Feb
16

Question in the Form of an Answer: Smith Westerns

While it occasionally seems like the Smith Westerns don’t have a care in the world, lead singer Cullen Omari adamantly believes that constant touring defines a band in its inception. After touring with Girls, MGMT and Florence and the Machine, the band is currently barnstorming the US on its own headlining tour, in support of… Continue reading »

Feb
15

Big L – Mister Cee Tribute Mix

No rarities, just jams. Hot 97′s Mister Cee, the master of the tribute mix, drops a 22-minute burner in memory of Big Lamont, the former Child of the Corn, who went Moonlight Graham a dozen years ago today. The standard line always held that at the time of his death, L was poised for mainstream… Continue reading »

Feb
15

Caribou – Resident Advisor Podcast

Almost didn’t listen to this. I don’t know if you’re like me, but sometimes you examine the glut of mixes posted on the Internet and begin to think they all sound alike. Nothing against the lot, but barring the most spectacular, they often blur into a glutinous blob of blog bass and esoteric bullshit. But… Continue reading »

Feb
15

A People’s History of Hip Hop: Punch Drunk Love – The Top Ten R&B Guest Verses

Abe Beame wishes you a belated Happy Valentine’s Day. A few weeks ago, we explored the roots of Hip Hop Soul, the genre spawned from Puff Daddy’s experiments cross breeding Rap and R&B. While that post focused on the singing side of the equation, it’s time to pay respect to the elusive art of the… Continue reading »

Feb
14

Debruit’s Pony

Like Manya above, DeBruit left the shores of pony-filled Paris to head to non-pony Great Britain. Since then, he’s had great success turning Nigerian, Haitian, and Persian samples into plasma. Seeing that we’re instructed to throw the Sieg Heil to Hallmark today, nothing says romantic quite like Ginuwine equating his sex game to an equestrian… Continue reading »

Feb
14

Sach O: MTL JUKE

Sach O would like to invite Chicago producers to send him some Juke tunes as well. I wasn’t able to hit up DJ Rashad’s set last Friday (damn) but my spies report that he was well received though the music apparently bewildered some people out of dancing. That’s how it is with Juke, a music… Continue reading »

Feb
14

Son Raw: Skream vs. 112 – Sublemonavailable

Sach O: What the Game’s Been Missing. Not a fan of Valentine’s day, Mash-Ups or the latter day work of 112 but sometimes you gotta drop one for the ladies. This is an Ableton-recreated mash up of a blend from my set last night which pitted Croydon’s own Ollie Jones vs. Q, Mike, Slim &… Continue reading »

Feb
14

Douglas Martin’s Dirty Shoes: Talulah Gosh Fixes Your Unhappy Valentine’s Day

For Valentine’s Day, Douglas Martin gave his girlfriend a Boba Fett helmet and a subscription to High Times. February 14th causes a lot of anguish for a great deal of people. Massive numbers of dudes scurrying to the grocery store or nervously clicking on the 1-800-FLOWERS.com order button to buy roses. Men who bemoan America’s… Continue reading »

Feb
13

Bishop Lamont – “Sadatay”

The funniest rap video of the year thus far. Bishop Lamont as a basketball-playing Prince, Kurt Cobain in white face, and a nerd-chic schoolmarm. And as Aaron Matthews pointed out: Pootie Tang references are always warmly welcomed. Download: MP3: Bishop Lamont-”Sadatay”

Feb
13

Danny Brown- “Lincoln Continental”

In which Danny Brown gets quietly subversive. Like most D-Boys with the Tiger fitted, The Hybrid’s got the old-school underground crowd on lock. He’s comfortable alongside Black Milk and Elzhi and first came to my attention rapping on a Dilla tribute record. Yet his singularity is derived from his role as the say-anything weirdo who… Continue reading »

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