Wesley Willis

Free Will Astrology: September 21-27, 2011

The Top Ten Best Worst Singing Rappers

​These days, there's nothing attention grabbing about rappers who sing, whether it's Andre 3000's amped squawk, an Auto-Tune-enabled Kanye West, or Lil Wayne's upcoming Riker's Island shower room spirituals. This week the canon sees new album additions from one-time Goodie Mob member Cee-Lo Gr ... More >>

The Bieber Bowl: The 2010 MTV Video Music Awards Live Blog

Just how awkward will the awkwardly staged moment between Kanye West and Taylor Swift be? Will Eminem deign to smile? Which uncomfortable pop star will B.o.B choose to bring up on stage with him? And how will your hosts, Pitchfork's Ryan Dombal and eMusic's Sean Fennessey, make it to midnight withou ... More >>

Top Ten Songs Named "Fuck You" Or The Immediate Equivalent

​On Friday Cee-Lo debuted a delightful new song with the simplest, most uncouth title possible: "Fuck You." It immediately joined the upper echelons of a surprisingly crowded genre -- from 50 Cent to Pharoahe Monch, the Avengers to Pussy Galore, Lil Kim to Atmosphere, there are lots of songs n ... More >>

Interview: Mike Doughty on The Hell That Was Soul Coughing, The Benefits of Psychedelics, and Fictionally Screwing a Republican

"I get more and more afraid that a Soul Coughing reunion is going to be forced upon me at knifepoint. I don't need money that bad. I swear to God." Mike Doughty's got some staying power. The singer-songwriter first hit the radar with Soul Coughing, that mid-'90s indie-band-with-stand-up-bass resp ... More >>

Ron English Might Still Have That Last Unreleased Wesley Willis Record

"I get more and more afraid that a Soul Coughing reunion is going to be forced upon me at knifepoint. I don't need money that bad. I swear to God." Mike Doughty's got some staying power. The singer-songwriter first hit the radar with Soul Coughing, that mid-'90s indie-band-with-stand-up-bass resp ... More >>

Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim on Ball Jokes, John C. Reilly, and their Awesome Show

"I get more and more afraid that a Soul Coughing reunion is going to be forced upon me at knifepoint. I don't need money that bad. I swear to God." Mike Doughty's got some staying power. The singer-songwriter first hit the radar with Soul Coughing, that mid-'90s indie-band-with-stand-up-bass resp ... More >>

SXSW: The Wesley Willis Doc

"I get more and more afraid that a Soul Coughing reunion is going to be forced upon me at knifepoint. I don't need money that bad. I swear to God." Mike Doughty's got some staying power. The singer-songwriter first hit the radar with Soul Coughing, that mid-'90s indie-band-with-stand-up-bass resp ... More >>

Spankmaster and Servant

On the psycho/genius double helix and XXX appeal of Kool Keith

Dancing With Themselves

The hilarity and guilt of Stairway to Stardom, NYC's Web-resurgent amateur reality show

Where the Wild Things Are

Out of the woods and out of their shell, semi-local foursome Animal Collective deliver an album for the unconverted

TP.3: Rehashed

R. Kelly gets a little too comfortable with his mysterious failure to come to trial

Uncontrollable Urges

R. Kelly gets a little too comfortable with his mysterious failure to come to trial

Paranoia Jumps Deep

It's My Party and I'll Catfight If I Want Candy

Music

It's My Party and I'll Catfight If I Want Candy

Intimate Pleasures

It's My Party and I'll Catfight If I Want Candy