THE BOOM BAP Nashville: Featuring Marsellus Wallace

SATURDAY October 24th @ THE FIVE SPOT Nashville, TN – Spinning records has taken MetroGnome across the country, playing in venues in many cities and states, as well as backing up Grammy-winning artist Ludacris in concert and opening for hip hop icons Rakim, Ghostface, Lupe Fiasco, Eric Roberson, and others. DJ Topspeed, a fixture in the Indianapolis scene for 22 years, learned his chops in the early days of hip-hop, listening to intense Dr. Dre mixes and assembling his own. He earned his stripes in that most unforgiving of venues: the skate palace, spinning for years at the Melody Skateland.

FRIDAY July 25th @ THE BASEMENT Atlanta, GA – Detroit Hip-Hop’s Ambassador to the World, Michael “House Shoes” Buchanan has been an integral part of the long burgeoning Motown resurgence. Just ask anyone coming out of Detroit to confirm this. House Shoes, a resident DJ at the hip-hop staple St. Andrews Hall, Detroit MI, from 1994-2004 has had personal influence over a full generation of well respected emcees, producers, and then-future DJs. Four-time winner of the “Best Hip Hop DJ” in Detroit, he has used his platform to expose some of the best and brightest talent his city has had to offer.

FRIDAY February 28th @ THE BASEMENT Atlanta, GA – The BOOM BAP returns to The Basement and this month we’re bringing a very special guest! THE LEGENDARY DIAMOND D! Thats right, mister stunts blunts and hip hop himself is joining the party for one night only to rock a DJ set of classic hip hop/breaks and give a preview of his new record THE DIAM PIECE!! Word is J-LIVE & BIG REC will be joining in as well for this exclusive early listen of the record which includes a who’s who of hip hop greats. Really this one is not to be missed!

FRIDAY April 25th @ THE BASEMENT Atlanta, GA – DJ Sat-One began his DJ and Production career in 1994 based out of the city of Philadelphia. Sat has infiltrated the music scene for over 15 years giving crowds and music lovers his take on the Philly sound. His ability to scratch and mix all genres of music has set trends and standards in the Philadelphia and Atlantic City club circuit. Through the years he built up his reputation and caught the attention of local celebrity and DJ legend “DJ Jazzy Jeff.” Sat also is one of the original members of the “Skratch Makaniks” crew.

SATURDAY June 22nd @ THE FIVE SPOT – Diggin and spinning everything from Funk & Soul, Classics, Hip Hop, Breaks, House and all things funky, Skeme has shared turntable duties with some of the best in the industry including Maseo (De La Soul), Shortkut (Beat Junkies), Tony Touch, Bobbito, Rob Swift (The X-Ecutioners), DJ Nu-Mark (Jurassic 5), Pete Rock, DJ Premier, DJ Eclipse, J.Rocc (Beat Junkies), Miles (Breakestra), DJ Muro, DJ P-Trix, Greg Belson and other highly respected DJ’s.