Twenty Years Later — Black Star’s Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star
by: Michael Shields Twenty years after its release, Black Star’s album, Mos Def & Talib Kweli are Black Star, still reigns supreme as the perfect…
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Twenty Years Later — Elliott Smith’s XO
by: Michael Shields In contemplation of the empowering abilities of Elliott Smith’s masterpiece, XO, released twenty years ago today… In the early 2000s I moved…
Uncloakin’ Beneath The Underground: Collected Raps 2000-2018
by: Malik Ameer Crumpler Uncloakin’ and putting into context the philosophical, sophisticated, and deeply-affecting rhymes found in Malik Ameer Crumpler’s Beneath The Underground: Collected Raps 2000-2018. A…
Podcast – Beyond The Margin: The Realness With WNYC’s Mary Harris
Beyond The Margin introduces you to The Realness, an exploration of the life and death of Mobb Deep’s Prodigy, with an interview with WNYC’s Mary…
Podcast: Beyond The Margin – The Osiris Music Podcast
Beyond the Margin takes yet another pause from its regular programming to expound on the plethora of fascinating music-centric podcasts available from the Osiris Media…
Podcast: Beyond The Margin – John Perry Barlow’s Mother American Night
Beyond the Margin celebrates the life the American poet, essayist, cattle rancher, civil liberties advocate, Grateful Dead lyricist, and cyber theorist, John Perry Barlow, through…
Best Songs of 2018 (So Far)
Across the Margin takes stock of the status of music in 2018, stopping near the midway point to offer its picks for the best songs…
Twenty Years Later: Phish’s Island Tour
Twenty Years Later, Phish’s four night run through Long and Rhode Island remains one of the most jaw dropping and inspirational excursions in their storied…
In Defense of Killer Mike
by: Michael Shields In defense of Killer Mike, an activist and an artist that “consistently and ferociously brings light and love to the world,” in…
Podcast: Beyond the Margin – Mass Appeal’s Rapture (Netflix) & Word Is Bond (Showtime)
Beyond the Margin explores the making of and significance of two hip-hop related productions, Word is Bond and Rapture (Mass Appeal), with an interview with…
First Look: Sacha Jenkins’ Word Is Bond
by: Michael Shields Across the Margin introduces you to the new documentary Word is Bond, which explores “the transformative power of lyrics in the world…
Twenty Years Later – Neutral Milk Hotel’s In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
by: Michael Shields Twenty Years after its inception, the cult classic that is Neutral Milk Hotel’s In The Aeroplane Over the Sea still confounds in…