Shots Fired Episode 20: Back in the Day/Ain’t Your Momma Pretty ft. Self Jupiter of Freestyle Fellowship & Fatlip of The Pharcyde
V/A - Eccentric Soul: Matt Shea Serengeti - C.A.R.
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V/A - Eccentric Soul: Matt Shea Serengeti - C.A.R.
Read MoreAt the Daily Beast , Andrew Shaffer (author of Literary Rogues: A Scandalous History of Wayward Authors ) lists the top 10 misbehaving literary rogues.
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FatLip - What's Up Fat Lip?
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Imagine how Kendrick Lamar might've been different if he'd been born two decades earlier.
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Could this be the hip-hop mash-up of all hip-hop mash-ups?
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Join Gummy Soul's Amerigo Gazaway as he embarks on a 55 minute "Quest to The Pharcyde".
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I don't know a ton about The Pharcyde but I do know that every time I find myself listening to them, good vibes are immediately felt.
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Utilizing dozens of original Jazz, Soul and Funk recordings sampled throughout A Tribe Called Quest's extensive catalogue, Gazaway recreates classic productions – pairing his reinterpreted instrumentals with select vocals from West Coast "golden era" favorites, The Pharcyde.
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In the early 1990s, west coast hip hop was, from the outside looking in, dominated by gangsta rap.
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If the old adage about there being truth behind all jokes is true, then the Pharcyde flips that script, and instead puts the truth right up next to the joke on Bizarre Ride. You can't think of Bizarre Ride without thinking of "Ya Mama." It's as hilarious as it is clever, as undeniably catchy as it is a goofy one-off.
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In today's LA Times , I wrote a piece revisiting the 20th anniversary of Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde.
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First things first: if you don't own Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde, this box set does not replace it, and you really should own the full LP.
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In commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the widely beloved Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde , Get on Down / Delicious Vinyl will release a deluxe-edition singles box set from L.A. alt-rap pioneers the Pharcyde for Record Store Day. Only available in physical form, the set includes seven 7"s on different colored vinyl, a double-disc set of 24 tracks that features previously unreleased instrumentals, a cappellas and remixes, a poster, a 120-piece puzzle, and more.
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Tosten Burks prefers No Shave Novembeard to Movember.
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Because I'm not sure you have enough of it in your life.
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"ORIGINALLY THE INTENTION wasn't to put on a hiphop festival," Fire in the Canyon backer and production manager Phil Haleen tells me via phone.
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"You know, I mostly just can't wait," Slimkid3 (aka Tre Hardson) of California rap pioneers the Pharcyde tells Spinner, when asked about the band's upcoming appearance at NXNE in Toronto.
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Since I've spent the past two weeks in the 70s and 80s, hip hop has been getting the shaft lately.
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Justin Vernon, Megafaun, The Rosebuds Download audio file (1275614710fadedhigh.mp3) What's so good?
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One of the most omnipresent producers of 2009 was a man who had passed away in 2006.
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There is surely a Gender Studies dissertation in "Phobia Of Inadvertent Homosexual or Transsexual Encounters In 'Golden Age' Hip-Hop".
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