“The revolution will not be televised… The revolution is here!” Perhaps the revolution Common (n_ Sense) refers to is what’s generally seen as his big push for crossover success.
“In order to get the critical praise and […]

DMX – Bugout
Eve – Do That Shit (both from the Ruff Ryders Compilation “Ryde or Die Volume 1”)
Hot Boys – Help (from the album “Guerilla Warfare”)
One of the problems with dissing the gangsta ethos which thor[…]

I have no idea whether Pitchfork is right about Steely Dan’s Two Against Nature, because having asked for and got the record for my birthday I’ve played less than a third of it, out of a fear that it sounds exactly like Brent DiCrescenzo […]

ERIC B. & RAKIM – “I Know You Got Soul” (from the
album Paid in Full)
Black Star – “Respiration” (CD Single)
DMX – “What’s My Name” (from the album And
Then There Was X)
Aceyalone &#82[…]

Mos Def and Mahler? Debussy and Rakim? No, no. How about Warren G. and Borodin in the strangest crossover ever? This was the single from an album which was to have mixed hip-hop and classical; one that, to this day, i don’t believe has ever bee[…]

The band that killed rock and roll….and I have never in my life heard one of their records.[…]

Death Rock 2000: brilliant essay by Frank Kogan from the Village Voice which touches on so many bases I couldn’t possibily comment after one reading. But you must look at it, that much I do know.[…]

Now, what a fun idea this is.[…]

DIAMANDA GALAS – “Double-Barrel Prayer” (from the album You Must Be Certain of the Devil, the third part of The Masque of the Red Death)
My first try at this was lost due to programmer incompetence so now I’ll make it short an[…]

And here’s the Art Of Noise’s Paul Morley interviewing Morrissey, from 1988. Readability issues abound, but if you’ve even a flickering interest, it’s worth it.[…]