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04/30/08 CLEVELAND CD Release, OH
Discography
05/15/08 CD Release BERLIN !!! 05/17/08 Berlin Party, Berlin 05/22/08 SEATTLE CD RELEASE, WA 05/24/08 COLORADO CD Denver, CO 05/26/08 BOULDER CD RELEASE, CO 05/29/08 CD RELEASE Manhattan, NY 06/27/08 Jambaloosa Pittsburg, PA 06/29/08 SUMMER STAGE Manhattan, NY 08/21/08 DETROIT Detroit, Michigan 08/25/08 EURO TOUR London 08/27/08 MANCHESTER Manchester 08/28/08 London and South East 08/30/08 ISRAEL TOUR Jerusalem
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Y-Love's sophomore album, This is Babylon comes out on April 29th.
Y-Love's real is Yitzchak Jordon, and I hate to state the obvious, but he is a Jewish hip-hop artist.
My only experience in what I thought was Jewish rap is through Matisyahu who had a break through hit with his "Youth" song... but I have to admit Y-Love's styling tend to lean towards rap & hip-hop vs Matisyahu's more reggae influenced sound.
The songs on This is Babylon varies from modern political views (especially "6000" and "State Of The Nation") to dance numbers ("Keep The Party Divine", "Bring It On Down" and "Bump").
What I found kind of interesting is that in many of these songs, there is an underlying Hebrew influence, with some with a religious undertone. It's not blatant like "you must convert to Judaism", but it's definitely there in the songs.
Besides the grooving dance rap and Yiddish lyrics in the song "Bump", I had to give him credit for mentioning the year 5759... which is Israel's 51 years of independence.
Y-Love is already huge in the Jewish community, but he's breaking out in the US (see USA Today), and very soon he'll be taking it globally with upcoming tour through the Europe.
Pick up his latest album from his record label, Modular Moods, and keep an eye out for this guy.
04/17/2008 08:39:44 vu my♥posts 
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