As readers of pop culture journalism are well aware (and perhaps lamenting), the dawn of a new decade means twice the list-making. If culture can’t be quantified, well, I’m out of a job. Thus, its in the spirit of thankfulness, nostalgia and horizon-gazing that I offer to you, dear overstretched reader, the “Artists Of The Decade” as determined by myself and the good editors of Poptimist. Read it online (page 34), or pick one up ’round the streets of L.A. Huzzah!
Tag: Madlib
Roundup: Hella MP3s, Jurassic 5.1, Frank Fairfield, Ice T Jumps A Dreadlocked Shark
Quick bloggy bits from around the L.A. underground (and up):
- Five Free MP3s: New Tunes from Imaad Wasif, Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, Jogger, Fool’s Gold, and Strong Arm Steady w/ Madlib (+ video, NSFW)
- Mediocre Jurassic 5 Spin-off Emerges: Portable Payback (Soup & Marc7)
- Music Video Debut: Frank Fairfield’s “Nine Pound Hammer”
- Ice T Guests in Bizarro Agitprop Funk-Punk Quasi-Rasta Video Thing
(via West Coast Sound, via LA Weekly)
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