In 2008 Indianapolis, Indiana-bred musician David “Moose” Adamson, under the guise of Grampall Jookabox, released his sophomore LP ‘Ropechain,’ which proved to be one of the most ambitious, progressive, and just plain incredible records of the year.After remaining on my iPod since I got it I'm finally prepared to replace ‘Ropechain’ with the now Grampall-less Jookabox's next effort,
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The LP version of Shafiq Husayn's “Cheeba” is a fractured bit of boom-bap blessed with spacey synthesizers and a swirl of Jazzy horns and keys over which guest vocalist Bilal does his “Prince if he was a Nuwaubian, and still sexy” thing.The single-only remix of the track from Virgina-based beatmaker Nottz keeps the horns intact but drops the spaced-out synthedelia and syncopated beats in f
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Layering FX-laden acoustic guitars, multi-tracked harmonies, a quavering vocal and a sputtering beatbox, Brooklyn-based singer/songwriter Rifle Recoil gets his coffee-shop Andre3000 on with his off-kilter cover of OutKast's “Prototype.”Rifle Recoil “Prototype” (.MP3)“Prototype” is the first single to be taken from the self-titled solo debut album released by musician Jeff Kessel under
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From Barcelona, Spain comes Hip-Hop production duo Debilorithmicos and a cute little animated video clip for their newest single “I'm Out.”“I'm Out,” featuring rhymes from Gainesville, Florida's CYNE, is the second single from their ‘Dimarts i Dijous’ EP, out now on Pulpa Records.
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Earlier this year Scion tapped DJ and producer Blu Jemz to curate one of thier music projects, a compilation of tracks from a slew of eclectic beatmakers titled ‘Beat Machine.’Now, he's taking two of the producers who contributed, Bling47 head honcho Waajeed from Detroit and Brooklyn-based veteran Ge-Ology, on a cross-country DJ tour!Beat Machine Tour Dates:10/06 - Pacific Standar Time, San Fr
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‘ADayLate&ADollarShort,’ the forthcoming full length LP from Brooklyn emcee Sene produced entirely by Los Angeles emcee Blu as GODLee Barnes, is easily one of the best Hip-Hop albums of 2009.The album, which is dropping on Shaman Work Records, doesn't hit stores until October 13th, but Sene and his team leaked the lackadaisically loping Jazz-sampling “EveryDejaVu” as a sneak peek.Sene “E
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I‘ve been looking forward to ’Black Dynamite,' the faux Blaxploitation flick starring Michael Jai White and an all-star cast of supporting actors, for close to a year.The film, which finally hits theatres on October 16th, has been getting overwhelmingly positive reviews ever since it hit the film festival circuit late last year.One of the things reviewers have consistently raved about is the q
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With the release of the ScumeLife Beast Hombre action figure (with “glowing chest action!”) rapper, artist, entrepreneur and clothier Tone Tank has officially added “toy designer and manufacturer” to his rsum.Hello Friends and people who appreciate weird handcrafted things,Over the past year or so I developed an addiction to bootleg action figures.You know the kind where they have five S
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In the spirit of the Postal Service and recent anticon. signees Serengeti & Polyphonic comes Robots With Hearts. It's a collaboration between Philadelphia-bred battle rapper iCON the Mic King and UK-based Ninja Tune affiliate Animals on Wheels that melds versatile emceeing, Hip-Hop beats and electro-acoustic instrumentation. The debut project from the freshly-minted duo is 'Divided by Zero,...
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Los Angeles-based club music duo Classixx give “Green Eyed Love,” the closing track from Michigan-bred DJ, producer, rapper and singer Mayer Hawthorne's throwback Soul debut 'A Strange Arrangement,' a makeover. It's in a slick, synthesisers-and-drum-machines style, not unlike that of Soft Cell when they covered Gloria Jones' sleeper “Tainted Love.”Mayer Hawthorne “Green Eyed Love (Class
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98% of the time I am opposed to anything "clear" on a sneaker. The 2% that I approve of are the Air Jordan VI's and these Athletics North Dunk High's. Very clear. Very clean. Love the wool. Plus I have a better chance at tracking them down than these.
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Los Angeles-based foursome The 87 Stick Up Kids follow up their outstanding Summertime EP ‘Out 4 Fame’ with more retro-futuristic, California cool-dude, pop-culture-reference Rap on “Lights, Camera...,” their new download-only single.The Troublemaker-produced banger is built around a Redman vocal bit, the ever-familiar “Amen Brother” breakbeat and acidic synthesizers, and features raps
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After publicly chastising myself for fronting on Miike Snow the other day I couldn't pass up the chance to big up yet another new Swedish band, The Sweet Serenades, when their music fell into my lap late last week. The Stokholm-based duo consists of Mathias Nslund and Martin Nordvall, session players for Labrador Records acts like The Legends and Club 8, their debut album is 'Balcony Cigaret...
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I'm not sure how the fantasy-tinged period-piece ‘Ong Bak 2: The Beginning’ is supposed to be a sequel to the original ‘Ong Bak.’ But seeing as it's got Tony Jaa jumping off elephants, swinging swords and kicking all sorts of ass, not to mention a mustachioed grandmaster, I'll gladly take it.The film, which is set in ancient Thailand, was co-written and co-directed by its lead actor, mart
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David Macklovitch and Patrick Gemayel, also known as Dave-1 and P-Thugg of Toronto, Canada retro-Electro-Funk duo Chromeo have teamed up with Philippe Zdar of French dance music duo Cassius and Mountain Dew's Green Label Sound netlabel to release their first new material since 2007!The resulting track, “Night by Night,” a sultry slab of synthesizers, guitars, almost motorik drums, sexy lyrics,
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Despite my much ballyhooed fixation on Swedish Pop music I fronted on Stokholm-based trio Miike Snow and their self-titled debut album.I liked every song I heard from the group but neglected to big them up or seek out their album, probably due to it being on American label Downtwon Records rather than a Swedish imprint.That said, they‘re dope, and I need a copy of their record before the year e.
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The bikini-clad babe in their new “I Can Be a Frog” video can be anything she wants to be, but the only thing The Flaming Lips themselves should be is one of your favorite bands.“I Can Be a Frog” is from the veteran Oklahoma City, Oklahoma-based Alternative Rock quartet's twelfth studio LP ‘Embryonic,’ out October 13th on the Warner Brothers label.
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I don't know much about Boy Crisis other than the fact that they seem to be friends with the guys from Das Racist. In fact, their new video, which presents them as some sort of scumbag version of Empire of the Sun, was directed by Jordan Fish, the same guy who did Das Racist's “Chicken and Meat.”While I have their demo on my computer's hard drive right now I couldn't tell you if they have an
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