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Jul 1st, 2009 |
By JC |
Category: - MUSIC, - THE RUNDOWN, -- Jukebox, –– TimS
Selected by TimS –
As I melt away in my first summer under the North Carolina sun it feels appropriate to post some of my favorite 9th Wonder tracks. Those that don’t know this cat can feel free to fall on something sharp…
Bishop Lamont – “First They Love You”
Bishop Lamont – First They Love You
Off of [...]
Tags: 9th Wonder, Bishop Lamont, Coldplay, Common, Indef, jay-z, little brother, Ludacris, murs, nas, north carolina, Phonte, PR1ME, Royce Da 5'9", Spike Lee, wale Posted in - MUSIC, - THE RUNDOWN, -- Jukebox, –– TimS |
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Jun 22nd, 2009 |
By JC |
Category: - THE RUNDOWN, Featured Articles, –– J. Charles
The World Wide Web is a busy place, a place where Joint Contrast also exists. Check out some of our neighbors while you’re here. You never know, you might find something you like. Or not. But at least you would have put forth the effort…
= June 22, 2009
== Analog Giant ==
This blog contains President Barack Obama’s speech to the Muslim Nation [...]
Tags: Alchemist, Analog Giant, barack obama, Beastie Boys, Bonnaroo, cairo, Common, egypt, Hi-Tek, hip-hop, hypnotic brass ensemble, jazz, Le Blog de Doruk Akan, Mind Inversion, muslim, nas, Notorious B.I.G., Oh No, rap, Sage Francis, so much silence, soccer, Talib Kweli, The Pharcyde, wale Posted in - THE RUNDOWN, Featured Articles, –– J. Charles |
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Jun 17th, 2009 |
By JC |
Category: - MUSIC, - THE RUNDOWN, -- Jukebox, –– J. Charles
THE DELFONICS – “Ready Or Not Here I Come (Can’t Hide From Love)”
The Delfonics – Ready Or Not Here I Come (Can’t Hide From Love)
Let’s assume everyone is familiar with the 1996 version made famous by the Fugees. The fact that Lauryn Hill, Wyclef Jean and Pras did it better on “Ready Or Not” doesn’t [...]
Tags: AmpLive, Ben Affleck, Black Thought, brother ali, Bruce Springsteen, Carole Cole, Cee-Lo, Cut Chemist, Fugees, hip-hop, J. Period, Just Blaze, Lauryn Hill, Lex, Madlib, Mos Def, nas, Nat King Cole, Pras, rap, Shape of Broad Minds, Slick Rick, The Delfonics, the roots, Wyclef Jean, Zion I, Zumbi Posted in - MUSIC, - THE RUNDOWN, -- Jukebox, –– J. Charles |
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May 11th, 2009 |
By JC |
Category: - MUSIC, - THE RUNDOWN, -- Video, Featured Articles, –– J. Charles, –– Steve P., –– TimS
The music video. Who remembers when this art form actually meant something? That was back when MTV and other “music video channels” actually played music videos for music fans. The platform was once used as a way to introduce new sounds to a new audience. And it worked from where we sat. At least for [...]
Tags: def jux, el-p, eminem, ice cube, KRS-One, madvillain, Marley Marl, mf doom, nas Posted in - MUSIC, - THE RUNDOWN, -- Video, Featured Articles, –– J. Charles, –– Steve P., –– TimS |
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Jan 20th, 2009 |
By JC |
Category: - SOCIETY, -- Video, -- Video, Featured Articles, –– J. Charles
By – J.C.
It seems like an eternity ago, when the majority of citizens in this country gave an outward sigh of “damn, here we go again” upon receiving the results of the past two presidential elections. But on Jan. 20, 2009 the weight of eight long years was finally lifted from the backs of us minorities here [...]
Tags: barack obama, california, election, florida, government, hip-hop, jay-z, kkk, nas, oakland, president, the simpsons, U2, united states, vote, washington d.c., white house, young jeezy Posted in - SOCIETY, -- Video, -- Video, Featured Articles, –– J. Charles |
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Jan 6th, 2009 |
By JC |
Category: - MUSIC, -- Features, Featured Articles, –– TimS
The Hip-Hop Edition - In a year in which a gremlin sold nearly three million albums (a million in one week!) and a number of highly anticipated releases never happened, there were still a few handfuls of extremely well executed music that was delivered. In my opinion, one of those albums was a classic and appears [...]
Tags: - MUSIC, 9th Wonder, albums, atmosphere, Black Milk, Buckshot, Common, DJ Babu, DJ Revolution, eMC, Freeway, Guilty Simpson, Heltah Skeltah, hip-hop, ice cube, Immortal Technique, Jake One, Joe Budden, Killer Mike, nas, Q-tip, rap, Scarface, Statik Selektah, the roots Posted in - MUSIC, -- Features, Featured Articles, –– TimS |
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Dec 31st, 2008 |
By JC |
Category: - MUSIC, -- Features, Featured Articles, –– J. Charles
Tear down boundaries. That’s what the Tow Away Zone does every Wednesday morning from 10 am-12 noon in the basement of 91.5 FM (www.WPRKDJ.org) at the Rollins College campus in Winter Park, FL. As 2009 approaches and the one-year anniversary of the show nears, host J. Charles sheds light on the past 11 months…
Why Call It Tow Away Zone? [...]
Tags: - MUSIC, 91.5 FM, Alias The @ikt, All Good Funk Alliance, AMC, atmosphere, Azeem, Baba, Beck, big daddy kane, Black Sabbath, Blockhead, Blur, Bob Marley, Booker T. and the M.G.'s, brother ali, Buck 65, Cee-Lo, Clinic, Coldplay, Common, David Bowie, Devotchka, Digital Underground, DJ Kittybat, DJ Revelution, DJ Shadow, Elbow, Erykah Badu, florida, Flowers Forever, Flux, Gang Starr, Ghostface Killah, gil-scott heron, Glue, Gorillaz, Iggy Pop, Iriscience, j dilla, J-live, James Brown, Jane's Addiction, jay-z, Jean Grae, Jel, John Lennon, johnny cash, Kap, Kid Beyond, KRS-One, Lupe Fiasco, Marvin Gaye, Menomena, mf doom, Modest Mouse, Morphine, Mos Def, Mr. Dibbs, murs, nas, Nine Inch Nails, Omega One, p.o.s., Parliament, playlist, Presto, Primus, Psycho Realm And Street Platoon, Public Enemy, Q-tip, radio, Radiohead, Rakim, RJD2, rollins college, Ryan Weaver, rza, Sage Francis, saul williams, Shape of Broad Minds, Shortstack, Sincere Vega, Skillz, Slick Rick, solillaquists of sound, South, Spoon, Stevie Wonder, studio, Suzanne Venzina, Talib Kweili, The Beastie Boys, The Beatles, The Black Hammock Band, The Black Keys, The Budos Band, The Flaming Lips, The Foreign Exchange, The Helio Sequence, the roots, The Toadies, Tim Fite, Vast Aire, Vic Freeze, Wax Tailor, Why?, winter park, wprk, X:144 And SPS, Zach De La Rocha Posted in - MUSIC, -- Features, Featured Articles, –– J. Charles |
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