I’ve heard many a hip-hop artist extend props to those in the game whose work and lyrical abilities they greatly admire, and who ultimately keep them on their toes. But never before have I heard it done in such a way that not only gives me a new found appreciation for the artist whom [...]
This might just be the worst kind of “ether” I’ve seen handed to a rapper thus far:
Update 2/3: On second thought, this isn’t “ether”, and to have labeled it as such is actually an insult to the word and all that it stands for in hip-hop. True, 50 succeeds at delivering some pretty harsh [...]
On the lighter side….
Imagine this scenario: You walk into your local polling place and discover that, as a result of some twisted turn of events, Barack Obama, John McCain, Cynthia McKinney and Ralph Nadar are no longer running as candidates for PoTUS. Instead, they’ve been replaced on the ballots by Murs, Mos Def and [...]
I hate to start things off on such a somber note, but I caught this video of Tupac performing an acapella version of “Keep Your Head Up” on TSS earlier, and, well, considering all that’s going on at the moment–the Def Jam family dealing with the loss of Shakir Stewart; all the folks catching a [...]
Just as I reached for the remote to turn away, this track grabbed me by the ear and made me stick around for the end credits of last night’s show:
Basic Vocab – Come Get With It
Oh, and, by the way: Late & Pass.
Or is it? I asked that question on Twitter the other day (What say you?). If nothing else I could definitely hear this track as background music in a rapid cutting “My Anti Drug” type of commercial…Ha! Either way, I’m loving the video (looks, feels really spontaneous and amateur-cool) and the [...]
I’m still in the dark when it comes to certain areas of electronic music, but no matter the genre, I can still recognize a dope video when I see one. Here’s the latest from French electro duo, Justice:
Props to So-Me on art direction, and Machine Molle on motion design. The old [...]
