Photo borrowed from LA Weekly, because it’s too good not to re-run. Only a handful of rap groups can be bandied about as G.O.A.T: Wu-Tang, Outkast, EPMD, Tribe Called Quest, Public Enemy, Run-DMC, UGK, The Geto Boys, and De La Soul. If you need an introduction to Posdnuos, Dave/Trugoy the Dove, and Maseo, you obviously… Continue reading »
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Li7WD5XHXhg Between Only Built 4 Cuban Linx II, Blackout 2, Born Like This, and UGK 4 Life, there is a strong probability that the year’s four best rap albums will be made by rappers with the median age of 37. Geritol rap is running ’09. Now is the time to purchase stock in GlaxoSmithKline. Download:… Continue reading »
All Reasonable Doubt samples in one zip: here. All posts rolled into one: here. Dan Love runs this fiefdom: here. ‘Ain’t No Nigga’ The Whole Darn Family – ‘Seven Minutes Of Funk’ From Has Arrived (Soul International, 1976) Unavailable. Four Tops – ‘Ain’t No Woman (Like The One I Got)’ From Keeper Of The Castle… Continue reading »
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBKx8PyE5qQ Of course, it just isn’t going to work out. How can you take a girl seriously who carries a teacup chihuahua in her purse? In terms of white boys with ultra-Semitic names who re-appropriate black music, I’m riding with Mayer Hawthorne all day. This still doesn’t mean that I want Hashem Goldberg to be… Continue reading »
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoS8j9eNMZU Would that I had 2,000 words to wax rhapsodic about the extra-terrestrial stage presence and bizarro genius of Crystal Antlers percussionist, Sexual Chocolate. Sundry facts about Sexual Chocolate that did not make the finished piece: 1. His first band was named Kiddie Porn. 2. His all-time favorite album is Babes in Toyland’s, Fontanelle. 3.… Continue reading »
If you’re kind enough to link, parts II and III will be added to the original post as soon as they’re published. Thanks. “Feelin’ It” feat. Mecca Ahmad Jamal – ‘Pastures’ From Jamal Plays Jamal (20th Century, 1974) Think of “Feelin’ It” as an analogue to “Dead Presidents,” with both Ski-laced gems incorporating brooding piano… Continue reading »
Whether labeled “Speedboat rap” or “yacht music,” Rick Ross is not deep. No one believes he is–save for Ross himself–a man who lives in an oblivious nether-galaxy heretofore reserved for Mike Tyson, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Rod Blagojevich, Killa Cam, and Jim Jones–the real Jim Jones. Even if we agree on this pathology, the “RICK ROSS IS… Continue reading »
Dan Love, the man behind Oh Word’s epic de-construction of Illmatic, returns with a sequel worthy of hoverboards and Gray’s Sports Alamanac. A tip of the tilted brim to Hip-Hop is Read, for aiding and abetting the sample collection. For a full Zip of samples, click here. Despite a plethora of highly acclaimed and commercially… Continue reading »
Jonathan Bradley: Real Name. No Gimmicks. Hip-hop has a lot in common with the Republican Party. Both are largely racially homogeneous, fond of guns and suspicious of gays. Also, both are strongest in the South, obsessed with the Reagan era, concerned about a decline in their popularity, and have recently mourned the death of a… Continue reading »
Apr
23
Sach O would rather be listening to Smif N Wessun or Scarface. Come back next week for much better records. Two big-budget major label rap albums are dropping this week. One is by a slightly geeky frat boy whose hit single is an ode to keggers, and whose attempt at a “lyrical track” (ahem)… Continue reading »
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