Hello all. This is Nate Jones. I’ve guest blogged here before, but you might be more familiar with me from AOL’s NBA FanHouse and on my own personal blog, JONES ON THE NBA. Anyhow, Jeff’s busy getting his hippie on at Bonnaroo, so he’s left the keys to this bad boy with me for the… Continue reading »
I was overjoyed when the Passion asked me to do a guest spot on his page. 3 years in this city now, and he’s one of the most stand up guys I’ve met out here, so you can imagine how stoked I was to get a chance to write in his absence. Since none of… Continue reading »
Jun
12
Yo! This is Sach AKA your friendly neighborhood Ohword poster and I’ll be filling in for Jeff today while he’s out tripping on Peyote and trying to hit on Hippie chicks. Expect high quality guest posts all week as Mr. Passion of the Weiss has put together an all star lineup of elite bloggers, itching… Continue reading »
Jun
11
And just like that, I’m off to Tennessee to enjoy the four days of hippie Xanadu known as Bonnaroo. In my absence, I have a crack squad of guest bloggers to entertain you all. In the meantime, expect the occasional update from Tennessee to see whether or not the String Cheese Incident will actually provide… Continue reading »
From hyphy to crunk to snap to grime to whatever the fuck Subtle is, hip-hop has split into a wide variety of sub-genres since its inception. Despite this, most hip-hop heads can be fit pretty neatly into two categories: those who consider NYC’s two golden ages of hip-hop (87-88, 93-97) the high-water marks for the… Continue reading »
“Cool Like Dat,” Digable Planet’s breakout single, was inescapable in winter of ’92/93. From top 40 radio airplay to its black and white video that played constantly on MTV, the Brooklyn Bohemians fit perfectly into the left-of-center aesthetic that that hip-hop seemed evolving towards. From Tribe Low End Theory’s appropriation of jazz to Guru’s Jazzmattaz… Continue reading »
Earlier this year, I posited the ridiculous yet vaguely plausible theory that the success of 2 Live Crew’s brand of raunchy novelty hip-hop in the early 90s, opened the floodgates for rappers everywhere trying to pander to the lowest common denominator. With label execs seeing the dollar signs that could be had in artists whose… Continue reading »
Contrary to popular belief, I’m of the mind-set that 2007 has actually been a very solid year for hip-hop. Granted, it’s not at 93-97 levels where at least one classic seemed to fall out of the sky monthly. But I’d argue that in just half a year, 2007 has already yielded nearly as many strong… Continue reading »
1. Knocked Up is worthy of the crazy hype being thrown its way. Yes, like 40 Year Old Virgin it seemed a bit plot-heavy and maybe even a little saccharine at times. However, at this moment in time Judd Apatow owns the world of mainstream comedy. The dialogue is painfully honest and razor-sharp, the situations… Continue reading »
It’s fitting that the Electric Soft Parade named themselves after The Doors’ “The Soft Parade” especially considering the record was the band’s most variegated, as Morrison & Co. tried on a mish-mash of styles from jazz to acid rock to the blues to R&B. Of course, “The Soft Parade” was one hot mess, and I… Continue reading »
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