There were several points this year where I had a crisis of faith about this whole hiphop thing. I'll be forty in a week, which is Too Damn Old to be listening... Read More...
If one rapper can single-handedly put Gary, Indiana on the map as something other than the ancestral home of the Jacksons, Freddie Gibbs is the man to do it. If... Read More...
Quasimoto is an in-joke that not everybody who listens gets let in on. If you're not familiar with the adventure of Lord Quas, I'll give you a short explanati... Read More...
I realize I'm a year late in reviewing this. There are two newer installments of Madlib's Medicine Show series that have been released recently, but Volume 10 ... Read More...
Madlib's Medicine Show was producer/rapper/musician/crate-digger/pot aficionado Otis Jackson, Jr.'s attempt to release an album a month in 2010. Odd numbered e... Read More...
A friend of mine recently asked me to recommend some sixties jazz to her. It was a daunting question. Where do you start? There are so many great jazz records f... Read More...