In an interesting and yet concerning event, Terrance Dean is writing a book to publicly expose hip hop artists as being gay.
It’s no secret that hip hop and rap has struggled with some unquestionably homophobic lyrics and artists. 50 Cent and Eminem, for example, aren’t exactly favoured by the gay community. Then again, [...]
Stay tuned for some fresh music tomorrow, but in the mean time check this madness out: Benny Shanon, an Israeli philosophy professor, thinks Moses was “probably on psychedelic drugs when he received the Ten Commandments from God.”
Aside from the obvious comedic value of such a discovery (the author of the article notes how the “assertions [...]
Debra Hurd is quite the artist. Not to say that she’s really all that original, but I really like her Jazz painting series. It’s got a style that looks hurried and kind of blurry, and does a pretty good job of capturing what the performance is like. It’s a rush of action and you tend [...]
This article is yet another example of how hip hop can really do a lot of good in the world.
Dr. Rani Whitfield is often known as the “hip hop doc”. It may be a little bit of a ridiculous nickname, but he’s actually a fascinating person.
He uses hip hop and rap to try and [...]
One of the biggest drawbacks to making beats is that once you get an insane sample, sometimes it doesn’t quite have the sound you want.
Yes I know that sounds obvious, but bear with me. Think about if you take a sick guitar riff or something, there’s just something not quite right about it, something [...]
Today we explore one of my favourite samples: the blaring, haunting saxophone introduction to The Lafayette Afro Rock Band’s “Darkest Light” from their 1975 album Malik. Click below to listen:
The Lafayette Afro Rock Band - Darkest Light (Malik, 1975) [Sample]
Formed in 1970 on Long Island, The Lafayette Afro Rock Band was originally called Bobby Boy Congress after vocalist [...]
M.I.A is a bit hard to pin down. She’s not only a musician, but she’s an artist in general. She’s the daughter of a Tamil Tiger, and an outspoken activist. She’s both intelligent and extremely outgoing. Plus, her website may just give you a seizure.
Even her music is hard to [...]
Johnny Cash still walks the line
Vince Mira is 15. He is 15 and he sounds exactly like Johnny Cash. It’s actually pretty eerie to hear, but it’s nice to see someone paying such tribute to a great artist like Cash.
I can’t find all that much information about this young fellow, except that his [...]
A few days ago I mentioned that seeing A Tribe Called Quest perform live would be, without a doubt, the single greatest musical experience of my life. Now, it appears as though all my wildest dreams are coming true: yesterday afternoon it was announced that A Tribe Called Quest would be re-uniting to headline this year’s Rock The [...]
The New York Times is reporting that the five years of insane sectarian violence and bloodshed in Iraq is becoming too much for a lot of the youth. Far from the monolithic, militant, violent force that everyone seems to want to believe, the Iraqi youth are turning away from the fundamentalist crazy clerics.
While religious extremists [...]
Dre on the piano, and the Dogg Pound on the mic.