Lil B “Pretty Boy” (Video)
You know us, we’re not on that blog rap bandwagon, but we have to admit a fascination / appreciation for the Based God. I swear this might be our favorite video of all-time. 0:04 Carl Winslow 0:19 Malcolm X 0:27 Miss Jay 0:37 Kid Capri 0:49 Dave Chapelle 0:57 Karate …
Modeselektor “Berlin” (Video)
One of our top tracks of 2011 (although it came out late in the year) finally gets a video treatment. Albeit, not the greatest video in history but still kinda cool. But mostly, if somehow, this track slipped past you, check it out!
Video Dig: Fela Kuti Interview extract from film Konkombe
“Yes if you are in England, the music can be an instrument of enjoyment. You can sing about love, you can sing about whom you’re going to bed with next! But in my own environment, my society is under developing because of an alien system on our people so there’s …
Madlib – Adult Swim Interview
Absolutely great interview with the Madlib the Beatkonducta. Adult Swim follows him for a day and talk to him about sleepin’ 2 hours a night, making music pretty much non-stop, Cookin Cheerios and the new Madvillain project.
Jai Nitai Lotus & INQBTR “Eyes Wide Whut”
Great new track from Jai Nitai Lotus (Anti Cupid EP, The Notice, Nu High) who I finally met a few weeks ago but has been doing his thing as a producer and MC in Montreal for a while now. Great collaboration on this one with the man Scott C aka …
Count Ossie and the Mystic Revelation
As a young boy Ossie grew up in a rasta community where he learned techniques of vocal chanting and hand drumming under the tutelage of Brother Job. In the early 1950s he set up a Rasta community in Rockfort on the east side of Kingston, where many of Kingston’s musicians …
Yasiin Bey “Sunshine Screwface” (Dilla Beat)
Always nice to see anything pop-up from mister Mos Def, or actually Yasiin Bey as he prefers to be called these days. The live performance of ‘SUNSHINE SCREWFACE‘ was recorded at Radio Nova out in Paris, one of my favorite radio stations for the past 10 years or so. Ok, …
“The Joy Of Disco” (a BBC Documentary)
Ever wonder where the idea of beatmatching and mixing songs together first came from? How about ye ol’ birth of the 12” record? Any takes on what started same sex liberation on the dance floor? Last night I watched BBC’s documentary The Joy Of Disco which provided a very basic …
BADBADNOTGOOD “CMYK/DMZ” Live in London
If you don’t know about BadBadNotGood then we’re have you been these last 3 weeks?? heheh… Who can blame you if you haven’t, 3 weeks on the internet is like 3 years in the real world. Things are moving that fast and the attention span of music listeners / media …