Monthly Archives: April 2008

This is an EP Release (Shout Out to Shock G)

April 23, 2008 – 11:28 am

During the period of my life when I thought arguing about things (music, religion, etc) on the internet was actually a worthwhile passtime I argued with a lot of suckers strangers with colorful names about a wide variety of topics. Something I recall arguing about on more than one occasion was what exactly constituted an […]

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“Yo, What Happened to Piece?”

April 22, 2008 – 10:29 am

He was my “Rap dude to watch” last year. I gave him a shout out in yesterday’s post about another up-n-coming City of Angels emcee. And even if a whole new crop of rappers (like Black Spade, Kail and others) pop up this year that I think deserve following, the truth of the matter is […]

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How Can Someplace So Glamourous Be So Square?

April 21, 2008 – 11:04 am

Summer officially broke in my neck of the hood last week. The sun shone brightly, temperatures soared and I traded hoodies & Timbs in for shorts & Rod Laver’s. As soon as the mercury approached 80-degrees the other day I made it a point to hit up one of the neighborhood storefronts to pick up […]

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Records at Random Vol. 48 - Cameron Cameron

April 18, 2008 – 10:37 am

This week began with a shout out to my good friend and sometime radio co-host 12XU and the 2nd Annual Flywheel Arts Record Fair which went down this past Saturday at The Marketplace at Eastworks in Easthampton, Massachusetts and he spearheaded the organization of. My attendance at the fair marked my first crate digging expedition […]

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“Dammit Jim, I’m a Blogger, Not a Historian!”

April 17, 2008 – 10:45 am

After dedicating the lion’s share of this week’s posts to what can only be described as an old-school renaissance I was tempted to make a complete 180 degree turn away from the past and feature some sort of cutting-edge electronic music or something. But when I woke up this morning and put on a t-shirt […]

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