Black On Black Rhyme Tampa at the Harbor Club

Tampa Bay's largest, longest running spoken word show presents Black On Black Love, Tomorrow Nite, February, 12, 2008. If you're a poet, bring your love, relationship and erotic poems and share. If you love somebody and want them to know how much, bring them to this show and let the words touch them in ALL the right places!

5th ANNUAL TAMPA BAY BLACK HERITAGE FESTIVAL POETRY SLAM FINALS JANUARY 25, 2008!

The 5th Annual Tampa Bay Black Heritage Festival Slam Finals, for the past five years, has been regarded as one of the highlight events, of this prestigious festival, by both attendees and critics.
 
The 5th Tampa Bay Black Heritage Festival Poetry Slam Finals will showcased five of the Tampa Bay's finest word smiths, competing for one, Grand Prize of $1,000.

Spoken word phenom, Taalam Acey, (BET and TVone), who just released his 10th spoken word CD, the double CD, The Market For Change,and the soulful Sunni Patterson, (HBO’s Def Poetry), burned the stage down- people are still talking about them! L.i.f.e, also know as "Ranch," (you had to be there to understand) president of Black On Black Rhyme Tampa, Tampa Bay’s largest, longest running spoken word show, hosted the show.

The 5th Tampa Bay Black Heritage Festival Poetry Slam Finals was phenomenal! Well over 200 people packed the building to experience Tampa Bay's BIGGEST SPOKEN WORD EVENT (See For Yourself!)

Congratulations To Each of Our Five Finalists: Casey J., DeTyme, Krystlye Wit An "E", Reggie, and Willie Lowman.

BIG congrats To: Willie Lowman, for winning the $1,000 CASH PRIZE!

Special Thank Yous To: Walter C. Upshaw aka "BAZI MAN," Keto (my co-host), TP, the DJ, for the evening, Uwezo Sudan, Alysha Edmonds, LaShonda Watson, Todd Grant of EnMotion Limousine Inc., Greg McKnight, Lady Angelique, KSMG, our jugdes, score keeper, time keeper, and the TBBHF volunteers.

Extra Special Thank Yous To: All of you who attended, purchased tickets, and/or made contributions!

Extra Extra Special Thank Yous To: All our VIP patrons!

Extra Extra Extra Special Thank Yous To: Our Sponsors- Rouson & Assoc., Pangaeaa Enterprises, BrightHouse Networks, Sol Davis Printing Inc., The Florida Sentinel Bulletin, The Tampa Bay Black Heritage Festival, Black On Black Rhyme, Stogie Castillo's, BAZI MAN, TheListByKeto, and The Hip Hop Soda Shop.

The 5th Annual Tampa Black Heritage Festival Poetry Slam Finals was a monumental event for spoken word and a history making, record setting event for Bay Area spoken word. We are humbled and encouraged by the tremendous show of support, this year.

If you attended, leave a comment on the guestbook, to tell us about your experience. As we prepare for next year's Tampa Bay Black Heritage Festival Poetry Slam, we certainly want to know, from you, what we can do to make it even more spectacular!

l.i.f.e.'s Third Poetry Album, "MouFPiece" To Be Released By End Of February

"MouFPiece" was supposed to be released months ago, like around October, 2007. A few obstacles and a commitment to promoting and producing quality spoken word shows, for the Bay Area, nullified that eclipsed that goal. But now, the much anticipated third album, from one of the most powerful and provocative voices in spoken word is to energize your sound system and electrify YOU!

A lot of poetry CDs are suffocating. "MouFPiece" is oxygen- BREATHE!