http://shemspeed.com/daily largest, most diverse Jewish music site Sun, 21 Mar 2010 06:06:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 March 18: Kosha Dillz, DJ Balagan & Y-Love @ SXSW, TX March 19: Kosha, Balagan & Flex as part of Hip Hop Howl @ Red Fez, TX March 25: Electro Morocco perform at the annual Downtown Seder @ City Winery, NY March 27: Onili, DJ Set by Ori Shochat, Y-Love & Diwon @ ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/4445 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 We have been long time fans of Doom for a while now, but forgot to get his latest record when Alex, our newest Shemspeed intern, bumped it for us and we fell in love with MF all over again. As I was listening to the late great Dilla and ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/mf-doom-lightworks CHECK THIS OUT!!! CBS will be airing "Faith, Music and Culture," an interfaith religion special which will feature DeScribe, Y-Love and Diwon. The program is set to premiere June 7 and run through the 14th (TV Times & Listings Below). "Music is often a vehicle for expressing religious faith and belief," ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/cbs-to-air-interfaith-music-special-w-y-love-describe-diwon Jordana Horn writes for the Forward we always re-post it cuz its always damn good. This piece on Ivri Lider, who performed last night at Webster Hall, which we missed because of Shemspeed Rap Fest, is no exception. Check the past article she wrote on Idan Raichel . Now ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/ivri-lider-kissed-a-girl We are on our way to Australia for the first Shemspeed Tour in OZ with Y-Love & Diwon. We will be in Sydney for the next week and Melbourne after that. All show info is below SHOWS June 6th - 10pm ‘Y-Love unplugged’ at LimmudOZ - www.limmud-oz.com.au June 7th - 8pm Y-Love & ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/shemspeed-goes-down-under Once every few months one of Shemspeed's resident DJs, DJ Balagan, hits us with a free mix for the velt. This time it's a blend of Baile Funk joints off CDrs which he collected while in Brazil. If you want to get a chance to check Balagan out ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/a-balagan-bag-of-cdrs Ok, so we sorta sold out and decided not to name the Shemspeed Summer Shows "Shemspeed Punk Metal Fest". Why? Cuz, a. we couldn't find any Metal bands we really liked and we did find a ton of other genre bands that we LOVE and b. we just added ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/we-punked-out We have been meaning to get down with Sneakas for a while, but our paths hadn't crossed till the I-Jam/Shemspeed Rap Fest where he was one of the many performers who rocked it after the Israel Day Parade. We heard a little bit about his new rap duo ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/the-most-hated-rap We have been talking to our good friend, Erran Baron Cohen, as he was working on the Bruno movie. We will post the interview very soon, as for his crazy Jewish brother, Sasha a.k.a. Borat, a.k.a. Ali G a.k.a. BRUNO! Check out the stunt he pulled on Eminem at ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/bruno-stunt-stuns-eminem This 3rd installment in the Shemspeed Close Up series which could be viewed at Shemspeed TV was shot in Chicago right after the Shemspeed Launch out there. Featured is Yuri Lane and Y-Love, ch-ch-ch-eck it out. http://shemspeed.com/daily/shemspeed-close-up-3 Shemspeed's amazing hipster electro rockers, Electro Morocco and middle east mash up kingpin, DJ Balagan will be headlining the Washitngton DC Jewish Music Festival. June 10 | 8:00 pm | Station 9 | 1438 U Street NW BUY TICKETS NOW BEFORE IT SELLS OUT! WJMF and J-on-Demand present Electro Morocco and DJ ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/electro-morocco-summer-in-dc Our boy Matthue just sent this over finding it hilarious and pretentious...mostly just pretentious. We love Kanye so whether it's pretentious or not....it...is...awesome! ch-ch-check it: "Rapper Kanye West does not read books or respect them but nevertheless he has written one that he would like you to buy ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/proud-non-reader-kanye-west-turns-author Matisyahu, 'One Day' -- Song Premiere Matisyahu just keeps getting better and better at his craft. The pop/reggae/dub/spacerock MC sings this stadium rocker melodically sings with his signature chants over a hard trash can sounding snare on "One Day," the first single of his third studio album, 'Light,' which will ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/new-matisyahu-song-listen-here Sunday May 31st is