Did you memorize the first verse of Wu-Tang Clan’s “Method Man” from reading The Source Magazine’s “Hip-Hop Quotables?” Did you know what KRS-One’s name stood for? Were you “independent as fuck?” For the early 90’s rap kids and independent artist alike comes the documentary Adult Rappers, a rare look into the real lives of working-class rappers. The film features a lot of notable underground artists like Open Mike Eagle, Blueprint, Breeze Brewin, J-Zone, Evidence, Masta Ace, Blockhead, Atoms Family members …
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There are tracks that sound like a stunned body in perpetual fight or flight mode. Its skull reverberates from voices shouting, “get up… get out.” The neighborhood is a kill box and the “Only one way out/of course is man made/looking down the tunnel, endless/don’t see a damn thing,” Curly Castro raps on “Night Terra Fabulous,” off his sophomore project Tosh. He’s the son of Barbadian immigrants who raised him on planet Brooklyn but for years Philadelphia has been his …
To start 2019 here’s a track list of some of TMG’s soundcloud likes. They include cuts, podcasts, and mixes. A lot of these artists aren’t swimming in the mainstream. If you gave up digging for music that doesn’t mimic talking fax machines then here you go. Hit TMG up on soundcloud with suggestions. What other tracks should be included in the next soundcloud list? …
Haruki and Kantra’s perception of me, govern my values. I’d be fooling myself to pretend like foreign judgments aren’t crowding my peripheral. My wife is working crazy hours. I feel helpless watching her go through this bulshit. We have to switch roles. It’s like I’m walking around with my balls in my back pocket. I’m in awe of her. Shorty’s a hustler, “We do what we can do,” she tells me. Like a drafted soldier doing more than she can, …
Blueprint is getting stupid personal on his Respect the Architect LP. The single “Silver Lining” is a tour of his history. Blue directed the video; a montage of family photos, and past show footage. He paints a bittersweet picture of himself that practically leaves fingerprints on the screen. His solo album 1988 (2005) is highly recommended. It’s a conceptual classic ode to a year in hip-hop considered by some to be more innovative than the Golden Era. Respect the Architect …
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