EventsImmortal Technique Freestyle
Blacksmith: I am still deathly scared of this guy, but he spits some of the most influential and conscious lyrics in hip hop today. Immortal Technique rips it without a beat.
Violin and MF Doom?
The new MF Doom track has him spitting conscious lyrics over a violin.
Creative Video: Kanye West
Music videos in hip hop are all the same. Except the very rare ones created by artists like Yeezy.
Exile Shows Off Bounce
okayplayer: do you have any idea how hip hop beats are being made nowadays? This video will blow your mind of what can be done through one piece of electronic.
Congress Tries Adopting Hip Hop
Colbert Report: A black representative in congress tries appealing to Hip Hop. Chuck D puts him in his place!
B-Side Players
Let’s come right out and say it: that whole fad for sloppily mashing together several musical genres—heavy-metal-meets-hip-hop-cum-jazz funk, aboriginal-throat-gurgling-with-a-dash-of-sweet-swiss-mountain-yodeling indie pop, or, in sum, Limp Bizkit—looked a lot better (with all its hyphens) than it ever sounded. Assuming you can attract more listeners by repackaging every thinkable genre into some audio-Frankenstein is just as effective as McCain was in trying to gain votes by adding a nubile hillbilly to his Presidential ticket. Which is to say, not very.
The Tones
The Bay Area is truly representing here at Obnoxious Listeners. First we let you know about George Watsky, then Dahlak Brathwaite, and now we’re keying you into our next big find - The Tones. I don’t know what magic hip hop fairy dust is being spread over that area, but the talent-level is excessively high. It reminds me of the recent outburst of artists from Chi-town a few years ago - Kanye West, Common, Lupe Fiasco, etc. That was some good times …
Review of In My Element
The editors at Uptown Sound wrote a great review of Robert Glasper’s sophomore album, In My Element (2007).
A Tribute to Dilla
A tribute to the infamous J Dilla by our favorite duo in hip hop right now, Mos Def and Robert Glasper.
Mos Def | Blue Note NYC
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The opportunity to see Mos Def in a setting of only 300-400 people within a small seating-based jazz lounge is rare. The last time I heard about a performance like this was back in 2005, and Mos Def ended up canceling last minute. This time, Mos Def did not [...]