the NYC ISRAELI DAY PARADE which goes down from 11:00am - 5:00pm on 5th Ave from 57th to 79th Streets. That's cool and all, but check out what happens that night! I-JAM (Israeli Jewish American Musicfest) May 31st (after the parade) @ Club Touch Join ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/israel-day-comingget-readymassive-show-at-touch That's not a typo and if you are down than you know that the boys got crowned that name from Biz Markie when he repeatedly called em the Beatsie Boys even on "Check Your Head". I still remember going nutz listening to "Funky Boss" on the way to work. I ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/beatsie-boys-they-coming-home Shemspeed Chicago was an amazing night of collaboration with all the artists special guesting on each others sets, check youtube.com/shemspeed to see Stereo Sinai, Yuri Lane, Dov Rosenblatt, Diwon and Y-Love all up on each other. Click play above to check Yuri & Stereo sing Acheinu Beat Box Accapella ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/shemspeed-video-re-cap Download Rocky' Ziegler's "Bli Etzev" (Without Sadness) from his full length, “Raza Deshabbat”, which will be released in teh next few months. In the meant time he will be backing up our friend Matisyahu on tour this summer.LISTEN OR DOWNLOAD HERE The single was written by Ziegler and arranged ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/rocky-ziegler-single SHEMSPEED CHICAGO TONIGHT! COME OUT TO The Red Line Tap 7006 N. Glenwood Chicago, IL ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/launch-of-shemspeed-chicago This is one of our favorite videos ever. Watch closely and catch some really slick 70's shots of Israeli's getting down with kippas and all. Look out for Balagan’s EP coming in the Fall on Modular Moods/Shemspeed. Also, catch Balagan in the D.C. Bmore area May ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/balagan-best Shemspeed will be touring in and outside of the country as well as throwing some massive NY summer shows, including Celebrate Brooklyn in Prospect Park! For all details check the Shemspeed Events Page, but for a quick run down...keep reading... May 25 - Chicago Shemspeed Launch Party with Y-Love, ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/shemspeed-summer-so-far Lucky for us Andy Samberg is hosting the MTV Music Awards, not because we get to see him try and hold down the show for hours, but because in an effort to rally up fans and viewers for the event, MTV has filmed a slew of mini teasers which all ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/we-heart-andy "We are all connected somehow". If only we realized that everyone comes from the same place and the same source, we would be able to prevent the pollution in this world – not only physically, but also spiritually. We could eradicate hatred," says Orthodox Jewish rapper Y-Love when asked to ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/y-love-ynet EPRHYME "Shower Salaam" 7" Click to Pre-Order. This is the latest installment of K Records' International Pop Underground series of 7-inch records. Moving effortlessly from Middle Eastern melodies to dance hall and deep house rhythms, "Shomer Salaam" is multicultural and polyrhythmic. On the B-side, "My Mouth Is A House Of Prayer" ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/eprhyme-shower-salaam-7-pre-order We haven't even heard this album yet, but Matthue Roth spoke to Roland Springer, who runs the French Canadian label, Secret Mountain, that originally released the record as well as Nathalie Soussana, the album's producer, who also shared some of her own feelings and stories from the project. Matthue wrote ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/songs-from-the-garden-of-eden When CBS was shooting their documentary on Y-Love, DeScribe & Diwon, which airs June 14th, the boys did their own little behind the scenes shoot. The shoot became the first of the "Shemspeed Close Up" series, here is the second. enjoy and don't expect much: http://shemspeed.com/daily/shemspeed-close-up-2 All we remember from Blossom were her bad hats and Joey's WHOOOOOOAAAAAAA!", but Shemspeed's writer pal, Matthue Roth remembers a lot more than just that and interviews the hat wearer for Jewcy.com, ch-ch-check it out.... I was a child of the '80s in name only. I never watched Blossom when it ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/mayim-bialik-from-blossom-to-brachot HERE IS THE LONG AWAITED WORLD PREMIER OF "MAKE IT": Of course check out the other tracks at myspace.com/describeylove Enter the Remix Contesst at shemspeed.com/change CHECK THE PHOTOS FROM THE CHANGE EP PARTY LAST NIGHT CHECK THE