I originally published this blog post for my Music Monday on The Radiogirl Blog.Recap :: The Roots LIVE at The FillmoreMy return home from Cairo has been pleasant. But so far the highlight has been seeing The Roots perform at The Fillmore in Silver Spring, [...]
Arab League Records – BandPage PlayerSaw this on Facebook the other day and I really like the beats. About 12 tracks. Good stuff hip hoppers. [...]
VIDEO: Aaron Evans “I’ve Been Blessed”There’s a lot to like about this track and this vid. It’s mellow; more mellow than I usually like, but it’s such a noble song. The spirit of the song is strong. I mean call me a sucka, but I love that this track is soaked in positivity! [...]
The Roots and Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon “Perth”You all know how I like’s beats … and uptempo beats are all the rage w/me. So imagine my response to this syrupy slow song from The Roots and Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon. The Roots concept project “undun” is captivating.This link is from [...]
VIDEO: The Narcicyst “Fly Over Egypt”Some of you may know that I live and work in Cairo, Egypt; been here since 2009.The current atmosphere is more than sketchy. The tension builds up slowly and often erupts w/daily edition of rock throwing. I’ll take rock throwing over mass killing [...]
VIDEO: Colossus: “The Tribute” (2005)This vid isn’t new. However, I was trolling around the Om Records website looking and listening to mixes and stumbled across this gem. I’m hip to Colossus and his beatastic music.It’s nice to hear the track paired so adequately w/the vid; love [...]
VIDEO: Robert Glasper EPKWell, if you could assemble a dream cast of hip hoppers for a music project, who would you invite? That’s right, who’d be at the top of your wish list?Robert Glasper must have closed his eyes and clicked his heels because he asked and they came and this project [...]
Mumbls “Spellbound”I’m in a bit of a dilemma as it relates to Mumbls’ “Spellbound.” I digs mostly everything that comes to my inbox from Audible Treats. But this Mumbls was and is a bit of good and bad thing, in my opinion. So instead to brushing it off, I thought, why not say what [...]
VIDEO: Lil E513This still makes me laugh and smile and reminisce. Lil E513 is my friend’s son. Lil E513′s dad is the legendary Butch Gibson from Cincinnati. We don’t hang out and haven’t since I moved away from Cincy long, long ago. But Gibson knows how to rock a party. He’s part [...]
I Self Devine “Reports From The Field: In The Trenches (Free Mixtape)”Image borrowed from I Self Devine’s NewsletterWhew, this is nice. And that is such an understatement. I Self Devine brings his seemingly effortless A-game to this project.I started playing this while I was multitasking, [...]
