Hip Hop Congress

New Roosevelt Treasurechest Mixtape

The mixtape is called “Just Listen…You’ll Like It” and the name pretty much says it all.
This is one you just put in and let go. To paraphrase Mikkey Halsted: “I
made a mix at the crib…want to hear it? Here it go.”

Download it here: http://www.zshare.net/download/14579803b619a408/

Tracklist:
1. Put On – Wale and Kanye West Mix
2. Creator – Sanogold
3. A Little Bit Cooler (Hater Mix) – The Cool Kids w/Below
4. Getcha Issue – Bun B
5. Lollipop (Dirty Mix) – Lil¹ Wayne ft. Kanye West
6. I Don¹t Do This For My Health interlude – RTC w/Busta Rhymes
7. Inner Me – Kidz In The Hall w/Naledge
8. From Now Til Then – Jadakiss
9. Mr. Carter – Lil Wayne featuring Jay-Z
10. Mr. Trehune Calls Sam Goody Skit- Beat By IMPLI
11. Brooklyn Girls – Charles Hamilton
12. Ain¹t Sayin¹ Nothing Remix – Lil Wayne, The Game, Fat Joe
13. Chi Shit – Mikkey Halsted
14. Beyond Western And Kedzie Freestyle – JUICE
15. Slayers – J*Davey
16. So Nuts – Phil G.
17. Supreme Song – UNI
18. Hero – Nas
19. Gangsta Groove – Lupe Fiasco featuring Gemstones
20. Understand Me ­ Styles P. featuring Wyclef
21. Anti-Matter – N*E*R*D
22. F**k Your Mixtape Outro – Stat Quo and Alchemist
*Artwork by MetroGnome

Performers announced for HHC Conference 2008

Some of the artists who will be performing at the 2008 National Conference have been announced. They include Kansar (Minn), Quanstar (Atl), Pro-Dash (Vegas), Alex Schein (Philly / Galaxy). There are many more to be announced in the coming days!

Silicon Valley Debug and Hip Hop Congress [Debug / Store]

Silicon Valley Debug and Hip Hop Congress have opened the Hip Hop
Co-Op: A Hip Hop and clothing store based out of Silicon Valley Debugs
location in San Jose at 701 Lenzen Ave. This store seeks to carry
independent art and clothing from all over the Bay, and is already
carrying or will shortly be carrying music from Sam Seven, Pash A
Truck Specialist, DLabrie, Y-Balance and Shamako Noble from the Bay,
B Girl Chillz, Suntonio Bandanaz, and Silent Lambz Project Out of
Seattle, Iron Fist Records, F.E.W., and Co-Op entertainment out of
Chicago, and much more. We will also soon be carrying catalog material
from groups like LA to the Bay, and the former Independent powerhouse
75 ark.

Our clothing includes shirts and summer wear from companies like Force
129, After Dark Designs, Mextape, Hip Hop Congress lines, ODMD,
DEEJAE, The Highest Authority, Sean Boyles. We are currently accepting
independent clothing lines from interested folks all throughout the
country.

Raj Jaydev, one of the founders and the coordinator of
Silicon Valley Debug said, “Debug has always been about supporting
local culture in whatever way it could, be it the magazine or the
website or just coming through to local events to support folks we
consider family. Launching this store, under the leadership and savvy
of someone like Megabusive is taking it another level.”

Megabusive,whose been helping to blaze a path for the San Jose underground scene
for sometime supported this thought, “I’m still making dope music, but
this is whole different aspect of Hip Hop that we get to contribute
to. What’s great about it is that we get to contribute not just to
local and regional Hip Hop, but we can to contribute to what’s going
down all over. This is an exciting time.”

HHC will be developing an online component that will be launched within
the next month in conjunction with the store in San Jose. In addition
to all of this, there are several other services available in the
Debug facility including T-shirt design and printing, graphic design
for posters, flyers and CD covers and marketing and promotional
support in the South Bay. If you are interested in selling your
merchandise online at hiphopcongress.com, and at the store, please
contact Megabusive at megabusive@hiphopcongress.com or call De-Bug at
408-971-4965. You can also stay informed on the store at
siliconvalleydebug.com or hiphopcongress.com.

Quanstar Documentary Review [Press / Quanstar]

The Southeast Performer, July issue

Do It! Documents a Hustler’s Struggle

By Charley Lee; photos by Wendy Englehardt

Atlanta indie rapper Janale Harris, better known as Quanstar, knows exactly how to get his hustle on. And if there’s anyone who knows what struggle is all about, it would be him. Quanstar began his rap career as most rappers do, freestyling in front of mirrors and writing lyrics. He soon delved into the underground rapbattling scene and in 2001 he hooked up with Evaready RAW to start First Team Music. The band dropped two mildly successful albums but couldn’t breakthrough. Since the inception of First Team, Quanstar has been on the grind developing his style and becoming a shameless self-promoter. He has released five albums, booked six national tours, and is holding down two jobs. Not to mention this has all been done amidst housing foreclosure and Quanstar’s duties as a father.

“After 10 years of progression as an artist, regression as a student and unhappily functioning in society, working places that I hate for people that I despise,” says Quanstar, “I decided to step in the game.”
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