The CityParks Foundation SummerStage season heats up earrrrrly…
This Tuesday, June 7th, Erick and Parrish will be Making Dollars in Brooklyn’s Betsy Head Park.
What other duo in rap has been as influential as EPMD? Mobb Deep? Look for them later on this summer.
What if Uncle L came thru to complete this feature? Banana bread!
Listening to Odd Future makes me want to hear some shit with sick lyrics and masterful musical soundscapes. Enter The 36 Chambers never gets old for me. Ol’ Dirty Bastard’s Return to the 36 might be my favorite Wu album of all time.
O.D.B. was such a special artist because he was strong enough to be vulnerable. Smart enough to act stupid. And pure enough to be dirty. Add the Raekwon featuring Ghostface Killah epic OB4CL and you have possibly the holy trinity of NYC rap.
I loved reading this book written by the homey Alvin Blanco (@Aqua174) because it’s a chronological history of Hip-Hop’s most groundbreaking and futuristic collective. You get to learn about the backstories behind all of the group’s legendary discography
The book is written from years of exhaustive research to speak directly from the voices of the Wu-Tang members. If you don’t mind being called a Wu-Tang stan then you won’t mind this collection of quotes and footnotes detailing RZA and the group’s history since the early days of Prince Rakeem and the Genius.
If books are the new millennium CD’s then The Wu-Tang Clan and The RZA is definitely a platinum plaque for your bookshelf.
Off all the youth movements that Hip-Hop has pushed out in the new millennium, OFWGKTA (Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All) is prA’li the one which will transcend the constraints of rap music. Mainly because they are comprised of visionary artists who are also distinct personalities. When was the last time a Hip-Hop group had more than a half dozen rappers who could ALL rhyme?
They remind me of the Wu-Tang Clan because they are led by a forcefully determined character. For the Wu it was the RZA, for Odd Future it is Tyler the Creator. Tyler’s debut album ‘Goblin’ is the cement for his generation’s disaffected listeners. It’s not a challenging album musically, but lyrically it represents like a Generation-X Redman meets KanYe West with some Eminem mixed in for shits and giggles.
The ‘X’ in Gen-X is for ecstasy, and Odd Future is their future.
Peep Tyler’s latest video from the ‘Goblin’ project – ‘SHE’
Here’s some footage I caught during OFWGKTA show at Highline Ballroom.
I NEEEEEEEEEDS to be in Atlanta this weekend.
The Heat’s ‘Big Three’ is some more showtime shit engineered by Pat Riley.
But do they play the physical defense like the Riley era Knicks?
Do they inspire a city by their work ethic or their tennis shoes?
Nope, the Miami Heat are Hollywood.
Just Ask Dontrevius Wenters.