LIVE VIDEO AND SUPPORT THE ARTISTS BY BUYING THE CHANGE EP Limited Signed & Numbered CD, click here Regular CD, ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/make-it-video-world-premier Some copies of the reissued Check Your Head four-LP collector's set came with a surprise bonus 7" that includes two seemingly new, previously unreleased tracks: The full-on and fuzzed out punk of "Lee Majors Come Again" and the playful a cappella "B Boys In The Cut." According to some sleuthing ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/major-beastie-boys Here is one of the 3 singles from DeScribe & Y-Love's "The Change EP" which hit itunes today. Check Yaaleli below: The Change EP http://shemspeed.com/daily/last-nights-change-ep-party Yall remember Benyamin Brody from his Lecha Dodi Remix, his Got Money Remix and of course his beautiful Shir HaShirim record which Diwon & Dugans produced. Well, now Shemspeed & Brody wants to give you guys a little something to party to for Lag B'omer. Brody - "Bar Yochai" ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/lace-yourselves-for-the-lag Lag B'Omer and "The Change EP" Release on the same night!!??? Shemspeed had to throw something big. What we got? Well, The world wide Exclusive Premier of the "Make It" Music Video (preview the track here. It was directed by Lenny Bass who also did Timbaland, ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/the-change-ep-release-party Our favorite person in the world right now, as in like, today, is Andy Samberg (probably tomorrow too though). watch more shtick at youtube.com/thelonelyisland http://shemspeed.com/daily/andy-samberg-the-one-who-dared-to-leave A few years ago 18 Israeli musicians got down to Cohen's work and recorded their own Hebrew interpretations for an album called, " A Stranger Song". Cohen was really into the project, but that isn't always enough, because it never reached the public. The label/publishing co. never ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/leonard-cohen-in-hebrew Finally Y-Love's Unity plea is catching on ;). First we got the Unity EP coming out in the fall and the album (This is Unity) sometime next year. Next we got amazing artists like, Trevor Hall and Matisyahu singing Unity as well. ch-ch-check it - Look out for Trevor Hall's ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/trevor-matis-unity After a long, long wait, Axum are finally releasing their 1st album in Israel (Stay tuned for the US Release). The Album was produced by Sabbo from Soulico. We have been bumping Axum's mashup club tracks and original songs like "Klemantina" in clubs for 3 years now, ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/get-ready-for-more-axum-sabbo The New York Jets and their Jewish fans are upset and also don't want to mess with their bubbies. For more details click here http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/9464642/Jets-upset-about-home-games-on-Jewish-holidays - Nina & Erez Safar http://shemspeed.com/daily/nfl-can-kiss-my-um-tuchus Our friend Stan Ip just got hitched and as the cake was cut, Matisyahu and Max B beat boxed a game called "Switch!" which Stan Ip officiated. Pay close attention to Max B, Max, Ip and I ran in the same D.C. hip hop circle back in the day and ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/stan-ip-officiates-switch-with-matisyahu-max-b Just so you could be absolutely sure that Shemspeed's Got Their Swagga on Tilt. We made this. http://shemspeed.com/daily/shemspeed-got-that-swagga-on-tilt Shemspeed will be throwing their first "Shemspeed Punk Metal Fest" this August (late August). If you, your band, or your friends band would like to get in on the festival get in touch ASAP, erez@shemspeed.com Also, the festival will include the return of Juez Diwon's old-school Punk Klezmer Jazz group. ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/shemspeed-punk-metal-fest First off, that "Funky Shtetl/Life is Hard for the Chosen Ones" song is totally pimpin. Second, these actors really have the Williamsburg (or as they say Vilyamsboorg) Chassidic personality down patsky even to the thrown up bekeshe when they sit down for coffee. Third, the whole Agent is a ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/changing-hollywood-one-chassid-at-a-time There is an old joke that went something like this: “How do you get to Carnegie Hall?” and the person replies, “practice”. That joke doesn’t really have much truth in todays music world. The answer now would be “a publicist”. That is basically Asher Roth’s success story. I mean, the ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/asher-roth-fell-asleep-in-the Patrick of Can Can says, "Orthodox Jews