In a pretty fascinating article done by the Guardian UK’s blog system, Jack Arnott takes a close look at the nature of hip hop and the ghostwriting behind it.
We all know that ghostwriting happens, but I guess a lot of us don’t quite understand just how prevalent it is. Arnott notes that Nas was the [...]
Yeah, the title says it all. Visit this article at Huffingtonpost.com to see Cindy McCain make the argument that Governor Palin has national security experience because Alaska is close to Russia. And she’s being serious.
Hip-hop photography is an underappreciated art. Unlike photography associated with other genres of music (particularly jazz and rock), hip-hop photography is less established, and frankly, less respected. Maybe it’s because the genre is still relatively young, or maybe it’s because many wrongly assume that hip-hop photography means tough looking gangster-types looking menacingly at the camera.
Fortunately, that’s usually [...]
Foreign Exchange, the group comprised of Little Brother’s Phonte and Dutch producer Nicolay, are preparing to release their second album, Leave It All Behind. In order to build hype for the project, they’ve apparently released a couple of teaser videos. I’m not exactly sure what exactly they’re trying to convey, but the short clips are interesting nonetheless. [...]
The East Coast Avengers, a hip hop group made up of Esoteric (of 7L & Esoteric fame), trademarc, and DC the Midi Alien, has made been making all kinds of waves lately.
They released a track called “Kill Bill O’Reilly”, which is pretty much exactly what it sounds like.
Michelle Malkin, another conservative commenter and Bill O [...]
This morning, as I was recovering from the greatest live speech I’ve ever witnessed - political or otherwise, I thought the ‘08 presidential race had reached its emotional peak. And then I visited Slate.com, and learned that John McCain had picked little known Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as his running mate. McCain may not be [...]
Check out this documentary about the Wigan Casino, one of the most important clubs of the northern soul scene. It features some excellent clips of cats gettin’ their dance on, as well as some dope music. Courtesy of Universoul Productions, this video is a bit long but definitely worth a peek:
We posted earlier about the Large Hadron Collider, a huge scientific installation over at CERN in Europe.
Some nerdy scientist-types have decided to make a little rap video about it, and I have to say as far as nerd rap goes, this isn’t terrible.
Check it out below.
[Update:
Apparently we're not the only ones impressed. The New York [...]
Recently, several of the producers affiliated with 215hiphop.com released Beats & Rhymes: The Remixes. Featuring remixes of some absolute classic, this album is ambitious but inconsistent: a number of the tracks are outstanding, while others are below par. The “Billie Jean” remix, though, is definitely worth the download on its own.
Check it out below, and then [...]
Dre on the piano, and the Dogg Pound on the mic.