What looks like Greg Allman, writes and performs with the skill of Beck, adds the pop overtones of Harry Nilsson and makes people freak out when they hear it? Well, if you are lucky enough to have one of these, you've got yourself a rare and beautiful Benji Hughes. His EP has been on auto-shuffle in the mix here for months now & news of his ambitious double-cd A Love Extreme appearing on the landscape in a few weeks is great news.
Hailing from Charlotte, North Carolina, Benji tends to haunt the Silverlake part of Los Angeles ...
Just in time for my database recovery, here's a track from the new Lord T & Eloise album Chairmen of the Bored.
Featuring Gangsta Boo on lead vocals, get ready to take a trip with "Hollywood Stars" & turn up the bass. Bangity bang bangity bang bang, y'all! It's going to be a minute before you can get your hands on a copy, so enjoy the jam & keep your eyes peeled for further updates.
Lord T & Eloise - Hollywood Stars (feat. Gangsta Boo)
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In the interest of full disclosure, let me say it right up front: yeah, I'm friends with the men of Lord T & Eloise and I even make a guest appearance on their new album, Chairmen of the Bored. However, that being said, if you read this website with any frequency, you know I make a big deal about being very particular about what I write about. I have plenty of friends and acquaintances out there about whom I have never written a single word because of my strong conviction to only write about music that really blows my mind ...
This is groundbreaking, earth-shattering, and like whoa.
New exclusive Nas. "Queens Get the Money," the opening track to his much-discussed and untitled album, finds Nas in a Kid A mindspace. Rapping over a drumless beat from Jay Electronica he talks about bringing back Arsenio for hip-hop's sake, dubs himself Nasty Nasdaq and shouts out kids in group homes. Will this be the album where Nas creates a new national anthem?
Nas - Queens Get The Money
The FADER - World Premiere: Nas, "Queens Get The Money"
Thanks to a hardware failure on the machine that hosts my database, I'm guessing that my fine hosting company, Dreamhost, reverted to a backup from last week. As a result, my huge post from yesterday (of which I was very proud) seems to have been eaten by the ether. I'm extremely pissed off right now, but when I cool down I'll figure out how to restore what has been lost.
Thanks!
*if you don't mind us replacing the images or sound files you've hotlinked (without any notice at any time) with audio or photo content so disgusting that it will offend you, your readers and even us. You were warned. so don't hotlink.