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Rock, rap, metal and folk music from Sápmi

taursir — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 09:42:14 -0800

SomBy were the winners of the Liet International 2009 song contest for minority european languages and cultures. Sámi rock, you say? But wait, there's more! There's Alit Boazu from the Norwegian side, and Tiina Sanila, a Skolt Sámi singer from Finland. And yes, there is Sámi metal, from the band Intrigue. There are plenty other Sámi musicians across Sápmi and outside of the genre of rock, of course. There's Amoc, an Inari Sámi rapper from Finland; Adjágas who are folky and bluegrassy at times; Niko Valkeapää, who is more ambient and electronic; and of course, Mari Boine, recently knighted for her long career of artistic work (translation). [Sound, MySpace warnings] Some more musicians from Sápmi that are possible starting points to discovering more on YouTube: Angelit/Angelin Tytöt - Who worked with Nobuo Uematsu of Final Fantasy fame on at least one song, Ulla Pirttijärvi, Sofia Jannok.

Bill Cosby's Rap Album

Jenny is Crafty — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 07:07:43 -0800

Bill Cosby Presents the Cosnarati: State of Emergency The project includes songs about frustration, incarceration and .... respect for women. I believe you can hear the whole thing online today. Rappers such as Jace the Great, Brother Hahz and Supa Nova Slim will be featured.

when hip hop arrived

flapjax at midnite — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:31:40 -0800

It was 30 years ago today... October, 1979: Rapper's Delight by the Sugarhill Gang was released. A few days later, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five gave us the tighter and catchier (IMHO) Super rappin'. Hip Hop had arrived. Here's a charming interview with a New York City paramedic who, as a very young photographer on the South Bronx scene back in the day, was the unofficial photo-documentarian of the birth of hip hop.

The birth of hip hop

caddis — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 07:05:21 -0800

R.I.P. Mr. Magic. Mr. Magic's Rap Attack on WBLS was the first and for some time the only commercial radio outlet for hip hop. On October 2 Mr. Magic, John Rivas, passed from a heart attack. Previously 1 2 3.

Shakespeare in music

Matthias Rascher — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 12:25:12 -0800

Amazing to see how differently Shakespeare's work has been dealt with in music: there is Jerry Lee Lewis doing a blues on Othello. David Gilmour, former Pink Floyd lead singer, guitarist and songwriter, turned Sonnet 18 into a touchingly beautiful ballad. The Metal Shakespeare Company wrote a heavy metal song about Hamlet (III/1), "To bleed or not to bleed". And yes, there is Shakespeare rap, too: William Shatner (the very same!) raps about Caesar and British rapper Akala thinks he is a reincarnation of the bard. Last but not least, the Beatles tried their luck at Shakespeare, too (no music this time): they did a skit on the famous Pyramus and Thisbe scene from A Midsummer Night's Dream (very rare footage!).

210 songs in 10 minutes

muggsy1079 — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 07:44:21 -0800

Last week, Eddy Temple Morris, a DJ on UK radio station XFM, challenged Twitter to remix as many songs as possible into 10 minutes. The previous record was held by Wizard of Deekline and Wizard - it is now held by rapper, producer and all-round renaissance man Akira the Don, who managed to fit a staggering 210 tracks into 1/6 of an hour. He's just put together a video to accompany the mix - watch it here

A critical analysis of 'Regulate'

reenum — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 20:10:10 -0800

If you were a child of the '90's, then Regulate by Warren G and Nate Dogg was probably your jam. Here is a critical analysis of the song by comedian Sean Keane. If only all gangsta rap had such deep meaning.

How about this stimulus package?

P.o.B. — Fri, 22 May 2009 17:37:51 -0800

Del The Funky Homosapien has two song packs available for free download. His newest album, Funk Man (the stimulus package), is available for the price of your email. All available at Bandcamp.

there's simply not enough cyanide

Potomac Avenue — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 15:23:05 -0800

Easy access to the internet and simplified technology for recording songs and videos might do great things for the future of pop music. Or it might be like this. Terrified responses abound. bonus reply from "PhatJ", possible musician Happily Brokencyde isn't the only product of the genre bending, often tongue-in-cheek mashup genre of Electrascreemorap. I Set My Friends On Fire might be a viable antidote, unless the poison has already spread too far !

Exponential, what it do?

madamjujujive — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 10:01:38 -0800

Division: Work it out! - these girls be spittin the math.

Bring in 'da statistical noise...

Blazecock Pileon — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 16:52:02 -0800

The Large Hadron Collider. The Large Hadron Countdown. The Large Hadron Rap.

