MURS (Rapper)

What's Up With Hip-Hop's Obsession With the Suzanne Vega Hit "Tom's Diner"?

Last week, Bronx MC YC the Cynic unleashed his brand-new Oliver Eid-directed video for "God Complex," the debut single from his forthcoming Kickstarter-funded release GNK, produced entirely by Frank Drake. A notable element of the song is YC's incorporation of Suzanne Vega's "Tom's Diner" into his f ... More >>

Har Mar Superstar Brings in Doomtree's Mike Mictlan for Last Fridays

For over a decade, Har Mar Superstar has been one of music's most consistently entertaining cult favorites. He's currently busier than ever, recently announcing his new album Bye Bye 17 in-between hosting his Nocturnal Emotions podcast and curating his monthly Last Fridays residency at the Knitting ... More >>

Q&A: 4th Pyramid On Touring With Too $hort And Wu-Tang, Hooking Up With Cosmo Baker, And The Makings Of A Good Hypeman

Back in February, Adam Farag sat at the bar of scuzzy East Village drink spot The Library with an envelope stuffed with $500 in singles. It was early afternoon and he was alternating pints of beer with whiskey shots while telling stories about touring with the Wu-Tang Clan, recording in El-P's basem ... More >>

Q&A: El-P On "Rush Over BKLYN" And His Friend Mr. Dibbs

One of the most respected turntable artists in the independent hip-hop world, Brad Forste's fierce, punk-like approach to scratching always pushed each set he DJed right up to the line of pandemonium. On more than one occasion I have seen Forste, apparently unsatisfied with the crowd's energy, cut u ... More >>

Rock The Bells NYC Lineup Updated; Erykah Badu To Perform Baduizm

Tickets go on sale tomorrow at 10 a.m. for the New York City stop of the Rock The Bells Festival, which will take place on September 3 at Governors Island. The lineup for the all-star hip-hop concert, during which a slew of heavyweights (Nas, Ms. Lauryn Hill, Raekwon & Ghostface) will revisit album ... More >>

The Ten Best Musician/Comic Artist Friendships

Grant Morrison in the video for My Chemical Romance's "Sing" Grant Morrison is a U.K. comic book writer known for known for highly singular--or insane, if you prefer, in a good way--takes on established mainstream properties like X-Men and Doom Patrol as well as his own, peyotesque original series ... More >>

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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 >>

The Fourth Annual Village Voice Readers' Film Poll -- The Best Films of 1967!

"We rob banks."​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. February 8, 1968, Vol. XIII, No. 17 Films by Andrew Sarris The readers of The Village Voice have responded in unprecedented numbers to the fourth annual poll of ten-best lists. For the record, the previous winners are "D ... More >>

Student-Teacher Power Struggles in The Class

To Sir, with attitude

TV on the Radio: Bad Lyrics, Good Writing

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Murs Hits the Big Time, If 'the Big Time' Even Exists

No Sleep for Brooklyn

Indie-rap fireplug El-P returns, as bombastically bleak as ever

Live: Aceyalone and RJD2 Go to Church

Career Opportunity

Alt-rapping Perceptionists trade their black vocals so they can share their black lives

A Critic's Job at Work

MLK Fever

Bill O'Reilly, we salute you, now please give us all our frankincense and myrrh back

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