Photos by Kevin Hinton/Kreative71 and Sneakshot Photography Words by Sojourner Turner Hot temperatures did not deter thousands of hip-hop, go-go and r&b fans gathered at Merriweather Post Pavilion for […]
MUSIC: Moses Sumney – Lonely World
Moses Sumney keeps good company with an eclectic mix of indie music disrupters, including Karen O, Grizzly Bear, and Sufjan Stevens. The 26-year-old Los Angeles product plays lush, […]
The Dungeon Family Showed Up and Out at Atlanta's 8th Annual One Musicfest
We are Family Family reunions can be both beautiful and bothersome. Some folks show up that weren’t invited and some folks don’t show up at all. Songs […]
Erykah Badu, Janelle Monae, The Roots and more turn the 2016 Summer Spirit Festival Into A Party
Photos courtesy of zenarfoto On a sweltering hot Summer day in DC, thousands crowded into Merriweather Post Pavilion to enjoy the annual Summer Spirit Festival. This year, CD Enterprises, […]
MUSIC: Nas & Erykah Badu – This Bitter Land
Released this past July, indie flick The Land tells the story of four Cleveland teenagers whose dreams of becoming pro skateboarders are threatened when they’re caught up in a […]
EVENT PREVIEW: 2016 Summer Spirit Festival (August 6th & 7th)
The Summer Spirit Festival rolls into the DMV in early August for a two-day extravaganza at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, MD! To get you geared up, here’s a sampler platter […]
The Next Movement: The Roots' Things Fall Apart, Revisited
Things Fall Apart, the 1999 masterpiece from The Roots, opens with a clip of dialogue from Spike Lee’s Mo’ Better Blues, wherein a trumpet player (Denzel Washington) is […]
MUSIC: House Of Vans Celebrates 50 Years of "Off The Wall" in Multiple Cities With Nas, Dinosaur Jr, Badu, Wu-Tang Clan and more
Are you sad that you’re friends are going to SXSW this year without you? Annoyed at the fact that the good music and good parties they are going […]
REVIEW: Anderson .Paak – Malibu
SURGEON GENERAL’S WARNING: Musical authenticity has perhaps never been under greater scrutiny than at this very moment. On the whole, this is a good thing. Correlating an artist’s […]
MUSIC: Erykah Badu – But You Caint Use My Phone
Erykah Badu‘s new mixtape, But You Caint Use My Phone, is out now on Apple Music. It’s been something she’s been cooking for a minute; promoting it (and […]