Mystical Rapper News
- Quick spins: Tinie Tempah, Thee Oh Sees, Mia Doi Todd Tuesday, May 17, 2011 @ 12:10PMTinie Tempah “Discovery” If Wiz Khalifa were a British electro-rapper with a fondness for references to the MTV show “ The Hills ,” he would be Tinie Tempah, the U.K. sensation whose American crossover stardom seems all but certain. Read full article >>
- Vassar band The Process releases international collaboration with England's Ghetto Priest Monday, May 16, 2011 @ 6:54AM"The Lion of Judah Hath Prevailed" found a host of guest artists swapping ideas across the Internet, resulting in six takes on the same song.
- Worst music film clips ever Tuesday, April 12, 2011 @ 1:34AMIF you thought Rebecca Black's Friday was bad, see what other failures have been coughed up onto our screens.
- Are these the worst music film clips ever? Tuesday, April 12, 2011 @ 1:16AMBy Robert Burton-Bradley IF you thought Rebecca Black's Friday was bad, you've obviously forgotten these other clips.
- Mystical coincidences and theory of synchronicity Wednesday, March 30, 2011 @ 2:02AM"We forgot to warn Libya!" "About what?" "That It will be bombed! They need to evacuate the population!" "Where to?" "To Bolivia! It won't be bombed." Thanks to the Russian guys Slava and Lyosha, Libya was warned, although it has not saved it from the bombing.
- Bob Marley - Bob Marley Festival Tribute Planned Friday, March 11, 2011 @ 1:01AMBob Marley will be paid tribute to at this year's One Love Peace Festival. Ky-Mani Marley - the son of the legendary reggae artist - will be joined by artists including Busta Rhymes, Shaggy and Sean Paul to mark 30 years since the anniversary of the singer's untimely death in 1981 at the age of just 36. The all-day event, which is to be...
- What Is Prejudice? Thursday, March 10, 2011 @ 8:30AMWhat is described as prejudice is often nothing more than the sum total of a person's actual experience and learning, formed on the basis of observation of reality.
- The 25 Most Unfortunate Nicknames in Sports Monday, March 7, 2011 @ 5:06PMGenerally speaking, nicknames and sports are two things that go together pretty well. To realize this, all you have to do is sit back and think about what sports history would be like if George Ruth hadn't been "Babe", Dale Earnhardt hadn't been "The Intimidator", Deion Sanders hadn't been "Prime Time", and so on. Yes sir, nicknames are a great way to spice things up. They add further color and ...
- Kennedy Center celebrating India to the max Monday, February 28, 2011 @ 7:28PMBarbara Mackay Special to The Washington Examiner From Tuesday through March 20, all the stages of the Kennedy Center will be transformed in a tribute to the music, dance, visual arts, theater, film, literature, crafts and even the cuisine of India -- "maximum India." This largest festival of top-caliber Indian artists ever gathered under the same roof includes a broad variety of offerings ...
- Romeo Inks Deal With No Limit Forever First Lady Miss Chee Also Signs ATL, Oak Tree and Kay-I Wednesday, February 9, 2011 @ 2:00PMNo Limit Forever Signs Miss Chee, Oaktree And Kay-I they fit the puzzle to the new army. No Limit Forever roster consists of Bengie, Gangsta, Black Don, Valentino, T-Bo, Suni Blac, G5-J, Lil D, Silkk the Shocker and the General himself, Romeo.
- Romeo Inks Deal With No Limit Forever First Lady Miss Chee Also Signs ATL, Oak Tree and Kay-I Wednesday, February 9, 2011 @ 8:41AMNo Limit Forever Signs Miss Chee, Oaktree And Kay-I they fit the puzzle to the new army. No Limit Forever roster consists of Bengie, Gangsta, Black Don, Valentino, T-Bo, Suni Blac, G5-J, Lil D, Silkk the Shocker and the General himself, Romeo. (PRWeb February 09, 2011) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2011/02/prweb5053504.htm
- Katy Perry, Ke$ha, and the Great Gay-Pander-Off of 2010 Tuesday, January 18, 2011 @ 5:30PMThe culture war between gays and bigots has been intensifying for years, but in 2010, the conflict went pop. Representing the social conservatives, a handful of rappers once again tossed around gay slurs. Rick Ross opined that credit-card scams were "for faggots." It took T.I. less than 15 second...
