I just caught word Japanese producer, Nujabes died in a car crash on February 26, 2010. Because of the producer’s personal and private lifestyle, many did not find out until just this week. This is a very unfortunate loss for hiphop music, and certainly for the Japanese hiphop community. Homie was only 36; an extremely prolific and much admired producer.…
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Miscellaneous things Yameen finds and posts up.
Hieroglyphics, Souls of Mischief, Del The Funky Homosapien Pics from 1997
I was going through some old discs and found a stash of photographs we used for the Hiero Emporium online store redesign on Hieroglyphics.com back in 1997. Thought I’d share em cause they’re pretty nice. All photographs are the property of Jacob Rosenberg. Ya’ll know Saucee Jake: He can be heard on Del’s “Pet Peeves” getting hyphy on Del. Jacob…
Co-Host, One Of Swords Activision Podcast: DJ Hero, Guitar Hero, Modern Warfare
I was invited to co-host the official Activision video games podcast, One of Swords this week with the show’s host (and my good friend), Dan Amrich. We spoke about the DJ Hero titles, Guitar Hero, Rez, rhythm-action games and much more. Have a listen: Here are the links: » Get the MP3 Download Get the podcast on iTunes Get the…
Snow, East Coast Storm: Time Lapse
The homie Rodney was keeping heads up on Facebook by posting pics of the East Coast snow storm currently doing it big in Virginia, DC, Philly, NY, NJ and the rest of the eastern seaboard. Check it out. These are from Rodney in Muuuurlan: February 5th, last night: Then next morning, February 6th (still snowing): Once the snow stopped in…
Def Jux Folds As The Record Industry Transforms
It’s a crazy time right now for artists, label owners and especially fans of music. We are well into the transitioning from physical goods bought and sold in brick and mortar retailers into a world where music is streamed, downloaded, purchased and consumed in everything from phones, to car dashboards, and even videogame systems. The frail, faltering war drums of…
Stitch – “Before We Go Any Further” EP Download
I was digging through the (virtual) crates and came up on my man Stitch’s EP, Before We Go Any Further. This is a true gem from a producer I really respect and admire. This has never been released before and I asked Stitch if it would be cool to share it here on the blog. Not only was he down…
Classic YO! MTV Raps Hiero Videos Hit Youtube
Youtube member, YO! EDY K RAPS has posted some classic, live Hiero YO! MTV Raps performances and interviews from the early 90’s online, some of which I havne’t seen personally in over 15 years. Check em out. But oh — a word of warning: Get em while they’re hot. Vaicom (MTV’s parent company) pulled the Del / Fab 5 Freddy…
Activision Podcast, One of Swords, Music by Yameen
My man Dan Amrich — former senior editor of GamePro, Official X-Box Magazine, World of Warcraft Magazine and a ton of other journalistic endeavors of the videogame-kind (spanning well over 16 years!) — has just been hired by Activision as their brand-spankin’ new Community Manager! Congrats, Dan! One of Swords, his nom de Web, has just dropped Episode 001 of…
Google Voice’s Transcripts Are Dumb Funny
Google Voice tries to transcribe your voicemails to text so that you can read them online. Here’s my favorite jawn this week from my own mailbox: Kirk, Hi Dad, tech associates I. At together the range listing with us tomorrow. Hey, check the weather report at North Star, and there’s lesbian list. I’m coming in this afternoon and I don’t…
Tour Stories: So, You Really Wanna Be in Show Business?
Dope article written by Tajai of Souls of Mischief over at XXLMag.com about Hiero’s independent legacy: Making the transition from being on a major, where everything is paid for—cars, hotels, plane tickets, tour support—to being on…nothing, was shocking and a little bit scary. We came directly out of high school into a major label deal into a world of stardom,…