Sep
14

Freddie Gibbs – “187 Proof”

Gibbs using the first official leak from A Cold Day in Hell to take tacit slaps at Rick Ross, make Steven Seagal references, and talk about his preference for the CPA over the DEA. Finally, a rap song I can play for my father. Gibbs has staked his career on honesty and rapping extraordinarily well.… Continue reading »

Sep
13

Bounce, Rock Creek: Oddisee’s DC Ode

Now ask Jonah Bromwich about DJ Kool. Washington DC has two nicknames. The first, as I was informed by my snide, street-smart-and-proud-of-it, seventh grade teacher, is “Chocolate City,” which refers, of course, to the fact that there are a lot of black people who live in DC. The second, which I only learned a couple… Continue reading »

Sep
13

Video: Robot Koch – “Heal”

Robot Koch “Heal” Feat. John LaMonica Official Video (The Other Side – Project: Mooncircle, 2011) from Project Mooncircle on Vimeo. Robot Koch is the Black Swan. Video shot for his forthcoming and very good record, The Other Side.. I can assure you it is not a Red Hot Chili Peppers conceptual re-imagination. I think. For… Continue reading »

Sep
13

Sach O: RIP DJ Mehdi

Sach O used to bump Princes de La Ville on a near daily basis in high school. Sad news for the world of beatmaking today as Parisian producer DJ Mehdi passes away. While his international audience knew him best as a new school electro producer affiliated with Ed Banger, I’ll always remember him for his… Continue reading »

Sep
13

RL Grime – “Grapes Alla Vodka”

RL Grime’s Soundcloud page follows three people: Kingdom, Girl Unit, and his alter-ego, Clockwork. That should give you an idea of what the New York native is working with — post-Joker London future bass music that breathes with the pulmonary smoothness of a non-smoker, and the hypnotic transitions of a chronic drug user. Admittedly, it’s… Continue reading »

Sep
12

Larry Levan: Live from The Paradise Garage, 1979

Fuck Calvin Harris, Larry Levan invented disco. Yeah, you can credit at least a dozen people with the creation of the relatively ephemeral fad that swept New York and Comiskey Park in the late 70s and early 80s: Giorgio Moroder, Frankie Knuckles, Sal Abatiello, Tony Manero, Disco Stu. But for the purposes of this blog… Continue reading »

Sep
12

Sach O: K Def X LL Cool J – Year of the Hip-Hop

Sach O‘s got an Eraserhead haircut. Classic K-Def & LL Cool J collabo that was apparently lost behind a radiator for 17 years before being unearthed and released on limited edition orange vinyl. Seemingly recorded after Uncle L got his Chronic induced gangsta-rapping out of his system on 14 Shots to the Dome but before… Continue reading »

Sep
12

Beat Traps: My Philosophy – Kone’s “The Tracatus”

Chris Daly can’t say the word “syllogism” without giggling. Listening to The Tracatus by Kone is heady stuff, indeed. Not only does the title reference the great work Tracatus Logico-Philosophicus by the Austrian philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein, but vocal snippets throughout quote Nietzsche and espouse the tenants of logical positivism. Now, I’m more of an existentialist… Continue reading »

Sep
11

Video: The Coathangers – “Guns and Roses”

mobilerider.embedVideo(2416, 51952 ,”, 640, 360, ‘osmf’, {extras:’skin:,muteOn:,autoplay:0,autohide:1′}); Earlier this week, I received an e-mail from Devin Chanda, pointing me towards this excellent mini-doc of the Coathangers that he made for Jay-Z’s Life + Times website. He also told me that he first got put onto the Coathangers via Passion of the Weiss, meaning that somehow… Continue reading »

Sep
11

Mr. Muthafuckin’ eXquire – “Lost in Translation”

Bootleg liquor on a Sunday night. I don’t know if eXquire has next but he raps like he snaps necks and that is very important. “Maltese Falcon” is my favorite song because I am a Sam Spade stan, but there is a lot to get lost in here. Highly recommended. Download: ZIP: Mr. MFN eXquire-Lost… Continue reading »

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