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May 10, 2012
Five Bizarre Social Networking Sites From Musicians
Remember about a decade ago when every rapper had to have his own clothing line? And then remember about four years ago when every rapper had to have his own social networking site? Surprisingly, it turns out that artists from all across the musical spectrum have been impersonating Mark Zuckerberg f ... More >>
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May 8, 2012
Top Ten Rap Albums For People Who Don't Know Shit About Hip-Hop
Hip-hop is nearly 40, but many still find this slightly-disorienting world of beats, rhymes and oversize personalities a bit daunting. So consider this our hip-hop Cliff's notes; here are the albums you should know about if you don't want to look silly at cocktail parties. We're not saying these a ... More >>
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March 19, 2012
The Worst Moments of SXSW 2012
See also: *The Best of SXSW Music: Saturday 3/17/2012 *Ten Awesome Concert Posters at SXSW Spontaneous tattoo at the S.O. Terik-Filter showcase On Friday, Samantha Urbani from Brooklyn indie band Friends did something to a fan he might forever regret. At the S.O.Terik-Filter showcase, beneath a bl ... More >>
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March 18, 2012
The Best of SXSW Music: Saturday 3/17/2012
So, we come to it: the end of all things. Four days of madness, Doritos, Skrillex and finally, St. Patrick's Day. Before we bid SXSW 2012 farewell, allow us to share our favorite moments from SXSW day four. Later, we'll let you know which shows weren't so hot. Find our favorites below, and if there ... More >>
Blogs
March 12, 2012
Alert: SXSW Coverage Ahead
"What I want from each and every one of you is a hard-target search of every gas station, residence, warehouse, farmhouse, henhouse, outhouse and doghouse in that area." -- Tommy Lee Jones, The Fugitive You don't have to spend much time at South By Southwest to know that all of the above building ... More >>
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March 2, 2012
Fashawn Wanted to Be Pastor, But His Destiny Was Rapping
In Paulo Coelho's The Alchemist, a young shepherd, Santiago, attends seminary but longs to travel. He embarks on a quest to find a hidden treasure and ends up meeting an alchemist, who teaches him that the treasure really is the journey itself. Fashawn once lived in a trailer behind a church and w ... More >>
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January 23, 2012
Top 5 Music Documentaries the Academy Should Consider This Year
Tomorrow the Academy will announce the nominees for the 2012 Oscars. Best documentary has always been one of the most controversial categories, from the snubbing of Hoop Dreams to Michael Moore's loudmouth acceptance speeches to Banksy's denial a year ago. In hopes that they get things right this ye ... More >>
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January 11, 2012
Blue Ivy Carter: Top Five Worst Examples of Rap Nepotism
Barely two days after his and Beyonce's baby Blue Ivy Carter was born, Jay-Z put her on a song. "Glory" is a tribute to his new daughter, who closes the track out with a guest feature -- crying. Jay-Z may be starting his kid off young, but nepotism is standard practice among rap superstars. There' ... More >>
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January 10, 2012
The Top Five Hip-Hop Albums Of 2012 So Far
I Self DevineWhat a year it's been for rap music! None of us knew what to expect of 2012 way back on January 1, last Sunday, but it has panned out big time. This year's class is an inspired bunch, a crew of rappers who are really pushing things forward. While it's a little early to call this ... More >>
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November 18, 2011
Mary J. Blige - Club Nokia - 11-17-11
Timothy NorrisMary J. Blige Club Nokia 11/17/11 Better than ... eating ice cream after a breakup. Dressed in an aquamarine silk shirt, black leggings, lace-up knee-high boots and a fedora, Mary J. Blige belted the final chorus of a song from her upcoming album, the clumsily titled My Life ... More >>
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November 17, 2011
Scarface Is Out Of Jail, Performs At Key Club Tomorrow: Excerpts From His Last Interview
Scarface plays the Key Club tomorrow night. This is big news, considering most folks didn't even know that the greatest of all southern rappers was out of the pen. In October 2010 he began a term at Montgomery County Jail in Alabama over numerous unresolved child support cases. (There is also ... More >>
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November 8, 2011
Justin Bua's Paintings Of His Most Influential Rappers
Justin BuaJustin Bua is a hip-hop painter; you may have seen the print of his painting "The DJ" (see below), at Target, of all places. It's been out for over a decade, and has been selling ridiculous amounts of copies for years. He's done portraits of everyone from Nas to Kool Herc to Quee ... More >>
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September 12, 2011
9/11 Changed Everything For The Music Industry
By Chaz Kangas September 11th brought irrevocable change to our society, and the music industry was no exception. It was also a very strange time; both rap group The Coup and metal band Dream Theater released album covers with the World Trade Center in flames. Radio DJs across the country, m ... More >>
Music
August 25, 2011
Compton Rapper Game Returns to an Industry That's Gone Soft
Will his old tricks still work?
