KILLAQUEENZ 10TH ANNIVERSARY PARTY FEATURING SPECIAL GUESTS JUST BLAZE & DJ SARAH LOVE

Picture the scene… It’s the year 2000 and downtown Sydney is buzzing with ecstatic anticipation in the lead up to the globe’s largest sporting event. A Ugandan and a Belizean lock creative sights upon one another during rehearsals for the opening ceremony of the Sydney Olympics Games. Kween G and Belizean Bombshell were drawn together by a common passion for Hip Hop and a desire for similar destinies.

Then and there they knew it was a road they wanted to share, and the KillaQueenz were born.

Their live performances engage a mix of rhymes, beat boxing, dancing and a raw energy that has titled them the well deserved reputation as the ultimate party rockers.

Their debut album ‘Sistarhood’ showcases hard hitting rhymes over a fusion of Hip Hop, Reggae and Dance music, with their lead single ‘Double Up’ receiving support from across the globe. The album also features production by two of Australia’s most respected producers, Katalyst and M-Phazes, as well as South Rakkas Crew – known for their work with Diplo and Mad Decent. Remixes from the album include work by Yolanda Be Cool & DCUP of ‘We No Speak Americano’ fame.

The KillaQueenz have already performed at some of Australia’s biggest festivals, including Good Vibrations, Parklife, Falls Festival and Groovin’ The Moo. They’ve also supported the likes of Lady Gaga, Public Enemy, Wu-Tang Can, South Rakkas Crew, Tha Alkaholiks, Bone Thugs N Harmony, NASA and Lucky Dube to name a few.

They have a show to be seen and voices to be heard. Come and celebrate with the ladies at this one off event.

FEATURING SPECIAL GUESTS

JUST BLAZE (USA)
Energy, excitement, triumph, thumping bass, pounding drums, street level grit set against soaring melodies with a touch of soul. These are just a few of the elements that you are bound to experience in a Just Blaze production. One of the few producers in hip-hop to remain relatively behind the scenes yet have a flourishing career, Just has been keeping heads nodding, dancefloors rocking, and providing soundscapes for artists to express themselves on for over 13 years and counting.

In the late 1990s, while still learning his craft and working at the studio, a chance encounter with Mase while he was working on his “Harlem World – The Movement” compilation album led to him producing the project’s lead single “I Really Like It”, which went on to sell 500,000 copies. WIth a new inspiration instilled, Just began to push his production work forward and landed records with Killah Priest, Big Pun, Shabam Shadeeq, Mr. Cheeks, and a slew of underground New York artists. As word of “the kid from The Cutting Room with dreads” spread, his grind earned him a meeting with Roc-A-Fella records and later, a spot on Jay-Z’s The Dynasty: Roc La Familia. His production on this album, along with the work of Kanye West earned them both positions as go-to producers at Roc-A-Fella Records for the remainder of the decade. He went on to produce for many of the acts signed to the Roc-A-Fella roster, and in 2001 he was a cornerstone of Jay-Z’s groundbreaking classic album The Blueprint, which is widely regarded as his best work.

In 2002, Just Blaze became a household name for the production of Cam’ron’s summer smash “Oh Boy.” Smith went on to produce for Snoop Dogg, Notorious B.I.G., Usher, Mariah Carey, Kanye West, Christina Aguilera, Janet Jackson, Faith Evans, P. Diddy, Talib Kweli, Busta Rhymes, Jadakiss, Memphis Bleek, Cam’ron, Saigon, Young Gunz, Grafh, Shawnna, Beanie Sigel, The Game, DMX, T.I., Fat Joe, Juelz Santana, Rhymefest, Ghostface Killah, Jin, Fabolous, Freeway, Joe Budden, MF DOOM, Kool G Rap, Rah Digga and many more

In 2003, “Public Service Announcement”, Just’s last minute addition to Jay-Z’s “The Black Album” cemented him as THE man to go to for hard, in your face, classic New York hip-hop that still maintained a mainstream appeal. Sometimes referred to as “The Hip-Hop National Anthem” by Jay himself, it remains the hallmark record from that album to this day. When Jay “retired” later that year, and his run at the famed Baseline Studios was over, Just found himself with the possibility of losing the studio he’d called home for the past 5 years. So he took the lion’s share of what he’d earned over the years and did what he calls “one of the craziest, irresponsible, yet best things I’ve ever done”: he bought it.

At the close of the decade, and after nearly 15 years in the business (when most producers in the urban world have faded away), Just has actually gone on to produce some of the biggest records of his career. T.I.’s “Live Your Life” (featuring Rhianna), which he produced and co-wrote was an inescapable worldwide chart-topper throughout 2009. He immediately followed up with Maino and T-Pain’s “All the Above” (which he also co-wrote and produced) which went on to quickly sell over 1 million copies. He then returned to his underground hip-hop roots and went on to introduce the world to the budding talent of indie artist Jay Electronica, when their “Exhibit C” collaboration took the rap world by storm and quickly hit #10 on the iTunes hip-hop charts. After receiving phone calls and requests for meetings from every label executive imaginable, they’ve decided to stay the indie route and see how far they can take things on their own.

In recent years, Just has returned to his DJ roots, spinning all around the world, while continuing to be highly productive in the studio with various other projects. Amidst al of this, he still manages to hold down a weekly Friday event at Santos Party House, NYC, one of the city’s premier nightlife venues, and has recently completed construction on a new recording studio named Rebel Base, within New York’s Stadium Red Studios facility. While this dizzying workload would daunt the average person, Just shows no signs of stopping anytime soon. As he puts it,

“It’s all in a days work.. I’ll sleep later”

DJ SARAH LOVE (UK)
Sarah Love is without question the most recognised and respected female entertainer on the UK Hip Hop scene since Monie Love.

The Sarah Love brand became mainstream knowledge the world over when she began her weekly BBC Radio 1Xtra broadcasts and on screen presenting for MTV Base. She used these platforms as a vehicle for true Hip Hop with no prejudice to which country it is recorded in, and endeared her a wider audience and opened up opportunities to once again work with old friends and family.

From the Deal Real Records (original Deal Real!!) and Kung Fu era’s of British Hip Hop and further, she opened up a path to work as a sort of special envoy for Hip Hop worldwide and maintains good relationships with the legends and stalwarts of the American scene from Grandmaster Flash to Souls Of Mischief to The Roots.

Many female DJ’s have fallen off or never even got noticed in the “man’s world” that is DJ’ing, but Sarah has a substance and technical ability high above many men on the 1′s and 2′s, and does what she does without having to bark on about “not just being a pretty face”. This is why she’s garnered a respect throughout the worldwide Hip Hop community that has her jet setting around the planet.