Tag Archives: J. Dilla

The Sound of Your DOOM is the Roar of the Tiger, No Jive

March 24, 2009 – 10:30 am
A couple of days ago the Northern Hemisphere crossed the threshold from Winter into Spring and with the exception of a few locations hit with “freak” blizzards or anachronistically chilly blasts of arctic wind that means ski-mask season is all but over for most of us. I mean that in a strictly meteorological sense […]
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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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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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Beats for Your Face (Or Lack Thereof)

December 10, 2008 – 10:30 am
So much for chilly temperatures and pretty powdery coatings…All of a sudden it’s a balmy 60 degrees outside with intermittent rain and it’s windy as a sonovabitch! So, what sort of soundtrack does a grey-skied, puddle-packed, wind-blown Wednesday deserve? I’m thinking something moody and changeable, that suits the days’ melancholy caste but still […]
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Like J-Pop In a Kei Car, But Not Quite

October 9, 2008 – 10:30 am
The last few days’ posts have been pretty crazy. There was music from a spasmatic Noise-Pop quartet, a glittery Disco and Funk-infatuated Indie-Pop band and a rubbery avant-leaning electronic Dance Pop duo. It’s all been rather exhilarating if you ask me. Perhaps too much so? An abundance of manic experimentation and urgent dance-party […]
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