Join the Gman & Rizk E-mail List: Enter your email address, or email us at gman88@shaw.ca to be added. Follow us at https://twitter.com/GMANandRIZK, join http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2958470304 and also http://www.myspace.com/gmanandrizk. To 'remove or unsubscribe' simply scroll to the bottom of this e-mail and click one of the 'unsubscribe' links. We apologize if you got this e-mail by mistake. GMAN & RIZK CLUB, PARTY, EVENTS, LISTING, CALENDAR, NEWSLETTER, FOR VANCOUVER, CANADA DATES; Sept.1/10-Sept.31/10 I know, we don’t want this summer to end! I’m thinking the weather will stay nice till at least the end of September, don’t you? Hope you have had a great July and August though and thanks as always for the support! This Sup Fu? Wednesday, Sept.1 we bring DJ Baby Yu for his Fortune Sound premiere. This is also the Battle Of The Shops IPOD Battle which will pit 12 of your favorite shops vs each other to see who’s got the juice. More details on the event http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=146552432025214&ref=ts. It’s the last Wednesday before back to school so get in…Plus its FREE before 11pm or 12am to industry (retail, club, restaurant). etnies nailed this Skate & Create. Taking you back http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdJtV2_UK9o&feature=player_embedded#!. Mikey Rocks new video http://bit.ly/a06PBq DJ Mehdi end of summer mix http://official.fm/track/145300. New Bag Raiders video for Way Back Home http://bit.ly/9YMFVD. THIS WEEK Wednesday - Battle Of The Shops IPOD Battle & DJ Baby Yu at Fortune Sound Club (147 E.Pender St) Sept.1- with Baby Yu, Tanner, Cherchez La Femme FREE DOWNLOADABLE MIX: FREDDIE GIBBS XXL freshman MC. Download @ http://www.djbooth.net/index/mixtapes/entry/freddie-gibbs-str8-killa-no-filla FREE DOWNLOADABLE MIX: Fashawn 'Grizzly City' Download this XXL freshman MC's new mix HERE. http://www.djbooth.net/index/mixtapes/entry/fashawn-grizzly-city-3 FREE DOWNLOADABLE MIX: ROUND TABLE KNIGHTS SUMMER 2010 Download this mix featuring a bunch of rad tunes HERE. http://roundtableknights.ch/mix/daten/mix_summer_10.mp3 FREE DOWNLOADABLE MIX: GRAHMZILLA (THUNDERHEIST, NAUTILUSS) Grab it http://grahmzilla.com/podcasts/Grahmzilla FORTUNE SOUND CLUB, AKA JON CAMPBELL PRESENTS... BATTLE OF THE SHOPS 2 IPOD BATTLE BACK TO SCHOOL EDITION HOSTED BY MC FLOWPRO DJ BABY YU (ATLANTA, TORONTO) Wednesday, Sept.1 at Fortune Sound Club (147 E. Pender at Main in Chinatown) doors 9pm, free before 11pm, battle starts at 11pm You might be remember the last Battle Of The Shops IPOD Battle http://www.facebook.com/?sk=media#!/album.php?id=859435250&aid=447185? Well shit was stupid crazy and we going to get even wilder than that as it’s the last Wednesday before the dreaded back to school and the end of summer. Come join Vancouver’s hottest retail shops and staff and cheer on your fav shop. This round of shops include F As In Frank, Sharks N Hammers, Stussy, Boardroom, Livestock, El Kartel, Beatstreet, Pacific Boarder, Alife, Coastal Riders, Underworld, Livestock and Zebraclub. Also featuring the legendary insane DJ Baby Yu who will playing the Sup Fu? format. Join the FB event http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=146552432025214&ref=ts and see more about Sup Fu? Wednesdays http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=346290771941&ref=search. Free before 11pm, Battle starts at 11pm, Industry FREE before 12am FORTUNE SOUND CLUB, TIMBRE CONCERTS PRESENTS... TODDLA T (SHEFFILED UK, 1965 RECORDS) MAX ULIS & TANK GIRL (LIGHTA! SOUND) Wednesday, Sept.8 at Fortune Sound Club (147 E. Pender at Main in Chinatown) Toddla T, who recently inked a long-term deal with 1965 Records, is a man in demand. His DJing schedule, which includes a monthly residency at Fabric, is packed; he’s involved in numerous side-projects, such as HervÈ and Sinden's Machines Don't Care collective; and, often working with his friend and studio mentor, Ross Orton (the man who reinforced MIA’s early work with Sheffield steel), TT been busy remixing the likes of Esser, Little Boots, Ladyhawke, Hot Chip and Tricky.Join the FB event http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=150343008324965&ref=ts and see more about Sup Fu? Wednesdays http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=346290771941&ref=search. Pre-sale only $7 http://www.clubzone.com/tickets/1/Vancouver/98298.html and $10 at door FORTUNE SOUND CLUB PRESENTS... HIP-HOP KARAOKE SEPTEMBER EDITION W/DJ SEKO & HOSTED BY DJ FLIPOUT Monday, Sept.13 at Fortune Sound Club (147 E. Pender at Main in Chinatown) doors 9pm, free before 10:30pm Vancouver’s