DJ Stylus on the DC Hip-Hop History Project
Documentation is critical. Glad to tell our stories with my peers.
The Vibe Conductor
Thoughts behind the music
Documentation is critical. Glad to tell our stories with my peers.
Featuring King Most, Applejac, DJ Ayres and Yeezus.
Featuring King Most, DJ Dredd, J Boogie, Stereofaith, Stuff DJs Hate and The Magnificent Jazzy Jeff.
I went. I saw. I overindulged on food trucks. I also survived several nights of this: It was my first time, and with all things late pass related, the prevailing wisdom is that the best…
Enjoyed it. Wrote about it. In concert: Black Milk at U Street Music Hall – Washington Post Click Track blog
Shoutout to the homie Kokayi who just got back from rocking Paris with Pharoahe Monch and Jean Grae, ably assisted by DC fam Zo!, Jon Laine, Ezra, naturalaw-dp, and Quartermaine. Seems like a fitting time to…
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Re: Phife’s breakdown, it made me emotional to think about some dudes not even out of their teens going on to have such a huge impact on music and on so many lives, like mine.…
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A bourgie around-the-way girl intellectual friend who retains a taste for the ‘hood and overthinks music as much as I do passed on an essay deconstructing the popularity of Rick Ross’ “B.M.F. (Blowing Money Fast)”…
Continue Reading B.M.F, Rozay, and much ado about nothing
Read this before you write notes to the DJ.
Somebody’s gotta buy out the bar.
Are you prepared for when disaster strikes? Not if, but when.
I played back-to-back classic hip-hop parties this past weekend. I teamed up with two of my favorite DJ colleagues in DC, we had a blast and smashed on both nights but the crowds couldn’t have…
Continue Reading Taking this rap shit too seriously