2020
Tag: New York
audio review : Out For Fame ( song ) … KRS-One
This is a song about graffiti; probably my least favorite aspect of hip-hop culture. KRS-One is an advocate as he raps from the perspective of an artist with “25 cans in my knapsack… putting up my name with a fat cap.”
He goes on to shoutout Phase 2, Stay High, Presweet and other popular “writers”. The appeal is still lost on me, but I do like the song. That’s mainly because of the beat and the way the rapper flows onto it like a mural.
my rating : 4 of 5
1995
Save The Day ( song ) … Mariah Carey
2020
Elegant’s World : Elliot Offen answering fan questions
2020
Elegant Elliot Offen on Radio Gunk
video review : All In The Family : Archie And The KKK
“We’re not gonna be driven out of our house screaming in terror,” Michael Stivic insists in response to a threat from The Ku Klux Klan. “What are we gonna do,” his wife asks in a state of panic. “We’re gonna leave quietly,” he says. It’s the funniest bit of the episode; a two-parter that doesn’t start to get good until the second half.
The drama begins when Archie inadvertently becomes a KKK member after he’s overheard at the bar condemning the social unrest happening; black people rioting and such; in the neighborhood. He may be racist but regrets being duped into joining, especially when he catches wind of their plan to burn a cross in front of his family’s house.
my rating : 3 of 5
1977
a townhouse for sale in Brooklyn
2020
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audio review : Didn’t Mean To Kill A Man ( song ) … Max B
I’m guessing “the icy man” is the man who drove the ice cream truck. Max B says his mom wouldn’t give him money to buy some as a kid because “she’d rather go see the dealer”. It seems he’s suggesting her drug addiction set him on the wrong path. These vocals were recorded not in a posh studio but a prison as he serves what was initially a life sentence for killing a man.
That makes the title, which would be better if it included the word “I”, and concept a bit of a surprise, though the alleged crime is only mentioned in a hook that further establishes the rapper slash singer as the best in the game. The beat, led by a poignant piano loop, is also a banger. My only major complaint is that it doesn’t continue to play after the final chorus section.
my rating : 4 of 5
2020
Ingrid Nilsen’s first and last YouTube videos
2020
Home Sweet Home ( song ) … Masta Ace ( featuring Pav Bundy )
2012
Hand In My Pocket ( song ) … Alanis Morissette
1995
The Fetz Presents : Alexander Petale talking about Jim Fetzer’s appeal in his Sandy Hook defamation lawsuit
2020