Brooklyn Vegan (Free subscription) | 09/12/2008
by Black Bubblegum A crew of hip-hop notables are gathering for a worthy cause, to help "spread the word that thousands of 9/11 first responders are sick and dying and need our help". Headliner Talib Kweli will join Dead Prez,...
Grandgood (Free subscription) | 07/01/2008
Chip Fu performing True Fuschnick / La Schmoove / Figaro @ Prospect Park, Brooklyn, NY on June 28th, 2008. Courtesy of Ka5p.
Metal Lungies (Free subscription) | 06/30/2008
So glad I got to attend this show. I’m taking those who missed it through the highlights and lowlights of the concert. The full lineup in order of performance: Chip-Fu of the Fu-Schnickens and Ali Shaheed Muhammed EMC (Masta Ace, Wordsworth, Punchline and Stricklin, with Frequency on the wheels of steel) O.C. DJ Premier Jeru the Damaja Chubb Rock Buckshot and Special Ed Crooklyn [...]
With Leather (Free subscription) | 06/24/2008
As, you've no doubt seen by now, Suns center Shaquille O'Neal took the stage at a New York City club and freestyled about his former teammate Kobe Bryant . While Shaq demonstrates the same mush-mouthed mic skills he brought to Fu Schnickens, the refrain -- "Kobe, tell me how my ass tastes" -- is undeniably catchy. Reached by ESPN's Stephen A. Smith on Monday, O'Neal issued the following statement:...
Nah Right (Free subscription) | 06/24/2008
The 90’s inspired soundtrack to the new film The Wackness, starring Method Man and Josh Peck, hits stores tomorrow. As you know I’m always looking for ways to give back to my loyal readership, and so I’ve got a copy of the soundtrack to send off to one lucky winner. Now this soundtrack is chock [...]
No Trivia (Free subscription) | 05/07/2008
Among the barrage of blax-ploitation clips introducing NY's Finest is a snippet from the 1977 Sidney Poitier/Bill Cosby vehicle A Piece of the Action: "What's happening is some bourgeois bullshit!" With rappers wearing confetti-pattern hoodies, producer superstars like Timbaland designing T-shirts for H&M, and Kanye West attending Fashion Week, it's easy to sympathize with the frustrations of the legendary...
Fat Lace Magazine (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
What do you get if you cross the Wu-Tang Clan, Das EFX and some chickens. That's right the Fu-Schnickens. The real question is who came first Wu or Fu? Seeing them here in 1991 donning oriental outfits you would think it was the Fu. We’ll let you debate that, we’ll just bring you this gem [...]
SLAM Online (Free subscription) | 02/08/2008
Russ Bengtson has only one—no, two—questions about this whole Shaq deal: Can we rock? What's up, doc?
Slushy Gutter Summer (Free subscription) | 01/29/2008
Songs for your Super Bowl Week... ** She Watch Channel Zero- Public Enemy (“Yo, we getting ready to watch the Super Bowl, and we got a black quarterback”) ** Ghettofabulous- Rass Kass (“LA ni**az got crazy game, like John Elway got a Super Bowl ring”) VIDEO ** Careful (Click, Click)- Wu Tang Clan (“Is it Bush or Dole, front row of the Super Bowl”) VIDEO ** Like It Like That- A Tribe Called Quest (“While...
Poisonous Paragraphs (Free subscription) | 01/22/2008
A lot of us oldheads in hip hop (and many of us that have blogs) tend to idealize the past 10 or 12 years in hip hop history. Even though there was a great amount of classic material made and released between 1991-1997, there were a lot of wack copycat groups, lame trends and other things of that nature that could fly only in that era. I’ll list three of them here in this following blog: Old Trend...
Pardon Me Duke (Free subscription) | 01/03/2008
Big Ups to my dude Mike at AGM for this one.
Bklyn's Finest (Free subscription) | 11/09/2007
1969 dubbed today Vibe Day.. well I had to give up it for my family.. 1969, Ms. Lee, Roycee and umm especially my boy Fresh.. this one is for you son!!!
Slushy Gutter Summer (Free subscription) | 10/12/2007
SOME KEY HIGHLIGHTS ABOUT LORDS OF THE UNDERGROUND'S "CHIEF ROCKA" VIDEO AND SONG: *The song samples “Twine Time” by Alvin Cash and “Born to be Blue” by Jack Bruce *Marley Marl was the song’s producer, along with K-def, who went on to appear in the group Real Live. *Old School artist Busy Bee was known as Chief Rocka Busy Bee *Cameo appearance in the video: Redman. Both Red and the Lords hail from...
Poisonous Paragraphs (Free subscription) | 06/20/2007
If you've ever been on a music related messageboard before or on in a hip hop thread you've seen the word, if you've ever heard the word/term used as a description or a derogatory term (i.e. Fuck you fake ass bitch Lupe Fiasco lovin' niggas! Y'all need to take that backpack bullshit back to the surburbs and listen to some real shit like Young Jeezy!) and wondered what the hell it meant or even where...
