the mixtape show

too late, you already missed him: Jay Electronica's performance of "...because he broke the rules" at Gilles Peterson's Worldwide Awards 2008 I realize that in some senses UK has overall better taste in music right now than we do, and I'm happy that Jay got out there to do his thing, but seriously, somebody back home needs to give this dude a chance. I mean, the Beeb is already up on this. You can hear this set to music on the first Jay Electronica podcast posted ...

Required reading and listening for this weekend: In an open letter to the record industry posted by Jack Davey of J*Davey on her blog: "the age old model is failing . as an industry based on faithful consumers you have lost your connection with the people who matter most : the PEOPLE . you have yet to show them that you are with the changing times & able to adapt to something new . you are proving that you are too afraid to promote good music . you would rather let the monotonous drone of what is today's music remain unbalanced ...

It seems like every rappidy rap site did some sort of best-of wrap-up lists for 2007. I'd love to do that sort of thing, but real talk? I can't remember what I had for breakfast this morning, much less remember what I was doing last January. So now that the euphoria of the new year has passed, I figured I'd talk about some stuff I liked. So here we go, open thread. What impressed/depressed you this last year? I'll get us started and keep it positive: RAPS. I've got to say, producerwise? I really really think Suburb is ...

K-Mart knows what's up. I don't think this is PC, but it sure makes it easier to find the Pink Oil Moisturizer. Happy 2008.