Written by DJ O.S.U.M (@djosum). Photos by Melissa Moffat (@MelissaMoffat). Please support. The day before the Manifesto’s Made Ya Look event took place, the location for the art […]
LIVE: In a Brooklyn Brownstone: Blitz the Ambassador & Aloe Blacc
In the dark recesses of a tree-lined street in Brooklyn there is a glimmer of purple light that marks a hip BK resident’s after-after hours spot. This writer […]
LIVE: Jamie Lidell and Twin Shadow @ 9:30 Club
Photos by Monica Watson (@yesyoushould) Before I get into the specifics of the show, I have to commend 9:30 Club for selling some of the most delicious chocolate […]
QUOTED: The Closing of New York’s Fat Beats Store
It’s been a few weeks since beloved underground hip-hop store, Fat Beats, closed it’s doors for the final time, throwing quite a send-off party while they were at […]
In Defense of Kanye West
Kanye West is an asshole. But who cares? He’s not here to make friends. That refrain, echoed by dozens of reality tv show contestants, is exactly what too […]
New Music: The Floacist’s Forever
The Floacist – Forever (feat. Musiq Soulchild) [audio:http://www.thecouchsessions.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Forever-feat.-Musiq-Soulchild.mp3|titles=Forever (feat. Musiq Soulchild)] The wait is over for those who missed poetic verse over sexy hip hop tracks. The Floacist […]
Relax, Relate, Release: Spa World
Every once and a while it is nice to treat yourself. Or so I though. That is how I looked at the Spa for many years. but you […]
Music: Big Freedia
It could easily have been a scene out of any staid ol’ hip hop concert: an MC, performing for several thousand concertgoers on a sweltering Sunday afternoon in […]
Album Review: Black Milk-Album of the Year
Stream/Buy: Black Milk – Album of The Year The title of Detroit-native Black Milk’s latest release, Album of the Year, is at first glance pretentious. Like most things […]
ART: BLACK AND COLLECTING, PART II
Photo of Michelle J. Wilkinson, PhD by frank talk This is the second post in a two-part series about Black collectors and curators in the Diamond District. I […]