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KRS-One

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2012

    Q&A: DJ Red Alert On Kiss-FM, The Bridge Wars, And Breaking "Rappin' Duke"

    In October of 1983, Kool DJ Red Alert broadcast his first rap radio show on Kiss-FM. It would soon bloom into an essential listening session for hip-hop junkies, a jump-off point for upcoming artists, and a long-running part of New York City's musical soundtrack. So with Kiss closing its doors as we ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2012

    Hip-Hop's 25 Best Weed Songs

    In honor of today being 4/20—every smoker's favorite day of the year—SOTC has compiled the 25 Best Rap Songs relating to weed. Though some may be more about bud than others, all are guaranteed to make your high all the more enjoyable. Be forewarned, though... this list doesn't have any h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2012

    Q&A: Big Baby Gandhi On Rap Battling At Nine, Rebelling In The Facebook Era, And Getting Das Racist's Attention With Negative YouTube Comments

    "Gandhi Mandhi was the name that they called him/ Now the honeys call me Young Kama Sutra/ Old white people real mad 'cause I'm the future." That cheeky rap is from "Boogie Nights," a jubilant track on Das Racist affiliate Big Baby Gandhi's recent mixtape No1 2 Look Up 2. The free tape is packed wit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 10, 2011

    Download: Blitz The Ambassador's Sun-Drenched "Best I Can"

    ​"It ain't where you from, it's where you at," intones Chuck D himself on the fourth album by rapper/producer Blitz The Ambassador. Blitz is originally from Ghana's capital city of Accra, and currently resides in Brooklyn, but the otherworldly rhythms and triple-speed rhymes of Native Sun (Emb ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 11, 2011

    Rock-Critic Pop Quiz #10: Name The Hosts Of Yo! MTV Raps

    ​Recently our hackles were raised after a concerned Park Slope resident (or, as reports increasingly indicate, a gifted troll) sent out a petition hoping to keep a new club from playing the hip-hop music (gasp!) in yuppietacular Brooklyn. We could not imagine the anarchy if rap music ever hit ... More >>

  • Books

    December 8, 2010

    The Best Books of 2010

    Vocoders, bohos, and a blast of vertigo—Village Voice writers pick their faves of the year

  • Blogs

    December 7, 2010

    Hip-Hop's Top Ten Greatest Sneaker Songs

    Kid Cudi, going all out for Converse.​Sneakers have long been hip-hop's footwear of choice. The links between the artists making the music and the companies behind the kicks are now totally intermingled, from top-end exclusive lines like Jay-Z's limited-to-five-pairs all-black Air Force 1s (de ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 11, 2010

    Q&A: DJ Premier on Where Rap Went Wrong and How to Fix It

    ​If New York hip-hop has a spiritual gatekeeper, it's DJ Premier. Along with being part of definitive '90s rap duo Gang Starr, Premier has balanced crafting songs for certified rap royalty Jay-Z, Biggie, and Nas with supporting the city's more varied and underground scenes. His upcoming label ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 27, 2010

    This Week in the Voice: Dan Choi, Bad Lieutenant

    ​Lt. Daniel Choi resembles so many other American soldiers in many, many ways: as a late 20s West Point grad who loves his country, a born-again Christian, as a soldier who's served two tours in Iraq, and as a soldier who's been kicked out of the military. But even that isn't the distinguishment t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 30, 2010

    Live: Rating Rock the Bells Sets From Slick Rick, Wu-Tang Clan, Lauryn Hill, A Tribe Called Quest, Snoop Dogg, and More

    Oh, hey Q-Tip. All photos by Rebecca Smeyne.​On a sweltering Saturday, the seventh annual hip-hop nerd convention Rock The Bells took over Governor's Island. It's a place where people know to "throw a one in the air" for Guru before DJ Premier even asked, a place where you can overhear a convo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 27, 2010

    Q&A: Brother Ali on Rock the Bells and The Importance of Getting Touched By Ghostface

