Hip Hop in the Park 2010

It’s official, boys and girls: Hip Hop in the Park is returning for its third year. As always, it’s held on a Saturday during the third week of May, also known as international Hip Hop Appreciation Week. (That’s Sat., May 22nd!)

Graff artists, emcees, b-boys and DJs — you can start submitting your work here.

This year, we are doing two shows, Hip Hop in the Park and the 18+ event, Hip Hop in the Dark. All submissions must be received by March 15. Selections will be announced around the first week of April.

Join your favorite local rappers in a battle of epic proportions, as they go head to head in a 5 on 5 game of full court charity basketball. We still need djs and volunteers. Email bball@hiphopinthepark.ca to sign up. All proceeds go towards the Hip Hop in the Park Foundation.

The Roster:

Kaz “Make It Rain” Mega
Dirt “Gravy Train” Grittie
Jon “Dunk On Ya Momma” Dubs
Arlo “No Shorts” Maverick
J “Shake You Out Your In-Soles” Soul
Shaw “Shoot Your Lights (and Cable) Out” Langley
DJ Sonny “Grime Time” Grimezz
Sly “Ivory Slam” Slivers
Orville “Stop’N'Pop” Redenbacher
Mitchmatic “The Summer Sultan”
Redef aka “Low Post Leroy”
Elle Dirty D-Fence
T “Run ‘N’ Gun” Rhyme
“Raise The Roof” Raydarr
Dre Day
Solidario aka “The G.O.A.Tee”
iDribble aka “SkyD”
Khiry “Tuff as Tosh” Tafari aka Con-Verse the All-Star
“All Moola” Muta
Screwface Killa aka “Judge Dreadz”
Mike “Smitty” aka The Smit Peddler
Sharp One “The 1Man Weave”
A-Manual aka “Spin-Sykel”
“Drop Step” Hotep
Benny “The Jet” Jackson
AC the “8-footer” Ace
3 in the Keon
Jae “Uh-Mayes-Em”
Juice aka “Playerade”
Jake “Jump Ova Ya” Nova

Host: AOK
Play by Play Commentator: Rakesh

ckets are now for sale at the following locations:

*MEdeity Multimedia - 10905 106 Ave

*Haven - 10528 108 street. http://www.havenshop.ca/

*Wild Style Wednesdays - 10030 - 102 St. Every Wednesday, doors @ 9pm.

**********$10 reg./$5 under 15*********

Video courtesy of Paula Kirman

Image Courtesy of edmonton in three dimensions

We’d like to thank everybody that was a part of Hip Hop in the Park. The performers, the volunteers, the organizers and all of the people that came out and made it such a beautiful day. THANK YOU.

I know it was not perfect; a few swear words slipped… we ran out of water…

But really… Thousands of people came down and enjoyed a beautiful day under the sun, enjoyed the park, the people, the vibes and the best of Edmonton Hip Hop Culture.

Last years event was great, and still we had complaints to the city and the papers… I encourage people to take a minute or two and write a letter or an email to the City of Edmonton (311@edmonton.ca) to praise today’s festival… or to the newspapers. (Edmonton Journal, letters@thejournal. canwest.com) (Edmonton Sun, mailbag@edmsun.com)

• View images from edmonton in three dimesions
• View images from Paula Kirman

Congratulations to Joey Dats (of The Greater Good) after winning the trophy as Hip Hop in the Park’s 2009 Producer Battle champion. It was a close one; here’s how it went down:

Semifinal A: Jae Mayes vs. Architect - winner: Jae Mayes

Semifinal B: Redef vs. Joey Dats - winner: Joey Dats

Final: Joey vs. Jae in one tough, close, holy smokes, hype battle. Each played two instrumentals and at first it looked like the judges were leaning toward Jae Mayes. Then, overtime was demanded. So in OT, the two went head-to-head once more and Joey Dats came just over the edge as the judge’s favourite. But it was a tough battle. Congrats to Joey Dats.

In case you missed the big producer battle tonight at Wildstyle Wednesdays @ The Temple, the semi-finalists are: Joey Dats, Jae Mayes, Redef and GetNYce (Architect). Congratulations to the four of them who won over 12 other very competitive beatmakers.

The semi-finalists will compete to be the HHitP 09 Producer champion. It’s this Saturday (May 23) @ Louise McKinney Park.

Friends of the Foundation, The Greater Good, got a nice profile in Vue Weekly today, which leads to their 3:50 PM performance at Hip Hop in the Park this Saturday. Read it here.

Just a remind that Saturday morning to 4 pm, there’s a fundraising Garage Sale @ 12707 92 St.

Click here for more details.