On this episode, Roebus One stops by to talk to Shape about drug addiction, being in an psych ward, going through rehab and how that informs the creative process. Roebus has been making music and playing live around the states for a minute to underground critical acclaim. He has several self-released albums available online. G. Wallace also joins shape for a personal intro to the program.
The Custodian of Records is a New Jersey bred producer, who moonlights as a battle rapper and emcee, and works with some of the finest local talent Jersey has to offer. He is the organizer of the awesome monthly Garden Variety showcase, which features a rotating roster of fresh undiscovered artists. In this episode, Shape and TCOR sit down to discuss the pratfalls of high school, the art of digging for and sampling vinyl, white rappers, and, finally, get to the bottom of why they thought they didn’t like each other.
Fred Ones started off at a young age learning how to DJ, and as a member of the seminal and critically acclaimed underground hip-hop group Sonic Sum, was a huge influence on the current independent scene. He currently runs his own studio and works with some of the most talented up and comers in the New York area. On this episode, he sits down with Shape to talk about his early memories of hip-hop, his work with Sonic Sum and where he sees the industry and the movement headed.
Blockhead is well known for his production on Aesop Rock’s albums and working on a number of different Def Jux artist’s projects. He’s also put out several solo instrumental albums and toured extensively. On this episode of the show, he sits down with Shape to discuss sampling and production, New York public access television, internet trolls and being a producer on the road.
For the first episode of the program, New York emcee Creatures stops by to discuss growing up in New York, participating in the early hardcore scene, rapping with the classic early 90′s group The Triflicts, selling his solo music hand to hand and his new band Rebelmatic.
This is another one of my San Jose homies, Antwon, killing it. The South Bay just seems to be on their game (quick shout out to all ‘em cats, Pacoe the Illiterate, Opski Chan, Barry Bones). This song is just laid back and my man put together the accompanying video, which has a kind of lo-fi Harmony Korrine vibe, himself. Perfect summer evening soundtrack. Give it a spin!
Vida Killz is a good friend of mine and a dope emcee out of San Jose, CA. She’s featured on my upcoming Wikileaking EP. Yesterday she dropped this video for her track “No H8″ and I think its awesome. I hope you will take a minute to check it out and appreciate what she is saying. You can download her music for free at vidakillz.com. Show some support to great independent music!
The month of July is about to get wild. We have the full Slangcorp family performing under one roof on the 22nd. That includes but is not limited to me, GDP, Pistol, G. Wallace, TMFSE, Larry Hobson, The Custodian of Records, Benny 2 Bars, Rocky Reason, and a few more heads coming out the woodworks for special appearances. How special are these appearances? You’ll have to show up to find out. Expect a night of debauchery and regret.
Also, the whole things is going off in one epic shared set, so expect to the stage full.
Last night, Pistol, GDP, G. Wallace and I took over WFMU Free Form listener supported radio to play a little over two hours of original music by ourselves and the Slangcorp family on the Hip Hop show Coffee Break for Heroes and Villains hosted by Noah. This was our second radio appearance in a week (the first was on NYU’s college radio) and definitely my favorite. Not only is WFMU the best radio station in the world but I’ve been listening to Noah’s show for years and years, it is one of the last real hip hop shows going on these days. So big props to my man for recognizing the Slangcorp skills and doing a whole show revolving around us. Follow the link below to listen to the whole Slangcorp featured Coffee Break episode.
American Death Cult
And I traced the symbols of a sensualist devils paltry designs
On the doorstep of our ego, at the outlines of her mind,
And lacking for better scripture and asking for darker times
She responded in words of fire that flowered on lips of lies.
And towers were crowned of thorns as the godless conspired for Babel;
The builders too tired to build, the masters too drunk with power,
The prophets informed of madness and dying in their own skin
Lay bluffing in crimes of wisdom–the harvest will now begin.
So sirens gave birth to war and the warriors performed their plays,
Shakespearean, almost human and tragically out of frame,
And new magic was broadcast directly into the grave,
Where truth was buried nameless and naked but for its shame.
And the pigs will serve their kingdoms with bullets that want of blood,
The drugs will become abundant and artificial as love,
And the wicked will man their altars and no one will know their names
And none will be saved of suffering as He will not rise again.
Then men will be torn to ashes and strewn in the scars of earth
Or swallowed in hungry gospels of destinies well rehearsed.
For churches have armed the starving and nations ignite the skies
With kisses of inquisition in brilliant arcs of light.
And the nights will be long and starless and stained of a crimson dusk
When the whores of the corporate fortune conspire against our trust
And the dust on the flesh of all this will settle in quiet breaths
As we rest on the breast of beauty and dream at the gates of death.
shape
5/2/11
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