    Cover of Ali's The Truth is Here EP Of the many details that differentiate Brother Ali from your average rapper, it is important to note that after delving deep into the painful dissolution of his emotionally abusive marriage on his 2007 album The Undisputed Truth, Ali wraps things up by telling h ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    August 18, 2010

    MS. HILL RETURNS

    Or, at least, we hope so

  • Blogs

    June 8, 2010

    Snoop Dogg, A Tribe Called Quest, DJ Premier, And, Yes, Lauryn Hill Added To Rock The Bells Lineup

    ​Well, this has been somewhat of a confusing rollout. The news: Snoop (doing Doggystyle in its entirety), Tribe (doing Midnight Marauders), and DJ Premier (doing a Gang Starr tribute that'll probably be the highlight of the whole thing) have been added to the bill (already loaded with Wu Tang, ... More >>

  • Music

    May 18, 2010

    Back to 'Africa' With Nas and Damian Marley

    Why the blockbuster collusion of Distant Relatives feels so . . . distant

  • Blogs

    October 9, 2009

    Week in Review: The F. Scott Fitzgerald of American Indie Rock

    Photo of South Williamsburg's the Woods by Puja Patel​In the week in which everyone went to rock and roll fantasy camp--whether it be the one that takes place inside the Colbert Report studios with the Mountain Goats' John Darnielle or the one that takes place on the disco dance floor with Vin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 7, 2009

    "Satan Is A Big Tall European": A Young David Paterson Shares the Stage with KRS-One and BDP

    Wow. This stellar clip of BDP and KRS-One getting it in Harlem, circa 1990, contains both cameos from a not-yet-Governor David Paterson--that's him, circa 47 seconds in, right around when KRS gets his white devils dig in--and a pre-Bad Boy Puff Daddy, working a kind of proto-Diddy Bop in the backg ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 29, 2009

    Tonight They're Gonna Rock You Tonight: Zap Mama, Cake, and Some Golden-Age Hip-Hop

    Starting today, intrepid Voice intern Michael Downes will offer a daily, highly biased digest of that evening's best NYC shows -- and the whole weekend's slate on Friday, which today is, mercifully, if you were not aware. Enjoy. FRIDAY Zaire-born Marie Daulne fronts Zap Mama at Joe's Pub. Foun ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    May 20, 2009

    KRS One+DJ Cool Herc

    Starting today, intrepid Voice intern Michael Downes will offer a daily, highly biased digest of that evening's best NYC shows -- and the whole weekend's slate on Friday, which today is, mercifully, if you were not aware. Enjoy. FRIDAY Zaire-born Marie Daulne fronts Zap Mama at Joe's Pub. Foun ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 16, 2008

    I Knew M.I.A. Was Pregnant Before You

    Starting today, intrepid Voice intern Michael Downes will offer a daily, highly biased digest of that evening's best NYC shows -- and the whole weekend's slate on Friday, which today is, mercifully, if you were not aware. Enjoy. FRIDAY Zaire-born Marie Daulne fronts Zap Mama at Joe's Pub. Foun ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 10, 2008

    KRS-One: These Kids Today!

    Starting today, intrepid Voice intern Michael Downes will offer a daily, highly biased digest of that evening's best NYC shows -- and the whole weekend's slate on Friday, which today is, mercifully, if you were not aware. Enjoy. FRIDAY Zaire-born Marie Daulne fronts Zap Mama at Joe's Pub. Foun ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 23, 2008

    Steve Earle Goes Back to Church, Stays for About 2 1/2 Hours

    Starting today, intrepid Voice intern Michael Downes will offer a daily, highly biased digest of that evening's best NYC shows -- and the whole weekend's slate on Friday, which today is, mercifully, if you were not aware. Enjoy. FRIDAY Zaire-born Marie Daulne fronts Zap Mama at Joe's Pub. Foun ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 8, 2008

