kendrick.

You couldn't pay me to miss this. Sidenote: Vashtie. That is all. 

the best song of the year so far.

This song has been out for about a week now and it's the only thing rivaling Kendrick Lamar's Section 80. This is magic. 

Black Milk x Jack White "Royal Mega" 

a song for assata.

as told to dream hampton...

how do you define

bjork.

Her music is unique and she's about to do something that will potentially change the landscape of the music industry. Bjork will release the first "ipad album".

From yahoo music:

 "Each of the album's 10 songs will be paired with a separate interactive program designed by an eclectic group of programmers ranging from medical professionals to high school students. While a song is playing, users will be able to futz with the corresponding app, manipulating the music while also watching it unfurl before their eyes in colorful shapes via one or two visualization modes. Artists have mused on the idea of a "living album" before, but this is the closest approximation we've encountered yet."

electric wire hustle.

old song. new video. from one of my favorite albums.

liberian girl.

black is beautiful. but we already know that. 

the world according to kendrick lamar.

"Pistol music it saved my life, y'all be callin' it hip hop, I be callin' hypnotize.".

Kendrick Lamar deserves his own genre -- human music, as he would call it. Music about the human experience that transcends race, religion or gender. It's not a revolutionary idea but with the amount of honesty and passion displayed in his debut, Section 80, it's worth noting that Kendrick Lamar comes with a purpose. Section 80 is human music. Section 80 is art; a cohesive and perfectly executed concept album. It plays out like an eloquently written dissertation on the ills, vices and shortcomings of the hip hop generation. The generation that Kendrick has deemed Section 80 is a product of the "Ronald Reagan Era". A period in American history characterized by the pretentiousness of yuppie culture and the introduction of crack cocaine to black communities nationwide. It is upon this sharp contrast that Kendrick builds his own explanation for the behavior and motives of this generation. He uses his experiences growing up in Compton, California as the  backdrop for the story. Listen to Kendrick Lamar. He raps with a pace of urgency as if he's obligated to speak to the world. It's too early to call Section 80 a classic, but we can call it what it is -- human music.

rich and black

two of the greatest.

listen.

nikki ntu - pelican fly

drake - dreams money can buy

mellowhype - elephunkcircus

mckenzie eddy - mannequins

lykke li ft. tyler the creator - i follow you

buddhism.

"in buddhism we have relative truth and absolute truth." -dalai lama