Tagged: De La Soul
Live: Roots Picnic 2012
As music festivals go, the Roots Picnic is very much its own beast. With none of the ditzy-hippie desert accessories—dream catchers, feathers, beaded headbands—of Coachella, the corporate-sponsored social media machine of SXSW, the daunting primal … read more »
Stream: De La Soul’s Plug 1 & Plug 2, “We Made It”
This track from De La Soul’s Plug 1 & Plug 2 features some time-tested staples of feel-good hip-hop, like rapping about eating expensive seafood and walking through the mall, between samples of soul vocals. Produced … read more »
Reheaters: Michael Rapaport Looks at A Tribe Called Quest
The track record for artist-specific rap documentaries is not stellar. Often they look cheap, are poorly shot and barely tell any kind of story. Actor and film director, Michael Rapaport, changed that with Beats, Rhymes … read more »
Stream: Gorillaz, “Superfast Jellyfish” + Plastic Beach Album Mix MP3
Damon Albarn might have a pact with whatever deity is capable of giving eternal youth and endless creativity. We’re just listening to the Gorillaz‘ Plastic Beach teaser mix and thinking it must be good to … read more »
De La Soul: Two Feet Forward And Running
New De La Soul, but this time for the mind and the body. read more »
My Bloody Valentine To Curate ATP Nightmare Before Christmas, Bunch More Old People Confirmed
ATP have confirmed shoegaze forebearers (and seemingly ATP poster children as of late) My Bloody Valentine will be the curators of this year’s Nightmare Before Christmas. read more »
Santogold & De La Soul @ The Shepard Fairey Inauguration Party | DC
Resident Tripwire videographer Maia Stern was lucky enough to get tickets to the inauguration ceremonies on Tuesday. But her luck didn’t stop there, because she got to attend the private Shepard Fairey inauguration party where both Santogold and De La Soul performed, while Moby DJ’d. Apparently there was no sighting of the Obamas dancing to “At Last” like they did at ten other parties, there was plenty of good vibes to make up for it. Lucky for us, she took her camera with her and this is what she saw. read more »
