Tonight We Celebrate The Life of Domenic Zarrella Jr.

Tonight is the most important event in the history of Beat Garden: the Benefit for Domenic Zarrella Jr aka Baby Beast.
If you cannot make it out tonight and still would like to make a donation, please email Zilla Rocca for more information: zillarocca@gmail.com
We appreciate all of your support! See you tonight!

Word of Mouf

“Any release from Beat Garden gets a hard look from me, period”
Click here to read a review of Curly Castro & DJ Ambush’s Phatman & Likklebwoy Mixtape over at Berkeley Place.
And be sure to catch Castro this Saturday November 28th at the Benefit for Domenic Zarrella Jr!  Can’t wait to see you all there, Philly!

Beat Garden @ Tacony Billiards: DJ Too Tuff Benefit Show

Come out to support a Philly hip hop legend with your Beat Garden favorites!  Saturday night, y’all!

Let Me Learn You Something: Curly Castro

Casto takes a seat in the interview chair, Inside the Actors Studio-style, over at Zilla Rocca’s ClapCowards.com

Mos Def f/ Talib Kweli “History (Zilla Rocca Remix)” EXCLUSIVE!

Mos Def f/ Talib Kweli “History (Zilla Rocca Remix)”

Trailer for The Benefit for Domenic Zarrella Jr aka Baby Beast on Nov. 28

Beat Garden would love to see everyone come out and support not only Nico the Beast and the caveat of outstanding artists on the bill, but to show love to the entire Zarrella family.
See you November 28th!

Zilla Rocca Makes Top 25 Producers You Need To Hear Right Now

His Shadowboxer potna Douglas Martin was already ordained by Poisonous Paragraphs a few weeks back.  Now Zilla Rocca gets the “listen to this dude’s beats ASAP!” treatment at Poisonous Paragraphs.

Phatman & Likkle Bwoy Review at 33jones.com

“Castro might best be categorized as a “lyrical” emcee, though without having to resort to the golden age mimicry that typically comes along with such a categorization…his skills on the mic should be evident to hip hop heads of any generation.”
Read the full-review and grab 2 free MP3s at 33jones.com
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Beat Garden & Rock The Dub Present: Curly Castro & DJ Ambush PHATMAN AND LIKKLEBWOY

It truly is a glorious day here at Beat Garden! 
After solidfying our spot in Philly with Nico the Beast’s Dinner is Served mixtape in January and successfully reaching out to the art-hop crowd this summer with 5 O’Clock Shadowboxers’ debut The Slow Twilight, we’re kicking off a heavy fall-through-winter season barrage of bangin’ ass hip [...]

Curly Castro “Keychains”

From RockTheDub.com:
“Curly Castro “Keychains“: Here’s the final leak from DJ Ambush and Curly Castro’s Phatman And Likklebwoy mixtape, which will be dropping on RTD next week. Curly throws some story-driven darts about some cats that you probably know in your hood. While he borrows the hook from The Clipse, this goes deeper than slick-talkin’ Crack [...]