What up everyone...Thank you for coming to the site. You can check out music and videos from all our artists by going to their pages. To puchase music and videos please go to the artists store and start selecting what you want into your cart until your ready to checkout and PAYPAL will do the rest. Thank you for your support and we have much more music, videos, and artists to come...so be on the look out. Love and Respect- Subnet
DIAMONDS IN THE ROUGH IS OFFICIALLY PREMEIRING AT THE PAN AFRICAN FILM FESTIVAL IN LOS ANGELES FEBRUARY 15TH 10:45PM AT THE MAGIC JOHNSON THEATER. THERE WILL ALSO BE A OPEN GALLERY RECEPTION FROM 8PM-10:30PM BEFORE THE SCREENING. PLEASE COME OUT AND JOIN US FOR THIS AMAZING EVENING OF PHOTOGRAPHY AND FILM.And for all you love birds out there...there is a special screening on Valentines Day at 3:50pm.
We are also throwing a International Hip Hop show at On the Roxs (above the Roxy) on Sunset Feb. 8th. COME THROUGH AND CHECK OUT SOME OF THE WORLD'S UP AND COMING HIP HOP ARTISTS!
SubNet is in the building...or should I say on the Net. if you didn't know we are a new online Non-Exclusive Record Label, that is representing underground artists from all round the world that are trying to make a difference in this life. The site’s features include downloadable tracks and music videos from the artists, artist TV shows, radio stations, blogs and free promotional downloads from featured artists and Dee-Jays. We are still working on everything but the site is 80% done and is really shaping into something cool. (Big Ups to our Web Master Chris for making our online world possible) This is our not so official launch so THANK YOU FOR STOPING BY!! check out the new videos Starvation and Black Poetry by Okai directed by yours truly 3rdi. Oh and please cop the new album by Okai “Dekonstrucktion of the Mind”. It was produced by Aytollah and is FIRE…one of the best albums I’ve heard all year…A HIP HOP CLASSIC. We also have a new album “Green Card” by Wanlov the Kubolor, the new Bataka music video “Buvuse” and Babaluku‘s new video “Vakwakuveges” dropping this month. So roll around the site, check out the features and if you have a few extra bucks in the bank...buy some music and know that you are supporting indepedent artists trying to make a difference in the world. LOVE AND LIGHT- 3rdi
This past weekend the Subterranean Network crew and the Bavubuka Foundation went to San Fran to Join 70,000 concsious thinkers, revolutionaries, social activists, burning man collective and all the others to support Michael Franti's free show in Golden Gate Park to promote Power to the Peaceful. it was an amazing weekend to say the least...Bataka Squad joined Franti on stage for a remix version of "Hello Bonjour". Bataka rocked the 70,000+ crowd with their native Luga Flow to cheers and screams. it was Awesome!!! I'm so proud of those guys...they have come along way. We also set up our first Bavubuka Foundation info/donation booth. We got to mingle with a lot of cool socially concsious like minded people and spread some awareness for the Community Center and Hip Hop Festival we are trying to make a reality in Uganda. Peace and blessing to everyone that was interested enough to come talk to us about our cause. VERY SPECIAL SHOT-OUT AND THANK YOU TO the whole Guerrilla Management crew (Anita, Catherine, Carla, Jill) for hooking us up with a kick ass day and just being the coolest women ever, Forrest,Cary, Becky, Janet, Rachael and Ace for coming out with us and helping out and supporting, The whole Bavubuka Team (Lara, Myra, Toby,Silas, Alex, Brett) for making it all happen and of course Michael Franti for being a Man that WALKS THE WALK AND TALKS THE TALK!!! Thanks for the Diamonds in the Rough shot out!!!! MUCH RESPECT!
BABALUKU & AARON ELTON This weekend on world.bEAts
This weekend on world.bEAts SATURDAY, JULY 21ST IN THE SPOTLIGHT with BABALUKU & AARON ELTON A good friend to world.beats, Babaluku returns to the program after one of his many trips to East Africa where he’s changing lives and challenging us to rethink what one person can do to make a difference in this world.With his self-initiated Bavabuka Foundation he’s been working in Uganda to empower youth through community development and hip hop music. Traveling with videographer, Aaron Elton, his most recent efforts have been captured in a new mini-documentary and a music video, which celebrates the expansion of the foundation’s work beyond Uganda, into Kenya and Tanzania. world.beats welcomes Babaluku home in today’s Spotlight. With his self-initiated Bavabuka Foundation he’s been working in Uganda to empower youth through community development and hip hop music. Traveling with videographer, Aaron Elton, his most recent efforts have been captured in a new mini-documentary and a music video, which celebrates the expansion of the foundation’s work beyond Uganda, into Kenya and Tanzania. world.beats welcomes Babaluku home in today’s Spotlight.
Rah-P and 3rdi on African Hip Hop Radio in Amsterdam
So if you didn't know Rah-P and I were in Amsterdam for Music Mayday's B-Connected Hip Hop Festival. It was great chance for us to perform and build with some amazing like minded artists from around the world.Big ups to Zulu Boy and his band for rocking with Rah-P and making the week unbelievable- special shot out to Paco for all the Zulu Stories, Big UPs to Pan Africans for holding us down with the studio time and the Jah vibes, the cape Verde crew Revolted and Vierira for coming through on the "The World"track and the whole Music Mayday team for making it all possible!!! Can't wait until next year! We also had a chance to go stop by africanhiphop.com to do a radio interview. you can download it free on itunes right now. click the african hip hop banner to the right>>>- listen and support. africanhiphop.com is the spot to here worldly hip hop so please check it out and support the movement.WHAT 'S GOOD J4 AND DREW?? Thanks for holding us down!!
The revolution is here. We will be having a big weekend on the both coasts so if your in the area please come support! This is our first of many appearences showing the films, trailers, and performing so we'd love to see you and network with you. COME THROUGH! -3rdi CITY OF LOST ANGELS: Tomorrow Saturday June 2nd at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles. If you missed the private screening of "Diamonds in the Rough"a few weeks ago this is your last chance to see it before we start submitting to film festivals. The film starts at 2:30pm followed by a Q&A with myself, Saba Saba, and Babaluku. Please join us for this special event. And it FREE! -3rdi address: Skirball Cultural Center 2701 North Sepulveda Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90049 Telephone: (310) 440-4500. check out the links: http://www.skirball.org/ http://www.skirball.org/index.php?s=program&p=film.php IF YOUR IN NEW YORK: We wil be showing the trailer for Diamonds in the Rough and a short film I did called Hip Hop Revolution at the 5th Annual H2O [Hip-Hop Odyssey] International Film Festival in New York. The screening of the Diamonds trailer along with a bunch of other Hip Hop films will be Saturday June 2nd (Tomorrow) Starting at 5:00 pm -11:00pm at the ImaginAsian Theatre239 Est 59th St. New York, NY and Hip Hop Revolution will be Saturday June 9th at 5:00pm SImaginAsian Theatre239 Est 59th St. New York, NY 10031 if you are in the area please stop in a support Subterranean Network, H2O, the hip hop artists, and film makers that are making this film fest possible! for more info on the H2O film festival check out: http://www.h2oiff.org/ ;)
