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Baauer & Just Blaze - Webster Hall - 2/15/13

Baauer/Just Blaze Webster Hall Friday, February 15 Better than: Blogsplaining the obvious. For me, the "Harlem Shake" dance craze--not to be confused with "Harlem Shake" or the actual Harlem shake--was one of those weird internet things (sort of like foreign policy decisions or what happened on la ... More >>

ON THE BEATBOX

Just Blaze and Baauer take Webster Hall

Live: Boiler Room NYC with Flying Lotus, Just Blaze, Questlove, Flatbush Zombies

Better Than: Watching the Internet.Boilerroom.tv has become a sort of voyeuristic dream party for DJ nerds over the last year or so. Proudly self-branded as "the world's leading underground music show," the website is sponsored by a handful of lifestyle-branded music partnerships - Red Bull Music Ac ... More >>

Live: The Cops Shut Down Fool's Gold Day Off; DJ A-Trak Throws Out More T-Shirts

Check out our slideshow from the party. Fool's Gold Day Off: French Montana, Danny Brown, Brothers Macklovitch, Just Blaze, Flosstradamus, Flatbush Zombies, Nick Catchdubs, Ricky Blaze, Party Supplies, #BEEN #TRILL, Telephoned, and more City Winery Monday, September 3 Better than: Rain. Last yea ... More >>

LORD KNOWS

Just Blaze heats up THE RUB

Pazz & Jop 2011: Nick Minichino On Funkmaster Flex's ALL-CAPS Premiere Of Jay-Z And Kanye West's "Otis"

To supplement this year's Pazz & Jop launch, Sound of the City asked a few critics to expand on the reasonings behind their voting. This is from Nick Minichino, who voted specifically for Funkmaster Flex's premiere of Jay-Z and Kanye West's "Otis" this summer. ​That was the driving force of i ... More >>

Live: Chris Webby Packs Irving Plaza, Scowls While Doing So

​Chris Webby Irving Plaza Thursday, December 29 Better than: A Republican debate. Chris Webby has "203" inked across his right side, a gothic "Connecticut" burned into the skin beneath his neck. There are the scattered images of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Mario Brothers and Transformers a ... More >>

Live: Fool's Gold Day Off Party Turns into a Relay Rave

Fools Gold Day Off City Winery Monday, September 5 Better than: Catching bullets at a parade. New York City empties out on Labor Day weekend, but for the past two years those who've stuck around have been able to see behind the curtain on what's next, on what's nexter-than-next, and the emerging ... More >>

I Don't Go Clubbing, I Go Dancing: Your Labor Day Weekend Guide To New York's Best Nightlife (And Daytime Parties, Too)

​There are a few things we can expect from Labor Day weekend, and the annual Electric Zoo festival is one of them. The massive three-day rave takes over Randall's Island with twelve-hour days that boast a million DJs over four separate stages; you'll hear trance, techno, deep house, electro, d ... More >>

I Don't Go Clubbing, I Go Dancing: Your Guide To Partying Like It's The Apocalypse

​Hey guys, the rapture is upon us. And what's a better way to greet the end of the world than with a dance party? Luckily, there are a bunch happening this weekend.

The Seven-Year War of Saigon

New York's longest-suffering rapper finally has a debut album

This Week's Voice: It's the Real, Dance-Music Labels WT, Golf Channel, and L.I.E.S., globalFEST 2011, and More

It's the Real: Guess which one of these guys is Just Blaze. Photo by Noah Kalina.​In this week's Village Voice, Ben Westhoff profiles the white, Jewish comedy-rap duo It's the Real, Andy Beta rounds up an exciting new crop of outer-borough dance music labels (including WT, Golf Channel, and L. ... More >>

The Official Sound of the City 2010 New Year's Eve Guide

​New Year's Eve is upon us, and after a week of reminiscing on the year in nightlife we're ready for one last after-hours evening of dancing, drinking, and general chaos to close out 2010. As it turns out, some of our favorite parties, promoters, and DJs of the past year have provided us with ... More >>

5, 4, 3, 2, 1 . . .

Where to party till the sun comes up

New Year's Eve: Dance

What the hell happened last night?

