Nov
30

The New Curriculum of Schoolboy Q

Schoolboy Q has been dropping nothing but snarling bouncy drug raps since at least January, and since I am a man who enjoys a good snarling bouncy drug rap (and the drugs that accompany it), I have pretty much been downloading all of it and not sharing because I am a selfish soul who is… Continue reading »

Nov
30

The Impressive Emptiness of Future

Evan Nabavian also enjoys the cinematic stylings of “A Low Down Dirty Shame.” The best application of Auto-Tune is pervy crooning on rap hooks. On “Ain’t No Way Around It,” Future raps in an obscene moan which is somehow okay for a hard-boiled trap rapper because of the robotic veneer of Auto-Tune. Future says absolutely… Continue reading »

Nov
30

Lupe Fiasco, Friend or Foe

Jonah Bromwich prefers Douglas Brinkley. Two years ago, Lupe Fiasco released a great mixtape called Enemy of the State. It was a staccato burst of angry politics, quickfire rapping, and a well-curated selection of beats from songs as disparate as Radiohead’s “National Anthem” and Lil Wayne’s “Fireman.” The mixtape was approximately twenty-two minutes of exactly… Continue reading »

Nov
29

Dayone -”Multiply” (prod. by Sun Araw)

DAYONE “MULTIPLY” from ASTRAL PROJECTS on Vimeo. The other Killa Cam, Sun Araw decamped to Babylon briefly early this year, and inevitably and burned enough bushes to keep the Bob Marley extended clan up in smoke. This is my best guess to explain the digital duppy gun dub wobble that is “Multiply.” I don’t know… Continue reading »

Nov
29

Douglas Martin’s Dirty Shoes: Back in Bleached

To everyone’s enduring lament, Douglas Martin can’t dissect every single girl-group slanted single that slides down the information super highway. So, after taking a lengthy vacation of exactly one Bleached song, I’m back by popular demand (no Popeye). For the A-side of the forthcoming “Searching Through the Past” seven-inch, one of LA’s best new punk… Continue reading »

Nov
29

Sach O: Vilify Steps Up.

Sach O is going to grab a couple of tunes off of this one. Photo by Thorium Photography. Anyone can mix a couple of MP3s and call themselves a DJ this foul era – you find the hyped up genre of the day, jump on, have your lil’ 15 minutes and then you’re out the… Continue reading »

Nov
28

The Resuscitated Soul of Nick Waterhouse

Part of me would rather be water boarded than hear another retro soul song from a young white kid in a skinny tie. So I ignored Nick Waterhouse when I first heard about him, even though he came co-signed by one of my favorite labels, Innovative Leisure, home to Mexicans with Guns, Hanni El Khatib,… Continue reading »

Nov
28

James Pantses Daedelus’ Armada

Dublab? Stones Throw? Daedelus? James Pants? Symmetry? Mandatory posting implied and explanation unnecessary. I am nothing if not congruent (caveat: this may be a Geometrical term that I do not fully fathom). Pants takes Daedelus’ “An Armada Approaches” and turns it into intelligent yacht music. The official title is the “Cruise from Here to the… Continue reading »

Nov
28

What A$AP Rocky Really Did To Direct Danny Brown’s “Blunt After Blunt” video

Rappers, hire Jeff Weiss to direct your next video. For the right price, he’ll make your shit lighter. 10.Purchased scented candles at a Labor Day sale at the Soho Bed, Bath & Beyond. 9. Handled all wardrobe for Danny Brown, including but not limited to, the procurement of a special-designed Raf Simons Tigger costume. Taken… Continue reading »

Nov
28

“Throwing it Up” at White Castle with Eminem, Yelawolf, & Gangsta Boo

Evan Nabavian was photo shopped out of this photo. For all the promise and accolades, the road to Yelawolf’s debut album did not inspire confidence. He signed a deal with the reanimated corpse of Shady Records and released two singles conceived by witless Interscope A&Rs. I was loath to admit it, but Radioactive seemed destined… Continue reading »

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