Artist, graphic designer and hip-hop head Jay Shells created red street signs engraved with lyrics from classic rap songs. The rap quotes are lines describing specific locations. Early last year, armed with screws and a stepping stool, Shells installed the signs at the exact sites described in the quotes. Animal New York filmed him driving around New York City putting them up and keeping it moving. Shells curated some tasty treats like “I’m blacker than midnight on Broadway and Myrtle” …
Author: Tracy Jones
In post-Beyonce world, Del the Funky Homosapien unleashes, Iller Than Most, a free surprise album on SoundCloud. The LP has 11 cuts and Del handles all the production. About the project, on his SoundCloud he wrote, “This is a new FREE LP that is futuristic and fun- but still on some Hiphop shit. Lyrically ill but fun to listen to, nothing super heavy. I did the production on it as well. Hope yall enjoy it, peace.” …
Legendary genre bending musician PJ Harvey guest edits BBC 4 Radio. Today’s edition features Julian Assange, Ralph Fiennes, former Archbishop of Canterbury Dr. Rowan Williams and Shaker Aamer, a former Guantanamo Bay detainee. Harvey said that she’d only get involved under the condition that her contributors would not be edited without their consent. Toward the beginning of the broadcast she said, “I saw it as an opportunity to try and do something unusual with the format and the content of the …
Artist SpY put together this buggie instillation on the side of a building in Madrid. 150 fake cameras on a grid, pointed in a single direction. It’s an obvious, simple, but effective symbol for social commentary on the invasion of privacy. The fact that they’re fake cameras does little to diminish their significance, unless you know it’s an art project. It’s enough to disrupt a pedestrian’s day, as if the NSA decided to be cute. To quote Radiohead’s “There There,” …
The talented rapper and late Pro Era member Capital STEEZ died a year ago, December 24, 2012. To commemorate the one year anniversary of his death, Pro Era released a video for his “47 Piiirates” joint featuring Joey Bada$$ and Dirty Sanchez. The track is off STEEZ’s first mixtape AmeriKKKan Korruption Reloaded. According to Fader, the video was put together in collaboration with Karmaloop TV and L-R-G. The video features “lost footage” and “nearly 20 musicians, graffiti artists, videographers and fans” worked to put it …
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