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Hump Day: Missy Elliot Bounces Back

thos — Thu, 19 Nov 2015 03:14:15 +0000

Yea. I was saving this one. Saving it for a day I needed it and what do you know? Hump day seems to be just the right time. Missy Elliot finally comes back with a new single and accompanying video and to no surprise she doesn’t miss a step. Press play.

For a more in depth interview and what she’s up to check out i-D magazine’s exclusive. And for a list of what I love about Missy, she’s-

fun without the vapidness

conscious without the pretension or facade

thuggish without the ignorance

pop without being diluted

feminist without having to scrawl it on her forehead cuz she just IS

a rapper without having to have the prefix “female” affixed to it

Video Of The Week: Prince Po & Oh No – Smash ft. Pharoahe Monch, O.C.

thos — Thu, 01 May 2014 17:08:47 +0000

Smash. Prince Po and Pharoahe Monch back together on a track! Damn, I miss them together. Organized Konfusion’s Stress: Extinction Agenda is hands down one of the most important albums to me, of all time, of all genres. I wish there was some of their rapid fire back and forth interaction on here but nonetheless they kill it. And I haven’t even mentioned D.I.T.C. alum O.C. yet, one of the most consistent emcees for decades. He makes the reunion complete, as he was also the featured rhymer on O.K.’s first single “Fudge Pudge” from ’91. I suppose I should also mention Madlib’s brother Oh No, a ridiculous producer in his own right, is on the track. Smash.

Check out Princo Po and Oh No’s new full length Animal Serum and Pharoahe Monch’s new album P.T.S.D. – Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.

The First Ever Saturday Morning Link Roundup

Knile — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 10:34:12 +0000

Some of you know me. Some of you don’t. That’s okay. DC Dan has asked me here to provide links that I find during my regular Internet prowls. A few sources will be obvious if you’re already hip to my patterns. If you recognize where I got every single one of these, we should probably have a chat. Here we go, deep breath… Pull!

Smash TV – Memorex

Bicycle security

Cello fortress

History of wooing women

The Fire This Time - Warrior Dub (Prime Thought Meet Mannaseh Remix)

Goedzak: Because One Man’s Trash Is Another Man’s Treasure

Mixtape USB Drive

Heritage unit excitement

Heavy Metal Parking Lot

The Cookie Dough Lover’s Cookbook

Loaded Revolutionary War Cannon found in Central Park

Spray here, not there

Song of the Week- Sean Born “Grandeur (Prod. Kev Brown)”

thos — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 20:02:42 +0000

To start off the new year, here’s a joint from Sean Born and Kev Brown. Hailing from the Mello Music Group and Low Budget fam, kings of making waves in the hip hop universe on the humble (not to be read soft) tip.

And pick up Sean Born’s new album, “Behind the Scale” here.

“A gritty 90′s style album for those who grew up on Illmatic, Midnight Marauders, Only Built for Cuban Links, Moment of Truth, and Ready to Die. Behind The Scale shows the other side of what some are glamorizing about street life and drug trade. This is unfiltered, real sh*t on tape. Some of the stories are intensely personal and Sean second-guessed including them, but if it ain’t raw it ain’t real. Behind The Scale is about change, transition and growing up.”

Song of the Week— Colin Munroe ft. Joell Ortiz “Piano Lessons”

thos — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 17:44:49 +0000

Alright, so this is a little on the feel-good, cheesy tip but I’m still diggin it. Although, the video just reminds me I can never be a star cuz there are no home video recordings of me as a child.

Shout out to all the kids that quite their piano lessons.

Song of the Week- Danny Brown “Witit”

thos — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 15:17:15 +0000

This is a Danny Brown video so you already know it’s going to be on some other ish. This time he brings the scary future to our face pen & pixel style (I know you haven’t forgot about the ingenious design team behind the No Limit album covers!!!!).

I’m also realizing that anyone under 21 probably doesn’t get the Monica Lewinsky reference.

Song of the Week – The Coup “The Guillotine”

DCDan — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 12:25:25 +0000

If you haven’t heard of The Coup you should educate yourself ASAP. The Coup is arguably the best political rap group out, imagine Dead Prez with a touch of humor that adds levity to Boots Riley’s grim messages. With the addition of a live band, they keep your head bobbing.

So it is with much pleasure that I share with you the song of the week “The Guillotine” from the yet to be released “Sorry to Bother You” (which Boots has this to say about it, “It’s as if Rick James, The Pixies, Ohio Players, The Clash, Salman Rushdie, Richard Pryor, and me went in the studio drunk off Sailor Jerry Rum (don’t do it) and made a baby named “Sorry To Bother You”).

Warning contains the lyrics:
“They got the TV- we got the truth
They own the judges and we got the proof
We got hella people- they got helicopters
They got the bombs and we got the, we got the
We got the guillotine
We got the guillotine, you better run”

Enjoy the Wizard of Oz homage.

As an added bonus The Coup has a Kickstarter campaign for a tour bus with some amazing rewards for donations, such as producing your album or spitting sixteen bars on your album or having dinner or a drink with you.

Sunday Morning Visuals

thos — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 16:45:08 +0000

This is the way graphics and visuals should be done. Supreme.

Song of the Week- Homeboy Sandman “Not Really”

thos — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 15:39:05 +0000

Homeboy Sandman is starting to be the appreciated under-appreciated MC. But is this fame and fortune changing our grounded homie? Not really.

“Clear channel Fm can kiss my ass cheek/ I said that last year, I said that last week.”

Song of the Week- Jean Grae, “Kill Screen”

thos — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 14:11:42 +0000

Moody, deep, and dark. Jean Grae shoots, directs, edits, conceives, births, crushes, destroys, kills, and does everything else her own goddamn self on her latest video. This is hip hop from the underground, as in Edgar Allen Poe was resurrected from his 6 foot deep grave, given a sex change, and started emceeing. Always great to see video as art and not just a cheap promo, the way it should be.

Cake or Death really needs to come out now. But in the meantime, free download of her mixtape, Cookies or Comas here.