Feb
28

DaVinci’s Blame Game

DaVinci – “Blame Game” (Music Video) from SWTBRDS (Sweetbreads) on Vimeo. “Blame Game.” Named worst song to play on Valentine’s Day for 1 year and counting. Aided by producer, Al Jieh, San Francisco’s DaVinci unfurls a tense ghetto narrative, turning Kanye’s tale of relationship woes into a bleak but inspirational message of uplift. Most importantly,… Continue reading »

Feb
28

Enjoy the Silence

Nicolas Jaar has the unique ability to make the mundane appear marvelous. His remix for When Saints Go Machine glows with negative spaces and smoke vapors. His music aspires to the mild splendor derived from organic miracles–falling snow, abstruse connections, the invention of the Clapper. Shlohmo also understands the importance of keeping the lights low.… Continue reading »

Feb
28

Question in the Form of an Answer: Oli “Power” Grant of Wu-Tang Clan

Last Friday at the EMP Pop Conference, Tal Rosenberg and I presented a paper on the economics of Wu-Tang. In the course of our research, I interviewed Power, the financial mastermind of the Wu-Tang. Therein, I learned about Wu-Wear’s re-launch, the history behind “Wu-Wear: The Garment Renaissance,” and the unfulfilled plans for Ol’ Dirty Bastard’s… Continue reading »

Feb
27

Sach O: Bowly’s MTL X Rinse FM Takeover

Sach O doesn’t watch sports so he roots for the home team musically I’ll start reviewing albums again when I start listening to them and I’ll get that Rinse-Guide up as soon as I finish it (sometime this year hopefully). Until then, here’s some Sunday Morning vibes from Montreal’s Bowly whose recent European tour culminated… Continue reading »

Feb
26

I Ain’t Like None of RZA’s Cousins, That’s That Brooklyn Shit

Where I’m From x Clifford Smith from Gasface on Vimeo. Wu-Tang.

Feb
25

Sach O: Royal-T’s New Rave Grime

Sach O never got down with Nu-Rave. Too many stupid haircuts and glowsticks. My infatuation with Grime continues unabated, to the degree where I can usually understand what the emcees are talking about now. Sure, the mainstream stuff is mostly horrid electro-house but the underground inhabits the fruitful melting pot of rave, rap and reggae… Continue reading »

Feb
25

Douglas Martin’s Dirty Shoes: Papercuts – Fading Parade

Douglas Martin likes his parades with floats of Snoopy (tracks. ) Few things sting worse than a paper cut. Less painful than cumbersome, the discomfort leaves little room for you to think about anything else for long. Though much more subtle and less likely to send you to the drug store for Neosporin or Band-Aids,… Continue reading »

Feb
24

Life, Death, and Overdoz

I first mentioned Overdoz last September, right before Odd Future’s ascension likely subjected them to a lifetime of off-base comparisons. They’re another one of the seemingly limitless skinny-jeaned squads clogging the 2 Dope Boyz mailbox, but rather than fight back, they work within the system collaborating with Casey Veggies, Dom Kennedy, and mixing R&B and… Continue reading »

Feb
24

Sach O: Ninety Three Mixtape + Rinse

Sach O found this via Oneman’s Tumblr. I’ll be the first to admit that musicians losing it over other musicians’ technical prowess is annoying as fuck. Guitar mags, rappers discussing breath control and anything with the prefix “prog” stand as sufficient proof. But Cot-Damn, Oneman can mix. As a DJ, whenever I hear this guy… Continue reading »

Feb
24

Not A Blogger Redux: A Brief Introduction To The 10 Rappers That Appear On the XXL Freshman Class Cover

Doc Zeus lives every day like it’s Festivus. My favorite day of the year is the day XXL Magazine announces it’s Freshman 10 cover. For a pure-bred hater like myself, it gives me the chance the exercise my prodigious talents at mockery in short, sarcastic blasts on Twitter and blogs. It’s like Christmas Day except… Continue reading »

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