BLOG NEWS & UPDATES #2

News & Updates March 19th

So I've been on the posting spree today. Everything that came up today has been in the works for the last week in some way or another- I've just been a busy girl, that's all. Don't hate.

I gave the blog a new look today as well, but nothing new on the technical front.

I have some more stuff in the works for all of you too- part II in the MF Grimm guide (which is going to be about his book) and part III (which will probably be all about the new stuff with Drasar Monumental). Additionally, I have part IV of the Wu-Tang guide coming which is going to be about post-Golden Age releases that hold their own with the GA ones. I may split that up into two pieces, one about non-Ghostface Killah releases, and one just for GFK.

After that the plan is to branch out some more. I'm going to do a piece on cool hip hop concept albums. That could take a little while to get together, or it might come out in multiple iterations. So keep your eyes open for that, the plan is to have it out by the end of April (we'll see). On top of that I'm hoping to do a piece about Jean Grae<3. I've been pretty generous with the boys, but there are some ladies who deserve some serious love, and JG is one who can rap circles around most male rappers EASILY.

That's all for now, remember to follow me via the mail list to get an email whenever I post something! xoxo <3

BLOG NEWS & UPDATES #1

News & Updates March 10th

A bit of news from your lovely, beautiful hostess today. As some of you know, I've been going through a re-branding process with the blog including a slight name change, the deletion of old posts that don't fit the bill, and some better search and categorization items. What the fuck does that mean? (sassy today) It means that I've added a Wikipedia search bar for anyone who might not know who a particular artist is, or who wants a bit more info on something I mention. Wikipedia isn't academic, but for a lot of things it works relatively well. All you have to do is enter the keyword, hit search, and underneath a link should appear. Click on it and a new tab will open with the wikipedia page. That way you don't need to worry about leaving the blog and can cross-reference the two. I feel so smart! :D

I'm thinking that I'll post updates whenever I make them to make this all a bit more personal <3, so this is the first one of however many end up appearing. As part of the re-branding process I'm trying to post more regularly, and about more specific things. Exciting things coming soon! <3

Shameless Advertising

Okay, now that the technical stuff is out of the way I have some advertising I promised to do! I have entered into a partnership with my lovely friend Ishmael. He's cool. He tells me that he's starting a podcast about hip hop with some friends of his. From the description I got it sounds like it'll be a really cool project, and so this is a shoutout for him, keep your eyes open for that. I'll be linking that shit up when it happens!

Also, Ish also turned me on to this friend Kamal of his who runs a Facebook page specifically on female composers in all kinds of music. My understanding is that there hasn't been too much hip hop stuff there yet, but there have been lots of posts and there's some really cool stuff! So keep it real and visit the page, you'll probably learn something, and learning is good, right? Keep following it and see where it goes! Here's a link:

https://www.facebook.com/wcomposers?fref=ts