Melbourne Beats

Hip hop extraordinaire Pharoahe Monch is returning to Australia this November to showcase his new album W.A.R. (We Are Renegades). Last here for the Meredith Music Festival in 2009, Monch floored fans with his formidable live show, and this time around is guaranteed to be no different. The tour not ...

2LIVECREW_tix.jpg No rap group has stirred more controversy or provoked more heated debate than the 2 Live Crew. The furor over the graphic sexual content of their X-rated party rhymes -- specifically their 1989 album As Nasty as They Wanna Be -- was a major catalyst in making rap music a flash poi...

PEACE MUSIC PRESENTS SOUTH RAKKAS CREW (MAD DECENT) FEAT MC SEROCEE THE STIMULUS PACKAGE TOUR Following a string of massively successful Australian festival tour dates in 2009, Canadian dancehall futurists SOUTH RAKKAS CREW will be stimulating dancefloors across Australia & New Zealand this Sept...

like last time? there's never been a stabbing here in the 6.5yrs Ive been working here

If skills sold, Talib Kweli would have been one of the most commercially successful rappers of his time. Alongside Blacksmith label mate Jean grae this will be one of the most amazing hip hop gigs of 2010

April 17 Espy Hotel
Tix $35 + bf
theespy.oztix.com.au

Knowledge Touring Proudly Presents direct from the USA; Dilated Peoples Touring Australia for the First Time! One of global hip hop’s most enduring and ground breaking cultural forces, Hip Hop pioneers Dilated Peoples are set to touch down on Australian soil for the very first time. As hip-hop cultu...

Dj Cashmoney & Dj Scratch battle set an encore performance from their amazing methodman/redman support! come and see some of the best dj's in the world battle it out on the espy front bar stage and all for free ! Dj Cash Money is an oft-cited influence among DJs, Philadelphia's Dj Cash Money (bo...

THE ESPY AND KISS FM PRESENT NORMAN JAY, DANIELLE (CRAZY P), ANDY & JAYMO, SAMPOLOGY AND MORE He is arguably one of the finest and most respected deejays in the world today whose talents and many years of dedicated service to his profession have now seen him rightfully acknowledged by the highes...

METHOD MAN & REDMAN 1.00 - 2.15am DJ CASH MONEY 11.30 - 1.00am MANTRA 11.00 - 11.30pm DJ RECTANGLE 10.00 - 11.00pm MARK 563 9.00 - 10.00pm DJ PREQUEL 8.00 - 9.00pm DJ YODA 12.45 - 2.15am DJ SCRATCH 11.15 - 12.45am DIAFRIX 10.30 - 11.00pm SAMPOLOGY 9.30 - 10.30pm ONE SIXTH 9.00 - 9.30pm SCARLETT ...

visa's approved flights booked and they on their way!

METHOD MAN & REDMAN AT THE ESPY With tickets selling fast to New Year's Day, The Espy folk are pleased to announce that METHOD MAN from Wu Tang Clan and his partner in rhyme REDMAN will playing a second and final show - January 2nd 2010. Both of these bad boys will be making only their second ap...

M.O.P. - Foundation Tour Australia 2009 Melbourne- Saturday Nov 28th @ The Espy M.O.P., short for Mash Out Posse, is one of the most highly acclaimed underground hip hop acts of all time. The Brownsville Brooklyn based duo, comprised of Billy Danze and Lil' Fame, is known for their aggressive delive...

Method Man & Red Man Dj Cash Money Dj Scratch (Epmd) Dj Yoda Jan 1st 2010 The Espy's enormous New Year's celebrations are getting bigger with the announcement METHOD MAN from Wu Tang Clan, alongside his long time partner in rhyme, weed and grime REDMAN. Both of these bad boys will be making only...

12.00-2.00 RAHZEL & JS-1
11.15-12.00 TUMI
10.15-11.00 TOURETTES
9.30-10.00 SCARLETT CITY
8.30-9.30 DJ MAFIA


here's for the times for the people who care to come and not bitch on and on about things. I've had really bad times at your venue too! but I don't go on and on about it.

Tumi (south africa) added to this already amazing international line up!

PQM (USA) From Brooklyn and Dj Mugen added to the line up! yeah

Bob Marley and the Wailers have sold more than 250 million albums over the past 40 years and it has been his band that has helped create this international success. Now many of Marley’s legendary musicians, together with other renowned reggae sessionmen, have now reformed under the title of The Orig...

DJ SPOOKY (USA) DJ Spooky’s “The Secret Song” – Live in Concert DJ Spooky’s live performance of “The Secret Song” takes off where his new CD and DVD release of the same name leaves off. The show will feature a live video mix made from stock exchange transactions, carbon footprint data in real time, ...

CHALI 2NA LIVE (Jurassic 5) http://www.myspace.com/chali2na Bearing an identifiably deep baritone voice, Chali 2na (born Charles Stewart, Jr.) became the unofficial point man for West Coast hip hop legends Jurassic 5. Originally from southside Chicago, Chali first gained an interest in graffiti writ...

RAHZEL (THE ROOTS) & JS-1 (ROCKSTEADY CREW) (USA) When it comes to RAHZEL, there is not much that needs to be explained. RAHZEL is the world's most known and most talented human-beatbox / vocal percussionist. From his days of touring with the legendary ROOTS from Philadelphia, to his 10 years of...

QBERT and MC SUPERNATURAL(Freestyle Battle Set) http://www.myspace.com/djqbert http://www.myspace.com/mcsupernatural Qbert and MC Supernatural are the undisputed kings of elemental hip hop. Qbert’s involvement in seminal DMC team champions the Invisbl Sqratch Piklz positioned him as the world’s most...

NAS To Play All Australian Shows With A 7 Piece Live Band Featuring some of the biggest acts in hip hop today, the Inaugural National Australian ‘low:fi’ Tour was recently announced, and its huge. In his first ever headline tour of Australia, first Victorian news was that NAS, one of the undisputed ...

london electricity will be in The Gershwin Room
with supports DJ Dust, Joe Seven, Keir
Tickets $22 + bf

Same night in the Front Bar
Scatterblog presents ....
Dj Sega, Slap n Dash, Paz, Lewis Cancut & Mat Can't