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Ill Poetic “Gone” Video Cincinnati Debut Friday 4/27 @ Northside Tavern
This Friday, we’ll be debuting the video for my song “Gone” at Northside Tavern as part of DJ Pillo & DJ Apryl Reign‘s Selectas Choice series.
The whole evening will be amazing automatically, as Pillo, Apryl & DJ Rare Groove are spinning all night long. The video is really just the bonus.
Plus, it’s my Birthday weekend, so come out and kick it. 21 & up, FREE.
Friday, April 27, 2012
@ Northside Tavern
4163 Hamilton Ave., Cincinnati
#SynesthesiaYellow
#BeCool
Stalley Homecoming Show this Thursday 4/19 + OU Show Footage
This Thursday marks the return of Ohio Hip-Hop artist Stalley to his hometown of Massilon.
As part of the Ohio Takeover 2012 Tour, myself and LxE for the Uncool will be joining Stalley for his Homecoming Show at Lion’s Lincoln Theatre on Lincoln Way (hence the “Lincoln Way Nights” album).
This is a pretty unprecedented event, and I think it’s going to be really special. Our homie Jean P will be opening alongside Maaly, L Jordan & CORE.
Buy your tickets HERE
The Miseducation of Central State University
My name is Tim Gmeiner. Those of you who read my blog know me as “Ill Poetic”, a Hip-Hop artist based out of Cincinnati & Columbus, Ohio. Over the past 4 years, I’ve had the amazing opportunity to pursue my artistry as a full-time career; touring and performing everywhere from Skate Parks in Germany to Community Centers in Cincinnati. One of the greatest gifts this winding career path has given me is the prospect of meeting so many people from so many different walks of life, all tied together through our common experiences and love for Hip-Hop Music and the culture surrounding it. From scene to scene and city to city, we become families of different races, genders, creeds, and sexual preferences. We’ve become a generation of kids who’ve peeled away our forefathers’ ugliest stereotypes without even realizing we were doing so. We are a culture with a wide range of values, beliefs, and life experiences, capable of exhibiting artists with messages from all ends of the spectrum; those positive, as well as those with the negative. Yet and still, a recent experience with Central State Universities Administrative faculty has shown that 25 years later, Hip-Hop as a genre, culture and community still finds itself defending its music and lifestyle to a population of people who group millions of complex, creative and intelligent people into a single negative image of the likes that Mainstream television and radio outlets project hip-hop to be.
Ill Poetic x DubMD x Prefyx x SoulStice x Truth Universal “S.O.S”
A while back, my homie DubMD reached out about hopping on an EP he’d be dropping titled “Requiem”. The record is now prepped to see the light of day this Summer, and he decided to leak our song as one of the first singles. I’m really glad this beat found a home (I always wondered how an emcee would’ve approached it).
If you’re not hip to DubMD, he’s done mixtapes for everyone from Columbus’s Dominique Larue to SlaughterHouse’s Royce the 5’9″.
Enjoy the song and download free HERE
Stalley “Savage Journey to the American Dream” Free Download
As we prepare to announce a few more dates for the Ohio Takeover 2012 Tour w/ myself, LxE & Stalley, I figured I’d pass along the link to Stalley’s new free “mixtape” (read: album) “Savage Journey to the American Dream” (insert Hunter S. Thompson reference).
Download HERE. Hit the jump to stream live and watch the “Party Heart” video that was packaged alongside the album release.
New Interview up at PaulMeara.com
Our show at Athens a couple weeks ago was pretty epic. We’ll have tons of footage en route.
After the show, we all took interviews. I specifically spoke w/ Paul Meara of PaulMeara.com. First interview I’ve done in a while, so there are lots of new little updates for folks waiting on any album updates or people who may care as to why I haven’t been releasing albums for a while. All your questions will soon be answered.
CLICK HERE to hit up Paul’s site, or keep reading.
Also, catch his first installment of the “Ohio Takeover Tour” Interview Series w/ Stalley.
(PS – The pic above is a quick screenshot from the “Numb” video shoot – I’m excited about this one)
Jason Dhir Presents “Velocity” This Saturday
Tomorrow Evening, I’ll be @ Bluestone in Columbus for Jason Dhir‘s 9th Annual Mega-Party “Velocity”. This party is considered the counter-show to the Arnold Sports Party with the Pros (which we event coordinated last year). Needless to say, this is the fun one. Carmen Elektra is hosting. So…yeah.
Jason’s brought me & others in to help sound-design the main event, titled “Rush 360″. I, along with a small symphonic ensemble, will orchestrate the soundtrack to a series of crazy events, involving but not limited to: Acrobats, Catwomen, Firebreathers, and College Graduates. Sound confusing? Yup.
I have no idea what to expect, and I’ve been told what to expect. That’s how crazy this is. Needless to say, it should be fun.
So swing out tomorrow evening if you want your mind blown.
Ohio Takeover 2012 Tour featuring Stalley, Ill Poetic & LxE for the Uncool
It’s that time of year again.
Last year, VoiceOfRzn worked our asses off to bring you guys the OhioTakeover Tour, featuring myself, J. Rawls, LxE for the Uncool & Illogic. It was an amazing experience and overall one of my favorite tours ever. You guys really showed out to these shows, which gave us enough confidence and momentum to try this again.
So this year we’ve decided to re-up for a second season. The new cast consists of myself, LxE for the Uncool & recent MMG signee and Massilon, OH-nativce Stalley. Needless to say, we’re very excited about this line-up and this tour in general. We’ve never approached a tour quite like this, and I’ve never approached performing a set like this (more on this in a later post, though if you saw the SLAM Festival show in Cinci this past August you caught a preview). For now, enjoy our Tour Trailer, courtesy our friends at Arris Productions. Keep reading to get details on our jump-off show next weekend @ OU.
Hypnotic Brass Ensemble Cover one of the Greatest Songs ever created by man
“…Me? Well..I’ve never been there…well, perhaps once…”
Hypnotic Brass Ensemble covers “SpottieOttieDopaliscious”, one of the greatest songs I’ve ever heard (peep how they flip Sleepy Brown’s verse)
PS – I can’t wait to cover this song live again (coming soon).
Ill Poetic “Instrumentals” Vol. 2
I make beats.
Then I flesh the beats out into productions. Then I bring in musicians to play my ideas, and vocalists to accentuate the song-writing. Then I begin the process of mixing, post-producing and anal-retentive analysis that leads to months in a basement working on a single song.
I can’t use them all. Some of them have to just stay beats and semi-fleshed out ideas. These ideas need homes. They’re orphans with empty bowls of porridge, looking for a singer, emcee, or musician to nourish them and put a blanket over their sad, cold bodies.
Oh, and here are some more from before.
Ps – Shouts the homie David Perez for the always amazing pictures of pretty ladies. And shouts to this coffee shop I’ve been in ALL DAY designing the cover.
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