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To all my friends in the Ohio area, I will be playing an instrumental set in Columbus on Friday Feb 10th @ Carabar (115 Parsons Ave), as a part of the J-Dilla Tribute Night being put together by my homie Zero Star.  The event is Free admission and all ages are welcome.  I am working [...]

As many of my friends know, I’m a pretty big fan of Mixed-Martial Arts (MMA).  I think I started watching it about four or five years ago, and have been into it pretty heavily ever since, as proven by my MMA-related tweets whenever there’s a big event on.  Hell, a lot of my time in [...]

Last week when i was in Orlando, their weekly paper The Orlando Weekly did a great feature on me and Adventures in Counter-Culture. Please check it out here: http://orlandoweekly.com/music/under-the-radar-1.1245038 Here’s an exerpt: In 2005, Al Shepard stopped by the headquarters of Power 107.5 FM, a radio station in his hometown, Columbus, Ohio. Shepard had ties [...]

  Hello Friends.  Although it’s officially winter I would like to announce the Sunshine State of Mind Tour, a week-long headlining tour that will be brought to the sunniest of sunny places, Florida.  If you live in the state of Florida, I would like to officially invite you out to one of the shows. Blueprint [...]

  It’s been a while since I’ve blogged, but that doesn’t mean I don’t have anything to say.  In fact it’s the opposite.  I’ve had a lot to say, I just haven’t had the time to sit down and say it. But I do want to say this: I’m currently knee deep into working on [...]

Starting today in Grand Rapids, MI, you can see Printmatic himself over the next week at a number of stops across the Midwestern US. The quick jaunt ends with a what’s sure to be an incredible show in Print’s hometown of Columbus, Ohio, joined by Soul Position groupmate Rjd2, as well as local artist Envelope. [...]

Hey Friends.  It’s been a while since I’ve written so I figured I would write one post that summarizes all the stuff that’s been going on.  This will also be my first newsletter that I’m sending to those that subscribe to my mailing list as well.  Share

More dates added to the Family Vacation tour in September.  Peep the press release and all twelve addition tour dates after the jump: You didn’t think the tour was only a few weeks long, did you? Just announced, Atmosphere has added MORE dates to The Family Vacation Tour. On the second leg of this tour, [...]

To all my fly Europeans who have supported me for so long, your boy Printmatic is coming back around your way this November in the form of the first ever Rhymesayers European tour.  A tour that has been talked about for quite a while is finally coming about in Europe, hitting various major countries and [...]

While on tour, I bump into a lot of people who ask me about buying beats or guest verses.  Being on the road I don’t have time, but since I’ll be home for another month or so before heading back out again, I can dedicate some time to it.  That being said if you’re  interested [...]

See yall in August! Tour Dates: 08.05 – Chicago, IL @ The Metro 08.07 – Pontiac, MI @ Crofoot Ballroom 08.09 – London, ONT @ London Music Hall 08.10 – Toronto, ONT @ Phoenix Concert Theatre 08.12 – Bangor, ME @ KahBang Festival: Buy Tickets | RSVP 08.13 – Clifton Park, NY @ Northern Lights [...]

Here’s some upcoming tour dates you may or may not know about: JulySunday July 3rd – Helena, MT @ Independents Day Festival Wednesday July 6th – Casper, WY @ The Venue Thursday July 7th – Rapid City, SD @ Dublin Square Friday July 29th – Columbus, OH @ Skullys Saturday July 30th – Milwaukee, WI [...]

Mark your calendars.  Go see this movie.  If you’re unfamiliar with who A Tribe Called Quest is get up to speed.   http://youtu.be/XJFOM1qRLe8 I can’t wait. Word is Blog. Share

This Sunday May 29th is the Soundset music festival in Minneapolis, Minnesota.  I will be performing there along with a host of other talented artists like De La Soul, Big Boi, Atmosphere, Brother Ali, Edan, etc.  Long story short, it’s going to be a huge hip-hop festival, that I’m already sure many of you already [...]

First, I want to thank everybody for voting in the poll I had last week.   It’s good to get people’s feedback for things like that before you actually have the thing printed.  Because of the limitations of the printing process we had to switch away from the light blue shirt I originally wanted it printed [...]

