http://shemspeed.com/daily largest, most diverse Jewish music site Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:37:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Axum's self titled debut is an in-your-face album that has broadened Israel's definition of Hip-Hop, Reggae & Dancehall by adding a unique Middle Eastern and Ethiopian sound. It was co-produced by Sabbo of Soulico, who will be performing with Y-Love on Sept 28th at Jerusalem's Kraft Stadium! Sabbo also remixed ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/axum-free-mp3-mixtape-download MazziveMazels to Kosha Dillz who will be featured on MTVu's Freshman 5. Yes! “DooDoo” is up on MTVu The Freshman! The contest will run for 2 weeks and voting has begun for Kosha Dillz video "Doo Doo" on MTVu's Freshman 5. The winner will be on massive rotation ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/kosha-mtv-vote-for-doodoo-on-freshmen-5 Sep 1: Dmitriy Salita Fight & After-Party w/ Remedy, DeScribe, Y-Love (info here), NY Sept: Y-Love & Electro Morocco ISRAEL TOUR Sep 25: Diwon @ Yale, CT Sept 28: Shemspeed Sukkot Show @ South Paw, NY (RSVP/Buy Tix) Sep 28: Y-Love @ Kraft Stadium, ISRAEL Oct 10: Y-Love @ 92Y, NY Oct 19: CMJ Shemspeed ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/5305 It's not just Y-Love & Drake. Check this article in the NY Times: In yeshivas, they are sometimes taunted as “monkeys” or with the Yiddish epithet for blacks. At synagogues and kosher restaurants, they engender blank stares. And dating can be awkward: their numbers are so small, friends will often ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/black-and-jewish-and-seeing-no-contradiction Shemspeed's been following Dmitriy Salita's career for a while now and we are really excited to work with him on his Redemption fight on Sept 1st at Oceana Hall! We will all be in the house VIP chillen and welcome you all to join with our Shemspeed discount tickets. Each ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/dmitriy-salitas-redemption-after-party-remedy-y-love-describe-diwon Check out 'The Socalled Movie' about our boy Socalled from Montreal took the world by storm when he released his "You Are Never Alone" letting the world know that there is nothing unusual about being a Jewish Cowboy. The track showcased his production and inventiveness beyond any of his other ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/the-socalled-movie MyJewishLearning are throwing a High Holiday Poetry Contest and the winners will receive stuffs from Shemspeed and Simon & Schuster! So send in your poems to mjl.poetry@gmail.com by 5:00 tomorrow night for the chance to win! Of course, even if you don't enter, keep your eyes peeled and your RSS feed ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/high-holiday-poetry-contest Behind the scenes of possibly the biggest Jewish unity recording in history, Mordechai Ben David (the king of Jewish music) and Y-Love, (Jewish music's best and most revolutionary rapper) took a few minutes from recording to shoot a snippet for Shemspeed TV. The session included Lipa Schmeltzer, Gad Elbaz, ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/mordechai-ben-david-y-love-on-jewish-music-unity We were walking through the streets of Brooklyn and saw a poster for Edan's show at the Knitting Factory, in Brooklyn, this Tuesday. If you aren't familiar yet, it is worth checking out the show and reading our post from his last performance at Knitting Factory when they were still ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/edan-is-back-in-brooklyn Kosha Dillz is touring Europe right now and Y-Love will be touring Israel in the fall, but for those stuck in NY where the two live, well, we found a map at Heeb of Jew York City (as Y-Love calls it in this Free Download). So, print out their ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/mta-new-york-city-subway-for-jews Yossele Rosenblatt died in 1933, one of the most celebrated cantors of his time, a time before clear recordings and digitized music. Mr. Rosenblatt earned his name, the Jewish Caruso with his impressive two and a half octave vocal range. This beautiful music would be lost to the world ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/bringing-the-jewish-caruso-back-to-life Darkcho is an album of mystical Hasidic music, that sounds more like an indie folk rock album with tradition than what you would expect of a religious album. The music is very real, very meditative and very very human. A physical copy of this record is hard to find. As ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/our-favorite-jewish-record-ever-itsdarkcho Diwon will be throwing an all night party this saturday night at NY's Bulgarian Bar, mixing his favorite Balkan, Israeli, Bhangra, & Bmore tracks. To get you ready for the all night dance party, we are posting his Sabra Sessions mixtape here, FREE! 8/14 - Bulgarian Bar 113 Ludlow between Rivington ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/diwon-party-this-sat-night-at-bulgarian-bar-free-mixtape-download Y-Love's first single from his hotly anticipated forthcoming record This is Unity, 'Move On', produced by Diwon and featuring DeScribe, is the beginning of the era of "global hiphop" -- where global social consciousness combines with pop for the kids on the street. The club-friendly track is the first off ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/y-loves-move-on-feat-describe-with-sabbo-remix-out-today If you missed the Punk Jews Party, well....!!!! don't fret, cuz you could check out some Moshiach Oi with some cameo's from Y-Love,, Eden, Blanket Statementstein, Golem, & Rivka Karasik. http://shemspeed.com/daily/if-you-missed-the-punk-jews-party-well Y-Love has just recorded a track for the Gulf Restoration Network, produced by Diwon, the track is an audio fundraiser helping to bring awareness to the Gulf Coast Oil Disaster and a call for action to help rebuild it! Please visit http://shemspeed.com/dl/grn and donate as you see fit. Now for ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/if-not-now-when-y-love-for-grn We just saw this on ynet! Sixteen PresenTense fellows from US, Israel England and Australia work to improve Jewish communities in Jewish state and abroad. Through grassroots initiatives and small business models, 16 fellows from the PresenTense organization presented their projects in a Launch Night in Jerusalem recently. A ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/social-entrepreneurs-make-a-difference-in-israel There comes a time in a man or woman's life where they have to stop listening to Miley Cyrus and responsibility kicks in. This time often comes with a heaviness of heart and a new outlook on life. It is most often accompanied by a desire for a new ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/yehi-razton-final-prayer-free-mp3-a-ban-on-miley We have decided to move Punk Fest from Piano's to Ella Lounge. It will now be even cooler, so see you all there! here is the updated info: Shemspeed Jewish Punk Fest at Ella Lounge Featuring Moshiach Oi! & The Groggers 9 Ave ASt, NYC 10:30pm Doors / $8 Advance with RSVP / RSVP HERE ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/jewish-punk-fest-free-mp3s "DeScribe’s 'Harmony' music video celebrates understanding between the Black and Jewish communities of Crown Heights; it is a positive and useful instrument for promoting unity and harmony in our diverse Brooklyn neighborhood." - NYS Senator Eric Adams For those that couldn't attend, click play on the video to see some behind ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/the-harmony-press-conference C-Rayz Walz will be stopping by as a special guest on Kosha Dillz's band performance, the two might perform a track or two off their famous collabo record, "Freestyle Vs. Written!" . This is the summer show, you just don;t want to miss! It all goes down tonight (8/2) at ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/c-rayz-walz-at-shemspeed-hip-hop-fest Tonight's Art & DJ Night at Gallery Bar was the second event as part of Shemspeed's Summer Music & Art Fest and was amazingly fun. People of all ages and backgrounds came to view and buy art which expanded existing notions of what Jewish “looks” like. The evening ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/photos-of-our-art-dj-night DeScribe (pictured on the right) will be performing at this years Shemspeed Hip Hop Festival on August 2nd at NYC's Le Poisson Rouge! The evening will be in celebration for the release of "A Tribe Called Tes" by Brooklyn's own Tes Uno as well as Y-Love & Diwon's new single, ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/describe-at-shemspeed-hip-hop-fest We love them so much that we are throwing an audio-fundraiser for them. The track features DeScribe, Dennis & Beniton the Menace. Listen below and drop some grivny: RAJE Song (audio fundraiser) by Shemspeed http://shemspeed.com/daily/we-%e2%99%a5-russian-american-jews Different Strokes is what they should be calling the CW! How times have changed... http://shemspeed.com/daily/whatchu-talkin-bout-rabbi Shmoo is another MC who takes his art very seriously, infusing it with meaningful messages. "Les Enfants d'Israel" has been our go to Shmoo track around the office, it starts off with a rare sample of the legendary Serge Gainsbourg from the little known track that he made for Israel ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/les-enfants-disrael Young Money - "Roger That" Remix feat. Y-Love, Nicki Minaj & Lil Wayne I don't even think this post needs words! It's the hottest track on the radio now. Just download it and pass it on! http://shemspeed.com/daily/roger-that-remix-feat-y-love-nicki-minaj-lil-wayne http://shemspeed.com/daily/a-tribe-called-tes Some of you all remember our previous post on Kutiman's ThruYou which blew up. Well, he is back with a new project, this time cutting up Maroon 5's tour video blog footage from their recent U.S. tour. ch-ch-ch-eck it out: http://shemspeed.com/daily/kutiman-mixes-maroon-5 JPost reports: Missy Elliott arrived in Israel on Wednesday ahead of her Thursday concert at the Tel Aviv Exhibition Grounds. Elliott reportedly arrived a day early to travel in the country, including a visit to the Western Wall where she left a note, and trip to Masada with her entourage. ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/missy-elliott-performs-and-travels-israel The Middle East’s Electronic duo Onili teams up for International Remix Contest with Laroz "Why Did You Go". We are now looking for submissions. The Deadline is August 15th- The judging/listening session will be live streamed on Justin.Tv and There will also be celebrity judges TBA. Submission is simple, click this Download ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/international-remix-contest-onili We are now gearing up for the release of "Move On", the much anticipated single by Y-Love off his forthcoming, "This is Unity" album produced by Diwon. "Move On" will be released globally on August 3rd, but as always, you could check it out on the Shemspeed Audio Player ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/preview-new-unreleased-songs-in-the-shemspeed-audio-player Hello good people! Shemspeed is looking for short or long term marketing people to join a historic PR campaign for racial Harmony which will include NYS Senator, Brooklyn Borough President and Marley Coffee run by the legendary Marley family. Be in touch ASAP as we blast off this next ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/join-the-harmony-campaign Today the NY Times wrote about the new movement of Semitic rappers, our brothers, sisters and cousins who rap in Hebrew, Arabic and Aramaic. Through Shemspeed's Hip Hop Sulha , artists such as Y-Love & Diwon have played with many Palestinian groups such as Saz and Dam who are listed ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/ny-times-rapping-in-arabic-hebrew-and-aramaic There is nothing like summer, we are pumping the new Big Boi, Roots, Cool Kids mixtape, M.I.A., Nas & Damien Marley & Darkcho albums in the office and getting all psyched up for Shemspeed's Summer Music Fest. Of course there are shows all over the globe with Shemspeed artists ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/shemspeed-summer-music-fest-2010 Identity crisis doesn't mean a thing to Vanessa Hidary, whose journey to her eclectically-gathered Jewish roots took her through the world of hip-hop and spoken word. A self-described "culture bandit," she does not want you to tell her that she doesn't look Jewish, because this Syrian-American Nuyorican-reppin' Jewess most certainly ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/the-syrian-american-nuyorican-reppin-hebrew-mamita Wallpapers are so 80's, but we figured if the radio started playing songs like La Roux's "Bulletproof", than we could start hitting you all with our wallpapers for your personal computers. Now, run don't walk to, Shemspeed Wallpapers http://shemspeed.com/daily/wallpapers-vhatsup-or-a-nisht-nisht We have heard songs sung about the Canaanite city of Luz before, but never in this way and fronted by someone dressed as Matisyahu circa 2004. The track by the newest Alt Jewish Band, Atzmus, is catchy in a 90's rock style way, but the singing and music sound very ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/atzmus-ciudad-de-luz Matisyahu’s “One Day” featuring Nameless was chosen to be on "Listen Up! The Official 2010 FIFA World Cup Album". All proceeds from the song and album will benefit the official 2010 FIFA World Cup campaign, "20 Centers for 2010," and other African charities selected by the participating artists on the ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/listen-ep-fifa-world-cup-matisyahu Ori Shochat & DJ Alarm are back with another banger, their new "Vibetown Mixtape" takes Eryka Badu & Major Lazer to new heights, if you are on the nu-dubbed-clubbed-riddims then you are gonna feel this one. Rumor has it that the dub selecta's will be remixing the next Y-Love ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/ori-shochat-dj-alarm-vibetown-mixtape-free-download We just got back from Y-Love & Diwon's performance at Montreal Int Jazz Festival which went down at the Ghetto Shul. It was beyond amazing, the crowd went crazy and by the looks of the response and CD sales, they will be back again and often. check this clip of ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/live-montreal-jazz-fest-y-love-rapping-in-aramaic-to-lady-gagas-love-games This week is a great week for Kosha Dillz as he sets off on his Euro Tour with Snoop and not only does URB Magazine write him up, but Billboard Mag drops his name and a quote in their cover story on Eminem! Here are some words from Urb.com - ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/kosha-dillz-transmission-from-europe-video What makes music Kosher? Y-Love represents a reality of Jewish music that is all about the content and not to be judged by its genre: Kosher Hip-Hop. With a mission statement that reads 'using hip-hop to elevate, not to tranquilize,' this spiritual, rapping guru exhudes the brighter side of the hip-hop ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/y-love-speaks-out-about-jewish-hip-hop http://shemspeed.com/daily/all-i-do-is-win-with-dj-khaled-y-love-skeptik-free-download Check Dem Photos Out, HERE. http://shemspeed.com/daily/photos-from-the-punkjews-party Matisyahu performs "Circle of Life" from the Disney Reggae Club album on Jay Leno. You will have to skip to minute 39 something to watch it, but yea.... http://shemspeed.com/daily/matisyahu-on-leno Shemspeed musical artists DeScribe & Remedy showcase global Jewish diversity through their new video, "My Keffiyeh." Help support this ground-breaking project and become a part of this historic event!Shemspeed’s Israeli Keffiyeh is steadily gaining attention in the world of fashion, and in the process, spreading awareness of Jewish pride, ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/my-keffiyeh-the-music-video-fundraiser Red Bull will be throwing an innovative MC battle respecting the tried and true form of rap competition while highlighting the modern freestyle spirit. Hosted by Angie Yee and featuring champion freestyle MC, Kosha Dillz. The battle will be judged by Alchemist, Just Blaze and Craig G. Special Guest ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/eminem-kosha-dillz http://shemspeed.com/daily/modern-day-moses-describe-shmoolik-electro-morocco-free-download Today is the day that the much anticipated album by Drake drops! He has to be the first artist to rule the station with so many songs before even releasing a debut record. If you are in NYC, he will be joining our good friends, NinjaSonik for a Free ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/thank-drake-later-check-him-for-free Matisyahu’s #1 fan finally gets some personal time & with the wrong