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Diggin' in the Digital Crates-This is an End of the Year Post (Sach O)
The 50 Best Albums of the Year (#10-1) (Sponsored By My Secret Identity )
The 50 Best Albums of the Year (#20-11) (Sponsored By Teen Wolf Too)
The 50 Best Albums of the Year (#30-21) (Sponsored By Medieval Times)
The 50 Best Albums of the Year (#40-31) (Sponsored By Crystal Pepsi)
LA Times: Live-Lil Wayne At the Gibson Amphitheatre
The 50 Best Albums of the Year
The 25 Best Non Hip-Hop Songs of 2008 (M-Z)
The 25 Best Non Hip-Hop Songs of 2008 (A-L)
The 50 Best Hip-Hop Songs of 2008
LA Weekly: Idealist Propaganda-The Raw Power of Glen E. Friedman
Song for a Sunday: Mayer Hawthorne-"Just Ain't Gonna' Work Out"
Revelations on A Saturday A.M.
Islands-"Where There's a Will There's a Whalebone" ft. Despot
The Beat Generation: Eff a F Word
Every Kanye Sample Ever [808s and Heartbreak Edition]
The Best Reissues & Compilations of 2008
Aesop Rock-"Ghost of the Barbary Coast"
DIDC: Rap’s flyest Vocal effects (Sach O)
Why Is This Morning Different From All Other Mornings?
eMusic: Statik Selektah-Stick to the Script
A Bluffer's Guide to Analog Turntablism by Matt Shea
Philly's Most Wanted-"Cross the Border"
NY Magazine Vulture Blog-Soulja Boy On How One Superman's a Ho
Diggin’ in the Digital Crates: Alice Coltrane – Universal Consciousness
LA Weekly: 808 State-Kanye West's Melancholy Hasn't Fully Dimmed His Megalomania
Plastic Snow Charity Comp/"Stack the Memory"
Sach O: 10 Dope Acts That Your New Band Shouldn’t Sound Anything Like in 09
Because You Always Knew George Bush Was a Fan of "Cowboys"
Braces, Boas & Barnes: Of Montreal @ The Hollywood Palladium
Question in the Form of an Answer: An Interview with Chef Raekwon
Diggin' in the Digital Crates: Freddie McGregor's "Bobby Bobylon" by Sach O
Alchemist ft. Evidence, Kid Cudi, Blu-"Therapy"
Beat of the Week: "Usual Suspect" (Stretch Armstrong Mix) by Dan Love
LA Weekly: The Knux-Remind Me In Three Days Review
Beards, Blazers & Glasses: The Hold Steady
Douglas Martin's Dirty Shoes: A Blipster's Guide to Hipster-Hop
Sach O: Hey, Mr. Graphic Designer
Belated, Perfunctory, Post-Election Post
The Bradley Effect: Musicians And Their Campaign Contributions
Beards, Blazers & Glasses: How Fujiya & Miyagi Helped Mitigate My Pre-Election Anxiety
Prafit-"My LIfe" (produced by Disco Vietnam)
Why KLF's "3 a.m. Eternal" Continues To "Rock Me" 17 Years Later
Who is the Real Tito the Builder?
Great Scott: Legends of the Fall
For the Literary Nerds (Ya Out There)
The Beat Generation-Girls I Strike Out With
Parson Redheads Show This Saturday at Spaceland
V/A-1970's Algerian Proto-Rai Underground
Q-Tip ft. Camp Lo-"Gettin' Up Remix"
Esau Mwamwaya + Radioclit :: The Very Best Mixtape
There Is Never a Bad Time To Hear Fela Kuti
The Knux on "Jimmy Kimmel Live"
Dan Love Interviews Freddie Foxxx a.k.a. Bumpy Knuckles
You Tube Recommended This For Me
eMusic: Madlib--WLIB-AM: King of the Wigflip
Beards, Blazers & Glasses: Jay-Z
First Thoughts on Kanye West's 808's & Heartbreak
How Snap's "The Power" Can Cure the United States' Economic Doldrums
Dub Colossus-A Town Called Addis
Soul Assassins ft. Rza & Gza-"Third World"
Tonight: Da Capo Best Music Writing LA Book Reading (And Monster Truck Rally)
The B-Sides: Bishop Lamont Interview
Nina Simone-To Be Free: The Nina Simone Story
The B-Sides: The Knux Interview
Blind Willie McTell-"Bell Street Lightnin'"
Zilla Rocca-Bring Me The Head of Zilla Rocca Mixtape
The B-Sides: Pacific Division Interview
Otis Redding-"A Change Is Gonna Come"
