My man Mr. Sayre plugged this cat Richie Cunning to me… sounds good. Anybody plugging Rick Reuschel in their ad-libs gets big points from me.
MF Grimm on Fresh Air
Pay-what-you-want album from Saul Williams and Trent Reznor
Jeff Chang gives a great playlist to the NY Times Paper Cuts blog.
How Femi Kuti went international — and why Fela never did.
The SP-1200: the machine that defined early 90s New York hip-hop
This new Too Short f. E-40 is a great record
New Andre 3K – Art of Storytellin’ Pt. 4
Cocaine Blunts interviews underrated Dungeon Family member Witchdoctor, who didn’t show up for his interview on The Sound of Young America
DID YOU KNOW: Singer/rapper Novel’s uncle is Solomon Burke? Also, his album that never came out like five years ago was pretty good. Also, this is his new video.
I am interviewed extensively on the podcast of the Chicago Center for Literature and Photography
Jonathan Coulton in French!