funnest night! If you have not yet been to Hip-Hop Karaoke, you must jump on this bandwagon. It only happens once a month so don’t sleep son! The format of HHK is straightforward, and designed to create a positive environment for guests and performers alike. Starting at 10 pm, we will be running 'sets' of 4-5 people every 15-20 minutes with the DJ spinning in between to keep things fired up. We want this to be an inclusive and un-intimidating event, that embraces more than the usual backpacker/hyper-gangsterized open mic type cats. We hope to get lots of these proper emcees out, but more importantly draw all the closet emcees out to share that track they kill in the shower every morning. So rally your crew, get your shit together and come to a unique and super bumpin party. You MUST pre-register (limited space) at hhkvancouver@gmail.com. See some of the performances http://www.youtube.com/user/HHKvancouver. Join the FB event http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=114510508580032&ref=ts Tickets are $7 at door or FREE before 10:30pm RE-UP & GLORY DAYS PRESENT... GUCCI VS WEEZY RICO UNO (THE FRESHEST), GENIE, MY!GAY!HUSBAND! Wednesday, Sept.15 at Fortune Sound Club (147 E. Pender at Main in Chinatown) We ‘heart’ Gucci Mane and Weezy so it only makes sense to dedicate this night. All Gucci and Lil Wayne anthem and remixes all night long on the Function-One. Featuring the Re-Up & Glory Days deejays Rico Uno (the Freshest), Genie & My!Gay! Husband!. Hood drink specials all night long! Join the FB event http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=129863747060498&ref=ts. cheap door cover, doors 10pm STUSSY & SUP FU? WEDNESDAYS PRESENT... DJ WRISTPECT (TORONTO) DJ SEKO (THE FRESHEST) Wednesday, Sept.22 at Fortune Sound Club (147 E. Pender at Main in Chinatown) DJ Wristpect (http://wristpect.com/) has quickly become one of the most sought after, and highly regarded entertainers in the country. A genuine love and appreciation for all sorts of music has allowed him to remain extremely versatile, captivating worldwide audiences through harnessing a plethora of genres. Most recently, Wristpect was awarded ‘Toronto DJ of the Year’ at the 2010 Stylus DJ Awards. The year before, he was nominated Canada’s #1 Club DJ, joined Clinton Spark’s ‘Smash Squad DJ’ crew, and played club dates in New York, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver, Bahamas, Costa Rica, Grenada, and more! He has played & worked alongside the likes of DJ AM (RIP), Jazzy Jeff, Clipse, Steve Aoki, Drake, Busta Ryhmes, Usher, Just Blaze, & many, many more…Driven by an intense passion for his craft and with incredible critical and commercial appeal, Wristpect will continue to share his passion and love for music with the entire world. Join the FB event http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=151439431549166. FREE before 11pm or 12am to industry (retail, club, restaurant) or $7 at door ETNIES PRESENTS… AM GETTING PAID (INT’L SKATEBOARD CONTEST) Friday, Sept.24-Sunday, Sept.26 at Le Taz (8931 Rue Papineau) etnies is proud to announce that the etnies 2010 Am Getting Paid contest will be held at Le Taz Skatepark in Montreal, Canada this Sept.24-26. Am Getting Paid was created by the UW crew in 2004 and has consistently brought out the world’s top AMs to battle it out for the overall title and a healthy paycheck. In celebration of the events 6th anniversary, the etnies 2010 AM Getting Paid contest will feature a jam format in the newly built Le Taz skatepark located in downtown Monreal. Le Taz features a 35,000 sq foot indoor street course, lounges for competitors, media and VIPs and has plenty of room to accommodate the hordes of spectators and fans expected to attend. For the 1st time there will be 6 qualifiers across Canada to give skaters a chance to compete for the $10,000 USD pruse in the main event. The winner of each qualifier gets a free trip to the main event, which includes hotel and a golden ticket to the semi final. Qualifiers: Edm on June 19 (Collingwood Skatepark), Winn on June 26 (at Forks), Halifax July 10 at Common, Montreal July 24 at Taz, Toronto Aug.7 at Ashbridges Bay, Vancouver Aug.14 at PoCo. More info at www.amgettingpaid.com or www.etnies.com. LIVE NATION, GMANandRIZK.com, SPECTRUM PRESENT… K’NAAN Saturday, Sept.25 at Malkin Bowl (Stanley Park) Since the release of “Waving Flag”, K’naan has been unstoppable. A remixed version of the single has been chosen as the Coca-Cola anthem for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, to be held in South Africa, while during the Vancouver Olympics 50 Canadian artists joined K’naan under the collaboration