hip hop
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Last month, the abstract rhymes and trippy beats on Shabazz Palaces’ new album, Black Up, convinced me it was one of the most interesting hip hop LPs I’ve heard this year. So interesting, in fact, that I threw it on my favorites of 2011 so far list without much
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In a song that seems to be filled with hot girls and fast cars, Louisiana’s Curren$y creates a fantasy world that I’m sure every red-blooded male would love to bask in. However, hearing about how awesome it is second-hand isn’t really something that interests me–especially
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A video for “HiiiPower,” which comes off Section.80: The debut full-length of California rapper Kendrick Lamar. Production by J. Cole.
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Video for the track “Last Name London,” which is coming off Theophilus London’s forthcoming LP, Timez Are Weird These Days. That LP is getting a July 19th release via Warner Bros. As you may already know, I dug the EP to drop earlier this year a lot.
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BADBADNOTGOOD by BADBADNOTGOOD Last month, I talked up some live videos from Canada’s Bad Bad Not Good, which is a young jazz trio of sorts. I’d call them “jazz fusion,” but that hardly addresses what they’re fusing together. Rather than welding jazz with some rock or funk,
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This is a rare and secret review most people will never understand. If you guys start a flame war in the comments, you really have learned nothing. WATCH THE REVIEW
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On Sam Baker’s Album, Samiyam pulls together some pretty great grooves and sounds. My problem is not much of it moves or develops into anything interesting. This release is more like a sampler of various atmospheres this L.A. producer can create, and that’s fine. Maybe it’ll
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If you watch my YouTube channel often, you know post-hardcore isn’t exactly one of the genre’s I cover. However, it’s not for a lack of love of this style. The thing is my heart lies in the slightly distant past. Not with the La Disputes and Poison
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On Black Up, Shabazz Palaces take hip hop deep into the left field with odd beats and surreal effects. It’s definitely an indulgent LP that requires a little bit of effort from the listener, but repeating these songs until they completely unfold is worth the wait. Part of me
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MP3 On August 23rd, Connecticut MC Apathy will be dropping his latest album, Honkey Kong. “Check to Check,” which gets some production credits from Evidence–yeah, from Dilated Peoples–is all about being broke as a joke. Seems Apathy is pretty open about his money problems whether they’re because
