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Interview: Common at BMI’s “How I Wrote That Song” panel, Hollywood
Common always seems to be a few years ahead of his time. The Chicago MC was once scolded by the hip-hop community for his more adventitious projects–Electric Circus and Universal Mind Control–however now it’s almost the norm for hip-hop artists to rhyme over electro beats. Ever forward thinking and innovative, the MC has not only [...]
Live: Raphael Saadiq and Anjulie at the 9:30 Club, DC
When we look back on the career of Raphel Saadiq, we must place him among our generation’s greats. For almost 30 years, he has been pumping out amazing soul music, from Tony! Toni! Toné!, to Lucy Pearl, and from his own solo career.
Live: Res at Inside The Artists’s Studio, DC
To some Res is not yet a household name. However, to a small group of fans in Washington, DC last week, she was the center of the world.
IN PHOTOS: Rakim at Black Cat, DC
Last Sunday night, Washington, DC’s Black Cat was graced with hip-hop royalty as Rakim took the stage, rocking old joints and new tracks from his new album The Seventh Seal.
Interview Feature: Wale – Pay Attention
June 3rd, 2009. As Wale stood on stage at Washington DC’s venerable 9:30 Club, an emotional rush came over him. The 25-year old rapper went from selling CDs out of the back of his car, to selling out one of the East Coast’s largest nightclubs. And with his upcoming release of his major label album, [...]
Interview: Meshell Ndegeocello
Interview by Stone and KDotScribe
I know it sounds cliche, but Meshell Ndegeocello really needs no introduction. As a musician, her 20 plus years in the game have spanned it all. Honing her skills in DC go-go circuit, Meshell has been able to do everything from achieving pop super-stardom (with the John Mellencamp duet “Wild Night,” [...]
Interview: West Coast Hip Hop Legend Warren G
West coast rap legend Warren G’s latest album, the independently released “The G Files,” was released this Tuesday. The album features the expected collaboration with Snoop Dogg, alongside a track featuring Raekwon and Nate Dogg (prior to suffering multiple strokes), and a number of collaborations with newer artists, an album that Warren himself calls “just [...]
Interview: Mayer Hawthorne
“I’ve been getting panties thrown at me so I can’t complain.”
-Mayer Hawthorne
It seems like Mayer Hawthorne came onto the scene overnight. The Detroit area (now LA living) fasetto singer’s soulful R&B songs went from experimental side project to gracing the lips of every music critic and blogger this year and selling out shows all over [...]
MUST READ: On Blogs And Hip-Hop Promotion
We all know that the game has changed in the past few years. Instead of hustling demos and mixtapes on the street, we can do it digitally. Instead of hitting up DJs at your local radio station, you’re hitting up cats in Hong Kong.
In the past 10 years our lives have changed dramatically, and in [...]
Interview: Little Dragon
Photo by Jati Lindsay
Little Dragon was on our side of the pond for a small North American tour, and DC showed them much love last Sunday at Liv. In addition to the multiple “WE LOVE YOU YUKIMI’s,” the fact that everybody knew every song in their catalog straight up shocked the band.
Last week, I got [...]
PHOTOS: LACED Art and Fashion Show
Big props to my homies Brandon and Kimani for bringing back their LACED party with a vengeance. Their monthly party took over the new venue Wisconsin Overlook with art, music, visuals, and a very amazing rooftop fashion show. The evening was a very good look for the DC arts scene and it’s only a taste [...]
Album Preview: El Michels Affair — Enter the 37th Chamber
The El Michels Affair – C.R.E.A.M.
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I’ve been a fan of the “retro-soul” movement coming out of New York for a while. A New York bands–The El Michels Affair, which is made up of members of other instrumental soul bands Dap Kings, the Budos Band, and Antibalas, have made a name for themselves [...]
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The Musical Minority Podcast: Asher Roth in the age of Black Music
Asher finds himself in the same position as many other white artists who make black music, but in 2009, has anything changed?
Podcast: Kidz In The Hall
It’s been a while since we had a podcast…..I know people have been asking me about it, and we’ve been dark since May, HOWEVER, we return to the podcast game with a special guest–Nawledge and Double-O from Kidz In The Hall.
Random Ish Radio 025: Badu Remixed, Jay Electronica, Res, Other Treats
Another collection of delectable treats for your iPod.
Random Ish Radio 024: The Podcast Is Back!!!
Whats up people. I can’t even believe that Its been almost a year since the last Podcast dropped. My bad.
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Review: Gorillaz – Plastic Beach
If it takes us a few listens to really get into the Gorillaz newest album. Can we blame ourselves?
We are forced fed music that is derivative of another. Pop music all sounds the same, with each artist essentially sounding like the one who came 3 months before them. When we hear something as creative and [...]
ALBUM REVIEW: Outputmessage – Autonomous
Washington, DC by way of Queens, NY electronic dance music producer Outputmessage is likely one of the more underrated EDM artists in the genre. The eight year veteran has received terrific acclaim both stateside and abroad for his musically dense but pop trending melodies awakening a sense of early 80s synth pop sounds. However, with [...]
Album Review: Sade – Soldier of Love
While not a masterpiece, in an era where the market has been deluged by a new female soul vanguard that angles increasingly towards pop, Sade remains regal, calm, collected and steadfast, and merely releases the standard bearer album to define the female expression in R & B for 2010.
Sade’s musical legacy lies in her ability [...]
ALBUM REVIEW:Massive Attack “Heligoland”
Massive Attack – Paradise Circus
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Tomorrow marks the official release date (U.S. and Canada) for Heligoland, the 5th proper studio album by Massive Attack.
Whereas the 2003 release 100th Window glistened with mechanical accuracy and disciplined minimal techno, Heligoland finds the Bristol duo returning to the dirtier, dubbed out sound of [...]
