Remember when Neil Young became the godfather of grunge?
Neil Young and Pearl Jam - “Rockin In The Free World”
Could Elephant Man play a similar mentor role for the How Mi Look generation?
Elephant Man hanging with Ding Dong, Wacky Fresh Prince
Both Elephant Man and Neil Young had long, respected careers in advance of their adoptive […]
T.I. ft. Rihanna - “Live Your Life”
This week, the world shuddered on its axis a bit when people heard the latest leak from the new T.I. album. Featuring Rihanna on the hook, “Live Your Life” samples the infamous Romanian dance anthem “Dragostea Din Tei“.
O-Zone - “Dragostea Din Tei” (live)
While it is certainly fashionable to sample […]
In the months since I likened the prolific best rapper alive to Miles Davis, I have enjoyed seeing others try out their own genre-bending comparisons as we all try to find an archetype to fit Mr. Carter into our personal pop histories.
Malcolm & Coltrane on A Love Supreme
Last week, Mark Anthony Neal dealt a wonderfully […]
Theo Parrish of 3Chairs at DEMF07
In a one-question interview with moodmat this week, Theo Parrish offers a heavy, if reductive, look at the music industry color balance. Although some readers will no doubt take issue at the super-simplified picture he paints of American pop (what, no brown people?) his fundamental idea is worth grabbing onto […]
Yoni Gordon at Great Scott, 10 February 2008
My friend Yoni just posted up the tracks from his new 7″ to which I contributed a remix.
In 2003, I saw Yoni Gordon and the Goods hold down a stacked Toad, haunt of the jaded indie rocker, for 3 hours straight on a weeknight. I remember coming […]
Today, I lead a discussion in a CMS undergrad class that might interest some readers of this blog. The outline is roughly similar to my emerging thesis work so your feedback is extremely valuable.
The slides were made with HTML Slidy, an awesome web-based powerpoint alternative. You can check them here:
http://kevindriscoll.info/docs/presentations/hiphopapproach/
The Hip Hop Approach: Technology, […]
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