YouTube stream of Danny Brown's "30"
I have no business listening to XXX, the free new mixtape by Detroit-based rapper Danny Brown. I go to midday parades in the suburbs. Instead of plotting to "Die Like a Rock Star" while abusing Adderall, I think about the 2012 elections as I mow my lawn. Even so, my love of XXX isn't based on vicarious thrills. I respect Danny Brown's intelligence, humor and honesty. "I ain't never had sh*t- zilch, zero, none," he confesses as he calls out duplicitous rappers on "Lie4." And his music is great. XXX's grimy sound is what I liked about early Dizzee Rascal. He tellingly references Kool Keith on "Outer Space." His "anti-clean rap" is everything I wanted but didn't get out of Tyler the Creator's Goblin. XXX is messed up. And I can relate.
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Danny Brown is one of the opening acts on Das Racist's current tour.
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The Tedeschi Trucks Band sneaked up on me. Its show last night was one of my favorites of 2011. Here's my review.
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Wait… Meg of Meg & Dia was a contestant on the reality show The Voice? Why didn't I hear about this until after the fact?
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KCRW offers a stream of My Morning Jacket performing Orbital. Big thumbs up.
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I'd been sleeping on "Ghetto Dreams", the new Common and Nas collaboration.
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Kansas City Click: The great Marty Stuart is at Santa-Cali-Gon Days on Friday.
KC Irish Fest runs Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Ledesi is Sunday's headliner at the VooDoo Lounge.
The Kansas City Symphony offers a free concert Sunday at Shawnee Mission Park.
(Original image by There Stands the Glass.)
2 comments:
hap... i'm of the opinion you're probably not a glen campbell fan other than perhaps having a respect for his talent. but you ought to check out his new release "Ghost on the Canvas." i'm finding it an amazing work. - mike
I'm pretty sure that Glen Campbell albums were stacked on the family turntable as I sucked on a bottle in my baby crib. I'm a big fan of Glen circa 67-77. I'll check out his new one as soon as I get over my Danny Brown fixation.
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