There’s not much about this project not to be excited about. I mean a free Talib Kweli mixtape, assembled by the great Z-Trip? That’s pretty much a no brainer, and a hell of a way to kick off the weekend. Let Attack The Block play. “Z-Trip is a true master. This is a mix tape you […]
7
Sep
Kick off the weekend with 2 hip-hop masters
17
Jul
Talib Kweli, Das Racist, Spankrock, Dale Earnhardt JR JR & more
The rattling of the above ground subway is almost audible in the new mixtape from Brooklyn collaborative effort Mosholu. Supposedly the recording process began in the legendary Bushwick bathroom of Eastern District Gallery, although producers (including Ghost Dad of WIN WIN, Picture Plane, Amaze 88, and more) were brought in to clean things up and make things […]
17
Jan
Childish Gambino, Danny Brown, eXquire & Action Bronson
Everyone’s favorite deconstructionalist Dada rappers, Das Racist, made an unexpected splash today when member Heems (aka Himanshu Suri), released a free album for all to download. The 25-track mixtape, titled Nehru Jackets, features contributions from Childish Gambino, Danny Brown, Mr. Muthafuckin’ eXquire, Action Bronson and more, with production duties handled by Mike Finito. Download Heems Nehru […]
1
Dec
Das Racist crew member drops more cerebral potty rhymes
One of the spaced out long-time affiliate of the Das Racist crew, Russian-born emcee Lakutis, dropped his debut mixtape I’m In The Forest today (on Greedhead/Mishka). If you dig the highly articulate, highly leftfield, slightly disturbed rap antics of the Das Racist trio (peep their “Michael Jackson” video) than Lakutis will be sure to tickle […]
14
Sep
Indie hip hop music video 4-pack to get Wednesday cooking
UPDATE: Seeing as Asher Roth’s brand new video for “Last Man Standing” — the first video from his upcoming album — dropped today as well, and it totally fits the theme, we’re gonna add it on to our Wednesday video 4-Pack. Today’s music video 3-pack 4-pack throws together 3 indie hip-hop acts all in different […]
21
May
From phantom limbs to the faces of the famous
I stumbled across the photography of Ruadh DeLone and was instantly struck — both by the inherent disturbing nature of some of his themes, and the adept skill with which he captures his subjects. There’s obviously some post-production Photoshop wizardry performed on some images, but they are not tricks to hide flaws but rather techniques […]
