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    The Young Giantz, Courtesy of Priority Records
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    Mega and Late. This was the day that I was a guest on their podcast.
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    Artist Keen hooked me up with this keychain that he made. Dude fucks wit 3D printers. He’s got these crazy business cards made of plastic, leather and other materials.
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    At the podcast, mic checking.
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    “There’s a thousand emcees lined up against the wall….” What single is that from? He was a Wu-filiate.
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    Spidey the lighty

Chopped it up with The Young Giantz and The Mega Late Show

Publish DateLeave a comment Tracy Jones

Deuce Mac and Bigg Joe West are The Young Giantz, two brothers from South Central, Los Angeles. I interviewed and wrote about them for LA Weekly. Read it here. Last Saturday I was on The Mega Late Show. That was my first ever podcast. We recorded it in Mega’s man cave, appreciate him having me over. Thanks for having me on the show. I’ll post it when it drops, some time later this month, I think. Peace to artist Keen …

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“Error Tape 1,” M.Sayyid of Anti-Pop Consortium, Album Review

Publish Date1 Comment Tracy Jones

Note: If you’re not familiar with rapper and producer M.Sayyid, please read the previous post I wrote about him, here. At the beginning of the new century, Y2K was suppose to turn our computers against us. They would be unable to count to the year 2000 and thus go into flicking fits that’d crash planes and fail to alarm 9-to-5ers to start their day. The panic mode of this time was like a script that New York City rap quartet …

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On Meeting M.Sayyid of Anti-Pop Consortium

Publish Date2 Comments Tracy Jones

Rapper and producer M.Sayyid is ¼ of the avant guard rap crew Anti-Pop Consortium. Formed in 1997, APC also consist of rappers and producers High Priest, Beans, and producer Earl Blaize. They were at the forefront of experimental hip-hop, pushing the music’s boundaries across new textures and off-kilter compositions. All four members were individual artists with distinct aesthetics and their collaborative output made it evident. Sounding the way paint looks when it unfolds underwater, APC’s abstract rhymes and synthesized production …

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Ode To The Funky Diabetic: Phife Dawg of A Tribe Called Quest

Publish DateLeave a comment Tracy Jones

Malik Taylor aka Phife Dawg transitioned on March 22, 2016, from complications resulting from diabetes. His was 45 years-old. He was a husband, father, brother, and a member A Tribe Called Quest. Phife Dawg’s passing is a closing portal to my childhood. It was 1991 and I was a Orlando suburban kid, pimping my Afrocentric Cross Colours gear and big purple suede Karl Kani shorts. If it weren’t for my baggy clothes, I was so skinny that I could turn …

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Key clocking the works, son

Publish DateLeave a comment Tracy Jones

For LA Weekly I wrote an article about rapper and songwriter Gizzle. Also, I talked to rapper and producer The Koreatown Oddity. Check Gizzle’s EP 7 Days In Atlanta, shorty got bars. She’s like the Dolly Parton of rap, meaning, she pens hella songs, or in this case, raps for a lot of popular rappers. TKO was a humble cat who happens to be a multi-talented hardworking artist. Stones Throw Records just dropped his album Finna Be Past Tense. His Driving While Black flick was …

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