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 …
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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 …
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. …
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