May 2012
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No Trivia @ SPIN: Rap Release Of The Week, Gucci... →
Wrote about Gucci’s I’m Up mixtape and this whole goofy-ass idea that every time he puts out a new mixtape, it’s a “return to form” or evidence that he’s “fallen off.”
imsofakingdom asked: hey! just read your latest SPIN article.. was wondering what Pimp C and Z-Ro tracks you were referring to. thanks!
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No Trivia @ SPIN: On Rappers and Same-Sex Marriage →
Something about how it’s pretty stupid that every time a rapper half-assedly says they support gay marriage, it makes headlines. Also, why Action Bronson is an idiot but that shouldn’t be a surprise.
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No Trivia @ SPIN: Premiere of Skinny Friedman's... →
More premieres. Sorry, sometimes it works out that way. Here’s a remix from Skinny’s Trap Rave 2.0. You may remember me excitedly talking up last year’s Trap Rave and including his remix of Juicy J’s “Who Da Neighbors” on my mix of the 50 best songs of 2011.
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No Trivia @ SPIN: Premiere of Oddisee's 'People... →
Oh man, this album. One of the year’s best! Just, go listen to it!
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A Shot of Jamieson, Episode 6 -...
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No Trivia @ SPIN: Friday Five →
50 Cent, Camp Lo, G-Mane, Killer Mike, and Struggle. Also, a whole bunch of words I’ve been meaning to write about RJ Smith’s James Brown book.
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No Trivia @ SPIN: Premiere of Pepper Boy's 'Days... →
Very excited to premiere this new EP from Pepper Boy. One of my favorites from this year.
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No Trivia @ SPIN: Rap Release Of The Week, Skywlkr... →
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Skywlkr’s instrumental tape Impressions is my pick for this week. Sorry, but I still can’t keep a straight face when I hear that sub-par Crystal Method impression on the first track on El-P’s Cancer For Cure, so maybe it’s mind-blowing eventually. Just not for me.
I’ve been listening to this SKYWLKR thingy off and on all day. It’s amazing. “30”, which ends...
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No Trivia @ SPIN: Rap Release Of The Week, Skywlkr... →
Skywlkr’s instrumental tape Impressions is my pick for this week. Sorry, but I still can’t keep a straight face when I hear that sub-par Crystal Method impression on the first track on El-P’s Cancer For Cure, so maybe it’s mind-blowing eventually. Just not for me.
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iPod Journal: 5/21/12
(Added)
Ab-Soul, Control System
Chic, Risque
El-P, Cancer For Cure
Geoff Barrow & Ben Salisbury, Drokk
Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx, We’re New Here
Hawkwind, Space Ritual
Killer Mike, R.A.P. Music
Maps & Atlases, Beware and Be Grateful
Maze, Joy And Pain
Oddisee, Odd Renditions
Skywlkr, Impressions 2011
Thin Lizzy, Chinatown
Traxman, Da Mind Of Traxman
Ty$ & Joe...
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No Trivia @ SPIN: Friday Five →
Ab-Soul, Killer Mike, RL Grime, Rye Rye, and Squadda B with Pepperboy. Also, I wrote about one of my favorite Chuck Brown songs.
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No Trivia @ SPIN: J-Sw!ft Interview →
For the Pharcyde’s upcoming 20th anniversary show for Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde, I interviewed the producer J-Sw!ft. We talked about producing that classic, his drug addiction, the very weird documentary about his addiction 1 More Hit, and his upcoming album The Adventures of Negro Knievel. It was a rap nerd dream to get to talk to this guy!
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No Trivia @ SPIN: Rap Release Of The Week, Iamsu! →
Guest rapper on and producer of LoveRance’s “UP!” and the guy who steals E-40’s “Function” put out a mixtape last week and it’s really good!
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No Trivia @ SPIN: On Obama, Jay-Z, & Same-Sex... →
Here’s something about Obama’s relationship to rap music and more, rap music’s relationship to Obama and how Jay and Kanye’s Watch the Throne has turned out to be very much of-the-moment and not the last album from some bygone era.
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No Trivia @ SPIN: Friday Five →
Cam’ron ft. T.I., Iamsu!, Kilo Kish, Meek Mill, plus a few remixes/instrumentals from Ma$e, Oddisee, Quelle Chris, and Skinny Friedman. And a bunch of my ideas for musical biopics starring rappers.
