As you may or may not know, there are only 2 more Speakerscorner’s going. The penultimate one is this Thursday November 1st. It’s a very special occasion as it’s Chain of Command Rogue State CD Launch party with full live band backing.

Heres a few scribblings from Speakers head-honcho DJ Snuff:

Celebrating this month we have the long overdue “Rogue State” release party from Speakers own Chain of Command, thats Manage, Conflix, CLG & Syande, made extra special by both the fact that they will be performing all their tracks with full live band backing & that this is to be the final performance ever from the mighty CLG, who will also be celebrating his 30th Birthday…

Live support comes from the cream of the UK underground spitters, Rhyme Asylum drop an exclusive live preview of their anticipated “State of Lunacy” LP… The TextOffenders make there way all the way down from Newcastle to make their Speakerscorner debut along-side original crew member Stig of the Dump… Stig of course reppin the live set with the doctor known as Syntax, that’s 2 of EOW UKs top champs of 07, Stig now being the offical World EOW MC Challenge Champion. Catch Verb T coming through to hit us of with some tracks from his new solo LP “Verbs with a Vengeance”. Minority Report drop in with some quick knowledge to celebrate the release of their debut 12″ “The Violence Of War” & Genius Squad (new crew outa Brighton featuring Conflix) come through to kick off the open mic. DJ Jazz T will be coming with a fresh routine & the Speakerscorner Quartet will be firing out the riddems for the open mic alongside myself DJ Snuff & DJ Steaz….. Big Fukkkkkkin night.. not to mention Keith Lawrence & Dark killing it in the Reggae room.

Book your time off work, bring some pennies to cop records, you know your saving money on the door tax so don’t be a stingy c*nt, support!

Check the flyer illustration by Crymein, taken from the forthcoming Chain of Command release Rogue State..

Other Updates:

Speakerscorner may be coming to an end but we don’t stop, never that I’m working hard right now heres a few upcoming projects that are already arranged to take place:

End Of the Weak UK will be starting monthly at 93FeetEast from Feb 08:

That’s gonna have PAs, Open Mic (No Weak MCs allowed), The MC Challenge, The Quartet (House Band), Host: Stig of the Dump (World EOW champ) DJs Snuff, Jazz T, Kieth Lawrence + Guest

New website coming shortly with national features www.endoftheweak.com

So far I’ve had interest in entering the EOW MC Challenge from:
Conflix (cc militia), Skirmish (rhyme asylum), Keezerman (a.m.m.o), Riz MC (battlescars champ & film star) + more

We’ll be hosting the international final at the end of 08 with champions from Germany, Spain, USA, France, Holland, Brazil & the UK

Ill be DJing a UK Hip Hop show for EOW radio as part of their international show based in NYC and online… Weekly..

We got the worlds largest cypher set up to take place, which i am organising now with the international EOW community. 50 MCs from each nations EOW will take part in the first ever global cypher, broadcast online and acknowledged by the Guiness book of records.

+ we gonna be taking a full UK line up to NYC during the course of 08.
+ we gonna be setting up an EOW Dublin
+ An Irish Hip Hip special for London on Saint Patrick’s day 08

We’ll also be running a EOW Poetry Slam & a EOW Comedy Slam, I’ll let you know more about that shortly…

Also Speakers will still be happening… only il be taking it out of the club enviroment into a family friendly community based enviroment… we’ll be taking it back to its roots as a conscious lyricist event that tackles global & local issues… Im gonna bring it back in a big way believe… EOW UK is gonna deal more directly with the Hip Hop where Speakers is gonna be much more broad Lyrically, Singers, MCs, Poets, Community Leaders & Speakers.. etc…

We have several DJ + MC host style events kicking off in the new year also, jus some straight up kick back night out ish with the funk hip hop & reggae and blessed energies…

+++ Jazz fusion… we dealing with live music.. the Speakerscorner quartet is turning into a BIG BAND.. we got drums cello double-bass bass 2X-guitar flute 2X-violin sax trumpet trombone harp piano steel-drum turntables vocalist & more… we’ll be hosting a Jazz Jam monthly… Details to follow… Contact for bookings.

Not to mention a Speakerscorner LP Compilation, DVD & Book due also for 08 (Plus most audio & video from the last 3 years will be made availble for free download online)

And bare festivals.. we’ll be running stages, ie. we got the Hip Hop stage at Drop Beats Not Bombs (Birmingham) every year.. next one is soon (Nov 10th with Mystro, Chain of Command, Doubledge, IRS, Rhyme Asylum, First & last, Kingpin, Elite Team, Kraftsmen, Sonny Jim & Kosyne, Jazz T & Snuff) we lookin on jumping up at Glasto, Hip Hop Kemp, too many to mention .

Another event in the pipeline is Character Assassins (Based on the mix-cd series)
Hosted by producers, showcasing beats during an open mic session… Featured producers on rotation may include: Chemo, Beat Butcha, LG, Apatight, Last Skeptik, IQ & Diversion Tactics among others …

So yea future is bright for the Speakers/EOW fam… But still only 2 more events as you have come to know it so come support the cause….2 massive nights left, you can see the line up for Nov 1st already…Decemebers gonna be a BURIAL….

Peace

Contact:
snuff@endoftheweak.com
www.myspace.com/speakerscorner
www.myspace.com/endoftheweakuk

To read an interview with Chain of Command on Blunted click here