On March 30, 2015 the Legendary venue SOB’s in Manhattan flooded with talent from Long Island. The headliner of the show was the controversial R.A. The Rugged Man. The HipHopHeads Trio of Status, Matt Winter and D. Wise had the pleasure of opening up for R.A. for this epic evening of rap. The Long Island-based HipHopHeads, who brought the party along with Alphamale to Amityville Music Hall this past February, had an high action and energy-fueled performance. These guys never fail to deliver and the crowd was wound up and amped for RA after the HipHopHeads performance! Next up was…
Author: Michael Horbatiuk
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On Thursday March 19, 2015, hip hop icons Method Man and Redman put on a concert that 90’s rap fans will never forget. With the crowd screaming chants of Wu-tang! around 1 am, The Emporium Long Island turned back time into the year 1990 with old school hip-hop heads going into frenzy. The Hempstead-born Method Man teased the crowd before coming out, making sure the crowd knew exactly where he hailed from before making the move to Staten Island. Like bolts of lighting, Meth and Red ran out on stage and had a staggering amount of energy, going right into there…
Friday February 27, 2015 – Amityville Music Hall hosted Alphamale’s Album Release Party for his new album All Sides of Alpha. Amityville was invaded by fans of the popular collective HIP HOP HEADS, a group of Long Island based artists coming together with a common goal: To restore the craft and artistry of hip hop music. Every one of the performers was charismatic, had lots of passion and a great stage presence. Performances included HipHopHeads members WLP, Status, The Season, Cide, That Guy Wise, The Villans, Tha kid Jae and the man of thenight Alphamale. Alpha performed a lot of…
Admist a snowy Valentines Day and NBA All Star Weekend 2015, Lil Wayne hosted what Long Island considered a “totally epic” day party that started at 3pm inside The Emporium in Patchogue Long Island. DJs Mello and Smooth were two of the young legends playing both old school and new Lil Wayne Classics – and of course, music from other famous YMCMB artists. Wayne performed (and puffed) onstage with the crew at his side, surrounded by Long Island’s finest fans. Unlike other venues, the crowd was allowd to whip out the camera phones out and take videos depicting the man…
Photographed by Michael Horbatiuk Christmas weekend, Saturday December 20, 2014: Long Island’s own Billy Joel Cover band Big Shot rocked the crowd at Mulcahys Bar and Concert Hall in Wantagh. By 10pm, the place went nuts when Big Shot and Billy Joel fans waiting to hear Big Shot’s celebrated lead singer and pianist Michael Delguidice, who welcomed the crowd. The concert was a full band: Bass player, drummer, guitars, saxophone, chimes – you name the instrument, it was being utilized by these musicians. Big Shot sounded amazing and played some of their own songs, many of which were covers of…
Thursday October 23, 2014 is when G-Unit’s own Tony Yayo and Lloyd Banks touched the stage at the Emporium in Patchogue. After hip hop legend Keith Murray opened the show with an impromtu, old school classic, Tony Yayo started the show at 1:45 am and exploded with hit after hit. About four songs in, fellow G-unit member Banks came out and started taking the fans for a trip down memory lane performing songs from the first G-unit album. Banks also performed a lot of songs off his mixtape series, something only true hip hop heads knew the words to. “Beamer, Benz and…
Photography also by Michael Horbatiuk LIB Magazine just can’t get enough of The Infamous Ones. The months seemed to fly since Havoc and Prodigy performed their Queensbridge concert for NYC Summerstage, but the duo appeared at The Emporium in Long Island on Thursday, September 11 2014. The chanting crowd was teased by the DJ before the two made a grand entrance…. and the crowd went crazy. Opening with a moment of silence for 9/11, Mobb Deep and went right into the classic “Half Way Crooks”. Prodigy and Havoc went on to perform classics from a lengthy career and even treated…