THE 5th ANNUAL BROOKLYN HIP-HOP FESTIVAL JUNE 20TH 2009
12-8 PM
EMPIRE FULTON FERRY STATE PARK
DUMBO, BROOKLYN
The show is free, but a $10 donation is appreciated.
Full Lineup:
Pharoahe Monch
DJ Premier
Styles P
dead prez
Smif N Wessun
Grand Puba
J Period
Torae and Marco Polo
Tiye Phoenix
Keys N Krates
DJ Misbehaviour
Metermaids
hosted by Ralph McDaniels
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Jeannette Petri aka Jee-Nice of Anattitude Magazine.
As promised, we’re hitting you with another installment of one of our most popular features—Women Making History!
Today, we are honoring a sister out of Brussels: Jeannette Petri—they call her Jee-Nice!—the creative force behind Anattitude Magazine.
Not familiar with the magazine? Well, we’re about to hip you!
Founded by Jeannette Petri, Anattitude Magazine has been around since 2005. The magazine is the first and only existing international Hip Hop magazine in print that represents the female side of Hip Hop culture. Intended as an antidote to the one-sided, boring, even nonexistent representation of contemporary female Hip Hop culture in the media. Anattitude presents strong independent women from around the world with a special focus on the variety of gender styles.
Anattitude presents knowledge and style with attitude!
Anattitude has an international and diverse readership across Europe, the US and Canada—half of which is actually male! The magazine is for people who are interested in keeping Hip Hop culture alive. It is also for those who want to be inspired by a fresh points of view in design and photography. With features from international contributors from Britain to Bulgaria, Anattitude gives it’s readers information about females in Hip Hop culture, that you can’t find anywhere else!
The magazine also has some of the most on-point photography in print and is beautifully design.
While studying Fine Arts in Germany, Jeannette focused on video and photography but also started her Hip Hop career as “Jee-Nice” spinning on the wheels of steel in 2000. She brought out every 12 inch she had featuring female emcees from around the world and made the people dance.
Jee-Nice’s goal was to bring forward the forgotten history of females in Hip Hop. She began to research the history of Hip Hop in 2003 and created the reader “Here’s A Little Story That Must be Told,” along with a mix of rare cuts. The birth of Anattitude quickly followed.
A tribute spread in Anattitude to Sha-Rock of Funky 4+1—the first hip hop group to have a female MC.
Get familiar with Jee via our exclusive M.I.S.S. survey below:
M.I.S.S. Crew Exclusive: Women Making History Survey
A Q&A with Jee below:
What woman, besides your mom or grandmother, do you find inspirational?
A lot of women are inspirational to me every day… I mean every woman who’s doing her thing, who believes in her dreams and tries to realize them no matter how hard it is.
There are so many… from Missy E to my neighbor who is running her own chippy. Big up to all you ladies, keep on rocking!
How did you get your start?
That was very easy…I got my degree in art school as a photographer. As a Hip Hop DJ and magazine addict creating a Hip Hop fanzine featuring the ladies was the easiest thing for me to do. To combine the things I love, and yes…I felt the lack of the representation of females in every printed matter. I also felt the constriction of how you have to look like in the Hip Hop game.
All of that seemed to be so boring to me. I had to create a different image of women of Hip Hop. So I did this great photo shooting with my girls for issue #1 (www.jeannette-petri.com).
I wanted to create and show a new attitude in the Hip Hop world. I wanted to put the whole gender theme into it. But now, years later, as the publisher and producer of a (bigger) magazine its getting harder and harder.
I still love it but now it’s not only about taking dope photos or including dope interviews with dope women but it’s much more a business thing and creating survival strategies. I’m so bad in all these acquisitions of money and advertisement. I am very lucky to have art foundations believing in my work and the power of my work. Without their support there would be no Anattitude…THANKS.
Issue #2 of Anattitude Magazine focuses on French Hip Hop.
What’s your favorite piece (feature story/cover/etc) that you’ve created?
