Thursday, February 26, 2004
Hip Hop goes Rock N Roll or Hip Hop Behind Bars? | Is Miles Thirst the new Lil Penny? | Mobb Deep gets "Blinded by Science"?
Only the beginning. Trust me, even without Bush's assinine tax cuts, this would have still become a problem eventually: Greenspan Urges Social Security Benefit Cuts. (San Jose Mercrury News)
Blair won't directly address it but former UK cabinet minister Clare Short claims that Britain spied on UN Secretary-General Annan in the run-up to the Iraq war and that she had seen evidence of it. (Reuters UK)
Wyclef Jean Voices Support For the Haitian Rebels in the current unrest. (MTV News)
Dean Defeats Truman! Why Political Analysts Keep Getting It Wrong. (Washington Post)
Blogs have become part of media machine that shapes politics. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Paul Graham on "What You Can't Say." (via Anousheh)
Anna Quindlen waxes eloquent on the gay marriage issue. (Newsweek)
Columbia U. of the new millenium turns into the Dartmouth of the late 80's: Cartoon Offends Columbia University Students. (via Gothamist)
Pot. Calling. Kettle. Black (or something?). Broadcasters unveil plans to ensure decent shows: The most zealous of all, oddly, is that trailblazer in racy television programming, Fox Broadcasting. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Meanwhile Chappelle keeps killin' it. "A Moment in the Life of Lil Jon," ah man, that ish was stoopid.
Just deserts? Clear Channel, America's biggest radio group and owner of some of the largest music venues in the world, [tuesday] posted results below market expectations. (Guardian UK)
Black Music Congress Report: Are white artists like Eminem, Justin Timberlake and Christina Aguilera appropriating black music? (EURWeb)
Never mind, brothers is already movin' on. Hiphopsite.com says hip hop-infused rock n roll, as dabbled in already by The Roots, Common and Outkast (not Limp Bizkit, Linkin Park etc.), is the next evolution in black music after hip hop. I happen to agree with them. Curious to see how current buzz mixtape producer DJ Vlad's comes with it on his collabo with DJ Muggs for the forthcoming Rock Phenomenon follow-up to his acclaimed Rap Phenomenon mixtape series. News of Everlast, Zack from Rage and B-Real's partcipation is a predictably unadventurous way to begin though.
Portable vinyl playing products from around the world. (via Audio Sports)
Images courtesy: Coca Cola co.
Speaking of vinyl products, I'm loving the new LeBron Sprite ad with vinyl action figure sidekick Miles Thirst.
Mobb Deep has a new joint called (I think) "Twist 'em Up" where they're spittin' over Thomas Dolby's "She Blinded me With Science" and it doesn't sound wack?
If all pop music sounded as good as Ce'Cile's "Rude Bwoy Thug Life" (sampling The Cure's "Close To Me"), I'd be a Teen Beat-reading, TRL-watching muh'f-cker for real. (spotted initially on Fluxblog, mp3 sample link courtesy: mp3raid.com)
While we're on the reggae tip though, I said I wouldn't do this but Dub Selector is too hot to pass up on posting. (spotted via Pop Life, O-Dub was on fire yesterday blog-wise, peep it)
It'll be interesting to see how The Source approaches their "Hip Hop Behind Bars" cover story that just hit news stands. I'm just glad they're off their Eminem vendetta (or are they?).
And I know they tagged it with the line "is this the end?" but Vibe putting Ja Rule on the cover: are they trying to not sell magazines? What possible reason could they have to make him the cover star over, say, the Neptunes, Lil Jon, Kanye or just about anybody else? Article writer Lola Ogunnaike was on Hot 97 this morning discussing the interview. Doesn't sound like this is gonna be too hard-hitting a feature but what's left to discuss: he battled 50 and lost and just about no-one is checkin' for him anymore (although, personally, I do still like that B-side cut I mentioned a few days back).
A hip hop album with lyricism, spirituality and a progressive soulful sound that's a breath of fresh air from everything else out: Kanye's The College Dropout? No, De La Soul's AOI: Bionix. Check it out with the benefit of a couple years hindsight because a lot of y'all missed this very selpt-on album the first time around it after coppping the "Oooh"-laced AOI: Mosaic Thump predecessor.
And Sony finally get a clue: Sony Urban Music/Columbia Records Set To Release Dead Prez's critically-acclaimed RBG: Revolutionary But Gangsta on March 30th. (Music Industry News Network)
My guilty pleasure track for this week: Nick Cannon feat. Fatman Scoop "Get Crunk Shorty" has a bangin' beat produced by Just Blaze but, with a title like that, you know this track needs to be remixed by Lil Jon, obvs. (mp3 link courtesy: UBL/Artist Direct)
On the other hand...
