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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 >>
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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
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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 >>
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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 >>
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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 >>
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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 >>

Blogs

Live Review: Black Milk at The Roxy

Blogs

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

Music

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

Blogs

If the Lakers Were Rappers: A Study in Similitude

Blogs

Weiss' 25 Best Hip-Hop Songs of 2008

Blogs

The B-Sides: Bishop Lamont Interview

Music

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

Blogs

The WhoRidas-"Talkin' Bout Bank"

Blogs

Sherman Alexie on Margaret Seltzer

Music

Record Reviews: Jonny Greenwood, Bishop Lamont, Melchior Productions

Blogs

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

Blogs

Bishop Lamont-The Next Great West Coast Hope?

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