Posts Tagged ‘Hip Hop’

Editor’s Picks, June 11-14

June 9th, 2009 by

Sorry, no ShanghaiPRIDE listings here. To access those, we will direct you here. However, we do have island blues, punk rock, hip-hop, and CRACK HOUSE!

Ghostface Killah Preview

June 8th, 2009 by

There are two massive hip-hop shows in Shanghai this week. For a preview of the chronological first, check out the Mobb Deep Preview on Layabozi. The second is an appearance by Ghostface Killah, who is well known in the hip-hop world from his work with Wu-Tang Clan and, more recently, his solo work, which includes the albums Ironman, Supreme Clientele, Bulletproof Wallets, Fishscale, and The Big Doe Rehab.

Mobb Deep Preview

June 8th, 2009 by

Mobb Deep is coming to Shanghai. Um, what? I cannot fathom a group with a perspective more perpendicular to the pampered expatriate persuasion, but that’s what’s cool about it.

Ratatat Preview

May 17th, 2009 by

演奏合成器的Evan Mast和吉他家Mike Stroud，也被称为Ratatat，是具有一个灿烂的未来的经典作曲家。 他们收集并用了一序列旧和新的工具来创作一种应在头脑的深处里演奏的分层、数字化改变的杰作。从些长发的人采集并点燃了几条树枝以后,我们没看到过这么全新的事情。他们让我们明白只要把自己的匠心潜力增加到最大限度音乐就会得到的效果。
Synthesizer driver Evan Mast and guitarist Mike Stroud, otherwise known as Ratatat, are classical composers for a brilliant new future. They have collected and utilized an array of old- and new-fangled tools to create layered, digitally altered masterpieces to play in the deep recesses of mind space.

Curumin Brings Brazilian Sun to Our Winter

February 7th, 2009 by

Curumin‘s first album Achados E Perdidos was released in 2005. His last album Japan Pop Show is fast becoming a world success. It has received very good reviews here, here, and here. Japan Pop Show is a musical trip through funk, bossa nova, electronic, jazz, samba, hip hop, trip hop, rock, mantras, and reggae. What [...]

Listen to Flight of the Conchords

July 14th, 2008 by

We just got this from Saucy, on what it may be the beginning of his posting for layabozi.com, Saucy says: Hey guys, would like to introduce you to a group that you may not have heard of. They are a New Zealand duo called Flight of the Conchords…. I reckon this two tracks are pretty [...]