Given its overuse, the word “problematic” can seem so mealy-mouthed and equivocal. Yet “problematic” is the word that came to mind after I watched Crystal Moselle’s documentary The Wolfpack, which comes out today in New York and Toronto and opens in more theaters across the country next week. The Wolfpack chronicles the lives of the Angulo brothers, six […]
Nearly Lost Street Photography of NYC and Chicago from the 1950s-60s by Vivian Maier
Photos by Vivian Maier Amazing New York street photographer, Vivian Maier, took thousands of photos in the 1950’s and 60’s that went unacknowledged until recently. In 2007, historian and collector John Maloof found a box with thousands her of black and white photography and film negatives, and struck gold. In 2011, only 2 year after her passing, […]
[SXSW Interview] Bishop Nehru Embodies ‘The Twenty Year Loop’
Photography by Asia Ashley For the length of my career covering music, one theory has always stayed planted firmly in the back of my mind. Explained to me in one of my first interviews, with 9th Wonder in 2009, the ‘Twenty Year Loop’ has shaped much of the way I have consumed and understood music, […]
50 Cent Leaves Shady/Interscope, Releases “Funeral”
It doesn’t seem like a big thing, a major artist leaving his record deal after more than a decade relationship. People grow, things change and circumstances often dictate changing where one does business. This is not the case for 50 Cent and his departure from Jimmy Iovine’s behemoth Interscope Records. To be sure, 50 Cent […]
[Mixtape] Justin Rose: “RoseWaVve Vol. 1”
Late last year we profiled New York City product Justin Rose as part of our First Look series. At the time, the 23-year-old producer was hard at work on his debut, while also finishing work on frequent collaborator Kris Kasanova‘s project. Today, we finally get the product of that hard work as Rose’s follow up […]
Photographer Duo Turns Annoying Potholes into Art
Photos by Photographer duo Davide Luciano and Claudia Ficca Potholes are a driver’s nightmare and with this Winter’s cold wrath, it seems that they have multiplied in cities across the nation. While most of them go unfixed, Photographer duo Davide Luciano and Claudia Ficca managed to turn these annoying city potholes into works of art in their ironic […]
Stream Kitty Cash’s Latest Mix for SSENSE
Last month, when I had a chance to catch up with up and coming New York City DJ Kitty Cash on the heels of her well-received Love The Free mixtape she expressed her eagerness to get right back to work after having finished one project. “As soon as I was done, I was like, ‘Damn, […]
[Video] ABGOHARD: “Yung God”
New York City has been re-establishing itself as a place for quality underground hip-hop over the past few years with a huge resurgence of talented artists that have allowed themselves to branch into increasingly different and interesting strands of what hip-hop can be, somewhat erasing many boundaries that had rendered the genre incognito and stale […]