LA Weekly: Has the LA Hip-Hop Plague Finally Passed
LA Weekly: Like Fresh Cream-Al Green Teams With The Roots and Hip-Hop's Greatest Al Green Samples
90's Nostalgia Week Becomes 90's Nostalgia Month: Funkdoobiest
Brightblack Morning Light-Motion To Rejoin
Nate Dogg Suffers a Second Stroke
The WhoRidas-"Talkin' Bout Bank"
A Few Thoughts on Kanye's "Love Lockdown"
Beards, Blazers & Backpacks: Pacewon, Mr. Green & Outsidaz Nostalgia
Beards, Blazers, Bluntless: Lee Perry Defeats The El Rey's Draconian Droogs
Great Scott: “Hardknocks” Life
Harvey Averne Dozen-"Never Learned To Dance"
The Dull Competence of T.I.'s "Swagger Like Us"
Lonnie Johnson-"Winnie the Wailer"
Calypsoul 70: Caribbean Soul & Calypso Crossover 1969-1979
Pro Tools And The GZA's Stellar Consistency
LA Times Feature and Interview With the Arabian Prince
Cypress Hill's Temples of Boom: Much Better Than I Remember It Being
My Morning Jacket & Erykah Badu Perform "Tyrone" in Dallas
LA Times: The Game-L.A.X. Review
David Byrne & Brian Eno-"Strange Overtones"
Outside Lands Day 3-We Have a Winner
Outside Lands Day 2-When Dinosaurs Attack
Outside Lands Day 1-Don't Quote Me On It, But I Think This Radiohead Band Has a Chance to Get Big
Department of Eagles-"No One Does it Like You"
Washington Phillips-Lift Him Up, That's All"
10 Thoughts Going Through Snow's Head On The "Informer" Video Shoot
Ahmad-"Back in the Day" and LA Times Article
Notorious BIG-Party and Bullshit
Warren Zevon-"My Shit's Fucked Up"
The Weekend Song-The Game ft. Lil Wayne-"My Life"
Passion of the Weiss Muxtape #9-The I've Either Got Mono Or I'm Just Really Bored Blues
"Jockin" is JV-The Lethargy of Post-Retirement Jay-Z
Blind Lemon Jefferson-"All I Want Is That True Religion"
Gorillaz-"Dirty Harry" ft. Bootie Brown
I Can't Go Sleep-R.I.P. Isaac Hayes
LA Weekly: Rock the Bells Preview And Essay
Who Is Your Daddy And What Does He Do?: A Summit Between John McCain and Daddy Yankee
The 10 Best Non Hip-Hop Albums of the Half Year
Your Weekly Offering of Great African Music in Lieu of a Substantive Post
The Weekend Song: Bell Biv Devoe-"Poison"
The 10 Best Hip-Hop Albums of the Half Year
Great Scott: The Day the Music Died
Fela Kuti-"Coffin For Head of State"
Exclusive New Shit: The Knux-"Bang! Bang!"
The Weekend Song: Prafit-"Nice Weather"
Karl Hector + The Malcouns-Sahara Swing
Video: Besnard Lakes-Devastation
An Interview with J Dilla's Mother, Ms. Maureen Yancey
Village Voice: Hold Steady-Stay Positive Review
For Those Keeping Score That's Still a One Hot Album Every 10 Year Average
Beards, Blazers & Glasses: Damon Albarn & Honest Jon's Revue
Fela Kuti-"Monday Morning in Lagos"
Zilla Rocca ft. Reef The Lost Cauze & Nico the Beast-"Get That Gun"
Summer Jamz '08 #14: Douglas Reinhardt
The Weekend Song: EPMD-"Da Joint"
LA Times: Albert Hammond Jr. Feature
Summer Jamz '08 #13: Douglas Martin
LA Times: Live-Stevie Wonder at the Hollywood Bowl
Summer Jamz ‘08 #12: Barry Schwartz
Summer Jamz '08 #11: Jeff Weiss
Favorite Albums From Every Year You've Been Alive
Summer Jamz '08 #10: Mike Powell
Summer Jamz '08 #9: Nate DeYoung & Todd Hutlock
Summer Jamz '08 #8: Theon Weber
Summer Jamz '08 #7: Andrew Gaerig & John M. Cunningham
Summer Jamz '08 #6: Jeff Siegel and Kevin J. Elliott
Back to the Future: Daptone Records' 7" Singles Collection Vol. 2
Summer Jamz '08 #5: Jayson Greene & Stewart Voegtlin
The Weekend Song: Danny!-"The Groove"
Ticket Giveaway-Where The Action Was Rock History Tour
Summer Jamz '08 #4: Jonathan Bradley
You Went Away On Vacation And All You Brought Me Back Is This Stupid Diplo Song?
