4. Song: The Souls Of Mischief – “’93 Till Infinity” Like almost all the best music, this song defies adequate description short of demanding that anyone with the slightest interest in hip hop must have a listen. The Souls Of […]
5. Genre: Bounce With the exception of K Gee’s minor success with his single “I Don’t Really Care”, bounce is generally unheard of in the UK. K Gee will also probably be aware that the success of his single had very little to […]
6. Lyric: Jeru Tha Damaja – “One Day” Based on a similar premise to Common Sense’s “i used to love h.e.r.”, “One Day” clocks in at just over two minutes long and in that time summarises the current stat[…]
7. Films: “Shao Lin san hih liu fang” & “Shao Lin yu Wu Dang” I’d like to claim there was a great significance to these films. I’d like to claim that seeing them changed my life. I’d like to claim they&#[…]
8. Lyric: Notorious BIG – “Juicy (DJ Premier Remix)” After DJ Premier’s subtle tweaking, “Juicy” was the track it should originally have been. The slightly more propulsive beat allowed the rhythm and phrasing of Bi[…]
9. Songs: Led Zeppelin – “When The Levee Breaks”, Black Sabbath – “The Wizard” However unlikely it may seem to him, there may come a time when Jimmy Page’s income comes mainly from royalties derived from hip […]
As part of a short series, the first entry in my Current Top 10 Of Hip Hop (Note: “top 10” does not imply “top 10 songs”.) 10. Song: 2Pac – “Do For Love” As Jeff Chang discusses in this archived article from […]
Spine Magazine – you are now about to witness the strength of street knowledge… I don’t think we’ve linked to Spine before, which is a shame because it’s a good zine. It’s nice to see UK writers looking at hip hop […]
Now, I’m a big fan of quiz machines in pubs. The quiz element of the machines is a noble art which JPM, in my opinion, have mastered. However, the recent phasing out of all the old machines in favour of the new touch-screen things with loads of[…]
What I Listened To today; where. Abridged. In order: 1. DR DRE – “Lil Ghetto Boy”; on the bus there. 2. SPICE GIRLS – “Holler”; in HMV. 3. BLACK STAR/TALIB KWELI – ?; in a shop (note: this could have been any[…]