GANGSTER RAP-HEGEMONY CIRCA 1980

GANGSTER RAP-HEGEMONY CIRCA 1980

In the first of a three-part feature, #itchysilk writer Malik Crumpler discusses gangster rap hegemony. In many respects as a genre it should be vilified. After all, it glorifies violence, degrades women and revels in the taking and selling of drugs. Contrary to logic...
JOSEF LIEMBERG-TIME TRAVEL WITH-‘ASTRAL PROGRESSIONS’

JOSEF LIEMBERG-TIME TRAVEL WITH-‘ASTRAL PROGRESSIONS’

Josef Liemberg is the musicians’ musician an artist who revels and favours bonafide instrumentation rather than an over reliance on clever programmes to produce the next ‘hit’.   Prolific as a percussionist, pianists, dj, producer and trombonists, Josef has...