Big up for Topless Robot for putting me onto this. When It came to Masters of the Universe I was always a big fan of Skeletor and his band of baddies. Shit, I‘ve got Skeletor and Panthor on the desk in my office right now! So you better believe I am digging this mash-up of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe and Early Man’s “Beware the Circling Fin”. If Skeletor had used the powers of heavy ...
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Skeletor Shows He-Man How To Rock
Radio Spends Fifteen Days in European Exile
Los Angeles-based DJ and producer Exile-known as one half of Emanon alongside emcee/singer Aloe Blacc and for producing Blu's breakthrough ‘Below the Heavens...’ LP-is embarking on a European tour this weekend.He's bringing frequent collaborator, Palm Springs, California-born DJ, beatmaker and multi-instrumentalist DJ Day, who recently also joined him for a series of Red Bull Music Academy lect...
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The Notorious B.L.O.C. “One More Chance”
It's been less than a year since Bloc Party released their last full-length album ‘Intimacy,’ but they‘re already releasing new, non-LP music, namely the House-y new single “One More Chance!”The Jacknife Lee-produced “One More Chance,” which will presumably be on Bloc Party’s as yet untitled fourth studio album which they're currently recording, is due out on August 10th via the Wichita Records...
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Mysterious Al x Adidas
Yo. These are so damn ill. Oh my face. Hit up Hypebeast for more pics. These bad boys drop tomorrow kids so round up your nickels and pick you up a pair.
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Robots in Disguise, as Sexy Asian Girls?
I can't even begin to list all of the super-awesome shit the upcoming Japanese movie ‘Robogeisha’ has to offer.Thankfully I don't have to though, because the incredible (and altogether NSFW) trailer does it for me! No, seriously...Did I just see a building bleed after being punched by a giant kaiju creature?The film, from the team behind over-the-top Japanese flicks ‘The Machine Girl’ and...
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Watch Rye Rye “Bang” in the Club
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It's been two years since barely-legal Baltimore babe Rye Rye and DJ Blaqstarr released the video clip for “Shake it to the Ground.” Her long-awaited first official solo single, a breakbeat-fueled B-More Club banger titled “Bang,” has been out for a few months now, and a club-themed video for the track has finally surfaced! “Bang,” which was produced by her mentor Blaqstarr and features guest-...
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“10,000 Apples” a Day Keeps the Wackness Away
Inspired by a childhood trip to Washington, D.C. for the landmark Million Man March in 1995 where he and his Muslim family tried to slang “10,000 apples, 1,000 pastries and 1,000 bottles of water” to attendees, ‘10,000 Apples’ is St. Louis-born but now Atlanta-based emcee Gotta Be Karim's debut mixtalbum/digitalbum.The former National Poetry Slam team-member, who previously appeared on fellow ...
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Miss Behavin's Mid-Day Snack - Chewy Vegan Whoopie Pies!
Have I been slacking on baking, heck no! Have I been too busy stuffing my mouth and others with my baked goods that I neglected to blog about them these past couple of months, yes!Well have no fear I am back with an amazing recipe that I was ecstatic to find a vegan version of thanks to About.com Dairy Free Cooking section. The only thing I altered from the Ask.com Vegan Whoopie Pies was the ...
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Who Knew I Would Become a “Superfan” of the Sklar Twins?!
Whenever Emeyesi and Add-Mmm talked about ‘Cheap Seats’ with the Sklar brothers I rolled my eyes. I didn't think they were that funny and their voices kind of annoyed me. However, after seeing their latest collaboration commercials for Brooks I finally broke and admit they are entertaining, and we even share a passion for running!You can see all their commercials on their Running Super Fans Y...
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Do “Tha Weekend at Bernie's” With Me!
I can't wait to show this to Black Mike! We used to do this shit when we went out! Oh man, I'm rolling. All of you youngsters who have no clue who the hell “Bernie” is, or where this dance came from, watch and learn.
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Do Tha Weekend At Bernie's With Me!
