Tag: Phonte Coleman
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Guest Column: Lamont Lilly (@LamontLilly) — Phonte Coleman, Hip Hop “Soul Man”
Durham, NC based activist, Lamont Lilly is a columnist for the African American Voice and contributing editor with the Triangle Free Press. Follow him on Twitter @LamontLilly. It was two weeks ago and six months late that I finally purchased Phonte Coleman’s solo debut, “Charity Starts At Home,” one of three specialty releases marking…
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9th Wonder (@9thWonderMusic), King Mez (@KingMez), J. Cole (@JColeNC) & Phonte (@Phontigallo) On UNC-TV’s North Carolina Now (Video)
Last night UNC-TV aired an excellent piece on the show "North Carolina Now" about the ever growing North Carolina hip hop scene. Front runners 9th Wonder, King Mez, J-Cole, and Phonte were featured and talk about being from here and making a living as a NC-based hip hop act. They also discuss how the culture of…
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Where Is Hip Hop? Episode 93 w/ @Randy_Roper x @NanciOIsHipHop
Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock or are just not tuned into the scene, you already know by now that 9/27/2011 will be an EPIC day for North Carolina hip hop. Three mainstays from our state will be releasing major albums: Grammy award winning producer and DJ 9th Wonder will be releasing The Wonder…
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DJ Flash (@DJFlashJLeague) Presents: The Best Of Phonte (@Phontigallo) (Mixtape)
DJ Flash put together this project to help build anticipation for Phonte’s solo debut, Charity Starts At Home, which drops in two days. This mixtape includes 70 tracks, 78 minutes and covers the past 10 years of Phonte’s career. The entire project was mixed and selected by DJ Flash. If you’ve ever doubted that Phonte…
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Meet DJ Flash (@DJFlashJLeague) Directed By Price Films (@PriceFilms)–(Video)
Meet DJ Flash, someone you may not be familiar with but who has had a huge impact to the NC hip hop community. In this video, done in collaboration with Price Films—the same company behind 9th Wonder’s The Wonder Year documentary–DJ Flash and his credentials are introduced to the world. DJ Flash describes his accomplishments as…
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“Local Hip-Hop Heavyweights Discuss The New A Tribe Called Quest Documentary” (Article)–@IndyWeek
Photo: Ernie Paniccioli Last month, the Independent Weekly, RDU’s progressive news, music and culture publication, invited Phonte Coleman of The Foreign Exchange/Little Brother, Producer Commissioner Gordon, Denver Hill (manager of The Colony Theater) and yours truly to a private screening of Michael Rappaport’s new hip hop documentary, Beats, Rhymes And Life: The Travels of…
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September 27, 2011: @9thWonderMusic @JColeNC @Phontigallo New Albums Set For Release
Now some of y’all can’t sit there and act like this doesn’t mean anything, but if all projects drop like they’re supposed to and none are pushed back, 9/27/2011 will go down in North Carolina Hip Hop history. Mark your calendars.