Fly Music: Converse's "All Summer"

Sneakers, Kid Cudi, Bethany Cosentino and Rostam Batmanglij in one song and one apartment. Can I visit?

Fly Event: Mickey Factz X Santo's Party House April 1st!

Who: Mickey Factz, dope Bronx-born MC, who rhymes boast both swagger and intellect.

What: Mickey's celebrating the release of his mixtape, Alpha.

When: Tomorrow, April 1, 7pm-11pm. Tickets are $10 and are available on ticketfly.com

Where: Santo's Party House, 96 Lafayette Street, New York City

Why: Because good music does exist.

Via GFCNY.com

Fly Music: How to Make It in America Mixtape

I am so excited about this new show premiering on HBO this Sunday, February 14,2010, How To Make It In America. Produced by the same folks of Entourage, How To Make It In America has the same swag of Entourage, the sexiness of Sex and the City and a dope soundtrack.

It’s a story of a diverse group of young friends, hustling and trying to make a dollar out of fifteen cents. Oh, and Kid Cudi is apart of the cast. It’s must watch TV.

How To Make It In America, comes on HBO, Sundays at 10pm.

Check out the mixtape, which is just as dope as the show. The mixtape features Lupe Fisaco, Kenna, Kid Cudi, Florence & The Machine, Styles P and Jadakiss.


Kid Cudi, DJ Green Lantern & Broke Mogul present How to Make it in America The Mixtape! Download the entire Mixtape here.

Fly Music: Raheem DeVaughn – Mr. February X March Madness

Radio Raheem is set to release his third album, In Love & Masterpiece on March 2nd. To hold his fans over, he just dropped a mixtape entitled, Mr. February X March Madness. It's uber dope. Download and get familiar.

DOWNLOAD: Raheem DeVaughn – Mr. February X March Madness

Fly Event: Candace Coles Live in NYC 11.18.09

My NYC fly girls are in for a treat! New breakout star, Candace Coles will perform on November 18th at Billie's Black in Harlem.

I first learned of Candace Coles last summer at a Jessie Boykins III concert in Washington, DC. As Jessie Boykins’ opening act, Candace tore down the house. Her voice is amazing and she is a great performer. As always, I’m a fan of real artistry and Candace Coles is the true definition of such.

Peep the flyer for more information and check out her music here.

Fly Event: Fertile Ground LIVE! With special guest Floetry's Natalie "The FLOACIST" Stewart- Saturday September 19th @ 8pm

Aaron J of Triple Star DC promises to bring affordable soul to the east-of-the river.

Tomorrow, at the THEARC, jazz ensemble Fertile Ground showcases their mellow grooves. Along with Natalie "Floacist" Stewart, formerly of London-based duo Floetry joining Fertile Ground on stage.

Tickets range from $ 20 to $ 24 bucks, making this is a recession friendly event, how soulful is that?

Doors open at 7:00pm, show starts at 8:00pm

Click here to purchase tickets: http://www.triplestardc.com/

The Arc Theater is located at
1901 Mississippi Ave SE Washington DC 20020

Fly Event: Gypsy Soul Celebrates its One -Year- Anniversary with an Ear Candy Event

Only one-year- young, Gypsy Soul has become the premier entertainment guru of Baltimore and D.C. Gypsy Soul brings some of the most amazing artists to the D.M.V. area and tomorrow, Gypsy Soul is celebrating one year of good music with Green Tea, Alison Carney, W. Ellington Felton & Kentavius Jones.

Every month, Gypsy Soul & Media Minds present Ear Candy, a listening party with a simplistically sultry atmosphere that encourages the digestion of good music, good food and good conversation. Ear Candy allows fans to experience rare moments as they get to know the artists they love while introducing new comers to artists they are sure to fall in love with.

Ear Candy is always full of prizes & surprises!

**Free mini makeovers provided by Mary Kay **Kid Cudi give-aways from Universal Motown **Live visual art with Demont Peekaso **Plenty of prizes to win!!!


Who: Gypsy Soul turns one and celebrates with a live music event.

What: A sexy listening party that connects the artist to the fans.

When: September 10, 2009.

Where: Teavolve 1401 Aliceanna St*Harbor East*Baltimore, MD 21231.

Why: Because good music still lives!

Fly Music: Slum Village's 'Cloud 9' featuring Marsha Ambrosius

Summer has received some soul. Slum Village is back! ‘Cloud 9’ is from their forthcoming LP, Villa Manifesto.

