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Esoteric’s New Instrumental Record is (Norrin) Rad(d)!

February 9, 2009 – 10:30 am
I spent much of last week lamenting Hip-Hop’s current state of affairs and singling out a few artists as exceptions to the rule of diminishing quality that governs the artform now-a-days. So it’s only right that I begin this week in praise of one of the few contemporary Hip-Hop artists I happen to consider […]
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“C-to-the-O-to-the-O-to-the-L-to-the-I-to-the-N” © James Todd Smith

October 1, 2008 – 10:30 am
Circumstances beyond my control — but which have much to do with my bank account — have been filling my days with a lot of stress lately. Relaxation and enjoyment of personal time have been at an all-time minimum. Even the fire alarms in my apartment building, which went off last night well […]
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It’s Like a Labor of Love

September 2, 2008 – 10:13 am
Hopefully everybody in the reading audience enjoyed their day off yesterday. Assuming of course you had the day off. For some reason the term “labor” as used in “Labor Day” always makes me think of delivering babies more-so than the manual labor it actually refers to. I’ve never witnessed the delivery of […]
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For Losers as Well as Super Stars

July 9, 2008 – 10:59 am
I spend so much of my time digging through obscurities that I often don’t hear about what’s going on well-established artists until the last minute. My underground fetish withstanding, this may have something to do with general skepticism of the things people in the entertainment industry say about their future products. I guess […]
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“I’m a Giant In the Mental When You Play the Instrumental…” © Andre the Giant

May 7, 2008 – 10:53 am
Some mornings I find myself reaching for an instrumental record because they’re easy. Easy on the ears. Easy on the attention span. Easy to sum up. Either the beats are dope… Relaxing… Exciting… Or they aren’t. Either they make your head nod or they don’t. There are no lyrics to analyze or voices to critique. […]
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