I think that one of the greatest things that you can do as a blogger is to put the theme of unity into the universal ethers. It moves around and finds itself with some of the most unlikely recipients. I say unlikely because these people that typically absorb the message weren’t even looking for it. They are music lovers that are drawn to the rhythms of horns, drums, melodies and the endless cacophony of sound. Suddenly they find themselves in a place where their love of music intersects with social politics. Music has the ability to break down barriers and concepts such as race and class because when you close your eyes and let your ears lead your path it somehows opens your heart as well.
Music is powerful like that and I wanted to give a shout to some of the blogs that I fucks with that respect the universal sonic movement of peace, love and unity through Hip-Hop…
BIOCHEMICAL SLANG – This is a site that I have trumpeted from it’s inception. It fuses passionate, pointed, political writing with archival YouTube videos and rare groove MP3 downloads. The image at the header of this post comes from this site as have some of my most memorable photos. The music inspires me to create and to continue the struggle. You should pay him a visit too, while the inspiration is still free.
UNKUT – UnKut is like the old nigga on the corner now that everyone has a Hip-Hop blog, but there’s a reason that UnKut remains on top. They are a resource for current Hip-Hop trends as well as the untold history of little known and oft forgotten producers of the genre. If there was a beat Wikipedia in the flesh it would have to be ROBBIE.
SINTALENTOS – From LOU REED to RAEKWON, this writer connects us with politics and social struggle through music. The writer also happens to be a deejay who throws kick azz house parties.
MOISTWORKS – Our INTERN is a music writer affiliated with this site. We basically share him during the week. We call him up whenever we need a Z of killer white boy ‘water’ a/k/a Hydro bitches.
PASSION OF THE WEISS – You have to fuck with a site that produces this quote… “Young Jeezy: Just Like Biggie Smalls Except Without Talent, Charisma or the Ability to Rap”
33 JONES – It’s written in the Geneva Convention that it’s illegal to torture someone by forcing them to review KEVIN FEDERLINE and The CLIPSE new CD’s. No worries though, 33 JONES will take the bullet. And the mullet.
SPLIFF HUXTABLE – This site just celebrated their first year on the internets and they are still murdering shit when it comes to dropping a funky instrumental. SH is in fact the inspiration behind BILLY SUNDAY’s latest mixtape project – Crap-struMentals. Check these dudes out ASAP.
