TAG: Doseone

May24

13 & God – Own Your Ghost (Review)

13 & God

Own Your Ghost

Released by anticon.


Markus Acher’s airy, crystalline vocals can make songs about aging and death oddly beautiful. Firmly rooted in existentialism, Acher’s dusty manifestos ride high over 13 & God’s densely-layered backdrops. Playing counterpoint to Acher’s crooning is the gonzo rap stylings (and occasional singing) of anticon veteran Doseone. It’s an unusual back-and-forth that delivers rapturous results on the seven piece band’s sophomore record Own Your Ghost.

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Apr11

13 & God Interview – Doseone

If ever you wanted to get good insight into what true brotherhood and multi-genre musical collaboration was like from the inside, then read on for my conversation with 13 & God’s Doseone. One member of a 7 piece collective, Adam and I talked about how a group that’s, not only so large in membership, but also an amalgam of two already established bands, managed to get all of its contributor’s respective ideas into the mix while recording a sophomore LP entitled Own Your Ghosts. …MORE

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Dec21

Scribble Jammed: Festival in Flux pt. 1

America’s largest independent hip-hop gathering falls victim to economic and internal pressures. Will this king of Midwest festivals rise again?

 

Summer 2009: For the first time in its 13-year history, Cincinnati’s Scribble Jam, one of America’s largest hip-hop festivals, was cancelled. The event had become a Midwest institution, featuring both independent and internationally known artists while representing all aspects of hip-hop culture including graffiti art, DJing, break-dancing and audio production. For performers and fans, the event was a chance to participate in hip-hop as a living, breathing culture.

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