On the Wilder Side (Free subscription) | yesterday
For the thousands of people who will not be attending the Wed. August 6th Babylon Green Party meeting at the Pisces Cafe in Babylon, where we will show a one-of-a-kind highlight reel and give an eyewitness account of the Green Party Presidential Convention in Chicago… Please go to “Public Assembly” in Williamsburg, Brooklyn to see Rosa Clemente the Green [...]
On the Wilder Side (Free subscription) | 08/03/2008
For the thousands of people who will not be attending the Wed. August 6th Babylon Green Party meeting at the Pisces Cafe in Babylon, where we will show a one-of-a-kind highlight reel and give an eyewitness account of the Green Party Presidential Convention in Chicago… Please go to “Public Assembly” in Williamsburg, Brooklyn to see Rosa Clemente the Green [...]
Rhymes With Snitch (Free subscription) | 08/01/2008
Public Enemy front man Chuck D is 48 today.
The Smoking Section (Free subscription) | 07/29/2008
Words By David D. News flash! Rappers make up shit. Take a moment. Inhale. You good? Ok. Apparently the whole Rick Ross fiasco has led the people at HipHopDX to hop on the truth-seeking bandwagon to do some investigative reporting on Plies’ history all in the good name of dignity and attention-grabbing. This, my friends, [...]
lost at e minor (Free subscription) | 07/28/2008
You know you’ve made it in Australia when you have a song featured in a BMW commercial. Yup, The Presets have done that, and more. In this issue of My Secret Playlist, Julian Hamilton and Kim Moyes each write about four songs (Julian’s four are first) that have helped shape — in some small way [...]
Market Wire - Retail: Consumer Electronics (Free subscription) | 07/28/2008
LOS ANGELES, CA (MARKET WIRE) M-Audio, a part of Avid Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVID), and a leading provider of creative tools for musicians, has teamed with influential hip-hop pioneers Public Enemy and culture-defining art brand Obey to host an innovative remix competition.
Nah Right (Free subscription) | 07/27/2008
Previously: Snoop Dogg Goes Bollywood | Chuck D & Snoop Dogg on Living Legend
IckMusic (Free subscription) | 07/26/2008
In the annals of classic hip-hop, last week’s Public Enemy show at the Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago has to go down in the books as Historic. Chuck D., Flava Flav and the boys performed their classic, It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back, in its entirety. Here’s “Rebel Without a Pause”… I saw [...]
Rock and Roll Daily (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008
Bootsy Collins’ latest project, Science Faxtion, sees the funk great merging his unmistakable bass once again with guitarist Buckethead and drummer Brain — all of whom previously played in Praxis. But for their forthcoming debut on Mascot Records, Living on Another Frequency (which should be dropping sometime in September), their goal is new. “We wanted [...]
Grandgood (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008
Thanks Michelle/audible Crazy Like A Foxxx album preview Fourteen years overdue, Freddie Foxxx, aka Bumpy Knuckles, is finally ready to step back into the spotlight with the official release of his 1994 demo tape, Crazy Like A Foxxx, as a two CD set on July 29th via Brooklyn-based record label Fat Beats. The album is a veritable [...]
The Independent (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008
Nelly is one of the most loved and loathed rappers in America. For his lady fans, the multi-platinum-selling star ticks all the right boxes: there's the unnerving sexiness, courtesy of the bulging tattoos and the well-earned torso he frequently flaunts. Then there's his songs, some deliciously poppy and others tailor made for the strip-club, like smash hit "Hot in Herre".
The Smudge of Ashen Fluff (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
If you sign up for the Go! Team 's mailing list, you can get an updated batch of digital goodies from their freestuff site, including the Get It Together EP, some remixes, and some song parts that you can fiddle with, including Flashlight Fight with Chuck D. You'll also find a Go! Team remix of Jim Noir and the Polyphonic Spree. This came from the site, too: The Go! Team - Milk Crisis (Anglo Japanese...
Glorious Noise (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Public Enemy has changed a lot in the twenty years since it released It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back . Haven't we all?
No Good for Me (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
+ When did the basketball jersey become part of the dude hipster uniform over the last few years? For reals, I spotted it on all sorts of peeps. I have also concluded that the female end of things has come...
Brooklyn Vegan (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
photos by Elizabeth Weinberg Friday night featured three groups performing their respective definitive albums. Mission of Burma's trademark post-punk sound pervaded for its performance of 1982's Vs. Sebadoh's set, which comprised the noisy-to-folk renderings of Bubble and Scrape, found the...