This single not only deserves a listen but a place on your MP3 player. Click to listen:

Fly Event: Dekka Trunk Show @ Dekka Boutique

Join Dekka for their Third Thursday Trunk show. Hang with designers and artists, drink, eat, enjoy special discount shopping, music and vibe!

Event Information:
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Every 3rd Thursday

Time
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
All Ages
Cover: FREE

Venue Information:

DEKKA Boutique

1338 U Street NW
Washington, DC

Fly Event: Sneaker Pimps DC - featuring The Clipse and Wale

The world's largest sneaker show is hitting DC with a live performance by The Clipse, Wale and local artists.

Event Information:

Date: Saturday, July 18, 2009

Time: 8:00 PM - 2:00 AM

Age: 18+

Cover: $15.00 persale $20 on the door

Purchase tickets here: http://www.inticketing.com/events/42103

Fly Event: Redeem's Third Thursday Artist Showcase

Boutique Reedem (1734 14th St NW) is hosting a hot music, fashion and art event this Thursday, July 16, 2009.

Redeem welcomes local DC artist, J. Coleman and Brooklyn's Object in their third installment of their art/music series. J. Coleman who is responsible for Redeem's in-store murals, and more recently the large wall works at neighboring restaurant Eatonville, will be showing 13 new original paintings alongside an acoustic set by the New York duo, Object.

Come out, support the arts, and shop some fantastic summer fashion.

WHEN: Third Thursday, July 16
TIME: 6PM to 8:30PM
WHERE: Redeem, 1734 14th St NW

Fly Event: Teedra Moses- Saturday, July 25th

Teedra Moses is coming back to D.C.! For my fly girls who keep missing Ms. Moses ever time she comes to the DMV, here is your chance to catch her live.

TRIPLE STAR SOUND STAGE
presents
TEEDRA MOSES

Featuring: Dominque Young (Making the Band)
Hosted By: Micheline Bowman (Fox 5)

SATURDAY JULY 25TH-8PM

TICKETS ON SALE NOW!

Orchestra Seating - $20
Premium/Box Seating - $24


Event Information:
Saturday, July 25, 2009
8:00 PM - 11:00 PM

All Ages

Cover: $20.00 $20 Orchestra Seating; $24 Premium/Box Seating

Music: Neo-Soul

Venue Information:
The Arc
1901 Mississippi Avenue SE
Washington, DC 20020


Tickets are available here: http://www.triplestardc.com/

In April, I had the chance to interview Teedra, click here to see how Teedra stays sucka free, gets money and lives fly.

Fly Event: Little Dragon & Aphrodizia by Yoko K (7/19 Next Sunday night)

Grab tickets here: http://littledragondc.eventbrite.com/

Fly Music: Acoustic Version of Jeremih’s ‘Birthday Sex’

I’m hearing a lot of hate on the new artist, Jeremih. I listened to a lot of new music from this young crooner, and I think the kid’s dope. If, you’ve doubted Jeremih and believe he’s a one-hit-wonder. Check out his video for Raw Session, where he acoustically performs, ‘Birthday Sex.’ His voice is lovely.

Click to listen:

THE FLY GIRL GUIDE CAMP LO GIVEAWAY!

Camp Lo! Tonight at LIV on U Street!

The Fly Girl Guide has teamed up with Gypsy Soul and LIV, and we’re giving 2 FGG readers a ticket to see Camp Lo perform live at LIV TONIGHT! Doors open at 8:30pm

HOW TO ENTER:

oOpen to all FGG readers. Send your first and last name to theflygirlguide@gmail.com from a VAILD e-mail address.

oWinners will only be contacted via e-mail. In the subject–write CAMP LO. Winners will then be announced TODAY at 3:30pm, right here on TheFlyGirlGuide.com. 1 entry per person.

Good luck Fly Girls!

THE FLY GIRL GUIDE GIVEAWAY!

Are you Res fan? Philly breed, Rock & R&B singer, Res will perform at LIV on U. Street, next Thursday, April 23, 2009.

The Fly Girl Guide has teamed up with Gypsy Soul and LIV, and we’re giving 1 (one) Fly Girl Guide reader 2 (two) tickets to see Res perform live at LIV.

HOW TO ENTER:

o Open to all FGG readers. Send your first and last name to theflygirlguide@gmail.com from a VAILD e-mail address.

o The winner will only be contacted via e-mail. In the subject–write RES. The winner will then be announced next Wed, on April 22nd, right here on TheFlyGirlGuide.com. 1 entry per person.

Good luck Fly Girls!

