If there’s nothing for you on this lineup, then you’re probably in the wrong warp zone. The Facebook Invite is up. $12. The cost of one drink at a lame LA bar. Barring you being a bubble boy (or “person” if we’re being politically correct), there’s no excuse not to go. 9 p.m. until the… Continue reading »
Tonight. Why? Because tonight is the night. The schedule, directions, and weird rambles are up on the Facebook Event Page. Bring synchronized Swatch Watches, sun dials, abacuses, periodicals, distribution, genies, sun dials, your secret identity, my Secret Identity, Jerry O’ Connell, sidekicks, doppelgangers, safety helmets, Guinness, cigarettes, weed, blogs, your hottest first cousin, party hats,… Continue reading »
Nocando once told me that Project Blowed was like rap graduate school. Makes sense. Rapid-fire freestyles at weekly battles are the equivalent of a thesis defense, complete with less argyle and more soy. After all, the Blowed’s origins date back to the Good Life, the only spot in South Central where you could cop couscous.… Continue reading »
Because I’m the slacker that Mr. Strickland always said I was, I’m only now announcing the next Passion of the Weiss Presents show. For those inhabiting Mike Brown’s new stomping grounds, the saga unfolds next Friday, June 10 at the Bootleg Theater, with performances from Flash Bang Grenada (Nocando & Busdriver’s new group), Open Mike… Continue reading »
Since Kanye discovered robot techno three years late, rap’s been on an Itchy and Scratchy Land-style collision course with electronic music. Of course, there’s the long history: “Planet Rock,” Juan Atkins, disco-rap, Whodini, Egyptian Lover, hip-house, “Bombs over Baghdad,” hoobity blah. But when Kanye sampled “Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger,” it indirectly annexed a new realm… Continue reading »
There’s been a rash of recent articles heralding the rise of “weird rappers.” From my perspective, it’s a bizarre generalization considering that other than maybe the last half-decade, hip-hop has always been weird. The only reason why it stopped being strange was that corporate pressure forced rappers to conform to bland thug-trap stereotypes, resulting in… Continue reading »
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Few descriptions are more trite than “organic.” It’s a word used to describe everything from music played with real instruments, to the seamless incorporation of seemingly irreconcilable styles, to the produce grown by white people with natty dreads and Sage Francis records. Over the last few years, a glut of rappers have attempt to escape… Continue reading »
Nov
11
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qzfmz2_yi94 While national attention is largely fixated on its producers, the Low End Theory simultaneously operates as a ’10s extension of the Project Blowed. Alumni like Busdriver, AWOL One, and Ab Rude regularly rock shows, and before becoming the Beat Baron of Alpha Pup, Daddy Kev ran the obscure but oft-excellent Celestial Records, whose legacy… Continue reading »
Lest I cannibalize myself (and not in the inspiring Alive way), should you have any interest in reading my thoughts on Nocando’s excellent “Hurry Up and Wait Remix,” I will point you in the direction of my Sam Zell-owned feudal overlords. The concise version is that its arguably the best morning commute anthem since “9-5ers… Continue reading »
The polarization between rappers and rock groups has always bothered me. Granted, one can interpret it as a wise conclusion gleaned from the Durst era, but I suspect otherwise. The last few years have seen arbitrary barriers between genres collapse, with hip-hop producers swiping samples from MGMT, Vampire Weekend, and Radiohead, Dame Dash and The… Continue reading »
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