...and everything rocks. Check that, everything rocks...except the music! I can listen to some pop music, but this J*Pop stuff is the pits! Sure I can't understand a word, but it sure seems to me like every song is the same thing. Some kind of love story, with the meeting, break up and re-connect (my wife give me the short synopsis). How can such a beautiful culture produce such horse shit?
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RapReviews.com Top 10 of 2007
RapReviews.com is one of the only places I trust when it comes to reviews of hip-hop albums. They cover the bigguns to the small fries and seem genuine in analyzing an record for what it it and not the perception of what it is. That being said, using my handy, dandy Matrix I compiled the top 10 lists of all their editors to come up with one definitive Hip-Hop, Year End, Top 10. 10. Black Mil...
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The First Time I Heard K-OS
When my cable company added the MUCH MUSIC channel many moons ago, I watched it like crazy. It was basically all music videos, totally different than what MTV had become even back then. MUCH MUSIC at the time was the straight Canadian feed (it later became FUSE and a totally different channel), and I was exposed to a Canadian Rap group called Rascalz early on. The single at the time was "Top of
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What a Way to Start the New Year!
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I was moving around furniture in my "office" and I seemed to have fucked up my external hard drive in the process. iTunes allows you upload purchased music from your iPod to computer, but nothing else. Had to download some freeware to do what was left. Still, I didn't have even close to everything on the iPod, so I've got to get ripping and also start searching for music I may have purchased el
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VH1 Hip Hop Honors Tour - NYC
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I had to post about the Roots show I went to last night at the Nokia Theatre. It was the 10th time I've seen them in the past 5 years and this show is rated at or near the top of the list.The concept of the Hip Hop Honors Tour was that the Roots would cover classic songs through the history of hip hop, given them the twist of being performed by a live band. Skillz shared MC duties with Black Tho
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Pharoahe Monch - My New Hero
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I went to Rock the Bells at Randall's Island in New York a few weeks ago. Overall I was kind of disappointed with the whole event. Despite those feelings I did see the light for about 25 minutes early in the afternoon. Pharoahe Monch performed with his full band/back up singers and really ripped it. I have now gone back and listened to Internal Affairs a number a times and have just gotten a h
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Awesome Bands That Didn’t Get Enough Burn V.2 – Home Town Hero
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According to Wikipedia Home Town Hero is now known as Under The Influence of Giants and is often compared to the Scissor Sisters. What the hell happened to the band I thought kick booty at K-Rock's Dysfunctional Family Picnic in 2002 despite the fact that at first glance I thought the lead singer was being a hipster dick for wearing a long sleeve button down shirt and argyle sweater vest in 95 de
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