Brother Ali Arrested At Occupy Homes Protest
Minnesota rapper, Brother Ali, was arrested yesterday for civil disobedience during an Occupy Homes protest in Minneapolis. He and twelve other protesters were peacefully arrested after occupying the home of the Cruz family, whose house was being foreclosed upon. The protesters had been trying to prevent the Cruz family from being evicted since April, when...
B. Dolan – “House of Bees, Vol. 2″
B. Dolan’s House of Bees, Vol. 2 is probably going to join Fallen House, Sunken City in my permanent iPod collection. It’s full of the hallmarks of a mixtape such remixes and borrowed beats. But, like The 3rd World by Immortal Technique, Dolan spins a web through the recording that makes it feel whole. Unlike...
Dear Mama: From Hip Hop With Love
From the two that have seemed to become the mothers of hip hop, Afeni Shakur and Voletta Wallace, to Debbie Mathers, topics of moms and motherhood have been a mainstay in hip hop. So, for your listening pleasure, here are some of the more interesting (in my opinion) mom oriented tracks for Mother’s Day. Canibus...
RIP Beastie Boys’ MCA
It’s a sad day for music fans today as Adam “MCA” Yauch passed away at the age of 47. If you haven’t heard of MCA or the Beastie Boys, I imagine you’ve been incarcerated in Joe Arpaio’s “Tent City” since ’86. They’ve had a huge influence on all music, not just hip hop, but all...
2Pac’s Alive! Oh, wait…
In case you haven’t heard, 2pac made a posthumous appearance at Coachella as a hologram (or some kind of illusory visual image) alongside Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg. He appeared onstage and some of the first words out of his mouth were “What’s up, Coachella?” Now, maybe I’m being petty, but he’s been dead for...
Rhyme Horizon: Black Star @ Cervantes
The legendary duo of Talib Kweli and Yasiin Bey (aka Mos Def) are ready to grace Denver with their presence on May 11 at Cervantes. Joining them will be Whosane and Denver’s own Foodchain and The ReMINDers. If you haven’t already heard some of the new material, give “You Already Knew” a listen. It’s also...
Earl Sweatshirt’s First Interview On Hot 97
Before their New York City show, and Earl’s first time on stage, the Odd Future crew was interviewed for Hot 97. Though Taco and Tyler had been on the program before, Earl Sweatshirt, (who recently released the song “Home”), had never given a radio interview, let alone on Hot 97. In it, the strangely soft-spoken...
The Regrettable Revival of Limp Bizkit
This is something I really didn’t want to write about, but it kept coming up (and apparently isn’t going away, wasn’t a publicity stunt/joke, and is happening). It pains me to even mention it, but Cash Money signed Limp Bizkit last week. Remember, I’m only telling you because I love you and you need to...
YouTubin’: Odd Future’s Loiter Squad
I’ve said a few things about Odd Future in the past. But that was about their music. Now they have their own television show. I bet you can guess what channel it’s on without me even telling you. Stumped? It’s on CNN, right after Anderson Cooper. Just kidding. It’s on [adult swim]. It’s set to...
MpFree: Brother Ali – The Bite Marked Heart
A friend and I got into a discussion about Lil Wayne a while ago. He asked me why I dislike Wayne so much since “he has some good tracks.” The truth is, Wayne does possess more lyrical prowess than some tracks. But for every great/interesting/clever verse or track by Wayne (“No Love,” “Mr. Carter,” “I...
Local Flow: Wheelchair Sports Camp – Where We All Live
Take a gander at Wheelchair Sports Camp’s newest video for “Where We All Live,” the titular track off their upcoming EP, Where We All Live (because the song is the titular song, after all). If you’ve used Pandora, you’ve probably noticed that they have a song descriptor that describes a song as having “headnodic beats.”...
Valentine’s Verses for the Scorned Sentimentalist
If you have read certain articles of mine, you know I’m a curmudgeon at heart. It’s more calloused than the Brawny Man’s hands. So, it should come as no surprise that I find Valentine’s Day to be as gross as any other VD. I have never understood celebrating the beheading of some guys (yes, more...
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