In the opening scene of Cop Car, writer/director Jon Watts establishes the two different worldviews that make his film a compelling thriller. There’s the child world and the adult world. The child world is one of fantasy and games without consequences. Friends Travis (James Freedson-Jackson) and Harrison (Hays Wellford) have run away from home, and […]
[Songs of the Day] 2/20/14 (Feat. Ashanti, Frank Ocean, Jagwar Ma & More)
Things were a little late on Thursday for releases over the Internet, but we got a resurgence from a familiar name, a re-hashing of a track, and some freshness from around the web. Taking us back to 2002 for a moment, Ashanti dropped a single from her upcoming album, BraveHeart, due out on March 14. […]
[Video] Killer Mike: “Ghetto Gospel”
Killer Mike spent much of the past year crisscrossing the country, eschewing his own form of hip-hop gospel. In fact, his performance and subsequent message he delivered during his Pitchfork set was one of the more poignant moments of festival season for me. The man behind one of 2013’s hottest hip-hop releases in R.A.P. Music […]