Save the date for Peace Out East 2007

Hey ya'll Peace Out East 2007 will happen Thursday Oct 18-Saturday Oct 20th in New York City. Venues and Times TBA. Call for artists will happen in late April/early May.

If anyone wants to help me update the POE website, that would be eexxxxccccccceeeelllleeeennntttttttt.

More regular updates this weekend.


smooches,

Shante Paradigm

February Ain't No Joke!

Greetings and Salutations from beautiful Brooklyn! It's cold, ya'll. Anyway, this week brings a couple of little updates of the interview variety. One is an audio interview from WNYC's Soundcheck that I did with Soce, the Elemental Wizard in December and this one has our performances (the website doesn't). It was definitely cool to have independent, queer hip hop representing on NPR, but, there's still a long way to go in terms of hip hop artists being actually listened to as artists by other "music aficionados." The dynamics of race and gender tend to come up as well, and many, many people think hip hop started 5 or 6 years ago by the limited artists they constantly check. Listen for yourself and let me know what you think.

The second interview is by my high school alma mater, my how things have changed. Read it here. And yes, it was as scary as it looks. Scarier.

In other news, the B.Q.E. album, The Digm and the Dutch is out. How many of ya'll copped that? Come one, pleeeeaasssseeee. I understand all my friends who are broke-ass, don't worry, you keep showing me love. But, really, buy that. Feel free to holla at me or Dutchboy with your feedback.

In other news, I have some projects brewing that I can't talk about right now, but hopefully, I will be able to write more soon.

Okay I have to go study, 'cuz I'm a nerdy scholar and spend way too much time here. I'm working on some songs though, no lie.

P.S.: Oh well, Blogger doesn't let you upload big audio clips. Email me if you'd like a copy. Damn I need to learn coding. Help!

Until next week,

SP

B.Q.E releases album and more!

Dear Friends and Fans of Shante Paradigm, B.Q.E., and Peace Out East:

Happy New Year! I hope 2007 is going well for everyone. It's almost the end of January and its already been a tough year for people I love. 2007 is also going to be be a year of great things, one of them is already here: the long-awaited B.Q.E. full-length album, The Digm and the Dutch. It's out now, so go buy it! Don't worry, no need to leave your house, just click any of these links below.

Only $10 on our Myspace page
CD Baby We love our CD Baby
iTunes Only want a few songs?

I've (re)launched this blog to consolidate the various projects I have going and am interested in. I hope you log in frequently, as I am planning to blog with updates once a week, even if they are minor.

This blog will feature news about my music projects, including B.Q.E. and Peace Out East, and interviews with and news about various LGBTQ hip hop artists and scholars. I hope to introduce people to some lesser-known, but well-deserving artists. If you're interested in being interviewed, please email: shanteparadigm@gmail.com


Here's a clip from Here!TV from POE 2006
More to come soon!

Buy my album! I need to eat.

One,

SP

Welcome to the POE Blog!

Hi Ya'll:

I will try and keep you updated on the events on teh world of LGBTQ hip hop festival organizing. Welcome to Peace Out East's blog!

More to come soon!

Peace

Shante Paradigm