“While other albums in their catalog have amassed more universal prestige, How I Got Over stands as arguably the best album from The Roots since Things Fall Apart and is recognized by many as a modern-day classic.”
-Preezy Brown
From 2001-2017 there was a quarterly music magazine I subscribed to called Wax Poetics. It was a music journal geared towards record collectors, DJ’s, beat makers and producers. One of my favorite sections of the magazine was called “re:Discovery”. Contributing writers would share stories about a record of their choosing, not necessarily sample-based material, just records they enjoyed. re:Discovery shed a light on albums that fell under the radar, even in the age of reissues. In that vein, I present these 5 hip-hop gems. Rather than spit my 2 cents, I linked information that better puts into words what I wish to convey.
Twenty-three years ago, The Notorious B.I.G. left his 52-inch belt at The Source magazine weeks before he died. Nine Keepers of the Belt kept it safe and secret. Why was this accessory so important?
The story passed for years from tea sellers to rickshaw drivers to shopkeepers in Old Delhi. In a forest, they said, in a palace cut off from the city, lived a prince, a princess and a queen, said to be the last of a Shiite Muslim royal line. Some said the family had been there since the British had annexed their kingdom. Others said they were supernatural beings.
It was a stunning and tragic story. But was it real?
On a spring afternoon, while on assignment in India, Ellen Barry got a phone call that sent her looking for the truth.
Blue Note Records has announced the continuation of the acclaimed Tone Poet Audiophile Vinyl Reissue Series in 2020. Launched in 2019 in honor of the label’s 80th Anniversary, the Tone Poet series is produced by Joe Harley and features all-analog, 180g audiophile vinyl reissues that are mastered from the original master tapes by Kevin Gray of Cohearent Audio. Tone Poet vinyl is manufactured at RTI in Camarillo, California, and packaged in deluxe Stoughton Printing “Old Style” Gatefold Tip-On Jackets.
The titles were once again handpicked by Harley and cover the crème de la crème of the Blue Note catalog along with underrated classics, modern era standouts, and albums from other labels under the Blue Note umbrella including Pacific Jazz and United Artists Records. The 2020 release schedule will commence with the January 24th release of Hank Mobley Poppin’ (1957) and Stanley Turrentine Comin’ Your Way (1961), both of which are available for pre-order now. Explore the Tone Poet Audiophile Vinyl Reissue Series at the Blue Note Store.
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This year, Film School Rejects celebrates a perennial favorite as part of their 2019 Rewind.
We’ve all got that one friend or cousin who steadily hawks some overpriced miracle drink, leggings, or shampoo on social media. They aren’t just trying to sell you something, but would like to offer you the opportunity of a lifetime to achieve riches while working from home on your own terms. You’ve probably been too afraid, or too loving, or too reasonable to confront them.
Not us.
This season on The Dream we go inside the world of multi-level marketing to expose the pyramid-shaped business model for what it is. Join us on this bizarre journey filled with snake oil salesmen, shifty millionaires, struggling single moms, and a few sweet grandmas.
DJ Bozo’s Taco Tuesday Guide:
After 30 years on television, Cops has evolved into a constant messaging machine about policing in the U.S. Running From Cops is the result of an 18-month investigation and delves deep into how the show actually gets made, how much control police departments really have over the final product, and the harrowing stories of the people who have ended up on camera.
