By now you’ve come accustomed to the Doppelgangaz doing some hazy funk shit. I don’t know what the Dopp trips on, but I can’t wait to get me some. The Doppelgangaz do shit how I would if I could. Their look, their sound, their steez are all original and fresh.
Underground rap from the dungeon with a funky drummer underneath all of that. You can’t tell me you don’t feel this shit ‘What am I’?!?
This is that future funk.
The DefJux rap revival went down crazy last week at Santos. El-P’s movement was rock solid and went line for line with him on his latest project. That is what you call a fanbase.
Matt Raz and I almost didn’t get inside but Despot stepped out and pulled us in. Just in time for the rappy business too. Despot opened the show with some new shit and his classic joint cRap Music. Despot brought out Mr. Muthafuckin’ eXquire during his set and let him rock some of his bangers for the people.
The rappers we saw that night comprised one of my favorite types of WTF lists with Despot, eXqo, Heems from Das Racist, Killer Mike and El-P. The show was a alt-underground rapnerd’s wet dream and El-P’s backing band kept shit funkier than I expected. Cancer 4 Cure is a DOPE album, but it’s more than a music project. El-P’s album is a testament to survival. In art, in business, in life. I’m gonna put it in the 2012 top list no matter what else drops from here on in. I think this is the future for underground rap music.
MarQ Spekt x Kno turn in an offical visual treatment to one of the hardest tracks on their collaborative project – ‘MacheteVision’.
‘Spekt always had that dystopian rap flow on smash. The look of this video conveys that conspiracy paranoia. Hey, I’m not paranoid just because everyone is trying to kill me!
Could it have all been so simple then?
The Knicks faced the Chicago Bulls in the 1993 Eastern Conference Finals and with less than a minute in the game John Starks became NYC’s eternal godson by raising up and punctuating the Knick victory with a dunk heard ’round the NBA world.
The Knicks would ultimately lose the series in 7 games to Michael Jordan and the Bulls, but at least we have a moment in time no other player can claim. We saw his Airness getting shit throwed on his head in the post-season. LOLOLOLOL
El-P
Despot
Killer Mike
Mr. Muthafuxin’ ExQuire
Santos NYC 8pm
‘Nuff said