An update from the swamp

A quick update as I make my way back to Brooklyn. It will be good to be
back. I have had enough heat and humidity to last me until Miles goes to
college.

Thanks to Kim Trick(ology) for the content

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Tommy Boy's 'Hip-Hop Roots' streams:

James Brown “Give It Up or Turn It Loose”

www.outrightmedia.com/~mikeg ee/giveituporturnitloose.ram
[http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=puqsbobab.0.cbas7nbab.u9i797n6.28990&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.outrightmedia.com%2F%7Emikegee%2Fgiveituporturnitloose.ram]

Lyn Collins feat the JB’s “Think (About It)”

www.outrightmedia.com/~mikegee/think.ram
[http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=puqsbobab.0.dbas7nbab.u9i797n6.28990&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.outrightmedia.com%2F%7Emikegee%2Fthink.ram]

Charles Wright and the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band “Express
Yourself”

www.outrightmedia.com/~mikegee/ex pressyourself.ram
[http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=puqsbobab.0.fbas7nbab.u9i797n6.28990&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.outrightmedia.com%2F%7Emikegee%2Fexpressyourself.ram

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Exclusive Common footage from his recent AOL Sessions

[http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=puqsbobab.0.fottbobab.u9i797n6.28990&p=http%3A%2F%2Fmusic.aol.com%2Fartist%2Fmain.adp%3Fartistid%3D276488]

Features "Go," "Testify," "They Say," and "Faithful" as well as an
interview with Common and Kanye West.

Make sure to check out "They Say" to see the two hit the stage
together.

In the works - Common and D'Angelo "Go" remix

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Slum Village to participate in Minneapolis Hip Hop Week

Slum Village will be joining Slick Rick and others for Minneapolis's
"Hip Hop Weekend" on August 19-21. The 4th Annual Twin Cities
Celebration of Hip-Hop celebrates the power of community through Hip-Hop
culture and education. For more information visit Yo The Movement
www.yothemovement.org

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Common hits the road
August 3: St. Louis, MO- The Pageant
August 6: Atlanta- The Tabernacle
August 8: Miami- Mansion
August 10: New Orleans, LA- House of Blues
August 13: Houston, TX- Hush
August 15: Dallas, TX- Gypsy Tea Room
August 19: San Francisco, CA- The Fillmore