Honey, you got lucky with your corny reality model show when it actually became a success. That doesn't mean people wanna hear you back in the recording studio doing your poor man's J. Lo-meets-Beyonce sthick (sp?), the debacle of you doing back-up vocals with K.O.B.E. Bryant back in the day was bad enough. Or do they? Tyra Banks "Shake Ya Body" (Real video | download the mp3 courtesy: UPN.com)
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Blair won't directly address it but former UK cabinet minister Clare Short claims that Britain spied on UN Secretary-General Annan in the run-up to the Iraq war and that she had seen evidence of it. (Reuters UK)
Wyclef Jean Voices Support For the Haitian Rebels in the current unrest. (MTV News)
Dean Defeats Truman! Why Political Analysts Keep Getting It Wrong. (Washington Post)
Blogs have become part of media machine that shapes politics. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Paul Graham on "What You Can't Say." (via Anousheh)
Anna Quindlen waxes eloquent on the gay marriage issue. (Newsweek)
Columbia U. of the new millenium turns into the Dartmouth of the late 80's: Cartoon Offends Columbia University Students. (via Gothamist)
Pot. Calling. Kettle. Black (or something?). Broadcasters unveil plans to ensure decent shows: The most zealous of all, oddly, is that trailblazer in racy television programming, Fox Broadcasting. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Meanwhile Chappelle keeps killin' it. "A Moment in the Life of Lil Jon," ah man, that ish was stoopid.
Just deserts? Clear Channel, America's biggest radio group and owner of some of the largest music venues in the world, [tuesday] posted results below market expectations. (Guardian UK)
Black Music Congress Report: Are white artists like Eminem, Justin Timberlake and Christina Aguilera appropriating black music? (EURWeb)
Never mind, brothers is already movin' on. Hiphopsite.com says hip hop-infused rock n roll, as dabbled in already by The Roots, Common and Outkast (not Limp Bizkit, Linkin Park etc.), is the next evolution in black music after hip hop. I happen to agree with them. Curious to see how current buzz mixtape producer DJ Vlad's comes with it on his collabo with DJ Muggs for the forthcoming Rock Phenomenon follow-up to his acclaimed Rap Phenomenon mixtape series. News of Everlast, Zack from Rage and B-Real's partcipation is a predictably unadventurous way to begin though.
Portable vinyl playing products from around the world. (via Audio Sports)
Images courtesy: Coca Cola co.
Speaking of vinyl products, I'm loving the new LeBron Sprite ad with vinyl action figure sidekick Miles Thirst.
Mobb Deep has a new joint called (I think) "Twist 'em Up" where they're spittin' over Thomas Dolby's "She Blinded me With Science" and it doesn't sound wack?
If all pop music sounded as good as Ce'Cile's "Rude Bwoy Thug Life" (sampling The Cure's "Close To Me"), I'd be a Teen Beat-reading, TRL-watching muh'f-cker for real. (spotted initially on Fluxblog, mp3 sample link courtesy: mp3raid.com)
While we're on the reggae tip though, I said I wouldn't do this but Dub Selector is too hot to pass up on posting. (spotted via Pop Life, O-Dub was on fire yesterday blog-wise, peep it)
It'll be interesting to see how The Source approaches their "Hip Hop Behind Bars" cover story that just hit news stands. I'm just glad they're off their Eminem vendetta (or are they?).
And I know they tagged it with the line "is this the end?" but Vibe putting Ja Rule on the cover: are they trying to not sell magazines? What possible reason could they have to make him the cover star over, say, the Neptunes, Lil Jon, Kanye or just about anybody else? Article writer Lola Ogunnaike was on Hot 97 this morning discussing the interview. Doesn't sound like this is gonna be too hard-hitting a feature but what's left to discuss: he battled 50 and lost and just about no-one is checkin' for him anymore (although, personally, I do still like that B-side cut I mentioned a few days back).
A hip hop album with lyricism, spirituality and a progressive soulful sound that's a breath of fresh air from everything else out: Kanye's The College Dropout? No, De La Soul's AOI: Bionix. Check it out with the benefit of a couple years hindsight because a lot of y'all missed this very selpt-on album the first time around it after coppping the "Oooh"-laced AOI: Mosaic Thump predecessor.
And Sony finally get a clue: Sony Urban Music/Columbia Records Set To Release Dead Prez's critically-acclaimed RBG: Revolutionary But Gangsta on March 30th. (Music Industry News Network)
My guilty pleasure track for this week: Nick Cannon feat. Fatman Scoop "Get Crunk Shorty" has a bangin' beat produced by Just Blaze but, with a title like that, you know this track needs to be remixed by Lil Jon, obvs. (mp3 link courtesy: UBL/Artist Direct)
On the other hand...
Honey, you got lucky with your corny reality model show when it actually became a success. That doesn't mean people wanna hear you back in the recording studio doing your poor man's J. Lo-meets-Beyonce sthick (sp?), the debacle of you doing back-up vocals with K.O.B.E. Bryant back in the day was bad enough. Or do they? Tyra Banks "Shake Ya Body" (Real video | download the mp3 courtesy: UPN.com)
