Immortal Technique's The 3rd World album with DJ Green Lantern is finally here!

Immortal Technique's The 3rd World album with DJ Green Lantern is finally here! Out today worldwide on Viper Records/Koch Entertainment, news about the album has been acquiring much attention from the biggest publications, with the lead single, "The 3rd World," and follow-up singles like "Apocalypse (Remix)" ft. Pharoahe Monch and AKIR appearing on AllHipHop.com, Vibe, XXL and MySpace Music, to name a few. Tonight, Immortal Technique and company will be giving an exclusive performance at his Album Release Event at the Highline Ballroom in New York. After his controversial video hit the internet two weeks ago, Technique lives up to his pledge to community involvement by revealing "Project Green Light," a partnership effort to build an orphanage/clinic in Afghanistan. Catch Technique in-person while on tour for special in-store stops (listed below). Stay tuned for more news on his MySpace, myspace.com/immortaltechnique ::


In-Stores Appearances
6/23/08 – 11:30 PM – Fatbeats, NY, NY
6/26/08 – 6:00 PM – Cop Shop, Smithtown, NY
6/27/08 – 6:00 PM – UGHH Store, Boston, MA – www.ughh.com
6/28/08 – 2:00 PM – DJ Hut DC – www.djhut.com
6/28/08 – 7:00 PM – Sound Garden, Baltimore, MD
7/22/08 – 2:00 PM – Fifth Element, Minneapolis, MN – www.fifthelement.com
7/25/08 – 4:00 PM – Reflections Emporium, Springfield MA


Check out "Apocalypse (Remix)" featured on AllHipHop.com-
Http://allhiphop.com/stories/multimedia__music/archive/2008/06/20/20171180.aspx

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Immortal Technique - The 3rd World Tracklist

No hush hush news. Its coming. June 24th marks the release of "The 3rd World", one of the most anticipated albums in years. Yes, actual anticipation after almost 5 years since Immortal Technique's previous release. While no album has surfaced since Revolutionary, Vol. 2, he has released several freestyles and singles such as "Bin Laden" Featuring Mos Def and Eminem , which became an internet craze. Other noted releases include the "Watch Out" freestyle (Over Rick Ross's Hustling beat) and the music video for AKIR's "Treason" that featured Immortal Technique daily on national television since the BET Freestyle Friday battles.

Immortal Technique, the revolutionary, has made further recent news in regards to the Sean Bell verdict by not only attracting press, but also by drawing in over 100k unique visitors to his Myspace page in the last week alone. He has created a blog entry called the "Police State Chronicles: Excerpts from the Street" that calls action to those victim of police brutality and abuse of authority. In total, over 400 personal stories have been collected and gathers for a larger packet that will be sent to congress. No gender or race has been segregated from these files. Its is a national issue that all citizens must be aware of since it interferes with our constitutional rights. This is just one of the daily contributions that has kept Immortal Technique engaged in our society.

DJ Green Lantern (DJ for Jay-Z) and Immortal Technique will be live on Sirius Satellite's Shade 45 channel on Monday, May12th for more updates on this phenomenal release. The album's premise is far from "Playing it safe". While most every artist in the last year has stepped away from breaking the boundaries and tackling issues that we are still currently facing, Immortal Technique proves why he is still considered a Revolutionary of the world. The album release party has already been set in place, so no worries on this album to be anticipated after June 24th. Two worlds will collide for the birth of "The 3rd World".

The 3rd World Album Release Event
June 24th, 9pm
Highline Ballroom
431 W 16 Street
Ny, NY 10011
(Between 9th and 10th Ave)
Http://www.HighlineBallroom.com


The 3rd World is Immortal Technique’s first full-length in 5 years.
Guests include Chino XL, Crooked I, & Ras Kass. Peep the tracklist and lineup.
1. Death March (featuring Dj Green Lantern)
2. That’s What It Is
3. Golpe De Estado (featuring Veneno & Temperamento)
4. Harlem Renaissance
5. Lick Shots (featuring Chino XL, Crooked I)
6. Interlude
7. The 3rd World
8. Hollywood Driveby (featuring Psycho Realm & Street Platoon)
9. Watchout (RMX)
10. Reverse Pimpology (featuring Mojo)
11. Open Your Eyes
12. The Payback (featuring Diabolic & Ras Kass)
13. Adios Uncle Tom-Skit
14. Stronghold Grip (featuring Poison Pen & Swave Sevah)
15. Mistakes
16. Out on Parole
17. Crimes of the Heart (featuring Maya Azucena)
**Bonus track (R.O.T.C. featuring J.Arch & Da Circle)

I Am Da Streetz

He’s seen it all: shiesty business dealings, family turmoil, prison, and almost death. Now independent rapper Streetz wants to take us on the journey with him, from his struggle of coming up out of the most terrifying areas of the Caribbean, where shootouts and all-out war were the norm, to coming to the U.S. with nothing but a bag and a dream. Streetz, CEO of Street Value Entertainment, is now working towards pulling off his next dream: becoming the biggest rapper to ever come out of Atlanta.

Tale of the Streetz, Part 1:

When it came to hip hop, the only names that came to mind were Pac, Jay, Nas, Big, and a few others. I never paid too much attention to it, especially growing up in the Caribbean where the main focal point was survival and getting money.

