I dug up a pretty amazing audio conversation I had with Domino of Hieroglyphics from way back in June 1997, right as Hiero was knee-deep preparing their debut “family album”, 3rd Eye Vision for mass consumption. Presented in our all-new Stink-E-Scope theater technology, this is more than just a simple audio interview: Sit back and be amazed by the moving…
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New Mix: Stompin to the 90’s – Late Edition
Just uploaded a new mix: “Stompin to the 90’s – Late Edition”, featuring songs from the mid-to-late 90’s of hiphop. Track listing follows the embed below. Download or stream now at Soundcloud: Track listing: L*Roneous Dynamic Syncopation Dr Israel Abstract Tribe Unique Sacred Hoop Black Eyed Peas Urbanites BMS Kool Keith & Motion Man Sir Menelik INTERLUDE T-Love, Siah &…
Bit by Bit: Obscure Video Game Samples in Obscure Hip-Hop Songs
Hip-Hop beats were built on producers digging through crates of old, dusty vinyl records in the elusive search for the Perfect Sample. But some of these dudes apparently have been digging through yard sales and the used video game rack at GameStop too because there’s quite a bit of video game sampling going on in hiphop. Below are some mad…
The Giant Peach 10 Year Anniversary!
I just want to give a big shout out to The Giant Peach on their 10 year anniversary today! Check out the website from 2000, courtesy the Wayback Machine. Karen over at The Peach just reminded me we launched the website on May 25th, 2000 — 10 years to the day. That’s crazy. I remember coding and designing the website…
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…
Shing02 “Contact” Lyrics
In 1999 we got up with Japanese MC, Shing02 to record the song, “Contact” for the Projecto: 2501 album. Shing0’s verse is entirely in Japanese, but I just came across the lyrics translation he provided. Here it is, peep: If existence itself is a part of fate, Then is our music merely a faithful reproduction Of a completed work from…