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1Good Charlotte loves Boys Noize
Not since the Trick Daddy Dollars / Ol’ Dirty Bastard artwork fiasco of the 90′s have I seen something this flagrant.
Some Thoughts for DJ AM and Travis
It’s the type of thing that you tell yourself would never happen to you or someone you know. Especially when you’re on the plane literally every other day. You know that plane crashes happen but apparently you’re more likely to get killed by a shark than to be in a plane crash. So you just go about your life and get on those flights. You also go about your sometimes stressful life and forget how fortunate you are to do what you love for a living, and to do it in good health.
R.I.P. J Dilla
Last Friday we lost one of the greatest, most influential and most prolific producers in hip hop history: my favorite producer, J Dilla. Universally admired and respected in all circles of rap and beyond, no one quite did it like Jay Dee. From his jazzy, hard-hitting Ummah beats to his futuristic Busta knockers, from his soulful and syncopated R&B joints to his dark, synth-laden and genre-crossing remixes, Dilla reinvented himself constantly during his decade-long career. And that’s what made him so remarkable to me. I always thought he was an underrated rapper too. Listen to joints like “Jealousy” (on Slum’s Vol.2) and of course “Fuck the Police”. His flow even rubbed off on the well-established emcees that he was producing. Personally I was even a fan of his scratching. Everything he touched was unique. His cuts on Common’s “Dooinit” and Phat Kat’s “Dedication to the Suckers” are some of my favorite cuts on any joint ever. He just seemed like one of those dudes that had music flowing out of him constantly, wasn’t interested in any of the politics or the limelight, just stayed home and made ridiculously dope beats that influenced every other producer out there.
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- There's Iberia, and there's Siberia.
