If someone described you as vividly rapping about drugs, violence, pornographic sex and everything that’s remotely evil, what might you make of ‘evil?’
Juicy J (producer/MC): I don’t think talking about sex is evil. We talk about real life situations. You can’t please everybody. Everybody got their opinion and everybody got their questions. Sometimes you can give a person a straightforward answer—sometimes you give them an answer and they gotta think. At times like now, I’m like, ‘Hey, it’s whatever it is. It is what it is.’ The Three 6 Mafia album’s got something on there for everyone. It’s not all about drug use. It’s not all about sex. A couple records on there are some good inspirational records. I guarantee there’s something they’ll like—something they can relate to. (Read More)
THREE 6 MAFIA: YOU ONLY GET ONE MOM
Posted in Music with tags la record, larecord, los angeles, mp3, Music, three 6 mafia on September 5, 2008 by piechartNobody Presents Blank Blue – Dive EP
Posted in Music with tags blank blue, los angeles, Music, ubiquity records on August 30, 2008 by piechartSuper solid EP full of remixes and new tracks!! I have it already and its amazing!
Nobody Presents Blank Blue – Dive EP
Album versions of “Sonic What?!” and “Up” have been stripped down and re-made with breezy acoustic guitars, vibes and strings. Flying Lotus, on the other end of the sonic spectrum, takes the album version of “Blank Blue” and drags it through cosmic grit and dirt, before spitting out an extra-terrestrial banger. “Finer Grains” is an instrumental exclusive made just for this EP. This EP drops as we launch the video for “All The Shallow Deep”, an album track which will be featured on the digital version of the EP only.
COMING SOON: Damon Aaron – Highlands (CD x LP)
Posted in Music with tags damon aaron, ubiquity records on August 30, 2008 by piechartFrom the tracks I have heard it’s a very mellow album.
Damon Aaron – Highlands (CD x LP)
Highlands is an album of bittersweet cosmic Californian campfire electronics and melancholic dreams. Song-writer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist, Damon Aaron, pens love songs and personal anecdotes that float over spacey hip hop beats and polished bass-lines. He cuts and pastes-in swirling strings and acoustic guitars that decorate his edgy minimal sound-scapes and cast light on traditional folk and songwriting roots.
F YEAH FEST SET TIMES
Posted in Music with tags f yeah fest 5, F YEAH FEST SET TIMES on August 30, 2008 by piechart
For a complete run of the set times please —>(Read More)
THE WALKMEN INTERVIEW
Posted in Music with tags la record, larecord, los angeles, Music, the walkmen on August 22, 2008 by piechart
SHAWN LEE & CLUTCHY HOPKINS – CLUTCH OF THE TIGER
Posted in Music with tags clutchy hopkins, shawn lee, ubiquity records on August 21, 2008 by piechartSNEAKY PEAKY MY PEEPZ
WORLDWIDE RELEASE ON OCTOBER 21, 2008
Clutch of the Tiger sounds like a collection of film-noir tracks run through the Clutchy Hopkins and Shawn Lee magical music machine. It’s dusty and mysterious junkyard jazz that’s powered by sly beats and other-worldly funk. Famous comic book creator Jim Mahood (who has worked on Spiderman/Marvel, Clerks, Grrl Scouts, Stupid Comics, etc etc) liked the tunes so much he provided the artwork for the package.
Album Snippets:
01. Full Moon
02. Two Steps Back
03. Things Change
04. Bill Blows It
05. So Easily, So Naturally
06. Leon Me
07. Dollar Short
08. When I Was Young
09. Across The Pond
10. Bad Influence
11. Till Next Time
12. Indian Burn
ARABIAN PRINCE INTERVIEW
Posted in Music with tags arabian prince, hip hop, la record, larecord, los angeles, Music, nwa, stones throw on August 21, 2008 by piechart
Who was the first person who ever said the words ‘hip-hop’ to you?
I’m so damn old—ain’t like nobody ever said it to me! I was there before it started—totally honest. My father had a radio show at KACE, and I’d go while he was doing his talk show and sit in the control room with carts and cassettes—do mixes. No rap—just funk, soul, pop and new wave. And the first turntables—there was no such thing as Technics 1200s. I had turntables with the tone arm on the track—linear tracking. I learned mixes on those first! The first time I ever heard hip-hop was probably one of the early cats from New York. I wanna say Spoonie G or something? I was at KACE and it was a promo but they didn’t play rap, so they’d just give it to me—‘What the hell is this stuff?’ And we started rapping at school and battling each other—we didn’t know it was something groundbreaking. ‘This is better than just hanging out!’ (Read More)
DARKER MY LOVE INTERVIEW
Posted in Music with tags danger bird records, darker my love, darker my love interview, larecord, los angeles on August 14, 2008 by piechart
Darker My Love played the very first L.A. RECORD X-Mas party in a parking lot full of abandoned couches. They have just released their second album 2.
Why were you sleeping in an animal crematorium when you first came to L.A.?
Jared Everett (guitar/vocals): There was nowhere else to go. Literally. We were forced to walk out to Sun Valley and sleep in a crematorium. (Read More)
F YEAH FEST BENEFIT
Posted in Music with tags fuck yeah fest, la record, los angeles on August 12, 2008 by piechart
ISAAC HAYES FINAL INTERVIEW
Posted in Uncategorized with tags isaac hayes, isaac hayes final interview, la record, los angeles on August 11, 2008 by piechart
L.A. RECORD’s Rena Kosnett interviewed Isaac Hayes last week in preparation for his performance later this month at Sunset Junction. We were saddened today to learn of his passing in Memphis. As far as we know, this is his final interview (7/31/2008).
Rolling Stone named ‘Soul Man’ as one of the 500 greatest songs of all time. Do you think most people realize you and David Porter wrote that song?
Maybe, maybe not. Some people, they don’t connect it—they think it was Sam and Dave, because they made it well known. (Read More)
