I’m not sure what it is about The Clipse I like so much but they’re genuinely one of my favourite groups. It’s more than just the spacey Neptunes beats or the razor sharp coke raps, though both are top draw, but there’s something about the way they throw out the dealer image that adds [...]
Though the BBC article noted he had 12 kids, that’s putting in work. Below is one of my favourite jawns off hot buttered soul, which is a helluva album.
Fatlace linked up this AC video that samples New Soul (as wot is used on the mac air advert). I think the eminem/new soul mashup on Feed The Animals edges it in general, but this video is just class (and has a nice little sting at the end, Apple fans).
Quick mixlet of things I’ve been listening to, inspired by and made during a period of internetlessness caused by BT moving our phone line in the exchange to improve service, but failing to plug it back in the other end.
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Bonzo Dog Doodah Band - Trouserpress (intro)
Lyrics Born - Stop Complaining (Rmx)
Evil Ed ft [...]
I’m a little bit hip-hopped out after the excellent Rising Styles festival live day yesterday (I’ve got a couple of phone photos on flickr). The ending was admittedly marred somewhat by them turning the sound off on Blaq Twang after his first track - if there was that hard a limit someone should have let [...]
Jay-Z’s appearance at Glastonbury has shown a diplomatic side to young hov that I don’t think has been fully revealed before. After Noel Gallagher made some disparaging comments about his headlining, he came back with a thoughtful and well worded response:
“We don’t play guitars, Noel, but hip hop has put in its work like any [...]
Saw Atmosphere (with Ant!) & Brother Ali at the Komedia last night, supported by Kidz in the Hall. KitH were good, but I don’t think many people there were familiar with them. I hadn’t heard any of their stuff before but it seemed not bad. Slug and Ali killed it though, the first half was [...]
The new Girl Talk album is out for ePurchase right now. It’s a choose your own price deal, pay over $10 and you get a physical CD when it comes out (for europe it’s $6 shipping). There individual files and continuous mix as well. All in all, a cracking deal!