Summer In The City
The title is a nod to the much sampled Quincy Jones track (the bassline for everyone from Pharcyde, to DJ Shadow, to Massive Attack - hence the intro. This is a great mix for a relaxing summer, pop it on and vibe out. From Mixcloud: This show was 1st in the global...
Give Em Enough Dope
The Wall Of Sound record label put out a series of compilations in the 1990s called Give 'Em Enough Dope. This is a mix of the best tracks from those. It's hard to nail down a genre that encapsulates the compilations, but they definitely helped create the blueprint...
Impatience of the Heart
I cannot describe my state of mind as I stood outside the house. Behind the lighted windows the music died away; no doubt the musicians were merely breaking off for an interval, but in my guilty and overwrought state I feverishly imagined that it was because of me...
Leviathan
On January 16, 1988, a bomb went off in front of the courthouse in Turnbull, Ohio, blowing up a small, scale-model replica of the Statue of Liberty. Most people assumed it was a teenage prank, an act of petty vandalism without political motives, but because a national...
The Sellout
In 1933 Hominy first put his wild, unkempt Afro to good use when he debuted as the wailing, abandoned Native Baby Boy in the original King Kong. He went on to survive that near Skull Island stomping and has since specialized in portraying black boys from the ages of...