A new mixtape from producer Harry Fraud dropped this week, titled Adrift. The mix features a virtual Who’s Who of rap in 2013, including Action Bronson, Pusha T, Slim Thug, Danny Brown, Mac Miller, French Montana, Juicy J, Rick Ross, Wiz Khalifa, Curren$y, Bun B and more. Fraud dropped Adrift to promote his upcoming Scion […]
12
Mar
Producer drops 23 tracks of hip hop's biggest names
29
Jan
Kanye, Neptunes, French Montana, Wale, Jake One & more
The king of the cocaine rappers, he who makes it snow like a blizzard, Pusha T prepares the world for his upcoming My Name is My Name LP with his latest mixtape, simply titled Wrath of Caine. Pusha, aka Virginia Beach’s Terrence Thornton, dropped a trailer announcing the mixtape earlier this month and now the mixtape […]
8
Dec
The Circuit of the Americas welcomes back F1 after 5-year hiatus
Last night the 2012 FIA Formula 1 Championship Series came to an official close with the FIA Prize-Giving Gala in Istanbul, where the F1 Champions were presented their hard-earned trophies. While much of the world watched enthralled as the season’s drama played out, America was only rekindling its love affair with the second most popular […]
14
Aug
Harry Diltz photographs from The Morrison Hotel album session
LIAS readers should be no stranger to The Morrison Hotel Galleries in NYC as we have covered several of their finer events and gallery openings over the years — such as the Lynn Goldsmith Circle of Friends Exhibit, Jim Marshall/Johnny Cash’s Pocket Cash, and Catch the Beat: Roots of Punk & Hip Hop. What’s got us […]
16
Apr
Taschen's intimate behind-the-scenes peek at the Fab Four
It was a last minute change of plans for photographer Harry Benson that changed his life, and future documentation of The Beatles’ lives both on and off stage. Benson, perhaps best known and recognized for the iconic photo of The Beatles’ pillow fight at George V Hotel, also captured The Fab Four’s appearance on The […]
16
Aug
Goran Hugo Olsson's award-winning documentary opens Sept 9th
The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 gleans rolls of forgotten 16mm film found languishing in the basement of a Swedish TV station for 30 years, and makes a modern documentary from it of a pivotal time in American history. Documenting the explosive Black Power movement of the late 60s/early 70s, the film takes archival never-before-seen footage […]
18
Jul
1,001 parties you wish you would've been at
Awesome People Hanging Out is a blog hosted on Tumblr featuring photographs of awesome people hanging out. Simple, direct and to the point. While anyone can submit and comment on photos, the coolest part of the blog is scoping through photos of people — who are presumably awesome — hanging out with other awesome people, […]
22
Mar
The Photography of Janette Beckman and David Corio at The Morrison Hotel Gallery in New York City
Another impressive opening at The Morrison Hotel Gallery (Bowery) in New York City went down March 11th — a joint photography exhibition documenting the monumental punk and hip hop movements of the 70s and early 80s. For those who are not in the know, The Morrison Hotel is a fine art photography gallery based in […]
