"I'm not a rapper, I'm a poet with a hip-hop style"
Washington DC – 3/9/10 – Bomani Armah, infamous for his BET video "Read a Book" is announcing the pre-release version of his "New Classic" Mixtape.  Download these tracks now, and make sure to come to his performance at this years SXSW festival to get one of only 200 physical copies of the finished mixtape.
Bomani on 106thMarch 16th Bomani will be performing with DJ D'Salaam at the historic Victory Grill with King Solo, Dred Skott and southern hip-hop legends 8Ball & MJG.
March 20th Bomani will be performing with the hip-hop band The 5 one at Opal Divine Freehouse with Paul Benjaman Band, Moreland & Arbuckle , John Forté, Dexter Freebish, and T Bird and the Breaks.
Come to either of these shows to pick up one of the only 200 copies of the cd mixed by DJ RBI. The entire mixtape will be available to download on March 16th at www.NotARapper.com.
"New Classic" Mixtape
Do you remember why you love hip-hop? For Bomani, it was the uncanny ability of your favorite artists to take what they have and turn it into what they want. Trying to recapture that feeling, he had one of his favorite Dj's (DJ RBI) send him classic break beats during fall of '09. Whatever RBI emailed him, from James Browns unforgettable "Funky Drummer" to Melvin Bliss' often flipped "Synthetic Substitution", he would cut up and re-imagine, using the some of the original songs words as the hook.  This sparked what would become the "New Classic" mixtape, some of your favorite classic break beats, reworked and re-imagined by Mr. Read a Book.  Keep an eye for viral videos featuring the tracks from this project, including the incendiary "Talkin' 'Bout Change" featuring a crazy Parliament sample.
Contact:
Bomani Armah
notarapper.com
