"Get Into The Party Life" -All Dressed Up W/ Some Places To Go! Labor Day Wknd & More

Ok...I get it! #Irene came and gave you cabin fever and so you're REALLY looking to NOT do a repeat of last weekend's "nothing
ness!" I FEEL you, we're on the SAME page. So in between the time that you was cooped/booed up in the crib we managed to add TWO NEW* events to our summer finale line-up to our already stellar events plans for Labor Day weekend and beyond. Grab a ball point and take notes as we take no mercy on them dance feet of yours...

Friday Sept 2nd
Labor Day Wknd, 1st Friday
the Journ3y Men & the Block Boys proudly present
"F**K YO (BLOODCLOT) COUCH!" -Reggae & Rap Edition
@the W Hotel's Aloft -216 Duffield St. near Fulton St.
GRAND OPENING OF BROOKLYN'S LARGEST ROOF TOP PARTY!
10pm-4am
Music by the Block Boys
Hosted by Silky Valente'
DRESS summer time FRESH!
NO COVER
MUST RSVP theBlockRSVP@gmail.com
#FYC or #FYOCOUCH! @theBlockAssoc on Twitter

Sat. Sept. 3rd
"Sweet & Vicious"
10pm-4am
@the EMPIRE ROOM -33rd St. bewtn B'way & 5th)
Guest DJ Jazzy Joyce /DJ Kalkutta
FREE till 12am RSVP to theBlockRsvp@gmail.com

Sun. Sept 4th*
"Private Stock" -PRIVATE INVITE ONLY
@World Bar -845 UN Plaza (Bet 47th and 48th) aka Trump Towers
10pm-4am
open bar from 10-11pm
Music by DJ Trauma /Free Like Frei (the Block Boys)
LIST ONLY! (NO cover)
GET DRESSED!
RSVP names + guests to theBlockrsvp@gmail.com
ASAP ! Names +# of guest MUST be on list

Mon. Sept. 5th* Labor Day Monday
CANCELLED IF RAIN!!!
"Touch the Sky...One Last Time!" -Daytime Roof Top Party
509 Roof top -509 Myrtle Ave. near Grand St. (next door to SoCo)
3pm-8pm SHARP
Music by the Block Boys
$10 Admission w/ RSVP ONLY theBlockrsvp@gmail.com

Thurs. Sept. 8th
"Farewell Summer"
Fundraiser To Benefit the Ajile L.Turner Foundation
Brooklyn Terrace -228 Duffield (Sheraton roof top)
Hosted by COMMON & Mattie Turner
7pm-11pm
Music by the Ahficionados
Tix available @Ajileturnerfoundation.org
$35 General Admission
$400 VIP reserved-Bottle service and seating for four ppl
Cocktail attire required 21+ w/ID

Fri. Sept 9th
"Penthouse Suite Fridays"
EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT
the W Hotel's Aloft rooftop-216 Duffield St.
10pm-4am
FREE ADMISSION w/RSVP theBlockRSVP@gmail.com

Sat. Sept 10th
"VIRGO'S NIGHT OUT" -B'day Celebrations
for the Block Association's Danny Ocean, Silky Valente'
FreelikeFrei, & Keith "Major"
@LOCATION TO BE ANNOUNCED SOON
FREE ADMISSION till 12am w/RSVP theBlockRSVP@gmail.com

Enjoy EACH and EVERY one of them all! Thank me @theMreporter on Twitter
Follow @theBlockAssoc

PRESS RELEASE: "A Cut Above Them All" -Vernon Scott's B'day Invitation

Attention people of Gotham! Celebrity groomer Vernon Scott (Maxwell, Pharrell, Common, Lupe Fiasco, Ne-Yo etc.) has contacted the Minority Report NYC/the Block Boys to help extend an invitation to you to join him in helping usher in yet another fruitful year of LIFE! YES it's his born day and to make it a memorable one he'll be taking over the Mercel Hotel's Polar Lounge...YOU HAVE BE WARNED!

Thursday August 4th
"I'M A BOSS!" -Vernon Scott's B'day
10pm-4am
@Polar Lounge (inside the Mercel Hotel) -24th St 3rd ave
Hosted by the Minority Report
Music by the Ahficionados
PLEASE RSVP ASAP (full names)
party4vernon@gmail.com
Dress zip lock fresh!

