Torii learns about Julia's start as a magazine publisher, the many subjects and interviewees of 'Trill Life,' and the time Julia thought Snoop and Bishop Don Magic Juan were about to kiss.
| An Interview with Legendary Rap-A-Lot Producer N.O Joe | October 19, 2015 |
Jimmy Ness talks with Rap-A-Lot legend, N.O Joe about producing for Scarface, Bun B, Pimp C, Jay Z, Ice Cube, LL Cool J, 2Pac, and more!
| Legends in H-Town: Ridin’ Dirty with UGK & DJ Screw | August 4, 2015 |
With almost 300 chapters in DJ Screws discography, Torii MacAdams highlights one of the most essential.
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| Fall Mixtape: Jimmy Ness | December 8, 2014 |
Jimmy Ness bites the eel by the dozen Rather than opt for songs emotive of grey scale weather, blocked-guttering and shrinking daylight hours, I’ve compiled this fall mixtape as a snapshot of music I’m currently digging. The track-list reveals 2014 was the year I delved bellbottom-knee deep into funk’s luminescent depths. Prince, Zapp, Luther Vandross, Lakeside, […]
| Summer Mixtape: Torii MacAdams | July 10, 2014 |
Torii MacAdams just finished wiping his car down Summer jams are supposed to be breezy, feel-good anthems, girding the assumption that shit is sweet. It’s easy to view summertime with soft-focus nostalgia, especially in Southern California, a supposed paradise marketed to doe-eyed outsiders since the mid-Nineteenth Century. The truth is, the proverbial shit ain’t sweet, […]
| Tunk’s Executioner’s Song | June 25, 2012 |
I can’t quite figure out why Dallas rapper Tunk opted for Rain Man artwork. Maybe he’s a connoisseur of Kid N’ Play fades or dozens of illegitimate children. Or maybe the more prosaic answer is that “The Execution” opens with the claim that he plays above the rim. Personally, I’d play up the D-Town connect […]
