September 2011
5 posts
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Kendrick Lamar - My Mind Drifts
“Spacey Harmony”. That’s not a bad description…
thegrayway:
Roughly 45 seconds into the mind-drifting of Kendrick Lamar—over a slowly-unraveling, spacey harmony—is better than 45 minutes into 75 percent of the artistic ludicrousness of the rap game. That said, here’s a verse the Compton emcee laid down for Peter Rosenberg and Popchip’s What’s Poppin’ Vol. 1 mixtape...
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Filling A Void: Dunc & Toine Makin' Dollas (pt. 1) →
toinedtmd:
*the first installment of SHHO’s write up on DTMD
My folk.
August 2011
16 posts
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analog-blog asked: Whatever happened to L-Fudge? He put out some dope 12"s. Still got that "What If" joint
justinivey asked: Any new projects from you on the way?
Bastard Swordsman: 100 Hip Hop Jawns That Changed... →
bastardswordsman:
In this edition of “100 Hip Hop Jawns That Changed My Life” we are now deeply entrenched in what has been unanimously considered the first Golden Age of Hip Hop music. During this time in Rap music there were numerous innovators and greats in direct competition at all facets of the artform.
Mannnn. This brought back so many memories of how Hip-Hop had me stuck as a kid!...
Bastard Swordsman: Watch The Throne But Mind The... →
My feelings EXACTLY….
bastardswordsman:
I’ve been dreading this day for a long time now. Ever since Kanye West & Jay-Z began the serious push for “Watch The Throne” once the cover art was revealed more than a month ago. I saw it and I immediately thought of when I saw the many different versions of Kanye West’s cover art. This…
Village Voice shows love to '...just visiting... →
zo3hree5ive:
This Wham! Cover By Zo! And Phonte is Pretty Fantastic! Source: The Village Voice By: Maura Johnston Right off the bat I should tell you that “Everything She Wants” by Wham! has been one of my favorite songs since I first heard it as an impressionable nine-year-old, even though its…
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July 2011
11 posts
Due West by @TrekLife →
Last May, traveling with Diamond District, I visited Los Angeles for a week. While there, my brother Trek Life took me on a tour of different parts of LA County that most tourists don’t see. Stuck in rush hour traffic (LA is the worst for this), we got to talking about the Black migration to California. Ever the poet, Trek found a way to sum up the story: Here are the lyrics….
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californiaafrican asked: I just downloaded "Nightmare on Beat Street" mix. Nice. Thank you, brotha man. Back in the day, I had a conscious hip hop show on my college radio station. Brings back great memories, before misogyny took over my first love, and learned to ridicule me. Peace.
ajiaticacrobatic asked: In your album you disrespect women by calling us hoes. Why is that?
TBD NEWS: Listen to Kokayi while laughing at Kevin... →
kokayi:
Cheers to TBD news for the write up.
Dope!
June 2011
51 posts
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“There goes the neighborhood” →
One homeowner said when she heard that her potential new neighbor had a federal housing voucher known as a Section 8.