Poignant Thoughts on Ferguson & Militarized Police From Art Rapper Open Mike...
“. . . They get to present evidence, they get to make a case that the homicide was justified, and on the other side you have a dead man that can’t defend himself at all. There’s no story from the...
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Art Rap Syllabus: 42 Rap Albums That Evidence Artistic Genius
A while back, I published an essay titled “What is ‘Art Rap’?” in which I argued that the “art rap” movement—spearheaded by rapper Open Mike Eagle and his cohort—is decidedly not a pretentious...
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Why All Music Genres are Lies
Some dude on reddit called me out. WUT, SRSLY?!?! I know, right, crazy, wow, someone on reddit with an opinion. This isn’t the first time this has happened. In fact it’s probably the 382839576th....
View ArticleIf You Don’t Dig Scallops Hotel’s ‘Plain Speaking,’ I Fear Your Soul is...
jk. ur soul is kool. maybe. maybe not. shit. also, ‘scallops hotel’ is another one of milo’s rap monikers, if u weren’t aware. this is his second project as scallops hotel. it’s really grand as fuck....
View ArticleMilo, Open Mike Eagle, & Busdriver Join Forces on ‘Catcher Of The Fade,’& The...
Open Mike Eagle, Busdriver, milo, VerBS, Nietzche Cortez, and William Thedford IV have teamed up for this wildly supple new project. Stream this thing immediately and let the blessings flow. Peace.
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Producer CoryaYo is a Wellspring of Soothing Soul Butter
CoryaYo’s soundscapes conjure a sense of a distant and ideal time and place. they ring with the spirit of ‘Golden Age’ hip-hop music, pulling the listener back into the 70s, 80s, or 90s. yet his music...
View ArticleIf You Haven’t Listened to Jon Hopkins, You Should. For Your Grandmother.
1. put on some earbuds or preferably high-quality headphones 2. listen to ‘Immunity’ in full. 3. realize while listening that Jon Hopkins is a motherfucking genie 4. praise the universe for allowing...
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Signor Benedick the Moor —‘garage raps vol.1’: inimitably grimy
you should probably experience the genre-blurring junkyard-carnival rap shenanigans of Signor Benedick the Moor. ‘garage raps’ is probably the most apt title ever for a rap project. this EP has the...
View Article5 Exceptional Hip-Hop Albums From Earth That I Listened to This Week
guys, guys, shit’s crazy. i found some more raw, real, cortex-withering rap music that some earthlings made. it never ceases to amaze me just how much wild good earth music is out there. the galaxy of...
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