Friday, May 28, 2004
The June "Hot Ish" list is a go | Is Pound magazine the new ego trip? | Slum Village come with heat but Pete Rock falls short?
The new "Hot Ish" list for June is up in the sidebar at left. It's a few days early this time around since I'ma be out of town for a while starting later today. Comments positive and negative appreciated as always.
Pound magazine: Canada's answer to the legendary, mighty ego trip. Get up on it (and check my man Roozbeh aka DJ Islamabad's 12" review column). Also worth reading in their current May issue (#23, not up on their website yet which seems to be a little out of date): an interview with Murs on his feelings about having a mostly-white fanbase, Tim Goldsworthy of DFA interviewed, a Jay Smooth-esque examination of Ghostface's lyricism as well as a whole lot more stuff you need to f-cks with.
BTW, I finally copped a pair of these Dunks I mentioned a while back. They have 'em up here in Toronto (at the Athlete's World chain) which means they'll probably be in the US by time I get back to NYC.
I've been hearing middling things about Soul Survivor II and how the beats were not that on-point considering Pete Rock's claim-to-fame as one of the best to ever do it behind the boards. I finally heard the whole thing (beyond just the two pre-release singles) recently and the advance buzz was kind of right: sh!t is aight, but considering Pete's track record, my mind was not blown by the production.
On the other hand, I just got up on the new Slum Village jawn called Detroit Deli and, on a first listen, it's retarded (a slight dip in the middle of the album notwithstanding). And contrary to the conventional wisdom, these dudes even sound pretty nice on the lyrics this time around although, I think the group line-up is different for this album (?).
This one is little off the beaten path for me but, for those into gospel hip hop, peep the new album from Corey Red & Precise just released by the peoples of my good friend Shuggie Gray:
And finally, congrats to my man Jaroslaw Petruniw, reppin' Indianapolis, on winning the contest for a copy of the Blue Note Revisited album on CD.
The correct answers to the questions:
1. What is the name of Madlib's jazz group incarnation?
and
2. What is the name of the A Tribe Called Quest song that sampled Brother Jack McDuff's "Oblighetto" remixed by J Dilla on Blue Note Revisted?
were:
1. Yesterday’s New Quintet
2. "Scenario"
Don't forget the Dilated Peoples contest still jumpin' off right now. This prize pack (courtesy of Cornerstone Digital) is crazy: a T-shirt, three different autographed pieces of vinyl, a promo poster and promo patch. Click here for details.
So I'm outta here for real, for real now. Next posts probably not until June 4 or after when I get back from the UK.
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Pound magazine: Canada's answer to the legendary, mighty ego trip. Get up on it (and check my man Roozbeh aka DJ Islamabad's 12" review column). Also worth reading in their current May issue (#23, not up on their website yet which seems to be a little out of date): an interview with Murs on his feelings about having a mostly-white fanbase, Tim Goldsworthy of DFA interviewed, a Jay Smooth-esque examination of Ghostface's lyricism as well as a whole lot more stuff you need to f-cks with.
BTW, I finally copped a pair of these Dunks I mentioned a while back. They have 'em up here in Toronto (at the Athlete's World chain) which means they'll probably be in the US by time I get back to NYC.
I've been hearing middling things about Soul Survivor II and how the beats were not that on-point considering Pete Rock's claim-to-fame as one of the best to ever do it behind the boards. I finally heard the whole thing (beyond just the two pre-release singles) recently and the advance buzz was kind of right: sh!t is aight, but considering Pete's track record, my mind was not blown by the production.
On the other hand, I just got up on the new Slum Village jawn called Detroit Deli and, on a first listen, it's retarded (a slight dip in the middle of the album notwithstanding). And contrary to the conventional wisdom, these dudes even sound pretty nice on the lyrics this time around although, I think the group line-up is different for this album (?).
This one is little off the beaten path for me but, for those into gospel hip hop, peep the new album from Corey Red & Precise just released by the peoples of my good friend Shuggie Gray:
And finally, congrats to my man Jaroslaw Petruniw, reppin' Indianapolis, on winning the contest for a copy of the Blue Note Revisited album on CD.
The correct answers to the questions:
1. What is the name of Madlib's jazz group incarnation?
and
2. What is the name of the A Tribe Called Quest song that sampled Brother Jack McDuff's "Oblighetto" remixed by J Dilla on Blue Note Revisted?
were:
1. Yesterday’s New Quintet
2. "Scenario"
Don't forget the Dilated Peoples contest still jumpin' off right now. This prize pack (courtesy of Cornerstone Digital) is crazy: a T-shirt, three different autographed pieces of vinyl, a promo poster and promo patch. Click here for details.
So I'm outta here for real, for real now. Next posts probably not until June 4 or after when I get back from the UK.
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