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- Video: Voices Voices, “Flulyk Visions”
- Video: El-P, “Time Won’t Tell”
- Video: S.O.U.L. Purpose, “Love Is Love”
- Video: Invincible & Waajeed, “Detroit Summer / Emergence”
- Video: Mexicans With Guns, “Dame Lo”
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- Rap’s new generation
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- Blog rap’s second wave
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Video: Voices Voices, “Flulyk Visions”
This isn’t hip-hop, per se, although Prefuse 73 produced it. However, I’ve been playing this song for months. The video is okay, but it doesn’t really do the track justice. Directed by Cuauhtzin Gutierrez. Taken from the Origins EP, which … Continue reading
Video: El-P, “Time Won’t Tell”
From the press release: “The video for El-P’s “Time Won’t Tell” is inspired by a childhood memory of director Shan Nicholson, who grew up in the “Old New York” during a time when necessity often bred creativity. This video depicts … Continue reading
Video: S.O.U.L. Purpose, “Love Is Love”
Here’s one from New York group Mazzi and S.O.U.L. Purpose, with Maya Azucena on the chorus. From the forthcoming mixtape The Inspection.
Video: Invincible & Waajeed, “Detroit Summer / Emergence”
Here’s a clip for the new collaboration between Invincible and Waajeed. The song is not only a celebration of the community organization Detroit Summer, but a sequel to “Detroit Winter” from Platinum Pied Pipers’ Triple P. The duo just released … Continue reading
Video: Mexicans With Guns, “Dame Lo”
Tejano psychedelia, courtesy of Duey FM. Directed by Brian Torres Korlofsky. Taken from Me Gusto, which is in stores now.
Video: Flying Lotus, “MmmHmm”
Video time. First up: a clip featuring Thundercat, a lady in green foliage, and 8-bit gaming graphics. Directed by Special Problems. Taken from Cosmogramma, which is in stores now.
Rap’s new generation
When I posted my article on the so-called “Blog Rap’s Second Wave” yesterday, I realized I haven’t posted other entries from my Rap Is Not Pop column for Rhapsody. Actually, I didn’t re-post this one because I wasn’t happy with … Continue reading
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Tagged B.o.B, blog stars, Drake, hipster rappers, mainstream rap, popapocalypse, rap is not pop, Rhapsody
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Video: MED, “MEDical Card”
MED and Madlib go the boogie route. My only problem is that MED lays his head to sleep on a stack of records near the end. A true record lover would never do that.
Blog rap’s second wave
This essay on the latest crop of street rappers was posted August 10 on Rhapsody.com’s Music Stuff Place blog. I wrote it for my Rap Is Not Pop column. I freely admit that I don’t specialize in breaking new artists. … Continue reading
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Tagged Big K.R.I.T., blog stars, Freddie Gibbs, Lil B, rap is not pop, Rhapsody, Shabazz Palaces, Wiz Khalifa, Yelawolf
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Street Sweeper Social Club, “The Ghetto Blaster EP”
Street Sweeper Social Club, The Ghetto Blaster EP SSSC/ILG Tom Morello writes some of the best intros in modern hard rock, and Boots Riley from the Coup is an ace satirist. And when both click on The Ghetto Blaster EP, … Continue reading
