AllHipHop — Q-Tip has teamed with EPMD’s famed former DJ and turntablist DJ Scratch, to spearhead the 20-city 2K9 Bounce Tour.   The 4th annual event will also feature Chicago Hip-Hop group The Cool Kids, who along with Q-Tip, will introduce and perform... more info

Big Apple Music Scene — Thanks Brooklynvegan: Busta Rhymes is playing a very-recently announced surprise show TONIGHT (10/29) at the Knitting Factory with Pacific Division. Tickets are FREE, like they were for Q-Tip at the same venue, if you RSVP by texting BUSTA or PACDIV ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Black Bubblegum getting a kiss from Busta (more by Eric M. Townsend) Busta Rhymes is playing a very-recently announced surprise show TONIGHT (10/29) at the Knitting Factory with Pacific Division. Tickets are FREE, like they were for Q-Tip at... more info

Pitchfork — Screw the Madden franchise and every baseball video game in existence except for EA's MVP Baseball 2005 (Kaz Ishii = dirty). In my incredibly unqualified opinion, 2K Sports' NBA 2K8 was the best sports-related video game to come around in a while. An... more info

Altsounds — New York, NY – October 27, 2008 – 2K Sports, announced today details for the 4th annual Bounce Tour, the latest addition to 2K Sports’ series of live events celebrating the convergence of music, sports and video game cultur... more info

Altsounds — New York, NY – October 27, 2008 – 2K Sports, announced today details for the 4th annual Bounce Tour, the latest addition to 2K Sports’ series of live events celebrating the convergence of music, sports and video game cultur... more info

Billboard Blog — CMJ is usually an indie rock/electronica parade, but this year hip-hop is making a nice little showing. Yesterday, we hit a panel titled "The Hip-Hop Renaissance: A Cultural Rebirth" featuring Asher Roth, the Cool Kids, Amanda Diva and Q-Tip along... more info

Newsday — Rapper Q-Tip threw down the gauntlet early at this year's CMJ Music Marathon, repeating his controversial complaint from years ago, saying, "Hip-hop is dead." more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Black Bubblegum Q-Tip @ Knitting Factory, Sept 29th (more by Eric Townsend) In the past couple months, we have covered quite a few hip hop events at CMJ, but let this serve as a total guide to the madness... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Black Bubblegum Q-Tip @ Knitting Factory, Sept 29th (more by Eric Townsend) In the past couple months, we have covered quite a few hip hop events at CMJ, but let this serve as a total guide to the madness... more info