Sunday, August 29, 2010
HipHopisRead.com & Lyrics To Go presents Nas - Illmatic: the Samples
Ivan (with an assist from Lyrics to Go) does it yet again!
"What can I say about this album that hasn't already been expounded upon by music journalists and institutional scholars alike? Illmatic is to hip hop what Miles Davis's Kind of Blue is to jazz: a quintessential centerpiece to its respective genre. Dallas Penn summed it up quite nicely: "The Sun, Moon and stars along with the spirit of Rakim Allah came together to form this rap music manifesto masterpiece.""
If you don't know about Illmatic, I don't even know what to say except this is probably one of the ten hip hop albums you ABSOLUTELY need to listen to. Once you've done that, come back here and learn about the original source music sampled that built this masterpiece.
Download HipHopisRead.com & Lyrics To Go presents Nas - Illmatic: the Samples HERE.
[via HHIR]
Labels: Crate Diggin', Jazz Music, Nas, Rare Groove/Soul Music
Sunday, May 23, 2010
New Music: Hypnotic Brass Ensemble – SpottieOttieDopaliscious [Outkast cover]
More good Sunday afternoon listening....
Hypnotic Brass Ensemble – SpottieOttieDopaliscious [Outkast cover] [direct mp3 link, right click & save as]
[via Steady Bloggin']
Labels: Jazz Music, Outkast
Friday, April 09, 2010
Jazz Meets Hip Hop at Toronto's York University
Read about the work jazz trombonist Ron Westray, as the new Oscar Peterson chair in Jazz Performance at Toronto's York University, is doing to bring jazz and hip hop together by clicking HERE.
As part of that mission he is also launching his Jazz Hop live concert series, featuring an acoustic band performing alonside two MC's and a turntablist, TONIGHT at the Toronto Center for the Arts. Get details HERE.
Labels: Education, Its a T.dot Thing, Jazz Music
