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Rock The Bells 2013 Lineup

Wednesday, May 15 2013 8:55 AM EST | Posted by: Big Homie | Posted in: Blog, True Story

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It’s that time of the year folks and the Rock The Bells festival will be celebrating their 10 year anniversary with the likes of Wu-Tang, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, a virtual ODB and Eazy-E and tons more.

This year, the two-day festival will hit up San Bernadino, CA (Sept. 7-8), Mountain View, CA (Sept. 14-15), Washington D.C. (Sept. 28-29), and Rutherford, NJ (Oct. 4-5).

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Scarface & Nas “Hip Hop” At RTB

Monday, September 03 2012 6:54 PM EST | Posted by: Big Homie | Posted in: Blog, Live Show

This shit’s special. During the final Rock The Bells stop at the PNC Bank Arts Center in New Jersey this weekend, Nas brought out Scarface for their first live performance of DJ Khaled’s “Hip Hop”. They fucked Hip Hop.

E-40 & Too $hort Banned In Mt. View CA

Thursday, August 23 2012 11:55 AM EST | Posted by: Big Homie | Posted in: Blog, Focus

For those expecting to see 40 and $hort this weekend at the Rock The Bells in Mountain View, CA, don’t get too hype—phy. With no reason, E tells Fuse, the city has banned them. Mountain View actin like a, biitch!

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Redman & Method Man “Cereal Killer” At RTB

Wednesday, August 22 2012 3:45 PM EST | Posted by: Big Homie | Posted in: Blog, Live Show

It only took them almost 13 years, but on Saturday, Red and Meth performed track six off Blackout for the first time. Sweet memories. Thanks to TWCJ for catching.

UPDATE: “Run For Cover”

Eve “Niggas In Paris” Freestyle At RTB

Wednesday, August 22 2012 12:20 PM EST | Posted by: Big Homie | Posted in: Blog, Live Show

Following her introduction from DMX at Rock The Bells this weekend, E-V-E stuck around and kicked a flow over The Throne’s provocative track. This didn’t get us going.

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Nas Speaks On “Bye Baby” Video

Tuesday, August 21 2012 9:58 PM EST | Posted by: Big Homie | Posted in: Blog, Focus

Prior to performing the track at Rock The Bells, Nas sat with Fuse to explain why he chose the record for his next video, what we can expect, and ignoring its criticism. Bye bye, critics.

Nas “Bye Baby” At Rock The Bells

Monday, August 20 2012 5:14 PM EST | Posted by: B.Dot | Posted in: Blog, Live Show

During Nas’ set last night at Rock The Bells, he performed one of Life Is Good’s crown jewels. This song’s too good to flub. Album in stores now.

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Sidebar: Drop the damn video already!

Xzibit’s Nate Dogg Tribute At RTB

Monday, August 20 2012 2:31 PM EST | Posted by: Big Homie | Posted in: Blog, Live Show

During last night’s Rock The Bells in San Bernardino, CA, X-to-tha-Z paid his respects to the fallen regulator with a tribute performance. Rest in power, Nate.

Pusha T “New God Flow” At RTB

Monday, August 20 2012 11:14 AM EST | Posted by: Big Homie | Posted in: Blog, Live Show

Pusha helped bring yesterday’s festival to a close and repped for G.O.O.D. Music. Above, TWCJ shows us what they caught from their angle. Full set after the jump.

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Nas x Large Professor “Loco-Motive” At RTB

Monday, August 20 2012 9:56 AM EST | Posted by: B.Dot | Posted in: Blog, Live Show

For all of the trapped in the 90s niggas, Nas brought out Large Professor last night at Rock The Bells and gave a spirited performance of  ”Loco-Motive”. Apparently, Esco couldn’t get through the song after catching the Hip-Hop Holy Ghost. Hallelujah!