The soundCLASH—New Orleans’ monthly premiere beat battle, local hip hop artist showcase, and networking event—launches a new challenge and moves to a new venue, the Hi Ho Lounge for its monthly edition on Thursday, May 16. The vent was formerly held at the Maison on Frenchmen, but the Hi Ho is booking more and more [...]
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Dumpstaphunk Drummer, Nikki Glaspie Joins The Kofi Burbridge All-Stars and DJ Rich Medina at Jazz Fest Night Show
April 30, 2013 – 5:28 pm
We’ve had our ear to the ground this week, sussing out some of the must-see shows during the “Daze Between” Jazz Fest weekends, otherwise known as Jazz Fest by Night, and the show happening tonight at the Howlin’ Wolf is definitely hot on the radar! “American Promise” will feature a combination of superb, and often [...]
The soundCLASH April Edition featuring Fiend, Joe Cool, Codac and More
April 17, 2013 – 7:43 pm
New Orleans’ premiere beat battle, artist showcase and networking event, The soundCLASH has steadily proven over the past year that this monthly is one not to be missed – that is, if you want to stay on the cutting edge of who’s on the rise in NOLA hip hop. Host and super promoter, El “On-Point’ [...]
Seattle’s Experience Music Project Pop Conference hits NOLA April 19 – 21
April 10, 2013 – 7:02 pm
“Due South: Roots, Songlines, Musical Geographies” New Orleans music is once again the central focus of a national music conference this month as Seattle’s Experience Music Project (EMP) has chosen to hold its annual Pop Conference here in the Birthplace of American music at Tulane University from April 19 – 21. Certainly a perfect choice [...]
Ricky B, B Is for Bounce (Sinking City/Urban Unrest)
April 1, 2013 – 12:55 am
Ricky B is not merely a pioneering bounce artist—he’s also an essential geographer. With this reissue on vinyl of nine classic tracks, we get a detailed map of the city’s sound and its streets as they were circa ‘94-’95. Previously only available as a cassette single, the album’s version of “What School’s in the House?” [...]
Rik Ducci, Pride 4 Lunch Sleep 4 Dinner (Independent)
April 1, 2013 – 12:41 am
Over the last year, as popular hip-hop continued to lust for Molly and EMD, a sub-narrative evolved around veteran artists who issued quality records without compromising their original styles. See Nas, Killer Mike, and El-P as examples of sophisticated thinkers who adapted according to their own compasses. Amid the synthetic beefs and chains, the lonely [...]
Uniquity: Boom-bap and Jazz Rap
January 1, 2013 – 6:18 am
As we walk to conduct our interview at a quieter Marigny bar, rapper Renard “Slangston Hughes” Bridgewater (“The Connoisseur of Fine Rhyme”) discusses the human desire for tangibility. “At the end of the day, a lot of people still want that paper and that ink,” he says, referring to his day job in production at [...]
Hip Hop Is Alive the Play Returns to Cafe Istanbul Tonight
October 23, 2012 – 7:31 am
Remix — Hip Hop Is Alive, the play, returns this fall with a performance tonight (October 23) at Cafe Istanbul at 7:00 p.m. The play, itself, a favorite at last year’s Fringe Fest, casts local rappers as actors in a series of vignettes where dialogue revolves around popular hip-hop songs. Among others, tonight’s show stars [...]
Look-Ka Py Py Podcast (ep 7): Soundclash Rings the Bell
October 17, 2012 – 3:44 pm
In the ‘90s, streetwise record labels No Limit and Cash Money put New Orleans hip-hop on the map, hustling stars such as Master P, Lil Wayne, Mystikal and Juvenile onto the mainstream radar. But as the industry evolved, the bling faded. Though it’s no secret that the game has changed, the grind, remains the same. [...]
