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DCDan | October 17, 2012

Song of the Week – The Coup “The Guillotine”

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.

Category: DCDan, Hip Hop, music, Song of the Week | Tags: album, single, sorry to bother you, the coup, the guillotine, video

thos | October 14, 2012

Sunday Morning Visuals

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

Category: Art, music, Thos | Tags: art, goth money cult, graphics, guilty priest, video, visuals

thos | October 10, 2012

Song of the Week- Homeboy Sandman “Not Really”

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.”

Category: Hip Hop, music, Song of the Week, Thos | Tags: fame, hip hop, homeboy, money, not really, sandman, video

thos | October 3, 2012

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

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.

Category: Hip Hop, Song of the Week, Thos | Tags: cookies or comas, hip hop, jean grae, kill screen, mixtape, music, video

thos | July 30, 2012

Kid Zoom Painting Process

This cat knocks out layers and layers of aerosol expression. Watch the process.

“Here’s a look at the process Kid Zoom, the Australian born, New York based artist, and his slightly insane cat go through with a painting, start to finish.” - Kingbrown Magazine