Soul Sides

12.21.11

[Mixtape] The Weeknd – Echoes of Silence Experimental, Mixtapes, R&B, Soul Sides | (8)
The third installment in The Weeknd's 2011 experiment in mixtape madness has finally arrived. Continue Reading...
11.01.11

[Lectures] Erykah Badu opens up about her life & career at Red Bull Music Academy 2011 in Madrid. R&B, Soul Sides | (0)
In this extremely in-depth video, Erykah Badu opens up about her illustrious career & life in music for just over two hours. Continue Reading...
10.25.11

[Soul-Hop Post-Chill] Rimar – Higher Ground Chillwave, Hip Hop, R&B, Soul Sides | (0)
Here it is. We have already biked and skateboarded ourselves past the waves of chillness that submersed our mental vessels for so short a time. You know, the puffin' tough, get high or die, ride the train from the Bowery to the Cloisters listening to Brian Wilson verses over Dilla beats type shit? Yeah, manne, that's what it is, see. Continue Reading...
07.23.11

Amy Winehouse is dead, and I think it’s all our fault. R&B, R.I.P., Soul Sides | (6)
Every time someone in music dies, I have to sit around and find new ways to eulogize them or talk about their work. It gets to the point as a writer where I feel like I've twisted every coinable phrase. I adjust each sentence to fit the mold of the subject and properly send them off into the sunset like a blazing Viking funeral craft barreling towards a natural gas pipeline. Then someone of my generation, arguably one of the most talented and revered (or reviled and feared depending on whom you would ask) is taken from us too ...
05.28.11

[R.I.P.] Gil Scott-Heron: Poet, Musician, Revolutionary Hip Hop, R.I.P., Soul Sides, We Got The Jazz | (0)
I am unqualified to write about Gil Scott-Heron's life or death, and I want you to know that I know this before I write about him or what I think his music means to the world and to me. I make no pretense of authority, knowledge, insight, personal interaction with or particular credible depth with which to pursue writing about him. What I can tell you is that everything I do know of Gil Scott-Heron I learned because of how deeply and profoundly his work moved and continues to move me and the understandings I am grateful for ...
04.20.11

[Acid Soul] Leftside Wobble – Still Goin’ On A Northern Soul, ACID HOUSE, Electronic Music, Re-Edits, Soul Sides | (0)
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04.12.11

[Mixtape] Star Slinger – What Your Mouth Don’t Say, Baby, Your Thighs Do Hip Hop, Indie. Straight up Indie., Mixtapes, R&B, Soul Sides | (0)
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04.07.11

[Thursday Throwback] Marvin Gaye – What’s Happening Brother A Northern Soul, Musique Non Stop, R&B, Soul Sides, Thursday Throwback | (0)
When What's Going On was released in 1971, things were sort of like they are now -- America was mired in war, the economy was in turmoil, and popular music reflected two very conflicting pictures of our culture. Continue Reading...
04.07.11

[Video] Erykah Badu – Fall In Love (Your Funeral) [Studio] R&B, Soul Sides, Vimeo Style | (1)
Of the many things there are to love & respect about Erykah Badu, one is that she takes on her performance and persona as an extension of something much deeper. Continue Reading...
04.06.11

[Late Bloomer] The Weeknd – Wicked Games Hype Train!!, Mixtapes, Ones To Watch, R&B, Soul Sides | (0)
I'm coming off a horribly shitty day. Continue Reading...