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Thursday, April 19, 2012

Astro Black Ep 1: Destination Planet Rock (Excerpt), 2007

This is an excerpt from Episode 1 of Astro Black, a 4-channel video installation informed by the history and politics of Afrofuturism. Early hip-hop culture was heavily influenced by the intergalactic mythologies of Sun Ra and George Clinton, and Episode 1 seeks to draw out these connections. Set in 1974 in the South Bronx, the episode begins in a neighbourhood centre where Sun Ra is discussing his ideas about the intersection of myth, race and outer space. It is here that the three future originators of hip-hop – Kool Herc, Afrika Bambaataa and Grandmaster Flash – are abducted and transported across the galaxy to Planet Rock where they are schooled in the alien language of turntablism.

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Dope.

Friday, March 30, 2012

Roc Marciano

I had heard about this dude a while back. His Marcberg mixtape got a lot of buzz in 2010, but for whatever reason (I was living in Paris?), I never checked it out. A few days ago, the video for Emerealds dropped, I checked it out, and was blown away.

It’s such a gritty, mid-90s, New York feel. From the voice to the beat to the lyrics. It made me check out that mixtape, and I am kicking myself for not paying attention sooner. The whole thing is definitely on point, but there were two tracks that stood out extra.

Panic sounds like some grimey Wu beat, and reminds me of some early Smif-n-Wessun:

Don Shit is just straight bananas if you came up in rap’s Golden Era like I did:

I am committed to learning the lyrics. There is a rumor of a video out there of me rocking out to this. Text me if you wanna see…

Anyway, I actually went and bought the mixtape. I have NO idea when the last time I paid for an album, let alone bought a mixtape. If anyone buys it and it disappointed by it, I will give you ten bucks.

Thursday, February 2, 2012

My Boy Builds Coffins

I have been busy on the road with spotty interweb access. At best. I will be home soon and post an update.
In the meantime, I gradumitate tomorrow.
And am listening to this:

Friday, November 18, 2011

Music I like…

So one of the benefits of working for a magazine where I have never heard 99% of the music we cover is that I hear new stuff.
JUMP Magazine recently dropped their new issue and did/are doing a series of release parties. The first was at the Temple library this past Wednesday (It was the first time I had ever been to the library, weeks away from gradumatating…) where two bands played. I really liked the second band (Sorry Brandee), Turning violet Violet.