March 2010
6 posts
The Leak*
We’re all familiar with the phenomenon of the leak and all of the components associated with it. Some of you readers already have a person or a place that you have bookmarked for the specific purpose of acquiring music that newly leaked onto the internet. Many of us are A+ students in “Leak Math”. Others of you are expert at finding said music within the hour of the leak and...
Hip Hop's Dreaded "C" Word (Classic)
I once explored the very same question years ago in a Poisonous Paragraphs post but as is bound to happen with the passage of time, things done changed. One of my main points was that it gets easier to call a classic album such with the passage of time. If the music can still hold up years later and not sound dated then it deserves the tag since classic material is supposed to be timeless.
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What's My Motivation? AKA I Write, Therefore I Am
I often get asked what’s my motivation behind writing so much or keeping my ear to the street (or eye on the ‘net) to find new music or seek out new sounds or artists. I honestly never ask myself that question so it’s alien to hear it asked of me. The average human really begins identifying with music and developing their personal preferences 7 taste somewhere between the ages...
What The Future Holds © M.O.P
Seeing as how we’re coming out of the cold dead Winter into a promising Spring full of growth and potential so will this blog Bastard Swordsman. I have so many ideas, many that I’ve carried over from Poisonous Paragraphs & many more that I couldn’t properly executed on Bloggerhouse coming here soon. I’ll be doing my “Producers That You Need To Hear Right...
In Memory Of...
While Boston is still reeling from the news that Guru of the legendary Hip Hop group GangStarr recently suffered a heart attack & went into a coma then surgery I feel the need to share a story with my readers.
Back when I was in high school I had a friend named Eddie Jackson who single handedly made it possible for me to even get a shot @ college as I’d fucked up my entire transcript...
The Transformation Of The Heavenly Silkworm* AKA...
After a couple months of taking it relatively easy, taking meetings & having discussions with some people following the discontinuation of Poisonous Paragraphs & light posting over @ Bloggerhouse I decided that I had to get back into the blog game.
In light of discovering that Kevin Nottingham was charging indie artists for reviews & thought nothing was wrong with it, seeing blog...
