Over the past five years or so, I’ve written quite a bit on the New York-based singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Rene Lopez, who arguably may be among a group of incredibly talented and shamefully under-appreciated artists […]
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The Atlanta, GA-based singer/songwriter TOTEM is part of a burgeoning trend among a number of artists – a trend in which these artists purposely shroud themselves in mystery in order to eschew the familiar notions […]
It’s been a rather busy few days in the JOVM world as I will be covering 8 shows in about 13 days or something like that, so unfortunately, I haven’t been able to post as […]
Black Sheep/Etivan and Das EFX with Jairobi, Sadat X and Other Special Guests at Brooklyn Bowl 1/15/15
Black Sheep and Das EFX with Jairobi, Sadat X and Other Special Guests Brooklyn Bowl January 15, 2015 As a child of the 80s and teenager of the 90s, the very beginnings of hip-hop’s golden […]
Ahmed Gollab is a Sudanese ex-pat, who writes, records and performs under the moniker of Sinkane, with his frequent collaborator and childhood friend Greg Lofaro, along with bandmates jaytram (drums), Ish Montgomery (bass) and Jonny […]
If you’re a real hip-hop head and were coming of age in the late 80s and early 90s – and in particular, you dug the underground hip hop scene then. you’d probably heard of the […]
After a discussion of old school hip hop with several Twitter followers, I had mentioned this track, the Young Black Teenager’s “Tap the Bottle.” I remember that Kid Capri used to play this one quite […]