name “Young Artists for Haiti” to produce a charity version of the song. In 2010 alone, he has won Juno Awards for Artist of the Year and Songwriter of the Year, toured with Lenny Kravitz and has hit #1 in music charts around the world. "I’m not interested in being mediocre," declares the rapper. "If there’s not a necessity to what I’m doing, I just wouldn’t do it. If I don’t have something to add to the conversation, I’m just not gonna talk." Luckily for us, he has plenty to say. Utilizing everything from folk guitar to the actual Hammond B3 used on Bob Marley’s Exodus, the emcee deftfully finds a balance between earnest tales of growing up and clever, braggadocio rhymes straight out of Big Daddy Kane’s rhymebook. It’s this mix, both musical and lyrical, that earned his 2006 debut album The Dusty Foot Philosopher a Juno award for Rap Recording of the Year, a BBC Radio 3 Award, and nomination for the inaugural Polaris Music Prize, Canada’s equivalent to the Shortlist Music Prize. Having spent the better part of the last two years traveling the world, taking his message directly to the people , soaking in everything from Bob Dylan to Fela Kuti to and Mos Def , Troubadour, K’naan’s latest release, is the sonic document of an artist who has a lot to share, but clearly has a lot more in the coming years. For anyone who’s said that hip-hop has nothing left to say, Troubadour proves that it all depends on where you look. Exclusive GMAN & Rizk presale starts this Thursday (May 27) from 10am-10pm. Password: summer. Click http://www.ticketmaster.ca/event/110044B491B19727?artistid=1292670&majorcatid=10001&minorcatid=3 MSH SESSIONS IN ASSOCIATION WITH GMANandRIZK.com PRESENT... THREE 6 MAFIA W/SPECIAL GUESTS CASPIAN, CHECKMATE & DJ C STYLEZ Thursday, Sept.30 at Gossip (750 Pacific Blvd) doors 9pm They have a string of gold and platinum singles and albums. They were the first rap group to win an Oscar and to perform at the prestigious Academy Awards ceremony. They had their own hit MTV reality TV show. But for Three 6 Mafia, it has always been about the music. Truth be told, Three 6 Mafia has been making good music since the mid 1990s. The group’s early underground albums -- 1995’s Mystic Stylez, 1996’s The End -- spawned such Southern hits as “Break Da Law” and “Tear Da Club Up.” Since then, their four major label albums (1997’s Chapter 2: World Domination, 2000’s When The Smoke Clears - Sixty 6, Sixty 1, 2003’s Da Unbreakables, 2005’s Most Known Unknown) have all gone gold or platinum and have included such smash hits as “Sippin’ On Syrup,” “Ridin Spinners,” “Stay Fly” and “Poppin’ My Collar.” Join the Fb event http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=127592510605093. Buy tickets at Buy your tickets online at http://nightbat.com/event-three6mafia or http://wantickets.com/?e_id=116017. LIVE NATION, GMANandRIZK.com, SPECTRUM PRESENT K-OS W/SPECIAL GUEST ASTRONAUTALIS Thursday, Oct.7 at Venue (881 Granville St) doors 8pm, show 9:30pm Returning to Vancouver, multi-talented Canadian artist, k-os performs at Venue on October 7th.K-os, born Kevin Brereton, is a genuine neo-crossover rap n' roller who's music, much like an ipod, might speak to hipster club kidz, pop chart gazers, Canadian indie rockers, dirty south electronic rap renegades, or reggae rude boys simultaneously. And he's quite vocal about his not belonging to any one genre - he belongs to them all. Says k-os: "I'm a historical opportunist who’s grown up on everything from Dylan to Marley to KRS-One... I've never seen myself as just a hip hop artist". Join the Fb event http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=131875030187376. Buy tickets at Buy your tickets online at http://www.ticketmaster.ca/event/110044F6BB7CBCCE password:uptown. SEALED WITH A KISS PRESENTS... THE WAKEN BAKEN TOUR WIZ KHALIFA W/SPECIAL GUEST YELAWOLF Thursday, Oct.14 at Fortune Sound Club (147 E. Pender at Main in Chinatown) Cameron Jibril Thomaz better known by the stage name Wiz Khalifa, is an American rapper based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He released his debut album, Show and Prove, in 2006, and signed to Warner Bros. Records in 2007. Left his 7 figure deal and became Independent in 2009. Khalifa was born on September 8, 1987 in Minot, North Dakota to a mother and a father serving in the military. The family moved to Pittsburgh when Khalifa was the age of two. His parents’ military service caused the family to move on a regular basis. Over the last decade, Khalifa lived in the U.S., Germany, England, and Japan. Khalifa has been influenced by artists such as Jay-Z, Cam’ron, and the Notorious B.I.G. His stage