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Bobby Ray/B.o.B to headline URB stage at Atlanta’s A3C fest

Dominick Brady — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:19:17 +0000

B.o.B has been busy. He’s had his hands full addressing his name change from B.o.B to Bobby Ray, an aggressive tour schedule and with the release of his latest mixtape, B.o.B vs. Bobby Ray. With news breaking Wednesday that he’ll headline the URB stage at the A3C Hip Hop Festival in Atlanta, Bobby Ray followed [...]

Crib Notes TV: Interview with A3C co-founder Brian Knott

Dominick Brady — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:43:09 +0000

CL Crib Notes contributor Dominick Brady sat down with A3C Festival co-founder Brian Knott at the Earl in East Atlanta. In this interview we discussed the origins of A3C and where Knott thinks it is headed. Earlier this year, Knott announced the A3C move from the Center Stage complex to East Atlanta. The festival is scheduled [...]

Masta Ace won’t reunite with Juice Crew at A3C Festival

Ben Westhoff — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 13:55:05 +0000

JUICE CREW ALL-STARS: One of hip-hop’s earliest posse cuts, “The Symphony,” was produced by Marley Marl, who constructed the beat around a poignant piano loop sampled from Otis Redding’s “Hard to Handle.” Click here to listen to the original. Ever since the organizers behind the highly anticipated A3C Festival announced that [...]

A3C leaks first round of artists

Mosi Reeves — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 23:20:17 +0000

A3C BOUND: The Cool Kids head to Atlanta in March. (Photo courtesy Biz 3) Back in December, I interviewed former ATF Records co-owner Brian Knott, and promised I would follow up with exclusive details about the upcoming 2008 A3C Hip-Hop Festival, which takes place March 20-22 at C&W Midtown Music Complex. Unfortunately, Knott embargoed most of [...]

From Arc the Finger to A3C, part 1

Mosi Reeves — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 14:22:40 +0000

Many people within Atlanta’s indie hip-hop world already know that Arc the Finger Records no longer exists. After putting out three albums in 2006 (Cadillac Jones, Collective Efforts and Intellekt & Dirty Digits), the label has been inactive all year. It seemed like it would return once its owners, Brian Knott and Kevin Elphick, [...]