Q&A: Michael Rapaport on beefs, Nas and the controversies around Beats, Rhymes and Life
Posted by jessekg in Film, Music, Uncategorized on 28. Jul, 2011 | 1 Comment
New York actor Michael Rapaport (Boston Public, Higher Learning, among others) was 19 when A Tribe Called Quest dropped their debut album, People’s Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm. They followed that groundbreaking album up with two of the most beloved (if not best) albums in hip hop, The Low End Theory and [...]
Celebrity commercials suck only as much as the celeb
Posted by Simon in Pop Culture, Uncategorized on 22. Mar, 2011 | 0 Comments
True story: last time I saw Romain Gavras, him and that Black Sawn dude… what’s his name… OH RIGHT, Vincent Cassel were shooting the shit at the world premier of Gavras’ movie Our Day Will Come at TIFF. Yea, that story sounds better when I omit the fact it was the post-film Q&A, but semantics. [...]
Shit List 2010: Second worst commercial featuring a rapper
Posted by jessekg in Uncategorized on 23. Dec, 2010 | 0 Comments
Just in time to make the list everybody’s favourite, anti-establishment “underground” rapper/latest signee to Jay-Z’s Roc Nation, Jay Electronica, has made a commercial. That, in and of itself, should outrage Jay’s fans, but it’s not just any commercial. Its’s a Mountain Dew commercial. But no, wait, it gets better. It’s not just any ol’ Mountain [...]
When Tumblr is down, we write hipster fanfiction
Posted by theashcan in Uncategorized on 06. Dec, 2010 | 1 Comment
In honour of EYE Weekly’s new Dating Diaries series, which a few have commented is probably the most proto-hipster thing the mag has printed (and a fluffier knock-off of NYMag’s ahhhmazing Sex Diaries), and because Tumblr is down and Simon and I have nothing to meta-blog, here’s some Hipster Fanfiction. A tale about Amos, an [...]
Happy Monday!
Posted by Anupa in Uncategorized on 27. Sep, 2010 | 0 Comments
You can hate me, but I just had to. It’s that kind of Monday.
