It has been over 5 years since the Rhymesayers duo Eyedea & Abilities graced us with a full length release. The album E&A was released back in 1994. Since then, Eyedea has done different side projects, and Abilities now lives in Milwaukee. I got wind of a fortcoming record from Milwaukee’s DJ Deadbeat and Kid Millions. They both told me the music on E&A’s record entitled “By The Throat” was amazing.

It is on like Donkey Kong. I have been supporting this band for over a year, and now you get a chance to see why (if you live in Madison or Milwaukee). This Saturday (4/25/09), in my hood Riverwest, Atlanta’s The Constellations will be performing live along with Milwaukee’s Kingdomnada, and yours truly.

DJ Benzi returns to Milwaukee on Saturday, April 18th to Moct in Milwaukee and Rhythm Lab and Needledrop proudly welcomes him. Originally from Michigan, Dj Benzihas become one of the most influential and prolific mixtape DJs in the world.

One of my favorite groups out of Milwaukee is Codebreaker. They recently put out an amazing track featuring England’s Kathy Diamond entitled “Fire”. I just got an email from the guys in Codebreaker with a new song which is an actually a cover of the classic disco hit “First True Love Affair” by Jimmy Ross from 1981. Codebreaker kept true to the original but added some heavy synth basslines.

No I am not talking about the 1958 movie starring Frank Sinatra. The Kings Go Forth I am talking about is a Milwaukee based funk band that could definitely give the Dap-Kings a run for …

Shame on you if you miss this past Saturday’s one year anniversary of SpacedOut at Moct presented by Rhythm Lab Radio. Diamonds, Jai Alai Savant, Blaqstarr and Diplo killed it. The place …