“True Believer” is a comparatively restrained, slow clipping. track, and the new video matches the subdued-but-intense atmosphere. Splendor & Misery, the 2016 concept album by the avant-rap group featuring Tony Award winner Daveed Diggs, was just nominated for a Hugo Award in the category Best Dramatic Presentation (Short Form)Fascinating. (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
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Clipping, the experimental hip hop group featuring Tony Award winner Daveed Diggs, made their TV debut when they performed one of their more approachable tracks, “A Better Place,” on the Late Late Show with Tony Award winner James Corden.
Kendrick at the Grammys
With this performance, he raised what it means to perform at the Grammy to a completely new level. Wow. http://player.ooyala.com/iframe.js#ec=trOW14MDE6gCowO43SPHW0Wdr_Ehb2Xy&pbid=dcc84e41db014454b08662a766057e2b He also won all of the rap categories. Album of the year, however, went to (the also very talented and wonderful) Taylor Swift. Oh, well. I might just be old, but I was interested in …
No More Parties in LA
New Kanye West track feat. Kendrick Lamar. Damn, this sounds so timeless. I wanted to say that this finally puts Kanye-the-music-genius over the Kanye-the-awkward-celebrity again, but people are already debating whether Kendrik is taking shots at Kim Kardashian, or whether or not Nori is wearing real fur. Then again, this is basically another step towards reality star …
Lin-Manuel Miranda, author and star of the amazing musical “Hamilton”, and Tariq ‘ Black Thought’ Trotter do a “Wheel of Freestyle” on Jimmy Fallon’s Tonight Show. Safe to say, this made my day.(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
i by Kendrick Lamar Prod. by RahkiMixed By Ali Kendrick Lamar’s new release “i” is going to be a smash hit. It’s funky and fun on the surface. the hook is infectious, the mood reaffirming. Lamar can do even better, and I think his darker material is more interesting. He Lamar can flow like few …
Angel Haze Fixed “Same Love”
Angel Haze freestyled over the beat and Mary Lambert sung hook of Macklemore’s ‘Same Love’ – and turned it into the queer song it should’ve been all along. This is brilliant. Some of the lyrical highlights, via buzzfeed: At age 13 my mother knew I wasn’t straight she didn’t understand but she had so much to …
Rap music is so diverse in its themes, its style, its content but when it becomes a vehicle to be talked about in mainstream news, the rap that gets in national news is always the rap music that perpetuates misogyny that is most obscene in its lyrics and then this comes to stand for what …
Favorite Songs of the Yeah: Speech Debelle – Sun Dog London-based rapper and songwriter Speech Debelle came to my attention through the cover story on her in Germany’s feminist pop culture magazine Missy. Her story intrigued me, and thanks to Spotify (finally available in Germany!) I checked out her 2012 record Freedom of Speech. By the …
Favorite Songs of the Year: Watsky- Wounded Healer (Deer Tick Sample) The Roots, Jasiri X, Speech Debelle, Watsky: I think I listened to more ~ hip-hop this year than in the last 5 combined. I discovered Watsky through his verse as Shakespeare in the hilarious Shakespeare vs. Dr. Seuss Epic Rap Battle of History (also a …
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