Lauryn Hill’s “Consumerism” was released just before she got out of jail. She’s spitting about everything wrong with the world, incorporating all the “isms” you can think of. Her voice sounds more mature and scratchier, but her presence is evident. The production surrounds brash hitting drums that after a minute, become redundant when listening to her list “isms.” Earlier this year she was convicted for not filing taxes on over a million dollars in earnings. In October she finished her three …
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Pharrell William’s single “Happy” first appeared on this year’s Despicable Me 2 soundtrack. Homie’s been cranking out bangers like Robin Thicke’s disco delight “Blurred Lines” and his collaborative effort with Daft Punk “Get Lucky.” About the jams, in a GQ profile he said, “There’s a lot of fucked-up travesty in the world. Sometimes you just need a Hallmark card.” His “Happy” video is literally 24 hours long. It’s the same song looped over ill choreographed dance scenes, celebrity appearances and the …
Rapper, singer, mother, artist and controversial figure M.I.A had a show in New York last night and Wikileaks founder Julian Assange was the opening act and “Epic guest speaker” via Skype. Assange is still living out of the Ecuadorian embassy in London. He’s hosting “The World Tomorrow,” a TV show that M.I.A produced the opening music for. Her album, Matangi, out November 5th. More to the point, here’s a hypnotic video portrait of said rapper by Erik Sanchez. M.I.A’s “Bad Girls” never …
In response to Lou Reed’s recent passing and instead of a beautiful epitaph that you could read here, here and here…below is Mr. Reed reviewing Kanye West’s Yeezus via Talkhouse. The combination of the two couldn’t be more ironic and exact. It’s by far the best review of Yeezus you’ll ever read. R.I.P Lou, you had a hell of a ride. Kanye West is a child of social networking and hip-hop. And he knows about all kinds of music and …
Heads been waiting for this track since Tog Dawg Entertainment signed the deal with Interscope. Off Eminen‘s leaked Marshall Mathers LP 2 officially dropping November 5th, Eminem ft. Kendrick Lamar, “Love Game.” They spitting intricate flows almost like tap dancing, playing the art of pause, punch lines-a-plenty. The jam goes in about women that played them. Nobody got out shined on this one. Lamar held his own and Em did his thing. The production samples the 1965 hit “The Game …
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