Posts Tagged ‘Pop Culture’

  • Track Of The Week: Aug. 22nd-28th

    Track Of The Week: Aug. 22nd-28th

    August 28th, 2010 | Music, Track Of The Week | Thomas Wilson | No Comments

    No mixtape this week, just the much discussed Kanye West track entitled “Monster“. Typically feature heavy tracks irritate me, but none of the guests laid lame verses so I’m not adverse to posting it. Since it dropped, there’s been plenty of discussion about Kanye’s place in the top rappers, Nicki Minaj’s level of irritation and [...]

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  • Track of the Week: June 6 – 12

    Track of the Week: June 6 – 12

    June 6th, 2010 | Mixtapes, Music, Track Of The Week | Thomas Wilson | 1 Comment

    It’s been a little while since we’ve had something new from Atlanta, GA native Cee-Lo Green.  The wait is now over!  DJ Greg Street and Cee-Lo have teamed up to bring us Stray Bullets, a 14 track mix of laid back soul, Gnarles Barkley-esque thump and experimental goodness.  There’s too much right with this mixtape [...]

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  • Track of the Week: May 30 – June 5

    Track of the Week: May 30 – June 5

    June 6th, 2010 | Mixtapes, Track Of The Week | Thomas Wilson | 1 Comment

    I’ve got an affliction for “out of the box” music. I don’t just listen to a certain type of music, especially because of my environment or what I look like, and this week’s track is a combo of both southern cooked traphouse spitters and some of the dopest trance loops i’ve heard in a good [...]

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  • Rick Ross – The Albert Anastasia EP

    Rick Ross – The Albert Anastasia EP

    May 27th, 2010 | Mixtapes, Music | Thomas Wilson | No Comments

    Miami rapper Rick Ross is prepping his fourth studio album, and to get the buzz started, he’s released some of his album tracks on this mixtape entitled The Albert Anastasia EP.  At first listen, this is a large step away from the lyrical and well-produced release that was Deeper Than Rap. However, his bars as [...]

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  • Track of the Week: April 11-17

    Track of the Week: April 11-17

    April 14th, 2010 | Music, Track Of The Week | Thomas Wilson | No Comments

    Pittsburgh native rapper Wiz Khalifa has finally dropped one of his most anticipated works to date this week with Kush and Orange Juice.  It doesn’t quite reach the feeling of overall completeness that you get from Flight School, but it surpasses Burn After Rolling by steering away from the campiness of tracks like “If I [...]

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  • Japanese Blackface

    Japanese Blackface

    March 25th, 2010 | Global Communication | Thomas Wilson | 1 Comment

    In most situations, when blackface is used in an American context it is almost always an immediate cause for uproar.  The minstrel movement was, at its heart, a comedic depiction of black stereotypes shown through the eyes of the upper echelon of society.  As time went on, it became a bit tougher to stomach and [...]

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  • Artist Spotlight: Tommy FlyGuy

    Artist Spotlight: Tommy FlyGuy

    March 17th, 2010 | Music | Thomas Wilson | No Comments

    Even though Valentine’s Day is truly an afterthought now that we’ve arrived at mid-March, i’ve unearthed an extremely dope mixtape titled “Valentine’s Day Massacre” and an accompanying video for DMV-native Tommy “FlyGuy” Foster. As with any unfamiliar artist, when I was first introduced to his music, I made it a point to reserve all preconceived [...]

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  • Japanese Hero TV

    Japanese Hero TV

    February 25th, 2010 | Global Communication | Thomas Wilson | No Comments

    Some of the most watched and highest followed American super hero television originated in Japan. Shows such as Ultraman, Metal Hero, Tokusatsu Hero, Kamen Rider, Kaiju, and Super Robot paved the way for the epic successes of American “ports” (importing and subtitling or re-recording). By focusing on the mainstream success of America’s Mighty Morphin’ Power [...]

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