The “official” list for Lollapalooza 2010 leaked this evening, and it’s looking pretty ass for the music I hold near and dear to my heart. Yes, I know this isn’t a “hip hop” festival, per se, but in years passed they’ve at least had a handful of dope hip-hop acts, including Chicago talent. Heck, I remember two years ago, there was so much dope hip-hop, I couldn’t even take in all that I wanted to see. Lupe, Kanye, The Cool Kids, Rhymefest. This year? Not so much. Slowly but surely we’re going to be wiped off the Lolla map all together. Screw you guys, I’m going to Bonnaroo.
Maybe I’ll just skip Lolla and only the hit the parties at the Hard Rock Hotel. It’s more fun there anyway.
via Greg Kot
Diversity is lacking. The only hip-hop acts are Cypress Hill, B.o.B. and Peanut Butter Wolf. Only a handful of artists boast Chicago pedigrees (Staples, Felix da Housecat, Flosstradamus, the Ike Reilly Assassination), though Chicago chef Graham Elliot Bowles has been enlisted to curate the festival eateries.
Here’s the list:
Soundgarden, Green Day, Lady Gaga, Arcade Fire, the Strokes, Phoenix, Social Distortion, MGMT, Jimmy Cliff, Hot Chip, the Black Keys, the National, Spoon, Devo, Cypress Hill, Cut Copy, the New Pornographers, Erykah Badu, Slightly Stoopid, Grizzly Bear, Gogol Bordello, Chromeo, Wolfmother, Yeasayer, X Japan, MUTEMATH, Metric, Dirty Projectors, AFI, Mavis Staples, Matt & Kim, the xx, Drive-By Truckers, Blues Traveler.
Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, the Temper Trap, Jamie Lidell, Frightened Rabbit, F Buttons, Deer Tick, Blitzen Trapper, Stars, Raphael Saadiq, the Cribs, Minus the Bear, Switchfoot, the Walkmen, Mumford & Sons, Wild Beasts, Rogue Wave, Los Amigos Invisibles, the Big Pink, the Dodos, Hockey, Cymbals Eat Guitars, B.o.B, Dawes, Warpaint, the Antlers, the Soft Pack, Rebelution, Balkan Beat Box.
Wavves, American Bang, the Ike Reilly Assassination, Company of Thieves, Nneka, Harlem, the Constellations, Miniature Tigers, Mimicking Birds, the Kissaway Trail, HEALTH, Javelin, the Morning Benders, Foxy Shazam, Violent Soho, Royal Bangs, NEON TREES, Freelance Whales, Semi Precious Weapons, Dan Black, The Band of Heathens, Dragonette, My Dear Disco, Shawn Fisher, Neon Hitch, Skybox, The Ettes, Jukebox the Ghost, These United States, MyNameIsJohnMichael.
Perry’s DJ stage lineup:
2ManyDJs, Empire of the Sun, Digitalism, Perry Farrell, Tiga, Felix da Housecat, Rusko, Erol Alkan, Kaskade, Flosstradamus, Wolfgang Gartner, Joachim Garraud, Mexican Institute of Sound, Caspa, Peanut Butter Wolf, Dirty South, NERVO, Cut Copy (DJ Set), Beats Antique, Steve Porter, Didi Gutman of Brazilian Girls, Ancient Astronauts, Ana Sia, Team Bayside High, Dani Deahl, FreeSol, DJ Mel, BBU Vonnegutt, Only Children, Lance Herbstrong.
damn this is a shitty year for hip hop at least the acts that are here are actually pretty good. and they got some pretty good bands too so it wont be that bad in total
BBU is on the perry stage as well
Hip hop is dying — the mainstream is losing interest due to the lack of innovation. There hasn't been anything new in hip hop in ages, nothing to get anyone excited. Judging by what I see on here, it's not getting any better. Same old shit. Who cares? The old school locals still breathing (G4, Molemen, etc) are irrelevant and outdated. They are dinosaurs on the verge of extinction. Boring. The new cats just follow the trends. Believe me, if there was innovation coming out of Chicago, these festivals would be all over it. Chicago does not deserve to be included. Shit, hip hop does not deserve to be included.
i gotta disagree. erykah badu and raphael saddiq alone will make it worthwhile. b.o.b. is dope too. granted it won't be overflowing with hiphop this year, but the quality of representation is through the roof
we will be doing the 2010 chicago hiphop palooza
soon! let me know wich acts you guys would like to see thanx
-dawreck
^ DEFINITELY get Kids These Days, BBU, Mic Terror, Rockie Fresh, and YP!
to the nigga saying hip hop is dead…shut the fuck and eat a dick stupid nigga. hip hop is far from dead u just one of those niggas that refuses to listen to anything because ur like a stubborn bitch. nigga hip hop is worldwide theres thpusands of emcees making dope innovative original music that u wont look for or listen to. what can i say its ur lose, continue to complain and live in the past while i listen to all sorts of fresh shit
^lol damn i didnt even realize i sounded that mad, i guess to sum shit up is that instead of complaining about hip hop go out and find the good shit that theres plenty of. but hey whatever ur lose like i said
Yeah, I saw the list and was pretty disappointed…so sucks
@dawreck, great…would love to see folks like Pugs Atomz, The Primeridian, Kidz In The Hall…solid local talent.
My cousin recommended this blog and she was totally right keep up the fantastic work!
im going…..my big cousin Felix Da Housecat performing….. he taught me…
tye