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“Half of Jihad is media” Violence “Bali on like ISIS” Coolness in the post-NWA age is essentially synonymous with gang culture and this is something which ISIS have expertly capitalized upon through their theatre of brutality, all their Toyota’s, their gang-sign-esque Tauhid finger, their...

Rippling gold emotional synesthesia.

the lex luger-era. a space to share songs and memories of this special time in music.

More of it please. Courtesy of Craner, maybe THE most beautiful piece of music ever produced: Courtesy of Patty: Barti Party:

Pioneers at the forefront of information warfare. Weaponising social media. Harvesting enemies within. Agents of dystopia. The future.

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Mumble rap's penchant for fourth world and even British folk revival-esque instrumentals. Its lyrical content pertaining to animals and nature. Pastoral futurism: mumble rap's combination of the pastoral with futuristic auto-tune and rhythms. Alkaline's transhumanist obeahman persona. The...

1) Songs are usually based on chord progressions. Those clusters of notes (that might be on a piano or guitar) that the melody rides over. They give a sense of movement and narrative. You subconsciously tend to perceive these chord progressions by the bass. 2) Modal jazz changed that by not...

The title of the thread is brilliant, but unfortunately not my coinage. The person who came up with it can take credit as and when they wish. Gwan den John, do the honours.

lots of gems in here, but what really struck me is this that third sees what luke calls 'cultural cowardice' where i would see innovation. my opinion is that you do something for two or three years, then kill it and don't come back to it and this produces the healthiest innovation. third's...

i'm never going to be someone who reads books, but i can definitely be someone who reads about them. what are the best essays and books and lectures about particular novels or oeavres or literary movements, comparative literatures even widespread studies of themes or symbols, etc?

i'd rather this thread didn't descend into 'all music made after 2002 is shit' if we can fellas. cheers.

Back to business everyone. What colour is it? What smell? How does it move? What is it made out of? How does it relate to the dancehall that preceded it? How does it relate to rap from the past few years?

blissblog's been leaving this round in threads like a gideon leaving bibles in hotel rooms. let's crack the code together. uncover its magic.

songs, sit coms, politics, films, books, plays, essays... a pan-cultural patchwork guide to the british revival A rough outline as I understand it: 70's crystallisation of Britishness in the popular imagination he'll post youtube clips of old sitcoms. maybe films. maybe songs. he'll...

paul virilio, hyperreality, capitalist realism... what are the best theories? not the most true ones, the most fun ones. things for being clever on dissensus with. i don't know anything about it at all, so i don't care how obvious it is. theories, writers, books, essays. all of it. i want...

Music that speaks to and of geezers

corpse claims that the 2010's has largely been about deconstructing rapping itself. (keef, thug, et all) i've posited that the story begins to emerge at the turn of the millenium with nelly melodies and the popularisation of lil jon non-contiguous rapping. luke also points to 50 as a melodic...