The new Oddisee video for his single “I Grew Up” off his latest album, Iceberg, is a simple animated illustration of the beautiful idea and complicated reality of America. A place of slaves and immigrants, telling the world to: Give us your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free. Oddisee’s character sketches are intentionally skeletal. They’re archetypes that, through the usage of time, cultivate into juxtaposing views. A system built on white supremacy can’t do anything else, …
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The Young Giantz, Courtesy of Priority Records 
Mega and Late 
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. 
At the podcast, mic checking. 
“There’s a thousand emcees lined up against the wall….” What single is that from? He was a Wu-filiate. 
Spidey the lighty
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 …
Last week I interviewed rapper, producer, and artist M.Sayyid of Anti-Pop Consortium. Catching up with the big homie was more of an informal conversation. Didn’t think he’d remember me. We hadn’t connected in over 10 years. I was geeked to talk to him. He’s been living in Paris, France for three and a half years. Dude went right in, talking about the terrorist attacks over there. Error Tape 1 was recorded during that period. The November 2015 attack that took …
Mega and ya boy. Photo by Maria Hernandez 
Photo by Maria Hernandez 
Photo by Maria Hernandez 
That’s RJ in the foreground from Motor City. I didn’t get a chance to formally meet the two brothers in the back. Photo by Maria Hernandez 
We was at the Caribbean table, Jamaica and Trinidad. Photo by Maria Hernandez
Dude, I’m busy. That’s it. That’s the update. No. Hurricane Irma and Harvey were warning shots. Earth’s immune system is going full throttle. My thoughts go out to Barbuda. Kim Jong Un, I hope you choke on a twinkie. You had me listening to the entirety of Dan Carlin’s Hardcore History, “The Destroyer of Worlds.” It’s over 5 hours long. Listen, 45’s crazy will kill yours. Believe that. 86 your shit, bitch. Sorry I couldn’t post part three and the …
Note: If you’re not familiar with rapper and producer M.Sayyid, please read the previous post I wrote about him, here. I’ve been waiting for an M.Sayyid solo project ever since APC’s Black Fluorescent (2009). Late last year Error Tape 1 surfaced like a glowing disc out of the sea. Among the notable releases that have come out as of late, Tape 1 has been the album that I often revisit. It’s crazy that hardly anyone has reviewed or even mentioned …
