As God Intended, the new album from Apollo Brown and Che’ Noir, opens with a clip from James Baldwin: “It seems to me that God is our responsibility. God’s only hope is us. If we don’t make it, he ain’t gonna make it either.” A few tracks later, Brown says, “You tell me what I’m …
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“I’ve been lost in my mind, seeing different (different, different).” These words are part of the lyrics to “Driftin’” produced by Kaytranada. And after listening to this song over and over hundreds of times, I feel like my mind is in a completely different headspace than before I heard it. Speaking of Kaytranada, he produced …
[alert type=alert-white ]Please consider making a tax-deductible donation now so we can keep publishing strong creative voices.[/alert] Black Wax, the new album out from rapper Huey Briss and producer Nikobeats, shows that raw lyricism and laid-back beat production will never go out of style. Briss, from Long Beach, California has been cranking out music from …
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Juan Bueno Los Angeles Native. Born & raised in Cypress Park (NorthEastLA). 26 years young Mentored by LA Renaissance Authors / Poets suchas: Mike “the Poet” Sonsken, Michael Templin, Lynn Cohen, Monique Mitchell, Dante Mitchell, Brianna Taylor, Darrio Serrano, Steve Isoardi, Forest “ForestPunk” Wilson III, Francisco Escamillo “Busstop Prophet”, Jared “BlackBird”, & N. Rigby. * …
The prosaic title doesn’t do it justice, but Kimber Lee’s new play, tokyo fish story (the lower case is intentional), is a small gem. Now in a limited run on the Julianne Argyros Stage at South Coast Repertory, it is a sweet, surprisingly poetic 100-or-so-minutes about the value of having values, including, in Japan, the …
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For your consideration, Eminem’s “Rap God” video, where the real Slim Shady looks a lot like the real Max Headroom, the 1980s artificial intelligence character known for his wit and stuttering, distorted, electronically sampled voice. The controversial MMLP2 track, co-produced by DVLP and Fithy, shows us exactly how the rap god updated his operating system. …
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