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Talib Kweli, David Banner, Little Brother and B.O.B. Merge Rhymes and Live Instrumentation on the 2nd year of the Groundbreaking National Hip Hop Live! Tour

HIP HOP LIVE!, the groundbreaking national tour presented by Flow TV, (www.flow.tv) and produced by The Agency Group, is proud to announce the sophomore version of their critically acclaimed annual outing. Beginning September 28th at Cane’s in San Diego and making its way east to end at the Nokia Theater in Times Square, NYC on October 25th, Hip Hop Live! brings you Hip Hop notables Talib Kweli, David Banner, Little Brother and B.O.B (who split duties as the tour’s opener). Each of the acts will take the stage backed by heralded 10-Piece live band Rhythm Roots All Stars for unique versions of the songs they have made mainstays.

The 19 city run will make history again featuring the cultural straight shooting of visionary Talib Kweli, moving forward full steam off his incredibly successful and acclaimed Ear Drum LP; David Banner riding the success of his chart topping smash single “Get Like Me” off his new album The Greatest Story Ever Told; Little Brother, fresh off a wave of high profile festival appearances, bring a top-notch, high energy live show; B.O.B., much hyped guitar wielding ATL rapper and producer, rounds out the dynamic line up. Also, look for special guest appearances in various cities along the tour.

The Rhythm Roots All Stars are a collective of the industries best musicians, who have performed/recorded with such notables as Black Eyed Peas, Christina Aguilera, Justin Timberlake, Outkast, and the list goes on.

Last year’s Hip Hop Live! Tour featured Ghostface Killah, Rakim and Brother Ali, all backed by the All Stars, and was a huge success, selling out nearly all of the 18 shows.

“Hip Hop Live! proved that hip-hop lives”, XXL Magazine

THE DATES:

(w/ Little Brother)

Sun-Sep-28 San Diego, CA @ Canes
Tue-Sep-30 Los Angeles, CA @ House of Blues
Thu-Oct-02 San Francisco, CA @ Grand Ballroom
Fri-Oct-03 Portland, OR @ Roseland
Sat-Oct-04 Eugene, OR @ McDonald Theater
Sun-Oct-05 Seattle, WA @ Showbox Sodu
Wed-Oct-08 Boulder, CO @ Fox Theater
Fri-Oct-10 Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue
Mon-Oct-13 Bloomington, IN @ Bluebird

(w/ B.O.B.)

Sat-Oct-18 Athens, GA @ Georgia Theatre
Sun-Oct-19 Asheville, NC @ Orange Peel
Mon-Oct-20 Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
Thu-Oct-23 Philadelphia, PA @ Trocadero
Fri-Oct-24 Boston, MA @ Showcase Live!
Sat-Oct-25 New York, NY @ Nokia Theatre

*more dates to be announced!

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Talib Kweli - Eat To Live video from the album Eardrum

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In Zune’s constant quest to provide exclusive content for their audience they have teamed up with both Kanye West and Talib Kweli to release exclusive content from both of these artists available only at the Zune Marketplace and Zune.net.

Kanye West’s “Can’t Tell Me Nuthin” remix featuring Young Jeezy will be available only at the Zune Marketplace on September 18th. In addition to the exclusive track, Zune.net will have an exclusive interview with Kanye from his private party at the Hard Rock Hotel during MTV’s VMA weekend.

Talib Kweli is currently Zune’s ‘Ignition’ artist for the month of September. The artist recently performed at the Chicago stop of Zune’s unique “Live at the BBQ” concert series where he joined Mos Def on stage. The Zune Marketplace is featuring the exclusive track “Hush,” a track-by-track breakdown of the influential artist’s latest release Eardrum, and a guest playlist put together by Talib himself. In addition, there is exclusive video content on Xbox Live, and MSN.com is presenting a Blacksmith TV episode narrated by Talib Kweli, himself.