4.19.11 Atmosphere announces Red Rocks and Greek Theatre (LA) performances as part of the Family Vacation Tour! This August Atmosphere will embark on the second leg of their US tour called “The Family Vacation Tour”. Atmosphere will be joined by Rhymesayers family members Evidence, Blueprint, DJ Babu and special guests. “The Family Vacation Tour” will [...]

Alright folks.  Today is the day.  My new album is in stores right now.  You can get it from itunes, pretty much any mom & pop store, on-line at fifthelementonline.com as well as chains like Best Buy.  I’m gonna spare you the sales pitch and just say that I’ve put a lot of time into [...]

                          If you live in Columbus, OH or the surrounding area then you won’t wanna miss this event.  The official release party for the new Blueprint album Adventures in Counter-Culture will be going down Saturday April 9th in Columbus, OH at Carabar (115 [...]

It’s about that time! Blueprint‘s newest album Adventures In Counter-Culture is dropping in just seven days! Pre-order Adventures In Counter-Culture now from Fifth Element Online! Albums will ship on March 31st. Every pre-order will receive a bonus Weightless Radio CD for FREE, a 27 track instrumental album of previously unreleased beats produced by Blueprint and [...]

Single “so alive” from the album Adventures in Counter-Culture available on limited edition, RED vinyl.  Only 500 singles pressed and all individually hand-numbered.  Remixes by Budo & X:144 as well as all instrumentals.  Also includes a digital download card so you don’t have to encode the songs to MP3s yourself!  No excuse to not scoop [...]

Peep the fly shit. New Blueprint hoodie in stock. Black with blue & white print. Ships with a FREE Blueprint CD of your choice. Get em while they last. $30 add to cart Share

    Blueprint will be playing two shows at the South by Southwest Music Conference in Austin, TX: Weds March 16th @ Mohawks Patio – 8pm set time Friday March 18th @ Emos Main Room – 9:30 set time The set times are exact, so please get there on time to catch the set! Share

This April, Atmosphere will embark on their 21 date US and Canadian “The Family Tour”. Atmosphere will be joined by Rhymesayers family member Blueprint, Grieves with Budo, Sab The Artist & DJ Abilities. The largest show on the tour will be held at the Greek Theatre in Berkeley, CA and will see the addition of [...]

Who: Blueprint What: Show in Dayton Ohio When: Sat. Feb 26th 2010 Where: Jay & Jeans (1124 leo Street, Dayton, OH) Why: Because you love music Time: 9pm doors Share

Wednesday, Feb. 9th – Orlando, FL @ Backbooth (37 w pine st)Thursday, Feb 10th – Tampa, FL @ Crowbar (1812 North 17th st.) Share

  03.01 – Eugene, OR @ Wow Hall03.03 – Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theatre 03.04 – Bellingham, WA @ Whatcom C.C. 03.05 – Seattle, WA @ Showbox Market 03.07 – San Francisco, CA @ Cafe Du Nord 03.08 – Los Angeles, CA @ Viper Room Share

“Radio-inactive” is the first official single from the forthcoming Blueprint album Adventures in Counter-Culture, to be released April 5th, 2011. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnKdnDS9KtM Shot, edited, & directed by Bangland Media Buy it now at iTunes: Explicit | Clean | Instrumental Critically acclaimed mc/producer and Soul Position frontman Blueprint, returns with his highly anticipated sophomore solo release Adventures [...]

From now until the day after Christmas we’re having a 20% off sale in the store.  All you have to do is enter “20OFF” in the cart in the discount code field, and you’re good to go. Happy Holidays! Share

    Black Soul Position “Harley Davidson Logo” crew neck with FREE Blueprint CD (Choose size and cd title in checkout).   Only have a few of these available now in limited quantities.  Meaning, if you want one you should get it now. ==== $25 Add to cart Share

Out of print since 2005, the Greenhouse Effect album Columbus or Bust is now available again for the first time. It is now a double-cd that includes the instrumentals to the album. Now shipping for $8 Columbus or Bust is the third release from the Greenhouse Effect crew and the follow-up to their debut full-length [...]