person. Based on a true story. Mistaken Matisyahu – watch more funny videos http://shemspeed.com/daily/mistaken-matisyahu-video Open call to Jewish artists from racially or ethnically diverse backgrounds or Jews whose work has an emphasis on expanding existing notions of what Jewish "looks" like. Pieces should be 2D and no larger than 3 x 4 ft. Your work will be featured as part of the Shemspeed Summer ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/call-for-art-entries-%e2%80%94-shempseedbechol-lashon Israel National Radio interviews Shir Yaakov about his new acoustic CD "Zeh ", his hip-hop music with rapper Ephryme on the Darshan project, living in a Jewish retreat center and why he prefers the small things in life. http://shemspeed.com/daily/shir-yaakov-on-israel-national-radio Some of you all might be familiar with Eytan from Diwon's Dreams in Static project, others might know him from his amazing Embassy band or his "Turn The Beat Around" cover on an MTV compilation from earlier this year, well, now MTV & KIA chose Eytan as THE band ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/mtv-2010-movie-awards-eytan-the-embassy-movies-with-soul Hot97's Summer Jam invited Shemspeed's Kosha Dillz & Flex Mathews to perform a set, in that set the boys did their crowd fav "Freestyle". The concert featured Drake, Trey Songs, Ludacris, Juelz Santana, Nicki Minaj, Reflection Eternal, DJ Khaled, Fabolous, Gucci Mane, Usher among others. enjoy! http://shemspeed.com/daily/hot97s-summer-jam-kosha-dillz-flex-mathews-freestyle Last time I heard K'naan's song "Wavin Flag" was when I was walking around Crown Heights with Matisy, he was singing it as if he was both celebrating and memorizing the melody. The song is catchy in its anthem like power and inspiring with its hopeful message, it has ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/knaans-wavin-flag-at-world-cup-and-on-cnn Matisyahu has teamed up with Disney for a compilation CD which hit stores today. “The Disney Reggae Club” featuring artists performing their favorites from Disney’s catalogue of songs and other classics. Check out Matisiyahu singing “Circle of Life”, originally composed by Elton John in “The Lion King”. Other Artists and ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/the-disney-reggae-club-with-matisyahu http://shemspeed.com/daily/bonnaroo-remixed-with-rhymes-dillz-diwons-free-album Just saw this at HipHopActivist.com, Y-Love's new website: Not content with telling the inhabitants of Israel to “get the hell out of Palestine”, Ms. Thomas continues to suggest that the (mostly Jewish) inhabitants of Israel should “go back to Germany and Poland” — seemingly throwing in “America, and everywhere” as ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/done-with-helen-thomas If you all are around NYC this weekend, drop into this years Summer Jam and check out your favorite rappers; Drake, Trey Songs, Ludacris, Juelz Santana, Nicki Minaj, Reflection Eternal, DJ Khaled, Fabolous, Gucci Mane, Usher & Kosha Dillz. http://shemspeed.com/daily/hot97s-summer-jam-with-kosha-dillz Shemspeed is on Demand!   If you have Comcast On Demand, you can view Shemspeed videos from Y-Love, DeScribe, Eprhyme and Kosha Dillz on your T.V.   Here's how: Press On Demand Button / Choose TV Entertainment from Menu / Scroll to the bottom of the menu and choose Shalom TV / Click Judaism ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/shemspeed-is-on-demand The Sephardic Music Festival will be releasing a compilation album of the best middle eastern music in all genres (dance, traditional, electro, hip hop, folk). The festival is now accepting submissions to be a part of this album which will be used to both introduce the world to new and ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/sephardic-music-fest-wants-you-submit-your-music http://shemspeed.com/daily/israeli-army-keffiyeh-idf Diwon's getting ready for the summer and first thing's first, you need to have that summer jam cued up on your ipod and so he remixed Damien Marley's "As We Enter". He took their Patwa/Rap style and flipped it on a percussive house Bmore party style break. http://shemspeed.com/daily/damien-marley-nas-diwon-summer-jam-free-mp3 Brody is the undisputed king of Israeli spiritual/soul/hip hop who mixes moroccan style with Hebrew and English melodies and rapping. Brody burst onto the scene with his "Lecha Dodi" remix of Akon's "Right Now". He followed that up with "Shir HaShirim", a spiritual album collaboration with Diwon & Dugans of ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/brody-on-israel-national-news check out the album, here. We also posted tons of videos on the Shemspeed Channel. We will be throwing another Rap Fest at in early August as part of Shemspeed's Summer Music Festival, which will also include Punk, Art, Rock nights as well as a cruise, look out for ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/shemspeed-rap-fest-fotos Our boy Ori Shochat just did this new remix for Geechi Swede & Applejuice Kid AKA Freebass 808. Enjoy הנה רמיקס חדש שעשיתי לגוצ'י סווי ואפלג'וס קיד הידועים גם בתור פריבייס 808. תתפנקו Freebass 808 feat. Jovi Rockwell - Rewind (Ori Shochat Remix) http://shemspeed.com/daily/freebass-808-feat-jovi-rockwell-rewind-ori-shochat-remix This video only had 2,000 views and it was just so horribly bad, we thought it should have more. Check out this tone deaf Jewcentric parody of Alicia Keys/Jay-Z classic "New York" track, I don't think [insert name of female MC] has any competition from this one. http://shemspeed.com/daily/goldy-lox-where-is-our-nikki-minaj Y-Love, the hip hop activist, is on his way to Louisiana right now and wanted to update you on what's going on down there: "The BP oil spill is potentially the biggest ecological disaster we or our descendents will see this century. Hundreds of thousands of barrels of oil ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/a-statement-from-y-love-about-the-bp-oil-spill Shemspeed's Rap Fest last night went off like a house party, the vibe was amazing! For those of you all who missed out on the magic, we posted a bunch of videos below: Directly below is the spontaneous Tap Dance vs. Beat Box vs. Guitar Vs Drums vs. Freestyling MC's; ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/videos-from-last-nights-rap-fest Shemspeed fam's, Y-Love, VoKCal, Diwon, & The Kef got down with Artists 4 Israel at their red carpet "Color: Correct" event in NYC. ch-ch-check out the video to see what it was all about. http://shemspeed.com/daily/artists-4-israel-red-carpet-event-with-shemspeed-tv http://shiryaakov.bandcamp.com/album/zeh - http://shemspeed.com/daily/shir-yaakovs-%d7%96%d7%94-zeh-this-album Check out Kosha Dillz to the left reppin for Israel and head to Shemspeed's Youtube Channel to catch Y-Love spotted throughout the day, first on a float with Kosha, then speaking against the neturei karta and finally, in an interview for One People One World on Channel 57. Also, ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/kosha-reps-at-the-israel-day-parade DOWNLOAD THE SINGLES http://shemspeed.com/daily/free-bonnaroo-mixtape-featuring-the-xx-miike-snow-nas-neon-indian-the-national-zooey-deschanel http://shemspeed.com/daily/lipa-schmeltzer-the-diwon-remix http://shemspeed.com/daily/akdamus-beatboxrap-track Lastnight Y-Love & Diwon performed at Ohio University. The paper wrote Y up as a controversial rapper, but didn't go into why, so he figured he would drop a political verse for the crowd! ch-ch-check it: http://shemspeed.com/daily/y-loves-political-accapella-at-ohio-university http://shemspeed.com/daily/aint-no-rest-for-the-wicked-diwon-remix-feat-kosha-dillz http://shemspeed.com/daily/shemspeed-apparel http://shemspeed.com/daily/the-stolen-casios-the-movement-mixtape All we have to say is Kosha Dillz!!!! ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ Pick up your copy of Kosha Dillz's "Beverly Dillz" album! "an uptempo, synthesized introduction to a spiritual fast life of the Hollywood underground via Garden State perspective, sprinkled with a touch of unorthodox "kosher" heritage and ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/dillz-doodoo-official-music-video http://shemspeed.com/daily/aziz-ansari-vs-tokyo-police-club-diwon-remix Shemspeed staff, Yishai Varon-Mizrahi stars in The Groggers, "Get" music video. ...well, 'stars' is probably not the best term since he is the one who doesn't want to give the "Get", which is the papers that you must give a woman for a Jewish divorce. The Groggers, who are rumoured ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/shemspeed-staff-in-short-get-movie-music-video Besides this video being ultra cheesy and awesome, it promotes one of the biggest artists in the religious Jewish world. The ultra arthofox ban music that sounds new and commercial and try and only permit music that sounds "Jewish" which means music that Jews made that was influenced by non ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/lipas-steez Smadar Levi and Bandcamp page, so that we could throw up singles and giveaways at a 'name your price' type of download. So, grab them now and let us know what you think! CLICK TO: http://shemspeed.com/daily/smadar-diwons-esther http://shemspeed.com/daily/snoop-dogg-kid-cudi-kosha-dillz-diwon-update We are excited to introduce the newest member of the Shemspeed Fam, the multi-talented, young MC, Saadyah Tzvi. Saadyah beat boxes, raps & sings from the heart creating a blend of organic and real music lost in todays digital obsession. Stay tuned for the first single, "Rebuild", produced by Diwon ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/introducing-saadyah-tzvi http://shemspeed.com/daily/get-your-lag-on-with-bar-yochai Diwon & Kosha Dillz flip Snoop Dogg & Kid Cudi's "That Tree" on some spaced out middle eastern indian hip hop. Click above to vote, or click directly to the page, here - http://bit.ly/snooprmx to download the remix free, click here http://shemspeed.com/daily/snoop-dogg-kid-cudi-kosha-dillz-diwon Here is a sneak peek the Electro Morocco's video of "Sweetly Down" from their forth coming EP out on Shemspeed and Blue Jay Way Music! The EP will feature some of the groups hottest tracks, including remixes and guest vocalists from around the world. Oh, and grab an exclusive download ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/electro-morocco-sweetly-down-music-video http://shemspeed.com/daily/the-xx-heart-skipped-a-beat-diwon-remix I don't know how many of you all watched The OC back when it was on. It was a Shemspeed guilty pleasure, Seth was our boy, we wanted to dork out with him to indie rock and when he finally got that Spiderman kiss from Summer, man, those were the ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/yo-gabba-gabba Sholom Rubashkin has been treated harshly and vindictively in a prosecution that is likely to go down in history as a shameful permanent stain on American Justice. Concerned Americans who wish to communicate their respectful concern over the handling of the Rubashkin case are urged to sign the online petition and ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/rubashkin A couple nights ago, Shemspeed took over Sullivan Hall for Israel's Independence Day. The day before we were at Brooklyn College and noticed all sorts of cookies at the merch booth, some were called 'Independence cookies'....I think we finally got it... anyway, tap dance champ, Benjamin Nathan came through to ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/shemspeeds-tap-dance-vs-freestyle We thought we should fill you in one what exactly Shemspeed is up to for Earth Day 2010! Shemspeed & DeScribe are teaming up with Marley Coffee and its mission for furthering ital organic foods. Today Shemspeed will be sitting down with elected officials of Brooklyn Crown Hieghts community ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/shemspeed-marley-coffee-earth-day http://shemspeed.com/daily/140conf Sullivan Hall PHARAOH'S DAUGHTER Y-LOVE KOSHA DILLZ http://www.sullivanhallnyc.com DIRECTIONS BELOW: By Subway: A-B-C-D-E-F-V train lines to the West 4th Street Station. Exit on West 3rd Street and 6th Avenue. Walk east two blocks until you get to Sullivan Street and make a right. We are in the middle of the block on the right side. 214 Sullivan ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/yom-haatzmaut-party-w-pharaohs-daughter-soulfarm-y-love-describe-diwon-guests Matisyahu's Israeli Keffiyeh (kuffi as he calls) while he was stage diving in Argentina but, before that, he wore it all over TV down there and then sent us this photo, which is a collage of the photos that Rolling Stone took of his show in Buenos Aires (Israeli Keffiyeh ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/matisyahu-our-israeli-keffiyeh-in-buenos-aires Shemspeed Audio Player! Look out for: "Down" by Electro Morocco "Shma Kolienu" by Brody "One Day (Electro Morocco Remix)" by Matisyahu "Bring it on Down (Talib Kwali Remix) by Y-Love & Diwon LIVE "Raje" by DeScribe & Dennis "My Keffiyeh" by DeScribe & Remedy "Modern Day Moses (Electro Morocco Remix)" by DeScribe Feat. Shmoolik "Boom Selecta" by Electro ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/exclusives-upcoming-tracks-in-the-audio-player Some of you all may know Seth Kushner as the photographer that took the famous Y-Love "This is Babylon" photo, or the one from the Brooklynites book. Other might know him from his photos of Rosario Dawson, The Roots and Jeremy Piven. Well, our good friend Seth just just ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/seth-kushners-culturepop Shtar is one of our new favorite Jewish hip hop groups. They bridge west coast style rhymes with Gorillaz tinged choruses. In the video below they take on the Modeh Ani or Modeh (Hebrew: מודה אני‎; "I give thanks," the first words of the prayer) which is a Jewish prayer ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/waking-up-with-shtar Our good friends at Shemspeed decided to give away tons and tons of stuff to help them out. Shemspeed Pack - An EP from Shemspeed recording artists including Kosha Dillz, DeScribe, Y-Love, Diwon, Brody, and Eprhyme. Backer 0 BACKERs Pledge $40 or more and Ends with this: http://shemspeed.com/daily/punk-jews If you grabbed the Y-Love & Yuri Lane "Count It" (Sefira) album then the next thing to get is Matisyahu's "One Day" accapella for Sefira. Here is what Matis says: "Vus Machs Da Yidden, Here is a little Omer gift for ya who aren’t listening to music for the next few ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/matisyahus-omer-gift Check dis - The "Socalled" Movie is a documentary film about klezmer hip-hop artist Josh Dolgin aka Socalled. Featuring Katie Moore, Fred Wesley, C-Rayz Walz (of Shemspeed's "Freestyle vs. Written" with Kosha Dillz), David Krakauer, Matt Haimovitz, Arkady Gendler, Benjamin Steiger Levine, D-Shade, Gonzales and Irving Fields, the movie is ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/the-socalled-movie-trailer Y-Love & Yuri Lane "Passover Song" (Free Download) During a time when some Jews refrain from listening to live music - famous Orthodox rapper Y-Love and beatbox superstar Yuri Lane (who has over 9 millions hits on youtube) create all their music non-instrumentally. The album is an all vocal hip-hop record ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/y-love-yuri-lane-count-it-sefira-album A couple nights ago Shemspeed got down with Onili from Tel Aviv with kingpin scenester, DJ Ori Shochat here in Brooklyn. We think you should check her out, so we filmed the first two songs she played as Y-Love & Diwon wrapped up their set. ch-ch-check it: http://shemspeed.com/daily/onili-gets-sentimental-live Shemspeed has the only $15 tickets to the Party and Open Bar Tomorrow night (Thurs) at the BIG Kosher 4 Passover party at Hudson Terrace. We will be closing the sale page at 3pm tomorrow, so go to http://shemspeed.com/passover and we will see you there! Open 10pm-4am FULL Kosher 4 Passover ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/kosher-4-passover-party-at-hudson-terrace Weird, right after we blog the Y-Love-Kosha Dillz-Diwon-Lady Gaga mash, we find MTV blogging this other Lady Gaga mash with shout outs to Kosha Dillz. ch-ch-ch-eck this out! MTV Writes: Happy Pesach, y'all! As Jewish music fans around the world observe the holiday commemorating the biblical event of Hebrew's escape from ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/hasidim-rock-the-lady-gaga-on-mtv Last night Y-Love & Diwon performed with Onili, one of Israel's most promising new stars, in the midst of a freestyle session with Dugans of Dreams in Static on guitar, Y-Love called Kosha Dillz up to freestyle over some Lady Gaga. ch-ch-ch-check it! http://shemspeed.com/daily/lady-gaga-y-love-kosha-dillz Darshan have dug up some traditional sources and remixed them in a modern retelling of the story found at the end of the Passover