The Beastie Boys, Run DMC, LL Cool J, Whodini, and Jam Master Jay solo set all on the one bill? Wow! What a line-up that was for that historic hip-hop show at Philly's Spectrum Stadium back in July of 1986. This cool collectible item (a reproduction poster 14" by 22" that is printed on heavy cardboard) is just one of the many posters for sale from Amoeba - both in store and online from the Amoeba.com shop. Click here to find out more about purchasing it and click here for listings of more posters to buy from Amoeba's online store. The numerous posters on sale at Amoeba include rare, vintage, and current posters and include many genres of music including lots of rock and soul.

Rap/hip-hop artist posters at the online store include a cool 2Pac 1971 - 1996 poster, a 2Pac and Snoop poster, a Drake poster, an NWA The World's Most Dangerous Group poster, and both a Notorious B.I.G. commemorative poster and a BIggie Ready To Die poster. Please note that the amount of hip-hop posters online at Amoeba.com is relatively few in comparison to the range available in the three Amoeba stores.

BPos may not (yet) be a household name but the hardworking Bay Area, hip-hop crew, whose name stands for Be Positive sure deserve to be. And this just might happen with the release of their tight new album Pos Tapes the Album released this week on their own One League Entertainment label. Comprised of DJ Johnny Venetti and emcees/lyricists Goodword, Khafre, & D-Wiz (who also produces) this San Francisco diehard hip-hop quartet's new joint is their strongest release to date: a 17-track collection culled from Pos Tapes Vol. 1-3, a trilogy of self-produced “mix tape” digital albums released by the group over the past two years and featuring guest spots from Z-Man, Pep Love, Equipto, and others. 

In celebration of their latest release, which is available at Amoeba Music, BPos are throwing a record release party tomorrow Friday (June 29th) at The Showdown on Sixth Street in San Francisco. In addition to performances throughout the night from BPos the record release party will also include DJ sets from Inkfat, Aspect McArthy, and Johnny Venetti - who as well as being the group's DJ is also the owner of the downtown San Francisco venue. This past week I caught up with the DJ and the other members of BPos to ask them about their hip-hop musical journey to date, the new album, and their personal fave Bay Area hip-hop artists. That conversation follows below the brand new video for the album BPos track "Live Ya Life" 
 


Amoeblog: Can you give a brief overview of the legacy/history of BPos for those who may not know - including exactly when you first formed and the total number of recordings / releases to date?

1) El-P Cancer4Cure (Fat Possum)

2) Psycho Realm Presents Sick Jacken & Cyni In Terror Tapes 2 (MB Recordings)

3) Killer MIke R.A.P. Music (William Street)

4) House Shoes Time EP (Tres Records)

5) Odd Future The Of Tape Vol. 2  (Odd Future)

Lots of great new releases on the brand new Amoeba Hip-Hop Top Five chart from the Hollywood Amoeba store this week including in the number one slot El-P's welcome return, after 5 years with no new releases, with his all killer, twelve track album Cancer4Cure (aka C4C which is avail in both CD and LP formats) via the Fat Possum record company (he folded his Def Jux record label a while back). The Amoeba website store calls this latest El-P release "his strongest work since his debut, Fantastic Damage" and praising the supertalented East Coast producer/emcee for sounding "as energized as he did on that decade-old debut, matching Killer Mike (whose own excellent R.A.P. Music also recently came out and was produced by El-P) rhyme for rhyme on standout “Tougher Colder Killer,” also featuring fellow Def Jux alumnus Despot."