[VIDEO] Tonedeff - “What Part of Forever” (Cover)

Posted September 7 2011

Tonedeff – “What Part of Forever” (Cee-Lo Green Cover) // [DOWNLOAD MP3]: // WATCH @: [VIMEO]

Remember when Tonedeff launched his official YouTube channel and promised there would be exclusive goodies posted on it? Well… here’s one of those goodies. In this video, Tonedeff performs a remixed cover of Cee-Lo Green’s “What Part of Forever”. This cover can be found on Tonedeff’s recently released compilation project, Cold.Killed.Collected. (2005-2010) available now @ Bandcamp, but you can download it here.

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[VIDEO] QN5 Evolution Documentary (2/3) - “Present” (aka The Most Inappropriate Sock Puppet Video Ever)

Posted August 31 2011

Quite possibly the most inappropriate sock puppet video ever made. | [PART 1]

Part 2: Six years into the development of QN5 as a label, the artists recount their regrets and forge ahead strengthening the bond with their fans.

[VIDEO] QN5 Evolution Documentary (1/3) - “Past”

Posted August 29 2011

CREDITS: Written By: Tonedeff & PackFM // Directed By: Tonedeff // Puppeteers: PackFM & Mrs. Deff

After famed documentarian Ken Burns, shot an in-depth film about QN5’s decade-strong history for the 2011 QN5 Megashow: Evolution, he accidentally sent the final video as an audio CD – and the label was forced to recreate the footage on a shoestring budget in time for the show. Here’s what they came up with.

Enjoy!

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[RECAP] The QN5 Megashow 2011: Evolution Master Set List: A Decade Defined In 100 Songs

Posted August 23 2011

Pages 2 & 3 of our 4-page set list. We’re nuts. You’re hardcore. | PHOTOS: Loren Wohl

For the record, we performed nearly 100 songs at the QN5 Megashow this year. That’s right. We’re not saying we’re out of our minds for doing that many songs in one night, but we’re not claiming sanity either. It was the only way to top 2009’s Megashow and give all the fans flying in a little bit of EVERYTHING. It was a ridiculous undertaking, but we knew we had to deliver for y’all.

The idea was simple: Show the fans the complete evolution of QN5 CHRONOLOGICALLY through our most requested songs. It was a brand new format and we’d need to interchange the artists and sets frequently to pull it off. With 10+ years of albums, singles, mixtapes from 6 artists, we spent quite a bit of time figuring out exactly how we’d pull it off. In the end, we came up with a 102 song set list that would span the length of our history. We kept the openers to a minimum with our patented “Song Cypher” format (if you ever see it again at any show. you know where they jacked it from) to keep things moving briskly and started the show far earlier than any past Megashow.

Natti looks on as Session re-learns every verse he wrote pre-2005.

We had a 12-hour rehearsal the day before with everyone in town (sans Kokayi & Substantial) to get the transitions down, go over old tracks and rehearse certain songs for the first time. There were a lot of “First Time” performances, including “Slogans (2003)”, “Monotony (1996)”, “Georgia (/2008)” and more. It was a great vibe of camaraderie to have everyone in the same room again and the interactions are always hilarious. After all, we’ve spent the past 10+ years in different states, pushing towards the same things and we wanted to give the fans the best possible show they could ask for. We have plenty in common.

We also pooled our ‘crowd-killers’ for a section we called “MURDER”, where we did CunninLynguists “Hellfire”, Tonedeff’s “Issawn” and PackFM’s anthem “Stomp” back-to-back-to-back before leading into an intermission. It was brutal. And you loved it.

PackFM doing what he does best.

Unfortunately, the weather fucked us over and had us start an hour behind schedule because folks were stuck in traffic, etc. We ended up having to cut the entire “FUTURE” segment of the show in order to get the exclusive Chico and The Man premieres and performances. We sacrificed an entire 20+ minutes of unreleased material from all the artists – even the “FUTURE” introduction sequence we had shot. (We’ll post it later in the week if there’s enough of a demand for it).

All in all, we think it worked out nicely and hope you enjoyed it. So what DIDN’T we perform? Download the original set list [HERE].

Enjoy!
QN5

Thank You For An Incredible Evening

Posted August 20 2011

Blue Schoolers are the best fans ever. | [PHOTO: Loren Wohl]

Thanks you all for packing out the Highline Ballroom on a stormy NYC summer night to celebrate 10 years of QN5 Music with us.

We truly pulled out all of the stops this year. We performed nearly 100 songs from 1996-2011, taking you through the past, present and future of the label. We put on a puppet show (We’re not kidding), Pack made his entrance on an orange bike and tagged a canvas on stage. Session came out of retirement to rock with Extended Famm. Cashmere, Anna Wise, IAmMany, iCON the Mic King, PH, Sheisty Khryst, and Steph rocked with us. SOS + Kno + Deacon = Southernunderground. JS-1 scratched with his feet. Tone crowd-surfed while rocking “Optimist”. Kno gave away his rhyme book for Death Is Silent. 3 WORDS BACK TO BACK: Hellfire/Issawn/Stomp. Oh, and we even debuted the video for “One Thousand Ships” from Chico And The Man and set a release date. Needless to say… it was incredible.

Thanks to the good folks at 2DopeBoyz.com for helping us get the word out. And most importantly, Thanks again to all the blue schoolers who traveled to NYC for the event and all of our friends and family for all their patience and support in making this Megashow the best yet. We had fun and we hope you did too.

We love y’all!
QN5