The Musik Lounge

As much of a vinyl fiend as I may be, I'm still a notorious downloader of music. It's not that I don't like to buy new music... I just enjoy too many things to be dropping money left and right. Not to mention how the whole laid off thing kinda changes your spending habits. With downloading comes a constant shifting of albums and tracks to and from hard drives and for me I often get lost in a few things and eventually have to shove them into the dark recesses of said drive so as to move on to whatever else I might have found. The last couple days have been especially grueling as my laptop is steadily telling me I'm running out of space (as are the externals) and I realized I have the same 10 things extracted that I did a month ago. Obviously I've been listening to more than just those albums, but anything that has stayed in the rotation that long deserves at least a quick look. So here are my thoughts on a few things that have piqued my interest (not so) recently. Te...

Towards the beginning of the month I dropped a review for Termanology’s solo debut – all my Seattle folks be sure to come out next Wednesday (11/5) for the Meth & Red show , Term will be opening! That review was intended to kick off some features on some albums that, in my opinion, are helping bring back that classic sound the east coast is known for. One such crew would be Jedi Mind Tricks and their extended family the Army of Pharaohs, check out the two crew albums and I can recommend the first two JMT records, after that things get suspect. While my ears have given up on enjoying Paz’s rhymes (All I can say about Jus is that every recent verse I’ve heard is terrible) he put on his homies back in ’04 and I can say without a doubt that I’ve thoroughly enjoyed every release from the duo known as Outerspace since. Unlike their frequent collaborator, Planetary and Crypt the Warchild are great emcees who can ride a beat to perfection. The Pharaohs crew has a strong team of beat make...