Blogs
August 17, 2011
Top Five Rapping Basketball Players Phil Jackson Might Actually Like
Phil Jackson, of all people, recently had some harsh words for "Fix The Knicks," the odd, showtuney-tune penned by New York Knicks owner James Dolan. (You can hear it here.) Dolan needs either "a better lyricist or a better musician," Jackson said. Ouch! Of course, it's hard to disagree with ... More >>
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June 29, 2011
Wanna Hear Tupac Throw Shade From the Grave?
You gotta love TupacIn a just-released diss track called, "Watch Ya Mouth," Tupac proclaims, "Lemme get my preach on!" And he does, even if the congregation has a few weird members. Shooting verbal bullets at Dr. Dre and Nas, sticking conscious rappers De La Soul (huh?) with the line, "E ... More >>
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February 21, 2011
Top 10 Songs About Presidents (in Honor of Presidents Day)
Remember Clinton and the sax? Monarchs, political authority figures, and presidents have been inspiring pissed-off punk rock anthems or passionate, pleased glorification--whether subtle or direct--since human beings could pick up an instrument and pluck or pound out a feeling. And given our ... More >>
Music
July 29, 2010
Nightranger: Heart-Ons
Remember Clinton and the sax? Monarchs, political authority figures, and presidents have been inspiring pissed-off punk rock anthems or passionate, pleased glorification--whether subtle or direct--since human beings could pick up an instrument and pluck or pound out a feeling. And given our ... More >>
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July 26, 2010
Heart-Ons: Kelis And Robyn Bring All The Boys To The Yard, Eh, Music Box.
The Summer tour co-headlined by Kelis and Robyn is called "All Hearts" but Friday night, when the tempestuous twosome thumped and pumped it up at the Music Box, it was more like, "all boys," the ratio of male to female appearing to be about 90% (gay) male and10% female. The place was a sweatpit of m ... More >>
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June 3, 2010
KCRW Presents Nas and Damien Marley's 'Distant Relatives' Session Tonight
KCRW Presents Nas and Damien Marley's 'Distant Relatives' Session Tonight
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May 28, 2010
Live in L.A. This Weekend: Angels & Airwaves, Miike Snow, Enrique Bunbury, Flight of the Conchords, Nas & Damian 'Jr. Gong' Marley
Via Fuel.tvAngels & AirwavesSay what you will about Angels & Airwaves' radio rock (outer-space emo is the phrase that comes to mind), but Tom DeLonge has a plan. Working around the cash register jingle of inevitable Blink-182 reunions, he's made three increasingly ambitious albums with his n ... More >>
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May 20, 2010
Live in L.A.: Nas & Damian Marley, Shout Out Louds, Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, Minus the Bear, Everest, Casxio
"Distant Relatives," the meeting of the musicial minds of Nas and Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley, has already earned some well-deserved plaudits. Indeed, there's a lot to like on the album (released this week), with the New York City rapper's tightly wound narratives twined with Marley's thick Jama ... More >>
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December 31, 2008
The 50 Best Albums of the Year (#10-1) (Sponsored By My Secret Identity )
And people acted surprised when Jerry O' Connell landed Rebecca Romjin. 10. Why? Alopecia (Anticon) It's tough to write about Why?'s breakout record without anxiously jotting down a few choice lyrics from songwriter Yoni Wolf's notebook. Not to downplay its musicianship, but Alopecia is forem ... More >>
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December 25, 2008
Weiss' 50 Best Albums of the Year (#40-31) (Sponsored By Crystal Pepsi)
If you're going to drink one clear cola this year, make it Crystal Pepsi. Please.40. No Age-Nouns (Sub Pop) Face it, *Nouns* is this decade's *Let it Be* (The Replacements, not The Beatles): A ragtag posse of scruffy dudes sonically illustrating their homes with spectacular tunes and pure passi ... 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 >>
Music
