In light of his reissue on LA Club Resource, a look at forgotten Memphis rap pioneer, Shawty Pimp
| Place of Birth: Jon Waltz “Home” | August 12, 2014 |
Will Hagle might scream and yell like Samuel L. The place Jon Waltz calls Home is also the city from which DJay and Skinny Black hail. Meaning it’s Memphis, but also sort of a fiction. When you leave a place and come back it’s never the same as it was in your mind. Absence may […]
| Dreams & Cigarettes: Memphis’ Jon Waltz | July 15, 2014 |
The rap and R&B collision course that’s been enduring since well before Chris Rock’s prophecies on “Champagne” has become complete. Drake stepped into the cipher with a yarmulkah, a bag of lemongrass candles, and a mission to be the light-skinned Keith Sweat and executed with ruthless Canadian efficiency. Regardless of your feelings on the Sultan […]
| You Say No to Narduwar, Juicy J Can’t | August 7, 2012 |
In which, the pair talk DJ Spanish Fly, Memphis hamburger joints, Interstate BBQ, Willie Hutch, Audio Two, Johnnie Taylor, Tela, how to get two snowbunnies into a bathtub, and trippy sticks. If Narduwar was on Adventures in Hollywood, it never would’ve been canceled. Deen’s late-period Juicy J comp remains groovy. You should download it if […]
