Tag Archives: Hi Fidel

Mixtapes I Don’t Hate: Micah James, Cadence Weapon and Juba Dance

Like I said yesterday, on the occasions when I find something to like about contemporary Hip-Hop I really like it. And for the last couple years some of the things I’ve liked the most have been “mixtape” projects. This despite the fact that for a number of years previous a decrease in mixtape […]

“You’re the Best, Around…” (El Keter’s Favorite Albums of 2008, Day Four)

They’re the best around; the fourth and final day of El Keter’s favorites of 2008.

Shuffle Songs, Vol. 5 — Rappity-Rap Edition

If you shuffle the letters in the word “rap” you really only come up with “par,” a Golf term, and “Arp,” an old-school brand of synthesizer. I think there are even fewer anagram options if you use the term “hip-hop.” But that’s neither here nor there because today’s “shuffle” special is an all […]

Records at Random, Vol. 76: Tom Tom Club Tom Tom Club

When I was a little tyke my Mom made a habit of taking me out every once in a while for a special lunch at a cool bistro or pub. I assume it was as a reward for exemplary behavior or an exercise in teaching responsibility. I got to order “grown up” food […]

“Just Got Paid…Friday Night…” © Johnny Kemp

Every day musicians I could give two shits about put out new albums. Their music gets played on the radio. Their videos get played on television, or watched on YouTube, or wherever the fuck people actually watch videos these days. Their face appear on the covers and in the pages of magazines. […]