November 20, 2008
Rock Picks: Aretha Franklin, Lucinda Williams, Deerhunter
Also, Rodriguez, the Monolators, Nas and more
Blogs
October 16, 2008
Last Night: Jay-Z Reopens the Palladium
Jay-Z and Memphis Bleek on stage at the Palladium. Click on image to view entire slideshow. Photo by Timothy Norris. The irony of Jay-Z being asked to open the revamped Hollywood Palladium wasn’t lost on the man who calls himself “the black Frank Sinatra.” After all, it was 68 years ago las ... More >>
Music
September 18, 2008
Hip-Hop's Greatest Al Green Samples
The Reverend, replicated
Music
August 7, 2008
The Many Moods of Rock the Bells
Hip-hop's been in a lull. Meet the new torchbearers
Blogs
July 19, 2008
Pitchfork Festival Day 1-The Airing of Grievances
A Pitchfork seems like the appropriate emblem. After all, it's been a hellish last two days, culminating with this moment right now, my friends already having set off for the festival at the absurdly early crack of noon, abandoning me to pump Fela on my iPod in a Chicago Barnes and Noble, spitting ... More >>
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April 4, 2008
Jay Electronica: Much Better Than His Name Would Suggest
You may not know who Jay Electronica is yet, but I'm willing to bet that you would had he chosen a better name. Jay Electronica does not sound like the one of the most buzzed about rappers of 2008. Jay Electronica sounds like the name of a small-potatoes Milwaukee techno DJ circa 1999 who magicall ... More >>
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March 15, 2008
SXSW Day 4-Pitchfork Party Gets a 6.4, Due to Highly Derivative Partying
A Pitchfork party without Sparks? That's like Eliot Spitzer without whores: fatigued, thirsty and miserable. And rest assured, Sparks flowed like the River Ganges, even going as far to sponsor the bash, which wasn't really as bad as it was boring. A bunch of people sitting in bleachers trying t ... More >>
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February 20, 2008
An Interview With Pete Rock
Pete Rock needs no introduction. His new album NY's Finest drops on Tuesday. While it might not be a classic on the level of a Soul Survivors or Mecca & The Soul Brother, it's a strong record with occasionally great moments. But buyer beware: Jim Jones yells "floooosssssiiiin'" no less than fo ... More >>
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December 12, 2007
The 25 Best Hip-Hop Songs of 2007 Pt. 5 (#5-1)
Even if you are a jewel thief, it is never wise to mess with a man whose name is Sgt. Larvell Jones. 5. Jay-Z ft. Nas-"Success" These two. Thing is, this song shouldn't be this high on my Best Of list. Say these guys hadn't spent a decade trying to fuck each other's baby mama's, Sean Carter an ... More >>
Music
August 9, 2007
Rock Picks: Detroit Cobras, Gore Gore Girls, MF Doom, Squeeze
For the week of August 9 – 16
Music
February 1, 2007
Hip-Hop Is Dead
...and other reports that have been greatly exaggerated
Music
November 23, 2006
Cross Rock
A historical celebration of pop crucifixions, from Morrison to Manson to Madonna
Music
November 9, 2006
Rock Picks
For the week of November 10�16
Music
December 22, 2005
Blogs & iPods & Jay-Z & (non-ironic) Metal
The Hipster�s musical year-end predictions and post-game analysis
Music
August 4, 2005
Live in LA
The Hipster�s musical year-end predictions and post-game analysis
Music
July 28, 2005
Rock The Bells!
Summer love-in for underground hip-hop fans
Music
April 29, 2004
Yesterday and Tomorrow
Summer love-in for underground hip-hop fans
Music
May 8, 2003
Return of the Prodigal Son
Nas vs. Jay-Z and 50 Cent
Music
December 26, 2002
Hip-Hop Boo-Hoo
Nas vs. Jay-Z and 50 Cent
Music
November 15, 2001
U Don�t Know
Nas vs. Jay-Z and 50 Cent
Music
January 18, 2001
Can�t Go to Sleep
Nas vs. Jay-Z and 50 Cent
Music
June 1, 2000
Roll With the New
L.A.�s hip-hop underground keeps it . . . �real�
Music
January 20, 2000
Word According to B.I.G.
L.A.�s hip-hop underground keeps it . . . �real�
Music
July 8, 1999
A Perfect Pop Plan
L.A.�s hip-hop underground keeps it . . . �real�
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February 18, 1999
Myth Master
The fabrication of Ms. Foxy Brown
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