Artist Spotlight: Teedra Moses

Teedra Moses is fresh. Even with a debut album that came out five years ago with one video to match, this feisty New Orleans breed singer brings a crowd. A huge crowd, like the kind that came to see her at LIV on U Street last Thursday.

Maybe it’s the relatable lyrics that draws the crowd, because with the troubled economy, stress from school, family problems, tons of bills, how real are Teedra Moses’ Complex Simplicity lyrics? Or if you’re searching for love, think you found love in a booty call, doesn’t Teedra express the same feelings in, ‘Take Me’ or ‘Backstroke?’ Her songs strike a chord with everyone who faces everyday struggles.

Having the chance to sit down and speak with Teedra, one can automatically see that her songs come from extremely real situations because she is real. No sugarcoating, just open honest, frankness when speaking about her situations with her label, her cheating ex-boyfriend, and the death of her parents. All circumstances that have all shaped Teedra into the super confident, comfortable in my own skin, female that she is today.

Teedra Moses on why she is label- less:

Teedra: “TVT went bankrupt and I’m no longer with TVT records, I appreciate them a lot for getting my music out to the world, but I couldn’t go further with them and there was no way for me to get rid of them, so God did me a favor, and they went bankrupt.”

“So now, I’ m without a deal. I just released, at the end of 2008, in December, a new mix tape called, Lion Hearted with all original music on there. We just finished shooting pictures for the new album the, Young Lioness and we’re going out to shop it, starting next month. We're shopping it as a complete package because basically, I don’t want to change anything, I want them to take it the way it is or not. I’m hoping someone will take it the way it is, if not, then I’ll find some way to put it out myself.”

Teedra on why she has turned down record labels:

Teedra: “People have approached me, I just don’t go into any situation unprepared. I’m a person that doesn’t like people to tell me nothing. I’m not closed-minded, I am open to hearing what people have to say, but when I'm adamant about something and when it comes to my music, I like to be as clear as possible on it. So, when someone else comes to me saying, ‘well maybe you should try this’ or ‘maybe you should change this up, we don’t like it that way.’ I can say, ‘you know what sweetie, I like it this way, I’m good.”

“I don’t have a deal because I don’t think that labels are concerned with putting out good music per say; they are just concerned with that black and white. How many albums did your last album sell? Luckily for me, I can show you black and white, with MySpace and the previous album that still sells on iTunes and the sale of the new mix tape, Lion Hearted, which is selling really well and it’s just a word of mouth thing. “

“I don’t even know if a label is the place I’m supposed to go to because I’m so about the movement. And the movement right now is not a label. We don’t need them, they need us really bad, and they don’t understand whom they need. They need longevity artists really bad.”


Teedra on blogs:

Teedra: “MySpace is one entity, then you have the people who blog about you and you have no idea that they are blogging about you. I don’t even have a clue about how many people have blogged about the, Lion Hearted, I just keep getting these floods of orders that I can’t fill because so many people are buying. I’m grateful, I’m so grateful for the Internet because I think it’s so positive for artists who are in the same position like myself.”


Teedra on her writing process:

Teedra: “I definitely get the music first and just start freestyling a melody. Then when I lock in a melody, I lock it in my head, and I loop the melody in my head and I come up with words. Sometimes, I write them down and sometimes, I don’t.”

Teedra on life and how she made my favorite track, ‘Put It In the Wind’:

Teedra: “I take to the track, I just kinda married my vocals and my melodies. When I heard, ‘Put It In The Wind,’ I don’t toot horns but I had $15,000 worth of bills due every month and it was a lot. It was really heavy on me, I kept telling myself, ‘this ain’t shit girl, this is all material shit, let this shit fall apart if you have too, put this shit in the wind if you have to. Blow one and put it in the wind.”

“That’s kinda my take on life. Don’t let life weigh you down. This is supposed to be a beautiful experience, when you die, you’re supposed to say, ‘I did that.’ And if you stay caught up with and consumed with pressure, you’re going to blow. And that’s what, ‘Put It In The Wind,’ was about and I know I wasn’t the only one going thru what I was going thru. And I know I’m still not the only one who finds peace in that song, cause its something that everyone goes thru.You know, I got all these bills but I can’t pay you, sorry, whatever."

“ I’m not saying being irresponsible, but don’t let being a grown up take away your youth. You’re only old when you replace your dreams and goals with regrets. I don’t regret nothing, and I don’t think I ever will because that’s just how I live my life, you don’t cry over spilled milk, what am I going to do? Try to lick it up off the ground?”

