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TASHA JONES PERFORMING THE LOVE JONES EXPERIENCE III exclusively in Renton, WA

As seen on Verses and Flow season 2.

Check out her "Lexus Moment." vision.

UbanStar Ent in partnership with Supa E Productions are proud to announce the return of Grammy Award nominated writer, artist, model, and poetic genius Tasha Jones back to the Northwest, for her third and final installment of The Love Jones Experience.

A taste Draze and Tasha from our last show at the Parlor last Summer: 

On May 27th, 2012, she presented "The Love Jones Experience 2" at The Parlor in Bellevue, WA. In January 2012, she performed "The Love Jones Experience" for a SOLD OUT crowd at the Scarlet Tree in Seattle, WA. The doors we closed at 10 PM with standing room only.  

View her performance at Scarlet Tree here:

  We cordially invite you to attend her finale at Spring Taste on July 6th, 2013. In "The Love Experience III," Tasha will host a special selection of material for her audience in one of the hottest new venues in the Seattle Metro! DJ Fresh 1 and host Draze will keep the audience entertained during the all of the breaks. This event is highly anticipated, is sure to AMAZE, and should hit capacity before 10pm, just as the last!

Included in this showcase is an open mic, if you would like to highlight your spoken word piece, please email us at [email protected].  Slots are limited however, please send your name and phone number to us and we will inform you of your performance slot that evening.

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Purchase $15.00 - $20.00 Tickets: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/397859

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#flight206mixtape artist @thegoodsin is giving away free music all year!  Check out the details on his website for more info and sign up for his newsletter!

Seattle rapper The Good Sin is hardly new to making music although plenty of hip-hop fans along the West Coast are just starting to learn who he is. He’s spent the past few years developing a melodic and jazzy MCing style that’s helped him work alongside a virtual who’s who of Seattle hip-hop. He’s already collaborated on projects with celebrated producers Jake One and Vitamin D plus spent a chunk of his summer playing shows up and down the West Coast opening up for the Blue Scholars.

Even his stage name itself leaves an impression. Asked where his name comes from, he says “I just wanted to make people think so I came up with The Good Sin. If you break down the word, we all have good in us, and we sin as well. It's a play on words for people to look inside of themselves.” Hip-hop comes natural to him as music was a big part of his up-bringing. “My parents would play Anita Baker, Living Colour, Earth Wind and Fire, the Isley brothers, and my mom would play us classical as well.”

Growing up in Seattle’s historic Central District, which gave rise to Jimi Hendrix, Quincy Jones, Wheedle’s Groove, Shabazz Palaces, Ernestine Anderson and even Sir Mix-A-Lot, The Good Sin was always exposed as a youth to high quality local music. He takes pride in his neighborhood and is ready to be a part of it’s rich music traditions.

The projects that he’s released to date have continuously captured the attention of music lovers, albeit for various reasons. His initial offering, Ready or Not (The Mixtape) showcased the baritone voiced MC spitting original lyrics over 23 already established industry beats. It caught people’s attention but it wasn’t until The Good Sin partnered with producer 10.4 Rog and released the jazzed out album Late that critics recognized he’d grown into his own skin. He admits that even those who believed in his music ability recognized that merely rapping over other people’s material didn’t prove enough.

In February of 2011, alongside producer 10.4 Rog, he released his first all original project. Throughout the nine track project, Late, listeners were introduced to the emotive songwriting and heart-driven chord structures that make The Good Sin the unique rapper that he is. It’s more than just a Big Daddy Kane-esque flow and a smooth-faced grin that make him a standout. It’s his willingness to rap about love, loss and laughter and directly address what every human experiences.

“The goal of Late was to talk about being on one's own schedule. It's about being present and accepting who you are. If you go by someone else’s standards, you'll always be late or viewed as not where you’re supposed to be.”

With that in mind, he’s now working on his first full length solo album, The Story of Love and Hate. Fans will have to wait to see what guest artists appear on the project but The Good Sin laughs when asked what the album will entail lyrically. “It's exactly what it sounds like. It's about relationships, personal love, personal hate and needing to find a balance between the two.” Considering the duality that exists within us all, The Good Sin is an artist that is dedicated to expressing that contrast through his music.

This week's new music release is  “Doing Wrong, Feelin Right” Produced by @iamtrox

available for Download at www.TheGoodSin.com

On this track, the Good Sin links up with Portland's own star producer Trox (@iamTrox) to vent on all things contradictory, the struggle between doing the right thing, or continuing to feel good doing the wrong things.

We also had to include the track from his #fallbackseason Campaign because it's that dope!

