Somewhere in July this blog hit the 1 year mark, but there isn’t any strong sentimental feelings over data trails. I’ve been feeling these evil synths and dizzy handheld camera work:
The world is becoming so based.
Posts Tagged ‘rap’
Aug
02
2010
for the weed smokers
I’m operating with a clear head these days, but lately my music listening habits have been trending sticky green. I just saw Peaking Lights perform at the Rickshaw Stop where they destroyed all the heads in their crowd with a Rhythm & Sound style digital dub, heavy, heavy bass, and chill synths. But where was I supposed to go from there? Kid Slizzard delivers the goods with the new mixtape he put together. I’ve been meaning to try and put together a mix like this for awhile now, but now I can devote more time to ripping samples from youtube for another upcoming mix I’ve got planned.
P.S. top notch mixtape artwork
Jul
15
2010
mega-blogg
This Lil B riddim is so great.
Super Early Kraftwerk (Vintage ’71)
Scissor Girls, “Mr. Poison”. I always forget how great Chicago no-wave was.
Don’t remember where I downloaded this from, which are the best downloads. From a practice tape by Population. Fucked up post-punk cover. Seems like the internet made us all forget we are on the brink of annihilation.
UPDATE: WFMU reveals the original of this cover Eisbar. Categorized as Swiss art-punk. Works for me. The original has some funny saxophoning at the end.
And, of course, the classic Samuel L. Jackson B-more Club mix.
That’s probably good for now.
Jun
16
2010
sometimes
Sometimes I feel like joining the chorus of hate for Drake, but there are lots of bloggers better at the negativity tip than myself so I’ll just leave it at “dude is seriously the most boring rapper I can comprehend,” and get back to awesome music in a little bit.
May
05
2010
Nas & Damian Marley
Brilliant sample of a classic Ethiopian jam on this one.
Via Ghetto Bassquake
Apr
22
2010
you have to be somewhere
So this dude’s mixtape has been blowing up on youtube & twitter this month. It’s blunted, and I’m into it. Wikipedia informs me that Wiz Khalifa is based out of Pittsburgh, which once upon a time would have been a crazy place to have a music career, but you have to be somewhere, and now thanks to the internet it doesn’t really matter.
Mar
11
2010
pour up
Definitely click the link as Willy has some sharp observations about how this song succeeds in borrowing Southern rap elements and combining it with the local Bay Area aesthetic. As he says the great thing about the Bay Area is how its artists don’t take themselves too seriously, and this track is a great example of that.
Jul
22
2009
african rhythm
If you’re looking for some great rap from the Ivory Coast check out this mixtape by CIAfrica. It features some really superb production. Unfortunately, my French isn’t quite up to the task of following most of the lyrics, which is too bad because from what I understand they are on the political awareness tip. I remember seeing a documentary on Link TV not too long ago about rap music from Mali (I believe?), and I saw some performers, and the documentary had subtitles for their lyrics which got into some deep & excellent points about the challenges Africans face from Western economic liberalization policies.
And let me sweeten this post by making it a 2 for 1 deal with this podcast from Brian from awesometapesfromafrica.
All this music is very beat-oriented, and that illustrates a serious annoying recent development of rock critics describing bands as having an African or tribal style drumming. Obviously these critics are being lazy and don’t know what they’re talking about, or else they would recognize the diverse range of styles that exist, and also the way the West and Africa really do share a common musical lexicon.
Anyway, shout out to mudd up! and wayne&wax for bringing all this excellent music to my attention.