Also this issue: Mount Vernon Blues Label hassles and sonic shifts can’t stop GFS Productions from duly appointed drum and bass rounds. -A.D. Amorosi Review: Anner Bylsma -Peter Burwasser Bella Morte -Helen Thompson Dave Burrell -Kyle Parker Ladytron -Paul Burress Four Tenors -Kyle Parker The Blood Brothers -A.D. Amorosi The Post -A.D. Amorosi

February 13-19, 2003

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compiled by Ainé Ardron-Doley

Kick the week off with the Kinetic Release Party, where MC Keith Collins drops his album, Kinetic, and a live show alongside Cee Knowledge, O-D-D, Basement Brothers, Splitt and DJs Meddafore and Image on the tables. Thu., Feb. 13, 9 p.m.-2 a.m., $6, Grape Street Pub, 105 Grape St., 215-483-4890. Get your bargain on tonight because the album will be just six bones.

Swing on down to another episode of The Difference, as the Ill Vibe Collective digs into the crates for that extra jazzy and incredibly sexy hip-hop, house and soul. Fri., Feb. 14, 10 p.m.-2 a.m., free, Liquid Blue, Sixth and Bainbridge sts., 215-351-9010, www.illvibe.net. Or maybe you want to go somewhere really really crowded? It's the night you've all been waiting for as the man who's ruling the airwaves of every station with an iron fist, 50 Cent, storms into town for one night only. Fri., Feb. 14, 9 p.m., $35, Transit, 600 Spring Garden St., 215-925-8878. Happy Valentine's Day.

February's dose of Sweet Tooth is super-duper bangin' as the top of the DJ crop struts on up to the decks. That's right, it's the ill combo of Rich Medina and the Big Apple's Bobbito, a.k.a. DJ Cucumberslice. Yep, it's another Squarebiz production. Resident wax wizard Mike Nyce is on board for the assist. Sat., Feb. 15, 9 p.m.-2 a.m. (open bar, 9-11 p.m.), $20, $12 after 11, Fluid, 613 S. Fourth St., 215-629-0565, www.squarebiz.org. Or shimmy over to what's destined to become an old standard, the Ill Vibe Collective's bimonthly hip-hop smackdown, Bodyrock. Sat., Feb. 15, 10 p.m.-2 a.m., $5, Aqua Lounge, 323 W. Girard Ave., 215-769-5114, www.illvibe.net.

Billed as "higher level turntablism," opening act/crowd rockers Ricky Lee, Jayson Ducketts and DJ Cabell prove their worth before the main event, The Dorian Three, take the stage. Sun., Feb. 16, 7 p.m., $10, The Fire, 412 W. Girard Ave., 267-671-9298. P.S.: Young'uns, this is an all-ages show!

Ain't no party like a Monday-night party at the soon-to-be world-famous The Remedy. Cos and Rahnon took Philly's No. 1 Rx to Paris for a week of international party trade. Ooh la la! But never fear, special guest DJ Miz holds down the fort. Mon., Feb. 17, 10 p.m.-2 a.m., free before 11 p.m., $5, Fluid.

Now that's entertainment. Who else is gonna bring it to you like this? Huh?