Lyricist Lounge

Lyricist Lounge
Genre	Hip Hop music
Dates	year-round
Location(s)	United States
Years active	1991 - Present
Founders	Danny Castro, Ant Marshall
Website	Official Website coming soon

The Lyricist Lounge is a hip hop showcase of rappers, emcees, DJ's, and Graffiti artists.

It has spawned the album Lyricist Lounge, Volume One, Lyricist Lounge 2 and Lyricist Lounge: West Coast, as well as a television show, The Lyricist Lounge Show.

The Lyricist Lounge was founded in 1991 by hip hop aficionados Danny Castro and Anthony Marshall. It was a series of open mic events hosted in a small studio apartment in the Lower East Side section of New York City.

West Coast Events

Date	City												Venue												Lineup
May 30, 2009	San Francisco, California												MIGHTY, 119 Utah St.												Featuring Pacific Division, U-N-I, and Mickey Factz. Also HOPE, Tiron, Ayomari & J Billion with DJ Ant Marshall, DJ Haylow (D2S) - with a video DJ set, DJ Strategy

East Coast Events

Date	City												Venue												Lineup												Attendance
October, 2007	NYC, New York												Southpaw												Lyricist Lounge & Afro Punk Presents: Kings Of Rock showcase. Performances by M.O.P., Game Rebellion & Lordz Of Brooklyn												500
August, 2007	Brooklyn, New York												Prospect Park												Celebrate Brooklyn event with Performances By KRS-One, Lady Bug Mecca, DJ Scratch and others												8000 (sold out)
May, 2007	NYC, New York												Southpaw												CCarte Blanche Tour with Performances by Slum Village, Phat Cat, Illa J (Jay Dilla's brother) & Blitz the Ambassador												350
February 17, 1998	Las Vegas, Nevada												Club Rio Hotel & Casino												Hosted by Guru of Gangtarr. Sponsored by Rap Pages, Willie Esco, Spiewak and U.B. Tuff Clothing. Notable performances by [[The Roots (artist)| The Roots, Whoriders, M.O.P., Medusa & Bushwick Bill												1200
February 12, 1998	Atlanta, Georgia												Club Kaya												Hosted by Cocoa Brovas. Sponsored by Loud Records, ASCAP. Notable performances by Dead Prez & Cocoa Brovas.												750
January 27, 1998	NYC, New York												Latin Quarter												Hosted by Fat Joe. Sponsored by Mecca Clothing, Stress Magazine, and Relativity Records. Notable Performances by M.O.P, Big Punisher, Hussein Fatal, Eminem, Tony Stanz.												2000
December 16, 1997	NYC, New York												Latin Quarter												Hosted by Lost Boyz. Sponsored by ASCAP, Stress Magazine. Notable performances by Word of Mouth, P-Dap, Jesse West & Nine, Large Professor, Dead Prez, Destruct & Icon.												1500
December 10, 1997	Atlanta, Georgia												Club Kaya												Hosted by Goodie Mob. Sponsored by Rawkus Records. Notable performances by Eternal Reflections, Company Flow, BHA Enterprize, Mass-Influence, Micronaughts, Ghetto All-Stars.												700
August 22, 1997	NYC, New York												El Flamingo												Hosted by Common. Sponsored by Urb, BMI, and Relativity Records. Notable performances by The Beatnuts, Mos Def, Cipher Complete, Royal Flush, and Rah Digga.												875
May 26, 1997	NYC, New York												Tramps												Hosted by Buckshot of the Boot Camp Click. Sponsored by Rawkus Entertainment, Rudeboy Clothing, and Urb Magazine. Notable performances by Survival Sounds, Company Flow, Teflon, Natural Elements, Building Block, Supernatural, Cru, & Mr. Complex.												750
Winter 1991	NYC, New York												45 Orchard St.												Educated Rapper, Da Bush Babees, Moptops, Doug E. Fresh, Jamal Ski												25

September, 2000 Tour

City												Venue												Sponsors												Lineup
16 U.S. Cities																								Sohh.com, Truth.com, Rawkus Records, and ClickRadio.com												Rotating line up of headlining performers include Mos Def, Bernie Worrell (of Parliament/Funkadelic), Slum Village, Bahamadia, Wordsworth, Piakhan, Will Calhoun (of Living Colour) and Dr. Know (of Bad Brains).

November, 1999 Tour

City												Venue												Sponsors												Lineup
13 U.S. Cities																								MP3.COM, Tommy Boy Records, Priority Records, and Famous Artist Booking Agency												Rotating line up of headlining performers include Slick Rick, EPMD, Outsidaz, Royce the 5.9, Planet Asia and others

September, 1998 Tour

City												Venue												Sponsors												Lineup
11 U.S. Cities												House of Blues (LA/Chicago), The Tunnel (NY), Cameo Theater (Miami), Maritime Hall (SF) and Electric Factory (PA).												EXSTO XXIV VII clothing, Blaze Magazine, 550 Music/Sony, Relativity Records, Loud Records, Rawkus Records, Tommy Boy/Black Label Records, and Open Mic Records.												Rotating line up of headlining performers include Slick Rick, Black Star, Big Pun, KRS-One, De La Soul, Kid Capri, The Roots, Common, The Last Emperor, Defari, Dead Prez and future superstars Eminem and 50 Cent

External links

• MIGHTY CLUB - Official Website