10 years ago on March 23, 2004 Madvillainy was released on indie label Stones Throw. It was the debut album of the super duo Madvillian (MF Doom and Madlib). Madvillainy is one of the quintessential albums for the indie Hip-Hop movement of the late 90s, early to mid 2000s. The album featured tracks with abstract lyrics, short track lengths, minimal beats, mixtures of obscure samples, few choruses, which has become a style MF Doom and Madlib have embodied on other projects over the years. …
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From St. Louis, Missouri five year old rapper Heir Jordin raps about Black history in the song “Proud History” penned by his father, rapper and drummer RT-FaQ of the group Doorway. The track “Proud History” came to life, when one of Heir Jordin’s teachers asked him to perform a song for the school’s Black History Month program. In the track, Heir Jordin name drop various Black heroes, heroines, icons, legends, and revolutionaries from Martin Luther King Jr, Malcolm X, Sojourner Truth, Harriet Tubman all the way …
For those that missed the Boiler Room San Francisco live stream on January 21, 2014 here are the recored sets from that event. The live streamed event started with DJ Platurn, followed by Mophono, Shortkut, and last but not least DJ Q-Bert who premiered beats from his new upcoming double album Extraterrestria/GalaXXXian (a follow up to Wavetwisters). The event was hosted at the Pyramind music and audio production school in San Francisco. Enjoy the videos below! DJ Platurn Boiler Room San Francisco DJ …
Trying to flee the police, a drunk driver crashed his car into a crowd of attendees at a SXSW Tyler, The Creator concert in Austin, Texas early thursday around 12:30 am local time. Two people were reported dead, 23 were injured, five in critical condition. The incident took place in front of The Mohawk club, hitting and killing two people on a moped, and hitting a taxi before finally stopping. According to the LA Times the driver was operating a …
Formerly the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival (SFIAAFF), now known as the Center for Asian American Media (CAAM) Film Festival is kicking off on Thursday March 13th and runs through March 23rd. CAAM Fest 2014 will be showcasing films made by Asian/Asian American filmmakers, and films relating to the Asian and Asian American experience, with screenings in theaters located in San Francisco, Berkeley, and Oakland. I was looking through the film program of CAAM Fest this year and a …
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