“I had this vision where I saw Ryogen (10th century highest ranking Buddhist priest), and he cut my head off with a sword…and when my head hit the ground, light shot out of my neck, my mouth and my eyes. [The light] shot up into the sky and it exploded into the cosmos and then it rained down into kids’ cereal bowls. Then I could see through the kids’ eyes, and everything started glowing and the colors were super saturated,” said …
Author: Tracy Jones
Asaan Brooks a.k.a. Swamburger a.k.a. Swam, 1/4 of Solillaquists of Sound, rapper, artist, skateboarder, writer, teacher, student, community organizer, and entrepreneur. I met Asaan when I was a senior in high school. 1998: putting a show together that never happened, illuminati, Jason’s Moms gave me a couple Dr. Malachi Z. York books, Saul Williams in the film Slam Nation debuting at the Florida Film Festival, Patrick Scott Barnes features Beau Sia at his open mic, Ras Kass released the classic …
Gnarls BarkleySt. ElsewhereDowntown Music/Atlantic Records You should say, “thank you” to Cee Lo and Danger Mouse for recording this album. The song, “Crazy” has been blasted through the skin of every media pore there is, including rock radio stations and even schizo, retarded, culture killing 106 & Park (the same clowns [BET] that wouldn’t play Little Brother’s “Lovin’ It” video, claiming it was “too intelligent” for their viewers). I can’t remember being this “hyphy” over an album since Kid A. …
Shabazz Palaces Black Up Sub Pop: 2011 “I ain’t show off/I just showed up,” Palaceer Lazaro spits on “Free Press and Curl,” the first jam off Shabazz Palaces’ debut album, Black Up (Sub Pop). Palaceer aka Ishmael Butler, better known as Butterfly, was a member of the early 90’s trioDigable Planets, a group that helped solidify the fusion of jazz and hip-hop. The Planets broke up after two slept-on releases. Butterfly traded in his bohemian pop appeal and retro grooves to form Cherrywine. Their …
Jay-Z and Kanye West Watch The Throne 2011 Watch The Throne? Really? It’s been called “a new form of opulence” in music. Kanye West and Jay-Z are on a higher plane with no one to compete with except U2’s Bono according to Pusha T (one half of The Clips and new member of G.O.O.D Music Records). The album is laced with ridiculously expensive samples, over produced dizzying production, a shout out to O (as in President Obama), references to hip-hop’s …
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