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Join Fat Beats in celebrating Record Store Day on Saturday, April 19th - 2008 !!! Fat Beats NY will offer 10% discounts on everything in the store, plus giveaways, and performances by Rob Swift, Marco Polo, Torae, & many more!! Fat Beats LA will offer 10% discounts on everything, plus complimentary beer (21+), and DJ by Rhettmatic, C-Minus, Inka One & more!!! FatBeats.com will offer free ...
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News: Pitchfork's Guide to Record Store Day
Pitchfork Media - Today — ... * Aquaduct and recent Hardly Art signings the Dutchess & the Duke and the Moondoggies at Sonic Boom locations in Seattle. * Rogue Wave (acoustic performance) at Reckless Records' Milwaukee Ave. location in Chicago. * The Cave Singers at CD World in Eugene, Oregon. * Neva Dinova at Homer's Old Market location in Omaha. * Sybris at Record Breakers in Chicago. * Rob Swift, Marco Polo at Fat Beats in New York. * Jesse Sykes & the Sweet Hereafter at Easy ...

Happy Record Store Day
The Rap Up — ... April 19 has been set aside as Record Store Day. Tons of independent record stores plan to celebrate the day with goodie bags, discounts, music performances, and what not. Fat Beats is even handing out 10% discounts on everything. ...

“As Told To” - Buff1’s Fave Five
The Smoking Section — ... end of the day, I make music first for myself. And if I can live with it, then good. If I’m not embarrassing myself or my mom or my crew, I mean that’s where it starts with me. Buff1 - Beat The Speakers Up Buff1 - Never Fall (Feat. Black Milk) Buff1 - Classic Rap For more info, visit Myspace.com/Buff1der. Buy There’s Only One or in a pack with Elzhi’s The Preface at FatBeats.com. Buff1 is holding an L.A. release party of There’s Only One ...

The 50 Best Albums of the Year (#30-21) (Sponsored By Medieval Times)
Passion of the Weiss — ... with sax solos, a burbling constancy of rhythm and patient virtuosity, and the occasional surprise—is “Fire Dance” hiphop? “Mosquito Song” some new clattering breed of salsa? This is like if Jakob Dylan made Highway 61.–Dan Weiss Download: MP3: Seun Kuti+ Fela’s Egypt80-”Many Things”  (Left-Click) 28. Black Milk-Tronic (Fat Beats) Any hip-hop producer worth his ...

Talib Kweli playing Columbia & Fat Beats, Guru playing SOBs
brooklynvegan — ... You can try your luck, or you can catch Talib at another appearance scheduled for that same day at the legendary Fat Beats in the West Village where ...

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