- Year in Review: Jazz Thursday, December 30, 2010 @ 4:50AMChristian Scott and his quintet played at the Agharta Jazz Festival. Scott's playing recalls the styles of Miles Davis and Dizzy Gillespie.
- Beyond Popping Corks, the Sounds of the New Year Thursday, December 23, 2010 @ 5:16PMHere are the choices of the pop and jazz critics of The New York Times for this year’s most promising New Year’s Eve events in the New York metropolitan area.
- This week in entertainment: Colin Firth generating Oscar buzz for 'The King's Speech' Friday, December 3, 2010 @ 4:14PMAlso: Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp hook up in 'The Tourist'; 'The Chronicles of Narnia' series rolls on; rapper T.I. releases 'No Mercy'; complex sci-fi epic 'Inception' comes out on DVD.
- Joell Ortiz Pushes Back 'Free Agent,' Writes for 'Detox' Tuesday, November 30, 2010 @ 11:48AMFiled under: Hip-Hop , Hip-Hop News Joell Ortiz was slated to release his sophomore album 'Free Agent' today, but fans will have to wait longer for the LP. According to reports , the Brooklyn rapper has pushed back his album until January 2011, with the project slated to have production from Cool & Dre and DJ Premier as well as guest appearances from Fat Joe and The LOX . "Outside of that, after ...
- Josh Fleet: Festival of Lights, Mystery, and Miracles: Matisyahu's Chasidic Hanukkah Tour Opens Tuesday, November 30, 2010 @ 7:26AMHanukkah, the Festival of Lights, is all about exposing what is hidden. Matisyahu, the hometown Hasidic hero of New York City and a cultural icon for Jewish America, crafted his own light-filled musical mystery at the Brooklyn Bowl on Nov. 29.
- People of Note: Allen Toussaint’s ‘New Orleans Nights’ Brighten the Bronx Tuesday, November 9, 2010 @ 9:28AM*Composer, producer, singer, arranger Allen Toussaint was on a bus heading for Houston when we talked. After Hurricane Katrina he moved to New York although he has since returned to New Orleans. He is presently touring with Nicholas Payton and the Joe Krown Trio. The tour will take him to Lehman Center for the Performing [...]
- Top 3 Pop: 'Fable 3' on shelves Tuesday and more Friday, October 22, 2010 @ 7:16PMPlus 'Saw 3-D' opens Friday and new music from Kid Cudi debuts Tuesday 'FABLE 3' ON SHELVES TUESDAY
- 'Vampire Diaries' Season 2 Episode 6: 'Plan B' Recap Friday, October 22, 2010 @ 2:38PMBy William Browning , Associated Content - 8 minutes ago Contribute content like this. Start here.
- CD reviews: Sugarland and Gucci Mane Monday, October 18, 2010 @ 3:59PM“The Incredible Machine" an unwelcome unraveling of the Sugarland formula.
- CDs From Sugarland, Die Antwoord and Benoît Delbecq Sunday, October 17, 2010 @ 5:38PMNew music from Sugarland, Die Antwoord and Benoît Delbecq.
- Best of the Bay 2009: Arts and Nightlife Friday, October 8, 2010 @ 3:00AMA gut-spewing zombie drag queen roller derby in honor of Evil Dead 2 . An interview with The Exorcist 's Linda Blair preceded by a rap number that includes the line, "I don't care if they suck their mother's cock, as long as they line up around the block!"
- CN Sets "Adventure Time" S2 for Oct 11, "Robotomy" Premiere for Oct 25, 2010 Thursday, October 7, 2010 @ 3:42PMCartoon Network has announced that season 2 of Adventure Time will premiere on Monday, October 11, 2010, at 8:00 PM (Eastern/Pacific). The series premiered in February this year, and has gone on to land a Primetime Emmy nomination and the highest... [read more]
- New on DVD: 'Prince of Persia' features compelling plot Friday, September 17, 2010 @ 7:33AMRomance must be in the air, as two of this week's high-profile video releases are love stories. But don't worry if you're not into the mushy stuff. We're also getting a big-budget action film starring Jake Gyllenhaal.
