White Boiz, the collaborative project between Strong Arm Steady‘s MC Krondon and Sa-Ra collective’s producer Shafiq Husayn can trace its origins to rather humble beginnings — mutual admiration: Krondon would show up to Sa-Ra performances unannounced […]
Tag: Stones Throw Records
New Audio: Dam Funk’s Quiet Storm-Inspired, New Single “Glyde 2Night” and Two, Funky, Non-Album Tracks
If you’ve been following JOVM for some time, you’d likely know that over the past couple of years, the incredibly prolific multi-instrumentalist and producer, Dam-Funk has seen his profile grow exponentially for a sound that simultaneously channels […]
New Audio: Guilty Simpson Teams Up With Quakers’ Katalyst for The Hard-Hitting “Fractured”
If you’ve been following JOVM over the past couple of years, you may know that Detroit‘s Guilty Simpson is not only one of my favorite emcees, but I think he’s arguably one of contemporary hip-hop’s shamefully unheralded, under-appreciated […]
New Video: Dam-Funk Brings Uplifting 80s-Inspired G Funk to the 21st Century with “We Continue”
Over the past couple of years, Dam-Funk has seen his profile grow exponentially for a sound that simultaneously channels late Parliament/George Clinton solo work, 80s synth-based funk and R&B, and Parliament-inspired G funk and for his collaborations […]
Interview: The Joy of Music Blogging: William Ruben Helms and His Devotion to a Lifestyle
In the five years that I’ve run The Joy of Violent Movement, I’ve conducted about 100 interviews, and as a result I’ve wound up growing quite used to the role of being an interviewer. But […]
If you’ve been frequenting JOVM over the last couple of years, you will likely be very familiar with producer, composer, multi-instrumentalist Dam-Funk. Over the past couple of years, the Stones Throw Records artist has seen […]
Over the last couple of years, DJ, producer, composer, multi-instrumentalist, and Stones Throw Records artist Dam-Funk has seen his profile grow exponentially for a sound that channels late Parliament/George Clinton solo work, 80s synth-based funk […]
Now, if you’ve been following JOVM since the beginning, you may remember that I’ve written about Mayer Hawthorne, one of this era’s best and sadly unheralded soul vocalists; in fact, his Impressions: The Covers EP, […]
Mild High Club is the creative mastermind of Alexander Bretin, a jazz-trained musician, who specializes in a hazy, and woozy psychedelic pop sound comprised of cascading and shimmering synth chords, gently undulating bass, vocals fed […]
If you’ve been regularly following JOVM for the last couple of years, you may have remembered that back in 2013, I wrote quite a bit on 7 Days of Funk, a unique collaboration between Stones Throw Records‘s Dam […]
Leaving Records and Stones Throw Records teamed up to release the third edition of Ras G’s mixtape series, Raw Fruit on the second annual Cassette Store Day last Saturday. And much like the already-established Record Store Day, […]
Since signing to renowned hip-hop label Stones Throw Records back in October 2011, Homeboy Sandman has proven himself to be one of hip-hop’s most prolific emcees releasing a full-length effort, First of a Living Breed, five […]
As a blogger and as an obsessive music fan, it’s pretty easy to become a fan of particular labels at a given time. In fact, I’ve written about how much of a fan of labels […]
I’ve lately come to believe that being a music journalist or a music blogger requires being something of a music nerd – if not a little bit of a snob here and there. And i […]
Madlib may arguably be one of the most playfully inventive and unique producers hip-hop has ever known. Early in his career, Madlib was a member of the Oxnard, CA-based act, Lootpack featuring Wildchild and DJ […]