Thursday, April 30, 2009
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Monday, April 20, 2009
Saturday, April 18, 2009
Friday, April 17, 2009
[Review] K'Naan - Troubadour
(Definition of 'Troubadour')
The troubadour school or tradition began in the eleventh century in Occitania, but it subsequently spread into Italy, Spain, and even Greece. Under the influence of the troubadours, related movements sprang up throughout Europe: the Minnesang in Germany, trovadorismo in Galicia and Portugal, and that of the trouvères in northern France. Dante Alighieri in his De vulgari eloquentia defined the troubadour lyric as fictio rethorica musicaque poita: rhetorical, musical, and poetical fiction. After a "classical" period around the turn of the thirteenth century and a mid-century resurgence, the art of the troubadours declined in the fourteenth century and eventually died out around the time of the Black Death (1348).
Troubadour is the sophomore release from Somalian/Canadian rapper, poet and musician K'Naan. Melodic, socially conscious rhymes, creates a nice dialogue of comparison between contemporary USA culture and that of his old home Africa. If you are looking for lyrics about swagger, or pseudo gangster fairytales, look elsewhere! K'Naan keeps it as 'real as it gets' (forgive the cliche!!) Raps of Inner city American street tales will appear tame after listening to the drama that goes down in the 'mother-land'. Instrumentation is unlike your average 'rap' album with quasi-techno beats, instead live instrumentation forms the basis on this release. You will like K'Naan if you are also a fan of 'rappers' like K-OS (who is also from Canada) and to a lesser extent Mos Def.
4.5/5
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Album Review - Fabriclive 45 (Mixed by A-Trak)
Track Listing
01. A-Trak - Say Whoa
02. DJ Sneak - You Can't Hide From Your Bud
03. Boys Noize - Oh! (A-Trak Remix)
04. Scott Grooves feat. Parliament Funkadelic - Mothership Reconnection (Daft Punk Remix)
05. Voodoo Chilli - Get On Down
06. Skepta - Sweet Mother (House Version)
07. DJ Class - I'm The Ish
08. Metronomy - Heartbreaker (Diskjokke Remix)
09. His Majesty Andre - Peep Thong
10. Zombie Nation - Forza (Original)
11. Alex Gopher - Aurora
12. Dance Area - AA 24-7
13. Robbie Rivera - Move Move (DJ Observer & Daniel Heathcliff Remix)
14. Daniele Papini - Church of Nonsense
15. Laidback Luke & A-Trak - Shake It Down
16. Nacho Lovers - Acid Life (Nachos 909 Dub)
17. Rob Threezy - The Chase
18. Friendly Fires - Paris (Aeroplane Remix)
19. Fan Death - Veronica's Veil (Erol Alkan's Extended Re-Edit)
20. Simon Baker - Plastik (Todd Terje's Turkatech Remix)
21. The Martian - Tobacco Ties
22. DJ Gant-Man - Juke Dat Girl From The Back
23. DJ MP4 - The Book Is On The Table
24. Jamie Anderson & Content - Body Jackin'
25. Raffertie - Do Dat
26. DJ Zinc - 138 Trek
I might (am) be biased, but A-Trak is seriously the best DJ going around at the moment, and he's still getting better...Only A-Trak could pull off such a diverse range of styles within the one mix, and it comes off well. I prefer this to his Infinity+1 mix he released this month too...
5/5
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Anti-Americans Part 1: Jesse Helms
Jesse Alexander Helms, Jr. (October 18, 1921–July 4, 2008) was a five-term Republican United States Senator from North Carolina who served as chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee from 1995 to 2001.
Helms was an outspoken conservative who opposed many progressive policies regarding race such as school integration, the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act. Helms also reminded voters that he tried, with a 16-day filibuster, to stop the Senate from approving a national holiday to honor black civil-rights leader, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.Helms was also a "master obstructionist", and a self-described "redneck. He opposed, at various times, civil rights, feminism, gay rights, affirmative action, tax increases, abortion, foreign aid, communism, and government support for modern art with nudity. Helms brought "an aggressiveness" to his conservatism, like his rhetoric against homosexuality, and employed racially charged language in his campaigns and editorials. He combined this with cultural, social and economic conservatism which often helped his legislation win overwhelming support. He was an icon of conservatism in the United States respected for his steadfastness of convictions; he "never apologized" for his past views on most of these issues, with the exception of the AIDS pandemic.
Monday, April 13, 2009
You Spray, Wiispray
WiiSpray Teaser from Martin Lihs on Vimeo.
"In this video you can have a short look into the final diploma presentation of WiiSpray 2nd edition on March 25th 2009 at eWerk with a small audience. Remember – this is only Nintendo Wii technics and Flash!"
Link
Booooooom!!!!
The illest dope fresh design and art website I have seen in a minute! Take a look!
http://www.booooooom.com/
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
[MP3] EM£NEM - We Måde You
1st Single off Relapse. Produced by Dr Dre
EM£NEM - We Måde You
Alt Links.
Sounds like garbage to me. But you have to give the people what they want, right?
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