“It’s done. If I can’t handle it, then I admit to myself, ‘I can’t handle it’ and I give it to God. I try to give him the praise and I try to give him the burden, that way, I don’t really have to deal with nothing.”

Teedra on Rihanna and being on the underground music scene:

Teedra: “I compete with Teedra. People have come up to me saying, ‘don’t you get upset with an artist like Rihanna being huge?’ Firstly, I’m not a music snob. I like Rihanna. ‘Disturbia’ is my shit. Why you frontin’on Rihanna? I like everything for what it is and maybe you don’t like it but someone likes it because people are buying it. If this is my role and if this is my position to be on the underground, then I’ll stay here and smash this shit forever. I don’t have to be as huge as Rihanna, if this is what God has for me. I’m not that kind of person; I don’t look at life like that. I appreciate everything that everybody does for what it is. Soulja Boy, 'wake up in the morning, turn my swag on,' I like that song. Why can’t I? Just because I make soul music? Why can’t I like rock music? I’m not a music snob, I like everything for what is it.”

Teedra on being confident:

Teedra: “My mother died, and I learned that you have to live. And then my father died, like two or three years after that. My mother was my world; I just figured that you have to live because life is short. They are going to put on my tombstone, ‘she did that.’ I’m not going give my life to drama or competition, I love me, and I think I’m fresh. That’s all that matters to me. I’m a Sagittarius, I’m an artist, I’m seriously an artist, I live in my own world, sometimes its kinda messed up for others because I really live in my own world. Sometimes, I can go a whole month, without hearing anybody else’s music but my own. That’s just how I am.”

Teedra on Chocolate City and Charm City:

Teedra: “ I love D.C., D.C. is filled with music lovers. I love how the people in D.C. just want to feel the music. It’s not about what’s being beat over their head on the radio, or BET or MTV. They just want to feel the music. You can tell, any place that is based off of GO-GO, it’s about the feeling, and making your soul move. I love D.C. and you know its Chocolate City.

“What I have to say about Baltimore is that Baltimore is the realest city. 100%. Realest people in America, I’m serious. I’m from New Orleans and, I think Baltimore has New Orleans beat.”

Teedra on Sasha Fierce:

Teedra: “My lifestyle is so funny, I go out here and do all of this and I’m 'Teedra Moses the soul singer.' And then I go home and I’m mommy to my twin boys, I’m getting up and I’m exercising for an hour every morning. Then I’m running errands, making dinner and going to the studio and that’s my life. Teedra Moses is the same person; there is no Sasha Fierce. There is the “Young Lioness” and that’s just the ego booster, that might be my Sasha Fierce.

Teedra Moses on what makes a girl fly:

Teedra: “Confidence, security, doing you and doing no one else. Others can inspire you, but you should never emulate them. You should always do you. That’s what makes a girl fly.”

With hopes of securing a new record deal, Teedra is confident that her new album, Young Lioness, will hit the shelves this summer. In the mean time, hit up Teedra’s MySpace to order a copy of her latest mix tape, Lion Hearted.
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Thanks to Gypsy Soul and Liv for allowing me the opportunity to interview Teedra Moses.

Ciara's 'Kiss My Swag'

All blogs are going crazy over this new Ciara, some are saying she just can’t get a break with her new style and sound for her album, Fantasy Ride. NecoleBitchie.com, wrote a post yesterday about Ciara being objectified in her new Justin Timberlake featured video, ‘Love Sex Magic.’

Do I think the video is doing the most? I sure do. Ciara, if you’re a dancer, dance, no need to hump the air, the floor and the pole. That’s what strippers do. Do I have a problem with Justin Timberlake pulling her on a chain? I sure do. It’s your video, pull him on a chain and please stop letting Justin Timberlake grope all our Black female stars.

Overall, I think the song is lame, which makes it even worse for the video.

And this song, ‘Kiss My Swag’ is lame as well but I made a post for those fly girls who like Ciara. I just miss the ‘Crunk and B’ CiCi who kept her goodies in a jar.

Have a listen:

I think I like Keri Hilson's swag a lot better.

Fly Events: Asher Roth Listening Party at Commonwealth

Asher Roth’s Alseep in the Bread Aisle hits stores on April 21, 2009, but if you’re on the fence about him, Commonwealth is hosting a listening party tonight to preview the album.

Dope music and free alcohol, sounds like great fun to me!

Be sure to arrive early!

Fly Music: Marques Houston’s ‘I Love Her’ featuring Jim Jones

Batman/Roger is back! You can check out his official new single below! It's from his upcoming album, Mr. Houston in stores June 23.