Jan
29

Erykah Badu ft. Lil Wayne & Bilal – “Jump in the Air (Stay There)”

Lil Wayne croaked “Where the fuck is Erykah Badu at?” at the end of “A Milli,” a snippet that eventually became Miss On and On’s intro music and presumably led to this Weezy guest spot on “Jump in the Air (Stay There),” the bonus Web-only track  from New Amerykah Part 2. Lifting her hook from… Continue reading »

Jan
28

The Numero Group’s History of Chicago Mix

I hate to succumb to the Internet bad habit of posting something without listening to it first, but this seems as obvious as a Bill Cartwright elbow to the head. Plus, it’s bound to be an improvement on the last well-known Chicago tribute that involved the guy from Coldplay mewling about the shores of Lake… Continue reading »

Jan
28

Locked and Loaded: Nocando

If you’ve ever stumbled into the Low End Theory, you know Nocando. Every Wednesday, the night’s lone rhyming resident incinerates beats that would leave lesser rappers like nudists searching for a spot to store their wallets: exposed and futilely searching for a pocket. The Project Blowed veteran raps over beats that should be un-rappable, freestyling… Continue reading »

Jan
27

After Aftermath With Bishop Lamont

Clearly, Harry Belafonte has seen better days, judging by the Fester-like countenance the Day-O don sports with ex-Aftermath refugee, Bishop Lamont. But a half-century ago, when he ran the Catskill Resort circuit, Belafonte wooed my grandmother, who was reportedly once quite “a dish.” The story goes that the efforts were unsuccessful — thanks to my… Continue reading »

Jan
27

Question in the Form of An Answer: Edan

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDbBL9IFpCg Edan the DJ make Fast-Rap and Funky Drummer mixtapes. Edan the rapper make Prince Paul, LL Cool, and The Hollies play nice. Jewish critical cabal say, “Beauty and The Beat better than The Go-Gos.”  Edan release Echo Party. We Like Very Much. Edan talk to Passion of the Weiss from Brooklyn Flea Market. Edan… Continue reading »

Jan
26

Sach O: The Wonky Boom-Bap of Matthew Hiscock

Sach O only posts music that he likes so don’t flood him with wack demos, only high quality shit. Sometimes, good music finds you. Last week I received a chance PM from a local Montreal producer asking if I’d consider his tunes blog worthy. There’s a lot of musicians in this city and I’ve turned… Continue reading »

Jan
26

Good God, Born Agains

Born Agains. I envy them. I can barely choose between breakfast cereals, and they’re absolutely sold on all questions pertaining to eschatology and eternal salvation. I don’t envy their musical options though. This is the party of Michael W. Smith, Plus One,  and “You’ve Got to Serve Somebody.” They even turned Dylan insufferable, a water-to-wine… Continue reading »

Jan
25

Swimming With Caribou

One album conspicuously left off Sach’s list is the latest from the mushroom-gobbling mathematician formerly known as Manitoba. “Odessa,” the lead single leaked from Caribou’s forthcoming Swim might make a titular reference to a Ukranian port city,  but its sonics augur a stark shift from the frail and fractured psychedelia of Andorra to a thumping… Continue reading »

Jan
25

Sach O: Do Believe The Hype – A 2010 Preview

Sach O doesn’t feel the need to write a vaguely predictive intro to this piece. Here’s 10 full-length releases he’s fiendin’ to hear in 2010. No particular order. The Gorillaz – Plastic Beach Every 5 years, Damon Albarn does alternative hip-pop with a Gorillaz release. Easily taken as a lark, the original album’s dubwise slackerisms… Continue reading »

Jan
22

R.I.P Apache

It’s a sad day in New Jerusalem with the passing of Apache, who will surely be posthumously lionized as the rapper who put the Flava in the unit, rather than an early 90s one-hit wonder who knew how to properly rock a red flannel (take note, No Age). But “Gangsta Bitch” was not just any… Continue reading »

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