Tag: Rap
In a proclamation to be issued today, City Council will recognize Kurtis Blow, Melle Mel, Afrika Bambaata, Grand Wizard Theodore, Grandmaster Caz, and a host of other first-generation hip hop icons. The honors were announced in a statement issued by Bronx Councilman Fernando Cabrera’s office. According to Cabrera, all honorees will be in attendance at City Hall […]
Well, this is unusual. To promote the next season of smash-hit Game of Thrones, HBO will release a mixtape of hip hop and Latin artists making music about the show. Participating musicians include Wale, Big Boi, Daddy Yankee, Bodega Bamz, and Common. From the sound of things, it’s a pretty blatant ploy to attract a nonwhite audience. […]
The 25th anniversary of De La Soul’s classic debut 3 Feet High and Rising comes next month, and to celebrate, the group released their entire catalog (save 2004’s better-than-you-think The Grind Date) for free on their website this morning. Act quickly if you want to download it — the albums will only be available until tomorrow at noon. Due […]
“Beastie Boys Square” may not happen, and “Christopher Wallace Way” is as good as dead, but Shane Rossi is giving some solace to fans of New York City hip hop. On Friday, February 7th, the Bronx resident and hip hop fan placed a sign at 163rd Street and Rogers Place in the BX, marking the […]
In January, we told you that the plan to rename the corner of Ludlow and Rivington Streets on the Lower East Side “Beastie Boys Square” had hit a snag. Manhattan’s Community Board 3 had rejected LeRoy McCarthy’s application to memorialize the Paul’s Boutique corner, but would hold another vote if he could accrue a few hundred more […]
If two Danish dudes carefully playing the melody to Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five’s “The Message” on empty beer bottles as they look into each other’s eyes isn’t the epitome of goofy white people-ness, I don’t know what is. Still, by the time The Bottle Boys‘ hip-hop bottle medley gets to “Hard Knock Life,” […]
Smoking weed onstage is pretty tame, as far as Action Bronson goes. I saw him toss what looked like dozens of dime bags into the crowd at a Brooklyn show in 2012 (he did the same thing but with steaks a few weeks later), and he’s also thrown fans from the stage and relegated hecklers […]
Meet Yung Lenox, your new favorite artist. He’s seven years old, lives in Seattle, Washington, and makes what look like magic marker drawings of classic hip hop albums (he dabbles in other genres, like metal and hardcore, as well). He’s been doing his thing for a while, showcasing work on Instagram but just recently began […]
Here’s a special fan rap video from Max Piff (rapper, producer) and Yung Jake (featured rapper, director). Absolutely best line is at 2:51 from Yung Jake regarding Larry David’s please no stop n chat policy, because he’s 2 real. And I say that with absolutely no bias despite being a Yung Jake fangirl / Yung Jake’s digital art […]
Sampling has been an integral part of Western music for decades, from the French musique concrète composers of the 1940s, to the introduction of commercially available instruments like the Mellotron and the MPC, to today, with Beyoncé using Star Search intros and snippets of TED Talks in her songs and Jay Z and Kanye lifting from Blades of Glory . In […]
