Wed 15 May 2013

Rock The Bells has announced the full lineup for their forthcoming 10 year anniversy show, which kicks off this September. Starting in San Bernardino on Sept 7-8, the annual hip-hop festival will also take place on Sept. 14-15 in Mountain View, Calif., Sept, 28-29 in Washington, D.C., and finally on Oct. 4-5 in Rutherford, N.J. They have a hefty and diverse roster of acts as usual, but have also announced “virtual performances” from ODB and Eazy-E. We’re assuming they mean holograms, and judging from the journalists in attendance at the official press conference, we think it’s really going down. The lineup includes Wu-Tang, Common, Black Hippy, Kid Cudi, Big KRIT, Danny Brown, Earl Sweatshirt, Tyler, the Creator, Flatbush Zombies, Hit-Boy, Immortal Technique, Mimosa, Jhene Aiko, Juicy J, E-40 & Too Short, Dom Kennedy, Lecrae, Rakim, Dilated Peoples, Talib Kweli and TechN9ne and more
Update: Rock The Bells founder Chang Weisberg says the hologram news was misinterpreted.
“It’s an original virtual performance, not a hologram,” Weisberg insisted. “I never used the word hologram. There are a number of multimedia visual effects that will be applied that will definitely at the very least make the performances look like a hologram. People’s minds will be blown.”
via Radio.com
Peep the full lineup and video from the preparty after the jump…
via VIBE

May 16th, 2013 at 11:13 am
Weak line up… more excited to see ODBs hologram than the actual acts this year.
Nas didn’t even want any parts of it this year…and he’s one of the company owners..