Recent Posts Tagged With 'music'

• CMJ Style Indie Hip Hop

  Posted on Wednesday November 18th, 2009 at 12:50 in music, hip hop, cmj

  It's been a while since I've check the CMJ Hip Hop Charts. Seems there are a few things there that are not on my radar. The artists in bold are the ones that got by me ... but not for long.What about you hip hoppers,what's on your radar? k-fox.1 ...

• RZA, The Writer

  Posted on Monday November 9th, 2009 at 13:56 in music, interview, hip hop, NPR, rza, wu tang clan

  Wu Tang's RZA continues to add to his creative palette. In addition to being a producer, actor, director among other things, he's also an author.Although "The Tao of Wu" is not RZA'a first stab at writing, he should garner some attention with this co...

• Video: The Roots "How I Got Over"

  Posted on Monday November 2nd, 2009 at 14:16 in music, video, hip hop, the roots, questlove

  I'm a bit tardy on this one; The Roots' vid for "How I Got Over". I won't make any excuses though.Just check the vid and hopefully I can get on to checking out HIGO in the next few days.In the meantime hip hoppers, see if you can pull a little 'get ...

• Hip Hop at CMJ

  Posted on Thursday October 29th, 2009 at 11:27 in music, new york, hip hop, live music, new york times, cmj

  Check out this New York Times article about the recent CMJ (College Music Journal) Music Marathon held in NYC.Hip Hop at CMJ, All Cities and TypesIt's all in the music hip hoppers. kfox....

• Hip Hop on Broadway?

  Posted on Friday October 23rd, 2009 at 04:06 in music, hip hop, article, play, musical, new york times, living legends, run-dmc

  Could legendary hip hop make its way to Broadway? Yes, especially if the focus is on the iconic hip hop group Run-DMC. I'm sure that their native New Yorker status won't hurt.Check the deets in this recent New York Times article:Musical About Run-DMC...

• Brother Ali\'s Latest CD "Us"

  Posted on Monday October 5th, 2009 at 08:07 in music, video, youtube, hip hop, brother ali, rhymesayers

  "Us" by Brother Ali (2009)Brother Ali is a long timer ... he's been dropping rhymes for sometime. He's a part of the Rhymesayers camp too (that doesn't just mean hip hop, but quality hip hop)."Us" is Brother Ali's most recent project. This cd is kill...

• Fly Gypsy\'s "The Vodka & Rum Mixtape"

  Posted on Tuesday September 22nd, 2009 at 09:02 in music, hip hop, fly gypsy

  Fly Gypsy is being billed as "the hip-hop duo comprised of Russian-born producer/one-man-band Alexei Jendayi and Jamaican-born emcee Kowboy Kom." That's a whatever in my book. Good music is good music regardless of your ethnicity, right?The question ...

• Bottom Brick's "The Groundbreaking"

  Posted on Sunday June 28th, 2009 at 09:45 in music, ohio, hip hop, columbus, bottom brick

  I get lots of emails with asking me to review music. Actually, it's a bit flattering as well as overwhelming. There's no rhyme or reason as to why I open one email and not another. That was the case when I received an email last week about Bottom B...

• The Roots New Album "How I Got Over"

  Posted on Thursday April 16th, 2009 at 08:01 in music, new york, the roots, "how i got over"

  Well, I'm not the first to tell or the last to know, but The Roots will be releasing "How I Got Over" soon. Some say as early as June.Here's the article from XXL w/some info about the project origin. This little article was tough for me to read.The ...

• Talib Kweli and Hi-Tek's "Internet Connection"

  Posted on Saturday March 7th, 2009 at 18:58 in music, hip hop, talib kweli, bootsy collins, hi-tek

  You know, I do like Talib Kweli. His flow is smooth. His voice, commanding. Love the colabs w/him and Hi-Tek (I'm sure that you do too), but then they go and toss in my homeboy Bootsy Collins. Yeah, Ohio is reppin up in this one.I like the beats on "...

• "Give Thanks" Video :: Raashan Ahmad

  Posted on Saturday February 14th, 2009 at 23:01 in music, video, youtube, hip hop, raashan ahmad, om records, om hip hop

  I have been a fan of Om Records for a bit. Their cache of music and the genres that they cover is extensive. They have a hip hop division, but it's just a little something - quality, not quantity.Well, I was scrolling through one of their newsletter...

• John Forte + Talib Kweli "Homecoming"

  Posted on Thursday February 12th, 2009 at 23:01 in music, video, hip hop, Okayplayer, talib kweli, vimeo, john forte

  Okay, so I am a bit late on this one. This vid has been out for a few weeks. I spotted it on Okayplayer. Let me tell you, you will always find something fresh and new to you on Okayplayer.Some of you may know the story on John Forte. That is not th...

• Here Come the Grammys

  Posted on Friday February 6th, 2009 at 21:18 in music, hip hop, m.i.a., lupe fiasco, grammy awards, grammy nominations

  In just a few days, the Grammy Awards will be handed out. I'm excited in general because I like the spontaneity of awards shows. But it used to be that I'd get all hyped about the rap/hip hop categories for the Grammy's. I guess that was a time wh...

• You Can Bounce to This!

  Posted on Monday January 26th, 2009 at 23:01 in music, hip hop, amerie, black milk, soulbounce

  So I've stumbled up on SoulBounce. It's a webbie w/a focus on music. Not just hip hop, but it's all good because good music is just that. What's not to like about a website that has a picture of Richard Roundtree aka Shaft in the banner... oh, and F...

• My Best of 2008 List :: Hip Hop

  Posted on Friday January 2nd, 2009 at 23:01 in music, hip hop, the roots, black milk, the knux, roots manuva, illa j, the mighty underdogs

  Every year I, like you, troll through tons of music. So much so, that by the end of the year I've sort of forgotten about what was hot and happenin in, say, January or February. That is pretty much the case for the list that I've assembled here. Mo...