I never had dreams of hip hop stardom, only hood fame and all that came with the spotlight. After being able to successfully navigate myself into the elite circle of muthafuckas getting real money, and doing real things, was the first time I started to think about what else the world had to offer outside of the Caribbean. Over the next few years I watched Winky get shot in the head, Scooter assassinated, and heard stories about bull hitting a major lick and disappearing (later found dead somewhere in Jamaica), and some of my old heads getting brutally murdered. Shit…. Those who weren’t in the grave were getting so much time in jail that I forgot that they were even out at some point. For me, it was time to take a different route.

My mom had gotten shot but survived. My dad was one of the biggest rude boys ever born in the Caribbean and when he went to jail for life I picked up the art of hustling and took it to another level investing in business, concert and a team of young ruthless mutherfuckas that would become— to the world of hip hop — Street Value Entertainment. But it wasn’t until a chance meeting with the brethren Big Pun (R.I.P.), a slew of trouble, and bad investments into the wrong artists, that would lead me to follow my dreams and start all over with nothing more than a dream and a hustler's spirit and fuck it, God.

It was summer ‘98 when I landed at Miami International Airport with nothing more than a duffle bag and a bible. I didn't know what to expect, but fuck, I was ready for whatever. Quickly adapting to this place called America (where the roads were made out of gold . . . ha ha…YEAH RIGHT) and all it had to offer.

Miami was real fucking hood and everyone was hustling; even the family I was staying with was getting it in, so what the fuck was I suppose to do? I felt so at home it was crazy. It was second nature to assemble a squad and get back on my grind, while at the same time stretching out the music shit, looking for niggas to sign. I never really wanted to do the artist thing, but more of the Puff thing until the Jay-Z thing kicked in (where it’s all about being an entrepreneur and a star). After realizing that everyone wanted to be rich and nobody wanted to work, was when I said fuck it and started investing in myself.

I was always having niggas ask me what the hell I did or was doing (guess we was looking like rappers before we really knew what rappers was supposed to look like) and they knew the shit I was talking about was real, so it made sense: we started treating this shit like the block, and just chopping up CDs until the shit caught on and from there we put the “two for five” rules back in effect.

We stayed in the A before the vibe was even jumping dred. And I just liked it a lot out there, so a nigga moved. The music scene was crazy out here, Pastor Troy was hitting, along with some other artists, and freaknik . . . I had never seen nothing like it before in my life! Girls hanging out cars and so many black people partying- I almost felt like I was back in the Bahamas.

As far as living, we was getting money. As far as this music we had no connect to getting in. Throughout my time trying to find my spot in the game, I had met a bunch of lying ass rappers and producers, some of the biggest names with they bullshit promises and fast talk. MODOSICK they would talk that shit that, in the hood, would get them killed. The music game was my new hustle and shit and I was going to hit my lick on my terms and by my rules . . . I AM DA STREETZ.

Hip Hop Album Sales: The Week Ending 2/10/08

In yet another slow week for Hip Hop and R&B, Alicia Keys is again dethroned from the top spot, this time by the debut albums of Jack Johnson and Sheryl Crow who claimed the coveted #1 and #2 positions, respectively. Keys is stil slated to reach triple platinum by next week. Mary J Blige holds strong in the top ten, still slipping down one spot to #7 while the Step Up 2 Soundtrack [which includes Flo Rida's commerical smash hit "Low'] debuted at #13 selling 32k.
Keyshia Cole and Chris Brown, though both experiencing a %3 decrease in sales, hold the #11 and #12 spots. J. Holiday's Back of my Lac finally hits gold in its 19th week on the charts (505k), while The Dream, who wrote both J. Holiday's "Bed" and "Suffocate", has made it to just past the 200k mark in his 9th week.
Top 200 Album Sales (Top 5 Hip Hop/R&B)
Rank Artist Album This Week Total
3
Alicia Keys
As I Am
80,172
2,987,631
7
Mary J Blige
Growing Pains
44,592
1,177,054

11
Keyshia Cole
Just Like You
35,366
1,131,109

12
Chris Brown
Exclusive
32,267
1,248,205

13
Various
Step Up 2 Soundtrack
31,445
31,521


Hip Hop continues its agonizing dry spell with the highest ranking rap artist (Soulja Boy) coming in at #36. Lupe Fiasco [despite winning his first Grammy Award this weekend] still slowly inches towards his golden plaque. Currently, Fiasco has sold 317k. Raheem Devaughn, despite some glowing reviews for album Love Behind The Melody, has still been unable to crack 100k.
Other Notables… Rank Artist Album This Week Total
36
Soulja Boy Souljaboytellem.com 18,603
764,571

54
Lupe Fiasco
The Cool
14,767
316,819
57
Raheem DeVaughn
Love Behind The Melody
14,350 90,309

63
Jay-Z
American Gangster
12,994
978,362
64
Kanye West
Graduation
12,976
1,983,188

Next month, legend Pete Rock drops his highly anticipated New York's Finest, along with new albums by Erykah Badu, Rick Ross, Akrobatik, and many more. It's getting warmer this February, but will the charts reflect it?