December 18, 2008
Another year, another list of the tunes I obsessed over. Some of these are likely to be popular picks all over the internet, but I also want to mention a bunch of albums that haven’t gotten the props they deserve. My favorite albums of 2008: 30. Cool Kids, The Bake Sale Sparse electronic samples drip [...]
December 10, 2008
Can a change in presidency affect the blinged-out hip hop culture? Chicago rapper and Gap shill extraordinaire Common thinks so. Which means that Obama’s transition team is going all-out to fulfill even the most far-reaching campaign promises. Peep: But he’s a uniter, people. That’s why he reached across the aisle to be inclusive of all [...]
Especially in light of my opinion of 808s & Heartbreaks, this free download is like a gift from the heavens. The remix of Nothin But A G Thing is pure genius. Tribe and Busta AutoTuned has to be heard to appreciate how terrible the effect really is. Evidently, I’m not the only one awaiting the [...]
December 9, 2008
I finally took the plunge a few weeks back and bought an Xbox360. I had been holding out for a long time because of the supposed 30% failure rate on microchips that allegedly caused Red Ring Of Death (RROD). I’m not so much of a bleeding-edger when $400 nets me nothing but a giant paperweight. [...]
