Noah, host of the venerable Coffeebreak for Heroes and Villains hip-hop show here at WFMU, shares his belated top picks of 2010: 1. The Sampler Platter - The Custodian Of Records One of the top producers of recent years and keeping a sound that I like; DUSTY! He is also one of the people that I started the Coffee 2 Go podcast with and has been a staple in the weekly show since it's first airing. Check out this album if you [...]
Here's another 2009 release that I missed-but how, I have no idea. I write about Masta Ace every chance I get-I picked him as one of the 10 most important rappers of the decade and I picked his Long Hot Summer album as the 9th best indie rap album of the decade . s for Ed O.G., he actually appeared with Ace on Long Hot Summer and in a few other songs now and then. So how did I miss this release, their first official album as a duo? Although this isn't their best work, [...]
1. Will C. "Evil In The Mirror" (Brick Records) Hands down as one of the records that regained my confidence in rap music. Sonically, one of the best productions of the year. Did I mention that Will is about 22 years old and has crazy rap knowledge? 2. Subway Art: 25th Anniversary Edition - Martha Cooper & Henry Chalfant (Chronicle Books) Some view this book as a real time capsule for the graffiti world, and that, it [...]
How often have you listened to a rap album back to front, without having your mind wander or your finger hit skip? For me, it doesn't happen often. But it did when I listened to the latest joint from MC Esoteric, "Saving Seamus Ryan." Esoteric (a.k.a. Seamus the God Awful) is beset known as the partner of DJ 7L, who were big on the Boston underground scene in the late 1990s/early 2000s. He broke solo in 2007 with "Egoclapper," and now he's what seems to be his biography. The album tells a story about a [...]
Recently, a friend of mine at work turned my ear to MC Esoteric's new album Saving Seamus Ryan . Some people might know Esoteric from his work with 7L, whom he has been collaborating with since 1994, but a few years ago he began venturing out on his own and put out a couple albums as Egoclapper and an album full of Japanese tv show samples called Esoteric vs Japan (although I have yet to listen to any of these). However, I have been listening and re-listening to [...]
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