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No Trivia @ SPIN: 10 Proto-'Pluto' Records →
Luke McCormick and I trace the roots of Future’s ‘Pluto’, from Bruce Haack to Soulja Boy…
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No Trivia @ SPIN: On ZZ Top covering "25 Lighters" →
Did you see this? ZZ Top covering DJ DMD ft. Lil Keke and Fat Pat’s “25 Lighters.” Obviously, Rick Rubin was involved. This was more just an excuse for me to write about ZZ Top who are one of my favorites bands of all time.
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No Trivia @ SPIN: Rap Release Of The Week, Killa... →
Didn’t do one of these last week, but I’m sticking with Welcome to the Fish Fry BECAUSE IT’S THAT GOOD!
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No Trivia @ SPIN: On Ryan Hemsworth's 'LFTF' Mix →
Ryan Hemsworth > Rustie. A tale of two maximalist mixes.
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No Trivia @ SPIN: Gunplay Interview →
Me and my friend Luke McCormick interviewed Gunplay! It was awesome.
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No Trivia @ SPIN: Friday Five →
Le1f, Nikkiya and MC Lyte, Pepperboy, Playboy Tre, and Waka Flocka Flame. And some thoughts on SPIN’s 100 Greatest Guitarist of All Time list.
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No Trivia @ SPIN: Adam Yauch (1964-2012) →
It’s the Internet, so you know, you gotta write something about really important dead people as soon as possible. Here’s my tribute to MCA of the Beastie Boys, as awesome rapper, gutsy feminist, great filmmaker, and nerd-beater upper.
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No Trivia @ SPIN: "Reconsidering 'Roman Reloaded'" →
A look at Nicki’s sophomore album, one month later, along with my redux tracklisting:
“Roman Holiday”
“Starships”
“Pound The Alarm”
“Come On A Cone”
“Hov Lane”
“Beez In The Trap”
“I Am Your Leader”
“Whip It”
“Stupid Hoe”
“Roman Reloaded
“Beautiful Sinner”
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April 2012
38 posts
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No Trivia @ SPIN: Friday Five →
Death Grips, DJ Paul, Nas, Schwarz featuring Issue remixing Ed Schrader’s Music Beat, and Stuey Rock.
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No Trivia @ SPIN: Rap Release Of The Week, Fiend →
Fiend and Cookin’ Soul’s Iron Chef mixtape and some more about Dr. Dre and the Tupac hologram.
franksantoro:
I just saw an ad for The Avengers and Reeses Peanut Butter Cups and threw up in my mouth. BOYCOTT THE AVENGERS!
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No Trivia @ SPIN: About That New Goodie Mob Song →
Wrote something about “Fight To Win,” the new Goodie Mob “song”…
burzyum asked: In your biographical dictionary of rap entry on Jimmy Spicer you wrote about how Adventures of Super Rhyme's origin story includes "proto-Space shit that don't make no sense (and just one more piece of a long-standing black tradition that finds hope and genesis in space)". I was wondering if you could maybe produce a mini-syllabus on the parenthetical reference in the vein what...
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iPod Journal: 4/25/12
(Digital Music Purchased)
G.O.O.D. Music, “Mercy” ($1.29)
Quelle Chris, 2Dirt4TV Vol. 1 ($5.00)
(Physical Music Purchased)
Armand Van Helden, “Fly Away Love”/”Little Black Spiders” 12-Inch ($2.99)
Bill Summers & Summers Heat, Call It What You Want ($2.99)
Chuck Persons, “Complete A.D.D” 7-Inch ($5.99)
UV POP, No Songs Tomorrow LP ($16.99)
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No Trivia @ SPIN: Record Store Day's Top Five Rap... →
My picks for the actually cool rap stuff out there for Record Store Day, and a rant about why RSD hasn’t been to kind to rap fans.
nonchalantjon asked: Straight up is like the awesomeness of the Ring Ring chorus for 3 minutes
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No Trivia @ SPIN: Friday Five →
“A weed-free, DMT-friendly group of songs for 4/20!” Ab-Soul, Fiend, Future, Gunplay, and Lushlife. Also, a little bit in the intro about artists Meaghan Garvey, whose “Illustration Juicy” is something you should purchase RIGHT NOW!
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No Trivia @ SPIN: Rap Release Of The Week, Future →
Something about Pluto.
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No Trivia @ SPIN: Roanoke Rap Photographer Jared... →
An interview with a Roanoke photographer covering his town’s rap scene. Someone with a camera in every town should do this!
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WatchWaka Flocka on the new SPIN!