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Posts tagged: hip hop
Wise Up Ghost (Elvis Costello and the Roots)
by Brady Paron |
Well damn, this is a sexy and exploratory hip-hop album from two music legends in their own rights. I don't actually know that much about Elvis Costello's music, although I recently listen to This Year's Model and enjoyed it. What I do know is that Elvis Costello is a sonically unique artist who has always ridden...
Inner Ninja (Classified feat. David Myles)
by 14783513 |
I heard this song and IMMEDIATELY thought about how badly I need to share this. Its got an intensely catchy hook with a pace that moves with energy but maintains a laid back feeling. The David Myles-Classified combo kicks ass. And the message in this song and the...
Someday Soon (Atmosphere)
by 14783513 |
This hip-hop track has the right kind of laid-back and also upbeat sound that I wanted to hear today. Atmosphere has been around since 1989 and its made up of rapper Slug (Sean Daley) and DJ and Producer, Ant (Anthony Davis), although...
#120 - Raising Hell (Run-D.M.C.)
by 14783513 |
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="200" caption="Raising Hell, released on July 18, 1986"][/caption] I've been avoiding this album. I don't know why. I guess I just don't what to write about it. Run-D.M.C. changed the hip hop world (or so I'm reading), but I...
#133 - Ready to Die (Notorious B.I.G.)
by 14783513 |
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="446" caption="Ready to Die (Notorious B.I.G., released September 13, 1994)"][/caption] When I listened to this album for the first time, I knew right away that I had to do more research. There is no way I can write about an album by Notorious B.I.G. and not know more...