The supergroup Slaughterhouse just squeezed out “Party” a banger for the lyricist lovers. As the title suggests, it’s not a bunch of heads on a yacht swinging champaign bottles in the air. Royce Da 5′ 9″, Crooked I, Joell Ortiz and Joe Budden lace it, but Crooked’s flow patterns always got me rewinding. Just when you think he’s all rhythm and no pen, you start doubting your assumption and have to back track. Royce usually gets credited for the hottest …
Author: Tracy Jones
Four Tet reached 100,000 Twitter followers just in time for Christmas. He’s been tweeting treats for the kiddies for a minute, but hitting 100,000 marks an occasion. let me go through the hard drives and see what’s there… — Four Tet (@FourTet) December 16, 2013 100k followers very soon… tradition is to give away some music or something right? — Four Tet (@FourTet) December 16, 2013 http://t.co/R7lgye4d0O — Four Tet (@FourTet) December 16, 2013 http://t.co/RLM0HcoBMK — Four Tet (@FourTet) December …
This dude is into muddy soundscapes. His production could be a fun house for heads that like their hip-hop trippy with a side of heavy head nodding drums. Space Nobility is no different, it’s on some lo-fi subterranean jazz type steez. According to Potholes In My Blog, it’s sample-free. The Nu Age crew member played all the music himself via live instruments. The EP is a quick 11 minutes long, but it’s worth a repeat. …
Viral Art is an online book about the intersection between street art, graffiti and the internet. Written and arranged by RJ Rushmore, the ebook explores the internet’s long shadow casted over contemporary artists gaining exposure. Rushmore’s releasing it here. In a recent interview with Graffuturism he said he’s “frustrated by the lack of scholarly material out there about street art and graffiti.” Although I love his popular site Vandalog, I’m still weighing in on his perspective. He raises some interesting …
Legendary writer Mode2 recently opened an exhibition at Le-Fix Gallery. He made all the art for the show on site. The pieces range from sketches to paintings. He gets down on his usual study of the black female anatomy. Other pieces reflect his days of writing as a graf head. Back in the day the chatter around the way was that he was a militant black man, famous for his scenes of black characters, but called racist when he refused …
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