May 2010
7 posts
Mo' Betta Soul Thursdays 6.24.10
i’m pretty damn excited. we had the first mo’ betta soul thursdays event and we’re ready to get things popping for the next one.
the monthly event will continue again in june with artwork by illustrator sanford greene and live music by midi marc along with some other surprises. more info coming soon. stay tuned.
Album Review: Reflection Eternal-"Revolutions Per...
A lot can change in ten years. A year away from the public eye is more like century in music years, and Talib Kweli and DJ Hi-Tek have been away for ten of them. It takes not only great skill, but chemistry to get back into the swing of things and create music like they’ve never left. Revolutions Per Minute is the type of reunion album that disbanded groups should use as a blueprint.
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Download: Kanye West-"Power"
‘Ye is back and he seems to have let the auto-tuner go on sabbatical (thank god). he comes with his first official offering off his upcoming album Good Ass Job. Download after the jump.
Download: Kanye West f. Dwele-“Power” prod. by S1
Album Review: Nas & Damian Marley-"Distant...
Okay, so usually when there’s a genre-hybrid project, it’s usually a recipe for disaster. Not everything can be as successful as RUN DMC collaborating with Aerosmith. Fortunately, the combination of hip-hop and reggae music aren’t far off from each other. Actually, despite the project being called “Distant Relatives”, Nas and Damian Marley show how close the influences can be.
The album begins...
Interview: Infamous Jean Claude
words by Preach Jacobs
When it comes to being a visual artist, you have to envision everything in your mind before you can put it on the canvas. It can be a difficult thing to do separating it from people doing it as a hobby and people that are….doing it. Meet someone that’s doing the latter: Infamous Jean Claude has work that has graced the pages of your favorite magazines, made...
Album Review: MGMT-"Congratulations"
written by aaron pelzek
This being my first review of anything more than my opinion over coffee and smokes made me think: “Well I better do this right”. I began with research not only of MGMT but also of those things I never truly sought definition to previously such as “pop music”, generally accepted by most Internet definers to be music intended for mass appeal. MGMT, a Brooklyn based duo,...
Mo' Betta Soul Thursdays
sup yall? this is the flyer to a monthly event that will be called mo’ betta soul thursdays at immaculate consumption in columbia, sc. it will feature visual and musical acts not to mention yours truly on the 1s and 2s. more info as it comes. hope you can make it out. ez
April 2010
8 posts
Remembering Guru Essay: Keith "Guru" Elam...
the first tape i’ve ever owned was “step in the arena” by gangstarr. i was about 6 years old and my pops let me get it solely because it didn’t have a sticker on it (unlike that terminator-x tape “valley of the jeep beats” that had a huge parental advisory sticker on the front). in the tradition of what is probably now coined as ‘conscious...
Album Review: Murs & 9th Wonder-"Fornever"
If you can find another artist in hip-hop that works harder than MURS, I dare you to make him appear. Revolutionizing west coast indy hip-hop by recruiting south’s Primo a.k.a 9th Wonder, Murs has been consistent releasing boom-bap inspired hip-hop in a time where everyone else is running the other direction.
The respect for his grind and uncompromising demeanor is a model that many...
Album Review: Little Brother-"Left Back"
I’m so happy that we didn’t have Twitter when A Tribe Called Quest called it quits. Being from a Carolina (Columbia, SC to be exact) the success of Little Brother had a much more personal impact than an artist that may have been from a different state. So, when Phonte and 9th Wonder went back and fourth through tweets, it made it even more clear that people’s optimism for a LB...
Download: Dice Raw – Dice, Dilla, Pregunta...
ever since questlove posted those dilla/roots remakes on his swift fm page on dilla’s bd, everyone’s been writing to them (me included). well, dice raw went a step further and put out a mixtape. enjoy.
tracklisting: 1.) Long Time Coming 2.) Pregunta 3.) Hello World 4.) Full 5.) Doot Doo Dah Da 6.) Players Play 7.) Welcome Home 8.) The Greatest Rapper Never 9.) Offbeat Onbeat 10.) Get...
Album Review: Erykah Badu-Nu Amerykah Pt. 2:...
by Preach Jacobs originally featured on SoulCulture.co.uk
There are just certain artists that evoke a special feeling from fans and fellow musicians alike. An artist that, no matter the battle plan, you’d still opt to musically walk into war with them blindfolded. It’s a trust that very few artists are able to get from their fanbase – but somehow Erykah Badu has been able to hypnotize me (and...
DOWNLOAD: Akshun-"Sinners Therapy"
when it comes to south carolina hip-hop, there’s not a long list of emcees and producers that come to mind (i should know because it’s where i’m from). so, i always see it as a pleasure and responsibility to highlight artists that i’ve known and worked with in the past that are putting out dope shit. introducing akshun.
download his album ‘sinners...
Album Review: Method Man, Ghostface &...
The spirit of competition among comrades can do much for one’s craft. Just look at how Ghostface motivated the rest of the Wu-Tang Clan after being the only people that was consistently putting out solid material. And since the past year Raekwon finally got back to his fundamentals with putting out a sequel to ‘Only Built For Cuban Linx’ a decade and a half later.
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DOWNLOAD: Spectac & Amiri- Keys to the Vault...
i’ve known spectac for a while. he was a worker at the local neighborhood record store (that i eventually worked and loved before it closed last year) and he was that dude that could freestyle for hours…about anything.
amiri, is another artist from my area with production is reminiscent of the boom-bap period. not only are the two double teaming on a project on hipnott records (which...
March 2010
28 posts
Cyberworks-"Sound of the Drums" (DBR)
i can’t take this out of my ipod. the cyberworks/dbr crew (that features my man denz) released another work of art with “sound of drums”. influenced by broken beat, soul and boom-bap appeal, it’s the right thing for your daily woes in need of inspiration. check it out after the jump.
Video: Erykah Badu-"Window Seat" (NSFW)
erykah goes all out in this video (pretty damn literally). dope concept. she says on her twitter page about the experience that the video “was shot guerilla style, no crew , 1 take , no closed set , no warning , 2 min . , down town dallas , then ran like hell…” bravo.
Video: Preach Jacobs & Denz-"Falling"
this is the video of my project maple st. sessions. hope you enjoy it. pass it on.
J Dilla Donut Shop (SERATO/STONES THROW) 2 DISCS,...
okay, i need about $35 so i can pre-order this. stones throw is really killing it right now with their packaging. first it was the new beat konducta series (africa) by madlib and now this layout for the dilla foundation. it’ll be released day after mother’s day. peep download and rest of packaging after the jump.
Download: J Dilla-“Safety Dance”
Album Review: Georgia Anne Muldrow-Kings Ballad
written by carminelitta @ carminelitta.blogspot.com Georgia Anne Muldrow is an artist I slept on for way too long. When I finally checked out her previous album Early, I realized my mistake. This album is just perfect to me, a wonderful mixture of beautiful productions and a very positive and inspiring message.
And when I had the opportunity to listen to her latest offering, I was really excited...
