Rabbi Darkside - MetroSonics

Rabbi Darkside

• http://www.myspace.com/rabbiraps
• http://www.saywordentertainment.com
• RABBI DARKSIDE is a NYC freestyle legend, known to fellow MCs and crowds as one of the illest to bless the microphone. He has won countless battles and MC challenges in the new millennium, all while touring the U.S. and Europe with Brooklyn-based trio 3rd Party. His debut solo album, "Building the Better Bomb" will be released on July 19 2008, right on the heels of his national TV feature on MTV's "MADE," starring as the Hip Hop head coach for the episode. In addition to his artistry, Rabbi D is one of the pre-eminent Hip Hop arts educators in New York City, with over 8 years of teaching experience in the public schools. On his global journey filled with teaching, DJing and crowd rocking, he has appeared alongside Talib Kweli, Slick Rick, The Last Poets, Wordsworth, Pigeon John, Common, Kanye West, Weldon Irvine, Czech Beatbox All Stars, DJ JS-1, Rahzel and Kenny Mohammad.
  
  "Building the Better Bomb" is an unprecedented venture into rap-poetry-jazz-earthblues-boom-bap-soul-folk, taking you from the frontlines of Iraq to the inside of the Oval Office; the symphonic chaos of New York City Public Schools to the serenity of the Sinai Desert; the warmth of a woman's wholehearted embrace to the center of a battle cypher. This is a project about the ever-present past and the not-so-distant future, capturing that duality which exists around and within all of us.

MetroSonics

• http://www.myspace.com/metrosonics
• Paul Josephs A.K.A: P-Nerves, was molded on the mean streets of New York where some of Harlem's greatest jazz players taught him to play guitar. As the leader and MC of the band MetroSonics, Paul brings a host of influences and an epic imagination to the raw materials of hip-hop. His lyrical flights, which reveal a fierce political and environmental awareness, and his incisive guitar-playing combine with his unique synthesis of a wide spectrum of musical traditions to make for an unparalleled musical experience. Beginning at age 16, Paul was performing with some of the bright lights of New York's blues scene. He went on to record a live album with jazz guitar great Rodney Jones' Soul Manifesto project, and to tour with such musical legends as Maceo Parker, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Idris Muhammed, and Arthur Blythe. Most recently he was a regular sideman with and music director for Epic recording artist Alice Smith. Other notable artists Josephs has performed, toured, or recorded with include funk group Groove Collective, pop star Citizen Cope, soul stylist Imani Uzuri, rock collective Earth Driver, and hip-hop group The Roots. Paul is also a dedicated educator and has worked in the New York City public school system, specifically in Brownsville and Red Hook, Brooklyn, for the past 7 years, running a self-designed hip-hop production course and teaching martial arts.