Felix Gonzalez-Torres: “I’m not a good token. I don’t wear the right colors. I have my own agenda. Some people want to promote multiculturalism as long as they are the promoters, the circus directors. We have an assigned role that’s very specific, very limited. As in a glass vitrine, ‘we’—the ‘other’ —have to accomplish ritual, exotic performances to satisfy the needs of the majority. This parody is becoming boring very quickly. Who is going to define my culture?”
Categories: Dill Withers · Singles · jay electronica
shit won’t stop.
a piece of the puzzle that will be Act II.
Jay Electronica – a prayer for Michael Vick and T.I. (we love you family)
Act II soon.
Act III, upcoming.
Categories: Flicks · Singles · jay electronica
this is no movie. this is real.
CRAC Knuckles – Bullet Through Me
buzz, buzz. album coming in March of next year, those are the first two treats. meanwhile, catch up …
Categories: Dill Withers · Flicks · detroit · friday night up in drews with dj house shoes
flicks courtesy of this man right here.
Carlos Nino, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson and a shitload of musicians – Nag Champa
if you are like most, you slept HARD on this compilation. From LA With Love. bananers is the word for today. A very well compiled list of who to check for in LA’s music scene at the moment, musically speaking in more free-form structures than just an R&B song or a boom bap joint, this is music without classifications. this crown jewel is at the end of the LP; a perfect joint to let ride on the record player in the middle of the night with an L rolled proper.
Sa – Ra – Smokeless Highs
these guys are kind of all over the place, which is why so many people love/hate them, but every now and then they come with a joint that’s bangin on all fronts. like this. bananas.
Platinum Pied Pipers ft. Elleud – Open Your Eyes
classic.
Dibiase, formerly known as Diabolic – Tetris
this is a bushel of bananas. another one of those LA cats that’s sick with the beats. stay on the lookout.
oh
the pics?
last thursday @ Carbon in the City of Lost Angels. House Shoes behind the decks and hosting the incomparable Guilty Simpson. Shoes takes over the spot every other thursday, and you never know what’s gonna pop off.
From the red-light grime to the classics being spun, a dope spot amid LA’s trash can clubs.
Ta’Raach seems to agree that this shit’s bananas.
Categories: Dill Withers · Flicks · detroit · friday night up in drews with dj house shoes · guilty simpson
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Categories: Dill Withers
(lemme start this by saying, I’m not particularly religious…)
screen said caller ‘ID blocked’
but for some reason I decided to answer it
on the end, was a French accent
he told me we needed to rap quick
cuz he had did some baaad shit
and would be gone for years
spending these last two days
with his momma and his kids
when he spoke, i wasn’t trying to hear
cuz i knew he was a real good person
and this didn’t seem like it was in his spirit
he couldn’t believe as much as i couldn’t
what he had done,
he said now was time for him to turn himself in
cuz no longer could he run
from life, from God
I started thinking, ‘why is doing right so hard?’
Common ft. a bunch of folks – Heaven
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Categories: Flicks · opinions are assholes
no talk. tired.
Gravediggaz – Mommy, What’s a Gravedigga?
classic joint.
Ta’Raach + Blu + Noni. you’ve heard about this, now hear it. and it’s pronounced CRASS not CRAKK.
this motherfuckin’ crazy Norwegian from Oslo is on some crazy shit, don’t be surprised if you see his name associated with some stateside talent soon.
Pharrel – Frontin (DJW remix) ft. Jay-Z
Pharrel can be dope in a very ridiculous, non-serious way. in that scenario, I can enjoy him (…). DJ W somehow adds to the breezy feeling of the original with a dope beat.
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if you are on the blogroll, and i have never met you in person or have constant contact w/ you
in the coming days you’re getting purged, a la Stalin (whylin’ like Stalin when he reigned over russia*), from the blog
not that i’m getting on some high and mighty shit, but i just want to make sure i keep this thing fam oriented, since it seems more people are tuning in as it goes along.
so if you’re reading this, get at me to stay on, or even if you wanna get on i guess.
if you’re get cleaned out, chances are you’re never gonna see this anyways cuz you don’t come around (this isn’t a one way street, don’t like/really like something, comment mufuckers)
i guess i should post a song.
hear where Jay-Z got the whisper flow he’s using all the time, and remind yourself why Riq Trotter is the illest.
Young Chris – My Part of Town featuring Black Thought
ah
can’t just do one, not right. Flying Lotus, part of the LA beatmovement, and Blu, part of the rap-your-ass-off movement.
Blu – Local Legends (prod. Flying Lotus)
* who was that?
ps. NO, i’m not making the blog private, R E A D. it was simply about the blogroll,
Categories: opinions are assholes
