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X-Ecutioners and Beat Junkies Pay Tribute to Roc Raida
November 2, 2010 - 5:41 am
Tags: fallen soldiers, Roc Raida, Videos
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More than a year has passed already since Roc Raida died, one of the most versatile and talented turntablists in Hip-Hop music. That’s no mere hyperbole so the dude should not be forgotten, and his buddies make sure that doesn’t happen with this tribute.
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Video: Curren$y – Audio Dope II
October 12, 2010 - 4:14 am
Tags: Curren$y, featured video, Videos
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The people over at Creative Control lend a hand delivering some dope (rimshot) blaxploitation-styled visuals too Curren$y’s steeldrum-fueled piff. Catch Ski Beats in the corner cooking up shit. We track traffickin’…
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Review: Gangrene – Gutter Water
October 11, 2010 - 5:29 am
Tags: Alchemist, featured, Gangrene, Oh No, Reviews
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Summer has been behind us for several weeks now. Skies are turning cloudy, it’s colder and the leaves are turning various shades of brown. As you put on your headphones and pull your hoodie over your head there’s a place where those falling leaves may end up: among the Gutter Water. Gangrene, the collaboration of [...]
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Solomon Burke Passed Away
October 10, 2010 - 12:31 pm
Tags: MUSIC
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Solomon Burke sadly passed away this morning on a plane at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam. He recently recorded an album with Dutch band ‘De Dijk’ and was planning to perform the songs they recorded with them this tuesday.
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Video: Gil Scott-Heron – New York Is Killing Me
September 29, 2010 - 3:36 am
Tags: Art, art exhibition, featured video, Gill Scott-Heron, Videos
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Chris Cunningham seems to have been quit for a while but the man behind the classic videos for Aphex Twin’s ‘Windowlicker’ and Björk’s ‘All Is Full Of Love’ recently debuted his newest work at the MOMA. The video for Gill Scott-Heron’s impressive track ‘New York Is Killing Me’ features a remix of the song made especially for the video by Chris Cunningham himself.
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The Story Behind “Scenario”
September 24, 2010 - 11:34 am
Tags: a tribe called quest, ATCQ, Culture, MUSIC
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It’s one of the greatest posse cuts in hip-hop history and the perfect closer to a classic album. We’re all familiar with the original, and most of us with the remix as well, but how about the other versions of this iconic track?
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Dam-Funk – Hood Pass Intact (Vocal Version)
September 22, 2010 - 11:40 am
Tags: Videos
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Dam-Funk showing his vocal chops on this cut from his album Toeachizown, directed by Henry DeMaio. Don’t watch it if you’re allergic to some vintage-sounding but fresh westcoast-bounce. All others, proceed to throwing ya dubs up.
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Snap Judgement: Nas – Last Real Nigga Alive Pt.2
September 2, 2010 - 4:39 pm
Tags: MUSIC, nas, Snap Judgment
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Nas drops in for a verse on Green Lantern’s new tape. Does he phone it in or do we get some Nasty Nas shit? A pleasantly meandering trumpet over a sparse, hard knocking drum pattern is all Nas needs to spit some hot bars. He sets the scene by fondly reminiscing on his ‘pissy stairways [...]
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The 100 Greatest French Rap Songs
September 1, 2010 - 9:57 am
Tags: french rap, Hip-Hop 101, Lists
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Stepping into a local rap environment with no prior knowledge of it whatsoever can be quite daunting. I remember a time when I was in a record shop in Paris and even though one of my favourite hip-hop albums EVAR is a French record (IAM’s L’ecole de Micro d’Argent), my limited familiarity with the French scene prohibited me from making a choice from the massive amount of acts, most of which I’d never even heard. Now there is help.
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