Mike Hopkins

Tag: Hip Hop

  • Run the Jewels 2 – Run The Jewels

    Run the Jewels 2 – Run The Jewels

    The irony is not lost on me as I mouth the lyrics “Lie, cheat, steal, kill, win – everybody’s doing it.” as I walk into church on Sunday. I take out my headphones and attend the worship service, but the production of El-P makes my knee bounce the entire time. Anyone who knows me knows…

  • Licensed to Ill – Beastie Boys

    Licensed to Ill – Beastie Boys

    If the line “I got rhymes galime, I got rhymes galilla/And I got more rhymes than Phyllis Diller” doesn’t sell you on Licensed to Ill, nothing I write hereafter will either. Right off the bat, this album is something that sounds like a setup to a great joke: three Jewish guys from New York and…

  • People’s Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm – A Tribe Called Quest

    People’s Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm – A Tribe Called Quest

    I glanced down the track listing. The 10th song was titled “Rhythm (Devoted to the Art of Moving Butts).” I knew I was in for a good experience already. I had heard of A Tribe Called Quest –  it’s a moniker you tend to remember. However, I wasn’t familiar with any of their music. After perusing…

  • Plastic Beach – Gorillaz

    Plastic Beach – Gorillaz

    The word “eclectic” is thrown around a lot in the music world, but I’m pretty sure if you looked it up in the dictionary, the album Plastic Beach by Gorillaz would be the definition. This album has everything. Are you looking for electronic rock? Done. Old school hip-hop? Got it. World beats overlayed by British…

  • We the Common – Thao & The Get Down Stay Down

    We the Common – Thao & The Get Down Stay Down

    I went into this album cold. I mean, 100% cold. Blind. I’d never heard of the album We the Common. I’d never heard of Thao & The Get Down Stay Down. In fact, I knew pretty much nothing about the musical tastes this week’s suggester Jay Valle had. So, when I say I had no…