Kweli‘s penchant for packing tons of syllables into a single bar used to get away from him, making him sound like he was about to lose his breath a lot of the time. He’s gotten away from that a lot, but when he does it here, it sounds more like urgency than verbosity. This was Read More
Decided to throw this up here before the label undoubtedly takes it down: Kanye West‘s leaked video “Monster.” Soon there will be a host of blogs that pick a part every scene to explain what Kanye is trying to tell us, but here is the short version: there are a lot of dead, eroticized women- Read More
Just in time for the holidays, Lupe Fiasco unwraps a new music video for his single “The Show Goes On” off Lasers, set to come out in March of next year. Visually, it’s not the most stunning thing we’ve seen in 2010, but his ability to spit positive messages on a regular basis is commendable Read More
On this week’s podcast, we discuss the failed repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” the way race informs who does what in football, and Kanye West‘s latest (and his general Kanye-ness). Listen here, or subscribe on iTunes. PostBourgie: The Podcast #13: Kanye West: Mega-Genius of All Times! DADT Repeal Not Dead, Just on Life Support Read More
I’m wild amped to see this: A Tribe Called Quest was (is?) one of hip-hop’s seminal acts. Midnight Marauders was the first hip-hop album I ever loved, and until they broke up, they were something of a personal musical North Star. I didn’t realize, though, that things had gotten this acrimonious between them.
So HammerKing Hammer has finally released his diss of Jay-Z, whom he’s accused of consorting with Satan. No.
Crossposted from Colorlines: In their new music video for “New York is Killing Me,” Gil Scott-Heron and director Chris Cunningham turn popular characterizations of the Big Apple completely on their heads. The video, which was presented at the Museum of Modern Art in Midtown Manhattan last week, has one simple message: it can be a Read More
This weekend was all about power– estimating it in numbers, conceding it and measuring it in physical prowess. I went to the ‘One Nation Working Together’ rally which lets face it, was more of a way for liberals to tout “my rally is way bigger than yours” than it was about inspiring those in attendance Read More
With help from Justin Timberlake and The Roots, of course. I’d be lying if I said I didn’t have a slight cultural appropriation wince, though. Working through it.
Rember when Common was dating Erykah Badu and went completely boho batshit on everybody? When he was an electric soul flower or whatever the hell? Everybody blamed it on Erykah’s cosmic cooter. He got him a piece one night and he got up the next morning singin’ about psychic wires and purple radio waves and Read More
