Tag Archives: El-P

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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A Self-Imposed Exile to the Radio Dial

January 19, 2009 – 10:30 am
If you took anything away from my post on The Notorious B.I.G. last Friday I hope it was about his legacy. The way he died was heartbreaking, and instrumental in cementing the association between rappers and violent deaths in the popular consciousness. And his admittedly small catalog, comprised of one-and-a-half classic LPs (I […]
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The Alpinism’s Bumpin’, But I Need the Volume Higher

November 6, 2008 – 10:30 am
Like many Americans I’m still in a bit of a trance after the momentous events of November 4th. My wonderment at the fact that an overwhelming number of my fellow citizens voted for progress by supporting our first African American president is tempered by sadness that a whole bunch of them in a handful […]
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Blow the Whistle on Big Tobacco

October 14, 2008 – 10:30 am
Pennsylvaniac quintet Black Moth Super Rainbow’s name has appeared in this space more times than I care to count. No, really… I just went to count exactly how many times I’ve mentioned them on this blog and decided to stop when I got to five. Regardless, their blissfully stoned elementary school film-strip music […]
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The Cool, the Buff, the Dark and the One With Glasses

August 14, 2008 – 9:08 am
Another one of my favorite acts, Queens, New York emcee Cool Calm Pete, dropped a new sort-of single earlier this week. It’s a laid-back dedication to Summertime indiscretions with the fairer sex set to a soulfully dilatory trot of a beat a catchy vocal sample called “Gitty Up Baby” and is available as a […]
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