He's slumming it, holed up in a hard to access apartment that makes his visitors traverse an obstacle course of doors, stairs and narrow passages to get in his company. He likes it better that way. He's kind of high-strung, domineering and paranoid, a "real-player" in the criminal underworld in his own mind. Cops,... Continue Reading →
T’official, adoptahighway, Qualmness, A Fault p. 3
Adoptahighway is one of my favorite efforts out these days, and those. He's built a ill body of work, churning content hard these past five years. The promo piece Qualmness off of his pressed LP A Fault continues culminating the melodic remedy he's been treating us with. Check the Video: Qualmness, adoptahighway via Wes Tank on Vimeo 2015 Blockhead crept... Continue Reading →
Can You See? Mad Planet, Busdriver
Damn conventional wisdom, Busdriver still matters if he don't get heard. It baffles me that a dude can collaborate with one of the illest, illest, rappers of all time Aceyalone as a teen, put out give-or-take 12 albums through out the 2000's into today, and still be okay paying dues. That's probably why he's so raw. Not trying... Continue Reading →
Man in a Mask, Angela Iannone, Theater Red, Seeds of Banquo
The build-up was there. I'm sitting with Marcee Doherty-Elst as she pauses before rehearsal. She's one of Theater Red's creative directors. They're producing an a Edwin Booth inspired production entitled Seeds of Banquo. Edwin Booth? Booth rings a bell. That surname echoes through the collective memory held by our history. It rings present to this... Continue Reading →
Connoisseur Culture, Get Shaved, Bare Knuckle Barbery
I bet you think you know the secrets to the perfect shave: one of those 7 blade self-gyrating plastic razors and some electric turqoise gel goop; It's not your fault, you just havn't come across Bare Knuckle Barbery yet. Oh, it's the lather! And just as important as using natural shaving cream, is the... Continue Reading →