The Cenobites — an EP released in 1992 by Ultramagnetic MCs featuring rap legend Kool Keith aka Dr.’s Doom and Octagon — is one of the lesser-known pieces of fun, literate, booty-shaking party hip-hop from the end of hip-hop’s golden age in the early 90s. It makes us laugh, it makes us wanna dance…...
Angry gravel voiced New York Jew who can’t sing writes brilliant, quirky songs about drugs and his half-insane mind. David Peel: hero of the scene, landmark of the Lower East Side, insane runaway bum. Writer of We Are From the Lowest East Side, I Like Marijuana, Mother Where is My Father, I Want to...
Every wonder where classic white artists get all their best ideas? Well grasshopper, I’ll tell you: they steal from even more classic black artists. Among these unappreciated culture-innovators is 50s R&B heartthrob Larry Williams (1935-1980): He wrote Slow Down, Its All Over Now, and She Said Yeah (and Boney Maroney and Dizzie Miss...
Big L. Apparently live on the radio. Entirely different lyrics than the famous version. One of the best of all time. Thinking man’s gangster rapper.
Its twenty years since 1991. Hot bands don’t sound like Nirvana. So maybe its time to stop hyping Nirvana officially and decide that they weren’t that big a deal… that they were basically a marketing phenomena solidified by Kurt’s suicide. No. Nirvana kicks ass. They were the best band of their era. My dad...
Le Tigre play modern music very well. Its not news, but they’re a brilliant diamond in the tragic rough of 2000s pop/dance/rock music. Fun and serious, original, exciting, and well-executed. Their music moves, grooves, and inspires us to expect more from the hip, artistic wing of modern rock. Less talented gimmicky band come and...