TAG: The Mighty Underdogs
Mr. Lif’s music is always filled with a certain level of anger–whether it’s seething rage or subtle discontent, it’s a staple of the indie rapper’s catalog. And yet, Lif the person might be the most jovial rapper to ever step up to the mic. He’s just announced his new album, I Heard It Today, and first that’s independent of his long time home, Definitive Jux. The record will drop on his own Bloodbot Tactical Enterprises on Apr 21, and feature production from Edan, J-Zone, Headnodic, and Willie Evans Jr.
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Review: The Mighty Underdogs
URB #156: My First Issue
Gift of Gab, Lateef the Truth Speaker and Headnodic watched quite a few zombie movies this year…many of which were not made in 08. For hip-hop supercrew The Mighty Underdogs, 2008 was the year of the zombie movie. Be sure to check out Droppin Science Fiction out now on Definitive Jux.
When he’s not covering the wide world of film and hip-hop for media institutions like URB, DJ Kevlar (aka Kevin Polowy) is one of NYC’s rising turntable workers—proving that ‘waxmaster’ might be one of the few recession-proof gigs, even in Burrough that brought us the bear market.
DJ KEVLAR’S TOP 10 ALBUMS OF 2008
10. Rabbi Darkside – Building the Better Bomb and Hired Gun – The People’s Verses (tie)
Full disclosure: These are my dudes… otherwise I might’ve had to rank them higher. Two of 3rd Party’s threesome went solo in ‘08, and the results couldn’t be more official. Rabbi D’s Bomb drops like a ton of bricks, with pensive poetics that range from political to deeply personal, while on Verses, Hired Gun continues to drop knowledge with the ferocity of a young and …
Gift of Gab, Lateef the Truth Speaker and Headnodic watched quite a few zombie movies this year…many of which were not made in 08. For hip-hop supercrew The Mighty Underdogs, 2008 was the year of the zombie movie. Be sure to check out Droppin Science Fiction out now on Definitive Jux.
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