The 'Spill (Free subscription) | 28/11/2009
The Pogues - Greenland Whale Fisheries Woody Guthrie - Buffalo Skinners Beirut - Elephant Gun Billy Bragg & Wilco - Jesus Christ For President Jerry Reed - Lord Mr. Ford JR - The Crude Oil Blues Billy Bragg - The Busy Girl Buys Beauty Tom Waits - Step Right Up Talib Kweli - Get By Blackalicious - Ego Trip by Nikki Giovanni Mos Def - New World Water Dead Prez - Be Healthy Dungeon Family - White...
mel.opho.be (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
Facile flows and labyrinthine lyrics mask basic (and banal) beats. Gift of Gab explores his quirks, dusting around the corners of his brain left untouched by his Blackalicious discography. Sometimes his digging unearths gems like “Dreamin” and the cheeky “El Gifto Magnifico.” Too often, though, he comes up with cobwebs. Reminds Us Of: Blackalicious | Anti-Pop Consortium | Dr....
HipHopDX.com (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
Suga City gets a spot on Modern Warfare 2, k-os readies his new album, and Lyrics Born releases their newest single.
Merry Swankster (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
[Neon Indian] Monday November 9 Fu Manchu w/ Black Sleep of Kali @ Larimer Lounge Evangelicals w/ Holiday Shores @ Hi-Dive Wicked Rocks : An Evening of Rock and Roll Music @ Bluebird Theater Kate Voegele w/ Kevin Hammond @ Fox Theatre Tuesday November 10 Neon Indian w/ Tigercity @ Larimer Lounge Generationals w/ Marcus Church @ Hi-Dive The Whigs w/ the Features and the Dead Trees @ Bluebird Theater...
WYDU (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
Back in the day I got introduced to a hip hop duo that in my opinion has one of the most, quick witted and intelligent minds in the game. Most people know him for his albums, NIA (1999), Blazing Arrow (2002), and The Craft (2005) all of which I still rock in the car weekly. But several months ago while surfing the net I came across an EP from 1994 called "Melodica" and it really made me take...
Austinist (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Image via Street Dogs MySpace page. Photo: Bryan Sheffield. Street Dogs hail from Boston's Dorchester neigorborhood, and are damn proud of it. The band features original Dropkick Murphys vocalist Mike McColgan (who left the Murphys for several years work as a fireman before returning to music) and features a mixture of punk and folk stylings in their songs, many of which have a definite political...
mel.opho.be (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
As a heads up, some of Sufjan Stevens ‘ songs have been mixed with the vocals from a bunch of hip hop heavyweights to make the mixtape, Illinoize . I’m going to give you the little blurb from the website telling you a little more about it, as well as the tracklist and a download link at the bottom. It’s supposed to be good. Illinoize is a free remix tape put together by Montreal-based...
Hidden Track (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
Earlier this year Chali 2na , the former front man for the much beloved - but now defunct - hip hop act Jurassic 5, released his long awaited solo debut, Fish Outta Water . The baritone-voiced MC has lined up a 14-date run through the West Coast dubbed the Deadliest Catch Tour, recruiting a handful of friends to bring out on the road. Joining 2na will be Gift of Gab from Blackalicious, Mr. Lif and...
ProHipHop - Hip Hop Marketing & Business News (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
Gift Of Gab - Escape 2 Mars Gift Of Gab's Escape 2 Mars is due November 3rd and will be available in vinyl November 10th. MySpace: Gift Of Gab Available on iTunes: Gift Of Gab Over at Hip Hop Press: Blackalicious Frontman Gift of Gab Conquers the Final Frontier With the...
Culture Bully (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009
On "Dreamin'" Gab brings along Minneapolis native Brother Ali and Bay Area legend Del The Funkee Homosapien to elevate the rhyme...
Only the Blog Knows Brooklyn (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009
What is Electric Literature? It's a new lit magazine spearheaded by editors Andy Hunger Scott Lindenbaum (of Community Bookstore fame). In Electric Literature's Autumn 2009 anthology, Colson Whitehead charts the rise to fame of a truth-telling comedian. Stephen O’Connor transports the reader to a cabin in the woods, where a young woman attempting to finish her dissertation in solitude becomes...
Analog Giant (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009
Gift of Gab is one of my favorite emcees. For those that might not know Gab is the 2nd half of Blackalicious along with Chief Xcel . His new record Escape 2 Mars is due out November 3rd. Gab is on tour now with a bunch of top notch hip hop talent on the Deadliest Catch tour featuring Charli 2na, Mr. Lif and Lyrics Born. Check out a track off his upcoming record. Mp3: Gift of Gab feature. Del and Brother...
Lessons in Curating. Lessons in Culture. (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009
It's gotten to the point where we over here at HERSblogworld have so many last minute plans for you that you might as well just permanently clear your schedule and await instruction, you know? DEFINITELY free yourself up Wednesday night, because Electric Literature is hosting their second issue release party at DROM, and it sounds like it's going to be stellar. From the lovely folks of EL, the Wednesday...
Nah Right (Free subscription) | 25/10/2009
Del Tha Funkee Homosapien and Brother Ali join Gift of Gab of Blackalicious on this joint off his new album Escape 2 Mars, which drops November 3rd. Gift of Gab ft. Del & Brother Ali - Dreamin Previously: Del The Funky Homosapien & Tame 1 - I’m A…
Dealhack (Free subscription) | 21/10/2009
MP3 Album Sale: choose from 50 MP3 Albums for $5 each at Amazon. Eligible albums including: The Last Concert by Roy Orbison, Red Fang by Red Fang. Cope by Freeland, Everybody by Ingrid Michaelson. All Blues'd Up: Songs of Bob Dylan, New Leaves by Owen. Ursa Major by Third Eye Blind, Nia by Blackalicious. Lust Lust Lust by The Raveonettes, Greatest Kiss by Kiss. Travelin' by John Lee Hooker, Heavy...
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