Archive for August, 2007

Bangin’ on your Ear Drum

Talib Kweli. Legendary. Black Star. Quality.

We all know who Talib Kweli is, and we all know he is a fantastic rapper. We also know that he has also been critiqued heavily for his sophomore solo album, The Beautiful Struggle. But now, Kweli has made a full turn-around. His newest album, Ear Drum released Tuesday [...]

The Wonda Years

Reporting LIVE FROM KANYETALK
It has been confirmed that kanyetalk user/music extraordinaire Wonda (formely known as Thee African Wonda) will be releasing his highly anticipated (haha yea right) Debut Album exclusiviely via the Getting Out Your Dreams board on www.kanyetalk.com
We got a chance to sit down with Wonda himself and ask him some questions (it wasn’t [...]

Below the Heavens

 
Blu and Exiles 2007 release “Below the Heavens” is a breath of fresh air. Certainly one of the best produced, and possibly one of the best overall releases this year. The production is handled entirely by DJ Exile, who in the past has lent his talents to such various hip hop talents as Mobb Deep, [...]

Dirty South Dance!

 
Why is everybody always mad at the South for? On his most recent release, Dirty South Dance, DJ A-Trak asks this question, but in a much different way than the majourity of other folks who would ask it. DJ A-Trak is a busy, and talented man. He has 5 DMC championships, the DMC record for [...]

Artist Spotlight: Takashi Murakami

 

It’s been a long while since I did an artist spotlight, and with the release of the album art for Graduation, I decided today would be a good day to revive that lost tradition with Takashi Murakami. For those of you who know nothing about him, he is a Japanese artist who creates everything [...]

Who is Bernie Allen?

Well, Bernie Allen is a couple of things. It is a saying that came about, derived from the classic “oh, burn!” that follows an insult. Bernie Allen is also a guy from the seventies who was in some kind of TV Show. He’s a funny guy. He looks silly. More importantly in [...]

It’s been a long time…

It’s been far, far too long since I made a post. But here I am, posting. Crazy huh? Y’all probably thought I forgot about you. Not the case. In fact, I have something that will hopefully make up for the long absence. First off, I am announcing a new beat-tape by Vinyl Meltdown’s own Remot. [...]