August 2011
12 posts
Interviewing Tyler then hanging with a bunch of NY skate rats? Looks like Flocka’s going hard for the skate / swag demographic. Though he’s certainly not the first big rapper to reach out that culture, hooking some kids up with boards is a hell of a lot less cheesy than a contrived song or a goofy nickname
July 2011
30 posts
Billboard - Independent Retailers' Open Letter to... →
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I, for one, would’ve never expected Jay-Z and Kanye West to short the little guy. This is more complex than that though. Because these store owners went and mucked up their message by turning it into a press release for Record Store Day, a festivity that to date has done almost nothing with or for hip hop buyers and artists. In fact more than a few of the stores that I’ve been to on...
I realized that I had never really watched any Mountain Goats videos, which is odd, given that their one of my favorite groups. Even odder, I had no idea that they had a video directed by the brilliant Rian Johnson, the director of Brick & The Brothers Bloom.
It’s a a really clever video ( Even more so when you read that it was actually recorded in 8 layers of video, and not done with...
Considering how great it’s worked for punctuating a Mountain Goats song before, it’s nice to see this new video getting a fully animated treatment.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-7-24) →
King Louie (11)
Action Bronson (11)
Roach Gigz (11)
Rick Ross (9)
Young Jeezy (7)
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Best of The Internets
Some shit went down on the internets this week- thought ya’ll should know…
People’s Champion: Behind the Battle from Trent Babbington on Vimeo.
A must-see documentary about The Eli Porter Vs. Envy Iron Mic battle that went viral. It’s so rare that you ever get a chance to see behind the curtains on this kind of meme, especially one this great. Long live the...
If you stay hating this through the Ed Lover dance at 1:55 I just don’t know what to tell you…
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-7-17) →
Big Punisher (24)
Keys (8)
Frank Ocean (7)
DMX (7)
Lil’ Wayne (5)
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-7-10) →
Gucci Mane (47)
Waka Flocka Flame (18)
UGK (12)
NPR (8)
Jean Grae (7)
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P’s beat goes dark as fuck- a nice fit for the MC’s. You can hear more than a little Wolf Haley influence in the blown out synths… that’s some weird cyclical shit.
Pusha T & Tyler the Creator - Trouble on My Mind
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-7-3) →
Random Axe (10)
MaximumFun.Org (7)
Freddie Gibbs & Statik Selektah (6)
Quintron (3)
Juvenile (3)
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Moving Sucks →