- For Rent | DVD Report Card Friday, September 17, 2010 @ 3:35AMPublished: Friday, September 17, 2010 at 3:30 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, September 16, 2010 at 5:24 p.m. This box set collects the previously released first 13 episodes of the freshman comedy musical hit “Glee” with the second half of the season, released on DVD for the first time in this set.
- The Trouble With Tigers Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 10:51AMThere are 3,000 tigers left in the wild. But there are more than 7,000 in America. Most are not in established zoos -- they're kept as pets, or mascots, even enforcers for drug dealers. NEWSWEEK looks at America's obsession with one of the world's deadliest predators.
- Original Jazz Crusaders, George Duke, Al Jarreau, Melanie Fiona & More Set for Long Beach Jazz Festival Tuesday, July 13, 2010 @ 5:31AM *Long Beach, CA – Rainbow Promotions presents the 23rd Annual Long Beach Jazz Festival August 13, 14 and 15, 2010. The Festival again takes place at the lovely seaside setting of Rainbow Lagoon Park on Shoreline Drive in Long Beach, California. As with previous Long Beach Jazz Festivals, the 3-day music extravaganza has [...]
- Mystikal Recruits Lil Wayne & Pharrell For Album Thursday, July 8, 2010 @ 12:15PMNew Orleans rapper Mystikal has already recorded collaborations with Lil Wayne and Pharrell of the Neptunes. Mystical was realeased in the beginning of 2010 after serving a 6-year sentence for sexual battery and extortion.
- The Making of OutKast's Aquemini Thursday, June 24, 2010 @ 2:06PMAndre 3000, Big Boi and cast look back on a classic by Rodney Carmichael With additional reporting by Jacinta Howard and Phillip Mlynar Man, first they were some pimps. Then they were some aliens or some genies - some shit. Then they be talkin' 'bout that black righteous space. Man, fuck them. I ain't fuckin' with them no mo'. - "Return of the G' skit, Aquemini By the time Aquemini was due to ...
- Music Monday: Lil B and White Rainbow, The Skins, Shabazz Palaces Monday, June 21, 2010 @ 1:35PMIn which experimental Portland, OR beat scientist White Rainbow remixes 20-year-old Berkeley, CA Internet-junkie rapper Lil B . I won't be surprised if online music outlets write off this "Real Life" remix as some kind of hopeless hipster hiphop hijack, like they did when Pictureplane remixed it a few weeks ago or when Diplo put Lil B on a mixtape some months back, but the key difference here is ...
- Ex-Mayor of Detroit Gets Five Years Tuesday, May 25, 2010 @ 12:35PMThis just doesn't seem to end, does it? From mlive.com: Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is heading back behind bars.
- Friday Favorites: Language Arts, Caribou, Gonjasufi UPDATED Friday, May 21, 2010 @ 2:12PMThe other night in Capitol Hill, I closed my eyes and listened to Seattle rapper Language Arts lob punch line grenades over deadpan syllable napalm. He did it for about 30 people at Chop Suey, opening for the opener for the headliner, but really, he did it for rap in general.
- US-ENTERTAINMENT Summary Friday, May 21, 2010 @ 11:23AMTearful James says threw away Sandra Bullock marriage
- Manly Movies, Chick Flicks, Adventures and Comedies Come to the Big Screen This Summer Friday, May 21, 2010 @ 3:35AMBy RAFER GUZMÁN NEWSDAY More and more, summer means familiar names and faces, some from movies you recently saw ("The Twilight Saga: New Moon") and others from long-ago favorites like "The Karate Kid," being remade with Jaden Smith and Jackie Chan, and 1978's "Grease," being re-released with added sing-along subtitles.
- Summer movie roundup: Sequels, remakes and adaptations abound Thursday, May 6, 2010 @ 4:11PMBy early May, having been through the serious art of Oscar season, a switch flips in moviegoers’ collective brains, and they start craving adrenaline surges. It’s summer, and even the most self-serious critics start salivating over the latest Pixar movie or that gazillion-dollar effects extravaganza that doesn’t treat audiences like illiterate chumps. Fun is in order, stadium-seating style.The ...
- Crib sheet 04.05.10 Tuesday, May 4, 2010 @ 12:05PMGuess what's becoming the new must-have for today's sharing caring celebrity? Michael Gove, here is something you ought to know. Adorable pop rapper Chipmunk has decided that what he most wants to buy is a school – "for the kids in my home town to see that I'd have my own secondary school instead of driving around in a Lamborghini". Do you see what you're doing here, Mr Gove? All your talk of ...
