Friday, September 30, 2011
I’m just, tryin to stay above water y’know Just stay busy, stay workin Puff told me like, the key to this joint The key to staying on top of things is treat everything like it’s your first project, know what I’m saying? Like it’s your first day like back when you was an intern Like, that’s [...]
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With the exception of the Q-Tip produced That’s My Bitch we posted a while back, you may be wondering why we haven’t even mentioned Kanye & Jay-Z’s self-proclaimed “sophisticated ignorance,” and well the reasons are just to vast to get into. However, my boy Nate sent me an hilarious/amazing review by one of “Wu-Tangs elite” [...]
On Friday afternoon, we lost one of the true originators of this thing called hip-hop. Gil Scott-Heron was an accomplished poet, musician, and author, known mostly for his performances in spoken word during the 1970′s and 80′s. The album pictured above, was in reality the first instance of the hip-hop genre in recorded fashion. Over [...]
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Cris Cabs cover of this song is the best one of heard thus far and I hate to say for all the Kanye fans but I like it better than the original. The production manages to blend elements of ska and modern hip hop to perfection and there’s enough bass to make the pavement crank [...]
Earlier this week I returned from my mecca in the desert, Coachella. This was my 2nd year attending as the people were beautiful, the weather was blazin, and the music was blissful. With such a loaded lineup, it’s impossible to see every artist you want to catch, as I missed plenty of good acts due to [...]
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Steely Dan’s eccentric lyrics were known to often portray true-life accounts of the world that surrounded the west coast hippie in the 60′s and 70′s. Witty and often sarcastic song themes touched on love, affairs, crime, and of course drugs. ”Kid Charlemagne”, the opening track of their fifth album The Royal Scam, was loosely based on [...]
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Don’t have much time before my meeting but I came across this remix on one of my new favorite websites so I thought I’d pass it along real quick… Colorodo native Pretty Lights just released a bunch of remixes, among which is a dub step version of Kanye West’s hit single All Of Lights. The remix [...]