Watch before it gets snatched down. Featuring Yo-yo, MC Lyte, KRS-One, A Tribe Called Quest, Wu-Tang Clan, CL Smooth, the Fu-Schnickens, and Mad Lion. Possibly interesting tidbit: Mad Lion was the prom date of a girl in my high school class. When I heard Mad Lion was going to be there, I got all hyped [...]
[5 Mar 2007]
I bought two CDs (yeah, I still do that ) by Cape Verdean artists* today, Rogamar by the legendary Cesaria Evora and Balancê by Sara Tavares. Now, for the geography-challenged, Cape Verde is waaaay over on the other side of the Atlantic, off the coast of Africa (roughly Senegal). Yet, weirdly, when it comes to [...]
[29 Jan 2007]
Okay, I’m a latecomer to Jay-Z fandom, entering somewhere around his MTV-Unplugged album. Despite owning albums two, three and four (or maybe it was three, four and five), before his poetry reading, I never really got into Jay-Z beyond his radio singles. They just took up space in my CD rack. I’ve got most of [...]
[28 Nov 2006]
UPDATE: Check out this Killer Mike track from the “I Pledge Allegiance” mixtape. Ouch! Visit the site Laffy Taffy Rots Your Teeth for more. Check the video “Everything is Different Now,” which is actually a hot ode to traditional hip-hop. You can also download and pass around the 10-track album mixtape.* Think of it as [...]
[9 Sep 2006]
Okay, Friday night, the Underground is officially the place to be. Why? The FREE Montreux Jazz Festival. Montreux has been missing in action from the Atlanta festival scene for a few years now. But it’s back this year. But let me tell you why you just really, really need to go Friday night: Joi and [...]
[29 Aug 2006]
I see I need to start paying more attention to things and people. One of my childhood crushes and rapper of one of my favorite jams (“Takin out you suckas and you don’t know how I did it) is also an amazing photographer / photo blogger. And he’s a fellow Black Weblog Awards finalist. So [...]
[29 Aug 2006]
Okay, so one morning I woke up and the TV was on MTV. And I heard something about “Jack White” — as in the dude from the White Stripes, who would be my favorite rockers if I actually paid attention to rock music. Then I saw the video credits. Something about “Steady As She Goes.” [...]
[2 Aug 2006]
North African dance music CD La Kahena has been glued to my CD player for a while now. So I got all geeked up when I found out that a remix album was available. Now that I’ve listened to it, I can put away some of that original excitement. It won’t stay in my iPod [...]
[21 Jul 2006]