Corner Prophets

Coolooloosh, Jerusalem’s great Funk-Hip Hop band, fronted by M.C and Corner Prophet extraordinaire Rebel Sun, has a brand new album out. “Elements Of Sound” was produced by David Ivory, who also worked with The Roots and Erykah Badu.

Check out The Band and the album HERE

 Bonus: Here’s a rare video from 2006, of Jerusalem M.Cs Rebel Sun & Sagol 59, freestyling live on Israeli radio. Members of Coolooloosh also in attendance… Enjoy!

All For Peace Radio Presents:

Middle Eastern Hip Hop Special Podcast - For Free Download Here (Right Click+”Save As”)

Tracklist:

Peled & Ortega-Achushilling

Ramallah Underground-Fi Worry

Qwami & The Halvot-Science Fiction

Parvarim Refugeez-Hitting Bongs

Sagol 59-Desert Island Freestyle

Tamer Naffar-Jerusalem

Qwami-Abu Microphone

Qwami & The Halvot-Pop War

PR-Laugh Of Pain

Sagol 59-Money In The Industry

Ramallah Undeground-Taht Al Ankad

Ramallah Undeground-Under Occupied Town

Beethoven-5^th Symphony

Eminem-The Real Slim Shady

Wassim A’aker-Sahsah

Enjoy! 

CornerProphets affiliated Jerusalem based Musician/Producer Dj Caress has just released his full length debut “Sellout”. The album blends Eletronica, Hip-Hop, Soul & manipulated samples from vintage Israeli records & films. The album features Shaanan Street [Hadag Nahash], DAM and members of Israeli Rap crew 51% . Other contributions are by folk duo Visiting Hours, vocalist Galia Yaron, poet/author Shimon Adaf and Jerusalem M.C Sagol 59. The first edition comes with a bonus DJ set by Caress, that features the Israeli music that inspired the album.

In the last few years, Caress has been involved in albums by Sagol 59, Shaanan Street, Taboo Plus, Rocky B. and more. 

For more info check out his Myspace Page

Songs that provoke and persuade - a new collection in
Hebrew, Arabic, and English, released on CD by SHATIL, the NIF Empowerment and Training Center for Social Change Organizations in Israel.

To mark its 25th anniversary, Shatil is releasing a unique, multi-language CD collection of social protest/social change songs in featuring top-ranked Israeli artists.

Each song takes on a different aspect of Israeli’s current social situation and rouses listeners out of apathy. They protest the link between politics and big money; ambivalent attitudes toward new immigrants, migrant workers, and other “strangers;” indifference about environmental destruction; the rise of the consumer culture; the effects of occupation and war; women’s inequality, and more.

All the featured artists contributed their songs gratis to this collection. All proceeds from sales of the CD will go directly to the New Israel Fund for its support of Israel’s social change organizations.

Tracklist:

• Dan Toren Yahasit Beseder  (Relatively Okay)
• Mook E. Medabrim al Shalom (Talking about Peace)
• Devek Beshem HaDemocratia (In the Name of Democracy)
• Vulkan (feat. Chuck and Black Russian) The Aliyah
• BrinkX: Messer (Message)
• Albert Amar: Shakuf (Transparent)
• Chava Alberstein: Vera MeBucharest (Vera from Bucharest)
• Yankele Rotblit: Arba’im Shana (Forty Years)
• Sagol 59: Nikui Rosh (Mankush Remix) (Head Cleaning)
• Teapacks: Hora Nadlanim (Real Estate Hora)
• Ze’ev Tene: Hey, Buba (Hey, Babe)
• DAM: Kan Noldati (Born Here)
• Hadag Nachash: L’hithalek Ba’ir (Share the City)
• Adamai Ensemble: Absurd
• Amal Murkus: La Ahada Yalam (No One Knows)
• Aviv Geffen: Holech Kadima (Keep Walking)
• David Broza: Al Titnu Lahem Rovim (Don’t Give them Guns)
• Peter, Paul and Mary: If I Had a Hammer
• Phil Ochs: There but for Fortune

The album can be purchased here

A new video clip by CornerProphets members. 

“Ha’Aliyah” = The Immigration (to Israel)

 Watch It HERE

Sagol 59’s  5th album, “Make Room”, is  available now in Israel and worldwide. Featuring CornerProphets affilliates Rebel Sun, Shaanan Streett, Markey Funk, Little Johnny and more. Released in the U.S by JDub Records and in Israel by 2BVibes / 8th Note.

 Diwon a.k.a DJ Handler, founder of N.Y’s Modular Moods label, home of Y-Love and others, will play a special DJ set in Jerusalem’s Hataklit bar, Tuesday June 17th, 9pm. Free admission, y’all are welcome!

 A very special concert, featuring an all-star line up of M.Cs who will demonstrate the diversity of Israeli Hip Hop and in various styles and languages.

Sagol 59 - Host & M.C
DJ Caress
Vulkan
Peled & Ortega
Saz
Noa Faran
Hemi & Miro The Space Pioneers

Artistic Director:Shaanan Streett

Saturday May 31st. 2008, Avi Chai House, 44 King George St. Jerusalem.

30 / 50 N.I.S

Jerusalem-based Hip Hop funksters Coolooloosh (featuring Corner Prophets alumnus Rebel Sun) are recording their second studio album in the U.S with producer David Ivory.

Watch update HERE

Jerusalem-based M.C Sagol 59 has signed with Jdub Records, album due April 2008.

Read YNET article HERE