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Monthly Archive December, 2009

Best Albums of 2009: The C76 List

December 18, 2009

2009 featured a good mix of offerings from nearly every genre imaginable. But I was most impressed by the work done by harder rock and metal bands over a lot of the standard auto-tuned hip-hop and over-shined pop. Some of the indie lovefest for certain bands (*cough*Animal Collective*cough*) seemed to be based on the strength [...]

Alternative, Dance, Electronic, Hip-Hop, Lists, Metal, Music, Punk, Rock - 2 Comments

Massive Attack: Back, still attacking

December 13, 2009

Previous to their career as title openers for Fox medical drama HOUSE, Massive Attack were the bringers of the 1990’s new wave of electronic. This is their first new single in forever, and it’s pretty hot. Yet still rocking that 90’s-style abstract shapes motif. Oh well, some things never change.

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The Strength of Street Knowledge

December 9, 2009

 
A breakdown of Jay-Z’s most misunderstood lyric from “Empire State of Mind.” I love reading cultural anthropology like this.

Hip-Hop, Music, Quotes, Social, Uncategorized - 0 Comments