Nov
12

The Bazooka Toothed Butcher

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQkbri0v5Js Aesop Rock does things the right way. He keeps it low pro and periodically pops up a few times a year to murder guest spots, while laboring intensively on his full lengths, which have been uniformly excellent (I will ride hard for Bazooka Tooth if pressed.) None Shall Pass dropped nearly three and a… Continue reading »

Nov
12

Sach O: Do or Die ft. Kanye West – Higher

 Sach O thinks Kanye’s looking a little aggy in that picture. Words on Kanye’s coked-out opus to come eventually but in the meantime, here’s a spoiler: dude is batshit insane and shows a total lack of restraint but arguably manages to pull off this year’s great overblown pop album. It may not be the kind… Continue reading »

Nov
12

The Anthology of Ross Lyrics: “M.C. Hammer” Video Edition

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9E1a9GjiOc4 Lyrics intended to be as accurate as possible, though even the most erudite can be easily mesmerized by the refulgence of Rick Ross’s beard. Interpretations necessary — for like the exquisite crustaceans that Mssr. Rozay  ritualistically devours, the true meaning of his verse only emerges when the carapace is cracked. Bawse.  ”My gun dirty/my… Continue reading »

Nov
11

Aquatic Acrobatics

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qzfmz2_yi94 While national attention is largely fixated on its producers, the Low End Theory simultaneously operates as a ’10s extension of the Project Blowed. Alumni like Busdriver, AWOL One, and Ab Rude regularly rock shows, and before becoming the Beat Baron of Alpha Pup, Daddy Kev ran the obscure but oft-excellent Celestial Records, whose legacy… Continue reading »

Nov
11

Gospel of Matthews: Ghostpoet’s Late Night Revelations

Aaron Matthews left in the morning. He took a suitcase without warning. As social networks and gadgets streamline and isolate our lives more than ever, Ghostpoet brilliantly conveys those small realizations that hit us when we chose to engage with the world around us. The Coventry emcee, born Obaro Ejimiwe has a knack for finding… Continue reading »

Nov
10

Shawshanks and Skateboards

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65WeiZ8VrXc It’s an odd conceit to suggest that there may be other creative LA rappers who mock celebrities, rap about murder, and loathe Kid Cudi and every last drop of liquid cocaine clogging his cranium. Call me crazy, but there might be one or two who formerly recorded for the same label as the guy… Continue reading »

Nov
10

Sach O: P-Money – Slang like This

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fIrIg8pSV4 Sach O speaks in slang like that. A London rap song about London rap slang probably won’t get much traction around these parts but since the Hip-Hop internet has collectively decided to give Waka a pass based on energy and/or swag, perhaps they’ll do the same for P-Money who absolutely rips this one to… Continue reading »

Nov
10

City of Fog

Nosaj Thing – MIS, Brasil 2010 (leg. português) from Cauê Ito on Vimeo. If you subscribe to the ideology that beats need raps to be fulfilled, you’ve probably already long ceased to read this blog, or are in the process of breaking away to download the latest MP3′s from Games, Tennis, Weekend, and Troubled Jai… Continue reading »

Nov
10

Douglas Martin’s Dirty Shoes: Nothing Fits, the Fall Season’s Best New Sitcom

Douglas Martin wants you to know that no animals were actually harmed during the making of the following sitcom. During the opening credits of the season premiere of Nothing Fits, the band featured as the stars of the show thrashes their way through a fast and thrilling punk song called “4312“ which perfectly encapsulates the… Continue reading »

Nov
09

Beards, Beats, & Bristol: Thievery Corporation and Massive Attack Remember the 90s

We’ll never be able to forget the 90s. Even if we ever eradicate the cult of Cobain, VH1 will mercilessly bludgeon us until the dialogue from Reality Bites is finally memorized without a glitch. Ricardo “Speedboat” Rozay will continue to keep the memory of MC Hammer alive and well on the obese and ursine front… Continue reading »

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