This is an interview KRS One did recently in Switzerland, conducted by johnSF88. He talks about Hip-Hop’s ancient origins, knowledge of self, the current state of Hip-Hop, Hip-Hop in corporate environments, and new ideas that he’s currently spearheading. He asks Hip-Hop heads to question him, and not take him at his word, it’s his “Philosophy.” You gotta check it out to see if it matches your’s (gnosis/scientific). Me personally, KRS talks here about free education being important (I concur) but he mentions this …
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Floridian artist and humanitarian activist Swoon has a show, “Motherlands” that just opened at Galerie LJ. MizLiz via Fecal Face shot this video interview of her talking about the concept behind “Motherlands.” The visuals look like sort of a compilation from her past shows. That’s not a bad thing if you really hate seeing a great contemporary artist whose work speaks to modern times from a progressive perspective. This lady has went all city in multiple cities many times over. More …
Freddie Gibbs keeps serving pure raw and uncut heaters. His visual for “Deuces” was filmed in his hometown of Gary, Indiana by Danny Manhattan. It’s a point and shoot gorilla film making sort of affair. Scareface scenes are spliced in through out the video. The track is produced by Young Chop, a Chicago producer mostly known for working with Chief Keef. The beat is sleeping in a shark’s mouth kind of crazy, but it fits Gibbs’ double time flow. His upcoming …
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 …
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 …
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