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Tag: hip-hop

Recipes Gone Wild: Brandied Fig Jam

by Libby V September 6, 2013September 6, 2013

This week I’ve been consumed by two things: A) finding ways to use all the delicious figs (in season in Greenpoint now!) and B) 90s hip hop slow jamz.  

“I don’t want it to be gangster. It’s where I live” – Greenpoint Rapper Can’t Stop Atson

by Jen G May 21, 2013May 21, 2013

You’ve had this conversation before: a friend describes someone from Greenpoint, “a young white dude, covered in tattoos,” but that’s every guy in Greenpoint and needs some elaboration. She continues […]

Chris Brown and Drake? How sad.

by Avery June 19, 2012June 19, 2012

As if you needed any more indication that hip hop is in a bad place right now, the Drake Chris Brown saga solidifies this fact.  The music that once brought […]

You aint that gangster, trust me.

by Avery June 5, 2012June 5, 2012

56 years before Sean “Puffy” Combes went into Steve Stout’s office accompanied by several burly bodyguards and allegedly smashed him over the head with a champagne bottle, a percussionist named […]

History Lesson: “Ancient” Hip Hop

by Avery May 21, 2012May 22, 2012

The most intriguing thing about hip hop music is that for at least the first 3 years of it’s existence, it was not professionally recorded.  Unlike any other genre of […]

Guido Music: A Brief History

by Avery May 14, 2012May 15, 2012

Three years ago, I went to a friend’s record release party at a club in New York City. In an adjacent room, there was a DJ playing Noel’s “Silent Morning“. […]

Brooklyn Soul Club This Friday 4/6!

by Jen G April 4, 2012

Did you come to the Greenpointers Gallery Tour After Party? Remember that awesome DJ that was making you shake it all night long? That is Brooklyn Soul Club with Jack […]

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