $10 donation

Saturday, May 5th (w/ RHYMEFEST)
as part of the Hip Hop Theater Festival
at Museum of Contemporary Art
220 E. Chicago Ave.
10pm, ALL AGES
$20 general, $10 students
(other discounts available through Hip Hop Theater Festival)

PEACE and BLESSINGS
Hip Hop Congress Chicago
chicago@lists.hiphopcongress.com