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UrbanStar Neo-Soul and Spoken Word Entertainment - Open Mic ft Chelsey Richardson

Welcome to the NEW Urban Art Scene in Seattle!

UrbanStar events are your premier destination for Neo-Soul, Open Mic, and Celebrity Artist performances. The featured poet of the evening is Chelsey Richardson with hosted, Draze, and DJ Itz Mousewane on the tables. Chelsey Richardson, a Seattle native believes that poetry lives everywhere. Her writing is influenced by but not limited to race, politics, and motherhood. In October 2007 she had the honor of winning The Gwendolyn Brooks poetry Slam at Chicago State University. In 2007 and 2011 she earned a spot on the First Women’s National Poetry Slam team stage to compete against some of Seattle’s greatest female poets. She was nominated by the CD Forum as a Seattle Poet Populist candidate in 2008 this said this about her, “Her writing requires you to think critically and examine the world in which we live. She is a writer that truly represents independent poetic expression. There is a cleverness and creativity in her prose that draws the reader or listener in. She is an amazing teaching artist and mentor in Seattle who is poised for a dynamic career.” – CD Forum for Arts and Ideas. She has a BA in Creative Writing from the University of Washington and currently works as an educator at Nova Alternative High School where she facilitates a poetry committee, Naked Truth a performance group that combats stereotypes through Spoken word and mentors for the youth writing/spoken word organization Youth Speaks. Submit your request to perform early to [email protected].  Also, as many of you may know, we released our first of a series of mix-tapes to come, #flight206mixtape hosted by DJ Peg FREE PROMO DOWNLOAD all 206 Hip-Hop!!! We are giving you the hottest and dopest tracks from Seattle’s BEST Emcees This is an all-star compilation of artists puttin’ on for the town popping up in media and performing on stages all over the country. Some all over the WORLD! Seattle has always been known for great musicians and WE ARE GIVING YOU THESE FREE all in the name of hip-hop. Don’t know much about local hip-hop music? Here is a GREAT place to start! Download: http://urbanstar206.tumblr.com/post/40904775165/urbanstar-presents-flight206mixtape-hosted-by-dj

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UrbanStar Presents... #FLIGHT206MIXTAPE hosted by DJ Peg FREE PROMO DOWNLOAD all 206 Hip-Hop!!!  We are giving you the hottest and dopest tracks from Seattle's BEST Emcees   This is an all-star compilation of artists puttin' on for the town popping up in media and performing on stages all over the country.  Some all over the WORLD! Seattle has always been known for great musicians and  WE ARE GIVING YOU THESE FREE all in the name of hip-hop.   Don't know much about local hip-hop music? Here is a GREAT place to start!

Support the movement. Catch a show. Rock a local mixtape. 

UrbanStar provides Seattle with the best of Hip-Hop, Neo-Soul, AND Open Mic entertainment experiences. New in 2013 the introduction of the UrbanStar Mixtape Series! In our first project, #FLIGHT206MIXTAPE hosted by DJ Peg, we present to you our picks for premier emerging, popular, and veteran rap and hip-hop acts in Seattle!

#FLIGHT206MIXTAPE hosted by DJ Peg

It's not "Seattle Hip Hop" - It's just Hip-Hop.

Bottom line, SEATTLE HAS TALENT and we are ready to show the world!  You have been to our events, met our team, laughed with us, vibed with us, and ROCKED with us.. now BEAT THESE TRACKS with us!

Get to know these artist right here! After you download, be sure to come back and check out the links to your favorite artist's web page!  

Track List:

1. J.Pinder - King Produced by Mell & Dee, and Dj Khalil

2. Macklemore – Thrift Shop Produced by Ryan Lewis

3. Mic Phenom – My Melody featuring Peta Tosh, Lace Cadence

4. Tre – Eight – Pen and Pad

5. Eighty4fly – Cool Kids

6. Nacho Picasso – Public Enemy

7. "Pistol" P. Washington – Paper Don’t Wait

8. Neema – Gone Featuring Eighty4 Fly, Wingo (Jagged Edge) & Che Blaq  Produced by Keyboard Kid

9. Nissim formerly known as D.Black – Tell Me Featuring Fatal Lucciauno, Spac3man, Larry Hawkins, and produced by Vitamin D

10. The Physics – So Funky

11. Carl Roe – The Feather produced by DJ Semaj

12. YOUNG_GIZZLE – No Breaks

13. Peta Tosh – Alright

14. Donte Peace – Speed featuring Allan Guevara

15. Beamin – Ride featuring Christina Pallis

16. Lex Lingo – Right Now

17. The Good Sin – Eye to Eye featuring  Alisha Roney Produced by Justo (The Physics)

18. AKA – Big Dreams

19. John Crown – Ben Franklin

20. Black Stax – No Messages

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Twitter: @urbanstar206 and @katoya318 

