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NOSAJ THING: YOU DROPPED THE BOMB ON ME

June 8th, 2009 · 3 Comments

Nosaj Thing was in 40 Bands 80 Minutes with Wives, HEALTH and Abe Vigoda and then followed madman visionaries like Flying Lotus and Gaslamp Killer to Low End Theory. He now joins half the next generation of L.A. beatmakers on Daddy Kev’s Alpha Pup Records with his debut full-length Drift. This interview by Chris Ziegler

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SNEAKER PIMPS @ THE VANGUARD

May 18th, 2009 · No Comments

Bowel-rattling bass during the Sneaker Pimps event at The Vanguard may have melted attendees’ brains, rendering them unable to respond to complex stimuli. There doesn’t seem to be another viable explanation for why a room chock full of hip hop (and fancy sneaker) fans stood motionless and looking vaguely confused through a raunchy performance from 88-Keys and a blazing freestyle and several lectures from Wale about how embarrassingly catatonic they were.

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