The Roots, "We Got You" Just a brief thing from the Roots' live album, I won't spend more time on this than it lasts. Wu-Tang Clan, "A Better Tomorrow" The way the drums start up on this track, that's such a RZA move. The distant...
The Roots, "The Show" While I really like their later work, Rising Down is probably the last record I consider a truly great Roots record. It's hard to say it's their best, given how much I love Things Fall Apart and Game Theory (and Phrenology)...
The Roots, "Make My" Geez, it's been more than a decade since undun was released. Every now and again, I go look up a band that pops up on here and discover that there are albums they've released that I was unaware of. Always a...
Spawn of Possession, "Where Angels Go Demons Follow" I dunno, the vocals on this track are really amusing me tonight. Something about the cadence here is extra ridiculous. Negativland, "Cityman" Negativland, in their roles as cultural and social critics, were usually on their strongest footing...
Curtis Mayfield, "Move on Up" Curtis Mayfield was the leader of the Impressions, but when he went solo, he found another gear. This is the centerpiece of his first solo record, and it's just incredible stuff. The urgency of the percussion, the punchy horns, just...
