Brooklyn was the location yesterday as Fool’s Gold Records kicked off their fourth annual Day Off concert. The line-up was filled with fan favorites like A$AP Ferg, A$AP Rocky, El-P, Killer Mike and Danny Brown. Check out the footage captured by EMETakeover which chronicles portions of each artist’s set as they hit the stage and put on a dope performance.
Jet Life artist Young Roddy takes the stage at Los Globos in Los Angeles for The Red Eye Tour. Take a look at the footage to see Roddy jump into the fan favorite “The Plot” off his Good Sense mixtape.
Cornerboy P takes the stage in Los Angeles at Los Globos for the The Red Eye Tour and performs “Keep It G.” Check out the live performance from the Jet Life artist in the video below.
Cornerboy P performs his “Holy Water” freestyle over Game’s haunting and hard-hitting instrumental live in Los Angeles at Los Globos for The Red Eye Tour.
Cornerboy P hits the stage at Los Globos for the Los Angeles stop on the Red Eye Tour. Watch as the Jet Life artist gets the crowd hyped with his street hit “Box Chevy.”
EMETakeover delivers some exclusive footage of Starfest 2013 which took place in New York over the weekend at Yankee Stadium in Staten Island. Check out the footage below to see Stalley, Uncle Murda, Mavado, Jim Jones, Fabolous and French Montana take the stage and hold down their respective performances.
JAY Z joins in on the festivities for the 2013 Made In America Festival and watches Deadmau5 during his DJ set. Hov grabs a seat with Elliott Wilson and pops a few bottles while puffing on a stogie during the high energy performance. Revolt TV was there to capture the moment go down and brings us a dope visual with Deadmau5 & Kaskade’s infectious track “I Remember” as the soundtrack.
Sidebar: There’s a few Hip Hop performances floating around on the internet from last weekend’s festival from the likes of A$AP Rocky, Wiz Khalifa, Macklemore, Kendrick Lamar and 2 Chainz. The live stream coverage of the event came out flawless with great HD picture.
Revolt TV catches up with infamous rap duo M.O.P. and gets the details behind their performance at AfroPunk Festival 2013 held at Commodore Barry Park in Brookyln. Billy and Fame let the cameras know how much love they have for their hometown and explain why they’ll always look to give back to their community whenever possible. The New York natives also discuss their creative process in the studio and stress it’s important to often let the beat speak to you as an artist to keep things organic and also share their thoughts on their classic hit “Ante Up.”
G.O.O.D. Music’s Big Sean hits up D-town for a live performance at DTE Energy Music Theatre. The special evening served as the MC’s release concert and was jam packed full of surprises with guest performance from Drake and Nicki Minaj. Take a look at the footage below to see Sean close out his show alongside Drake who performed “All Me,” “Versace,” and “Started From The Bottom.” Nicki joins Big Sean for “Dance (A$$)” and “MILF.”
Episode five of SKEE Live was jam packed full of exclusive content and performances from legendary Bay Area rapper Too $hort and Riff Raff. The evening was kicked off with a live performance from Too $hort at L.A. Live’s Congra Room with “Money On The Floor” and his classic hit “Blow The Whistle.”
Next, viewers at home were introduced to Sam Spiegel for this week’s “In The Lab.” The Music producer who’s collaborated in the past with the likes of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Kanye west, M.I.A. and more, explains how he got his big break after collaborating with rapper Fat Lip. Speigel also opens up on what he hopes to accomplish and music and shares his what inspires him.
DJ Skee finally got the opportunity to have a one-on-one with Too $hort where the rapper touched on his love for Hip Hop, his motivation for creating, his roots in production and much more. $hort also speaks on Lady Gaga’s comment at the VMA’s where she recently revealed to the world that the two have a collaborative song releasing soon. Speaking candidly, Too $hort addresses his caught on tape run-in with the law, the evolution of West Coast Hip Hop and takes the time to answer random questions from viewers at home via Twitter.
For “Up Close,” the segment featured a heartfelt and serious one-on-one with Kansas City Chiefs running back Jamal Charles. The NFL star reflects on his humble beginnings, his work ethic and shares some of his achievements which made his dream of being drafted eventually a reality. Charles speaks on the transition of his skills throughout his career and talks coming back from a potential career ending knee injury.
Asher Roth gave the world a taste of his new single “Apples & Bananas” off his recently released The Greenhouse Effect Vol. 2 mixtape. In the spirit of keeping things simple, Asher delivers a short visual for the song’s first verse equipped with fruit costume wearing backup dancers. Next up, Riff Raff joined DJ Skee in the studio for an interview where he reassures fans his new album is coming, promises collaborative material with Drake will eventually surface and reveals his goal is to land a spot on a tour with Justin Bieber. Riff Raff also partakes in a round of random Twitter questions .
This week’s “Spotlight” segment featured the Punk Rock percussion band Street Drums Corps. The band give insight behind their unique approach to their music and shares how they formed early on. DJ Skee also hooked up one lucky viewer with a signed NFL jersey from Jamal Charles and took the time to question MTV’s music credibility before wrapping up the show. Skee elaborated on the cable channel’s departure from music and points out they no longer contribute to the music industry. Ironically, their biggest event of the year (VMA’s) revolves around issuing awards for video’s they don’t even showcase from artists who never get any support.
Riff Raff closes out another groundbreaking episode with an energy packed performance of “Raiders vs. Hawks” and his new DJ Mustard produced smash “How To Be A Man.” Be sure to tune into SKEE Live every Tuesday at 10 p.m. (EST) and 7 p.m. (PST) only on AXS TV.