are more hardcore than your crappy attitude! This is a call to punk rockers to embrace people who live a strict religious life as some of the most bad ass dudes you'll ever meet." Check the shout out to the Shemspeed crew ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/can-can-punk-torah Lag B'Omer and "The Change EP" Release on the same night!!??? Shemspeed had to throw something big. What we got? Six Point Star, The Constant (Steven Baggs) and Diwon, as well as DeScribe & Y-Love celebrating their "CHANGE EP" Release. When n where it at? May 11th (backroom of ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/what-well-be-doing-on-lag-bomer Check which Shemspeeders made the list on the JTA's, The Telegraph: "Despite the recent media buzz, the jury is still out on Twitter's potential to endure as an integral player in the social media landscape. While it's rate of growth rivals that of Facebook, a Reuters article yesterday claimed ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/jta%e2%80%99s-100-most-influential-jewish-twitterers Brody, as in Benyamin Brody of Shir HaShirim & that Lecha Dodi remix just got together with DeScribe for a fun little remix of Lil Wayne's "Got Money". Be on the look out for Brody's very original Bar Yochai in time for the Shemspeed Lag B'omer Party May 11th ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/lil-wayne-brody-describe-2 I finally got to check out the Birthright Monologues. Our old friend Vanessa "Hebrew Mamita" Hidary and Shemspeed blogger, Farrah Fidler are both heavily involved in organizing so we had to show our support. I really had no idea how blown away by the performances I would be, some ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/ilya-khodosh-rocked-the-monologues Shemspeed founder, Erez Safar, was part of the first year of The Jewish Week's "36 under 36". Now in year two, they chose another worthy Shemspeeder. Who else, but Y-Love. Also among the list is our good friends Isaac and Seth Galena of Jewish humor/where to find your ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/y-love-36-under-36 Oh the joys of social media. Whenever I see something that came out years ago, I always wonder why didn't I see that? But I'm still really happy that Filipino-Jewish poet Eliyahu Enriquez posted this video on his blog. The video is a clip from the full-length ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/naf-a-street-kid This is a guest post from Dov Rosenblatt, lead singer and guitarist of the band Blue Fringe which he wrote for myjewishlearning.com. He and Diwon just recorded a version of “Hatikvah,” Israel’s national anthem, for Yom Ha’atzmaut, Israel Independence Day, which you can listen to or download right here. Below, Dov ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/hatikvahblue-fringe%e2%80%99s-dov-talks-about-israel Frank London's A Night in the Old Marketplace is a "folk opera," a 90-minute musical re-imagining of I.L. Peretz's sprawling 1907 supernatural drama. The score mixes folk, jazz, classical, rock and world beats with a dose of Kurt Weill cabaret. Beware, the players are some of the most versatile musicians, ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/frank-londons-new-sounds Where as many MCs represent their area code, Kosha Dillz represents his homeland in a strong and sometimes playful way. On "Kol Hakavod Lirkod" he puts his money where his mouth is singing all about Israel in Hebrew. The song is one of the many singles that will be coming ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/kosha-dillz-his-hebrew-song Tonight, April 28th, 5 Iyar, marks the 61st anniversary of Israel's independence. Yom Hazikaron, Israel's Memorial Day, albeit with less barbecues and more reflection, is the day before Israel's Independence Day. In a country as small as Israel, nearly everyone shares in the feelings of collective loss; the ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/israels-independence-day If you remember Ofra Haza as being the Yemenite pop export from Israel, then you have fond memories of listening to her while she was still alive and well. We miss her and still bump her "Im Nin'Alu" back from 1984 as well as "Paid in Full" (Seven ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/ofra-haza-still-queen Diwon & Dov's "HaTikvah" came out today for Yom HaAtzmaut. The words to this song were written in 1886 by Naphtali Herz Imber, an English poet originally from Bohemia. The melody was written by Samuel Cohen, an immigrant from Moldavia. But here Diwon & Dov tricked it out in ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/hatikvah-out-today-for-yom-haatzmaut If you are wondering why the guy flying over to you looks a bit like our favorite director of all time, Spike Jonze...well, it's because Spike's real name is Adam Speigel and this dude flying over's real name is Sam Speigel who is one part of the N.A.S.A. production duo. ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/spike-jonze-or-nasa We got a free download for you of the "See you at the party Richter"!!! mixtape. It features the hottest underground artists in Israel. Check the crew; ONILI, LAROZ, PELED, COHEN@MUSHON, LUKATCH, METRO, SUHELL NANFAR and is brought to you by DJ ALARM & ORI SHOCHAT. Download it ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/alarm-shochat-new-mixtape-download-now-free Y-Love, DeScribe & Diwon behind the scenes from their CBS Documentary shoot! Watch it on CBS June 7th! also, be on the look out for "The Change EP" and music videos coming out May 12th. Pick up the first two singles on itunes now. http://shemspeed.com/daily/cbs-documentary Big ups to David Abitbol, from Jewlicious, for speaking some truth about that ridiculously written article that went up yesterday about Aharit Hayamim. Oh, and the subject above is also all his. We love him...guess he is also a fan of Chuck D and Flav. Check this.... "Sabbath in ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/aharit-hayamim-fear-of-a-jewish-planet-don%e2%80%99t-believe-the-hype Back when Meth was the drug of choice and club was the music of choice a band called The Crystal Method was big. Well, they are making a come back and their single "Drown in the Now" features none other than our very own Matisyahu. Matis opens it ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/free-crystal-methodmatisyahu-mp3-video New Voices followed Shemspeed and Aharit Hayamim when we did the showcases at Jewlicious Festival and the 92Y in NYC. Here is their nice little write up: For an audio version of this story, click here. “We don’t get into politricks, man.” So says Shmuel Caro, the heavily bearded lead ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/settler-rock-comes-to-the-states Back when shemspeed.com crashed and we couldn't blog anything new, Yoseph M, our Seattle blogger joked that the last post that will go down in history was Shemspeed on the Millionaire MatchMaker, well the site is back up and running and to celebrate we are posting about the show once ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/millionaire-matchmaker-2 Ok, this is crazy. They were going to perform "Change", but couldn't memorize the lyrics in time, so they performed Erran Baron Cohen's "Dreidel Song" because, in their words, "It has Y-Love in it". Well, check out the video. p.s. for the real video, click here. http://shemspeed.com/daily/high-schools-performs-dreidel-song Peter Rosenberg from Hot97, who just did a little "I heart Shemspeed" video sat down with Q-Tip and rapped about Miles Davis for a bit and who is 'crazy' which is Q-Tip for 'amazing', the list included Joni Mitchell, Thom Yorke, Sly Stone, Run, Grand Master Flash.... ch-ch-check it out. http://shemspeed.com/daily/q-tip-on-miles Help Kosha Dillz play "We the People", the hottest festival of LA, in the summer withthe likes of Rage Against the Machine Wu Tang and more 1. Go register 2. Sign in with your email and vote 3 stars for Kosha Dillz 3. Place a awesome comment there about how We the People ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/vote-kosha First off, we love Adam Sandler....still. Secondly, we are starting to totally crush on Seth Rogen even more now and as far as Jason Schwartzman is concerned, he will always be our indie heart throb. well, we aren't sure if there are any non Jewish main characters in this film, ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/funny-people-trailer-aka-the-awesome-funny-jewish-people-trailer So, Y-Love was supposed to be in the Russian Yevreiskiy Mir paper this week. But when we picked it up at news stands he was not only IN the paper (with a full story (and pictures!)), he was ON the paper - the cover photograph! check it out at ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/%d1%85%d0%b8%d0%bf-%d1%85%d0%be%d0%bf-%d0%b5%d1%89%d0%b5-%d0%b6%d0%b8%d0%b2-first-kosha-french-now-y-lovin-russian After Eprhyme performs at SOBs as part of the Hot97 showcase, Shemspeed takes it to the streets to talk about Unity and how to bring Godlines to the world. This segment went down with Saadya Notik and Y-Love at the Bodega across from SOBs. ch-ch-ch-check it out. http://shemspeed.com/daily/shemspeed-takes-it-to-the-sts The Jewish Channel, who covers a lot of Shemspeed's artists, just did a sort of "Downtown Seder" Reviews which included a highlight of Shemspeed's