I talked to vlogger and fashion designer, Reggie Casual for Tokyo Weekender, read it here. Reggie’s videos are a gulf of information and insight into Japanese fashion. While I enjoyed watching them and I think The Casual is one of the most unique vlogs in Japan, I couldn’t get away from the obvious influence of the black aesthetic on this country’s pop culture. Granted, The Casual is about Japanese fashion, but for him to not address the obvious is what …
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To close out February, The Mega Late Show took over this week’s track picks. If you haven’t heard Tokyo’s number one hip-hop podcast, The Mega Late Show is available on all streaming platforms. They had me on the show a while back, here. In exchange, they did two exclusive TMG mixtapes here, and here. As guest editors, Mega and Late of MLS put together some treats. Mega’s picks are relatives of a family tree while Late highlights some slept on …
Just found out about Arthur Chu and his current success on Jeopardy. Besides being an insurance agent, according to his website, he’s also a voiceover artist. I dug a little deeper on the web and found a clip of him doing standup at the Cleveland Improv (he just took down the video from his youtube channel). If you are able to see this clip, you can see his over confidence come out in this comedic performance, something folks on the Internet have …
In response to Lou Reed’s recent passing and instead of a beautiful epitaph that you could read here, here and here…below is Mr. Reed reviewing Kanye West’s Yeezus via Talkhouse. The combination of the two couldn’t be more ironic and exact. It’s by far the best review of Yeezus you’ll ever read. R.I.P Lou, you had a hell of a ride. Kanye West is a child of social networking and hip-hop. And he knows about all kinds of music and …
“This shit here nigga, this shit here nigga, this shit right here nigga…,” Katt Williams. This that unofficial official video for Kanye’s “New Slave.” Directed by Andrei Popa . …
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