Apr
11

So Fresh and So Clean

Mike Bigga (Killer Mike) ft. T.I. & Big Boi – Ready Set Go (Remix) from Motion Family on Vimeo. What makes this video superior to most other videos? Killer Mike has renounced his Mike Bigga experiment and has pronounced death on people wearing Ed Hardy with sequins. Big Boi is wearing a fur hat that… Continue reading »

Jul
16

Hood Passes and Left Feet

Funk is not a fad, but you could’ve been fooled otherwise. No need to delve into Wiki histories of the genre’s Boom Box War defeat by the 808s of “Rock Box” and Rick Rubin. Or the occasional renaissance’s in the SP’s of Dr. Dre and DJ Quik, Erick Sermon, the Lords of the Underground, and… Continue reading »

May
27

Things Learned About Big Boi From Watching The Video For “Shutterbug”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPGUW7z34ew 10. Big Boi’s father’ s name was Chico Dusty, which means that there is a 64 percent chance that he is related to Razor Ramon.  Upon closer analysis, this is an obvious revelation based on Chico Dusty Jr.’s decision to reference Sgt. Slaughter in verse. There is also the alternate possibility that Sir Lucious… Continue reading »

Apr
05

Big Boi’s “Shutterbug” and The Return of Hip-House

From mustaches to Maxells, all trends eventually return. So it’s unsurprising that you can calibrate the electro-rap sensibilities of the current pop marketplace by Big Boi’s latest single, “Shutterbug.” Hip-house might have been much maligned by hardcore heads 20 years ago, but enough time has passed for its absurdly modish fashions to be largely forgotten… Continue reading »