While you wait for the new Kanye platter, 808s & Heartbreak, to hit the stores, check out his mixtape, Sky High. The 19-song set, commissioned by the man himself, is a track-by-track remix of Graduation helmed by DJ Benzi and Plain Pat. Sky High features beats by A-Trak, Scottie B, DJ Stretch Armstrong, Cookin' Soul, Eli Escobar, Diplo, The Kickdrums, and Nick Catchdubs, among others. Check the killer LL Cool J sample in Catchdubs' rework of "Champion"; or A-Track's hustled-up version of "Stron
EKAphotography copyright 2007. all rights reservedOur shoulder-brushin', fist-bumpin' POTUS in Oakland, 2007 For a long time, hip hop debates have tended toward the tawdry and tabloidesque--i.e., Is Kanye Gay?; Is Alicia Keys creepin' with Swizz Beats?; Joe Budden vs. Saigon, T.I. vs. Mysonne, Charli Baltimore vs. Lil' Kim, Lil Kim vs. Faith Evans, 50 Cent vs Everybody; Is LL Cool J Gay?; Stop Snitching: pro or con?; Are Video Vixens Hip-Hop's 5th Element?; Is Busta Rhymes Gay?, etc. While we'
Bomb Records' David Paul single-handedly created a successful hip-hop magazine, launched artists' careers, and rescued the DJ from obscurity. Now what?
SantigoldThursday, May 21, 2009The Warfield TheaterReview by Jesse Ducker
Better Than: A bloodless M.I.A. concert
"It feels like the first day of
school!" Santigold told a screaming, full house at the Warfield last night, on the opening date of her national tour. "We've got new outfits and
everything!"
Bay Area residents turned out in
droves to see Santigold, packing the music hall to the rafters.
And while a good amount of the fans were the to-be-expected twentysomething hipster crowd,
a
There are DJs who log a lotta miles, and then there's Nisus. While other vinyl slingers rack up passenger time on airlines, this guy has spent the summer getting between gigs in Germany, France, Spain, and Switzerland by bike. Overall he traveled, (two wheel-style), across 1,300 miles, and still had the energy to spin at various gigs in little discos along the way. Tonight marks this homecoming for this Blasthaus/Solid Gold Jacuzzi/Look Out Weekend regular, and he'll be spinning as one