Darshan and later in the segment, Y-Love makes a cameo talking about macaroons. To see the Darshan performance of "Chad Gad Ya" that they rave about, ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/downtown-seder-in-review France got to take a good look in about 50,000 copies of its latest mag with TI on the cover. Your boy Kosha Dillz got some shine! Not sure what it says in the actual article, but it looks pretty cool!! PS. if you do read French we would love for you ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/france-hearts-kosha-dillz A few months ago we reported on the return of Curb Your Enthusiasm, here are the latest developments taken from Eonline Julia Louis-Dreyfus says that she and her famous costars—Jerry Seinfeld, Jason Alexander and Michael Richards—began shooting their multiple-episode appearance on Larry David’s Curb Your Enthusiasm last month. ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/the-seinfeld-reunion-has-begun As we prepare to make a cameo at Heeb Mag's release party in Williamsburg this Tuesday, we found an interview they did with Sandra Bernhardt. Check-it-outsky - "When she first appeared on the scene, Sandra Bernhard was an impetuous flirt whose svelte figure and pronounced expressions brazenly attracted the ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/sandra-bernhardt-interview Check out Seth Rogen joking about Bar Mitzvah's Summer Camp and Grandparents and good Lord, he is hilarious even at such a young age. Like many previous Jewish comedians there is a healthy dose of BM humor. http://shemspeed.com/daily/seth-rogen-doing-stand-up-at-13-yrs-old I was in the house with the rain coming down and I decided to break out my harp. Enjoy! - Yuri Lane http://shemspeed.com/daily/rainy-day-harp-box Our good friend Sagol 59 blogged the following (worth a listen). "Black Sheep is a Hip Hop programme broadcasted weekly on Tel Aviv’s much beloved 106FM “Voice Of The Campus” station. When the show returned from hiatus, they called up a who’s who list of Israeli MC’s and let them ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/tel-aviv-hip-hop-radio If you are in Israel for Pesach check out the famous Boombamela Festival. DeScribe will be joining Roy Edry along with tons of other surprise guests. http://shemspeed.com/daily/boombamela-festival This makes us miss our mother country. http://shemspeed.com/daily/our-mother-country We just added some new artists in the Bands section (click BANDS in the menu bar above). Among them are the graff writer/musician from the upcomng "Make It" video, SpazeCraft, the Jewish rock group, JudaBlue, Shemspeed's next big break through artists, Darshan and the Shemesh music crew from Israel ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/new-music-in-the-bands-section We will be shooting the next Shemspeed Music Video on SATURDAY APRIL 11TH – “BKFW Young Designers” & International Showcase. This one is for Eprhyme's "Punklezmerap". Wanna be a part of it? Here is the info: Doors open at 7pm 7pm – 7:30pm VIP Cocktail reception 7:30 – VIP Seating ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/bk-fashion-week-eprhyme we are not sure that this is true, but um.... http://shemspeed.com/daily/weed-aint-kosher-on-passover Darshan (Shir Yaakov & Eprhyme) perform "Chad Gadya" at the Downtown Seder, which went down last night at the City Winery with performances by Pharaoh's Daughter, DeLeon, Gary Lucas, Jackie Hoffman (who is freakin hilarious) and Storah Telling's Amichai Lau-Lavie. Darshan called up Frank London, Chana Rothman & Basya Schechter ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/darshan-does-chad-gadya WARNING: Prepare to become the funniest person at your seder! Jewish comedy website, Bangitout.com, has published 35 pages of hilarious Torah, Jokes, Songs, Top Ten lists in annual SEDER SIDEKICK, download it and print it out! click, bangitout.com/2009_sedersidekick.pdf http://shemspeed.com/daily/seder-sidekick Anyone who has twitter or facebook knows that Kosha Dillz is one of the hardest working rappers in the velt. So what's this semitic linguistic critic been up to? After touring since february 11th...hitting festivals from Jewlicous to SXSW and the Mission Creek Arts Festival in Iowa City, Kosha ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/catching-up-with-kosha-dillz Finally, Heeb comes correct with something that is actually Heeb. What is it? It be the Incredibad/Lonely Island Crew!!! I spent 2 days searching for their album in stores. First I hit Target....turns out they only have the album online. Then I went to St. Marks ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/the-search-for-incredibad