Browsing: hip-hop
Pearl “Turnin’ Tricks” Closer Since Lydia Lunch and Lou Reed, musicians have tried to show the seedier side of “independence” on the mean streets of western…
DJ Shadow and Run The Jewels really don’t like politicians–if you’ve been to one of their shows you’d know this firsthand. It seems that most of…
Die Antwoord “We Have Candy” Mount Ninji And Da Nice Time Kid My favorite hip-hop band invites you to come to the darkside. “We Have Candy”.…
M.I.A. “Go Off” A.I.M. Mathangi “Maya” Arulpragasam, who goes by the name M.I.A., is an English hip-hip artist/activist who might be one of the most controversial…
PISS-OFF! “B.I.C.A./Cyberfrog Perfect Is For Amateurs I LOVE THIS BAND. I have been looking for the American equivalent of South Africa’s Die Antwoord, and I finally…
Gold Clubb “West Coast Gurls” Gold Clubb: The 2-Stroke Mixtape This is fun. Just when I thought the summer over, Gold Clubb comes out with a…
The Montreal-based producer/DJ Kaytranada (aka Louis Kevin Celestin) who made his fame via SoundCloud is garnering international success now after the release of his 99.9% album.…
Oxymorrons “I Feel Better” Complex But Basic After all the tragedy in Orlando and in Turkey, and the vote in the UK, we need some words…
Aria Lanelle “League” My Name Is What a strong, sexy voice. When Aria Lanelle sings, “I’m so out of your league”, you think, hell yeah, she…
Montreal producer Kaytranada pulls out all the stops on his lavish, genre-melding album 99.9%. Every blue moon we find at artist that really puts extreme effort into…
Bizzythowed “Nothing You Can Do About It” Blank Check I love Bizzythowed. Borrowing from alternative, hard rock, and hip-hop, he has made a name for himself,…
Lizzo “Humanize” Big Grrrl Small World Lizzo is back, and I’m glad. Bold and brassy one minute and devastatingly sincere the next, Lizzo is an artist…
Michael McQuaid “Vibes” Michael McQuaid came as a big surprise to me. I was expecting just another white soul singer, the good ole blue-eyed soul, but…
Whyte_Henny “Shut It Down” You guys know me by now. I’m not a big fan of rap/trap/hip-hop unless there is that je ne sais quoi, that something…
READY OR NOT HERE SHE COMES John Bond LIL KIM FINALLY DELIVERS HER HARDCORE 2K14 MIXTAPE I will start by saying that lyrically Kim slays this…
Multi-platinum artist/producer will.i.am and newly signed recording artist Cody Wise release the song “It’s My Birthday” today. Directed by Ben Mor, the video available on VEVO…
Australian Rapper Iggy Azalea is well on her way to the top. Debuting at #1 on the iTunes chart the day of her album, The New…
Leave it to Ariel Pink to create something so warped its addicting (the beat at least). Pink just signed a deal with indie star producer Justin…
Daft Punk has not confirmed if “Computerized” is real or not but it sounds pretty damn authentic to us. The track was apparently recorded a few…
Iggy Azalea’s “FANCY” new video FT. Charlie XCX is a throwback to the 90s with their parody of Clueless. The only thing different about this video…