Uncoached (Free subscription) | yesterday
Ever hear a rap or hip hop song and wonder what the hell the background track they’re using is? Will Smith is probably one of the biggest culprits of this. It’s called sampling. I’m not saying it’s a bad thing at all. Hell “Ice Ice Baby” did it with Queen and Bowie’s “Under Pressure” and [...]
Leonard Link (Free subscription) | 01/10/2008
How concerned should voters be about the possibility that Governor Sarah Palin or Senator Joseph Biden, the Vice Presidential nominees, might be called upon to step up to the presidency, under emergency circumstances and with little notice? Most of the...
Hip Hop Ruckus (Free subscription) | 01/10/2008
Check it, here's another great interview in a line of greats by Tommy Danger. This time it's with the big homie Warren G. The convo delves into the new album, his credentials, Dr. Dre and more...
Metal Lungies (Free subscription) | 30/09/2008
(Image via Cosmo) If you missed Cosmo Baker & Redman on the road together a little back, Cosmo Baker put together a dope Redman mix highlighting his favorite Redman joints, The Funk Doc Chronicles, to help get you over your sorrows. Highly Recommended. Tracklisting: Redman “Diggy Doc” Redman “Bobyahed2dis” (Matthew Africa Re-Edit) Redman “Whateva Man” Redman “Rockafella” (Remix) Redman “Tonight’s Da...
Bodwyn Wook (Free subscription) | 30/09/2008
by Emmett R Smith As Andrew Sinclair demonstrates in The Available Man, his 1965 account of the W G Harding presidency, what goes around in American politics comes around. In 1920, the senior Republican Senator from Ohio was put over on Americans as the protagonist of a “return to normalcy.” Greatly to his advantage, of course, was the [...]
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 30/09/2008
Two aging buildings in Warren G. Magnuson Park will be refurbished with private funding while keeping coveted public programs, after a Seattle City Council vote Monday.
prefix (Free subscription) | 29/09/2008
Last week, the top five of VH1’s 100 Greatest Hip-Hop Songs was released by Miss Info, now Stereogum’s got the full list. Despite my hopes, Midnight Marauders and Paul’s Boutique ...
Nah Right (Free subscription) | 29/09/2008
September 28th, 2008 at 6:42 pmi][b]Dr. Dre is planning a December 16, 2008 release for his most anticipated album “Detox”. He has worked with Bishop Lamont, Eminem, Lloyd Banks, 50 Cent, Ice Cube, Snoop Dogg, Nas, Jay-Z, Warren G, Lil Wayne, Tony Yayo, Cassidy and many more. The first single is titled “Fuckin’ Wit Me (Issues)” and is produced by Dr. Dre and Mel-Man. It features Bishop Lamont, Ice...
Cato-at-liberty (Free subscription) | 26/09/2008
William F. Buckley famously said he’d “rather be ruled by the first 500 people in the Boston phonebook than the faculty at Harvard University.” There’s surely something to that, though the worst president in American history was a Princeton man. Here’s an interesting graph comparing presidential success with presidential IQ. (Explanation here.) (Hat tip: Marian Tupy.) It’s a [...]
Gene Healy (Free subscription) | 24/09/2008
How smart should a president be? William F. Buckley famously said he’d “rather be ruled by the first 500 people in the Boston phonebook than the faculty at Harvard University,” and there’s surely something to that, though the worst president in American history was a Princeton man. Here’s an interesting graph comparing presidential [...]
Raw Story (Free subscription) | 23/09/2008
Maddow: 'Four massive failures' define Bush term
The Smoking Section (Free subscription) | 21/09/2008
Cover courtesy of thimk “Time’s Up,” “I Used To Love H.E.R.,” “Shook Ones”…Ahh! August was a bad ass month it seems. Tracklisting & link after the break. 1. “I Get Physical”-Pete Rock & CL Smooth 2. “I Used To Love H.E.R.”-Common Sense 3. “Distortion To The Static”-The Roots 4. “Hit Me With That”-The Beatnuts 5. “Shook Ones Pt. I”-Mobb Deep 6. “Shit’s Real”-Mic [...]
MissInfo.tv Blog (Free subscription) | 20/09/2008
(sending positive thoughts) Travis Barker vs. ?uestlove Warren G, Travis Barker and DJ AM
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 19/09/2008
In 1920, Big Oil picked an obscure, bumbling senator named Warren G. Harding who had barely been out of Ohio and had only fuzzy ideas about politics -- the 1920s equivalent of a hockey mom.
Fairblog (Free subscription) | 19/09/2008
Cosmo Baker of The Rub was on the road for the Scion Metro Live tour alongside legendary rapper Redman and Connie Price & The Keystones (who performed together for the occasion…a must see!). To celebrate he decided to put together a mix of his favorite Redman joints. It’s the ultimate Funk Doctor Spock mixtape! Download [...]
