Ricochet Klashnekoff: Raw Rap
Ricochet Klashnekoff is a renegade London rapper 'mans' would follow into battle. His spirited street odes, loved by the capitol's pirate radio stations, ring out from the car stereos of rude boys and...
View ArticleEska and Mpho Skeef: Breaking Out
There's a revolutionary energy reverberating through speaker boxes and live music venues across the UK. The polar opposite of the junk food-quick fix of manufactured black pop, this is audio gastronomy...
View ArticleAloe Blacc: Soothe and Cool
Aloe Blacc, the MC/vocalist legally known as Nathaniel Dawkins, has had a musician's ear since childhood. Raised by Panamanian parents in Southern California, Aloe has always saturated himself with...
View ArticleE-40: Tell Me When to Blow
When I finally catch up with E-40 after two weeks of phone tag, rescheduled appointments, and missed connections, the first thing he does is apologize. "I ain't had time to crack a sunflower seed," he...
View ArticleShadowhuntaz: Deadly Effects
The Parabuthus transvaalicus, responsible for five percent of all deaths in North Africa, is considered the deadliest of the entire scorpion species. Their tactic: to move in stealth and attack in...
View ArticleDabrye: Cold Front
"Ann Arbor is like a soundclash," says Michigan native Dabrye, while chiseling away at his veggie enchilada from inside San Loco, a Mexican joint on New York's Lower East Side. Taking some time off...
View ArticleGnarls Barkley: Totally Gnarly
Gnarls Barkley isn't what you expect. The culmnation of a years-long musical conversation between super-producer Danger Mouse and Southern soul machine Cee-Lo, it strays from the already-esoteric...
View ArticleThe Streets: Coming Clean
Sitting across from me-barefoot, in an Agnès B suit jacket and diamond pinky ring, and fidgeting mercilessly with the hotel's cordless phone-is 27-year-old Sagittarian Mike Skinner, who, as The...
View ArticleIn the Studio: Trackademicks
The Oakland-based rapper-producer schools us on his post-hyphy synth-hop.read more
View ArticleNocando "Hurry Up and Wait"
LA's Nocando brings some slo-mo heat with the first single from Jimmy the Lock, his latest record and first for Alpha Pup. Produced by Nobody, "Hurry Up and Wait" features a prominent vocal loop, beats...
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