A couple weeks ago Flying Lotus aka Steven Ellison shared Sendspace and Mediafire links. It was in celebration of reaching 300k followers, “thanks for everything .. im feelin all emo about this…,” he tweeted. The links contained 24-tracks, all outtakes and a remix of Kanye West’s “Black Skinhead” featuring Thundercat on bass. Ellison labeled the outtakes Ideas+drafts+loops (2013) and that’s exactly what the downloaders got. They were scraps that fell into what one could easily imagined to be his bottomless pit …
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It’s a Sunday night, The Knitting Factory, downtown Manhattan. 9/11 was four years ago. New York City is fighting to get passed the cutting down of its two middle fingers. Ground zero is still a gapping wound. In response, America has dropped cluster bombs on children, invaded Iraq under false pretense, and rolled tanks down Broadway. Taps are on everybody’s phone. Show goers at the Factory are looking to combat the worst of human behavior. They’re here to see Swamburger, …
Peace, Planet Quarantine, Just wrote something on rapper and producer HooksArthur for bandcamp. Young dude can spit and his soundscapes are vivid. He’s on the conceptual tip. Read the article here. Hooks’ debut album What You Know May… was mixed and mastered by Zesto Q. He’s also featured on the cut, “Singularity.” To combat the media’s loop of panic and worry, peep Zesto’s exclusive TMG mixtape, Vol 1 Head Nod Chill Wave. Seems like fire is popping up everywhere except …
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