Thursday, August 12, 2004
New Dizzee Rascal, Saul Williams & LL | What is vlogging? | The next "Yankees of hip hop"?
Daniel Bernard Roumain. Photo courtesy: dbrmusic.com
Last night at the Spin-Off I completely missed Kweli's set and only stayed for part of The Roots' show because the DJ battle ran forever and they didn't hit the stage 'til mad late (and I was still tired from the night before to stay up late two nights in a row).
At first I was amazed so many women were at a DJ battle until i realized nobody there really cared about the DJs and they were all patiently waiting them out for the Roots to hit the stage. The part of their set I saw they sounded great but after they did "Stay Cool" (without a De La guest appearance, sorry Joey), I jetted. I've seen these dudes enough times that I didn't feel compelled to stick around for the whole thing. By the way, do the Roots even have any black fans any more because the crowd was 90+% white last night.
Also: anybody who knows where I can cop one of those Harley Davidson steez Talib Kweli "Beautiful Strggle" promo t-shirts, hit me up, thanks.
Heads have been sleeping on LL Cool J's "Headsprung" even though it's slowly turned into a club heater, but check out the B-side “Feel the Beat” (produced by Timbaland): Win High | Win Low | Real High.
From what little I could hear of it at the listening session last night, Saul Williams' new album sounds pretty good. Here's a quick taste: "List of Demands (Reparations)".
New Dizze Rascal "Stand Up Tall" video. Lovin' the spinners on the London cab steez but is the popped Lacoste tennis shirt collar look a nod to Dizzee's white hipster core fanbase in America?
Backspin Promotions look like they work some good projects.
Daniel Bernard Roumain: "hip hop"/classical music composer.
A guide to One Million Free & Legal Music Tracks at The Red Ferret Journal.
So now that Kevin Liles has rejoined his boy and rumors still swirling of a Sean Carter label deal, will Warners become the new Yankees of hip hop? (Hits)
Asics' Kill Bill sneaker.
Not blogging, not photo blogging but vlogging (or mlogging: "movie blogging"). (The Guardian)