"Let's Build A Fort (Greene)!" -Mos Def Headlines the Ft. Greene Festival 2011

Yep you read correctly, as if you didn't guess that already from his cameo appear
ance at the kick-off party last month feat. Q-Tip & Pete Rock! Brooklyn native Mos Def will be the main act among many that will be having a homecoming of sorts June 25th inside of Ft. Greene Park. This festival looks as if it's quickly becoming a BK staple among the cool kids still buzzing about last year's headliner Common putting in work! So I highly suggest that you start looking for your camping spot EARLY cause if the weather act right it's gonna be a WINNER that day. Here's the complete rundown of who's on it:

Saturday, June 25th
"Fort Greene Festival" -feat. Mos Def
12 noon -10pm
Hosted by Rosie Perez & Michaela Angela Davis
FREE admission all day
Live music by
Res, Sofia Urista, Game Rebellion, Navegante, Lifted Crew, Mariella, Jenna Andrews, & Paper Doll & more...
Sponsored by AT&T

"Summer Madness" -the Block Association & Other's Event Calendar

Ok, so by now you SHOULD have heard about the FREE concert Common is doing in Ft. Greene park this Saturday (June 26th) w/ the after party hosted by himself & the Block Association correct?! If this a NO for you then here's the full info AGAIN!

Saturday June 26th
2nd Annual Ft Greene Festival
Feat. Common, w/SouLive, Karen Wheeler (Soul II Soul), Zap Mama & more, live on stage!
Hosted by Malik Yoba w/ Rosie Perez
Happening in Fort Greene Park
12pm- 10pm
FREE! Admission
The Ahfficial/Official After Party
hosted by the Block Association and Common
at the Irondale (85 S. Oxford St near Hanson & Atlantic)
$10 cover w/ Ft.Greene Festival flyer
$15 w/o
10pm til late
Brought to you by I See Promotions LLC
in association w/ Ajile L Turner Scholarship Fund

Then at the SAME time (June 26th) @ Commodore Barry Park (Flushing Ave & N Elliot) the Afro-Punk Festival kicks off from 1pm-9pm with the musical acts: Bad Brains, P.O.S, God Forbid, Ninjasonik, The 54, Cipher, Game Rebellion, The Bots, Belikos, Activator, DJ MU$A, DJ D://BOI.
Followed that Sun. (June 27th) from the hrs. of 1pm-9pm taking the stage the line up will be: Mos Def, 24-7 Spyz, J*DaVeY, The Cool Kids, Martin Luther, K-OS, The Memorials, Bad Rabbits, Galaxy of Tar, DJ Lindsey, DJ MU$A, DJ D://BOI. Friday is FREE! Sat. & Sun. (no wife-ing in the park give me ) $20

Are you still with me? Good cause here's where things heat up!
Saturday (July 3rd) Target continues their 1st Saturday series by opening the exhibit "Warhol: the Last Decade" in tribute to the artist/pop icon's last ten years painting. But what's cool is the Block Association will be turning back time too with 80's Pop, Hip-Hop, and R&B for their dance party behind the Brooklyn Museum (weather permitting) hosted by Society HAE. FREE! THEN right after that there'll be an after party 10pm-4am @ Jelani Lougne (on Waverly near Fulton St.) $5 ladies $10 guys ALL night long!
Now don't drink TOO much, cause you'll need to rest your liver for the Block Assoc-
iation's "BK All Day!" block party down in Dumbo! Yep! From 3pm-8pm the Block will be taking over Dumbo near the water front right in front of the No.1 Front St. venue! Come and here guest DJs ( BingNotty, Pot, Sakir, Jasmine Solano, Will Gates, Melo-X & Dj Goldfinger) spin sets each hr till the Macy's fireworks show goes off viewable for our location. Betwn those hrs you can come down to pick your complimentary arm band (if you've RSVP'ed to: theBlockRSVP@gmail.com) to get into the Block's Anniversary after party, FREE till 12am w/arm band, $10 after. $10 w/out till 12am $20 (or more) after 12am. This will be at the SAME location (No.1 Front St.) from 10pm-4am. NO work Monday! Just Added *SPECIAL GUEST DJS* DJ Sakir, DJ Pot, DJ Jasime Solano, DJ Melo-X, DJ Will Gates, & DJ Goldfinger!


