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Category: Internets
Hooray For Kanye?
Everybody hearts Kanye….except for some jerk from Unkut.
Grand Daddy I.U. = The King of Twitter
I.U. can still kill it on the mic, as he demonstrated on ‘Da Veteran’ (available soon Marco Polo‘s The Stupendous Adventures Of Marco Polo LP). ((1. 90’s Babies Note: You would have heard Grand Daddy I.U. on Big L‘s ‘Da Graveyard’ with Jay-Z.)) But don’t sleep on the man’s Twitter game – your man is…
Five Reasons Why Rap Can’t Mourn The Dearly Departed
Phillip ‘Prime Minister’ Mlynar explains why Rest In Peace is not the word to play. Mourn you ’til I join you? Not in the spit-on-the-grave world of rap. Guru‘s passing has shown once more than when it comes to death, hip-hop has no idea how to handle itself with dignity and grace. Being a legendary…
Diary of a Mad Print Writer – 10 Depressingly Annoying Things About Modern Rap
Phillip Mlynar isn’t Australian, doesn’t roam a post-apocalyptic wasteland searching for fuel and may not even own a dog. But ask him the timeless question, ‘U mad, doggie?’ and he’ll reply, ‘Yes, I am.’ Fresh from his stint of yelling ‘Eff you and Your Heroes‘ like this was a listening session for the first Lench…
Write Your Own Papoose Punchline
Some of the highlights from my Pap ghostwriting session from last year. Feel free to add your own. “You rappers are like Firefox, I got tabs on you” “MC’s are like Laserdiscs, ‘cos don’t nobody play you” “Rappers are solar eclipses, ‘cos you ain’t seein’ me” “You rappers are like dead bee’s to me, you…
eskay [NahRight] – The Unkut Interview, Part 2
Photo: Alexander Richter Concluding my talk with eskay, we cover his time at XXL, the Nah Right comment crew, why his detractors just don’t get it and future plans for the site. Robbie: So how was your time XXL? Was it a 9-5 kinda role? eskay: I was gonna run the content on the Scratch…
eskay [NahRight] – The Unkut Interview, Part 1
Photo: Alexander Richter If you want to check the newest/latest in the rap world, you’re first stop on the intehnets is probably gonna be Nah Right. As the originator of aggregate-style content back when your average hip-hop blog was usually an article with a couple of mp3’s at the end, eskay has carved-out his own…
Dallas Penn – The Unkut Interview
Photo: Alexander Richter Dallas Penn is an intehnets institution. Whether he’s dropping bombs at his blog, going in on the streets of New York with his handy cam or forming like Voltron with Rafi Kam and Casimir Nozkowski as the Internets Celebrities, he manages to school the youth and bug the fuck out all in…
Combat Jack – The Unkut Interview, Part 2
Following on from Part 1, Combat Jack details some more tales from the front-line and discusses life after the music biz. Robbie: How did you find most of your clients? Combat Jack: The attorney I was working for, she let me build a hip-hop practice, ‘cos she saw the potential in me. I worked with…
Combat Jack – The Unkut Interview, Part 1
After some unforgettable inside-story posts at Bol‘s spot a few years ago – one of which gave me some great material when I interviewed Pete Rock – Combat Jack started his own site at the beginning of 2009. Having worked with hundreds of artists during his career as music attorney, CJ has behind-the-scenes tales for…
Peter Rosenberg – The Unkut Interview
Here’s the first part of a new series talking to non-rapper dudes who still have a story to tell. After cutting his teeth as a radio personality and DJ in Washington, DC for years, Peter Rosenberg has spent the past two years in New York City, and stays busy with three separate radio shows, including…