Word is Idol Makerz Entertainment has hooked up with Eric B (who still gets my vote for president) to put on a tour of certified hip hop legends, shockingly dubbed…The Legends Tour. Hopefully they’ve been spent their time working on tour promotion cause thinking of that name couldn’t have taken very long.
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News: The Legends Tour
Downloads: The Black Keys – “Live E.P.”
The Black Keys aren’t the type of guys who let themselves into the Smithsonian blues record vault and steal as many riffs as possible, just to fool the kids still waiting outside. They’d rather throw the door open wide and invite everyone in for a jam session beneath the smell of musty vinyl. So since [...]
Eye Drops: Kavinsky – “Testarossa Autodrive”
Kavinsky makes music like an ’80’s car chase scene- frantically synthetic. This video is apparently based on a real car crash he suffered back in ‘86 and he must still hear those sirens in his sleep because you can hear them in the song. There’s a Knight Rider by way of Frank Miler feel to [...]
Singular Sensation: Jensen Sportage – “Power Sergio”
As the home of country music, there’s something in the Nashville water that makes bands focus on the painful side of life . My wife left me, my dog died and my truck broke down, kind of painful. The Tennessee duo Jensen Sportage invert this tradition, turning the bull on it’s horns, with the electro-house of “Power [...]
Singular Sensation: Chalga Wars
Devotchka, Beirut, and Balkan Beat Box have all played a hand in turning me on to the sounds that have made their way down the mountains of Eastern Europe and onto my Ipod lately. There’s no denying a voice like Esma Redzepova’s and the poly-rhythms that beat their way through the exuberant music of the Balkan tradition are [...]
Singular Sensation: Beastie Boys – “Shake Your Rump (Madlib Remix)”
It might be sacrilege to take a holy text and tear out the pages to roll up a phatty, but assuming you’ve got that good shit you’ll forget where it came from long enough to enjoy it. So when ‘America’s Most Blunted’ producer, Madlib, decides to rewrite the good book on The Beastie Boys’ Paul’s [...]
Eye Drops: Fujiya & Miyagi – “Ankle Injuries”
Fujiya & Miyagi take a chance rolling the dice in this video and the rest of us get lucky. An obvious step child of “Fell In With A Girl”, this take on their song “Ankle Injuries” shows us that fruit doesn’t have to fall far from the tree to still taste sweet. This delicious mango [...]
News: Pumpkin Pieces
Billy Corgan has decided that he does indeed like having fans and is once again touring with Smashing Pumpkins. Mind you, this is Smashing Pumpkins with only he and Jimmy Chamberlin present but I guess that as long as the creative head is still in tact you can carry on the body of the group [...]
News: Nothing To Fuck With
Wu-Tang Revealed, a documentary on the legendary hip hop crew made from footage shot by group member GZA, is apparently in the final stages of editing. Recorded over the course of 7 years, the DVD is going to show the group, warts and all, through behind the scenes clips, performances and never before seen video [...]
Download: Da Drought 3 (Work Man, Work)
There are only two ways to walk away from a situation with a title you didn’t earn: nepotism or buying a car. So when Lil Wayne started called himself the “best rapper alive”, I was hesistant to get on board at first. I had to admit he’d stepped into the ring a new man with [...]
