She’s so out there, she’s in there.
Erykah Badu has finally given us a new album, only her third full LP of new music in, oh, eleven years. Now she says she’s learned to use iChat and Garage Band, so she’s got two, maybe three more albums coming this year. “New AmErykah, Pt. 2” in the Spring. Then her alterego “Lowdown Loretta […]
He Gave His Nose
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=See4Y0hJyqI] It’s the 25th anniversary of the release of Michael Jackson’s “Thriller.” Writing my review in the Washington Post gave me occasion to really think on the album’s importance, which runs so much deeper than it’s status as the greatest selling album of all time. More than all of that, in 1983, “Thriller” almost singlehandedly […]
Obama and the Skittles vote
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2anW7kcckw] …and for a non-ignorant analysis, peep Jeff Chang’s blog here.
Evolution of an Outlook
The first time I saw the Palestinian hip-hop group D.A.M. was in 2005, when they did their first gig in New York. A lot has changed since then for this Jewish-American hip-hop writer. Now that D.A.M. released their first album (which I reviewed in the Washington Post), apparently the change shows. I went to the […]
Let’s Not Get Carried Away
Read the rant here.