Prophets Of Rage criticize the White House with a cartoon video for “Hail To The Chief” interspersed with footage of the band. Their self-titled album just came out and they are on More »
Twenty-nine years ago this month Fishbone released Truth and Soul. At the time they were budding punk funk ska band resistant to stereotypes about Black bands that shaped record company’s marketing plans More »
Missy Elliott opened VH1’s Hip Hop Honors last night with a performance of “She’s A Bitch.” The trailblazing video was referenced in the stage act with Missy and her troupe of dancers More »
Stas Thee Boss introduces Shabazz Palaces before they perform a live set in the KEXP studios. They take a quick break and she interviews them about their current albums Quazarz: Born On A Gangster More »
Esperanza Spalding’s EXPOSURE album is centered around improvisation and capturing the musical moment in one take. She brainstormed the project live on Facebook last week and Robert Glasper and Lalah Hathaway were More »
MF Doom’s Notebook 06 sounds like a something perfect for a gunfight as he raps about being a murderous emcee. Adult Swim has kept the music from MF Doom’s vault coming every week. Doom is getting ready re-launch his old group KMD with their first recording in more than two decades.