I can't wait to show this to Black Mike. We used to do this shit when we went out. Oh man. I'm rolling. All of you youngsters who have no clue who the hell Bernie is, or where this dance came from watch and learn:
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Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 - June 25, 2009)
Anyone reading this has undoubtedly heard the news that mega-star Michael Jackson passed away yesterday afternoon after suffering a cardiac arrest at a Los Angeles area home he was renting.An immediate tidal wave of grief and surprise over the death of the 50-year-old self-proclaimed “King of Pop” hit the internet via social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter.I wasn't surprised myself, ...
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Under Review: Serengeti & Polyphonic
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SERENGETI & POLYPHONIC‘Terradactyl’Anticon(2009)Two Summers ago Chicagoans Dave Cohn and Will Freyman-alias Serengeti & Polyphonic-released ‘Don’t Give Up,' their debut album as a duo. When the album dropped I summed it up as Hip-Hop's emotronic answer to ‘Give Up,’ Ben Gibbard and Jimmy Tamborello's breakout laptop confessional released under their The Postal Service moniker. By year's end ‘...
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The Ghost! of Dance Music Past Keeps Coming Back
New York City-based, remix-happy, DFA-affiliated Disco revival duo Holy Ghost! are the latest act to team up with Mountain Dew and their Green Label Sound netlabel to release a free digital single.The tune, a burbling neo-Danceteria number titled “I Will Come Back,” finds group-members Nick Millhiser and Alex Frankel bringing in the Brooklyn Youth Chorus to accentuate their Arthur Baker-inspire...
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Be Bobby Evans' Freak-a-Zoid
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Venerable Los Angeles-based Hip-Hop label Delicious Vinyl dropped their all-star retrospective remix package ‘RMXXOLOGY’ sometime last Summer. The only original composition on that compilation was a retro Electro jam from Brother Reade producer/DJ Bobby Evans titled “Freak-a-Zoid Robotz.” Nearly a year later Delicious Vinyl and Evans have released a Marcus Herring-directed, classic video-arca...
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Make Plans to Download J. Howells Werthman's Album
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Though his accomplishments include co-founding the Nuclear Family Hip-Hop collective and producing most of Iller Than Theirs' self-titled debut album, beatmaker/emcee J. Howells Werthman has remained one of the expansive crew's more low-profile members.That all changes today as the 29-year-old Brooklynite releases his debut “solo” album, a 17-track showcase for his beatmaking skills and the tal...
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100dBs Spins Stax of Soul
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Brooklyn, New York-based disc jockey and producer 100dBs applies his “echo dub effects” to doubles of some of the most memorable entries, as well as a few harder-to-remember gems, from Stax Records' extensive catalog on his new ‘Stax of Stax’ DJ mix!100dBs ‘Stax of Stax’ (.MP3)It's a near 60-minute celebration of the signature Summery sound of Memphis, Tennessee's pre-eminent Soul label featuri...
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5 O‘Clock Shadow Boxers Would Like to Welcome You to Hip-Hop’s “Twilight Years”
I don't fucking know what young people, bloggers and “the media” are trying to pass off as “Hip-Hop” now-a-days. I could really give a shit about Asher Roth. I only know Drake as that “wheelchair guy” from ‘Degrassi: The Next Generation.’ Guest-appearances from contemporary emcees I actually do give a fuck about (like Blu) won't sway me. Albums entirely produced by DJ Premier won't win me o...
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Like Spoonie Gee, Tone Tank's a Metropolitician
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I don't know much about the particulars of the local political process in New York, but I do know that the platform Brooklyn, New York emcee Tone Tank elucidates on his new single “Tone Tank for Borough President” is strikingly similar to that of my own imaginary mayoral campaign here in Springfield, Massachusetts.Tone Tank “Tone Tank for Borough President” (.ZIP)The Jah-C-produced track is the...
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Yea Big + Kid Static Stomp the Pencil
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Chicago-based retro-futuristic Rap duo Yea Big + Kid Static teamed up with French animator, comics artist and illustrator Ronald Grandpey for a fresh, hand-pencilled, flip-book style animated video for their new single “Stomp the Pedal!”“Stomp the Pedal” is the first single from the pair's latest offering of glitchy, lo-fi, neo-Backpack-Rap shit, their new, self-released sophomore LP ‘The Futur...
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