Wayne Williams, Mannie Fresh, Munchi, And The Brooklyn Electronic Music Festival Headline Your Week In Nightlife

​Ah, the week before Christmas, when all is quiet, but only because it's freezing outside. (Seriously, it's way too early for snow.) And, while we know that sifting through Top Ten lists (or studying for exams, ick) gives you plenty of incentive to stay wrapped up in a Snuggie, we'd like to re ... More >>

Was 2010 The Best Year For Music Ever? Throw Taylor Swift In A Well

Welcome to Sound of the City's year-in-review rock-critic roundtable, an amiable ongoing conversation between five prominent Voice critics: Rob Harvilla, Zach Baron, Sean Fennessey, Maura Johnston, and Rich Juzwiak. We'll be here all week! Pay Rich Juzwiak what you owe him, Jay Leno. Twitpic by Dav ... More >>

Live: Mannie Fresh Is Delayed, So A Dancehall Dance Party Takes Over At Santos Party House

Natalie Storm, cheering up the inadvertant crowd. Pics by Chris Klassen, more below.​Everyone was very, very excited to hear that Mannie Fresh would be headlining the grand re-opening of reOPENed this past Friday night. The weekly celebration had been on hiatus since Santos was shut down and h ... More >>

Soulja Boy, Dimitri From Paris, And Mannie Fresh Headline Your Week In Nightlife

​A full range of emotions this week -- get emo tonight, go pantless on Saturday, giggle at the goofy songs of your youth on Tuesday. With Mannie Fresh, you might be able to do all three. In any event, here are your nightly nightlife picks for the next seven days:

Just Blaze's reOPENed Party at Santos Party House Was Shut Down After the Police Raid There, But Will Return In December

Those who stopped by the recently beleaguered Santos Party House last weekend would have found the place incongruously shuttered, and Friday's regular party, the Just Blaze/DJ Soul-hosted reOPENed, mysteriously absent. This was fall-out from the club's "legal wrangling," in the words of a Santos ... More >>

Santos Party House, Shuttered Since Thursday Over Drug Charges, Will Reopen Tomorrow

​So says the beleaguered club's Twitter account, a statement confirmed by a club spokesman who tells us that, starting tomorrow, "we're officially allowed to be open." Closed Thursday night in a police raid over third party drug charges that date back to June, July, and August, Santos will hav ... More >>

Manhattan Club Santos Party House Shut Down Due To The "Criminal Sale Or Possession of Controlled Substances"

On the door at Santos. All photographs by Puja Patel.​The notice went up abruptly last night, just hours before Ninja Tune's 20th anniversary party was scheduled to kick off at the downtown club Santos Party House: "NINJA TUNE XX NYC HAS BEEN MOVE TO BOULEVARD 199 BOWERY AT SPRING." Why? See t ... More >>

Live From The Bizarre But Much-Improved Paper Magazine Nightlife Awards

Mia Moretti, co-winner, Best DJ (seriously). Pics by Puja, more below.​"There's nothing that says 'party' and 'class' like a bomb-shelter basement in Midtown," joked drag comedian Murray Hill last night. "This is bullshit!" It was one of the many loving jabs taken at the sixth-annual Paper Mag ... More >>

Live: Fat Beats Hosts A Cathartic Going-Away Party, Whether You Made It Inside Or Not

Yeah, it got a little crowded. Pics by Puja, more below.​Fat Beats' Final In-Store Fat Beats Saturday, September 4 Hundreds of people stood outside underground hip-hop mecca Fat Beats Saturday evening, as the West Village spot closed down for good with a farewell in-store party featuring DJ P ... More >>

Electric Zoo, Fat Beats, And The Parked Food Truck Festival Headline Your (Long!) Weekend In Nightlife

​Ah, Labor Day weekend. Your last chance to wear white pants and white sandals (though my best friend tells me they're awful all year round). As for your weekend partying, skip the beach -- summer isn't over until the 22nd, so you still have time. Instead, welcome back NYC's nightlife and stay ... More >>

Fat Beats Will Host One Last Week of Performances From Just Blaze, DJ Premier, A-Trak, and More Before Closing on Saturday

​The much adored, lightly patronized NYC rap mecca that is Fat Beats will close on Saturday, following the lead of HMV, Tower, the Virgin Megastore, and pretty much every other non-iTunes record shop on the planet. "The closing of Fat Beats is just like one of my friends passing away," said DJ ... More >>