Speaking of Dumbo, This Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival has gotten legs of it's own too taking place again this year. This time they've stretched it out for a WHOLE week! Starting Mon. July 5th (till July 10th), this years festival's new week long format features a showcase of independent local, national and international talent, panels, film, theater, and of course Main Day performances, and the Family Day Block Party. De La Soul will close the show so...FIRE!

Now let's jump ahead to Sunday (date TBA) and prepare to be WOWED by the massive turn out for MIH's Annual "Heatwave BBQ" (10.0) once again in Prospect Park! Free food and drinks while supplies last. And plenty of good times to be had! This is ALWAYS a major staple of the Summer for the last TEN (!) yrs. strong and this one is building up to be the BIGGEST one yet to celebrate a decade!

Sunday July (date TBA)
"Heatwave 10.0" -10th year
12-8pm
Prospect Park (enter at the Grand Army Plaza entrance)
FREE!

"On Common Ground" -Ft. Greene Festival THIS Saturday!

OK, Things are getting REALLY serious for us now! Add one more event to the growing Block Association calendar for this weekend, cause we'll be hosting the Official after party for the 2nd Annual Ft. Greene Festival happening on Saturday! Straight after the performances, EVERYONE will be making a bee line over to our joint at the newly opened Brooklyn venue the Irondale (which is massive inside) to get their party on w/ "Common" folks! Here's more deets:

Saturday June 26th

2nd Annual Fort Greene Festival

Feat. Common

W/SouLive, Karen Wheeler (Soul II Soul), Zap Mama & more, live on stage!

Hosted by Malik Yoba w/ Rosie Perez

Happening in Fort Greene Park

12pm- 10pm

FREE! Admission

The Ahfficial/Official After Party

hosted by the Block Association, Common, SouLive and ‘friends

at the Irondale (85 S. Oxford St near Hanson & Atlantic) Bklyn, NY

$10 cover w/ Ft.Greene Festival flyer

$15 w/o

10pm til late

Brought to you by I See Promotions LLC in association w/ Ajile L Turner Scholarship Fund

"Badu To The Bone!" -Ameryrah the Beautiful

Ms. Badu hits the ground running with not only a NEW CD on the way (New Ameryrah Pt.2) but also a top secret, hush hush, concert this Saturday! I always look forward to hearing what she has to offer to the musically playing field when she decides to release new music. Hopes up high, fingers crossed. I can see it now, Eryrah touring with Jay Electronic opening up, Common the second act, then Andre 3000 gets co-head line billing and her closing the show out right?!?

"Lost & Found" -Forgotten Flicks Never Posted

Not only did I forget this WHOLE night, I forgot to even post the pics up from this Henny event some months ago at Terminal 5 hosted by Common & the Roots. This was a weird night for me, solely based on the fact that one, I headed up to the event for dolo, got inside within 5 mins. of arriving despite the massive "around the corner, down the block" line outside. AND got V.I.P. arm band access without even tryin'...SWEET! I'm not sure of the reason behind Hennessy Black throwing the function, but the turnout was NUTTY! Good thing the venue was spacious, cause damn near ALL of NYC was up in that bitch! For a while when I first got there, I stood along the entrance hallway hoping to spot a familiar face before it got too too thick in there. A young lady standing close to me struck up conversation bugging on how OVER dressed some folks came out that night. "ARE YOU SERIOUS!?! Are they handing out some award I don't know about? This IS general population , standing room only, you DO know that right? Hey go head, do you lil' mama!" They MUST not get out that often, was the agreed upon consensus between us. (SMH) Now here's where things get fuzzy. Remember this is a HENNY party and drinks were FREE okay. So need I have to explain how "Swizzle stick" twisted I got. Drunk one drink, then that drink got lonely and wanted company so I HAD to drink another, then before you know it...GONE till November! Loss my mind, my sunglasses, and a wee bit of dignity all in one swoop. Enjoy what I missed sober.

