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Forgotten Treasure: Gary Bartz “Celestial Blues”

Every now and then I gotta give Gary Bartz some love. After all, I did take the title of this site from the name of his classic 1977 record. For those who don’t know too much about the man, he  Read more  »

Future Classics

Future Classic: Burial “Street Halo”

Yeah, the hardcore heads already know that this has been out for a few days but I like to digest releases for a few days before giving my humble opinion on them. So after almost three years after the last  Read more  »

Kutiman “My Favorite Color”

Youtube can sometimes be a pretty awful space where it seems that mediocrity is more viewed and clicked when people actually dislike a video (case in point, that Rebbeca Black video that was viewed 52 million times and has about  Read more  »

Forgotten Treasure: UNKLE “Unreal” (1998)

Unkle is a British musical outfit founded in 1994 by school friends James Lavelle and Tim Goldsworthy. Originally categorized as trip-hop, the group once included producer DJ Shadow and has employed a variety of guest artists and producers. On the  Read more  »

Forgotten Treasure: Public Enemy “Air Hoodlum” (1992)

The relationship between basketball and hip-hop to me is almost as close as breakdancing and graffiti. Or maybe it’s just because I grew up playing basketball and rap music was just the soundtrack to my life back then. Since it’s  Read more  »