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Hip-Hop

Today’s Vegetable:
They Got A Pouch In The Front, And Plus A Tail In The Back

March 9, 2010

Hooray! I’m stoked to post this one today. You might remember Javelin from such posts as “They Buy Cassettes At Community Thrift And Tweak Them Into A Song.”
Weeell, their debut album No Más comes out April 20 on Luaka Bop, and with any luck, this won’t be the only Salt-N-Pepa-referencing track with a munchkin [...]

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The Award Awards: British And Outer Space Editions [video]

February 17, 2010

I wish our mainstream awards shows were more like this (from the 2010 BRIT Awards):
Florence & The Machine with Dizzee Rascal: “You’ve Got The Dirtee Love”

No wait, I wish they were like this (P3 Gold Awards, Sweden):

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Bonus Beats:
A Taste Of Poison Paradise
Or,
Down Dirty Stinky, Grime & Grisly

February 11, 2010

Too much good stuff coming into the inbox lately — gotta relieve the pressure with bonus beats!
Here’s our beloved Or, The Whale (March 12, The Independent) doing a beautiful cover of Britney’s “Toxic” for Cokemachineglow’s Fantasy Podcast:
Or, The Whale – Toxic
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… and hell, if you’ve been around this vegetable patch for long, you know there’s [...]

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Friday Flackbash:
I’m On The Dance Floor, Doin’ Shit Nobody’s Seen Yet

January 29, 2010

I’ll say it again:
What’s up, woolly mammoth?
A. Skillz & Krafty Kuts (w/Droop Capone) – Peaches
first posted September 10, 2007

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Bonus Beats from Bassnectar:
Shake-Shake That Chassis

January 28, 2010

If you like your ass-shaking with extra wOMp and swing, you’re all over this mix that Bassnectar recently did for International DJ.
Bassnectar – 2010 IDJ Mixtape
Tracklisting

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Friday Flackbash:
Everybody Wants To Get Down Like That. WheeEEEEE!

January 22, 2010

SO GOOD
Skee-Lo – I Wish (Aquasky Remix)
first posted June 12, 2007

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Today’s Vegetable:
Arm Up, Arm Down, And We Yellin’ Where We From

January 18, 2010

When I was a young miscreant, I listened to a lot of misogynist hip-hop — Geto Boys, Eazy-E, Too Short. Lord knows there’s plenty of it around these days, but mostly I don’t listen. Sometimes I think it’s because I’ve matured, but then again, Willie Dee’s “Bald Headed Hoes” still gets me every time, so [...]

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Friday Flashback:
Yes, Miss McClarson?

December 18, 2009

I know I say a song is the greatest of all time kind of frequently, but this time it’s not even debatable.
Lil Mama – Lip Gloss
first posted September 27, 2007

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