I know who they are. They are French people.

Artw — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 17:44:38 -0800

William Burroughs recites from the last words of Dutch Schultz, set to the music of The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy

Beasties Boy Made Good

Cochise — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 08:54:31 -0800

Beastie Boy Adam Yauch (that's MCA to you) says you got to fight for your right... to make movies? Yauch has finally stepped out of Nathaniel Hornblower's shadow and started making movies for himself.

Damn his science is too tight!

dhammond — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 16:28:52 -0800

The SEO Rapper (a.k.a. The Poetic Prophet) spits rhymes on such topics as Design Coding, Link Building, Paid Search, and Conversion Closing for all your marketing campaign and web design needs.

What we're gonna do right here is go back. Way back.

dhammond — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 13:55:14 -0800

Go way back into time with a deliciously analog collection of mastermixes from 1980s-era soul radio from London. [previously, semi-related]

I got a letter from the government the other day, I opened and read it, it said they were suckers

Artw — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 10:45:27 -0800

Black Steel In The Hour Of Chaos

Big wheels keep on turnin'

GrammarMoses — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 05:10:47 -0800

Suddenly, a man in a vintage hat rides up, hip-hop blaring from a glowing Plexiglas container shaped like a tropical fish set above the back wheel of his bicycle, control lights flashing. Fossil Fool, a rolling rapper from San Francisco who rides the college circuit preaching the benefits of peddling, grabs his microphone, cranks up the volume and starts to rap. Paul Freedman, aka Fossil Fool, is one of the founders of Rock the Bike, which makes Soul Cycles -- bicycle-based, often human-powered hi-fi and PA systems -- for "playing clean, powerful, uplifting music at street festivals and off-grid parties." RTB recently made a mobile DJ booth for Austin's DJ Manny; here's how. Attention, party-throwers: In 2008, you may well be able to rent or borrow a Soul Cycle for your own shindig.

Roxanne Shanté: Who Needs a Royalty Check

jessamyn — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 21:04:02 -0800

Roxanne Shanté may be the only person whose Wikipedia entry lists her occupation, truthfully, as "rapper, psychologist." In the credits for the Beef 3 DVD she explains how her record contract's throwaway education clause paid for her to get her PhD. She also shares the backstory of Roxanne's Revenge. Some more classic Shanté: with a skinny Biz Markie in 1986, BDP vs. Juice Crew, an old Wack It video. [via]

Dynamic, articulate, so high he can eat a star

dead_ — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 13:06:40 -0800

2007 is the year of Weezy. In just 10 months, Lil Wayne has recorded more tracks than many artists will in a lifetime; beat Radiohead to the punch by giving away not only the best rap album of the year, but some runners up as well; found a spot on MTV's "Hottest Rappers" list and become the darling of street-heads, hipster fanboys and even highbrow cultural pundits across the nation. Styles run the gamut: vitriolic political rants, drug music, club anthems, epic personal deconstructions, word associations, eulogies to lost friends and of course a healthy dose of self-aggrandizing chest pounding all find a place in Weezy's repertoire. Today marks the release of a fourth installment in his "Drought" mixtape series, and the hype is only growing. He's young, rich, talented, tattooed and doing it all without the RIAA. Prolific. Intoxicated. Annoyingly whiney? Face like a flying monkey? Gay? Say what you want, just don't forget to say the Baby.

White People’s inherent prudish squareness

Stynxno — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 06:43:23 -0800

The Top Ten Rap Songs White People Love

V Double O raps really quickly

nthdegx — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 11:17:11 -0800

VDoubleOrapsreallyquickly. Gee zah!

What is a DJ if he can't scratch? What is an MC if he can't rap?

klangklangston — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 18:56:14 -0800

Hip hop history— It's the Rub! Along with a handful of other shows, Brooklyn hip hop lovers The Rub compile a history of hip hop. Eleven parts through 1989.

Hungarian Rapper

skepticX — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 03:00:08 -0800

Stop the War video performed by Speak the Hungarian Rapper. Try not to laugh. Fan page with lyrics and song analysis.

Talib Kweli and Madlib release a free album

Tlogmer — Sat, 06 Jan 2007 04:13:27 -0800

Talib Kweli and Madlib have released a free album (zip). It fucking rocks.

Post 9/11 Blues

stammer — Thu, 28 Dec 2006 08:59:51 -0800

"Post 9/11 Blues" by MC Riz, a.k.a. Rizwan Ahmed. The single isn't getting much airplay. You may remember Ahmed as the British Muslim actor who was illegally detained while coming home from the Berlin Film Festival.