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Black Ice in Seattle 9.29.12

ALL ONLINE Pre-Sale Tickets have sold out,  GENERAL ADMISSION ARE STILL AVAIL AT THE DOOR Please arrive at the venue at 8PM to secure General Admission Accommodations.  TABLES NOT ASSIGNED AND THOSE THAT ARE NOT OCCUPIED BY 9:30 WILL BE USED FOR OVERFLOW Once we reach capacity we CAN NOT ALLOW you into the building du

e to legal limitations. Tickets or Not Groups: Please Contact [email protected] for further RSVP and questions. Thank you all for your support, on behalf of Supa E Productions, UrbanStar, and ToyBox Consulting. *No Refunds

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Get tickets to see Tony Award Winner and Poet Black Ice HERE!

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9.29.2012

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

  Urban Star Spoken Word and Supa E Productions Presents:

TONY AWARD winning Poet “Black Ice,” September 29th, 2012 at the Scarlett Tree located at 801 NE 65th St Suite C Seattle, WA 98115

Introducing Lamar Manson, known throughout the spoken word community as Black Ice. Black Ice is a prolific artist, whose stage performances bridge the gap between hip-hop and poetry.  Hip-hop poet Black Ice began spreading his words of revolution back in 1993

  Once Russell Simmons caught his act, the poet's quest for nationwide recognition kicked into overdrive. Black Ice went on to appear on five consecutive seasons of the Simmons-produced Def Poetry Jam on HBO, which led to a starring role in the Tony Award-winning "Def Poetry Jam on Broadway."

  Black Ice is also the exclusive  voice over artist for the audio versions of the Russell Simmons books “Do You: 12 Laws to Access the Power in You to Achieve Happiness and Success” and the 2011 release “Super Rich: A Guide to Having It All”.

  It was 2004 when he made his breakthrough into hip-hop, appearing on Method Man's Tical 0: The Prequel and Pete Rock's Soul Survivor II.

  In 2006, he would team with producer Eric "Booty" Greene and release his debut album, The Death of Willie Lynch, on the Koch label. That same summer, he opened for R&B superstar Mary J. Blige on her world tour.

  Urban Star Entertainment events are your only QUALITY destination for your Neo-Soul, Open Mic! NEW in 2012, celebrity artist have been added to the performance roster! 

  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/UrbanStar/

Twitter: @URBANSTAR206

Blog: www.urbanstar206.tumblr.com

  UrbanStar has joined Supa E Productions (Photography , Artist/Music Promotion , and Apparel company) on this event and it is SURE to sell out!

  Tickets on Sale Friday August 31st 2012

http://www.brownpapertickets.com

  SEATTLE HAS TALENT and we are ready to show the world!

PLEASE Feel free to submit your request to perform [email protected].

  Trinide will be hosting this very special performance and the featured DJ, ITZ Mouse Wayne will be spinning your favorite hip hop and old school JAMS!

FEATURED LOCAL ARTIST: AARON READER

    Aaron Reader is one of Seattle’s hidden gems.  He has the ability to capture an audience’s attention with ONE WORD.  The powerful, emotional, real, and conscious poet will be gracing the stage as well during this event.

    FYI: Media presented in this release are available for use in promotions, unless otherwise stated by UrbanStar Entertainment or Supa E Productions. 

Please contact ToyBox Consulting for more information.

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Tasha Jones Performing “Nomenclature” for a sold out Crowd at the Scarlet Tree in Seattle Washington

“The Love Jones Experience,” hosted by Grammy nominated poet, @iamTashaJones in Seattle, Washington. Show presented by Urban Star Spoken Word and Neo-Soul entertainment.

I was amazed by her grace a talent. Seattle was blessed to have an established Spoken Word professional set a great example. Her poems touched serious topics as well as provoked our senses and feelings. Her stage presence is unmatched as well as her ability to passively assert command of her audiences attention. Her presence emits confidence, beauty, talent, wit and realness!

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

TASHA JONES PERFORMING THE LOVE JONES EXPERIENCE II – Bellevue, WA

URBAN STAR ENTERTAINMENT in partnership with SUPA E PRODUCTIONS are proud to announce the return of Grammy Award nominated writer, artist, model, and poetic genius Tasha Jones back to the...

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5.27.2012 Grammy Nominated @iamTashaJones returns to Seattle to perform at the Parlor Live! Save the date, Tickets on Sale Sunday!