Rap & Hip-Hop

Edan and the Beat

Ah…. music blogging. It’s all about the present, the here and now. Just look at…

El-P new album, Dublin gig

As previously reported here, El-P’s new album I’ll sleep when your Dead is coming out…

J Dilla – an appreciation

So this week is the one year anniversary of J Dilla’s untimely death. As I…

Aesop Rock & Nike – WTF?

So it seems Aesop Rock is the latest artist to contribute to Nike’s Original Run…

MJEX video and old songs

I went to Messiah J & the Expert in Whelans on Saturday night and they…

All aboard

A fresh release from the wonderfully eccentric emcee Busdriver, aka Regan Farquahar, hit the shelves…

Chrome Children volume 2 free download

 

TTC – le nouvel album

French hip-hoppers and all around mentalists, TTC released their third album 3615 a few weeks…

RJD2 makes pop music

Nas claimed Hip Hop is Dead with the release of his latest album last year…

Eliot Lipp’s Electronic Beats

Reading the latest issue of Foggy Notions reminded me of Eliot Lipp, but more specifically…

Spank Rock – “Looks like a baby rat”

In all the hustle and bustle of December, I kind of dismissed this silly gem…

Ghostface vs MF Doom album still coming

 

nialler9’s crunchy grooves mix
Girl Talk vs Grizzly Bear

From Pitchfork, Grizzly Bear’s “The Knife” mashed-up with Clipse’s “Wamp Wamp (What it Do)”. Very…

Tidbits

Some links of interest. Possibly deranged blogger 12 Computers claims Grizzly Bear’s Yellow House syncs…

Boom Bip meets….

Check this out… brand new, not even a tune up yet but for those with…

Free Madlib / Talib Kweli album – The Liberation

Anybody who’s a regular visitor to the site will know I dig Stones Throw Records.…

Top Irish albums of 2006 – The Results

Thanks to everyone who voted this past week. In total we had 198 votes with…

Top 20 Albums of 2006 – 10-1

10. Cut Chemist – The Audience’s Listening When Cut Chemist left Jurassic 5 earlier this…

Top 20 Albums of 2006 – 15-11

15. Nomo – New Tones The funkiest album on the list, Michigan-based Nomo take their…