May
06

Was Wu Tang Forever The Best Rap Double Album Ever?

Inspired by the Straight Bangin’ mixtape that kicks off with unsung gem, “Older Gods,” I’ve been listening to Wu-Tang Forever non-stop today. I feel like I say this every two years or so, but jeebus, this thing is so much better than I remember it being. Maybe it’s because I *get* it now but maybe… Continue reading »

May
05

Why Biz Markie Should Have Known From the Get-Go That He Was More Than “Just a Friend”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xtr5-hOjJfs Markie appears to have had a Homer Simpsonian sense of delusion. Had he looked at himself in the mirror? The guy was 30 lbs. overweight, rapped like Corky from Life Goes On and appeared to have a poor orthodontist. Granted, he was a fantastic DJ and beat-boxer but just check the company he was… Continue reading »

May
05

LA Times: Terrence Howard-Iron Man’s Music Man

Consider this the perfunctory Iron Man post, something seemingly standard for all 20-somethings with a blog, a modicum of testosterone and an appreciation for whip-smart dialogue paired with visual effects most appropriately described as “super-awesome. ” I’ve never been a comic book guy per se (despite having a trunkful of ultra-rare Radioactive Man issues), but… Continue reading »

May
05

Metaform-Standing On the Shoulders of Giants

It’s reductive to say that if you like Deadringer and Entroducing, you’ll probably like Standing on the Shoulders of Giants. Then again, that’s just the sort of thing you’re going to get when you explicitly invite the comparison in your album title, not to mention referencing Shadow and RJD2 in your bio. I don’t know… Continue reading »

May
03

Feed The Beast Week 2-”They Know” & “Paul Revere” Freestyles

For Week 2 of Feed the Beast (see week one here) , Nico the Beast has murked the instrumentals for “They Know” and “Paul Revere.” According to Zilla, Nico hated the minimalist 808 claps of “Paul Revere,” but you’d never know from the finished product, and its impressive tongue-twisting lyricism. But the stand-out is “They… Continue reading »

May
02

Passion of the Weiss Muxtape #2: A Tribute to Albert Hofmann-Pour Out a Little Lysergic

Lost somewhere in the shuffle of the 43,214 stories on the potential impact of Obama’s ex-pastor’s crack-pot comments*, was the news that Albert Hoffmann, the founder of LSD, died this week at the ripe old age of 102. Along with completely dis-proving everything you ever learned in D.A.R.E class and befriending Aldous Huxley, Allen Ginsberg… Continue reading »

May
01

Pharoahe Monch-”Broken Heart”

  Not sure whether this is the jump-off for a new album or just a stand-alone single, but either way Pharoahe’s new Mr. Porter-produced joint has been on repeat since it leaked a few hours ago. For my money’s worth, Monchichi does the love-lorn break-up thing as well as anyone in hip-hop, navigating the complex… Continue reading »

May
01

Beards, Blazers & Glasses or How Hot Chip Prove that My Sense of Rhythm Isn’t Racist

It happened again. The dancing thing. I’m not quite sure how and I’m not sure why. I know we talked about this the other day but I’m not ready to move on until we get to the bottom of it. Because this whole thing is getting embarrassing. Seeing Hot Chip two times in three days… Continue reading »

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