May
31

Not A Blogger Redux: The Weighty Glory Of Carrying Rick Ross’ Crab Cakes

Doc Zeus’s municipal marvelousity has yet to be magnificently memorialized. Listening to Maybach Music Group’s Self-Made Vol. 1 can be described in a series of short words that may or may not have been used by Rick Ross on the actual album: astonishing, wonderment, immaculateness, impeccability, magnificentience, flawlessment, superlativery, gloriousic and amazitude. Like Xanadu and… Continue reading »

Jan
12

The Curse of H.A.M: Whose Swine Will Survive Until Easter Sunday?

Scene 9- Annie Hall from logan lemberger on Vimeo. Because Kanye West and Jay-Z love Pill, but hate Hebrews, they have graced us with their latest single, “H.A.M.” We are ordered to hail to the throne, but some of us follow the scriptures of Supreme Clientele: “y’all know how we dine, but we don’t eat… Continue reading »

Jun
01

Pill – 11:40: The Overdose

Until I finish the behemoth of a story that I’m currently working on, my contributions might very well be limited to posting up new mixtapes. Luckily, rappers seem committed to making it so that I will no have time to listen to any other genre. Pill has yet to disappoint and I imagine that this… Continue reading »

Apr
22

Yelawolf, Pill & The Nascent 90s Revival

The last decade was the 80s redux, so it’s natural that the next one will be defined by 90s nostalgia.  You can see it everywhere. From the 8-bit beats booming out of Bristol (Joker, Guido, Gemmy), the Low End Theory, and Hyperdub’s latest linchpin, Ikonika. Or examine the child-like chillwavers, continually fascinated by cassette tapes,… Continue reading »

Nov
17

The Label’s Trying to Kill Me: Wale, Freddie Gibbs, Pill, Poochie, and Other Totally Outrageous Paradigms (Part II)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTWMtdFSR_0 Lost last week in the 45-post a day, ad impression shuffle was the video for Freddie Gibbs and Pill’s “Womb 2 the Tomb,” an instant-classic from Freddie Gibbs’ instant-classic mixtape, Midwestgangstaboxframecadillacmuzick. Directed by Skee TV go-to-director, Matt Alonzo, the almost five minute clip is a mini tour de force: a gothic, grainy, black and… Continue reading »

Sep
29

Cooking With Pill

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5somtePRLQM Continuing the recurring gastrointestinal sub-plot started with his “Trap Goin’ Ham” video, Pill debuts “Cooking with Pill.”  The 4th Ward’s finest is one of the only rappers on earth that can get away with making a “Big Boy” with honey buns. Funny stuff and seemingly delicious, but I wish that rappers expanded the spectrum… Continue reading »

Sep
18

Live at On the Rox: Pill & Freddie Gibbs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrAXdX6AS_U You can’t trust a rapper who can’t roll a good blunt. You can trust Freddie Gibbs. During the 48 hours prior to his show with Atlanta Grind Time Rap Gang affiliate, Pill, Gibbs rolled the best blunts I’ve seen since the last time I kicked it in New York with Disco Vietnam. Durable Duracell… Continue reading »