Tag Archives: The Foreign Exchange

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

December 18, 2008 – 10:35 am
Out of all the records I enjoyed during 2008 I chose twenty of them as my favorites.  I put them all in alphabetical order and wrote about them.  Here are the first five… In 1988 poet, teacher, philosopher and metaphysician Lawrence Krisna Parker described Hip-Hop’s talent pool as “a lot of suckers with colorful names.” He […]
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Me and Yoome and Everyone We Know

October 21, 2008 – 10:30 am
Like yesterday’s featurees Clutchy Hopkins and Shawn Lee, Chicago-based Hip-Hop artist Serengeti is another act who made his Blogarhythms debut very early on. He’s also one of a handful of artists who’s returned to this space with some amount of frequency over the ensuing eighteen months. The reasons I’ve paid him such conspicuous attention […]
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“Deportees (Things Change)” © Mark Anthony Myrie

October 16, 2008 – 10:30 am
Does anybody know what Sade’s been doing since she released Lovers Rock close to eight long years ago? Not that she really has to do anything, other than look sexy, but I kinda miss her is all. And I guess the Sophisti-Pop influence — an amalgam of Jazz, continental Pop, orchestral […]
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No Refund, Exchange Only

October 15, 2008 – 10:30 am
I confess, I’m confused as to the current status of Carolinian Hip-Hop crew Little Brother. They’re a group I’ve long championed. Me and Emeyesi broke their first single in our region via mixtape and late-night radio spins. And we burned the shit out of their debut LP, giving it extra-special attention after […]
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