Contests
[CONTEST] Win FREE Tickets to See Diamond & Lord Finesse DJ at Still Diggin’ in Toronto, Dec. 5
Yes, TOMORROW night the DITC legends, Diamond & Lord Finesse will be doing live DJ sets at Tattoo for the people and the homeboy Arcee‘s birthday. Expect tons of rare breaks, DJing excellence and all kinds of music nerdery. Hopefully they’ll keep the party poppin’ too! Wanna chance to go for FREE??! Do the following:
Tweet to @Stellaskid: “Hey @StellasKid: I wanna win tickets to see @diamondditc & @LordFinesseDITC at #StillDiggin at @TattooToronto on Dec. 4” (quotes not needed in actual tweet) and I will select a winner at random shortly after the contest ends at 12noon EST on Friday (Dec. 5) to be announced via twitter.
Don’t want to take a chance on not being able to go of tickets sell out? You can BUY TICKETS HERE.
Thanks to the good people at INK Ent. for providing these tickets. Get more details on the STILL DIGGIN’ party HERE.
[Contest] Win Tickets To See Seun Kuti Live in Toronto on Saturday July 12
Seun Kuti is the son of legendary Afrobeat pioneer, Fela Kuti. Notably he now heads his father’s legendary Egypt 80 band. This should be a helluva good show and The Kitchen has one pair of tickets to give one lucky reader to see the show for FREE. Want in? Follow me on twitter at @Stellaskid (so I can directly private message you in the event that you win) and tweet the following message:
“Hey @Stellaskid: I wanna win the tickets to see @realseunkuti at The Phoenix in Toronto on July 12 courtesy @nufunk” [note: you do not need to include the quotation marks when you tweet]
Want more info on the show? CLICK HERE for the Facebook event page and ticket info. In the meantime, check out the single, “Rise (From Africa With Fury: Rise)” (along with a remix by Swizz Beatz) from his third album, A Long Way to the Beginning:
[CONTEST] Win Tickets to See Rakim Live at The Phoenix in Toronto This Friday (July 4)
YES!!! The ‘God’ MC that some still regard as the greatest MC to ever touch a mic is coming back to Toronto. Regardless of whether you hold that view or not, Rakim Allah is undoubtedly responsible for some of the greatest music from what many consider hip-hop greatest era, the much mythologized and fabled Golden Age from ’86-’92.
Wanna see what all the fuss is about? I have TWO pair of tickets to give away for Rakim’s performance at The Phoenix this Friday here in Toronto. To win, tweet me at @Stellaskid (and follow me so I can DM in the event you win) the following message:
“I wanna win tickets to see RAKIM (@rakimgodmc) this Fri. (7/4) at The Phoenix pres. by @RockpileClub” [note: no quotation marks needed when you tweet]
Two winners will be selected at random at noon ET on Friday (July 4) to get the tickets so stay tuned. In the meantime enjoy a little classic Rakim:
[CONTEST] Win Tickets to see Teedra Moses Live in Toronto, May 10
Who says The Kitchen never hooks you up?? This is a good one! Wanna win a chance to see the cult soul singer, Teedra Moses live in Toronto for Canadian Music Week at The Main Ingredient party w/ the usual resident Djs (Mensa, Agile and Sean Sax) in support at Revival?
As I said when this show was announced, she is fan-f-cking-tastic live. The epitome of what soul music is, especially in an era where you hear everything but — ‘electronic’ soul, R&B that sounds like EDM and rappers singing more than singers — actual honest-to-goodness soul music. Trust me when I say, when you hear Teedra go at it live which is, honestly, the best way to experience her, she really makes you believe she lived it. This is grown woman business we talking about here, aight??!
Anyway, here’s how to win:
1. Follow me on twitter at @Stellaskid (so I can DM you in the event that you win) then
2. Tweet: “Hey @Stellaskid: I wanna go to the @CMW_Week @TeedraMoses show May 10 at The @TMIPARTY at @RevivalBarTO” [note: you do not need to include the quotes when you tweet your contest message]
I will select a winner at random on Friday May 9 at 12 noon who will be notified via DM on twitter (hence the necessity for you to follow me). In the meantime, check out this new track from Teedra, “All I Ever Wanted” sampling the Camp Lo classic, “Luchini”
[CONTEST] Win a Copy of the Nas ‘Illmatic XX’ Double Vinyl
Illmatic XX is the 20th anniversary re-release of Nas‘s iconic debut album that collects remixes that have only been released on 12″, demo tracks, unreleased cuts and freestyles from radio shows that have never been officially released before. Is this an essential purchase? Depends on how much of Nas fan you are. I already dropped a grip of money for the gold-plated deluxe edition last year and have all the 12″s (albeit in storage) so I’m not trying to drop more money to buy music I already have again but for you youngun’s this might serve as a nice introduction to an album that many view as the pinnacle of hardcore, underground, East Cost hip-hop creativity & artistry.
For those of you whose pockets might be a tad light though, today we are offering you a chance to win a vinyl copy of the album right here on The Kitchen. All you have to do is the following:
1. Follow me on twitter at @Stellaskid (so I can DM you in the event that you win) then…
2. Tweet: “Hey @Stellaskid: I wanna win @Nas #IllmaticXX vinyl courtesy @Sony_Music & @DiffKitchen” [note: you do not need to include the quotes when you tweet your contest message]
I will select a winner on Monday, April 21 at 12 noon EST. FYI: you must be a resident of Canada to be eligible to win. In the meantime, check out a couple of the new tracks from Illmatic XX, “I’m A Villain” and “The Stretch Armstrong & Bobbito Show on WKCR, October 28, 1993”, below:
Related: 10 Short Stories Inspired by Nas’ Illmatic. [MySpace]