Summer Jamz '08 #3: Ian Mathers & Paul Scott
Summer Jamz '08 #2: Mike Orme & Nick Southall
Beards, Blazing & Glasses: Widespread Panic
Summer Jamz 2008 #1: Dan Weiss and Alfred Soto
LA Weekly-Who's Biting Dilla's Beats?
Erykah Badu ft. Pharoahe Monch-The Healer Remix
Nico the Beast's "No Beast So Fierce" And The Power of the Plain White Tee
My Morning Jacket: Live at Bonnaroo (6-13-08)
LA Times: Live-Lil Wayne at the House of Blues
I Just Don't Want To Know How Many Times These Songs Will Be Played in the City of Boston Tonight
OC Weekly: Steinski-What Does It All Mean? 1983-2006 Retrospective
We'll Figure 4 Your Ass Like Greg the Hammer
LA Times-Erykah Badu's Vortex Tour
Passion of the Weiss Muxtapes #7 and #8: I Can't Live Without My (Internet) Radio
Am I The Only One Who Noticed That Santogold Was On The Legend of the Liquid Sword?
The Beat Generation-Uneventful
LA Times: Lil Wayne-Tha Carter III Review
Mike Smrek Raps About As Woodenly As He Played
12 Oz. Bottles of Beck's Had Me Drunk, One Night Laid Up With the Ol' Dirt and 10 Bags of Skunk
Nigeria 70 and a Bunch of Random Thoughts Tangentially and Not So-Tangentially Connected To It
LA Times: Al Green-Lay It Down Review
Wale Realizes the Full Potential of the Mixtape
The Comedy Coalition: Giving New Meaning To The Term "Coalition of the Willing" Since 2008
LA Times-Beirut: Live at the Wiltern
Pardon Me, But Adina Howard's Been On My Mind All Week
The Beat Generation-Fuck You, Lou Pearlman
Elzhi's Europass: The Best Rap Album of the Year Thus Far
OC Weekly: The Parson Redheads-Welcome to the Jangle
Beards, Blazers & Glasses: The Kills
Needless To Say Any Compilation Entitled Doob Doob O' Rama Is Destined For Greatness
LA Times: Bun B-II Trill Review
Screwball's Y2K: The (Ideal Gym) Album
Wolf Parade's At Mt. Zoomer: Great Record, Terrible Title
Beards, Blazers & Brevity: Mezzanine Owls & Henry Clay People
'98 in '08-NYGZ's "Ya Dayz R #'D" (Remix) (Featuring Freddie Foxx, Lady of Rage, & Royce Da 5'9")
Passion of the Weiss Muxtapes #3 and #4: The Best Hip-Hop Songs of the Year Thus Far
Madlib Smokes the Brazilian Samba-Jackson Conti's Sujinho
LA Times-Strutting Their Stuff In Front of Legends
The Muslims: Very Promising Band, Very Little Chance of Getting Elected President
Shiny, Happy People: El-P's Weareallgoingtoburninhellmegamixx 2
Five Questions to Ponder About Bun B and Lupe Fiasco's "Swang On 'Em"
The Many Alter Egos of 2 Gunn Ciz
LA Weekly: The Doors? Black Flag? The Chili Peppers? Nope, LA's Best Band Was Love
The Kidz In the Hall Demonstrate the Power of A Good Rolodex
LA Times-Atmosphere is Flying High
Machine Gun Raps: Portishead's "Machine Gun" (Zilla Rocca Remix)
Crystal Castles: Not Total Hipster Bullshit
Was Wu Tang Forever The Best Rap Double Album Ever?
