SWAGGER IS DOWN
NEW YORK—According to an alarming new study published Monday in The Journal Of Applied Behavioral Science, the time-honored American activity of swaggering, an extremely... Continue Reading
TONIGHT: Uproot Andy + Taliesin Tonight @ the Flux Factory in Queens
Last minute blatant promotional alert. But consider it more of a service as the evening’s pretty well sure to be packed regardless. I’m going... Continue Reading
PRE-ELECTION MANIA CONTINUES
Did you notice how cool Barack was in the last debate? Have you notice how much gray hair has popped out of Barack’s head... Continue Reading
Obama on Hip Hop
Imagine this, in a few weeks we may have a president who can comment intelligently on Jay-Z’s ‘American Gangster’, materialism in hip-hop and use... Continue Reading
THE BLACK MCCAINS
Doug Blackmon of the Wall Street Journal went to Mississippi and found some black McCains. They’re descendants of slaves owned by the white McCain’s... Continue Reading
Letter to Obama (from General Steele)
General Steele of the Cocoa Brovas (formerly Smif n Wessun, if you don’t know look ‘em up) recorded this tune over a Kanye beat... Continue Reading
It’s getting dark earlier every day…
It’s been fascinating watching the economic crisis (why is this always the proffered term?) and realizing how abstract the superstructural/specific components of global finance... Continue Reading
The Very Best Mixtape
hey y’all – welcome to the dutty family UPROOT ANDY. he’ll be blogging here when inspiration strikes. new yorkers may be familiar with his... Continue Reading
MAD AGAIN (WHOA!) & REEF VIDEOS
Yes, we’re taking over YouTube. The video for Reef by Baby Kites and Nokea, two young producers from the DA camp, directed by Panoptic... Continue Reading