Throwback Thursday: M.I.A.
In the past year, you've most certainly heard the radio hit "Paper Planes" by M.I.A. made popular by the stoner comedy Pineapple Express. It's hard to miss a hip-hop song where the chorus is comprised solely of gunshots and the sound of a cash register, but somehow the message is still delivered. What many people don't know is that M.I.A. released two albums circa Pineapple Express. Her first from 2005, Arular, is personally one of my favorite hip-hop albums of all time. The uniqueness of the beats are only matched by the uniqueness in her vocal styling, and both go ...
k-os
I’m just gonna put this out there, and you can do with it whatever you want—k-os is the best all-around hip-hop musician you’ve never heard of. Okay, I thought that was going to come off as this huge, bold statement, but it’s reading a little vanilla bean. I don’t mean it to. In terms of artists who legitimately care about the poetry of rap as well as the legitimacy of the music, few do it better than k-os. He seems to have a perfect grasp on how to walk the tightrope between true, gritty, hip-hop culture and catchy, marketable hip-pop. Usually, ...
New Music Tuesday: Broken Bells
Musicians seem to be born with the natural ability to collaborate. Everyday creative forces are uniting to unleash awesomeness on the world. It has been 24 years and I am still in love with the Run-D.M.C. and Aerosmith partnership that birthed "Walk This Way". Now, if only the world's politicians could learn to collaborate. I won't hold my breath on that one. [caption id="attachment_3613" align="alignleft" width="225" caption="James Mercer + Danger Mouse = Broken Bells"][/caption] I turn to Brian "Danger Mouse" Burton and James "he's from The Shins" Mercer for another prime example of a well done collaboration. Danger Mouse is one of ...
Artist Interview: Avett Brothers
There’s something you should know about celebrities. No matter what kind of persona they might show on stage or on TV or on the playing field, you’ll never know with 100% certainty who that person really is until you actually get some time to sit down and have a conversation with them. You’d be surprised how many celebrities would disappoint you, no matter how big a fan you’ve been over the years. But on the flipside of that, there are some people you might not have cared anything about previously, but when you meet them for the first time you’re ...
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Throwback Thursday: M.I.A.
In the past year, you’ve most certainly heard the radio hit “Paper Planes” by M.I.A. made popular by the stoner comedy Pineapple Express. It’s hard to miss a hip-hop song where the chorus is comprised solely of gunshots and the sound of a cash register, but somehow the message is still delivered. What many people don’t know is that M.I.A. released two albums circa... [Read more]
k-os
I’m just gonna put this out there, and you can do with it whatever you want—k-os is the best all-around hip-hop musician you’ve never heard of. Okay, I thought that was going to come off as this huge, bold statement, but it’s reading a little vanilla bean. I don’t mean it to. In terms of artists who legitimately care about the poetry of rap as well as the legitimacy of the music, few do it... [Read more]
New Music Tuesday: Broken Bells
Musicians seem to be born with the natural ability to collaborate. Everyday creative forces are uniting to unleash awesomeness on the world. It has been 24 years and I am still in love with the Run-D.M.C. and Aerosmith partnership that birthed “Walk This Way”. Now, if only the world’s politicians could learn to collaborate. I won’t hold my breath on that one. James Mercer... [Read more]
Artist Interview: Avett Brothers
There’s something you should know about celebrities. No matter what kind of persona they might show on stage or on TV or on the playing field, you’ll never know with 100% certainty who that person really is until you actually get some time to sit down and have a conversation with them. You’d be surprised how many celebrities would disappoint you, no matter how big a fan you’ve been over the... [Read more]
Weekly Jukebox: 3/8/10
Civil Twilight – “Letters From the Sky” Just having the word “Twilight” in its title, this song probably upped it’s Google hits by 10,000% in the 12-17 year-old female demographic, but you don’t have to love Edward Cullen to love this song. Trust us, this has nothing to do with Stephanie Meyer. Instead, we get a haunting piano piece with a smooth, driving drumbeat and emotional... [Read more]