Haggadah.... "I new this one kid, from back in the day...." Listen and download today: darshan.bandcamp.com/track/chad-gadya more info: The title of Darshan's first EP — Lishmah (click to ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/new-single-chad-gadya-free-download Check out the Photos from the "Harmony" Music Video Shoot! (click here). And if somehow you didn;t see the video, or show everyone you know, check it at www.tinyurl.com/harmonyvid. And yes, DeScribe's Harmony EP just hit stores this week! Pick up the CD/Download or the signed limited ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/behind-the-harmony-scenes-photo-series Onili who is fresh off her SXSW tour is making her way up to NY right now, joined by Israeli DJ scenster Ori Shochat, the two will join Y-Love & Diwon at Brooklyn's Littlefield this saturday night for an insane Mad Decent style Israeli party hosted by Fiona Bloom. We ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/get-ready-for-onili-from-tlv-to-bk While you are consumed with the Matisyahu Remix and voting for Electro Morocco to win 1st place (they are 9th out of over 600 submissions -VOTE HERE), We are pleased to announce the "Cellular Phone" Remix Contest. "Cellular Phone" is Kosha Dillz debut single from his LP, Beverly Dillz which ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/cellular-phone-remix-contest Shemspeed is all over SXSW this year, there will be lots of special guest performances as well as our official showcases below: SHEMSPEED @ SXSW (South By South West) feat. Kosha Dillz, Flex Mathews, DJ Balagan and tons of special guests! A Few Such Showcases: March.17 - Lyricist Lounge Showcase @ Independent (9:15-9:35pm) March.18 - ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/shemspeed-at-sxsw-2 DeScribe's Harmony EP just hit stores today! Pick up the CD/Download or the signed limited edition, visit Shemspeed Direct, here! If you want to grab it from iTunes, click here. Either way, check out the Award Winning Harmony Music Video, below. Full of positive messages, pulsating rhythms ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/harmony-ep-video-out-now I just went to see "Circumsize Me" last night at the Bleecker Street Theater, and it had me thinking about the ridiculous number of hilarious Jews there are in comedy - it’s practically run by Jews! Yet when someone invites you to a one-man show by a religious ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/circumcise-me Kosha Dillz, who right now on th MTV Top 100 is above Miley Cirus and Lady Gaga, claims that he invented this "Fill int eh Blank" crowd participation Freestyle game. Check it out for yourself. This was fimed by Shemspeed's number one intern, Yishai Mizrahi and featured Kosha's rap ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/kosha-fills-in-the-blanks-live-with-a-band Shemspeed Fam have just done a few remixes for Matisyahu's "One Day"! Electro Morocco has a Caribbean feel and is unlike any of the other remixes we have heard, plus Matis himself tweated for his over 1 million followers on Twitter, suggesting they should grab it off Shemspeed just ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/shemspeeds-matisyahu-remixes Do you like women and happen to be one? If you answered yes to this question, we got the spot for you and other people who are and like women. Opening for the spring semester, Taliah PAC is celebrating with a bombin’ launch party this Saturday, March 13th at ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/taliah-pac-for-women Electro Morocco just remixed Matisyahu's "One Day" and you could bet it's the most original remix yet. Opting not to go for the obvious techno'd out remix, they remade it in an almost Caribbean style. Click here to Listen. / Click here to Download. Think you got what it takes? Enter to ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/electro-moroccos-one-day-remix Check out Balkan Beat Box's new album, "Blue Eyed Black Boy" on NatGeo Music/Crammed Discs records. It's interesting that their album has the words Black and Eyed, as this song has a Black Eyed Peas feel to it. Regardless of that fact/opinion, Balkan Beat Box are one of the ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/win-tickets-to-balkan-beat-box J Brazil was raised in a strict Orthodox Jewish home where his father, a world-renowned Jewish composer, exposed the tenacious child to music at a young age. He learned to sing with his family and soon picked up the drums and piano on his own, penning his first song when ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/j-brazil-girl-im-tryin Shemspeed's new obsession is now Broken Bells. When two of your favorite peoples team up without you having to throw big money at them, it's a great little gift and James Mercer's "The Shins" was just so great, We still see Natalie Portman with her walkmen on every time we ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/broken-bells-test-their-new-album-with-kids Catch Kosha Dillz "Cellular Phone" video as #24 on MTV's Top 100 as well as VH1 by clicking here (MTV) / (VH1). Pick up Kosha's CDs from Shemspeed Direct, here. Ok, checked all that out? now, click to the video to the right to watch Guru, the genius and rap ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/from-guru-to-mtv-its-all-kosha This year will see a slew of Israeli's at SXSW (South By South West) , scroll below to catch some of Tel Aviv's Barzilay regulars as well as Shemspeed's Kosha Dillz, DJ Balagan & Y-Love. If you recall last year Shemspeed shot a movie every day and posted all of ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/kosha-onili-and-more-at-sxsw The Shemspeed Audio Player is where you will hear some of our favorite Shemspeed songs as well as exclusives you can;t hear anywhere else! Today we added some really great tracks including; 1. "Yaase Masheba Li" by Brody off his upcoming "Ad Matai" album which will be out May 2nd 2. ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/new-songs-added-to-our-audio-player Eprhyme has just returned from an intense tour of the UK. We found this video on thejc.com They wrote: The Orthodox rapper mashing up culture It was a fusion of ancient architecture, traditional klezmer, Middle East politics and dirty hip-hop when New York rapper Eprhyme stormed Sandy’s Row synagogue on ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/eprhymes-uk-trip-video Jerusalem hip-hop kingpin, Sagol59 is here to offer a brand new remix album straight outta Israel for FREE. The record is filled with remixes of tracks from the last 10 years of his career and features remixes by Israeli heavy hitters and a few American dj’s including Shimmy Sonic ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/sagol-59s-latest-album-free-download For those of you who were at Shemspeed Winter Fest, you caught Eytan singing with Dreams in Static....the dude is a rockstar! For those who didn't catch it, "Turn The Beat Around" premieres tonight on MTV at 10pm ET featuring a cover of "That's The Way" by Eytan. It's ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/eytan-turns-the-beat-around-on-mtv With all the Purim mishugas, it can be pretty difficult to find just the right party for Saturday night. So let me fill you in on an opportunity to celebrate with the best, dance your pants off to some music that will make your feet happy, and give tzedaka ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/purim-in-haiti-party-to-help-a-world-turned-upside-down Check out our boy Matisyahu wearing our Israeli Keffiyeh at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics and get yours at www.thekef.com http://shemspeed.com/daily/matisyahu-our-israeli-keffiyeh-at-the-2010-winter-olympics It was an illsane weekend at Jewlicious Festival in Long Beach. Check jewliciousfestival.com for videos of all the performers and photos of the entire weekend. Click play below, to check out this improv freestyle that happened as Kosha Dillz, Flex Mathews,Kosha's drummer Mike Sheffer and Diwon closed out their ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/shemspeed-freestyle-with-matisyahu-kosha-dillz-flex-mathews-diwon Jewlicious Fest is just about finished up. Was really crazy this year, Kosha Dillz, Flex Mathews, Mike S. and Diwon killed it right from the start with tracks off the latest Beverly Dillz record and closing the set with Matisyahu jumping on (videos to come). Next was Electro Morocco who ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/brody-live-in-la-plus-free-download Rabbi Nachman is like Rabbi Carlebach, not in the way that he himself played music, but in that he left a musical legacy behind him. Nachman Meuman is the chorus to countless reggae, dubbed out trance, hip hop and folk songs that come out everyday from Breslovers around the ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/kylie-minogue-nachman-meuman Born Alex Bernstein and hailing from suburban Maryland, DJ Kool Jew has come a long way since his days back at Beth Shalom Hebrew School. “Even when I was in services, I was always humming, always dreaming of big things.” As a teen, Bernstein played in a bunch of bands, performing ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/who-is-dj-kool-jew Rinat Gutman will be flying in from Israel and joining a slew of the Shemspeed Artists (Electro Morocco, Kosha Dillz, & Diwon)at Jewlicious Festival. Rinat is the first Orthodox Female rapper on the scene and was just written up in LaIsha magazine, Israel's equivalent to Cosmopolitan. In order to ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/rinat-gutman-free-download-cali-shows This was shot while Eprhyme & Diwon were playing shows in the bay area a few months ago. They linked up with Nomy Lamm the American singer/songwriter and political activist who describes herself as a "bad ass, fat ass, Jew, dyke amputee." Check out the improv closing of ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/so-you-thought-you-knew-shemspeed Just in time for Valentine's Day, Shemspeed gives you the music video teaser for DeScribe's upcoming release, the Harmony EP. Full of positive messages, pulsating rhythms and addictive melodies, the release includes "Modern Day Moses" featuring French MC, Shmoolik and remixes by Electro Morocco, Diwon and VIBE & LowKEY. The ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/harmony-music-video-teaser-interview We definitely did not anticipate fans creating their own little commercials for the Israeli Keffiyeh, but it looks like we got the pioneer right here. check this one out and feel free to send us yours. Shabbat Shalom, Team Shemspeed p.s. get yours at www.thekef.com http://shemspeed.com/daily/make-your-own-kef-commercial SHEMSPEED MCs vs. ELECTRO MOROCCO FOR THE NEXT TWO WEEKS, YOU COULD DOWNLOADS "BOOM SELECTA" FREE! CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD The single features Y-Love, DeScribe, Kosha Dillz & Eprhyme over an Electro Morocco boombastic dancehall'd, middle eastern'd club favela party beat. And If we may say so ourselves, this has got to be ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/boom-selecta-limited-time-free-download-2 Man, the 80's really got to everyone! I was just thinking how much amazing music came out right after and because of the Beatles "Sgt. Pepper's". The most famous record which quite possibly rivaled Sgt. Peppers was "Pet Sounds", but all over the world artists were throwing their own sounds ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/80s-messed-up-ofra-haza What makes something blog worthy, is generally wrapped up in the fact that it is new, but this obsession with the 'new' is getting tired and although, John Zorn has a new album more often than MF Doom, I don't think that a new album is what makes Zorn relevant ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/zorn-and-the-make-up-of-the-universe The NY Times wrote about our latest project and possibly the most interesting part are the comments. We won't include the article here, you could read it HERE, but we thought we should include some of the comments that we found interesting. 6 . David Chack Chicago February 8th, 2010 9:26 am We must learn ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/ny-times-on-the-kef As the Shemspeed Winter Fest is around the corner (Wednesday night), we realized we should supply our fans with a bit of a primer for LION OF IDO (our favorite new band) and DREAMS IN STATIC, (a refreshing dose of original music). So, here it is Download LION OF ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/the-downloadable-primer-for-shemspeeds-winter-fest Inspiring Story of Jewish Rap Artist and Producer:looking to collaborate. Jan 28, 2010 (eMusicWire.Org) – Jewish Urban Music Producer with a Label Up to All Good. Michele Paiva Most know him on stage as Diwon only, while Erez Diwon Safar is a name notable in the music industry as well; Billboard magazine has recognized ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/interview-with-the-founder-of-shemspeed Our boy Sagol 59 wants to let all you producers / DJs Remixers out there know: here’s a nice collection of 8 acapellas (vocal track only) of recent Israeli Hip Hop tracks. Courtesy of the artists themselves & Cookedlabs.com. Download and enjoy! Feat: 1.) Tachles - Nevermind 2.) Tacles ft. Elparver - If ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/israeli-hip-hop-accapellas Last night we were in the studio with DeScribe finishing the official "Israeli Keffiyeh" track and Beniton showed up, grabbed an Israeli Keffiyeh and wanted to shoot this video. If you all want to shoot your own, throw it up on youtube and then email us the link, we ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/beniton-sporting-the-israeli-keffiyeh Diwon & Dugans have been in the lab for a year working on their "Dreams in Static" master piece and now it is finally available to the public! Dreams in Static conjures up the aesthetic of James Bond, Prefuse 73, & Pulp Fiction. Each song is the soundtrack to a ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/dreams-in-static-out-now We were just in Boston with DeScribe & Diwon for their morning coffee show and all the sudden this catchy hipster song comes on and we are all trying to figure it out. It's so catchy and we love it and we have heard it a bunch, but we ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/falling-in-love-at-a-coffee-shop We are insanely excited that the Darshan EP is officially out! Harmonizing Hebrew chant with hip hop, folk rock with electro-pop, love poetry with kabbalistic psychology, Darshan is a unique and organic weave of world wisdom traditions and modern musical styles. Recommended if you like; Postal Service, Bjork, The Beasties ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/darshans-lishmah-out-now The Huffington Post just blogged this interesting story about Berlin based Microphone Mafia and Holocaust survivor, Esther Bejarano who says music helped keep her alive as a Jewish prisoner in Auschwitz and in the years that followed. Now, 65 years after the liberation of the Nazi death camp, the 85-year-old has ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/esther-bejarano-auschwitz-survivor-teams-up-with-german-rap-group Back in the day, Saturday Night Live had Tom Hanks hosting a fake "Jew/Not A Jew" game show ("Sponsored by Feldman’s Kosher Pickles. You don’t have to be Jewish to enjoy Feldman’s, but it helps.”) Well, this version below is part of a four-part showdown between Inglorious Basterds', Eli ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/a-jew-off As you know, we (Shemspeed) have recently released a new version of the Keffiyeh; an Israeli version which is blue and white designed by Dveykus. There are many variations of the Keffiyah both in color and style, all with a very long tradition and history. In order for everyone to ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/shemspeeds-statement-about-their-israeli-keffiyehs Kosha Dillz is live at Sundance right now raising money for Haiti. From there he will head on a 30 city tour, each show is set up as a fundraiser for Haiti earthquake victims with a donation box and portions of merchandise sales going to the victims. Slick Rick, Trevor ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/heroes-for-haiti The Shemspeed Audio Player is where you will hear the latest and most exclusive tracks, many of which you can't hear anywhere else or even purchase from Shemspeed just yet! That said, we have just added two tracks from Shtar, the latest addition to the Shemspeed family. This duo ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/audio-player-adds-electro-morocco-shtar-describe-remix Whoever was at our Shemspeed party at South paw last October caught a special guest surprise, which was the incredible Beniton (collaborator of Maxi Preist, DeScribe and Shi360 among some amazing other world famous