Posts Tagged ‘hip-hop’
Coming to you from Washington, DC, the emcees in dirtywater share a background of singing and spoken word in college bands. They met on the campus of North Carolina Central University in Durham, NC. Prior to their meeting, they had both made names for themselves individually. Cee Brown gained popularity as a spoken word [...]
Former Dallasite, now New Yorker, Semantic Noise released a nice jazz-inspired, hip-hop instrumental work called, Trust the Stars, in 2008. Various cuts have found their way into my podcasts. If you like grooves to create your own cipher or just want some instrumental hip-hop to vibe to, grab this disc or the download! Let [...]
A recommendation from friends and a link on Muhsinah’s MySpace led me to this native New York songwriter and performer, Arthur Lewis. He recently took some time to share words with me about his latest EP, If We Were, as well as thoughts on internet promotion and musical inspiration.
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The artists included in this podcast mixtape have been tickling my ear for a while. It starts out electro-funking with Marcus Paul James‘ “Electric Love”, and San Serac’s “Love Tactics”, then brings some jazzy house via an unofficial remix of Jazzanova’s “I Can See” by the very official outfit, Plan B. Astronauts of Antiquity [...]
Well, if you’re getting ready for South by South Southwest music festival, check out some artists that will be in the Austin mix. Richard Andrew a.k.a Outasight has been a regular spin for me lately (and you, too, via the last mix tape). From Yonkers, New York, here’s Outasight.
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Find out more about gay hip-hop pioneer, Tim’m West at popolio.com via his popolio pop quiz. Unlike many of the sexually explicit tunes I played in the homo-hop mixtape earlier this week, Tim’m is a classic boom-bap-activist-head knowledge character from the days of Boogie Down Productions and EPMD, so truly expect edutainment. My favorites from [...]
Celebrating the end of a long U.S. presidential campaign and a new presidental, get to work jamming new tunes for the weekend.
Starting off the mix is Mid*One from his EP, Heaven Send a Synthesizer, presenting a scenario of being the object of unrequited love with, “Wrong Tree”. The EP made my top [...]
At Mandrake Society Radio podcast and on this site, I’ve interviewed several openly gay hip-hop artists including Feloni, The Qure, Bigg Nugg, and Miss Money. So, count this mixtape podcast as a document on the sounds coming out of that camp, and there’s way more happening than I can put down in one show [...]
These Texas ladies, or “studs” as they call themselves, bring the business in their new video for their single, “Studz Anthem”. Check it out! What is a “stud” you ask? Watch the video and you’ll know.
Infectious is the groove kicking this one off! The Pimps of Joytime bring “Joytime Radio” and your grandma with a bad hip will be dancing by the time it’s over! Thanks to Ariel Publicity for bringing this band to my attention..
Definitely, John Brown’s Body has quite a story, as you can read on [...]
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