Email AuthorSowmya Krishnamurthy
Featured Entry
Live: Common Serves Up Fresh Nostalgia On The Dreamer/The Believer
December 13, 2011 in Sound of the City
Common Catch, NYC Monday, December 12 Better than: Waiting until 12/20/2011. Common has always been a bit of a rap conundrum to me. There's no denying he's talented—"I Used to Love H.E.R." is...
Featured Entry
Young Jeezy Gets Personal In A Hustlerz Ambition
November 30, 2011 in Sound of the City
Young Jeezy Sunshine Cinema Tuesday, November 29 Better than: Combing his Wikipedia page. Perhaps Young Jeezy's biggest weakness as an artist is the information that's out there about him, or the lack thereof. Four...
Featured Entry
Live: Young Jeezy's Thug Motivation 103 Gets Closer To Seeing The Light Of Day
November 04, 2011 in Sound of the City
Young Jeezy (Thug Motivation 103 listening session) Quad Recording Studios Thursday, November 3 Better than: Waiting until December 20. Young Jeezy's Thug Motivation 103: Hustlerz Ambition had become the stuff of hip-hop...
Featured Entry
Mac Miller Rallies Hip-Hop Cognoscenti for Blue Slide Park
October 27, 2011 in Sound of the City
Mac Miller Mac Miller Quad Recording Studios Wednesday, October 27 Better than: Waiting until 11/8/2011 "Turn it up loud because I like to listen to it loud," Mac Miller gleefully prefaced as his debut...
Featured Entry
CMJ Day Three: Iggy Azalea Brings Her Cat Scratch Fever To The Canal Room
October 21, 2011 in Sound of the City
CMJ Day Three: Iggy Azalea Better than: Writing your own mea culpa. When I saw that Iggy Azalea was performing at CMJ, my scathing reviewer senses began tingling. The Australian femme...
Live: Dipset Brings Pandemonium To The Best Buy Theater
October 03, 2011 in Sound of the City
Live: J. Cole Takes Control Of His World At Roseland
September 26, 2011 in Sound of the City
Featured Entry
Live: Big Sean Cuts Through The Clutter At The Best Buy Theater
September 20, 2011 in Sound of the City
Big Sean Best Buy Theater Monday, September 19 Better than: Playing video games alone in your mom's basement. Earlier this summer, the Detroit rapper Big Sean played show at Irving Plaza that could have...
Featured Entry
Live: Yelawolf Carries On The Shady Records Legacy
September 19, 2011 in Sound of the City
Jennifer YinYelawolf Brisk Bodega Saturday, September 17 Better than: Your neighborhood bodega. If the Smithsonian upped its cool factor and wrangled a sponsorship from a multinational corporation looking to promote its iced tea...
Featured Entry
Live: Lauryn Hill Gives Her Debut A Makeover At Rock The Bells
September 06, 2011 in Sound of the City
Rock The Bells: Ms. Lauryn Hill Governors Island Saturday, September 3 Better than: Lauryn Hill's...
Live: J. Cole Outlines His Game Plan For Cole World
August 18, 2011 in Sound of the City
Featured Entry
Live: Nas, Damian Marley, And Theophilus London Bring Good Vibrations to SummerStage
August 12, 2011 in Sound of the City
@distntrelatives/Twitpic Nas & Damian Marley w/ Theophilus London Central Park Thursday, August 11 Better than: Trying to...
Featured Entry
Live: Black Rob Gets Back To Basics At The Apple Store
July 28, 2011 in Sound of the City
Black Rob Apple Store (SoHo) Wednesday, July 27 Better than: Waiting around the Genius Bar while a new trackpad gets installed in your MacBook. "Things are different now. There are computers. Dudes are...