Why Biz Markie Should Have Known From the Get-Go That He Was More Than "Just a Friend"
LA Times: Terrence Howard-Iron Man's Music Man
Metaform-Standing On the Shoulders of Giants
Feed The Beast Week 2-"They Know" & "Paul Revere" Freestyles
Passion of the Weiss Muxtape #2: A Tribute to Albert Hofmann-Pour Out a Little Lysergic
Beards, Blazers & Glasses or How Hot Chip Prove that My Sense of Rhythm Isn't Racist
Shaquille O' Neal ft. Method Man & Rza-"No Hook"
The Beat Generation: Must...Stop...Rapping
Coachella Day 3-Never Underestimate How Long It Takes to Blow Up An Inflatable Pig
Coachella Day 1: Walk The Line
Tobacco of Black Moth Super Rainbow & Aesop Rock-"Dirt"
LA Weekly: Mezzanine Owls-Mezzanine Owls EP Review
Feed The Beast Week 1-The "Mad Izm" Freestyle
LA Weekly-Morning In America: Why My Morning Jacket Is the Best Live Band in the World
10 Reasons Why The Wu-Tang Clan's "The Heart Gently Weeps" Video Might Be Their Worst Ever
The Parson Redheads-"Got It All"
Nigeria Disco Funk Special: The Sound of the Underground Lagos Dance Floor 1974-1979
Ghostface Killah-The Wallabee Champ
The Passion of the Weiss Muxtape #1-Science and Metaphors Will Slow Up the Dough
The Beat Generation: Fuck You, Vanilla Ice
Great Scott: A Call for Resurrection
The Black Keys-Attack and Release
Idolator-M.O.P. Reveal That Even The Porn They Make Is Violent
The 10 Rules of Pimpology According to the Video for Do or Die's "Po' Pimp"
SXSW Flashback: Interview With Del Tha Funky Homosapien
The Beat Generation: Mr. Excitement
Fatlip Commentary on "Passing Me By"
Jay Electronica: Much Better Than His Name Would Suggest
Dov Charney Has Taken Over This Blog
Idolator-New Atmosphere Video Reveals Slug to Be Long-Lost Member of Soul Asylum
LA Times Article Plus Interview With Bun B
Idolator-A Love That Shall Never Wayne
LA Weekly: GZA's Liquid Swords
Carolina Funk (1968-1977)-First in Funk
10 Reasons Why You Should Go See The Knux, Clean Guns & Wallpaper Tonight
Beards, Blazers & Glasses or Jens Lekman, This Charming Man
Wale ft. Bun B & Pusha-T: "Back in the Go-Go"
LA Weekly: Soulja Boy's "Yahh," or Idiocracy At Work
LA Weekly: The Glowing Trough of Music: 5 Days of SXSW
Save the Date (3/26): Passion of the Weiss & Hell Ya! Present The Knux & Clean Guns
Group Inerane: Guitars From Agadez (Music of Niger)
Great Scott: What Happened To SNL?
SXSW Day 4-Pitchfork Party Gets a 6.4, Due to Highly Derivative Partying
SXSW-The Unifying Power of Devin the Dude
SXSW Day 2-Formed a Band, Everyone Formed A Band
SXSW Day 1-My Morning Jacket Prove That They May Be Invincible and Britt Daniel is Everywhere
The Beat Generation: The J Dilla Effect
Rza ft. Inspectah Deck-"You Can't Stop Me Now"
Who's the "Boss?": The True Definition of Boss According to Rick Ross
Heroes of Popular Wars-"There's the Bell"
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony Week Day 5: Where I Post Every Last Bone Thugs Video Known To Man
Beards, Blazers & Belfry's: Mezzanine Owls and The Mae Shi
New Redman & Method Man-"Broken Language
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony Week Day 3: Why "1st of Month" is the Greatest Song Ever Written About Welfare
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony Week Day 2: "Thuggish Ruggish Bone" And the Importance of "Branding"
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony Week Day 1: LA Times-Bone Thugs-N-Harmony Live Review
The Punch-Drunk Folk of Fresh Cherries From Yakima
LA Weekly: The Clipse are Rap's Derek Zoolander
I Went From Flipping Mixtapes To Bitches Feeding Me Grapes
Who's the Best?: Debating DJ Khaled
The Hykkers-I Want A Break Through
Passion of the Weiss Interviews: Pete Rock
Great Scott: When It's All Said and Done...
Disco Vietnam: The 2008 Election and its Eerie Parallels With Purple Rain
eMC's The Show: The First Great Rap Album of 2008
New Jamie Radford (Like the Old Jamie Radford But With More Fireworks)
LA Weekly: Vampire Weekend Review
The Block Is Hot: Hot Chip Take Over Jimmy Kimmel
The Video For Ghostface's "Celebrate"
I Will Not Bow Down to Any Corporate Sponsor
LA Weekly: Boyz II Men-A Philadelphia Story
The Special Technique of 5 O' Clock Shadowboxin'
LA Weekly: Discovering The Candidates Through Their Playlists
Beards, Blazers & Glasses or Yeasayer, The Indie Spin Doctors
Chris Rock's Video For "Champagne" Is The Funniest Thing I Have Ever Seen
The Beat Generation: Ripped From the Headlines
Disco Vietnam's The Pick-Up Artist: Marvel
No One Wants to Smoke a Blunt With Lupe Fiasco
G-Funk Week: 10 Questions Raised By "Game Don't Wait" Upon Re-Examination In the Year 2008
Goose Gossage Gets Elected To The Baseball Hall of Fame
10 Questions Raised By "Indo Smoke" Upon Re-Examination in the Year 2008
The Top 50 Albums of 2007 (Day 10, Brought To You By Zack, The Erstwhile Legomaniac)