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Bishop Lamont

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    August 20, 2012

    How's That "Millennium of Aftermath" Going?

    See also: *Here Are Pictures of Dr. Dre's New $13 Million House *The Best Hip-Hop Albums of 2012 Thus Far It was November of 1999 and we were on the cusp of the millennium when Dr. Dre famously proclaimed that the next one thousand years would be "the millennium of Aftermath," on the song "Forgot A ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 4, 2010

    Live Review: Black Milk at The Roxy

    Rebecca HaithcoatBlack Milk, Master of Ceremonies​"We at nine right now; I wanna bring it up to ten," Black Milk instructed the orchestra of fans near the end of his set last night at The Roxy. Actually, they'd already surpassed his directive. The crowd's energy, simmering dangerously close to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 7, 2009

    The Continuing Education of Freddie Gibbs: A Follow-Up To This Week's Cover Story

    ​ Thursday's cover story on Gary, Indiana-raised rapper Freddie Gibbs, engendered a substantial response within the hip-hop blogosphere, with prominent sites Rap Radar, Nah Right, Fake Shore Drive, and The Smoking Section, all taking note. Even Wale twittered a congratulations message. Cons ... More >>

  • Music

    May 28, 2009

    Rock Picks: Fol Chen, Moonrats, Brightblack Morning Light, Bachelorette

    Also, the Curious Mystery, Graham Parker, Miss Derringer, Marduk and others

  • Blogs

    March 4, 2009

    If the Lakers Were Rappers: A Study in Similitude

    Prediction: If Kobe doesn't grow a mullet, the Lakers will take it in June. Kobe Bryant = Kanye West Raised in more affluent circumstances than their peers, Kobe and Kanye are not only among the best in their respective fields, they share a severe lack of humility and empathy. Mutually ol ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 17, 2008

    Weiss' 25 Best Hip-Hop Songs of 2008

    25. Prafit-"Nice Weather" The nice weather is long gone--the ostensibly immutable Los Angeles sun blotted by kidney colored clouds and cold rain. So Prafit's ode to the sizzle of July feels like an antique postcard documenting endless light, chicken breasts smothered in BBQ sauce, and basement ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 8, 2008

    The B-Sides: Bishop Lamont Interview

    Q: What was it like for you growing up in Los Angeles during the 80s? A: It was the LA of the Reagan administration. Drugs were really heavy in the streets at that time…more crack addicts…crack babies. It was a good time simultaneously because there was more creativity within the music and it ... More >>

  • Music

    September 25, 2008

    Has the L.A. Hip-Hop Plague Finally Passed?

    Four on the floor

  • Blogs

    September 12, 2008

    The WhoRidas-"Talkin' Bout Bank"

    In what's quickly shaping up to be late 90s unsung rap group week (sponsored by St. Ides Special Brew), it's appropriate that I include the West Oakland duo, The WhoRidas. Particularly since, during our interview last night, Bishop Lamont and I bonded over our mutual love for "Talkin' Bout Bank" a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 6, 2008

    Sherman Alexie on Margaret Seltzer

    Margaret B. Plagiarizin'? A little over two years ago, in the midst of the Oprah/James Frey fiasco, I wrote an expose called Navahoax that outed award-winning "Navajo" memoirist Nasdijj as being Tim Barrus -- a middle-class white guy from Lansing, Michigan, who was also a failed writer of gay porn ... More >>

  • Music

    January 3, 2008

    Record Reviews: Jonny Greenwood, Bishop Lamont, Melchior Productions

    Blood soundtrack, Caltroit mixtape and No Disco Future

  • Blogs

    December 11, 2007

    The 25 Best Hip-Hop Songs of 2007 Pt. 4 (#9-6)

    The film that ended the Cold War. 9. Hi-Tek Ft. Talib Kweli & Dion-"Time" "People get caught up in a time and what that song represents to them at the time they hear it. Nothing I'm gonna do after that is going to match up to that time period, because they can't get that back. So I have to real ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 3, 2007

    Bishop Lamont-The Next Great West Coast Hope?

    I...listened to all that Death Row stuff....and Lords Of The Underground, Busta Rhymes, Redman and Keith Murray, where your takes had to be so clean and ill to get off the phonetics that you were dropping. Your lines had to be crisp. Other cats don’t come from that school. It took me studying R ... More >>

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