If you've browsed
some of the
many year-end Best Album Lists, you might have seen
AraabMUZIK's Electronic Dream rank highly. If his name means nothing to you, check
an interview with the then 19 year old Hispanic kid from Rhode Island, who had recently graduated high school and connected with
Dipset, or
the 20 year old drummer-turned-producer whose performance was copied by Kanye (and other information on his life and times). Or maybe you follow producers, and knew he made the beat for
Cam'ron's track I Used To Get It In Ohio, or cuts on the
Dipset Trance Party mixes (
DatPiff has volume 1,
2, and
3). If you want to know more, you can check
a mini AraabMUZIK documentary (6:38 on YouTube), or just
watch him
work the
MPC.
[more inside]
posted by filthy light thief
on Dec 26, 2011 -
12 comments
In the tradition of Marcus Aurelius and Montaigne, Ghostface Killah (a.k.a. Pretty Toney) has set down his thoughts
on living.
(audio nsfw) (previously)
posted by Trurl
on Nov 19, 2011 -
41 comments
So you come across
the free IamOmni album, and you'll probably think one of two things: hey, it's a new direction from
underground L.A. MC, Omni; or wow, it's an album produced by
UK musician Tricky. Both are true!
Omni tells his story of connecting with Tricky in a few minutes, and
Rap Reviews ties Omni and Tricky together through other routes, going back to
the 2002 album, Sunch Punch, by
Gershwin B.L.X. (Bassline Xcursionists). Lo and behold,
that album is also free on Bandcamp.
posted by filthy light thief
on Aug 26, 2011 -
11 comments
Music fans have known for a long time that Ian MacKaye's post-hardcore group
Fugazi and the members of Shaolin-based hip-hop collective
The Wu-tang Clan were really just two sides of the same awesome-sauce coin. So enter the mash-ups of -- wait for it --
WUGAZI! [more inside]
posted by bardic
on Jul 6, 2011 -
27 comments
"
Hackers of the world are uniting and taking direct action against our common oppressors - the government, corporations, police, and militaries of the world" says LulzSec
(previously) in their latest release,
Chinga La Migra. "
We are releasing hundreds of private intelligence bulletins, training manuals, personal email correspondence, names, phone numbers, addresses and passwords belonging to Arizona law enforcement. We are targeting AZDPS specifically because we are against SB1070 (previously) and the racial profiling anti-immigrant police state that is Arizona."
#antisec is a new track from nerdcore rapper
ytcracker (previously)
posted by finite
on Jun 23, 2011 -
47 comments
Selene is a hip hop EP inspired by Duncan Jones' fine science fiction film Moon. The beats, which heavily sample Clint Mansell's score for the movie, were created by Max Tannone, best known for mashup album Jaydiohead, Doublecheck Your Head and Mos Dub/Dub Kweli. The MC is Brooklyn rapper Richard Rich.
posted by Kattullus
on Feb 23, 2011 -
21 comments
A mixtape of tracks by North African hip hop artists from Algeria, Egypt, Libya and Tunisia, music which reflects the current zeitgeist in the region. To listen and/or download (zip):
enoughgaddafi.com
posted by Mister Bijou
on Feb 7, 2011 -
15 comments
Basehead, also known as dc Basehead and Basehead 2.0, is an American alternative hip hop group formed by Michael Ivey in suburban Maryland in 1992. Basehead's
1992 debut album,
Play with Toys, was recorded at Ivey's
home with various studio musicians (hits:
Ode to My Favorite Beer, Not Over You,
2000 BC). Ivey formed a touring band for live performances, which contributed to Basehead's second album,
Not in Kansas Anymore (which contained what some consider his best song,
Split Personality).
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posted by Potomac Avenue
on Jan 17, 2011 -
21 comments
Legendary hip hop producer DJ Premier interviewed in
the XXL Icon Interview and
The Smoking Section. Remarkably candid conversations about his life in East Coast hip hop, with interesting stories about his work with Jay-Z, Biggie, Puff, Nas, Jeru the Damaga, Group Home, Suge Knight, Christina Aguilera and of course, Guru. On finding records to sample:
"Well, there’s still diggin’ spots. If you’re in that world like I am, you know the spots, you see everybody—Just Blaze, Alchemist, Large Professor, Pete Rock—we still pop up in those spots. You got Big City records, you got Turntable Lab, you still have A1, you got Academy, you know. I’m not gonna tell you all the digging spots."
posted by the mad poster!
on Dec 20, 2010 -
11 comments
Looking for new underground hiphop? The last 10 years have seen the rise of a growing Asian/Pacific Islander American hiphop scene, including groups like
Blue Scholars,
Native Guns (consisting of
Bambu &
Kiwi),
Power Struggle,
Typical Cats, and
Magnetic North. Also of note is the solid number of women taking up the role of MC'ing in the scene-
Rocky Rivera,
Hopie Spitshard,
The Skim,
Sun The Real Sun(exception - Canadian). (Multiple Youtube links, natch)
posted by yeloson
on Nov 5, 2010 -
33 comments
