A3C Hip Hop Festival Blog

2011 Media Coverage

Written by Big Andy | Apr 5

Check out all of the great coverage we received in 2011! Thanks to all of our media partners and friends who help ensure A3C continues to be a success!

2dopeboyz, Justice Equality Supreme, "Freeway & Freddie Gibbs At A3C Festival"

2Lsonacloud, Ed Pryor, "@A3C Hip Hop Festival: 2L's Recap"

AllHipHop, Biba Adams and Yusuf Muhammad, "AllHipHop.com and A3C: Not 'Under' Ground, Breeding Ground" and Kristie Bertucci, "Dead Prez: The Revolution Continues"

Atlanta Music Guide, Kelsi Velpel, "Live Review & Picture Book: A3C at Masquerade, October 6 – 8"

Atlanta NOW Magazine, Liesl Merkl, "Fabulous Fall Festivals"

Beats, Boxing and Mayhem, Ismael AbduSalaam, "2011 A3C Day 2 Recap: K.R.I.T.’s Classic Material, Freddie Gibbs’ Gangsta & 9th Wonder" and "2011 A3C Festival Day 3 Recap: Kane Still Rules, NYC Gets Tribute, MURS’ Live Band & More Video"

Coast2Coast Magazine, MissLs, "Recap A3C Hip Hop Festival"

Complex, Ross Scarano, "Interview: Brian Knott, Founder of A3C, Talks the Southeast's Biggest Hip-Hop Festival"

Creative Loafing (Cover Story), Rodney Carmichael and Maurice Garland, "A3C: A mashup of the hip-hop party of the year" and Chad Radford, "Atlanta music news: A3C returns with international flair"

DJBooth.net, Nathan Slavik, "The Road to A3C"

Examiner, Sherron Shabazz, "Jean Grae, Big K.R.I.T., Saigon and Others Added to A3C Festival"

Frank151, Star Watson, "Atlanta City Council Recognizes A3C, Freeway and Ying Yang Twins Speak On It", "Raheem DeVaughn Stops by A3C Festival" and Senor Kaos, "Senor Kaos A3C Hip Hop Festival Recap"

GO (AirTran) Magazine, "October 2011: This Month’s Greatest Events"

HipHopDX, Jake Paine, "Freeway Confirms an Upcoming Project With Brother Ali, Talks Young Jeezy Signing Rumors and Previews A3C" and "Big Daddy Kane, M.O.P. Added to 2011 A3C Festival"

iheartdilla.com, Jessica Estevez, "Review | A3C Hip Hop Festival 2011"

KevinNottingham.com, Kevin Nottingham, "Import/Export International A3C Showcase Re-Cap" and Justin Ivey, "Open Thought Surgery: A Look Back at the 2011 A3C Festival"

Metromix Atlanta (Photo Gallery), "A3C Hip-Hop Festival 2011"

MissLs.net, Joli "Miss Ls" Sanchez, "A3C Festival Adds Big Daddy Kane & M.O.P. to 2011 Line-up"

MSN Postbox, Dana Seith, "Best of the Fests"

MTV.com, D.L. Chandler, "Big K.R.I.T., Pill Rock Day 2 of A3C Music Festival"

Myspace, "A3C ADDS BIG DADDY KANE AND M.O.P. to 2011 Line-Up"

Norway.org (Embassy), "Lido Lido at A3C Hip Hop Festival in Atlanta"

Okayplayer, Shamz, "ATL: OKP x Stones Throw Records A3C Showcase (10/8)"

Performer, Amelia Shackelford and Taylor Northern, "Two Takes on the A3C Hip-Hop Festival"

Pitchfork, Jenn Pelly, "Festivals in Brief: Filter's Culture Collide Festival, A3C, Fall Into Darkness, Tusk"

Pittsburgh City Paper, Rory Webb, "A3C Hip Hop Festival Recap"

Prefix, Andrew Martin, "Jon Connor: Live At A3C Hip-Hop Festival (Video)" and "Big K.R.I.T.: Live At A3C Festival (Video)"

Rolling Out, Amir Shaw, "A3C Hip-Hop Festival and the 5 Artists Destined for Rap Stardom" and Fiona Bloom, "10 Hot International Hip-Hop Artists You Need to Know"

Scoutmob, "What To Do On The Weeknights, October 3-6"

SLAM, Rodney David King, "It’s a Wonderful Life"

stupidDOPE, Kisan Patel, "REVIEW: A3C Hip Hop Music Festival 2011 – Atlanta"

Target Audience, Jamal James, "The A3C Hip-Hop Festival Review"

The BoomBox, Theo Bark, "Freeway, Big K.R.I.T., Ras Kass to Perform at 2011 A3C Fest"

the mixx magazine, Nakia McIntyre, "A3C Issue"

The Signal (Georgia State University Student Newspaper), Michael Messing, "Hip hop festival returns to Atlanta" and Jhoni Jackson, "Notable Atlantas: Brian Knott of the A3C Hip-Hop Festival"

The Silver Tongue, Travis Phillips, "Video: XV and GLC performing at A3C 2011" and "Video: Lyriciss, Chuuwee, and J-Good performing at A3C 2011"

The Smoking Section, John Gotty, "Your A3C Recap Video: Day 2", "Your A3C Recap Video: Day 3" and J. Tinsley, "Photo Recap: 2011 A3C Hip-Hop Festival"

ThisIsRealMusic.com, Fiona Bloom, "Efficacy Episode 85: Masia One"

URB, "The LAST @a3c article: 18 top acts that smashed and The Most Honorable Mentions..EVER"

V-103 (Photo Gallery), "A3C Hip Hop Festival 2011"

Visionary Artistry, Alexandria Richard and Taylor Burns, "A3C Festival: Shaping the Future of Hip-Hop"