Author: Crossfire

Missy Elliot is to release a collection of her greatest hits on September 4th, entitled Respect ME. From her debut video in 1997 for The Rain, Missy has always tried new things and push boundaries in mainstream rap and she has sold over 10 million copies of her albums worldwide. The tracklisting is:

1. Get Ur Freak On
2. Lose Control
3. 4 My People [Basement Jaxx Remix]
4. We Run This
5. Work It
6. Gossip Folks
7. One Minute Man
8. I’m Really Hot
9. Pass That Dutch
10. Beep Me 911
11. The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)
12. All In My Grill
13. Hit Em Wit Da Hee
14. Hot Boys
15. Sock It To Me
16. She’s A Bitch
17. Teary Eyed

You can check some of her classic videos here:

She’s A Bitch

Windows Media High
Windows Media Low
Real Player High
Real Player Low

Lose Control

Windows Media High
Windows Media Low
Real Player High
Real Player Low

www.missy-elliott.com

Gomez, after having released their 5th studio album this year and playing to big crowds in Australia and the US, have announced an 11 date UK tour for November this year. The support will come from Josh Ritter and the dates are:

November

16th – Whitehaven, Civic Hall
17th – Preston, 53 Degrees
18th – Glasgow, Barrowlands
20th – Oxford, Brooks University
21st – Birmingham, Academy
23rd – London, Hammersmith Apollo
24th – Cambridge, Junction
25th – Keele, University
26th – Brighton, Old Market
28th – Dublin, Ambassador
29th – Belfast, Mandella Hall

www.gomeztheband.com

The DMC World Championships for 2006 are to be held at the Hammersmith Palais on September 10th and 11th. Sunday will see the team event, a b-boy competition, live PAs from Skibadee and DJ Chrissy Chriss and DJ Enferno [2003 US DMC Champ] will showcase the Live Remix Project 2006.

On Monday, you’ll be able to see the individual DMC Championships and former champions Cutmaster Swift, 3 time champion DJ Noize, DJ Kentaro, DJ Dopey, DJ Craze and Plus One.

The competition will have 3 key events: The Battle For World Supremacy, a head-to-head knock out tournament; The Team Event, a team event [2, 3 or 4 members] using up to 8 turntables to battle each other; The Individual Event, the main solo event to crown the 2006 World DMC Champion.

The competition is broken down into three key events: The Battle For World Supremacy, a solo head-to head knock out with rounds leading to the last two DJs standing. The Team Event, which features teams of two, three or four DJ’s using up to 8 turntables to battle each other. And finally – the Individual Event, the main solo event to find and crown the new DMC World DJ Champion.

The event will be hosted by Killa Kela and MC Trip and will also feature live performances and graffiti. Tickets are £15 a day or £25 for both days and can be bought from www.dmcworld.com

New York’s Yeah Yeah Yeahs will release their 3rd single, Cheated Hearts, from the album Show Your Bones on September 4th.

The video accompanying the track will feature footage of fans performing the track themselves, including male impersonators of Karen O!

The single will come in a download bundle with new track Thank You Were Wrong and also on a red, heart shaped 7″ which will include a Peaches remix of the single and a transfer tattoo!

www.yeahyeahyeahs.com

Following 2 performances at the Reading / Leeds Festival, Hope Of The States have confirmed they have split up. The band recently released their second album, Left, the follow up to their debut The Lost Riots. In a statement, the group said:

“We can walk away at this point as friends and be increasingly proud of what we have done. Thank you to everyone for all your support and the incredible times we have shared with our fans and supporters”

www.hopeofthestates.co.uk

Cave In’s Stephen Brodsky will be releasing an album through his side project The Octave Museum. The album will be called, originally enough, Stephen Brodsky’s Octave Museum, and the tracklist is:

“Voice Electric”
“Sentimental Case”
“Kid Defender”
“Prove Myself”
“Bluebell”
“Red Headed Butterflies”
“Kill The Queen”
“Swingin’ In The Sky”
“Spirals In Her Eyes”
“Ploo”

The line up is completed by members of The Electric Bastards and Scissorfight and the record will be released sometime this year through Hydra Head.

www.hydrahead.com