For a few years now, Raekwon has been promising a sequel to his classic 1995 solo LP, Only Built 4 Cuban Linx, and it looks like he might finally make good in March. No word on what record label will sponsor it since his split from Dr. Dre's Aftermath imprint, but a couple of new tracks have recently surfaced, including "Back from the Slums," which features fellow Wu-Tang members Ghostface and Method Man. Download it below and stream another new one at Raekwon's MySpace page.
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You want to make hip-hop heads upset? Try changing up some iconic album covers from the likes of the Wu-Tang Clan. Much like the Littlepixel album covers as book covers redesign project, the Wu-Tang Design Remix Project by Logan Walters takes the familiar and puts it in a new context.
In this case, it's records like Enter the Wu-Tang: 36 Chambers, Method Man's Tical, and others redone in the style of old Blue Note jazz releases. As Walters puts it, "as iconic as they might be they're looking pr
In honor of the Pitch's art director getting his nose bloodied at this past weekend's Rancid show, I present to you more people getting hurt at concerts. In this case, it's the musicians themselves.
Head on over to Uncoached, where you can see artists from Method Man to Robbie Williams, along with a host of unknowns failing epically in their leaps from the stage.
And, of course, no mention of musician-related violence would be complete without Glenn Danzig getting knocked the eff out.
Was it a testament to Snoop Dogg's market value or to a hunger for '90s nostalgia that there was an hourlong wait to get into the VooDoo Lounge at Harrah's Casino Friday night?
Of course, the wand-equipped security probably had a lot to do with the wait time, but the place was packed. And smoky. And rowdy as hell. By the time I finally got in, around 9:30 (after arriving at 8 and killing time on the casino floor while the line died down), I witnessed security guards gently escorting out a girl
