An Online Magazine of Black Art and Culture
23 Mar 08
The twins came by to drop some funk on me last night. Their latest demo is titled Groovlax. This is some of the hardest, thrash funk you’ve ever heard. So if you’ve never been “experienced” you may want to sneak up on these tracks from the back. Cause if you were to catch a full frontal assault without your flack jacket it could be curtains for you. At the very least you’ll come away thinking that the tame, corporate oriented, pop music you thought you liked suddenly has no taste (or smell). And we like our funk to STANK! . . . right? Here are a couple of samples (remixed 8/15/08):
fyi: hit the little speaker icon next to the name to play the track without leaving the page.
Dilusional Kaos
Common Fonk
12 Mar 08
So who’d a thunk it? Who’d a thunk that after all this time, America was thinking about trying to elect a black man for president. I know I didn’t. But maybe it’s not as strange as it seems. In this age of media driven, reality-show, American Idol loving, PR and marketing oriented thinking, the time is ripe to throw a brother up there and see how many votes he can get. What is it about Obama that is so mesmerizing? I listened to his speech at the convention; didn’t do much for me. All the hope and change stuff is a bunch of smoke and mirrors to keep him from having to address the really tough issues. Same old stuff as far as I can see. (more…)