Hip-Hop

A few recommendations from my 2011

01.09.2012
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If you’re looking for something to light your fire, here’s a decent place to start. I used to spend a ton of time making big, long lists of my favorite everything – books, music, movies, etc. – and I took great joy in keeping those lists up-to-date. If you poke around on this site, you can [...]

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Madlib’s New Medicine – from Africa

03.24.2010

Is anyone on earth more productive than Madlib? Seriously, it’s March and he’s already put out 6 albums this year (7 if you count the Strong Arm Steady instrumentals).

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Safety Dance with J Dilla

03.23.2010

The late, great J Dilla re-interprets the song that was my favorite when I was 7 years old. J Dilla does Safety Dance

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Aesop Records at Home

04.13.2009

Diabolical Fun (Aesop Rock in studio) from ill poetic on Vimeo.

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Spaceman West: Live and even more Daft

05.17.2008

I hope Kanye pushes his music as far “out there” as he has his stage show. See pictures of half-naked astronautettes here.

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Dyme Def’s tight

05.15.2008

You know about these dudes, right? Yeah, that track ain’t the bomb, but they agreed, so it’s not on their album. Try Clap Clap instead.

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Blueprint VS Funkadelic

04.24.2008

Blueprint is a hometown hero here in Bustown, and he’s a genuine talent behind the boards and on the mic, and anytime he releases new music, it’s an event. So, imagine my excitement when I received this email yesterday afternoon. We are starting the preorders for the Blueprint vs Funkadelic CD. There are only 500 [...]

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The Roots will return

04.23.2008

Their last album displayed amazing musicianship, but was kinda weak on the song-writing front. Black Thought sounded like he was sleeping through some of the sessions. This sounds much better.

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Bambu – “Pull It Back” Video

01.15.2008

My fave hip-hop album of the moment is Bambu’s “I Scream Bars for the Children”. This is not exactly one of the stand-out tracks, but it’s still way better than average. You might not guess it from this video, but Bambu is quite the social activist.

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Plies – “Runnin My Momma Crazy” video

01.11.2008

My friend Sean Lewis sent this YouTube video to me. It’s a great homemade video and a shockingly heartfelt song. I’m a big fan of hip-hop songs that aren’t about braggin’, ballin’, or bangin’, mainly because they’re so rare. This is somewhat about bangin’, but mainly it’s about Plies’ love for his momma. What can [...]

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