Tag Archives: Lupe Fiasco

The Cool, the Buff, the Dark and the One With Glasses

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 […]

Portrait of the Artist as a (Neighbor)Hood

Yesterday afternoon I spent a couple of hours engaged in discourse with fiber artist m. Cody and her homegirl, visual artist Christine Hajjar. Topics of discussion included art, music and all sorts of other good shit. Both ladies have recently set up shop in new locales, so the conversation turned to the communal […]

Mixtapes I Don’t Hate: Ced Hughes Ced and the Technicolor Sound Wave

I haven’t done one of these “Mixtapes I Don’t Hate” posts in a long time. I guess that just goes to show how few mixtapes I really enjoy? Either that, or how few I actually bother to listen to. I’m gonna go with a mix of both. Regardless, it’s been a minute since I listened […]