Rodders 10/23/2009

Rodders is a pretty nice sized club located on Molalla in Oregon City that hosts some really great shows. Last Friday was no exception. With performances by Bad Habitat, Rocket One, Lost Soul Surcle and Prologic to name a few, this show popped off with some real hip hop in the northwest. I met a cat outside that was pushing his hip hop movement news letter. I read it the next day and was very impressed with some of the literature. I will be giving him a shout out pretty soon. Bad Habitat rocked it. So did Rocket One. It was all in all a good show. It was my first time catching a show at Rodders and I was not disappointed. The drinks were pretty spendy though. $7 for a well drink in Oregon City? thats crazy

POH Hop 11 - 2009

The 11th annual POH Hop (Portland Oregon Hip Hop) Festival took place October 7th - 10th in various venues around Portland Oregon. Headlining the event is E-40, bay area rap legend, and local hip hop favorite. 2 Time World Rap Champion and Portland Native, Illmaculate, hosted the Portland Battle for Rap Supremacy(September 30th). The POH-Hop Jumpoff Party (Wednesday October 7th) at the Ash Street Saloon with Focused Noise (Animal Farm, Mic Crenshaw and Serge Severe), Gray Matters, Soul P, Bad Habitat, Mac Smiff, Rapper E, Hosted By DJ Fatboy and Saphira. POH-Hop New Talent Showcase (Thursday October 8th) at The Backspace with Zion I, The Jacka, Braille, Luck One, Dubble 00, Sapient, Eternal Family, Hosted By DJ O.G. ONE & Stevie G. Runaway Productions Showcase (Friday October 9th) at Slabtown with Sleep, Illmaculate, IAME, Living Proof, Alphabet Stew, Destro, Diezel P, Quixotic and Level Headed. The NW Breakout Showcase (Saturday October 23rd) at The Roseland Theater with E-40, Sandpeople, Maniac Lok, MY G, Twisted Insane, Majr D, Saphira, Yung Fadell, Roseville, Jae Lava, Jay Child, Liquid Antrax and 44 Cal aka Portland George, Hosted By DJ Fatboy. The POH Hop 2009 was ill. There are good things going on in Portland Hip Hop. Stay Posted for more to come.