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Soooooo excited for this film, Red Hook Summer, which Spike Lee financed himself, without ever going to any studios for support. (“We’re gonna do this motherfuckin’ film ourselves!”) Word is that the film is a very creative new entry into Spike’s Brooklyn Chronicles Series. Stars “The Wire” stud Clarke Peters and newcomer Jules Brown. Bruce [...]

Looking for some good jams for the coming summer? We can’t find a whole lot of info about Grynch (not to be confused with emcees Da Grinch, Grinch, Grench or The Grinch), but we’re pretty sure he’s a white emcee from the fuckingawesome Ballard neighborhood in Seattle. His new record, titled Perspective, has been out [...]

Another older track this week, this one from NOLA-based emcee Curren$y, who, over a decade ago now, was part of Master P’s No Limit label, unfortunately. Over the last few years Curren$y has become, in my – and many other hip-hop aficionados – opinion, the best working mainstream emcee. He has a new album out [...]