name is derived from khalifa, an Arabic word meaning “successor”, and wisdom, which was shortened to Wiz when Khalifa was fifteen. Join the Fb event http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=121002521280412. $20 advance +s/c :: Advance tickets on sale now at Ticketmaster, Beatstreet, Livestock. http://www.ticketmaster.ca/event/110044FC9BB09A72?artistid=1256402&majorcatid=10001&minorcatid=3 FORTUNE SOUND CLUB PRESENTS... HIP-HOP KARAOKE OCTOBER EDITION W/DJ SEKO & HOSTED BY DJ FLIPOUT Monday, Oct.18 at Fortune Sound Club (147 E. Pender at Main in Chinatown) doors 9pm, free before 10:30pm Yo! HHK raps! But y'all already knew that since we've put down 9 editions of Vancouver's most bumpin’ and unique hip-hop night. Far from the lyric-page reading performers and 150 or so early Hip-Hop Karaoke enthusiasts that came to the first night, HHK has been established as the most fun that you can have on a Monday. By now you should know the drilly: performer gets on a stage with a couple of Vancouver's best DJs--DJ Seko, The Freshest on the turntables, and DJ Flipout, the hypest hype man/host/lyrical backer-upper you can find. Lyrics can be provided on printed sheets of paper, and you get to flow over the proper instrumental in front of an amped crowd on the same stage as some of the world's biggest artists. With Fortune's unparalleled sound system and a little practice, you're gonna sound tighter than Big Pun in a medium. Old school or new school, we have a large list of available tracks for any walk-ins that want to come bless the mic. However, if you want to lock a spot to guarantee that you get to go on stage, we HIGHLY suggest sending your request to hhkvancouver@gmail.com. We will reply confirming your spot and your song. Sometimes an instrumental isn’t available, but we will always try to accommodate, and we will always keep you informed. Doors 9pm, FREE before 10:30pm, starts 10:30pm, so arrive early! See some of the performances http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=114510508580032&ref=ts Tickets are $7 at door or FREE before 10:30pm LIVE NATION, GMANandRIZK.com, A 13 & ZOMBIE PRODUCTION PRESENT… GORILLAZ ‘ESCAPE TO PLASTIC BEACH TOUR’ Wednesday, Nov.3 at Rogers Arena On the heels of a mind blowing run of European festivals, Gorillaz have announced the complete tour routing for the North American leg of their highly anticipated world tour “Escape To Plastic Beach.” The North American tour will begin in Canada at Montreal’s Bell Centre on October 3rd with a 19 date stretch winding up on November 3rd at Rogers Arena in Vancouver. Join the FB event http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=140989595935761&index=1. Exclusive GMAN & Rizk presale link http://www.ticketmaster.ca/event/110044F868513B92?artistid=807314&majorcatid=10001&minorcatid=60 starts this Thursday (Aug.12) from 10am-10pm. Password: feelgood FORTUNE SOUND CLUB PRESENTS... HIP-HOP KARAOKE OCTOBER EDITION W/DJ SEKO & HOSTED BY DJ FLIPOUT Monday, Nov.22 at Fortune Sound Club (147 E. Pender at Main in Chinatown) doors 9pm, free before 10:30pm Yo! HHK raps! But y'all already knew that since we've put down 9 editions of Vancouver's most bumpin’ and unique hip-hop night. Far from the lyric-page reading performers and 150 or so early Hip-Hop Karaoke enthusiasts that came to the first night, HHK has been established as the most fun that you can have on a Monday. By now you should know the drilly: performer gets on a stage with a couple of Vancouver's best DJs--DJ Seko, The Freshest on the turntables, and DJ Flipout, the hypest hype man/host/lyrical backer-upper you can find. Lyrics can be provided on printed sheets of paper, and you get to flow over the proper instrumental in front of an amped crowd on the same stage as some of the world's biggest artists. With Fortune's unparalleled sound system and a little practice, you're gonna sound tighter than Big Pun in a medium. Old school or new school, we have a large list of available tracks for any walk-ins that want to come bless the mic. However, if you want to lock a spot to guarantee that you get to go on stage, we HIGHLY suggest sending your request to hhkvancouver@gmail.com. We will reply confirming your spot and your song. Sometimes an instrumental isn’t available, but we will always try to accommodate, and we will always keep you informed. Doors 9pm, FREE before 10:30pm, starts 10:30pm, so arrive early! See some of the performances http://www.youtube.com/user/HHKvancouver. Join the FB event http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=114510508580032&ref=ts Tickets are $7 at door or FREE before 10:30pm SUPPORT OUR FRIENDS