Aug
09

Mr. Carter Parody Rap

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srPfkloSHK8 Pretty hilarious if I do say so myself. Via Big O 

Aug
08

LA Weekly: Rock the Bells Preview And Essay

It’s early in the morning, I’m catatonically exhausted, several beers deep and certainly in no state to express anything remotely resembling coherence. Bear with me. So I wrote this big hip-hop genealogy thing for Rock the Bells, a sort-of primer guide to the acts and their chief influences. Along with it, I penned a hip-hop… Continue reading »

Aug
07

Sorry….

For that hideous American Apparel ad to the right. I didn’t know what I had in store when I approved it. Apparently, orgies involving hipster girls and pederast-seeming gym teachers who just emerged from a disco-era warp, is really in this fall. Thusly, today’s word for the day is “Oy.” For those who don’t know… Continue reading »

Aug
07

Who Is Your Daddy And What Does He Do?: A Summit Between John McCain and Daddy Yankee

Last week reggaeton star, Daddy Yankee and Arizona Senator John McCain met to discuss immigration, education and a possible Yankee endorsement of the Republican candidate for president. While a transcript of the interview has not officially surfaced, my top-secret sources have thankfully provided the details of what transpired during Daddy Yankee and Granddaddy McCain’s summit.… Continue reading »

Aug
06

All Day Like Harry Belafonte

If loving the “Freak N’ You Remix” is wrong, I don’t want to be right. Sometimes, I think I want to name my first-born son Devante Swing Weiss. Usually when I’m very very high. Download: MP3: Jodeci ft. Ghostface & Raekwon-”Freak N’ You Remix”

Aug
06

Tobacco-Fucked Up Friends

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCjn-A-Hxfg I’m a sucker for any aesthetic that veers towards on the psychedelic and druggy, so it’s no surprise how much I’m digging Tobacco’s new Fucked Up Friends record dropping in October on Anticon, who have gone from ashy to still ashy but classy in my book following recent releases from Why? and Dosh. Add… Continue reading »

Aug
05

Elzhi-”Colors”

Jeebus. Am I the only one who hears a bit of Big L in this? But like in the good way, not in the Papoose, “I’m Going to Steal L’s Flow and Hope Nobody Notices” way. This album needs to leak already. Via Nah Right Download: MP3: Elzhi-”Colors”

Aug
05

The 10 Best Non Hip-Hop Albums of the Half Year

Image Via Natalie Dee In case, you were wondering, I do have a pair of boombox pants and yes, they’re quite comfortable. 10. King Khan & The Shrines-The Supreme Genius Of…. (tie) If my review of Khan’s Pitchfork Fest set didn’t convince you, this interview that ran today should seal the deal as to why… Continue reading »

Aug
04

Murs-Can It Be

After listening to the godawful hyphy-tinged, “Dreadlocks” that leaked earlier this year, my expectations were severely lowered for Murs for President, the ex-Def Jukie’s major-label debut. But after hearing official first single, “Can It Be,” consider those odds reversed. I’ve been a Murs fan for a long time and this is an instant contender for… Continue reading »

Aug
04

Festival-”Valentine”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IC3CE0P6_I4 New and very funny video from Festival, a folk-pop outfit out of Brooklyn who record for Language of Stone. Granted, my bias is clear, as I’m friends with ex-Stylusite, sometime Pitchfork writer, Mike Powell, the band’s drummer/viola player/poolboy heartthrob. But the song’s quite good, particularly when the drums and tambourine come clattering in around… Continue reading »

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