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Das EFX

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2012

    The 18 Best Rapper Movies

    Since the days of Wild Style and Krush Groove, rappers have put their music on hold and delved into the film world. A bunch of these efforts were pretty bad—remember Ice-T in Leprechaun in the Hood—while others were so bad they were good. Cam crying in Killa Season or KRS fleeing the sce ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2012

    Head Bangers And Hardcore Hits: A Ten-Track Hit Squad Collection

    Tail-end golden era rap fanatics rejoice—the Hit Squad is back! Emerging after Long Islanders Erick Sermon and Parish Smith found fame as EPMD, the Hit Squad drafted in the duo's pugnacious rap mates Redman, K-Solo, Keith Murray and Das EFX and reigned as one of the most beloved rap posses of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 22, 2011

    Hip-Hop's Top Ten Otis Redding Samples

    ​"Otis" fever is in full effect, thanks to the Otis Redding-sampling song from Jay-Z and Kanye West's much-ballyhooed Watch The Throne project leaking Wednesday night. The track's production, based around a slick chop of Redding's "Try A Little Tenderness," might be the most impressive thing a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 6, 2010

    Week in Review: This Means Something

    Hey, Marty. Photo by Rebecca Smeyne.​In the week a former member of the Fugees declared his intention to run an entire country, despite his gross lack of qualifications for said job, we started a campaign against him. Sorry 'Clef, but this is ridiculous.

  • Blogs

    June 8, 2010

    Download: Marco Polo, "Radio (Remix) ft. Torae and Ruste Juxx"

    Yes In My Backyard is a semiweekly column showcasing MP3s from new and emerging local talent. ​Brooklyn beatmaker Marco Polo is quickly becoming Duck Down Records' secret weapon, a neck-snapping producer who keeps the label supplied with bucketloads of no-nonsense boom-bap that is reverent bu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 26, 2009

    From the Voice Archives: Scott Poulson-Bryant Reviews the Michael Jackson/Michael Jordon Collision That is "Jam"

    In honor of Michael Jackson, we're raiding our archives. Below, Scott Poulson-Bryant's review of the Michael Jackson/Michael Jordan convergence that was the video for "Jam," first published in August, 1992. Be Like Mike By Scott Poulson-Bryant August 4, 1992 You've been ruminating on Black Beaut ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    April 22, 2008

    Friday

    In honor of Michael Jackson, we're raiding our archives. Below, Scott Poulson-Bryant's review of the Michael Jackson/Michael Jordan convergence that was the video for "Jam," first published in August, 1992. Be Like Mike By Scott Poulson-Bryant August 4, 1992 You've been ruminating on Black Beaut ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    April 22, 2008

    BACK IN BUSINESS

    EPMD bring New York back

  • Music

    November 6, 2007

    The Dirty Heartbeat of the Golden Age

    Reminiscing on the SP-1200, the machine that defined New York hip-hop

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2007

    Weekend Bender: Optimo, Trans Am, Oneida, DJ Rob Sheffield and more

    Reminiscing on the SP-1200, the machine that defined New York hip-hop

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2007

    Nas's "Where Are They Now" Remixes: Publicity-Stunt Greatness

    Reminiscing on the SP-1200, the machine that defined New York hip-hop

  • Blogs

    July 20, 2006

    Status Ain't Hood Interviews Method Man

    Reminiscing on the SP-1200, the machine that defined New York hip-hop

  • Music

    June 6, 2006

    Scented Apprentice

    Undie-rap agitprop mingles furious Bush bashing with sitcom humor

  • Music

    June 1, 2004

    Go 'Head, Fred!

    Boondocks and motherland sing that song to da rhythm of da boogie da bang bang da bong

  • News

    January 7, 2003

    Foucault's Turntable

    Hip-Hop Scholars Bumrush the Academy

  • NYC Life

    December 17, 2002

    Close-Up on Crown Heights

    Hip-Hop Scholars Bumrush the Academy

  • Music

    July 24, 2001

    Music

    Hip-Hop Scholars Bumrush the Academy

  • Long Island Voice

    September 14, 1999

    We got your hip-hop hall of fame

    Hip-Hop Scholars Bumrush the Academy

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