You like to network, throw events, promote, party, and spread the good word (whatever that means)? Think you got what it takes to run Shemspeed in your city? Well, Shemspeed is about to expand from Shemspeed NY, Shemspeed Chicago, Shemspeed LA, and Shemspeed Israel to Shemspeed IN YOUR CITY!!! If you want to ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/wanna-run-shemspeed-in-your-city aiiiight, it's Saturday night and if you in the city, Peter Rosenberg runs Saturday night on Hot97. Check out this clip of Peter lovin on Shemspeed. enjoy. http://shemspeed.com/daily/hot97s-peter-rosenberg-hearts-shemspeed During a time when some Jews refrain from listening to live music - famous Orthodox rapper Y-Love and beatbox superstarYuri Lane (who has over 6 millions hits on youtube) create all their music non-instrumentally. The album is an all vocal hip-hop record with over seven tracks to correspond to the ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/sefira-album-beat-box-raps-4-passover Note: There is some nudity in this video. The trailer has its moments, but I think he pulls it off way better with the shaved head and thicker accent. Big ups to bangitout.com for givin us the heads up on this. http://shemspeed.com/daily/bruno-trailer If you are in the Holy Land, do not miss Aharit Hayamim's huge follow up to the Shemspeed Massive in NYC. Aharit Team up with the Darfur Stars ‘Out of Egypt’ A Refugee Seder Friday, April 3rd, 1pm-6pm, Levinsky Park (next to the Tel Aviv bus station) On 3rd April afternoon in Lewinsky ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/refugee-seder Our favorite actors are Sarah Silverman, Isla Fisher and David Cross. Oh wait, they are all in this new webisode series called Pilot Season. ch-ch-ch-eck it out at MYDamnChannel which hosts are other favorites, the dudes from Stella! http://shemspeed.com/daily/pilot-season-yo Every year, 2 days BEFORE the first actual Passover Seder (April 6th), the Michael Dorf and his "Downtown Seder" bring 20 artists, musicians, comics, actors, and thinkers to offer their artistic interpretation of the Haggadah in a unique Seder celebrating the timeless story of going from slavery to Freedom. 4 ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/downtown-seder Ok, this is like the day I have always dreamed of. When Amish peoples would come to Crown Heights and only "hamevin yavin" (only the ones in the know would be able to tell the difference). The only thing missing on this Amish tour was a Color War with ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/were-amish-on-shabbes I've always loved Chelsea Handler even before I knew anything about her. Mostly just because her last name was my dj name. I used to go by dj handler and I haven't told many people why I went by that name, so here goes..."DJ's nowadays spin tracks made ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/chelsea-handler-shmuley-boteach-2 Brody, as in Benyamin Brody of Shir HaShirim & that Lecha Dodi remix just got together with DeScribe for a fun little remix of Lil Wayne's "Got Money". Be on the look out for Brody's very original Bar Yochai in time for the Shemspeed Lag B'omer Party May 11th ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/lil-wayne-brody-describe Diwon interviews Madlib. This was around the time when Yesterdays New Quintet came out. For yallz that don't know, the man is a genius. He is every fictitious player in that quintet. He is also both the high voice and low voice rappers in his band, Quasimoto ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/madlib-interview-revisited And Miami and New Jersey and Chicago... For those of you who don't know, I have the privilege of performing in a show called Birthright Israel Monologues, which is an evening of solo performances of monologues, spoken word and hip-hop exploring Jewish identity inspired by a 10-day trip through Israel. ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/monologues-take-manhattan-2 Found this on my boy Sabbo's Noiz in Zion blog You probably all know BBB by now,they mix things up with dub and electronics, juxtaposed with ancient Moroccan and Mediterranean melodies,and they are one of the best live acts you can get !BBB are releasing a remix album called Nu ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/bbb-digital-monkey-soulico-remix This makes us miss our mother country. http://shemspeed.com/daily/hot-and-cold The past few months have really been a turning point for Jewish music . With brand new music coming out from Y-Love and Describe, remixes from Diwon and new amazing acts breaking in to the east coast market like Ephryme and Vokcal. I feel we can honestly say