- Man From MARZ Thursday, April 29, 2010 @ 2:02AMJesse Jonathon 's name pops up often in this column, and for good reason: The HSU music grad is central in the world fusion band WoMama, leads the Brazilian-style drum/dance troupe SambAmore (along with other less formal drumlines), he's still a member of Humboldt Calypso Band and most recently he's been working for AmeriCorps overseeing the MARZ Project , an Ink People DreamMaker program for ...
- Gogol Bordello, Rick Rubin team up for "Hustle" Tuesday, April 27, 2010 @ 7:27PMNEW YORK (Billboard) - Eugene Hutz, guitar strapped over a shirtless shoulder, sweat shining atop his narrow frame, grabs the microphone and raises one arm over his famously mustachioed face, closing the night with a final coda: "We are your f---ing friends Gogol Bordello!"
- Gogol Bordello, Rick Rubin team up for "Hustle" Tuesday, April 27, 2010 @ 7:10PMBy David J. Prince
- Sanskrit mantras to open Fresno City Council Tuesday, April 27, 2010 @ 3:09AMCity Council of Fresno, the largest inland city in California, will reverberate with Sanskrit mantras from ancient Hindu scriptures on May 13.
- The GODS Of Hip-Hop: A Reflection On The Five Percenter Influence On Rap Music & Culture Wednesday, March 24, 2010 @ 11:36AMHip-Hop has lost its way... or shall we say balance. While flaunting money and drug game exploits run abundant, the lessons in the music have been submerged since capitalism took over and the jewels have been buried.
- Check out who's playing and where, in and around town this week Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ 6:04PMLive music and more, tonight through Thursday, compiled by Shaun Brady, Tom Di Nardo, James Johnson, Sara Sherr and Jonathan Takiff.
- Rising: Gonjasufi Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 4:25PMPhoto by Alex Rapada Gonjasufi is the latest musical incarnation of Sumach Ecks , a rapper-singer-yoga teacher currently living in Las Vegas. Though he's been making hip-hop records since the early 90s and has released music with the San Diego-based Masters of the Universe crew, it's his recent singles as Gonjasufi-- from his forthcoming Warp debut LP A Sufi and a Killer (out March 9)-- that are ...
- Video: John Mayer’s Emotional Apology Thursday, February 11, 2010 @ 4:02PMLast night in concert, John Mayer broke down while apologizing for saying the “n” word during a recent Playboy interview. “In the quest to be clever, I completely forgot about the people that I love and the people that love me.” He went on to say “I quit the media game. I’m out. I’m done. I [...]
- MC Lars Finds Inspiration In Bayonetta Thursday, January 7, 2010 @ 1:07PMBayonetta should feel flattered. The title character from Sega's popular action videogame ...
- Tiffany Evans Covers Whitney Sunday, January 3, 2010 @ 9:49AM17 year old Tiffany Evans wants you to know that she can SANG! …without the reverb of bathroom walls. Great vocal range but I have a feeling her label doesn’t know what to do with her. Take that *******! Spotted at That Grape Juice
- Listomania: Top Hip-Hop Picks For 2009 Saturday, January 2, 2010 @ 12:22AMWhile year-end, catch-all wrap-ups are common to every musical genre, in no other style of music do they turn into the hand-wringing, "state of the game" examinations that hip-hop seems to p...
- Full-album experiences, world music hit right note Sunday, December 27, 2009 @ 3:31AMThe shift in dominance of individual tracks over albums continues apace, but I still prefer to experience music via full-length recordings. My Top 10 list is mostly made up of albums into which I could immerse myself fully, and there was lots to love this year.
- The Art of the Trio: John Patitucci, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Marcus Strickland Wednesday, December 9, 2009 @ 1:25AMPianist {{Brad Mehldau = 9313}} got flak for naming a series of discs "The Art of the Trio." But it really is an art, and no more so than when the lead instrument is not a piano, or any member of the keyboard family. Think about it. Without the myriad capabilities of Mehldau's instrument, a trio's leader must have an adamantine concept for the date, as well as a rhythm section that can do a lot ...