I don’t have one fave. They’re ALL faves because everything in Anattitude is coming from the heart and I’m doing only what I think is important to read, to research, to know, to see. I mean all issues have been important to me and were made for different reasons.
The first issue focused on the gender theme in Hip Hop. The second issue was discovery; to find out what French Hip Hop all about. French Hip Hop is unique and totally different from the rest of European Hip Hop and also very different from the American culture. The last issue (The Old School Issue) was a big dream of mine because I’m personally a big old school fan. I’ve been digging vinyls by old school spitters for 10 years.
I’ve been researching the female side of Hip Hop history for years. But everyone knows, if you want to get deeper into it, you will find nothing in print. There is really a need for all the untold and forgotten stories to be read. It was a great challenge to seek out Sparky D, who gave up her career as an MC at the peak of her career due to drug addiction. I wrote her two emails and finally I got to her and this interview with Miss Sparky D touches me deeply. She is definitely one women who inspires me, because of her strength.
Also, famous photographer Janette Beckman…an email and five minutes later I had her response saying, Yeah lets do this. Those moments are really great.
Who do you want to work with in the future (feature/collaborate with/etc)?
More collabos with dope women, more collabos with art collectives and trying to find advertisers to survive.
I would like to travel more to find out what Hip Hop represents for different cultures, away from what we know in our European or American cultures.
Anattitude will grow bigger and deffer… so you ladies & gents out there, if you want to contribute to the one and only Hip Hop magazine, please drop us a line!
Anattitude Magazine: Helping keep Hip Hop culture alive!
What part of your work process is the most challenging and do you dislike the most?
Like I said before, the business side of things is the most challenging part and the part I dislike the most.
Last but not least, a big shout-out to all our readers, fans and helping hands who are supporting Anattitude!!! Thank you!
Thanks YOU, Jee! Your drive and passion for Hip Hop is beyond inspiring!
We have a lot more pictures below but before you check those, be sure to bookmark the links below:
DJ A-Trak, Canada’s hottest export and vinyl-backer of Kanye West, sits down with Vimby to tell us why, as a kid, he ditched his friends at the arcade to perfect his scratching techniques at home. His commitment doesn’t hit home until you actually see archived footage of him as a youngster cuttin’ all the way through his awkward stages! Fast forward to the present, he rocked a jam-packed Avalon in Los Angeles and explains how he’s taking his love for Hip-Hop to the next level, and why he just can’t get enough.
His newest mix album, Infinity + 1 is out now, so head over to his Tumblr and see how it all came into fruition.
Kid Cudi aka the “Lonely Stoner” chops it up with Karmaloop TV and tells us about his big break, why he listens to the Talking Heads, and what you should be doing when you’re playing his music. Peep!
The day now referred to as ‘Black Saturday’ was an extremely windy, hot and humid day in the middle of our Australian summer which posed a great risk to those living in bushland. There was already a fire ban in place in most of the country, with people in country areas urged to be particularly careful. However, no-one would have been able to predict that deliberately lit fires would pop up in country Victoria destroying land, houses and causing over 200 people to perish. At its most fierce, the fires reached over 150 km/h (95mph), striking farmland and houses with little notice. Families barely had time to react, let alone enforce their fire plans and had to leave animals, possessions and homes behind.
Now fast forward to nearly a month later – fires have only now just been contained and those that were lucky enough to escape are returning to rebuild their lives. In Melbourne an event called Stand As One is a fundraiser organised by Shayne from Hooded Ink after his father lost everything – including his best friend – in the fires. You can read his full story here.
Stand As One is being held at the Prince Bandroom on the 15th of March and will be featuring performances by an array of names in the Aussie hip hop scene such as: Delta & DJ Staen1, Illzilla, Low Budget, Justice & Kaos, Reason feat Lotus & Bid, Motley, Surreal & Fevapres feat DJ Cargo, Poloclub, Fraksha, Scotty Hinds, Murky, Depths & Diem, Tjimba & The Yung Warriors, Briggs, Pang Productions Crew (Mata & Must, J Waters, 1/6, Urban Monk and Blunted Monk), Class A & DJ Bogues, Fluent Form, Jules feat DJ Sizzle, DJ sets from M-Phazes, Jase, Doc Felix.