Download This Bonkers Three-Disc Swizz Beatz Mix Immediately

​In honor of hip-hop super-producer Swizz Beatz' triumphant contribution to Kanye West's "Power" remix (seriously, go listen to that again), beloved friend-of-SOTC Sean Fennessey has compiled a homemade Swizz best-of, spanning two discs (from "Ruff Ryders' Anthem" to "On to the Next One") with ... More >>

Eminem's Recovery Is Out Today; Please Enjoy iTunes Bonus Track "Session One," Wherein Slaughterhouse Rise (?) To The Occasion

​As one of the sassier New York Times magazine q&a's in recent memory ("Do you regret having written so many songs that refer to women as 'bitches' and 'hos' who exist solely for your pleasure?") may have alerted you, Eminem, too, has a new record out this week. Let's all hope for the best. Ra ... More >>

Live From Santos Party House's Friday-Night reOPENed Party, Featuring Ladies Who Are All Legs And Dudes Who Are All Hands

A typical occurrence at reOPENed; just make sure it's voluntary. Pic from Mel D Cole/Village Slum ​Santos Party House's Friday-night situation has been a little dramatic lately. The club's weekly fete OPEN--featuring Q-Tip, Rich Medina, and Vashtie--seemed to be doing immensely well, even winn ... More >>

I Don't Go Clubbing, I Go Dancing: The Weekend In Nightlife, Starring Rob Swift And Total Eclipse, Just Blaze, And Louie Vega

​Friday is for hip-hop. First and foremost, the X-Ecutioners' Rob Swift and Total Eclipse headline the appropriately named "Respect the Architect" Full Spectrum party series at Littlefield in Brooklyn. Though Swift and Eclipse are turntablists at their core, expect a dance party easy on the sc ... More >>

'Re-Open-Ed'

Interview: Just Blaze Talks Baseline Studios, From the Making of Jay-Z's The Blueprint to the End of an Era

"For The Blueprint, Jay-Z literally just walked into the studio one day and was like, 'Anybody got some beats?'" Kanye mourns, 1.30.10.​Last Thursday, when producer Justin "Just Blaze" Smith announced he was closing shop at Baseline Studios, longtime recording homebase for Roc-A-Fella Records ... More >>

A Guide To This Weekend's Holiday-Party Glut

​If there's one thing that people of all faiths can agree on, it's that the best thing about the "Holiday Season" is all the parties. There's nothing quite like sipping on some good ol' rum punch with your co-workers or donning your cheesiest Xmas swag for your apartment-building potlucks. On ... More >>

Jay-Z's Blueprint 3 Gets a Cover, Potential Tracklisting

​The ostensible cover to Blueprint 3. As Sean Fennessey pointed out, Jay seems to be taking several pages from the 808s & Heartbreak handbook. And, speaking of Kanye, he produced basically all of the record, it seems:

Wale Does Not Listen to "Dischord Bands"

In an otherwise lively interview with Wale ("Just Blaze don't get back to me on the regular... [laughs] Or Kanye West! People might say 'keep doin' what you're doing, let's work some time.' But when it comes down to it, it's like [sounding bored]: 'Oh. Yeah. Keep it moving...'," Flavorwire swings ... More >>

The Making of Maroon 5's Call and Response: An Oral History

Freeway Preaches to the Choir

Sneaker Pimps

Moby, Q-Tip, and a bunch of a dudes on a bench bring a little bit of L.A. to the LES

Still Shining

Widely mourned but still underrated beat deity goes back to the present

The White Rapper Show: The Best Thing on TV

The Quarterly Report: Best New Singles

Conscious Waffler Stops Trying For Perfection And Reachieves Competence

Music Videos: Epic Once Again

Jay-Z's Reasonable Doubt Anniversary Show at Radio City: Really That Good

A Conversation Between Just Blaze and Alchemist

Both Sides Now

From the underground to the chart tops, Just Blaze aims to save New York hip-hop

50 Cent Needs to Shut Up

Preview: Ghostface Killah's New Album Fishscale

Pull 'n' Tug

Nobody can touch him now, but maybe he needs them to

Songs in the Key of Z