Tag Archives: EPMD

Remembrances at Random: Still Not Ready to Die

In 1992 things were different. There was no Bad Boy Records. Sean “Puff Daddy” Combs, who up until that point was most well-known as a party promoter, for dressing R&B bad-boys Jodeci up in baggy jeans and Timbs, and for his role in organizing a celebrity basketball game that turned tragic, wasn’t a […]

“We’re Not Done…We’re Not Done…” © DJ Dusk

I don’t know about where you live, but there ain’t shit going on in the realms of live music or feel-good, eclectic DJ events in the region surrounding my residence. My hometown in particular, where acts like Public Enemy, EPMD, Gang Starr, Leaders of the New School, Boogie Down Productions, GZA and others once […]

Only Built 4 Polk County?

A lot was said in Friday’s Records at Random post dedicated to the 13th (despite its rep thirteen is one of my lucky numbers) anniversary of Raekwon’s Only Built 4 Cuban Linx about the qualities I admire a Hip-Hop album. Dirty sample-based beats imbued with the crackle-and-pop of vinyl, emcees who are creative, intelligent, […]

Cool’s NOT Defined By Blog Updates?

It wasn’t billed as a mixtape like those profiled yesterday but Columbus, Ohio-based emcee/producer Blueprint’s Blueprint vs. Funkadelic project from earlier this Summer might as well have been one. Its underlying concept, building tracks on samples from Funkadelic songs, bordered on the sort of mashup-style shenanigans mixtapes are often made of these days. […]

How Much Depth Can You Accept?

All that talk of ghosts and music yesterday took on a whole new meaning after an intercontinental discussion with one of my closest homegirls last night. See, she was visited by a ghost this weekend… The ghost of a former lover which left her haunted in her own unique way. I’m not talking […]