Wednesday, October 19 2011
10 Standout Hip-Hop Tracks from 1991
As a complement to PopMatters' "Nevermind Nostalgia" retrospective on music in 1991, Sound Affects takes at look at a partial selection of the year's hip-hop highlights that lean more towards beats production than the era’s increasingly popular gangsta genre.
Friday, September 30 2011
Das Racist: Relax
Where once they might have been subtle in criticising the predomination of pop culture, Relax shows Das Racist wanting to now be a part of it.
Wednesday, September 14 2011
Paul White: Rapping With Paul White
Rising UK producer continues drawing comparisons to Madlib with his first release featuring rap collaborations.
Wednesday, September 7 2011
Nine 11 Thesaurus: Ground Zero Generals
Young, socially conscious hip hop crew falls short with their first offering.
Playdough: Hotdoggin
Playdough's self-awareness lends well to his confident, funny, and painfully real new outing Hotdoggin.
Monday, August 22 2011
Infinitirock: Music for Primordial Recollection
Red Hook's Infinitirock makes instrumentals that would shut down a library.
Tuesday, July 26 2011
Blitz the Ambassador: Native Sun
Blitz the Ambassador combines the sound of Africa and hip-hop with a message that stretches across borders, languages and cultures.
Wednesday, July 13 2011
Del the Funky Homosapien: Golden Era
Veteran rapper Del the Funky Homosapien does what he does best. Again. But is it time for something new?
Thursday, June 16 2011
Blueprint: Adventures in Counter Culture
Indie rapper attempts to re-write the blueprint for hip-hop success with bold, focused new album.
Thursday, May 5 2011
Prefuse 73: The Only She Chapters
There’s not enough on The Only She Chapters that is engaging, and everything coalesces into a gigantic sphere of white noise with beats that crawl as slowly as a turtle.
