Hip Hop Legend Schoolly D Helps Mark The Return Of Great Live Performance To Philadelphia’s 52nd Street At Festivals, Home of The Old Hollywood Palace.Local Entrepreneur and Artist Attracts Top Talent and Global Audience with Acoustic Soul.
Philadelphia, PA - Monday, November 23, 2009 hip hop legend Schooly D headlines at Acoustic Soul, Philly’s new hot underground live performance and open mic event at Festivals Caribbean Restaurant & Bar located 5222 Walnut Street in West Philadelphia. Right off 52nd Street which is one of Philadelphia’s historic neighborhood shopping avenues, the weekly Acoustic Soul resembling a cross between Def Poetry Jam and the Black Lily is bringing the arts back to 52nd Street.
Entrepreneur, Producer, and Spoken Word Artist known as Damali is the creator of Acoustic Soul whose resident artists make up variety act The Soul Asylum featuring Master Griots Damali, North Philly’s finest Mrs. Betty’s Son, vocalist and emcee Amun Miraaj, vocalist and Egyptian Belly Dancer Zen Aura as well as guitarist and alternative soul sensation Melvin C. McKnight aka Blaqmel.
Festivals Caribbean Restaurant & Bar was selected as the venue to host Acoustic Soul because of its rich musical history. Formerly the Hollywood Palace which in the 1950s and 60s was a hot jazz speakeasy that hosted jazz greats such as Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonius Monk, Miles Davis, and John Coltrane just to name a few. In the 70s Hollywood Palace stage was haven to the R&B scene and the Philadelphia International artists like Teddy Pendergrass, Linda Creed, David Ruffin, The Whitehead, and the 1980s became the place where musicians came to jam all night.
Now in 2009 S. 52nd still boasts phenomenal summer jazz and music concerts and festivals in Malcolm X Park, Bushfire Theatre of Performing Arts which is housed in the historic building which was the former Nixon Movie Theater, the Philadelphia Beauty Showcase National Historical Museum, local radio station WPEB 88.1FM, and Acoustic Soul at Festivals.
Schoolly D, the moniker of Jesse B. Weaver, Jr. from Philadelphia, performance at Acoustic Soul puts the event on the path to continuing the Hollywood Palace tradition of being a Philadelphia must play for the hottest spoken word, hip hop, soul, and alternative artists across the nation.
As one of hip-hop's pioneers, Schoolly D is noted as the “Godfather of Gangster rap”, having created a genre of music still widely popular far after over two decades. With his early records, Schoolly D indirectly paved the way for the west coast's gangster rappers. Musically, Schoolly D and his DJ Code Money came up with electronic hardcore beats. Later on, Schoolly embraced the black consciousness style, working together with KRS One. He contributed songs and music to many of Abel Ferrara films, His last album, Funk 'n' Pussy, features guest appearances by Public Enemy's Chuck D, Chuck Chillout, Lady B and a drum and bass remix of the classic Schoolly D track "Mr. Big Dick" (remixed by UK trip-hop crew The Sneaker Pimps). Schoolly also does the music and occasional narration for the cult animated series Aqua Teen Hunger Force, an American cartoon on the Cartoon Network channel in its Adult Swim strand, and most recently music for DJ Hero, created by Guitar Hero.
Also sharing the stage with the legendary Schoolly D for Acoustic Soul’s Old Skool Hip Hop night are Soundbwoi Killaz, The One Sun Lion Ra, Alien Architects, Daynomi Thomas, True Dialect, Voss & Joss Loss, and of course, The Soul Asylum. Doors open at 7:30pm; show begins 9:00pm sharp. Live broadcast can be viewed at http://www.watchurmouth.com/ and http://www.bbsvaluetour.ning.com/. Tickets may also be purchased online acousticsoul.eventbrite.com. For more information email acoustic.soul@ymail.com or call (267) 241-1787.
Entrepreneur, Producer, and Spoken Word Artist known as Damali is the creator of Acoustic Soul whose resident artists make up variety act The Soul Asylum featuring Master Griots Damali, North Philly’s finest Mrs. Betty’s Son, vocalist and emcee Amun Miraaj, vocalist and Egyptian Belly Dancer Zen Aura as well as guitarist and alternative soul sensation Melvin C. McKnight aka Blaqmel.
Festivals Caribbean Restaurant & Bar was selected as the venue to host Acoustic Soul because of its rich musical history. Formerly the Hollywood Palace which in the 1950s and 60s was a hot jazz speakeasy that hosted jazz greats such as Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonius Monk, Miles Davis, and John Coltrane just to name a few. In the 70s Hollywood Palace stage was haven to the R&B scene and the Philadelphia International artists like Teddy Pendergrass, Linda Creed, David Ruffin, The Whitehead, and the 1980s became the place where musicians came to jam all night.
Now in 2009 S. 52nd still boasts phenomenal summer jazz and music concerts and festivals in Malcolm X Park, Bushfire Theatre of Performing Arts which is housed in the historic building which was the former Nixon Movie Theater, the Philadelphia Beauty Showcase National Historical Museum, local radio station WPEB 88.1FM, and Acoustic Soul at Festivals.
Schoolly D, the moniker of Jesse B. Weaver, Jr. from Philadelphia, performance at Acoustic Soul puts the event on the path to continuing the Hollywood Palace tradition of being a Philadelphia must play for the hottest spoken word, hip hop, soul, and alternative artists across the nation.
As one of hip-hop's pioneers, Schoolly D is noted as the “Godfather of Gangster rap”, having created a genre of music still widely popular far after over two decades. With his early records, Schoolly D indirectly paved the way for the west coast's gangster rappers. Musically, Schoolly D and his DJ Code Money came up with electronic hardcore beats. Later on, Schoolly embraced the black consciousness style, working together with KRS One. He contributed songs and music to many of Abel Ferrara films, His last album, Funk 'n' Pussy, features guest appearances by Public Enemy's Chuck D, Chuck Chillout, Lady B and a drum and bass remix of the classic Schoolly D track "Mr. Big Dick" (remixed by UK trip-hop crew The Sneaker Pimps). Schoolly also does the music and occasional narration for the cult animated series Aqua Teen Hunger Force, an American cartoon on the Cartoon Network channel in its Adult Swim strand, and most recently music for DJ Hero, created by Guitar Hero.
Also sharing the stage with the legendary Schoolly D for Acoustic Soul’s Old Skool Hip Hop night are Soundbwoi Killaz, The One Sun Lion Ra, Alien Architects, Daynomi Thomas, True Dialect, Voss & Joss Loss, and of course, The Soul Asylum. Doors open at 7:30pm; show begins 9:00pm sharp. Live broadcast can be viewed at http://www.watchurmouth.com/ and http://www.bbsvaluetour.ning.com/. Tickets may also be purchased online acousticsoul.eventbrite.com. For more information email acoustic.soul@ymail.com or call (267) 241-1787.
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