I just wrote an article for LA Weekly. It’s about L.A. mobile DJ crew, Uncle Jamm’s Army (UJA), founded by Rodger Clayton aka Ace of Dreams aka Mr. Prinze. From the late 70’s to the mid 80’s, The Army was king. Nobody was doing it like them, nobody. After working on this piece, I started to speculate that West Coast DJ’s were way ahead of East Coast DJ’s, from how they set up their turntables, scratching, blending, to how they approached the use …
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On this edition of TMG’s “On The Scope” post we have music from D’Angleo’s highly anticipated long over due new Black Messiah LP, Lecrae‘s Anomaly, Azealia Banks’ debut Broke with Expensive Taste, new track from Yasiin Bey (Mos Def) & South African artist Petite Noir, a deep interview with David Banner on Sway In The Morning show, performance videos by Valerie June, and much more music for you to digest. D’Angelo Black Messiah stream Black Messiah promo videos Interview: D’Angelo on the Inspirations Behind …
On this edition of “On The Scope” 12-13-2014 we have newly released albums from J Cole’s 2014 Forest Hills Drive, Ghostface Killah’s 36 Seasons, the self-titled collaborative project PRhyme by the super duo DJ Premier & Rocye da 5’9, E-40‘s Sharp On All 4 Corners 1 & 2, electronic/alt R&B artist JMSN‘s second studio album JMSN (Blue Album), Jack White’s Third Man Records artist Olivia Jean’s solo debut Bathtub Love Killings, as well as some DJ mixes by Ben UFO, DJ Mike Rizzy, Run …
This past Saturday on December 6th, 2014 I had the opportunity to attend the local All Tribes San Francisco Chapter of the Universal Zulu Nation’s community event “Meeting Of The Minds.” It was a six hour session of sharing, learning, building with Hip-Hop heads, community organizers, activists talking about what’s going on in the community here in San Francisco, and making connection to the national, global social-political-economic conditions going on right now. When I came through the doors of the …
Wu Tang Clan A Better Tomorrow stream – The Wu Tang Clan has dropped their sixth studio album A Better Tomorrow. This release come off the heels of the 20th anniversary of their debut 36 Chambers (1993) and see’s the clan bringing to table all the elements of the previous of albums, solo projects, and a few curve ball elements like RZA’s cinematic soundtrack work, some R&B singing, live studio instrumentation, and more. The emcees speak spit lyrics about their respective …
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