    East Village Radio Music Festival: It's Hard Out There for a Pirate

    Starting today, intrepid Voice intern Michael Downes will offer a daily, highly biased digest of that evening's best NYC shows -- and the whole weekend's slate on Friday, which today is, mercifully, if you were not aware. Enjoy. FRIDAY Zaire-born Marie Daulne fronts Zap Mama at Joe's Pub. Foun ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    August 27, 2008

    TUNE IN

    EVR celebrates five years of eclectic listening

  • Voice Choices

    July 2, 2008

    AND YOU DON’T STOP

    Kick it old-school at the Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival

  • Voice Choices

    February 19, 2008

    DEAR MR. BUSH

    Fitty, Biggie, and others tee off in a political doc

  • Blogs

    October 5, 2007

    Last Night: The VH1 Hip Hop Honors

    Fitty, Biggie, and others tee off in a political doc

  • Music

    May 8, 2007

    Noise from the Front

    For the week of May 16–22, 2007

  • Music

    June 13, 2006

    All in the Family

    Confused teens, confused thirtysomethings, and old jazz guys enjoying their dotage

  • Blogs

    May 1, 2006

    Christina Aguilera Saves Hip-Hop

    Confused teens, confused thirtysomethings, and old jazz guys enjoying their dotage

  • Blogs

    March 31, 2006

    KRS-One and Marley Marl Working Together: Who Cares?

    Confused teens, confused thirtysomethings, and old jazz guys enjoying their dotage

  • People

    January 3, 2006

    Before MTV

    Talking with Ralph McDaniels, New York VJ and hiphop's great uncle

  • Music

    June 21, 2005

    The Cotton Club

    Black-conscious hip-hop deals with an overwhelmingly white live audience

  • Music

    May 3, 2005

    Beguilement and Rage

    So many unpretentious young bands with a geniune knack, so many others without a clue

  • NYC Life

    November 4, 2003

    Listings

    So many unpretentious young bands with a geniune knack, so many others without a clue

  • Music

    November 4, 2003

    Music

    So many unpretentious young bands with a geniune knack, so many others without a clue

  • Music

    May 13, 2003

    Home Improv-Ment

    Freestyling About Freestyling, for a World That Couldn't Care Less

  • Music

    December 3, 2002

    Beef Not Bacon

    Freestyling About Freestyling, for a World That Couldn't Care Less

  • News

    November 19, 2002

    World War of Words

    As Battles Turn Complicated, Murder Remains Bigger Than Hip-Hop

  • Home

    August 20, 2002

    Busking for Bucks

    As Battles Turn Complicated, Murder Remains Bigger Than Hip-Hop

  • Music

    June 18, 2002

    Souled Out

    God Must Have Spent a Little More Time on Today’s Pop Gospel

  • Theater

    July 24, 2001

    Beats and Keats

    Universes’ ‘Slanguage’ at NYTW

  • Music

    June 12, 2001

    Metaphysical Refinitions Overstood at Last!

    Universes’ ‘Slanguage’ at NYTW

  • Music

    March 6, 2001

    Music

    Universes’ ‘Slanguage’ at NYTW

  • NYC Life

    February 27, 2001

    Live and Erect

    Rock And Rap Shows Bed-Spring Into Action

  • Music

    February 6, 2001

    Pazz & Jop Preview

    Rock And Rap Shows Bed-Spring Into Action

  • News

    October 31, 2000

    The King of Coonology

    Spike Lee Mounts His Revenge on Black Hollywood

  • News

    October 3, 2000

    Roots, Rhymes, and What?

    Critics Say Brooklyn Museum Is Soft on Hip-Hop Politics

  • News

    September 5, 2000

    All Mixed Up

    Clubs Go Off the Deep End

  • Long Island Voice

    January 11, 2000

    headline

    Clubs Go Off the Deep End

  • Long Island Voice

    October 26, 1999

    Grave condition

    Clubs Go Off the Deep End

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