Dallas-based entertainer, Lady B Smoove, and SmooveQ Entertainment brought a nice blend of hip-hop and poetry together on March 20 at the new venue, The Project House, 2607 Walnut Hill, in Dallas. Many special treats throughout the night including Desi music duo, Khayaal, and Houston-based artists, Samantha Levy and Tim’m West. Enjoy the pics from [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Tim’m West’
Mandrake FM talks with Tim'm West
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I recently had a conversation with independent hip-hop artist, Tim’m West, who, along with being a Duke- and Stanford-educated lecturer, is definitely a pioneer in the gay hip-hop scene, infusing activism with every beat. Our talk covers his queer hip-hop beginnings as an original member of the Bay Area crew, Deep Dickollective, to his latest [...]
Podcast: More on ArtLoveMagic with David Rodriguez
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On U.S. Inauguration Day, I spoke with David Rodriguez, one of the founders of Dallas-based event, ArtLoveMagic. We discuss his personal development as an artist and the genesis of the idea of ArtLoveMagic with co-founders, Michael Lagocki and Justin Nygren. We discuss many other things including his thoughts on the Inauguration of Barack Obama, however [...]
Tim'm West on popolio.com
Find out more about gay hip-hop pioneer, Tim’m West at popolio.com via his popolio pop quiz. Unlike many of the sexually explicit tunes I played in the homo-hop mixtape earlier this week, Tim’m is a classic boom-bap-activist-head knowledge character from the days of Boogie Down Productions and EPMD, so truly expect edutainment. My favorites from [...]
januarygrooves mixtape
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[audio http://media.blubrry.com/mandrakefm/mandrakesociety.com/wp-content/MFM012309.mp3] Celebrating the end of a long U.S. presidential campaign and a new presidental, get to work jamming new tunes for the weekend. Starting off the mix is Mid*One from his EP, Heaven Send a Synthesizer, presenting a scenario of being the object of unrequited love with, “Wrong Tree”. The EP made my top [...]
Photos from The Front Porch event in Dallas
Props to Samiya Bashir, Venus Opal Reese, Mahogany, Lady B Smoove, The Qure and of course, Tim’m West for bringing their talents to the cipher last night at Sterling Hotel. Enjoy the pics and enjoy a mixtape I made inspired by the event.
front porch mixtape
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[audio http://media.blubrry.com/mandrakefm/mandrakesociety.com/wp-content/MFM100408.mp3] Going to Tim’m West‘s Front Porch event (the first one in Dallas) at Sterling Hotel last night inspired me to blend my own musical idea of what I felt and heard. Two groups in this mix were there last night. You can catch photos here. Of course, Tim’m himself starts this mix with [...]
