The 19th installment of I Used to Love H.E.R., a series in which artists/bloggers/writers discuss their most essential or favorite hip-hop albums ( read intro ), comes from Eriksolo, one-half of the eclectic indie hip-hop duo Meanest Man Contest , a recent gem of a discovery thanks to its 7-inch release on Gold Robot Records . MMC also released the Some People EP this past September on Plug Research . You can pick up two tracks from the new Partially Smart EP at RCRD LBL . Eriksolo kindly uploaded the track below, which he calls one [...]
I did this one time to show a lil bit of amore(sp?) to the other nerds that spend way to much fukin time sniffin out tracks for all you heads. lets get started... I found these next culprits though RCRDLBL . I wasn't allowed to post the track I got from there so you'll have to go get it but heres one from there myspace. Click their name below and you can go get 3 more. Meanest Man Contest - IWOKMMC Zp3 Fden The [...]
It's been an interesting internet world of late with most of the attention centered around a certain band's self-leaking of a new album. Admittedly, this new model of distribution excited the pants off of me; seems like I've devoted alot of time reading articles/posts/etc which investigate the state of the music industry, in particular the role of mp3 blogs. (Obviously, of interest to yours truly. Here's a couple links, followed by some thoughts. Pretty Goes With Pretty's blog post titled Can't Talk; Hyping Check out this four-parter which [...]
The talented boys of MMC have released a new digital EP on Plug Research titled Some People . The cover art comes courtesy of Jeff Hurlow . They've been kind enough to offer the title track as a free download, so enjoy the heck out of it. ::: Meanest Man Contest - Some People (Just Get Off On Breaking Hearts) Details and ordering information can be found here . (Disclaimer/Reminder: Gold Robot Records has just released a limited edition 7" single by MMC; [...]
It's time for a little honesty: I'm on the take. Yes, my man Hunter at Macktronic just hooked me up with a T-shirt from his 7-inch label, Gold Robot Records . And now I'm going to post on the label's latest release with Meanest Man Contest , due out Sept. 1. It's shameful, but I'll do anything for a free T-shirt (a pretty cool one at that). But seriously, I'd already done posts on Gold Robot's previous two releases – Panther , Roman Ruins – and I have [...]
Gold Robot Records is pleased to announce the newest release , out officially on September 1st. It features the hip-hop stylings of Meanest Man Contest and includes a remix by COPY . This limited edition (500, individually numbered) 4-song vinyl EP is a collection of 3 previously unreleased tracks, plus an a cappella version of "They Do" (from their split LP with Languis ). Trackilist: A1 - Meanest Man Contest - Throwing Away Broken Electronics [ mp3 ] A2 - Meanest Man Contest - We Wouldn't Want [...]
One of the new additions to my art collection is a piece by Matthew Feyld, a great artist out of Saskatoon. My piece isn't on his website (I should take a picture, I know), but I like the painting seen above. He's got alot of art for sale from his flickr page linked below, so go get yourself some of that goodness. [ Matthew Feyld flickr page .] The first run of Gold Robot Records t-shirts is almost sold out! It comes in [...]
Download "I Was Only Kidding" (mp3) from "Split" by Meanest Man Contest / Languis Sneakmove Buy at iTunes Music Store Buy at RealNetworks / Rhapsody More On This Album Download "Left At the Party" (mp3) from "Yes Yes To You" by The [...]
A friend reminded me this morning that Meanest Man Contest is awesome. I picked up this album a couple years ago and it never fails to drag me up from an unexpected place. Here's a fantastic track off of their 2003 release titled Merit . (As in Lake Merit, which is in the heart of Oakland, for all you non-bay kids out there). Fantastic beats, I'm telling you. ::: Meanest Man Contest - Science Diet You can buy [...]
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