Thursday, March 9th - PRINCE vs. MICHAEL
with dj's Dave Paul, Jeff Harris and special guests

ROCKIT ROOM
406 Clement Street between 5th and 6th Ave
San Francisco, CA 94118

party starts at 9pm / $5 cover / 21+ with ID

Prince and associated artists go toe-to-toe on the dance floor against Michael and the Jackson family during this ultimate dance party! The face-off always promises to be a dance marathon - "Musicology" takes a swing at "PYT (Pretty Young Thing)," only to be pounded by "Wanna Be Starting Somethin," which had better watch it's back when "Kiss" comes around.

This event was conceived four years by Bomb Hip-Hop who have successfully produced many of these parties in San Francisco and even one in Bend (Oregon) last year. "As a concept for a DJ battle, Prince vs. Michael is brilliant," writes SF Weekly's Hiya Swanhuyser. Deejays Dave Paul and Jeff Harris mix album cuts, remixes, rare tracks and classics from their extensive record collections to battle it out on the turntables. Featuring music from Prince, Michael, The Time, The Jackson 5, Sheila E., Janet Jackson, Vanity 6 and many more. Who will win, The Purple One or the King of Pop? Who cares... this is the perfect night out to lounge with your friends, make some new friends, get your drink on and dance your @ss off.

view photos from the 3/26/05 show at
http://www.bombhiphop.com/bend.html

view photos from the 3/10/05 show at
http://www.bombhiphop.com/round6.html

view photos from the 1/6/05 show at
http://www.bombhiphop.com/round5.html

view photos from the 4/10/04 show at
http://www.bombhiphop.com/round4.html

DJ DAVE PAUL
Celebrating 20 years as a deejay Bomb Hip-Hop’s ceo Dave Paul began his hip-hop career in 1985 as a mobile dj and then evolved into a prominent college radio dj & club dj in San Francisco. In 1991 Dave Paul launched the now legendary company Bomb Hip-Hop. He has been featured in URB, CMJ, XLR8R, appeared on the front cover of Billboard, and is featured in the movie SCRATCH. With the b-boy’s revenge and the DJ’s return, the one man army of Dave Paul is a true hero of the global independent scene, having unleashed upon the world the pioneering Return of the DJ series as well as a slew of international artists and producers. All with one thing in common - the true ethics of b-boyism. With an emphasis on the four elements of the hip-hop Dave Paul has created the archetypal independent company, encompassing everything from management to a mail order catalog, concert promotion to magazine, merchandise to a record label.

DJ JEFF HARRIS
Beginning his professional music career while still in high school in 1985 Jeff Harris established himself as one of the top DJ's in Northern California. First with the prominent mobile music company Good Vibrations, remaining with the organization until 1990. While attending college Jeff became the Music Director of influential college station KCSF, helping to establish the CHR-urban/Hip Hop radio format that would be adapted by P-1 radio giant KMEL to which Jeff Harris served as a consultant to the programmers during the early 90's. From radio, Jeff crossed over into the record business in 1991 working for major label Polygram Group Distribution, followed by marketing & promotion stints for Allegro Corporation and Innovative Distribution Network. Through it all, Jeff's deep passion for music has never wavered, as he has continued his career as a club deejay and contributing writer for Dave Paul's Bomb Hip Hop Magazine since its inception in 1991. Mr. Harris is also a well known and respected music historian within the Bay Area music community.

Over the last 15 years Bomb Hip-Hop's influence and contribution to the promotion of the four elements of hip-hop (dj, mc, breaking, graffiti) is undeniable. Bomb has evolved since it's humble beginnings in 1991 as a hip-hop publication to "one of the fifteen independent labels that matter" according to Rolling Stone. Bomb’s Return of the DJ series was ranked by Spin Magazine as #25 in their “The 90 Greatest Albums of the 90’s”. Having been credited with the revival of the D.J. as an artist in their own right for the Return of the DJ series, featured in the movie Scratch playing on the Sundance channel and available on DVD, the label is also known for spotlighting Hip Hop from around the world.

Bomb Hip-Hop has produced various Bay Area concerts and club nights from the early 90's to the present including the legendary sold out "Bomb" parties at the DNA from '92-'95, the 2003 "Bomb Hip-Hop Tour" in Europe as well as the "Return of the DJ" and the "DJ's & MC's" tours in 2004. Some of the cutting edge hip-hop artists that have performed at Bomb events include; Kool Keith, Aceyalone, Invisibl Skratch Picklz (Q-Bert, Disk, Shortkut, Mixmaster Mike), Blackalicious, Jurassic 5, Beat Junkies (Rhettmatic, J Rocc, Babu, Melo D), Mystik Journeymen, Supernatural, Volume 10, Schoolly D, Akinyele featuring Rob Swift, Shakey featuring Rahzel the Human Beatbox, Ultramagmetic MCs, Pete Nice & Daddy Rich, Alkaholiks, Pharcyde, Masta Ace, Freestyle Fellowship, Nas, DJ Craze, Dan the Automator, DJ Swamp, J-Zone, Grandwizzard Theodore, DJ Shadow and House of Pain (with B-Real from Cypress Hill).

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PRINCE vs. MICHAEL - March 2006 Tour Dates
featuring dj Dave Paul (Bomb Hip-Hop/Return of the DJ - San Francisco)

Thursday, March 9th - San Francisco, CA @ ROCKIT ROOM
406 Clement Street
with guest dj Jeff Harris and special guests

Thursday, March 23rd - Seattle, WA @ RE-BAR
1114 Howell Street

Friday, March 24th - Portland, OR @ BETTIE FORD
1135 SW Washington Street

Saturday, March 25th - Bend, OR @ THE GROVE
1033 NW Bond

http://www.bombhiphop.com
http://www.myspace.com/bombhiphop
http://groups.myspace.com...evsmichael