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Tonight at Silk City a Philly All Star Tribute to the life and work of Mpozi Mshale Toblert. Mpozi was an award winning press photographer from Philadelphia. He was responsible for some of the earliest and most memorable photos as the Roots developed into the worldwide sensation they have become. He was [...]

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The Block Party every Wednesday at the Riverdeck (417 N Delaware) with the Philadelphyinz. Making up for his cancelled appearance, the one and only Cosmo Baker on the wheels of steel. This man needs no introduction. $2 Beers until 12, $5 for 16oz PRB + Shot all night long
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Oh shit, this is so classic. Club bangggeeerrrr!!!! Emynd & Bo Bliz picked 30 of their favorite Philly rap songs for volume 1. You know there is Beans, Peedi and Freeway of course. Plus Gillie, Schooly D, Reef, Cool C and a whole lot more.
We completed this about two years ago [...]

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Cosmo Baker has just released another incredible mixtape. This 2 hour plus mix is dedicated to the posse cut that used to appear on every rap album.
This was the record where the artist would invite some of his boys to drop verses on a song, and the end result usually ended up sounding like teh [...]

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Remember the last time we mentioned this? Apparently a little over a year ago. This time it is for really real. Sadly the upstairs music department is closing and the sale begins today.
Armand’s Records Music Dept. which has been in business since 1980 is officially closing its 2nd Floor Dept. at [...]

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Cosmo is back once again with a follow up to his Feeling Good mix, entitled Still Good. Feeling Good became the most downloaded mp3 from 5151 ever in like a week. The numbers were out of control. Just in time for the sweltering heat, Still Good begins where Feeling Good started. [...]

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Starting tonight is the new weekly from Paper Street at the new new Marathon Grill @ 10th and Walnut. There’s an open bar 10 - 11 and admission is absolutely free if you sign up on the list. Party goes 10 - 2 and is $10 if not on list.
Btw, I’m pretty [...]

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Some of you loyal readers may remember when I used to do posts of 10 tracks at a time. It was like Chrismakwanakah etc all in one post. I stopped because it wasn’t regular and would wait to post until I had enough. Well, today is special. If you’re still reading [...]

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I had a blast at the Remedy Anniversary on Monday. Big Rich and Cosmo killed it. DJ Soul was the special guest. There were free Ayres and Cosmo Scion mixed CD’s everywhere. I picked up 2 extra, so the first 2 people to email me at 5151List [at] gmail {dot} com [...]

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From Cosmo Baker:
Some words about The Remedy: It was over 10 years ago that, in a time when hip-hop was in a serious state of flux, when together with Rahnon and Rich we created The Remedy, “Dedicated to defying devisions in our musical climate.” The idea was a night which cured all that ails you [...]

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