Friday, January 28, 2011

Rap Round Table, Week Ending 1/28/2011


Music Analysis & Reporting:

Lil B: Understanding Rap's New Rebel by Noz

The 50 Greatest Bay Area Rap Songs by Willy Staley

Everybody Hates Nas by Robbie Ettelson

A B-Boy’s Alpha © Cannibal Ox (The Evolution Of The Backpacker 1991-2011) by Dart Adams

Is Lil’ Fame The New Primo? by Robbie Ettelson

The Enigmatic Performative Internet Art of Lil B by Julian Hattem

J Dilla: the Mozart of hip-hop by Rob Fitzpatrick

8 More MC’s Desperately In Need Of A Name Change by Beware

Afrika Bambaataa Says 'Luciferian Conspiracy' Exists Within Hip-Hop by Nolan Strong

“…And Gotdammit Yes, The Quest Is On…” by Danj!

10 Of Hip Hop's Most Criminally Slept-On Albums by J-23

Nottz’ “Shine So Brite” Illuminates Beatmaking's Impenetrable Force Field by Amir Said

There’s One on Every Jet: The Chronic Resilience of Fiend by Jeff Weiss

Lil B - the Criterion Collection #2 by The Great Gats, B

New Rap Music by Noz

More Rap, 2010: “Black & Yellow” by Noz

Sunday Sounds 01.23.11 by Amanda Bassa

Temperature’s Rising: Mister Cee’s Best of Mobb Deep by Jeff Weiss

Song of the Day: Pete Rock & CL Smooth - Searching (Remix)… by Mobb Deen

Best In Beats: 25 Songs From 2010 I Thought Were Adorable by WULU

AllTime8: G.T.D. by Danj!

Game releases star-studded 'Purp & Patron' mixtape by Jeff Weiss

Sic Alps’ “Napa Asylum,” a Garage-Rock Grower by Douglas Martin

Follow That Riddim: From Stranger Cole to U-Roy by Oliver Wang

Album Reviews:

Talib Kweli - Gutter Rainbows by Jeff Weiss

Talib Kweli - Gutter Rainbows by HL

Talib Kweli - Gutter Rainbows by Nate Patrin

Talib Kweli - Gutter Rainbows by Slava Kuperstein

Sam Sneed - Street Scholars by Allen Jacobs

Wanda Jackson - The Party Ain't Over by Ryan Dombal

Cake - Showroom of Compassion by Erik Stabile

Destroyer - Kaputt by Mark Richardson

Monotonix - Not Yet by Marc Masters

Epstein/Prefuse73/Jaytram - Epstein Remixed by Nathan James

Profiles & Interviews:

DJ Premier Revisits Gang Starr's "Step In The Arena" by Paul W. Arnold

TSS Presents Smoking Sessions With Talib Kweli by TC

Talib Kweli: Pot of Gold by The Company Man

What's The Scenario? Michael Rapaport Talks About His A Tribe Called Quest Doc and Why Q-Tip is Still Buggin' Out by David Prince

Game Talks Dr. Dre-Produced Tracks On "Purp & Patron" And "The R.E.D. Album" by Toshitaka Kondo

BIG GHOSTFACE: Questions & Answers by HL

Take Cover: Madlib Medicine Show by Ryan Dombal

Politics:

Feingold: ‘We Need To Regenerate Progressivism’ To Battle This ‘Gilded Age On Steroids’ by Zaid Jilani

Sports:

Drew Brees Somehow Just Got More Awesome by David D.

The Baseball Player Name Hall Of Fame: Where Cannonball Titcomb Shall Never Die by Jon Bois

WTF/LOL/WTF:

I’m not sure what I’d do without World Star by Byron Crawford

Did 50 Cent Really Shut Down World Star Hip Hop? by Henry Adaso

A tale of too few servers: A day in the Internet life of World Star Hip-Hop by Jeff Weiss

Where Were You When World Star Hip-Hop Went Down? by David Dennis

The little homey has little money left by Byron Crawford