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Monthly Archive December, 2008

Best Albums of 2008

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 and drop [...]

Electronic, Hip-Hop, Lists, Metal, Music, Punk, Rock - 0 Comments

Will Obama change hip-hop?

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 walks [...]

Design, Music, Uncategorized - 1 Comments

AutoTune owned

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 [...]

Hip-Hop, Music, Technology - 0 Comments

New Xbox Experience (NXE)

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. [...]

Gaming, Movies, Technology - 0 Comments