"I'll Be Wack" & "The Devil Made Me Do It" -Terminator Salvation + Angels & Demons Movie Reviews

Last week I got the chance to take in TWO movies that was suppose to kick off the Summer blockbuster run, but it's looking like a false start to me with these two I gotta tell you. I'll explain why, starting with Terminator Salvation first. To me the movie never developed the intensity that the first two did by having a central villain in the film. Two heros and not one single "bad ass" in a world FULL of terminators? Give me at least one programmed to find John Conner of present day and kill him right? You sent one to the past damn it! Kill the son of a bitch NOW man! True be told, that other character dude from the past was WAY more interesting to watch on scene (no homo) than ya boy Christian (I like to go off on the on-set help) Bale! Not to spoil things but ummm...Common's in it too, stink up the joint like his last album. It hurt to watch him fail twice in one year. His worst line after hearing that "the Resistance" was going to blow up a Skynet base full of survivors was "HUH?" Brillant writing fellas. Plus through all the chaos, and day to day combat going on, he must've still found time to get a fresh cut and beard shape up from time to time I'm guessing. The writing was on the (poster) wall, it says Bale (Bail). And that's what I should have done... "Bale'd!"

Now on to Angels & Demons, which wasn't that much better. Might you the whole story plot is suppose to happen with a time span on 24hrs. It works for head-butting Keifer but not so much for Tom (Hanks) here. Especially after a last minute flight to Rome, I'd think he'd be jet lagged. Somehow he gets partnered up w/an attractive female AGAIN(?), who's not only a scientist but can read ancient Latin, and like to deface rare, out of print, only one copy left books. Which by the way struck me as odd that NO cameras in that highly guarded, heavily watched area, caught on tape...what? And NO consequences came from that? I'm an atheist when it comes to believing that would happen! And can we talk about the last min. bomb rescue/parachute escape? Explain to me how Ewan only gets effed up on way down, but an explosion that floored the whole Vatican city left the closest person to the blast untouched? A "Big Bang" proportion type at that! A big BOO on that one! I say he deserves to run the Vatican after surviving the self branding and the near fatal sky dive, it shows that he's committed to his causes no matter how zany. The only sin committed here, was paying to see this before it comes out on DVD.

"You're A Star, You Just Don't Know It Yet!" - Sunday Night Live/ the Cool Kids, Mickey Factz

Okay, somebody tell me. Is there some sorta "Rap Renaissance" going on in the Chi that I didn't hear about? Lupe, Common, Kanye, John Legend, all are pulling to get Chicago reinstated in "the Windy City...and spits too!" Now here comes these new "kids" on the Chicago block, the Cool Kids. Never heard of 'em? Then maybe you're just not as cool as you thought you were, huh? Well FYI, they cats tore it up at the American Museum of Natural History and made way for a Kanye appearance, that left the crowd speechless. I say all this cause, Sunday night at S.O.B.'s, you can see first hand what all the hub bub is all about.

the Cool Kids w/ Mickey Factz
Sunday, April 3rd 7pm doors open
S.O.B.'s (204 Varick st. off W.Houston)

"Common Interests"- The Rapper Goes Green

In case you stepped away from the computer for two mins. It's been annouced that not only is there a JLA (Justice League of America, for you non-comic geeks) movie been made but the artist commonly known as Common, has been cast as a leading character named John Stewart
(sorry "comies" I meant)
the Green Lantern. Common seems to be trying to make his face just that...
common on the big screen. Appearing in last year's "Smoking Ace's", "American Gangster" and this year's "Wanted". Another film based on comic folklore alongside Ms. Pitt herself, Angelina Joile. I wonder where he finds the time to still spit lyrics. Anyways when he's old and grey I wonder will they cast a rapper that can act to play him, or an actor that raps? Puzzling.

(FYI* Common's pop played for the defunct ABA Basketball league back in the day, so maybe he should've been cast for "Semi-Pro" instead of Andre' 3000)

"For Use of Common Knowledge" -Common Lights Up A Room... 2008 Watts

Being necessary in Hip Hop is a hard thing to maintain, yet Common manages to make this task look effortless. Recently at the Smirnoff shebang Common perform a NEW take on his hit
"the Light". So just like any good blogger would do, the Minority Report tracked it down so that you too can enjoy a listen. Produced by Just Blaze, with a hook sung by former Floetry member, you will start hearing his timeless lyrics in a different "light."

"Flashing Lights" -Paparazzi Pics (Pt.9)

Try as you may,but I seriously doubt that you will EVER attend a launch party event (Smirnoff Mixer Series) of this caliber!
It was just that hot! "Fire from the stove" is the NEW saying.
Q-tip killed it first with his Tribe classics, followed by Common
doing every hit that he's known for. Then the "Blast Master" destroyed the stage! Melle Mel, Grand Master Flash,
Positive K and others made history joining him on stage!
I'm still amped as you can tell from all the exclamation points!
Peep the exclusive pics.