Like a lot of folks, I’ve been waiting for The Roots’ How I Got Over for what seems like years. It was set to drop last year — the video for the title track/first single dropped last fall — but was finally released yesterday. I’m a die-hard when it comes to The Roots, and willing Read More
Reggie Noble pays homage to Michael Jackson. RedMan – Lookin’ Fly from DanTheMan on Vimeo.
I’ve a piece in the June issue of The American Prospect on this summer’s Lilith Fair revival: In 1998 and 1999, the festival featured a slightly more diverse lineup both racially and musically. But as the decade came to a close, there was little room in the mainstream for the kind of music Lilith was Read More
The best thing about this song is that it didn’t make the final cut for Blueprint 3. Jay-Z — Ghetto Techno. By comparison, “Young Forever” might as well be “Lucifer.” And to preempt the peanut gallery, I’m not hating on Hov as much as I’m pointing out that he’s dropped a disproportionate share of clunkers Read More
Sorry, Joel, but… I mean, was Kingdom Come the worst major rap release of the aughts? No, because L.A.X. was the worst major rap release of the aughts. Is “Young Forever” the worst track ever rapped/sung/produced? No, but it’s somewhere in the bottom fifty, wedged between “Fast Lane” and a latter-day Canibus track. But who Read More
Alyssa Rosenberg was kind enough to invite me to guest-blog this week over at her eponymously titled site. Because I’m interested in world domination, grateful for the opportunity and a glutton for punishment, I accepted her offer. My first post just went up over there, where I attempt to digest and contextualize the disaster that Read More
17 yr. old Biggie on Fulton St. in NY, via Talib Kweli via twitter.
