4 november \u00e4r kv\u00e4llen f\u00f6r hiphops-fans.<\/p>\n
Rock The Bells Tour 2008 – featuring Nas, Mos Def, De La Soul, Supernatural och Scratch<\/p>\n
Allt samtidigt, tack! \u00c4ntligen \u00e4r det dags f\u00f6r Rock The Bells, den legendariska turn\u00e9n med de absolut tyngsta akterna inom dagens hip-hop, att flyga \u00f6ver Atlanten f\u00f6r f\u00f6r sju exklusiva nedslag i Europa. Den 4 november f\u00e5r Nas, Mos Def, De La Soul, Supernatural och Scratch Annexets tak att lyfta. Biljetterna sl\u00e4pps den 26 september.<\/p>\n
Den amerikanska hip-hop-turn\u00e9n Rock The Bells har en gedigen rad av fj\u00e4drar i sin hatt. Vad s\u00e4gs till exempel om artister som Lauryn Hill, Rage Against The Machine, Public Enemy, Cypress Hill, Busta Rhymes och Wu-Tang Clan. F\u00f6r att bara n\u00e4mna n\u00e5gra. Pitchfork Media \u00e4r defintivt n\u00e5got p\u00e5 sp\u00e5ren d\u00e5 de beskriver turn\u00e9n med orden \u201dhard as hell, where many other rap tours fail, it excels!\u201d. Rock The Bells \u00e4r helt enkelt det absolut b\u00e4sta inom hip-hop idag.<\/p>\n
Efter en fantastisk sommar d\u00e5 Rock The Bells Tour 2008 med inga mindre \u00e4n Nas, Mos Def, De La Soul och Supernatural i spetsen gjort succ\u00e9 efter succ\u00e9 i USA \u00e4r det dags f\u00f6r turn\u00e9n, som presenteras av Luger och Live Nation i samarbete med Sandisk, att flyga \u00f6ver Atlanten och inta Europa. Med start den 31 oktober i Prag g\u00f6r hip-hop-giganterna sju europeiska nedslag och den 4 november \u00e4r det Stockholm och Annexets tur.<\/p>\n
Nas, som DN:s recensent Nanushka Yeaman tr\u00e4ffande beskrev med orden \u201cNew Yorks fr\u00e4mste gatureporter\u201d, kommer som Rock The Bells headline-akt att framf\u00f6ra sitt f\u00f6r Europa exklusivt utvalda festivalmaterial. R\u00e4kna med l\u00e5tar fr\u00e5n hans senaste monstersucc\u00e9album \u201dUntitled\u201d.<\/p>\n
Mos Def bjuder p\u00e5 \u00e4kta old school hip-hop, och inte vilken som helst. Jan Gradvall beskriver den amerikanska giganten som \u201d de senaste 15 \u00e5rens viktigaste artist inom svart amerikansk musik vid sidan av Jay-Z\u201d.<\/p>\n
De La Soul, n\u00e4r vi \u00e4nd\u00e5 \u00e4r inne p\u00e5 \u00e4mnet old school, har under de n\u00e4stan tv\u00e5 decennier som passerat sedan debutalbumet \u201d3 feet high & rising\u201d sl\u00e4pptes, alltid kombinerat god musikalisk kvalitet och en f\u00f6rm\u00e5ga att ligga helt r\u00e4tt i tiden. \u00c4n idag bjuder De La Soul p\u00e5 h\u00f6gklassig hip-hop, helt utan dammig nostalgi.<\/p>\n
Supernatural \u00e4r v\u00e4rldsm\u00e4stare i freestyle. Ytterligare beskrivningar \u00f6verfl\u00f6diga.<\/p>\n
Som inramning under kv\u00e4llen, tillika vocal turntablist, finns ingen mindre \u00e4n Scratch fr\u00e5n The Roots.<\/p>\n
Ingen hip-hop-festival utan ett svenskt tillskott. Inom kort presenteras vem som f\u00e5tt det hedersfulla uppdraget att kicka ig\u00e5ng Rock The Bells 2008 i Stockholm.<\/p>\n
Biljetterna sl\u00e4pps den 26 september.<\/p>\n
Skrivet om Rock The Bells 2008:<\/p>\n
\u201cRock the Bells isn\u2019t just any festival, having emerged in its fifth year as the genre\u2019s preeminent annual event, with the Pomona-based Guerilla Union seemingly topping itself each time in assembling a veritable murderers\u2019 row of artists.\u201d
\n-LOS ANGELES TIMES (8\/11\/08)<\/p>\n
\u201cThe firepower on display\u2026 was enough to make anyone long for hip-hop\u2019s golden age, and there were more than enough standout sets to go around.\u201d
\n-VARIETY (8\/11\/08)<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen summer hits, hip-hop heads across America have come to expect nothing but the best acts at the Rock the Bells Festival\u2026 the lineup was a dream team of golden-era greats and post-millennial innovators.\u201d
\n-REMIX (September 2008)<\/p>\n
\u201cAs ridiculously diverse as the Rock the Bells lineup is, the one thing that all the artists have in common is an appreciation for meaningful music.\u201d
\n-MTV.COM (8\/11\/08)<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Rock the Bells tour is hard as hell! Where many other rap tours fail, it excels! It’ll battle anybody\u2026 Yes indeed, Guerilla Union’s traveling summer hip-hop festival has once again topped itself.\u201d
\n-PITCHFORK (5\/12\/08)<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was a treat to see one nation under a groove getting down\u2026 It was even more gratifying to attend a hip-hop fest that, thanks to the smartly curated line-up, put the focus on beats and rhymes\u2026\u201d
\n-BOSTON GLOBE (7\/28\/08)<\/p>\n
\u201cOne of the hottest tickets of the summer, this show features a long list of hip-hop artists that have stood the test of time.\u201d
\n-WASHINGTON POST (7\/24\/08)<\/p>\n
”\u2026the sweetest lineup in live hip-hop history conjured two decades of the genre\u2019s mightiest achievements.”
\n-Boston Herald (7\/27\/08)<\/p>\n
\u201cNo summer hip hop festival has been able to hold a candle to Rock The Bells. This year remains no exception.\u201c<\/p>\n
Mos Def:<\/p>\n