Sponsored by Hooded Ink, Beat Broker, Etnies, Obese Records, Ozhiphop.com, Buddums Presents, Shogun and This Is It, this event is one not to be missed. The best thing about it? 100% of the proceeds will be going to the bushfire victims.
If you are in Melbourne, head on down next Sunday 7:30pm for an amazing night for a worthwhile cause.
For more information about the Victorian bushfires head here.
To donate directly, head to the Red Cross website here.
Last week my friends over at The Darkside turned me on to my new favorite website - Snacks and Shit. The site is run by two guys named Chris based in LA and they dissect hip hop songs by taking one lyric and giving their hysterial commentary. I won’t bother you with my explanation - just go read it - I swear, it’s funny. And, pay close attention to the “filed under” and “tags” - those are the best parts! If you’re a tweeter, you can follow them on twitter and find out immediately when there are new snacks.
When Biggie said, “Spread love, it’s the Brooklyn way…“, Kerri O’Connell took note and created Good Wood NYC, a Brooklyn based company that focuses on hand carved rings. This creative lady saw a need for sustainable accessories and filled it. No diamonds or gold, just good wood from Mother Earth. Kerri has been bringing the vibe of an environmentally friendly Radio Raheem to the masses and, with amazing collabos waiting in the wings, there’s no sign of her slowing down!
Beginning with rings, Kerri extended the line to custom pendants, bracelets and earrings.
All Good Wood NYC pieces are handmade and designed by Kerri along with a “team of wood carving elves”…who I picture rockin’ track-suits and kicks. The pieces are intricately hand carved into light and dark wood and sanded for the smoothest results.
Today we honor, Kerri O’Connell for her creative and innovative mind, as she takes the essence of Hip Hop into the next century. Read on after the jump to learn more about Kerri and Good Wood NYC!
Hey Ladies! Do you have have plans for Valentine’s Night?
Do you love the musical theater?
Would you like to show your support for a great community-based organization?
Please consider this opportunity to support Beats, Rhymes and Life (BRL), an Oakland-based therapeutic Hip Hop project by buying a raffle ticket for the chance to see Wicked on Valentine’s Night!
The Package Includes:
★ (2) Two PREMIUM TICKETS (Orchestra Section Center Stage!!!)
★ $100 Gift Dinner Certificate (Elephant Bar Restaurant)
★ Over a $1,000 Value!
Great seats, great food, greater cause!
The drawing is THIS SATURDAY (2/7/09) @ the BRL Giveaway Party (invite only).
You DO NOT need to be present to win.
Click here to visit the Beats, Rhymes & Life Website for more information.
“Using Hip Hop as a Catalyst for Change and Development”
Reel U Films is proud to announce that the incredible award-winning film War Child will be making it’s theatrical debut in New York City and Washington DC this November and December. War Child tells the remarkable life story of Sudanese hip hop artist Emmanuel Jal. Once a child soldier in Sudan’s civil war, Jal has made it his mission to bring peace to his beloved Sudan and build schools in Africa. 5% of the gross receipts (first money in) goes to Gua Africa - a non profit that was set up to build a school in Leer, Sudan.
War Child opens tomorrow night (Friday, November 14th) at Village East Cinema in NYC and will run through Thursday, November 20th. Following that, it will begin it’s run at the Landmark E Street Theatre in Washington DC on December 5th. Read the full story
Missed out on the show? No problem: the footage is up on YouTube, with EyeASage rocking her all-womyn crew, DJ Cellskiii and Irie Eyez. Check out flicks of resident rocka, Hopie Spitshard, after the jump!
