“I think this is the era of independent artists. If I told a label a year ago that I wanted to have the level of freedom I have […]
INTERVIEW: Ryan Leslie
As a music fan, it’s entirely possible to forget every time you noted just how amazing Ryan Leslie is. His excellence is a study not in bombastic pop […]
LIVE: 9th Wonder, Red Bull Music Academy SubSession, DC
“I’m a bigger sports fan than I am a music fan.” – 9th Wonder” 9th Wonder must really love sports. Or, his work as a DJ and producer […]
LIVE: Theophilus London, Ninjasonik, Roll wit Us All Stars, DC
Photo of Theophilus London at the Green Label Sound SXSW showcase courtesy of Darkroom Demons/Green Label Sound In an eagerly anticipated event, much heralded urban alternative underground rap […]
INTERVIEW: Marsha Ambrosius at DTLR/Unruly Records Direct Drive Record Pool
Marsha Ambrosius is a fine example of talent on loan from God. As an R & B singer/songwriter, she has established herself in the past decade as the […]
INTERVIEW: Raekwon @ DTLR/Unruly Records Record Pool
“This album comes from where there was a problem with The Abbot, the RZA. It wasn’t on no beef, it was a tough love type thing. If you […]
Harry Hotter x TGRI present HOTTER’S GUIDE TO BABY MAKIN’
Too many mixes dance around the subject. There’s mixes that want you to love, to have an emotional connection, to be romanced, to need a spiritual awakening. Fuck […]
LIVE: Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All at U Street Music Hall, DC
Somewhere between the awkward left coast suburbanite charm of Beck’s debut album Odelay, bizarre mid-90s New York City horrorcore rappers the Gravediggaz and the angst ridden graphic sexuality […]
INTERVIEW: Diddy-Dirty Money’s Dawn Richard talks “Last Train to Paris”
Riding a mainstream wave into the progressive realm of electronic dance music, Diddy’s Diddy-Dirty Money comprising him, ex-Danity Kane member Dawn Richard and Kalenna Harper created quite the […]
REVIEWED & INTERVIEWED: Bilal at Park @ 14th – Washington, DC – 2/11/10
Neo-soul stalwart and quintessential voice of modern R & B Bilal performed on Friday evening at Washington, DC’s Park at Fourteenth nightclub at an event promoted by Benny […]