artists) and Shi360 himself (click here, to check the videos from that show). Whoever wasn't at ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/beniton-shi360-the-recession-remix David Byrne & Fatboy Slim (for his return) will be releasing "HERE LIES LOVE" on Feb 23rd and you could grab the single for Free, Here. Here is what David Byrne has to say about the project which features, Cyndi Lauper, Sharon Jones & Tori Amos..."The story I am interested ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/here-lies-love Kosha Dillz is pleased to present you with "Jungle", the latest single off his acclaimed album Beverly Dillz, which is now available. Kosha, who recently returned back to his native state of New Jersey is getting set to head back on the road for a 30 city tour that ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/dillz-tour-for-haiti-plus-free-jungle-download So now it has happened. A "kosher certification" symbol (hechsher) has now appeared for music in Israel and a new committee, the "Va'ad ha'Rabbanim l'neginah Yehudit" (the Rabbinical Committee for Jewish Music), has come to provide kosher supervision, and "affix their seal to music that it deems appropriate Jewish music." "The ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/get-your-music-to-be-kosher-certified HIPHOPDX Reports: As the effort to send aid to the victims of Haiti's devastating earthquake progresses, musicians and other well-known figures continue to show their support in the forms of money, blood drives, and most recently, song.Jay-Z, U2 and Swizz Beatz teamed up to record a song to aid in ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/haiti-relief-aid-jay-z-swizz-beatz-u2-kosha-dillz We have been fans of Michael Ian Black (born Michael Ian Schwartz) since The State. He loves to throw in awkwardly painful and weird sketch comedy style moments in most everything he does. Click the scene to the left and watch how he introduces the absurd "Jewnicorn" ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/the-jewnicorn For the second time in the past year, I (Michael Croland of Heebnvegan) tracked down Natalie Portman at a public appearance in New York City and asked her about connections between her Jewish faith and her vegan diet. After the world's most famous Jewish vegan took the topic in ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/natalie-portman-on-her-center-of-judaism The OU set up a donation site to help collect money to counteract the devastation in Haiti. The earthquake has left tens of thousands dead and thousands more missing and injured -- this is but one outreach project of the Orthodox community. Click here to help out! - Y-Love http://shemspeed.com/daily/haiti-earthquake-disaster-fund Shemspeed popped off in Bushwick with crazy art and culture parties, in fact back back years ago before Shemspeed was a company and name, it was a movement and Diwon shot Crazy Yosef wrapped in teffilin (see photo & write up here) davening mincha and scratching records on his turntables. ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/bushwick-to-lykke-li-shemspeeds-early-days A short while back Sneakas and some of the Tug of War team joined The Hip Hop Sulha at SOBs. Our next Sulha will feature Ragtop, Yuri Lane, Y-Love and Diwon and takes place in Boulder, Colorado. Look out for the next one which will hopefully feature the ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/sneakas-tug-of-war-with-mc-serch This is gonna be a huge radio hit! Perez Hilton says....Matisyahu's latest, One Day, is one of those songs you know will have everyone singing along in their cars. It is pleasing on the ears, uplifting and extremely commercial. The track features Akon, whom we wouldn't call ourselves a fan of ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/perez-hilton-on-matisyahu We are all about Levi Mordechai right now and thought it would be interesting to post their "Ani Maamin" song as a before and after. The Before version has Dugans on guitar with Mordechai singing and after is when Diwon came into lay down drums, synths and production with Dugans. ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/levi-mordechai-before-and-after-ani-maamin "Ha'Orot- The Lights of Rav Kook" by Greg Wall's Later Prophets Featuring Rabbi Itzchak Marmorstein Ha' Orot is a spoken word/jazz album on John Zorn's iconoclastic record label Tzaddik. It combines the ecstatic mystical poetry of Rabbi Avraham Itzchak HaCohen Kook, TZ'L, artfully delivered by Rabbi Itzchak Marmorstein, with the ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/cd-review-the-lights-of-rav-kook DeScribe's latest community service project, check back for more community service projects from members of the Shemspeed Foundation. EXCLUSIVE: Jewish rapper DeScribe and Aliya Director Rabbi Moshe Feiglin are opening a music and entertainment center in Crown Heights. By COLlive reporter A new music and entertainment center, which still has not ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/describe-opens-a-community-studio Jenny Slate, known as the Jewish firecracker (ok, maybe we made that up), is our new favorite thing and her doorbell video is why. In case you aren't familiar with Slate just yet, she joined the cast of Saturday Night Live for its 35th season. She is half of ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/jenny-slates-doorbells We saw this on Jewcy written by Michael Croland who covered our mini Shemspeed Punk Rock Fest and since we love Yidcore, we wanted to share this with yalll Yidcore played their final show on December 17 in their hometown of Melbourne, Australia. The genre-defining Jewish punk band went from just covering ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/yidcores-farewell-interview Here is why Kosha Dillz was invited back every night for months of the Matisyahu tour! http://shemspeed.com/daily/matisyahu-vs-kosha-dillz-like-ju-aint-never-seen-befo Shemspeed is ecstatic to introduce the first ever..."Israeli Keffiyeh". Pick one up and get Diwon's Sabra Sessions all for just $18 click here - www.shemspeed.com/kef Now a word from Dveykus: What prompted me to design a Jewish version of a keffiyeh/scarf is the fact that a traditional Arab head wear has become ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/introducing-the-first-ever-israeli-keffiyeh As a prolific producer, Diwon produces tracks for a slew of diverse artists around the world and releases a wide range of albums every year. Now you can be up to date on the latest Diwon tracks by going to www.diwonbeats.com, a website devoted to showcasing Diwon's production, remixes & ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/diwons-beat-player I was so hype when I heard Akon was going to do a remix of Matisyahu's "One Day". What I didn't realize was that it wasn't going to be a remix, but Akon singing "with him", still cool, but was hoping for something fresh and new. Maybe, Diwon or Balagan ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/akon-joins-matisyahu-on-one-day I had no idea Mark Ronson was Jewish! I don't even know why I get so excited by these little facts, but it's crazy if you think about it. The producer/celebrity DJ/former Tommy Hilfiger model brought Amy Winehouse to stardom and to think it was these two Jewish musicians ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/mark-ronson-the-relationship-between-blacks-jews Eprhyme and Shir Yaakov here, reporting from England where Darshan has just participated in the biggest Limmud conference ever! About 2,500 people from all over the world, and across the denominational spectrum converged on the University of Warwick for an unbelievable week of learning, laughing and living as if our ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/a-page-from-darshans-tour-journal B"H. Peace Shemspeed Fam & abroad! This is Prodezra Beats - L'Shem Shamayim. Yep, still down in the South making sure we stay a part of the Jewish music scene. Just putting out the word about my new single "Let Me In" ft. Nachman, which will be on the upcoming ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/let-me-in 2009 was amazing and Shemspeed was been all over the world, touring as well as home recording albums and making music videos gearing up for 2010, where we bout to take over this popness. Look out for some of our artists (Y-Love, Eprhyme, Electro Morocco, DeScribe, Kosha Dillz, Diwon, & ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/united-state-of-pop-2009-blame-it-on-the-pop New York City Folk Electronic Hip Hop act Darshan perform their unique blend of contemporary nigunim and rap to a lively crowd at Limmud UK. If you are around London or Manchester this month. be on the look out for more performances by Eprhyme & Shir Yaakov! ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ Pick up your ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/darshan-live-at-limmud-conference-2009 Remember Okay Player? The Roots? The hottness of Hip Hop? Well, the site is a reputable source for hip hop reviews and such.....here is their review of Kosha's newest record: Fresh off the experimental release with underground legend C-Rayz Walz, Freestyle vs. Written, Israeli-born, New Jersey-bred MC Kosha Dillz ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/okayplayer Patrick Aleph of Punk Torah caught up with DeScribe on his trip out to L.A. performing for Universal Studios, Citywalk. The two linked up at the Honikah Electronica event Diwon was spinnin. ch-ch-check out the weird awesomness! http://shemspeed.com/daily/punk-torah-catches-up-with-describe-in-la The Israeli Breakdown Presents; “Takhles” As a hip hop listener in Israel your options, up until not too long ago, were pretty limited. These days we are seeing more sides of the Israeli hip hop scene coming to the front of the stage. One group that’s taking over the radio ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/the-israeli-breakdown-2-takhles Some of you might be familiar with Lipa Shmeltzer, Diwon remixed one of his tracks and posted it in an earlier blog. He is one of the top singers in the Hasidic community, but also one of the most controversial. I had always found the controversy a bit absurd......until now. ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/lipa-plays-britney Last night at our big Brooklyn Bowl show, Kosha Dillz & Flex Matthews joined Six Point Star on stage for a free style jam right after DeScribe, Diwon & Yudi Simon rocked the show. ch-ch-check it out. p.s. Photos from the night coming soon! Check back here! http://shemspeed.com/daily/kosha-dillz-flex-matthews-join-six-point-star To quote the Forward Fives "2009 was a year in which three trends outweighed any individual releases: the hybrid Jewish rap, the recovered Sephardic swing, and the old made new and gritty again. The first is exemplified by the debut albums “Waywordwonderwill” by Eprhyme, “Beverly Dillz” by Kosha Dillz" Grab Eprhyme ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/the-forward-fives-chooses-shemspeed-albums Found this on Jewlicious.com and since Rinat Gutman is the newest to the Shemspeed family, I thought I should post it and see what you all thought. Stay tuned for the Major Produced tracks and videos and a lot more ... coming soon! The power of a Woman's voice? Rinat ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/y-love-rinat-gutman-and-kol-isha Smadar Levi & Diwon, who performed at last weeks Sephardic Music Festival, have just released, "Esther", their first single. The song mixes the words of Ehud Banai with Middle Eastern electronics, creating a fresh Sephardic sound for world music and downtempo enthusiasts alike. Grab it now from ITUNES or AMAZON http://shemspeed.com/daily/new-diwon-smadar-single-on-itunes A little while back we posted a video of BANGS takin you 2 da movies and before that we posted an Andy Samberg video. Well, here you could check out Andy with Rihanna as Shy Ronnie and Rihanna. Andy mumbles shyly, but one thing he does shout out is ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/shy-ronnie-and-rihanna Jordana Horn, one of our favorite journalists, reviewed a couple nights of the Sephardic Music Fest for The Forward. Our favorite line of her piece is the end where she writes about Yair Dalal and the fest saying, "Dalal’s melody was utterly unfamiliar: a simple infusion of the exotic, ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/the-forward-covers-2-nights-of-smf We just posted photos from the entire Sephardic Music Festival, ch-ch-ch-eck it out (HERE). Big ups to all the artists that performed this year, including - the legendary Yair Dalal , Electro Morocco, Matisyahu , Pharaoh's Daughter, Diwon, Smadar Levi, Sarah Aroeste, 
& Galeet Dardashti's "The Naming", 
Rivka Amado ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/photos-from-sephardic-music-fest-2009 Drake played the Hot97 showcase a month before Eprhyme & Diwon, then Kanye West produced his music video called, "Best I Ever Had". Then he recorded, "Forever" with Eminem, Lil' Wayne and Mr. West. Well, Peter Rosenberg , who both loves to curse and used to DJ with Diwon ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/rapper-drake-talks-about-his-bar-mitzvah Quick heads up for the Massive Warehouse/Matisyahu After Party this Saturday night. The party is going down, rain/snow or moonlight shine. It is this Saturday night, in a warehouse in Williamsburg/Green Point and will go until 6AM!!!! Just a reminder, if you RSVP, or bring your Matisyahu ticket stub, you get in ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/closing-of-the-fest-warehouse-party-saturday-night-matisyahu-after-party Believe it or now, Shemspeed just did a Live In Store at Best Buy in Miggidy-Manhattan (Union Square)! It was really amazing and we are putting up videos of the whole thang, but for now check out these 3. 2. Kosha Dillz "L.A. Ish" (to the left) 1. Eprhyme joined by ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/videos-from-shemspeed-live-at-best-buy DeLeon tore it up last night at the Knitting Factory as part of the 5th Annual Sephardic Music Festival, ch-ch-ch-eck it out, banjo and all! Also, Tonight at Joe's Pub Electro Morocco and Diwon will be throwing a killer show and Saturday night is the party of the century - the ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/deleon-video-from-last-nights-smf-show Look out for Y-Love's triumphant return with "The Unity EP" http://shemspeed.com/daily/y-love-coming-back-stronger-than-ever Catch the MCs of Shemspeed playing Live at Best Buy in Union Square! We are talking live performances by Kosha Dillz, Y-Love, DeScribe, Eprhyme, Diwon and guests all part of this years Sephardic Music Festival. You know what else is part of the fest? TONIGHT (12/16) - Pharaoh's Daughter, ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/shemspeed-live-at-best-buy-for-smf If you missed the exclusive to the Sephardic Music Festival One Night performance with the legendary Yair Dalal , click play to the left and check out a stripped down version of his "Ya Ribon Alam" recorded live last night at SMF 2009. The festival continues throughout the week - ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/yair-dalal-video-from-last-nights-sephardic-music-fest-performance Grab your tickets for tonight's Diwon & Matisyahu show at Webster Hall! click here Meanwhile, grab this Free Download of Matisyahu's "Thunder" as remixed by Diwon http://shemspeed.com/daily/diwon-vs-matisyahu-thunder-free-download Lion of Ido, one of our favorite bands, just released this amazing Music Video. ch-ch-ch-eck it out! BONUS: Download their EP, FREE HERE. http://shemspeed.com/daily/lion-of-ido-hard-to-love Check Diwon and Matisyahu at Webster Hall tomorrow (Dec 14th). Diwon will hit at 7pm-8pm, playin his latest Yemenite and Sephardic mashes, and Matisyahu performing with Dub Trio, like you have never seen before! For more info and to buy tickets click to www.sephardicmusicfestival.com/events. We will be heading to Union ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/matisyahu-diwon-live-at-sephardic-music-fest-tomorrow The Sephardic Music Festival is a one of a kind, amazing 8 night party and if you look to the left, you will see Kanye West's DJ, A-Trak joined by the world famous Diplo (the man who brought M.I.A. to the mainstream). They are just some of the celebrities ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/kanye-wests-dj-loves-sephardic-music-festso-should-you Shemspeed has got your back this Holiday season, so put back your wallets and click all the links below! INFO ON HOW TO GET IT ALL FREE: 1. Win tickets to each night of the Matisyahu & Sephardic Music Festival Shows - click here (still got a couple hours) 2. XM RADIO CHANUKAH SHOW ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/shemspeed-chanukah-holiday-giveaways GET THE PRE-SALE TICKETS NOW FOR ONLY $8 It ends on Friday CLICK HERE Brooklyn Bowl's First Annual Matzah Bowl! - Inaugural Tribal Music Festival DESCRIBE SIX POINT STAR DIWON DOV AND GUESTS and introducing Mike Kinkade of Kinkade LA! plus Days Like Months Pey Dalid NOTE: Describe & Diwon hit at 11pm (At the door tell them your there to see DeScribe & ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/matzah-bowl-inaugural-tribal-music-festival So I decided to head to florida with Matisyahu from Detroit. These were quick radio shows, a festival with lots of stars and no guarantees of me even getting into the festival rather than knowing where I'd sleep. (Have no fear, rental car is here) I arrive unknowingly ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/kosha-tour-journal Y-Love, DeScribe & Diwon are here singing to you about Shemspeed's sale in which you the Shemspeed fan could: CHOOSE ANY THREE CDs FOR ONLY $18.00 OR DOWNLOAD FOR $14.00 grab em now at - www.bit.ly/holidaysale http://shemspeed.com/daily/barbershop-holiday-sale-video WE HAVE EXTENDED THIS TILL DEC 9TH, SO ENTER NOW!!! Shemspeed.com will be giving away Matisyahu tickets for each of his upcoming NY shows, along with tickets to the 5th Annual Sephardic Music Festival. With tickets to 17 shows, Shemspeed has got the perfect Chanukah gift for you and a ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/matisyahu-sephardic-music-fest-ticket-giveaways-2 Our boy Daniel a.k.a. The Tzadik, who we linked up with when Shemspeed was on their UK tour, has a new project called Sephirot. Sephirot is a young talent based in Leeds and Bristol. As well as the inevitable south-west connection, his sound draws on hip hop, wonky, soul, ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/sephirot-synthaesthesia-ep I've been checking out some of the JamBase's Tour Journal of Matisyahu. This one is Volume 4 and titled "Search For Truth" and finds Matis connecting to the fans that go deep inside and close their eyes at his shows and not to the fans that scream his name. ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/dont-scream-matisyahus-name Today/Friday (Dec.4th) Shtetl on the Shortwave brings you Jews makin' music. To start we have DJ and producer Erez Safar a.k.a Diwon, about The 5th Annual Sephardic Music Festival happening in New York this month. Tune in to win free tickets to check out Diwon and Electro Morocco at Joe's ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/smf-shtetl-on-the-shortwave As we amp up for the much anticipated Brody EP, we thought we would share the latest remix which puts finds him singing "Eishet Chayil" over Eminem's "Beautiful". download here Pick up the "Shir HaShirim" CD which was recorded with Diwon & Dugans of Dreams in Static (By Clicking Here). and ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/brody-vs-eminem We got an email from one of our favorite MCs and now that the album is out!!! we thought we would share it....it went a little something like this: I now have two sons and a completed second LP. I need to write a proper press release but seeing as how I ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/mc-paul-barman-new-lp-thought-balloon-mushroom-cloud We have been following Soulico's music for a few years now and they have really captured the genre smasher/ipod gen party style and ran with it. thanks Diplo (woot woot) We wanted to get to the bottom of who they listen to and how a team of 4 work together ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/soulico-interview-exclusive Yesterday was a crazy day at the Shemspeed Music Video shoot for DeScribe's "Harmony" single. It was the last day of shooting and the camera along with its owner headed to Mexico for a last second trip. And so DeScribe & Diwon headed to the city to try and save ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/exclusive-sneak-peek-into-the-harmony-music-video-shoot Kosha Dillz is heavy on the grind as he's approaching the home stretch of a 40 city tour with Matisyahu in promotion for his new album 'Beverly Dillz', which just dropped last Tuesday (11.10). And if you look below, you could see how iTunes is loving it. Grab the album from ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/beverly-dillz-new-noteworthy Shemspeed was about to launch their Jewish campaign for 'Side Hugging' and then all the sudden this video comes out...gun shots at the end and everything....and now we are forced to re-thinking the entire campaign...wink wink/80's syke. http://shemspeed.com/daily/christian-side-hugging Dan Auerbach, the American-Jewish guitarist and vocalist of the The Black Keys and his own successful solo records, is about to release, Blakroc, one of the most ambitious rock-hip-hop projects in history. Dan along with Damon Dash and the other half of the Black Keys, have brought in Mos ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/blackroc-is-here We wanted to tell you about our new favorite spot - Brooklyn Bowl. Last time we went, Mos Def was bowling and Voodoo Farm, a band Y-Love often collabs with, were on stage. Tonight, Talib Kweli and Jean Grae will be performing and Tuesday night, J. Viewz and ELECTRO MOROCCO ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/our-new-favorite-spot Yuri Foreman wins big and if you want to get a taste of the victory celebration head over to Iyun Center in Brooklyn as Dugans of Dreams in Static and Alon Cohen who co-produced Matisyahu's first record, "Shake Off the Dust...Arise" will do an improv set celebration with Yuri Himself ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/the-first-israeli-world-champion Shemspeed is having a sale for the next few weeks in which you the Shemspeed fan could: CHOOSE ANY THREE CDs FROM THE LIST BELOW FOR ONLY $18.00 OR DOWNLOAD FOR $14.00 grab em now at - www.bit.ly/holidaysale http://shemspeed.com/daily/shemspeed-holiday-sale We are sort of secret (guilty pleasure) type fans of Lipa Shmeltzer, who as it so happens we just might be performing with at City Walk in L.A. this Chanukah and by we I mean (DeScribe, Diwon & Y-Love). Well, he made this track for HASC (an org that provides ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/lipa-the-beat-guide-to-yiddish Check out our boy, Matisyahu, droppin spiritual science on National TV and catch him in a city near you with Shemspeed Rapper, Kosha Dillz, NOW! http://shemspeed.com/daily/kiddush-hashem-on-carson-daly-now-on-the-daily We thought we would share this Sephardic Music Festival audio player as we set up to take over NYC from December 12th - 19th. Here is some info - Between December 12th and 19th, 2009, The Sephardic Music Festival takes over numerous venues around New York City for the eight nights ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/sephardic-music-festival-player The most amazing Israeli MC who does not rap in Hebrew is most definitely, Edan. In fact, he is the most amazing MC, period. "The Whitefield Brother’s" is a side project of one of the "Poets of Rhythm" artists. On their "The Gift", lead single off their "Earthology" record, ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/edan-is-back-again FREE DOWNLOAD - SABRA SESSIONS VOL. 1 SABRA SESSIONS VOL. 1 is a high energy Israeli dance club hip hop influenced mix by Diwon, the American-Israeli DJ/Producer extraordinaire behind the Shemspeed label. The listener hears Diwon remixing, choppin up, slowing down, speeding up, and sampling all types of sounds to create ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/the-sabra-sessions-so-good-we-had-to-re-post-the-free-download Curious what The Hip Hop Sulha / Tug or War is all about? Click play on the video to the left and do not forget to get your tickets to the big concert tomorrow night at SOBs - CLICK HERE TO BUY TICKETS with performances by DeScribe, Most Hated, DJ Balagan, Tahani ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/tug-of-war-at-hip-hop-sulha-tomorrow-night-at-sobs Kosha Dillz's Beverly Dillz album hit stores today! It's his amazing follow up to his collab "Freestyle Vs. Written" record with C-Rayz Walz. Click to Buy CD or to Download. Dillz is currently on tour with Matisyahu playing sold out shows every night, so check the schedule and come say ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/beverly-dillz-album-out-today Electro Morocco, a New York-based band of Israeli expatriates, who mix everything from retro-rock and Middle Eastern folk, to warped electro have just put together Volume one of their "ROCKRAGA" mixtape series. The series, like their music is packed with off-beat world rhythms and layered with organic guitars and ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/rockraga-mixtape-free-download Record Club: Velvet Underground & Nico 'Sunday Morning' For this first/original edition of Beck's Record club and after lengthy deliberation and coming close to covering Digital Underground's Sex Packets, all present, at the club, voted in favor of the 'other' Underground's The Velvet Underground & Nico. Participants included at the ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/becks-record-club-velvet-underground-covered We have been sending this around our office like hot potato pancakes and figured we should just post it here so you could see it! Bangs, a 19 year old Sudanese rapper who now lives in Melbourne. He has an album called Hard 2 Be Up which you could get a ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/bangs-wil-take-u-to-da-movies Ben Webster of the Chicago Examiner caught the Matisyahu show with Trevor Hall and Kosha Dillz on the bill. Here is what he thought: "Nov. 3rd Trevor Hall opened up for Matisyahu at the House of Blues. The guy has a lot of soul and he played the guitar ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/trevor-hall-matisyahu-kosha-dillz-reviewed This is the first installment of the "The Israeli Breakdown". The Israeli hip hop scene is constantly on the rise. With many new names added frequently, there are a few that are making a lot of noise in the holy land these days. It seems like in the past few ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/the-israeli-breakdown-1-ortega NEW YORK (JTA) -- After months of stressing the need for silence, two major Jewish organizations and a former Bush administration official are embracing publicity about their roles in bringing Yemenite Jews to the United States. More than 60 Jews, who were among the last few hundred living in Yemen, have ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/yemenites-now-out-in-the-open Diwon and Dugans of Dreams in Static have been in the lab cookin up their, "Serene Poetic" album for almost a year and it is finally here! If you look to the left you could check out, "the making of the "Dreams in Static" album cover using photoshop" video and ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/the-making-of-the-dreams-in-static-cover-using-photoshop The Paley Center for Media enlisted the sonic contortionist & graphic skills of SpazeCraft One (see the mural designs in the Y-Love/DeScribe "MAKE IT" music video to the left) to lend an "authentic" artistic hand to their recent "DEF JAM Generation" article coinciding with the 2009 New York Comedy Festival ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/our-fav-describe-y-love-muralist-drops-a-lil-something-for-def-jam This is hilarious. We knew he was a model (Kenneth Cole) and of course musician, but an actor? Check out his skills. Matis vs Matis in the video on the left....and if you are in Chicago tomorrow night check our boy Kosha Dillz perform with Matis at House ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/matisyahu-interviews-himself-on-a-beach A couple years ago, when Diwon wanted to introduce the world to the genius of Y-Love, he put together a mixtape that showcased Y-Love's lyrical skills over a genre smashing blended classic mix. Baile Funk, Bmore, Fiona Apple, Soul, Grime Core & Electro all got mashed into a sonic journey. ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/otis-redding-spank-rock-y-love-busta-rhymes-all-get-the-remix THE SHEMSPEED AUDIO PLAYER IS WHERE YOU WILL HEAR THE LATEST AND MOST EXCLUSIVE TRACKS, SOME OF WHICH YOU WILL NOT HEAR ANYWHERE ELSE! TO LISTEN, CLICK HERE http://shemspeed.com/daily/shemspeed-audio-player Shemspeed got down with Jay Michaelson for his book party, Zeek and a slew of other great orgs for what turned out to be a massive hippie fest/panel discussion/acoustic Darshan singing hip hop chant/crunchy dance party. Check out the Shemspeed TV footage (to the left) and photos at the ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/everything-is-g-d-a-jewish-spiritual-woodstock Y-Love caught up with Ynet and Leadel on his Israel tour, who both took the opportunity to interview and film him. Here is the Ynet video, next up is Leadel, on the non video tip, there are tons of articles popping up everywhere about the Y-Love Israel tour and an ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/y-love-in-aramiac-on-ynet Jewish and Muslim MCs, beat boxers and spoken word artists are coming together on one stage Wednesday, November 11th at SOBs in New York City for the Hip Hop Sulha. Sponsored in part by Jewlicious - thanks ck! - artists from Shemspeed and the Tug of War Tour ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/hip-hop-sulha-returns-to-ny Ciphers are mostly played and boring to the onlooker, it's more an MC game, but that's also because most ciphers don't have Eminem, Mos Def, Black Thought standing in the circle. Check out some of our favs laying it down, right here! http://shemspeed.com/daily/some-of-shems-favs-eminem-mos-def-black-thought-freestyle-cypher http://shemspeed.com/daily/kosha-on-the-matisyahu-tour We caught K'naan perform a last second CMJ show at LPR in NYC. It was 3:30am and the club was about to close, K'naan looked around for some drums sticks, laid down a beat to rap to himself, and the crowd ate it up! thought you all would enjoy...ch-ch-check it... http://shemspeed.com/daily/knaan-solo-with-a-drum-and-a-mic DJ Bagalan's "Funny Accent" mixtape is one of those classics that will stay in whomever is lucky enough to have it in their collection (Buy Disc Here) or (download it now for free!). In the words of our friend Mordechai Shinefield, Rather than simply sample older songs for his ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/balagans-funny-accent Our boy Beck has been adding a 'record of the month' feature highlighting lesser known, found records you may or may not have heard of on his blog. The first one is an album from 1970's master of fork bending, as well as Michael Jackson cohort, Uri Geller. "A paranormalist, ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/re-introducing-uri-geller After a long(ish) hiatus, Elsewhere, our friends down under, presents the next instalment of alternative Jewish culture in Melbourne, this time featuring the sounds of the little known electro scene…. New electronica from the antipodes (A big effing warehouse partywith fun beats and breaks) Featuring frontline beatmakers: Ronch (aka Ronch) Symphytic (aka Amiel Zwier) Maybee (aka ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/diaspora-underground-10 Matisyahu came to Israel and did a special Bit-Box version with Moyshe Ufnik (Sesame Street) for The Black Market. ch-ch-check it out. http://shemspeed.com/daily/matisyahu-moyshe-ufnik-sesame-street-israeli-puppetbit-box-remix There are A LOT more coming. We had CMJ photo the event and all the bands, so check back. Feel free to check these for now. Videos up soon! Click here to view album! http://shemspeed.com/daily/cmj-shemspeed-photos-from-last-night Shemspeed is honored to be a part of this years CMJ Music Marathon. If you are in NY, come check out a slew of industry events during the day and rock stars running through NYC all night. The Shemspeed Showcase is Thursday Oct 22nd and will featured DeScribe ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/shemspeed-cmj-showcase-tonight This was a crazy night. We headed into SOBs for their CMJ Showcase which featured a jazz group, a spanish Ska Band, Eprhyme, Diwon accompanied by Manny, the illest drummer and backing man for Wyclef and headliner Praz of the Fugees new group. The most exciteing moment of the night ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/eprhyme-vs-michael-jackson-will-you-be-there-live Perry Farrell is one of our favorite artists and we still think about that time when Shemspeed performed with him. Well, Infected Mushroom sent over their album and we aren't too into trance, but there is one song on it that is just so ridiculously amazing, that we have ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/peretz-farrell-infected-mushroom A lot of you may have no clue what CMJ Music Marathon is...and that's is fine. I'm all about it, but that might be because I went to UofM and realized my dreams of being a Radio DJ for 4 years. Well, I am being a bit modest. ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/what-is-cmj-what-did-i-do-in-college Isaac Miracles is set to release his debut album "Desire" in 2009. Here's a sample track and short video to go with it. It's actually kinda clever for a dude with sidelocks ;) p.s. we want some comments on this one (remember comments? yea. it's so 90's, but still!) http://shemspeed.com/daily/isaac-miracles-teaser Shemspeed is honored to be a part of this years CMJ Music Marathon. If you are in NY, come check out a slew of industry events during the day and rock stars running through NYC all night. The Shemspeed Showcase is Thursday Oct 22nd and will featured DeScribe ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/describe-to-play-cmj Found this at Jewschool: The folks at Shemspeed are circulating a free “mixtape” (let’s pause for a moment to remember actual mix tapes… you know, the kind that involved tape? sigh…). Sorry, where was I? Oh yeah, Diwon has put together a soundtrack for your next middle-eastern-themed booty-shakin’ ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/sabra-sessions-mixtape This was totally improv....our friend Jill Sobule (who was just written about in Rolling Stone, People and Perez Hilton) invited us to come see her and Erin McKeown (who is playin the shaker in the back) perform at Union Hall and in the middle of a song asks, "Is Yitz ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/jill-sobule-y-love-if-i-was-a-rich-mangirl Edan, is by far my favorite MC. I remember going to check him out and told Y-Love to come along and check him out. I recall Y-Love being blown away by his beat juggling, his rappin while throwin and playin with it all through a guitar pedal effect, his beat ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/edan-the-humble-magnificent-2 Heeb just announced their latest Heeb100. I remember when Joshua Neuman, the publisher, called me excited to tell me that I would be in the 100 on the same page as Jonathan Lethem. I guess he knew that I was a fan of "Fortress of Solitude" and Motherless Brooklyn". ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/heeb100 Before we go into this Interview Exclusive Diwon did with Australia's "Elsewhere", we felt we should give you a free download of Diwon's remix of Lipa Shmeltzer's "The Wheel Turns". (Click Here To Download) If you aren't familiar with Lipa, he is one of the most famous modern Ultro-Orthodox Yiddish ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/interview-exclusive-with-diwon-plus-free-lipa-remix-download Kosha Dillz takes on Portland indie rockers YACHT, on his latest, "Swim Club" album, dropping Zohan and Blackberry references over 8 hip hop remixes to thier "See Mystery Lights" album, which Pitchfork calls "Best New Music." in 2009. A dance crazed electric party over chopped up experimental riffs and kosha ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/yacht-vs-kosha-dillz-free-album-download Shemspeed is looking for interns for the fall/winter & spring semesters: Who we are looking for: A personable, energetic, and, if possible, tech-savvy student to assist with online and physical marketing and promotions. Responsibilities include but are not limited to marketing and street team oversight, myspace and facebook promotions/upkeep, some general ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/intern-for-shemspeed Videos from last night's Sold Out Shemspeed 'CRAZY/INSANE/CROWD-SURFING/HANDS IN THE AIR SUKKOT' Party @ South Paw. The Party featured SHI360, Y-LOVE, DESCRIBE, SIX POINT STAR, REALITY ADDICTION, DIWON, J. STONE, MOSHE HECHT, & TJ DI HITMAKER....check out some of dem clips! 1. Shi360, Y-Love & TJ Di Hitmaker 'Freestyle' ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/videos-from-lastnights-sold-out-shemspeed-sukkot-party Photos from last night's Sold Out Shemspeed 'CRAZY/INSANE/CROWD-SURFING/HANDS IN THE AIR SUKKOT' Party @ South Paw. The Party featured SHI360, Y-LOVE, DESCRIBE, SIX POINT STAR, REALITY ADDICTION, DIWON, J. STONE, MOSHE HECHT, & TJ DI HITMAKER * Stay Tuned for Video! and and of course check out the Shemspeed Photo Album ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/photos-from-last-nights-sold-out-shemspeed-sukkot-party Ok, not really, but everyone knows that whole '6 degrees of Kevin Bacon' thing...right? Well, check this out.....you know that "Falling in Love at a Coffee Shop" song? ya know the one that plays in all those stores and the sprint commercial? Well, it's by Landon Pigg, that guy ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/drew-barrymore-loves-me We caught Hebro (Rafi Fulcher) at Simchas Bais in Crown Heights, where tons of little Shemspeeders were running around promoting the big Shemspeed Sukkot Party tonight (get your tickets here). ch-ch-check this out: AND THIS - www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytWvZtiERN4 http://shemspeed.com/daily/introducing-hebro SHEMSPEED SUKKOT PARTY - TOMORROW (WEDS) - Shemspeed will be throwing a big party for Sukkot at South Paw on Oct 7th with tons of amazing artists. HERE ARE SOME: SIX POINT STAR, REALITY ADDICTION, NOSSON ZAND, Y-LOVE, DESCRIBE, DIWON * PLUS SPECIAL GUESTS INCLUDE MOSHE HECHT, & YURI LANE ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/3137 During a time when some Jews refrain from listening to live music - famous Orthodox rapper Y-Love and beatbox superstarYuri Lane create all their music non-instrumentally. The album is an all vocal hip-hop record with over seven tracks to correspond to the seven weeks of the Sefira. One of the ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/shake-it-sukkot-song-download There are two songs on Mayer Hawthorne's debut album worthy of the hype surrounding this Jew from Cali: Make Her Mine, a sweetly simple tune about trying to romance a girl who lives in the wealthy part of town, and the new record holder for most apostrophes in a song ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/mayer-hawthorne-a-strange-arrangement-review William Levin’s video was meant as a joke of course, but its depiction of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad applying to join a Taglit Birthright Israel trip turned out to be rather uhm… prescient with news today that he was born Jewish. The Telegraph reports that Iran’s President was named Sabourjian – a ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/president-of-iran-mahmoud-ahmadinejad-is-a-jew Check it out! It's the official debut music video of "Cellular Phone", the first single off Kosha Dillz's upcoming Beverly Dillz record (Kosha Dillz World/Shemspeed) * comment, let us know what ya think. http://shemspeed.com/daily/debut-official-cellular-phone-music-video I'm not saying I'm awesome and I never said this before, but yea, I went to Yeshiva for a year with Tamir Goodman (aka the Jewish Jordan). The Yeshiva was in Silver Spring, MD. Anyway, 30 feet from the tiny building was a park basketball court and I beat ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/i-beat-the-jewish-jordan Yesterday, the UF Hillel's art committee launched their first major networking website known as JAMnetwork aka Jewish Artists and Musicians Network. By simply creating your own profile on the JAMnetwork, you can upload your own music, share personal pieces of artwork, blog about anything from new CD releases to concert ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/jamnetwork Kosha Dillz is tryin to be a "hero" today and give it up to all who have helped him. Check this awesome remix of Phoenix. The song 1901 is being used in a car commercial but it is completely unknown on how this hustler got the actual beat for the ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/dillz-at-ac3-atlanta My 11 year old sister in law who lives in Crown Heights some how stumbled on this weird movie trailer for The Legend of the Klei Yakar (aka "The Precious Vessel"). I told her she has to write a review of it for the Daily. ch-ch-check it: From my lil sis ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/the-weird-legend-of-the-kli-yakar If you are in NYC, check dis.... ?uestlove drumming the melodies of The Wizard of Oz may sound like a dreamed-up scenario, but he and the folks at Netflix make it a varicolored reality to mark the classic's 70th anniversary. Jennifer Hudson and Julianne Hough appear onstage to belt out R&B ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/last-second-tip-wizard-of-uestlove Y-Love & Diwon invited their friend Max B to perform with them at The Aquarium in Baltimore's inner harbor. The result was really incredible. Check this out: http://shemspeed.com/daily/go-go-bmore-club-beat-box-live-w-max-b-y-love-diwon-incredible גמר חתימה טובה - hope you forgive us for anything awesome we may have done wrong http://shemspeed.com/daily/3080 This was a comment on Frum Satire's blog, left by my roomate Brando who has a Jewfro (not pictured here).... My somewhat typical/somewhat odd conversation with an African American lady on the train yesterday – in chicago (no, not all jews live in nyc): LADY: What nationality are you? ME: Well, I’m American. ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/frum-response-old-roomate Download 3 free singles by DREAMS IN STATIC from their upcoming 21 track instrumental album, Serene Poetic. The Free download link includes, "If On A Winter", Theta" & "What You Did" feat. Dov. If you aren't familiar with this amazing music, it has been said, "If hip hop ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/dreams-in-static-free-downloads Don't know who the homophobic anti-Semitic filthy bigots at Westboro Baptist Church are? Here is the new song they put on YouTube about Jews (reposted by a protester). DON'T get it deleted from YouTube. People should see this and retch. PROTEST INFO TO FOLLOW! REPLY TO THIS & TELL ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/westboro-baptist-church-video I've got this band called Good For the Jews - we make Jewish music for people who hate Jewish music. I'll get to the free ticket thing in a minute. Do you like to laugh? NPR called us "hilarious," the Village Voice called us "wickedly hilarious," the New Jersey Standard ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/psst-want-a-free-ticket An Early Heads Up! Shemspeed will be throwing a big party for Sukkot at South Paw on Oct 7th with tons of amazing artists. HERE ARE SOME: SIX POINT STAR REALITY ADDICTION NOSSON ZAND Y-LOVE DESCRIBE DIWON * SPECIAL GUESTS INCLUDE MOSHE HECHT, & YURI LANE & MORE THIS SHOW WILL SELL OUT GET YOUR TICKETS NOW $12 advance $15 ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/shemspeed-sukkot-party In case you can't read that (like us). Kosha dillz has made some noise landing a great promo deal with Duck Down Records after winning the hot 97 summer jam battle at Giants Stadium in NYC. Ever since that victory, he's been on a hot streak, rocking shows with ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/kosha-matisyahu-and-the-rza Wanted to wish you allz an amazing year of blessings and happiness! Shana Tova and enjoy this free download of "My Mouth is a House of Prayer" by Eprhyme from the "WAYWORDWONDERWILL" album, click here to download free. peace & Shemspeed http://shemspeed.com/daily/my-mouth-is-a-house-of-prayer "I Love Jews" was chosen by the chosen as the theme song for the Nu Ju Year 5770. The infectious rhymes are set to 19 yr old Kentron Da Mastodon's beat which touches on the Delfonics “La La La Means I Love You,”. Feel free to download it and pass ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/i-love-jews-free-download Remember Zach Galifianakis from those clips with Sarah Silverman and then all the sudden he became this hilarious and famous movie star with his role in "The Hangover"? Well, he is now teaming up with my personal favorite person, Jason Shwartzman, who I bumped into on 8th street and handed ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/bored-to-death Any album that ever somehow fits the word 'shawarma' into its title will be talked about on The Daily. So, What do you get when you combine Israeli psychedelic trance, five gigantic sharks, Perry Farrell, and a little bit of Korn? Infected Mushroom’s new album of course! The album ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/infected-mushroom TONIGHT!!!!! SEPT. 15th @SOBS NYC KRS ONE, BUCKSHOT, FunkMaster Flex, Eprhyme & Diwon WHAT WHAT? yezzir! You heard it right. Check it out... TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 15 S.O.B.’s Urban Concerts Presents: KRS-ONE, BUCKSHOT, FUNKMASTER FLEX, EPRHYME & DIWON 1st 50 people to enter receive a signed KRS/BUCK album poster too. Doors: 8 PM Show: 9PM Admission: ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/krs-one-eprhyme-funkmaster-flex-diwon Cannabis Chassidis is true to its name. it is kind and gentle and ephemeral. rather than just being a book about something or other, cannabis chassidus actually is what its talking about. while reading it, i had the direct experience of being on the kind of internal ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/deeper-and-higher-a-review GET IT HERE FIRST! ch-ch-ch-eck this out! the follow up to the over 7 Million Viewed on Youtube Beat Box Harmonica video with Shemspeed Fam, Yuri Lane! http://shemspeed.com/daily/bringing-beatbox-harmonica-to-the-people Matis on Music:Matisyahu on Music From Dressing Room @ Conan O'Brien from URB Magazine on Vimeo. Before he was Matisyahu to the masses, Matthew Paul Miller was into jam bands and had a strong affinity for Phish. In 2004 he joined JDub records, which is a New York based non-profit record ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/matis-on-music (CNN) -- Harvard University, one of America's premiere academic institutions, is coming under fire for running an advertisement in its campus newspaper questioning the reality of the Holocaust. The former Birkenau death camp in Poland. It is widely accepted that about 5.7 million Jews died in the Holocaust. Recently named for the ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/harvard-crimson-says-holocaust-denial-ad-published-by-accident "Close to Me" has been just that for a while now and through time I started to hear it with Lady Sovereign's and Snoop Dogg's voice and though, I should throw them all together so that you could hear it like that too. here ya go: Close To Me (diwon ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/close-to-me-diwon-mega-mash This one comes from Portland’s Yacht (Who is now on tour with the Yeah Yeah Yeahs), with a little help from New Jersey MC, Kosha Dillz. Its got a funky indie electronic beat with a nice little bounce to it, definitely a fun end to the summer track. ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/kosha-on-a-yacht Finally!!! It is the day that Eprhyme's "WAYWORDWONDERWILL" album hits stores, run now to grab your copy or get it direct by clicking, CD or ITUNES. The Forward seems to be really diggin the new wave of Jewish music coming out of the Shemspeed Family, check out this piece ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/eprhymes-waywordwonderwill-out-today VOTE NOW! (Last Day) VOTE EREZ SAFAR (DIWON) VOTE YITZ JORDAN (Y-LOVE) EREZ SAFAR City: Brooklyn, New York Organization Affiliation: Shemspeed, Sephardic Music Festival ShareThis Nominee Vote For This Hero! Vote for Erez Safar: Tell us about your nominee. Why should he or she be recognized as a Jewish Community Hero? Erez Safar (aka Diwon) is the founder and director ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/vote-for-erez-safar-yitz-jordan Found this at Israel's version of Maddecent (here) Here it is, The Axum Mixtape by Dj Alarm featuring Onili, Fishi, Soul-J, Peled, Noa Faran, Ortega,Vulkan and many moreקבלו, המייקסטייפ של אקסום, מוקסס ע"י דיג'יי אלארם, כולל את אונילי, פישי, פלד, סול-ג'יי, נועה פארן, אורטגה, וולקן ועודAxum : Da Mixtape by DJ ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/axum-da-mixtape If you remember our post a while back on Kutiman's ThruYOU, well he breaks it down with Leadel, in a must see video Launched in September of 2008, Leadel.NET is a media hub showcasing the rich variety of contemporary Jewish voices and expressions. Focusing on the state of Jewish ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/leadel-gets-down-with-kutiman The Next Shemspeed group is going to sound exactly like one of our favorite groups from back when Radiohead was still on MTV with weird videos, Anti Pop, baby! ch-ch-ch-eck it: Ah, alternative rap. Is there any other genre that can get so many people excited while also pissing off just ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/anti-pop EVERYONE Is Pissed At Aubrey O'Day! Even my cousin Rabbi Cunnin and so Perez Hilton quoted him...check this out: Members of the Jewish community think it their duty to express their strong distaste for Aubrey O'Day and her ridiculously stoopid comments (calling Hitler and Fidel Castro "brilliant" men). Rabbi Chaim Cunin ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/perez-hilton-quotes-rabbi-cunin Tarantino finally brings the World War II movie he started writing 10 years ago to the big screen and subsequently, a fictional film that Jews have wanted so badly, without even realizing. What did we think of "Inglourious Basterds"? We freakin loved it beyond any other movie this year! The ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/inglourious-basterds-eli-roth-interviewed Just saw this in The Forward: Like their forefathers, members of punk band Moshiach Oi! have great reverence for the Moshiach, or Messiah. The only difference is that these punk rockers have traded in their walking sticks for thrashing guitars. ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/moshiach-oi-review Fo Realz, he is just incredible! This is one of Eytan's slower songs, which was filmed when he performed at Bell House with his incredible live band as part of Shemspeed's Summer Music Fest. Here is a little write up on Eytan's performance that night from our friends ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/we-heart-eytan Wanna write for The Daily? hit us up info@shemspeed.com We are looking for all types of writers who want to write about all types of Jewish music & culture. Scroll down and view past posts to get a sense of our aesthetic. Keep in mind we are open to new ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/wanna-write-for-the-shemspeed-daily There is a lot of standing on the sun, walking through the sun, becoming light and walking through the wind and rain, but I guess after being "Shattered" and then turning into "Light", you are bound to get a G-d complex. But seriously, this record is worlds beyond his ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/matisyahus-light-reviewed Back when Matisyahu spelled his name like "Mattissyahu" (I think that lasted for a month or so) and opened up for my band, Juez at the Knitting Factory when i went by dj handler, I took a photo of Yoseph Leib with teffilin on, djin on my turntables in my ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/cannabis-chassidis-back-when-matis-had-multiple-ss-tts Nearly a year after surviving a plane crash in South Carolina, disc jockey Adam “DJ AM” Goldstein was found dead in his New York apartment Friday afternoon, his publicist said. He was 36. Blink 182 drummer Travis Barker was more than just a friend to DJ A.M., who passed away ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/dj-am-2nd-life-fails-him Here are pictures of what we did this summer a.k.a. the past two weeks as part of Shemspeed Summer Fest in Chicago, NJ, Philly, and a slew of nights in our hometown NYC. The festival was headlined by Southern punk rockers, CAN!!CAN along with appearances in select cities by Electro ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/photos-from-the-summer We indeed to heart them all over! We are also excited that they are playing tonight to close the Shemspeed Summer Music Festival! Finally, we could sleep again. Come check it out at the Bell House (info below). * CHECK OUT PHOTOS FROM THE OTHER NIGHTS!!! http://shemspeed.com/daily/we-heart-electro-morocco Found this on Jdub's website today: Team JDub is always happy to hear that other Jewy bands we like are playing shows nearby, so you can imagine our delight when we discovered that the Southern punk sounds of CAN!!CAN (you might know singer Patrick, of PunkTorah) would be making an appearance ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/jdub-big-ups-shemspeed Everything I know about hospitality I learned from my Dad. We always had big holiday dinners. Actually, we still have big holiday dinners… and they’re great! Mom puts out a spread that seems to include every conceivable kosher animal available as well as multiple veggie/vegan options for my sister Tiff ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/what-my-dad-taught-me-a-fab-contest SHEMSPEED’s 40 Days / 40 Nights Tour is an interactive, live music festival stopping at 30 colleges nationwide, exposing college students to the breadth and depth of Jewish music. An exciting tour flooded with entertainment and education, the NIGHTS will be packed with unforgettable performances infused with learning from the cutting ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/40-days-tour-is-coming-back "Put 'Em Up" is representative of four-man Tel Aviv DJ crew Soulico's cross-cultural chops-- an exuberant synthesis of traditional Israeli folk melodies and familiar hip-hop sensibilities. They've got a new album called Exotic On the Speaker coming October 6 via JDub Records, which includes contributions from an array of guests, ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/soulico-put-em-up-free-downloads Y-Love wrote on the Wall for the event "MASSIVE SHEMSPEED SUMMER MUSIC FEST SHOW @ BELLHOUSE": Y-Love - "I'd like to add that there are multiple punk bands playing -- this means a mosh pit is a CHIYUV D'RABBANAN (חיוב מדרבנן) and one would be remiss not to join/participate in one." Diwon ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/y-loves-mosh-pit-yeshiva-comments-on-facebook Can!!Can is one of the best punk bands we have ever heard. Patrick Aleph is backed by only two musicians, but the sound blasts through the speakers like a large ensemble of awesomeness. They will be playing only one NY show this summer and it is this Thursday at Bellhouse. ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/introducing-cancan Matthue Roth of My Jewish Learning new music video is getting all sorts of play — at least, among the world of Jewish YouTube videos. But what’s it all about? We asked Eprhyme as well as Shemspeed founder Diwon, the Yemenite DJ, to tell us. The “Punklezmerap” video, shot by ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/eprhyme-the-%e2%80%9cpunklezmerap%e2%80%9d-video-deciphered Moshiach Oi! is a New York Hardcore band with a full-throated passion for both Torah and Punk Rock.  Educated in Jewish day schools, band founder Yishai Romanoff as a teenager gravitated to the Punk Rock scene, where he found an outlet for his manic energy and passionate beliefs.   In 2008, after rediscovering his Jewish roots, Yishai began writing hardcore-punk songs with subject ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/introducing-moshiach-oi Back when klezmer was cool there was a band called Juez. They started as a fusion of electronics live drums horns and thrashing bass and so they were self described as "break beat klezmer jazz", often mistaken for "breakfast klezmer jazz" which took them from possibly amazing to positively ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/juez-is-totally-sweet People always said that Y-Love sounds like a mix of Common & Mos Def. Well, once Mos Def unleashed his incredible "The Ecstatic" album we found another similarity, Mos shares a sample with Y-Love's "Brooklyn to Ramle" the song where he rhymes in English, Hebrew, Arabic & Yiddish, off the ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/mos-def-y-love-are-sample-buddies It's about that time! The 5th annual Sephardic Music Festival will be Dec 12th through 19th. We are looking for performers, promoters, interns, street teams, and anything you could think of. So be in touch with Erez, ASAP! info@shemspeed.com. For past schedules and photos visit the SMF website at ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/sephardic-music-festival-info The dancing is not on beat, but we have a ball! Check out the camp video! p.s. the Camp is all DeScribe & Y-Love music all the time (just like in the video) ;) http://shemspeed.com/daily/shemspeed-summer-camp-video http://shemspeed.com/daily/the-daily-stunna Kosha Dillz on touring with Rza! Rza is a laid back dude that seems to have experienced it all in music, and that's probably why It seemed cool to come along. Every night he performed and when we would meet, he said "ok tonight's gonna be fun...yall ready to ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/kosha-on-rza-and-catching-up Well, ok Alton is way more old school soul dancehall, but listen to songs of Hawthorne like "Just Ain't Gonna Work Out" and then to Anton's "Your Heart Is Gonna Pay" (download here). Anyway, "Maybe So Maybe No" is the latest video by this Midwest yid who is getting ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/mayer-hawthorne-the-new-alton-ellis In this 5th addition of "Shemspeed Close Up" we give away tickets (both air and concert) to the Tel Aviv Y-Love/Kanye show. watch how ;) http://shemspeed.com/daily/shemspeed-close-up-5 Shemspeed has just released another amazing Music Video and ground breaking World/Hip Hop Album today! This time by Brooklyn via Olympia, Wa. MC, Eprhyme. The music video was directed by super-star Lenny Bass (Timbaland, Fantasia, De La..) and album produced by Smoke of Oldominion. (scroll down for all links and ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/eprhymes-punklezmerap-music-video There are some movies that really do make you feel like Jews run Hollywood. This is one of those movies. The director is Jewish, the actors are Jewish, and even wear Super Jew t-shirts, and they make sure that the word comes up every 30 minutes on the dot and ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/funny-people-review Plagued by your decision not to touch the opposite sex until marriage we're here to help! just check out this awkward video: http://shemspeed.com/daily/gotta-get-dat-shomer-stick Shemspeed was in full effect this week at Love Fest in L.A. Check out these amazing photography David Miller at Love Fest. He caught Moshav, Dov Rosenblatt, Y-Love, Rav Shmuel & Diwon in action as well as a good amount of the crowd. Big ups to Rabbi Yonah, ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/photos-from-love-fest Remember Frum Satire? That dude who started posting funny clips of him ranting about frum society (the funniest of which was the Chabad one and his comparing ChiTaS to a swiss army knife for Chabniks). You know, that guy who started showing up to the Tea Lounge for the Shemspeed ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/dont-worry-about-your-rabbi-prison-is-quite-frum Found this at Generation Bass. "I was fortunate to see DIWON about a year ago in London at Cargo, albeit very brieflyand quite accidentally, when he was performing with a friend of mine SMADAR LEVI (who will be on a post very soon as part of my SPECIAL LADIES ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/diwon-interview-plus-free-downloads Eprhyme on iTunes & Radio Interview Eprhyme's debut solo record, "WAYWORDWONDERWILL" hit iTunes TODAY! pick it up now by clicking here. In honor of the new album, Israel National Radio caught up with Eprhyme on his Israel stop last week, ch-ch-ch-eck it: "The stone was pushed off the well, mother waters ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/eprhyme-on-itunes-radio-interview For those of you who didn't check out Parshat Vaetchanan from our boy Yuri Lane and his wife, check it out. For Ekev, click here. Parshat Ekev from G-dcast.comMore Torah cartoons at www.g-dcast.com http://shemspeed.com/daily/vaetchanan-beat-boxed-harmonicad-sketched One night before the BIG Shemspeed LA Show at Club Lima Thursday night is the Love Fest, Wednesday night. Moshav, Rav Shmuel, Dov Rosenblatt (Blue Fringe), and DJ Eric Rosen will be performing lush love songs as well as a very special guest performance of Y-Love & Diwon who ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/love-fest Shemspeed Fam, We are making one big stop in L.A. on the Shemspeed Summer Music Festival tour. The show will be this Thursday night at CLUB LIMA and will feature some of the hottest Israeli hip hop artists including VokCal, DJOoKRoO, Y-Love, Diwon and more. L.A. SHEMSPEED ISRAELI HIP HOP ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/back-back-to-la-la ok, ok, ch-ch-check it! We found the Israeli Beastie Boys and they go by Cohen@Mushon. Look out for them at the "Hip Hop Don't Stop" party series once a month in Berlin and Tel Aviv. http://shemspeed.com/daily/cohenmushon-fun-fun-fun-2 This is an ugly cry for attention, but one we have been accustomed to from the "We Wish We Were Vice Magazine" also known as Heeb. Here Perez Hilton, a blogger who is even more of a media whore than Heeb, speaks out against them. This is some history ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/there-is-irreverent-there-is-heeb "Ner Doleck" is Hebrew for a lit candle. Watch this before you light yours...this song, by new Ortho-Israeli rapper Rinat Guttman, is a song of hope, something that unfortunately is something Israel seems to keep needing more and more of. (Moshiach Now). The message is that as ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/tamid-efshar-letakenanything-can-be-fixed I don't know about you guys, but fasting on Tisha B'Av (the 9th of the month of Av) is really starting to take a toll on me. That's why I'm heading to the JCC in Manhattan to see the Israel-based hip-hop and funk band Coolooloosh up on the roof. Coolooloosh ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/cause-this-is-for-your-mind-and-soul “In summarizing the essence of mourning Rav Soloveitchik said: ‘Nehugei Aveluth (mourning rituals) display the loss of personal esteem. You have social esteem because you are a member of a family. When the family unit is broken, it is lost. You are a gornisht now. And ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/man-is-a-gornisht-music-mourning While conducting research for Heeb's Music Issue, they discovered that Hasidic reggae sensation Matisyahu has a long lost brother. Recently, the musician’s bro sat down with Heeb for his first-ever interview, during which he discussed his life, brother’s music and revealed some surprising information about Matisyahu’s childhood. Man, Seth is ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/derrickyahu Shemspeed sat down with Six Point Star for an acoustic living-room session in crown heights. Check them out live with their full band at Bellhouse as part of the Shemspeed Summer Music Festival on August 27th, get tickets here or click to facebook invite here. http://shemspeed.com/daily/introducing-six-point-star Finally! We found the full clip, check the end, DeScribe's favorite part, which was cut off from the previous videos we found online. A bit of info: Internationally-acclaimed hip-hop activist Y-Love stars in an upcoming CBS documentary on interfaith music and culture. “Music is often a vehicle for expressing religious ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/full-clip-of-cbs-special-on-describe-diwon-y-love For the 3 Weeks before Tisha B'Av, some awesome vocals-only acapella music from Yosef Karduner, Lev Tahor, Listen Up, Gavriel Butler, Itzik Shamli, the Abayudaya Jews of Uganda, Ethiopian Jewish Liturgy, Rabbi Naftali Zvi Margolies Abulafia, Y-Love, Six 13, the Lubavitcher Rebbe and more all played on air at Israel ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/jewish-israeli-acapella-music-for-the-3-weeks When you first encounter Eprhyme's solo debut album WAYWORDWONDERWILL, out this fall on Modular Moods/Shemspeed, you might mistake his shtick as that of another Matisyahu clone. Along with the famous Hasidic reggae sensation, he might also draw comparisons to other MC's with Jewish roots like Y-Love, Remedy (of Wu-Tang Clan ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/jewish-rapper-eprhyme-is-ready-for-prime-time MF Doom hyped us to the "newest member of Stones Throw, Mayer Hawthorne and his version of "Little Boxes (Weeds Intro)" You must check this out click to download http://shemspeed.com/daily/weeds-doom-our-favorite-hawthorne Check out Moment Magazine's 2009 Music Guide. A diverse collection of Jewish music ranging from a capella to classical… Sephardi to soul … and everything in between. Like the Shemspeed Bands section, the Guide is complete with mp3’s, pictures and links to each musicians' website, Moment Magazine's 2009 Music ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/moment-mag-2009-music-guide Shemspeed are big Prodezra fans, as his was the first beat we chose for the first of the DeScribe & Y-Love collabrative singles. When we finished the song, "Change" it hit us that the track was made by 3 Orthodox Jews which broke down like this: 3 Jews, 3 ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/sitting-down-with-prodezra-exclusive-interview Remember how even if you are the biggest loser when you sign up to myspace you will automatically have one friend....Tom. He is the one who invented it. check out this clip where Adam Sandler & Seth Rogen roast him on it: http://shemspeed.com/daily/funny-people-make-fun-of-myspaces-tom-anderson Matisyahu Takes on Heavy Topics, Dense Beats on August’s “Light” Rolling Stone says: ""Sometimes I lay under the moon and thank God I’m breathing," chants reggae sensation and Hasidic Jew Matisyahu on "One Day," the anthemic new single from his upcoming album, Light, which will be released on August 25th. It’s been ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/rolling-stones-matisyahu-album-review NOW CASTING! Jerry Seinfeld is back and in the producer's chair for a funny and revealing series about the unpredictable and hilarious institution we call marriage. In his celebrated NBC sitcom Seinfeld, Jerry and friends became household names by highlighting humorous and relatable situations surrounding single life in New York ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/jerry-seinfelds-marriage-ref Adam "MCA" Yauch of Beastie Boys was diagnosed last week as having a cancerous tumor in his left parotid (salivary) gland. Luckily it was caught early and is localized in one area, and as such is considered very treatable. It will however require surgery and several weeks of additional treatment. ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/bad-news-about-beastie-boy-mca Menachem Krinsky, one of our new favorite graphic designers, just hipped us to a pretty clever little video. We had to post this since we are all still Facebook freaks: http://shemspeed.com/daily/facebook-manners-and-you Some of you know Prodezra from his production on "Change" the first single by DeScribe & Y-Love. For those of you not familiar check out the video here. I still remember when I first heard that beat, it had his voice going over it saying "Prodezra L'Shem Shamayim ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/introducing-prodezra In between maintaining full time jobs, performances, and working on another album, dJOoKRoO has put together a new project: their first mixtape “Taim LaOzen” (Tasty to the ear). The mixtape consists of original songs and remixes that have been recorded over the years, combined with humorous skits in between songs ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/new-djookroo-mixtape-taim-laozen This is a classic poetic performance piece much like Saul Williams used to always throw "Sha-Clack-Clack" in his repertoire and the Hebrew Mamita does her "Look Don't Look Jewish". Every spoken word artist has one and Matthue Roth's is "Good Thing I Don't Touch Girls (Or I'd Touch You)". ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/good-thing-i-dont-touch-girls-or-id-touch-you The world has descended upon Rabbi Alysa Stanton. From coast to coast and continent to continent, global media trumpet the ordination of "the first African-American female rabbi." Whether it's The Forward, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, The Jewish Week, CNN, Black Entertainment Television, the Huffington Post, The New York Times, and seemingly ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/introducing-rabbi-alysa-stanton Just saw this Rap 2 Spain crew video: "Get real. Dont believe everything you hear in the news. In the end its all about people and the people can make peace in the Middle East a reality. A cool hip hop song about the conflict in the Middle East." http://shemspeed.com/daily/get-real-hip-hop-for-peace-in-the-middle-east Big Up to Y-Love who is somehow is alerted the moment anyone wants to follow in his footsteps and convert. This time it's Britney Spears. She is reportedly so in love with her agent Jason Trawick, that she wants to convert to Judaism so she can marry him. According to website ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/britney-wants-to-be-jewish Rabbi Nachman is like Rabbi Carlebach, not in the way that he himself played music, but in that he left a musical legacy behind him. Nachman Meuman is the chorus to countless reggae, dubbed out trance, hip hop and folk songs that come out everyday from Breslovers around the ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/breslovers-are-taking-over It’s a dash of straight reggae dub, followed by a scene of instrumental foreplay, with the reminiscence of a musical memory stored in the archives. It was the first thought that played in mind when I first chap’d the musical endeavors the Easy Star All-Stars ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/easy-star-all-stars-retrospective Stan IP, who you could check out in the Bands section, drew some Air Yeezy sheets (Kanye West’s new Nike sneaker) for the Boys and Girls Club up in West Chester. ch-ch-ch-eck what the pre-teens did, it looks pretty fly: http://shemspeed.com/daily/air-yeezy-and-the-kids Tired of Being White? Try Being Yemenite by coming to Diwon Temple yO! One Friday Night a Month at the Dreams in Static Studio * email info@shemspeed.com for info. http://shemspeed.com/daily/diwon-temple Check out how Matisyahu plays the middle man between the crowd live at Central Park's Summer Stage and Kosha Dillz. Matis is blown away by Kosha's freestyling and keeps throwing words at him to see showcase Dillz's ill craft. First word, "Yarmulke" ch-ch-ch-eck it out: http://shemspeed.com/daily/kosha-dillz-matisyahu-live In preparation for Brody's upcoming EP which will be released on Modular Moods/Shemspeed worldwide in the fall, we have decided to put together a bunch of his free singles and downloads for you all to throw on your ipod. The collection includes his famous Lecha Dodi Vs. Akon track ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/brody-free-downloads Matisyahu "One Day" Video Exclusive! click here to view http://shemspeed.com/daily/2541 We heart Jill Sobule very much, so much so that we have her recording with one of our Shemspeed artists this monday in NYC. We figured before we let you in on all of that, we would interview her so you could learn a bit about how incredible she ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/jill-sobule-from-rolling-stone-to-shemspeed Wailing Wall won't blow you away, but it will make you want to stay home and chill to it. The record follows the recent Anti-Folk and semitic Anti-Folk (listen to Adam Green/Moldy Peaches) music that keeps creeping up and is very welcome around Shemspeed. Check the clip to the ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/the-other-wailing-wall-free-album-download We love Regina Spektor and in her liner notes she writes how she loves Hashem, which makes us love here even more. Below is her video for her "Laugh With" single from her new album "Far". http://shemspeed.com/daily/laugh-with-regina-spektor Maybe it's just me, but when i first read that there was a book called, "The Holocaust Survivor Cookbook" I felt kinda weird inside, maybe I am just strange....well, here is the deal. Two years ago Joanne Caras of Port St Lucie, Florida, visited her son and daughter-in-law in Jerusalem. ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/the-holocaust-survivor-cookbook Kosha Dillz doesn't stop working while others relax on summer vacation, Dillz keeps going. Fresh off the recent  Hot97 Summer Jam battle win (which we posted videos of earlier on the Daily) that landed him a single deal with Brooklyn Based Duck Down Records, he has decided to keep the summer buzz ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/keepin-up-with-the-dillz This is why we at Shemspeed don't really mess with video games: http://shemspeed.com/daily/why-we-dont-play-video-games As is traditon when a Shemspeed artists hits Israel on tour, Ben Bresky catches up with them and interviews them for Israel National Radio. This time it's Dov Rosenblatt and he talks about his forthcoming solo CD and performs new unreleased Blue Fringe songs. Also, his new band Fools ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/dov-of-blue-fringe-live-acoustic-performance "it's vegetarian it's healthy, it's beans...". Yea. Bruno gets more people annoyed and confused, but this time its about Hummus and Hammas. Man, we are dying to see the Bruno movie already! Maybe we will do a mass Shemspeed screening. also, stay tuned as Shemspeed throws up an exclusive ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/countdown-to-bruno This is how we get down at Shemspeed shows! Last week was the Shemspeed Summer Show at South Paw which featured Six Point Star, The Constant (Steven Baggs) and Diwon, as well as DeScribe, Y-Love, Kosha Dillz & Eprhyme & Darshan. Next up The Shemspeed Summer Festival is next! check ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/how-shemspeed-gets-down Somehow, even though we love the movies The Darjeeling Limited, Rushmore and our all time favorite movie ever, I Heart Huckabees, we had no clue that our favorite Jew boy and weird boy actor, Jason Schwartzman was also an amazing musicians. The dude is ridiculiously talented, just check out his ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/jason-schwartzman-and-his-amazing-coconut-records This week in NYC, come see Diwon put away his beat machine and pick up drum sticks to recreate the "Dreams in Static" music live with Dugans, Eyal Maoz and Yoshie WITH SPECIAL GUEST FRENCH/ISRAELI CHABAD RAPPER, SHMOO! Catch it live Tuesday night at The Stone. June 30th @ The Stone Corner ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/dreams-in-static-with-shmoo We are always in search of religious music that doesn't suck...so much so that we make it! not the bad kind, but the good, I think. Well, while in Australia we bumped into Bruno's brother and cousin. We later met up with them for dinner at Katzy's, as we ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/brunos-brotherdarkcho listen I'm not one for much to jock the radio guys..but professional…look at his keyboardist with no dead sound..and the dj on cue…and the crowd reacting well…along with skits of lil wayne identifying..you can find all this on hot 97.com. This was one of his videos…i dont wanna clog up ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/drake-is-jewish-black-his-performance-is-gold Today, Gimmel Tammuz, is the anniversary of passing of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, who passed away in the early morning hours of the 3rd of the Hebrew month of Tammuz, of the year 5754 from creation (1994). Shemspeed will be at 770 tonight Farbreginin with the Chabad Youth if you wanna ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/the-passing-of-mj-and-how-we-love-the-lubavitcher-rebbe The Shemspeed Summer Music Festival is underway, we are still choosing a few special guest bands, so feel free to get in touch to get involved. So far we have amazing shows lined up in LA, NJ, NYC, Philly & Chicago. Check out the details below: *NYC July 25th Electro Morocco ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/shemspeed-summer-music-festival This is just a refined interpretation of a freestyle battle. Its hysterical. Courtesy of my friend Eyasu. El~C http://shemspeed.com/daily/freestyle-battle-interpreted Einav Jackson Cohen demonstrates a bit of the hustle that most musicians have to do to get their stuff out there. ch-ch-ch-eck it out: http://shemspeed.com/daily/what-most-musicians-have-to-do-to-get-their-music-out-there COME JOIN EPRHYME AND THE SHEMSPEED FAM FOR... WHAT: VIDEO SHOOT (for eprhyme's single, PUNKLEZMERAP, off his upcoming album, WAYWORDWONDERWILL, released by MODULAR MOODS/SHEMSPEED) WHEN: TUESDAY JUNE 23 7pm-10:30pm WHERE: THE 1929 (levi okunov's boutique in soho- 176 MOTT STREET- on corner of mott and broome) WHY: FUN, FREE DRINKS, MUSIC PERFORMED BY EPRHYME, ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/be-in-our-next-music-video-eprhyme-punklezmerap This might be old news and an old clip for some of you but I just found out about it and think it so interesting I guess here in Seattle we get things a little late! Jeremy Piven's character on Entourage Ari Gold is based on a real life fellow ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/the-emanuel-kingdom Last month we threw this exact line up/live show in Williamsburg and it was the most fun sold out show we have been to in a while, so we figured why not do it all over again, but this time at a bigger club. Monday eve at South Paw with ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/shemspeed-summer-show-this-monday We at Shemspeed are massive fans of Real Ultimate Power and Homestar Runner. What could we say, we love Ninjas and dudes who wear boxing gloves to check emails. We were turned on to the sites by Matt Wetstein of Juez. We just got this email from him turning ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/the-best-stuff-since-real-ultimate-power-homestar-runner I think K'naan's 2006 "The Dusty Foot Philosopher" is one of the best hip hop albums ever made and not only because its catchy as anything, but because it is so full of life and wisdom. The music fuses Somalian rhythms with commercial hip hop beats as K'naan rhymes ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/lil-wayne-move-over-knaan-is-bringing-the-realness We just got back from the Shemspeed Australian Tour and so we were away when CBS aired the special on Diwon, Y-Love, and DeScribe, but fret not, someone threw it up on youtube, enjoy! A bit of info: Internationally-acclaimed hip-hop activist Y-Love stars in an upcoming CBS documentary on ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/we-found-the-cbs-clip-of-y-love-diwon-describe So, Above is the first round of the Hot97 Battle. Kosha Dillz says, "He was tryin to battle me with a prewritten rhyme he prepared for me after i gave him the freestyle vs written flyer!! at hot97" Info on what went down...Israeli-American Kosha Dillz entered the boost ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/kosha-battle-footage The Y-Love & Diwon Australia Tour has been nutzo. 20 performances in 13 days. Last nights show was packed and attended by Shemspeeds two biggest fans. They ran up and quoted lines from our videos when we looked surprised they just said, "Dude, we are your biggest fans! We drove ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/australia-tour-photos-videos I remember this kid from Role Models which is a pretty underrated movie and Superbad which was a bit overrated, but also totally awesome. Bobb'e J. Thompson who goes by BroMitzvah aka Black Bar Mitzvah in this music video is ready to become Jewish for the gelt (trying to get ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/bro-mitzvah-rap-video-with-bobbe-j-thompson After a million New Yorkers keep asking us when is the Y-Love, DeScribe, Diwon CBS doc airing. In NY it is airing tis Sunday at 1pm. for everyone else check our old post for days & times here. A bit of info: Internationally-acclaimed hip-hop activist Y-Love stars in an upcoming CBS ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/cbs-in-nyc-this-sunday Shemspeed is here in Australia on the Y-Love/Diwon tour and caught up with Michelle Rojas of Stand with US at the LimmudOZ conference in Sydney. Michelle was speaking about the situation in Israel and how many of the anti-Zionist and anti-Israel rallies at college campuses around the world are ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/a-conversation-with-michelle-rojas-y-love-on-israel whoa, Jay-Z's "Death of Autotune" track is really really not good. In fact it would be a good track to promote using Autotune on bad tracks. We just learnt that the track is actually co-produced by Kanye and after watching this video it is obvious that this anti-autotune track is ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/the-death-of-jay-z-i-mean-the-life-of-autotune I have been a fan of Dennis Prager since he turned his 8 questions into 9. (if you get it, cool if not, nevermind...). Either way, check out what Obama should have said: "Thank you for the honor of addressing the Egyptian people and the wider Muslim world. 
"I am here ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/the-speech-president-obama-wouldnt-dare-give-in-egypt Andrew Cohen who was just an obscure DJ sent some tracks, thinking nothing of it, to Peanut Butter Wolf of Stones Throw. PBW didn't even believe it was him and was taken by the tracks right away. “He showed me two songs and I didn’t understand what I was listening ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/introducing-mayer-hawthorne Kosha Dillz entered the boost mobile/hot 97 battle SUMMER JAM 2009 yesterday and suprised the competition as the only white guy who wasnt even supposed to be there, besides Asher Roth. Originally scheduled to make an appearance at Wakarusa Festival in Arkansas, he cancelled his ticket after receiving ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/kosha-dillz-wins-summer-jam-hot97-battle Diwon caught up with Yidcore in Sydney right before the Y-Love gig at LimmudOZ. Last time he performed with Yidcore was at Wesleyan University in 2002! ch-ch-check how they butcher (in a good way) Naomi Shemer's Yerushalayim Shel Zahav and throw their punkness all over the Pesach seders "Dayeinu". http://shemspeed.com/daily/shemspeed-catches-up-with-yidcore-in-sydney