Tuesday, December 23, 2003
The College Dropout hype examined and the $30,000 Nike Dunks
Image courtesy: Hiphopsite.com
Kev Brown's The Brown Album is now on sale at HipHopSite.Com.
$30K for a pair of Nike Dunks? This has got to be a fake ebay listing.
A well-written review by U.M. Fizzstar of the Kanye West College Dropout album that seems to pierce some of the hyperbole surrounding this release with some real talk. (Spitkicker.com)
Image courtesy: PNB Nation Japan
The De La Soul Action Figures by PNB Nation are a go but unfortunately, unlike the Beastie Boys figures from a few years back, they look kind of wack to me (PNB Nation Japan).
Related reading: an interview with Beastie Boys action figure creator Nigo here.
Vibe bites a page out of the XXL playbook in their current (Jan. 2004) issue on stands now with their "Behind the Music" revelations from various Jay-Z production collaborators about the making of his albums (p. 82). Most interesting: that Hov, legendary for his one-take, no punch-in vocal recording sessions, cut the entire vocal for "Heart of the City" from The Blueprint in less time that it took for R Kelly's "Fiesta (remix)" video to air start and finish on the TV playing in the studio.
Image courtesy: All Music Guide
Nick Holder's "No More Dating DJs", featuring T.dot spoken word artist, MC and radio show host Jemeni, from his album The Other Side is the truth: the realest song about the relationship between a woman and a hip hop artist (be it DJ, MC or producer) you will ever hear. Recommended if you like the Philly spoken-word vibe of Jill Scott or Ursula Rucker.
Image courtesy: Moving Units website
Underrated West-Coast disco-punkers Moving Units have a new mp3 you can download from their website called "Unpersuaded." More of a funk sound on this one than on their debut EP (shown above).
Image courtesy: Drowned in Sound
New UK act Bloc Party receiving lot of hype in 'zines like The Face as the next post-punk hopes. Are they worthy of it? Judge for yourself whether Interpol need to start getting nervous by clicking here to hear some mp3 samples.
Related reading: at Drowned in Sound here and here.
