The 5 Dollar Bill teams up with Sounds Familiar Records to bring you the MBS Tour 2011

Mo’ Betta Soul magazine with Sounds Familiar Records teams up with the 5$ Bill to put together the MBS Tour featuring Preach Jacobs, Fayth Hope, Open Mike Night, Likquid Stylez, Author Penzwell, and more. Below are the scheduled dates with more being added soon.

05/29/11 BB Kings w/ Likwuid Stylez / Slick Rick (New York, NY)

06/03/11 Black Sheep w/ Preach Jacobs/ Open Mike Night / Author Penzwell (Charlotte, NC)

06/04/11 Urban Underground w/ Preach Jacobs / OMN / Dezaray Dawn (Atlanta, GA)

06/13/11 Snug Harbor w/ Preach Jacobs (Charlotte, NC)

06/25/11 Grey Eagle dead prez w/ Preach Jacobs (Asheville, NC)

07/01/11 Fight the Power: Film Series w/ 9th Wonder at CMA (Columbia, SC)

07/09/11 The House w/ Edgar Allen Floe and Cesar Comanche / OMN (Columbia, SC)

07/22/11 The House w/ Artifacts feat. Preach Jacobs (Columbia, SC)

08/23-08/30/11 TBA (South Africa)

09/02/11 Cola Con Convention (Columbia, SC)

09/03/11 TBA (Atlanta, GA)

LiKWUiD’s Dollar Van Demos hits Roc4Life.com

Check out the 5$BILL’er LiKWUiD as she performs her hit single “GO L” for the world famous Dollar Van Demos.

Homeboy Sandman hit MTV-U

Tonight, if you are in the Capital city, you’ll get to see Homeboy Sandman (High Water Music) perform live at The Loft in downtown. In the meantime, check out his newest video “The Essence” on MTVU.com. Please vote for it!

vote for The Essence

5$BILL Presents…The Good Sun: Homeboy Sandman

The next phase of the 5$BILL….the rising of THE GOOD SUN in COLUMBIA, SC. The 5$BILL presents Homeboy Sandman!!!! Also performing live Sound Familiar’s own PREACH JACOBS (REBEL RADIO YALL!), Carolina’s own LIKWUID STYLEZ (2Hungry Bros Records), ECLIPZ from Entourage Studios, AUTHOR PENZWELL featuring OPEN MIKE (The Elements/Sounds Familiar), and MIDI MARC (Angry Chimp Music) as the host! MARK YOUR CALENDARS SEPTEMBER 16, 2010.

A Day At Manifest

Strolling through the isles of one of my favorite places in Columbia, SC right now. So much history in this store…plenty of memories. Just picked up the latest from Likwuid Styles and Bun B. I decided to get the Big Boi album another time. The machine already claimed Sounds Familiar as a victim and we can’t let Manifest become another statistic with all the small chain record stores closing. Support your favorite artist as well as your favorite record stores.

-MIDIMarc

Can’t Win ‘Em All (2 Hungry Bros ft. 8thw1, P.SO & Fresh Daily)

Check out this new video from the production powerhouse 2Hungry Bros…

Click on the pic above from the new video by Nicolas Heller.

“Can’t Win ‘Em All” is one of the single releases from the No Room For Dessert album, which is most amazing! If you haven’t picked up a copy, grab your disc here.

GIRLS ROCK TOO: August Feature-Shilo

The 5$BILL has set an initiative to make the stages of hip hop an equal playing field. With that theme in mind, each month we will feature snippets of interviews from the ladies of ‘Tha Bill. This month, we have two women MaryLiz the Princess and Shilo. The 5$BILL caught up with Shilo earlier this week to see how she was preparing for her 5$BILL debut this Friday at The Loft in Columbia…

LIKWUID (5$BILL): When did you first pick up your instrument?

SHILO: I used to play piano when I was 6…and eventually that stopped. But I have always had an interest in guitars, so I’m about to get into that, as well as taking up the piano again.

LIKWUID (5$BILL): What makes your sound unique?

SHILO: I am lyrical. Unlike most females, I sing,rap,and write. I only sound like ShiLo’ and I’m only compared to the greatest.

LIKWUID (5$BILL): How did you come up with your name?

SHILO: My Aunt May gave me the name ShiLo’ and it stuck….thanks Aunt May

LIKWUID (5$BILL): What are some tips and practices that you use before your get on stage to perform?

SHILO: Breathing, telling jokes, I also do a little dance before I go on stage. *laughs*

LIKWUID (5$BILL): Name your TOP 5! (Artist, records, books, etc…anything that will let me know a little bit about u.)

SHILO: Outkast, Jay-Z, Erykah Badu, Kanye West, and Jill Scott

Catch Shilo this Friday, August 27 at The 5$BILL at The Loft. 9pm. Don’t forget, Girls Rock Too….

The 5$Bill Presents: School Daze! Friday, August 27th at the LOFT!

You really don’t want to miss this! Hot on the tail of a successful return to Columbia, the 5$ Bill presents: School Daze. A little gift from us to all students and an opportunity for us to welcome everyone back to South Cak. 5$ Bill style.

This month features performances from Columbia’s own Shilo, the talented trio Young Fam, and the amazing R&B songstress of the Stupid Dope Moves family, MaryLiz the Princess. We will also witness the undeniable future of hip-hop when the Million Dollar Dreamz. camp presents their two up-and-coming artists RE and warrenJae. Two soon to be hip-hop heavyweights brought to you by this skillful production and management team directed by Sam King.

All and all, sounds like a pretty good night. Oh.. and if you have a valid college ID you get in FREE before 10 PM! Shout out to our sponsors for this month Papa Jazz and the Sumter Smoke Shop. Expect some give aways… See you there!

DayClean’s new video “Morning Comes”

It’s soul…hip hop…blues…and funk all blended into one: DayClean. This video is so elegant…

More on DayClean…
DayClean is a duo out of Columbia, South Carolina, that is comprised of guitarist singer/songwriter Marcus Thomas and cellist Idris Chandler. While our style is a great mixture of sounds, we attribute it to the moods and melodies of Soul, Hip Hop, Folk, and Blues. We find ourselves constantly influenced by Bill Withers, Arrested Development, Tracy Chapman, Yo-Yo Ma, Ben Harper, Al Green, The Fugees, and other unnamed talents that have inspired us to create what we have.

Tightrope (Wondamix) ft. B.o.B and Lupe Fiasco

Janelle Monae….rhyming????

….DOPE!