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Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts (PIFA) is offering a contest to win a full weekend getaway to see Questlove and the hip-hop dance company Rennie Harris Puremovement, plus an art exhibition by The African American Museum of Philadelphia which looks at African American expatriate artists during early 20th Century Paris.

We give away concert tickets often, but it's a rare opportunity to giveaway a full-on vacation: this includes transportation, a two-night stay at The Doubletree Hilton, tickets to the dance performance (4/16), tickets to the Questlove performance with Keren Ann (4/17), free admission to the museum exhibit and some free local food.

Enter to win here; good luck!

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Check out the "controversial" and "insane" Odd Future (aka OFWGKTA) rap collective performing their hit "Sandwiches" on Jimmy Fallon last night. Not your typical late night variety show musical number.

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We'd like to congratulate the big winners from The Grammys last night, in particular the ones we had the privilege to work with recently. The biggest one that 'everybody's talking about' is Esperanza Spalding as Best New Artist, beating out the ultra celebrity pop stars Drake and Justin Bieber. Arguments aside, we're truly proud of the all the winners we got to work with, including Esperanza Spalding, John Legend & The Roots, Sade, and even Lady Gaga. Check out the full exhausted list here.

New York City was a different place in 1977. The whole word has changed, but the city during that time had a very particular chaotic rhythm to it: "Punk, disco, hip hop, the blackout, Son of Sam, Tony Manero, CBGB, Studio 54, Max’s Kansas City, Show World, Paradise Garage, cocaine, polyester and leather" [via Dangerous Minds].  This 2007 TV documentary reflects that time and place with great authenticity by including some of the real players of the time.

The full movie is here on Youtube in its entirety - so full-screen this, sit back and remember the days.

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Today is the anniversary of the death of super-producer/magical alien creature J Dilla. It also happens to be a few days after his birthday. So if you've seen Dilla news, mixes, tributes and events all over the place, it's because now is the time to pay tribute - J Dilla passed away five years ago today. In honor of Dilla, here's a couple of the best tributes we've seen on the webs.

Our friends at The Revivalist interviewed four of Dilla's peers and other musicians influenced by his work: Bilal (neo soul pioneer, Dilla collaborator), Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, (arranger/composer of Suite for Ma Dukes, collaborator with many of those influenced by Dilla)  Wajeed (Producer and MC, of Slum Village / Platinum Pied Pipers) and Shafiq Husayn (Sa-Ra Creative Partners, Founding Member; Master Teacher). Read their conversation, "Nothing Like This: Meditations on Dilla." There's some great insight to classic old recordings, and of course, heavy praise.

Another popular one is Complex's article, "10 Facts About J Dilla You Might Not Know" by Chairman Mao. We won't give any of those facts away, but no matter how die-hard Dilla you are, it's worth checking out.

And of course, download the J Rocc "Thank You Jay Dee" mixes -all 4 of them- courtesy of Stones Throw:

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