For some reason I found this picture of "tree goats" (via the cellar) very amusing. It has nothing to do with the content of today's post, but there probably will never be an appropriate time to put it up, so...
A few random links I wanted to put up before the weekend:
New York Magazine's The Vandalism Vandal, "The hunt for the radical, young - and possibly lovelorn - conceptual-Marxist street-art supervillain." It's a long article, but if you're at all interested in graffiti, it's worth a look.
Over at Boo Goo Doo Boom, Enigmatik has been putting up a great series of articles for Black Music Month. Start with
his post on Willie Hutch, then check out
the rest.
SpliffHuxtable's
put up some summertime beats, including a classic from Dilla.
New(ish) video from Common - The Game.
New mixtape from bbc1xtralarge and Bazooka Joe, featuring tracks from Freddie Foxx, O.G.C. and Lord Finesse.
Unkut has three versions of Marley Marl's old school classic
Marley Scratch (a.k.a. "He Cuts So Fresh"). You can listen to them
over here.
Finally, to finish off a week that was filled with T.I. remixes (even though
T.I.'s popularity seems to be in decline), here's a reggae remix of
Big Shit Poppin':
Ross Hogg - B.S.P. Remix (link via
low-bee
You can hear more of Ross Hogg's remixes
on his MySpace page.