there is ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/help-usher-in-the-new-era-of-jewish-music "Annie Hall" is the best movie ever created. It was way ahead of its time and mixed comedy and drama more seamlessly than any movie before. The speaking to the camera, the subtitle inner thought during dialogue trick. It all began in popular film with this movie. In ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/woody-allen-larry-david There is a mysterious place somewhere related to shemspeed.com that has exclusive free downloads from the top shemspeed artists. if you find it, well, you are pretty savy kid. enjoy. http://shemspeed.com/daily/the-mystery We love Matisyahu, like....A LOT! And it turns out he hearts us too. ch-ch-ch-check it out! http://shemspeed.com/daily/matisyahu-hearts-shemspeed Anh Tuan Pham reports from Barcelona...The fall collections of 080 Barcelona Fashion opened with Txell Miras. Inspired by the concept of déjà vu, the Catalan designer presented slim silhouettes wrapped and layered in a mix of highly constructed jackets, vests, bell skirts and ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/inspired-by-antwerps-hasidic-jews-community JTA interviewed Aaron Bisman of JDub records and Erez Safar of Shemspeed/Modular Moods about their brining their labels down for showcases and all the craziness that happens at SXSW. Click play above to check it out. *Also, check out the photos at flickr.com/shemspeed and if you would like to ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/jta-on-sxsw Every once in a while someone comes along and gives you new eyes: totally reinvents the way you (and others) see things. Ophir Kutiel, an Israeli computer DJ is one of these revolutionaries. His project, né reinvention of internet media, entitled Thru-You, is an album comprised solely of ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/kutimans-turns-youtube-into-funk-machine Above is the 1st part of 3 videos of Aharit Hayamim performing at the Shemspeed Massive. We called our friend Matisyahu to come out and vibe with us that night. He did just that and for 25 minutes. To check out the other two parts click to ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/aharit-hayamim-matisyahu Do you all remember friendster.com? it was in 2000 what myspace was in 2003 and what facebook was in 2008. Well, twitter is definitely the 2009 steez I'm hoping the shemspeed.com/daily will be the 2010 steez. anyway, check this video on the whole twitter addiction. it's pretty ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/twitter-is-the-new-friendster Idan Raichel has a new album out which seems to have sort of just been thrown out there without much noise or press at all. Jordana Horn who did an amazing interview with Matisyahu just a few months ago on Matisyahu, has written another great piece on Idan Raichel ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/idan-raichels-new-album-tour I had to make this it's own post. Y-Love chimes in on all the Chabad website comments. Don't get me wrong a lot of the comments are great, but some of them are so close minded and ignorant. To see what he is commenting on click to collive.com ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/y-love-comments We got our newest artist, Eprhyme reppin at the Hot97 showcase at SOBs, come on out yallz. THURSDAY MARCH 26TH SOBS & HOT 97 PRESENT: COMMON GROUND "HIP HOP IS A UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE" FEATURING: MR. REO (US/HAITI) EPRHYME (ISRAEL/ BK) DAVI VIERA (BRAZIL) BLITZ THE AMBASSADOR (US/GHANA) ILLA J (USA / J-DILLA ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/hot97-eprhyme-peter-rosenberg An article on DeScribe & Y-Love on crownheights.ch was posted. The first few comments on the article were pretty close minded and ignorant. Here are some of the comments, let us knwo what you all think. Comments for no good i am sickend from such sings its like ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/stop-the-ignorance-and-comment “Shir HaShirim” by Benyamin Brody, Diwon & Dugans came out today! Modular Moods/Shemspeed are having a limited time sale buy the CD in the Shemspeed store (LINK HERE) and get two free Diwon mixtapes or buy on iTunes for 8.99 (LINK HERE). Now to some info; "Benyamin Brody, Diwon, and ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/shir-hashirim-out-today Our new favorite group from the west coast is most definitely, Vokcal. We got down with them last month to talk to them about their upcoming album and to bring em on stage of the Shemspeed 40 Tour at USC. * be on the look out for Vokcal's mixtape, a ... http://shemspeed.com/daily/introducing-vokcal