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don't forget the youngest contender: Chris Brown! pre-teen ladies are loving this dude in the worst way stateside. "run it" was the breakout jam (tasteful with tacked on dark side in a Juelz Santana's feature.) his other track is going to be this generation's first slow-dance. though i can't...

lightning bolt Lightning Bolt provided me the most recent (albeit a 3 years ago) moment of renewed excitement in a 'rock' format. So many signifiers whipping about in that band: breakbeats, metal riffs, hardcore chugging, the "Providence" aesthetic, homebrew gear...

Public Enemy / Minor Threat via Glen E. Friedman - sayin' !

i tag the many great tracks mentioned on this thread. must check "crunk muzik" off the jim jones lp for some more dipset. what about "soul survivor", the young jeezy/akon piece on the radio right now? i prefer david banner's "play" over the whisper song. new ying yang twins is pretty gross.

photos from all three events for interested eyes: http://flickr.com/photos/believekevin/sets/772293/

What are the relationships between these musics and what you hear on BBC Punjabi Hit Squad?

this split-video practice is totally common in the us. i think luda has a video with almost equal time given to both tracks.

My 2 sensus: Friday at KF was very exciting immediately afterward but aiiight in light of the rest of the weekend. It was downright perplexing that Roll Deep did not have 4 mics. Is this Knitting Factory or ABC No Rio? DJ A-Trak was a good addition to the show grime/ukg as part of the hiphop...

Also, adding relevance to another discussion, it seems that most reggaeton mix CDs are digitally mixed and live DJs (at least in the northeast US) are using CDs. Aside from Daddy Yankee, and the big crossovers, the only reggaeton vinyl I've come across are bootlegs like "Reggaeton Traxx."

I think that recent UKG/grime DJ'ing often sounds more like dancehall selecting than hiphop cutting or house mixing. I also think the cadence of the grime MCs has more of a dancehall DJ role than in other DJ/MC relationships. We had a thread about this in the spring but I can't find it...

<i>"M.I.A.: Well I think I'm one of the first people to break on the internet... HOLMES: Yeah you totally are."</i> Why is this an outrageous statement? Without high-speed internet, there would be no MIA. Certainly breakcore, and any number of other genres share this dependency but would we...

i use a python-based client called nicotine on my linux machine but i still haven't found the "trapped in the closet" instrumental!

I'm definitely heading down from Boston for this doubleheader. Psyched!

Finally saw the Hype vid for "Diamonds" on BET last night. I am psyched on Kanye's personality conflicts. His self-portrait seems to best reflect the contradictions of advanced capitalism in 2005, viz the tension between globalization's benefits and crimes (diamonds at what cost?) Are Diss...

R Kelly's "Trapped in the Closet" series! Still loving it.