For anyone in or around Montreal this weekend, be sure to hit-up Concordia’s 5th Annual International Symposium on Hiphop Culture. While hip hop heads will feel at home here, I would particularly urge those of you who are naive about the history and significance of the art form to attend. If you think that hip [...]
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 October 30th, 2009 |  Tags: alternative media, Art, beats, Canada, hip hop, Montreal, Music | Leave a comment The JZ Music Festival (16-18 October, 2009) In the sprawling and chaotic concrete jungle of Shanghai, it is often hard to find the organic cultural pockets that come so naturally to other cosmopolitan cities. Much of the graffiti on Moganshan Lu, for instance, feels forced upon the walls to enhance the ‘artsiness’ of the M50 art [...] I can’t think of a better way to launch the new site than to tantalize JoC fans with the latest beatiness to come out of Philly. Amanda Blank has worked with Diplo, M.I.A and Ghostface Killah over the past few years, and will be touring North America in November with Toronto’s first lady, Peaches. Collaborating [...] It’s not new but it is sweet. DJ Mehdi’s track Breakaway featuring NY graffiti virtuoso Futura 2000 in all his spray can glory. Enjoy! America’s habit of producing city-based hotbeds of musical schools is well-known: Motown in Detroit, West coast rap in LA, the nascent Chicago hip hop arena, and the Atlanta crunk that surfaced in the early years of the twenty-first century are but a few examples. My musical love had long been faithful to Philadelphia, the city that [...] |
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