Dubspot piece on Rock Hard Bastards the new turntablism super group feat D-Styles, Excess, and Toadstyle.
Chicago Rapper Serengeti goes in on Shaq
Chicago’s Serengeti takes shots at the world’s tallest rapper Shaquille Oneal over this Jel and Oddnodam produced track. We’ll see if Shazam comes back with a response.
Talkin’ Samples with Lord Finesse

Papertrails contributor David Ma talks to the Funky Technician Lord Finesse about his 10 favorite sample flips (via egotripland)
D’Angelo is Back?
D’Angelo live in Stockholm 2012
When ever I hear people rave about Hipster crooners like Mayer Hawthorne and Frank Ocean I think to myself “Where The Hell is D’Angelo?” Well that question has been answered somewhat. This thursday he did his first live performance in more than a decade in Stockholm Sweden, and if we are to believe our eyes and ears he looks and sounds like he’s in top form. Hopefully a US tour and a new album aren’t far off.