http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/cribnotes Stay plugged into the A with Creative Loafing's music blog Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:25:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/cribnotes/2009/10/04/last-call-for-a3c-festival-%e2%80%9909-day-three/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/cribnotes/2009/10/04/last-call-for-a3c-festival-%e2%80%9909-day-three/#comments Mon, 05 Oct 2009 03:21:06 +0000 Jacinta Howard http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/cribnotes/?p=11383 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/cribnotes/2009/10/04/last-call-for-a3c-festival-%e2%80%9909-day-three/feed/ 1 Rakim moves the crowd http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/cribnotes/2009/04/14/video-caddys-featuring-gripplyaz-young-trimm-and-aleon-craft/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/cribnotes/2009/04/14/video-caddys-featuring-gripplyaz-young-trimm-and-aleon-craft/#comments Tue, 14 Apr 2009 19:37:11 +0000 Rodney Carmichael http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/cribnotes/?p=6409 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/cribnotes/2009/04/14/video-caddys-featuring-gripplyaz-young-trimm-and-aleon-craft/feed/ 1 By the looks of this video, it's getting harder and harder to distinguish Atlanta's other hip-hop scene from the mainstream. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/cribnotes/2009/03/18/tonight-at-clermont-raise-a-grip-for-grip-plyaz-sxsw-trip/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/cribnotes/2009/03/18/tonight-at-clermont-raise-a-grip-for-grip-plyaz-sxsw-trip/#comments Wed, 18 Mar 2009 19:59:05 +0000 Rodney Carmichael http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/cribnotes/?p=5755 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/cribnotes/2009/03/18/tonight-at-clermont-raise-a-grip-for-grip-plyaz-sxsw-trip/feed/ 0 He's one of underground Atlanta's most recognizable MCs. He's also a struggling artist. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/cribnotes/2009/02/27/where-you-at-atlanta-bitch-%e2%80%94-and-thoughts-on-how-we-rep-our-city/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/cribnotes/2009/02/27/where-you-at-atlanta-bitch-%e2%80%94-and-thoughts-on-how-we-rep-our-city/#comments Fri, 27 Feb 2009 20:27:30 +0000 Rodney Carmichael http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/cribnotes/?p=5249 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/cribnotes/2009/02/27/where-you-at-atlanta-bitch-%e2%80%94-and-thoughts-on-how-we-rep-our-city/feed/ 3 Strip away the overt socio-political content of hip-hop's past and what remains is a strong sense of place — whether real or imagined. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/cribnotes/2008/11/20/smka-productions-the-808-experiment-vol-1-reclaims-atlantas-hip-hop-identity/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/cribnotes/2008/11/20/smka-productions-the-808-experiment-vol-1-reclaims-atlantas-hip-hop-identity/#comments Thu, 20 Nov 2008 06:25:58 +0000 Rodney Carmichael http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/cribnotes/?p=3397 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/cribnotes/2008/11/20/smka-productions-the-808-experiment-vol-1-reclaims-atlantas-hip-hop-identity/feed/ 4 From the outset of SMKA Production's newly released compilation, The 808 Experiment Vol. 1, it's clear that Atlanta has arrived. Yet again. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/cribnotes/2008/11/10/atlanta-indie-music-festival-a-breath-of-fresh-heir/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/cribnotes/2008/11/10/atlanta-indie-music-festival-a-breath-of-fresh-heir/#comments Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:19:15 +0000 Rodney Carmichael http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/cribnotes/?p=3172 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/cribnotes/2008/11/10/atlanta-indie-music-festival-a-breath-of-fresh-heir/feed/ 3 Near the end of the scheduled seven-hour Atlanta Indie Music Festival on Saturday night, I experienced an epiphany: Hipster girls have zero booty meat. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/cribnotes/2008/02/27/proton-and-gripplyaz-take-a-town-to-the-apple/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/cribnotes/2008/02/27/proton-and-gripplyaz-take-a-town-to-the-apple/#comments Wed, 27 Feb 2008 21:51:53 +0000 Rodney Carmichael http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/cribnotes/2008/02/27/proton-and-gripplyaz-take-a-town-to-the-apple/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/cribnotes/2008/02/27/proton-and-gripplyaz-take-a-town-to-the-apple/feed/ 4 HOT APPLE TURNOVER: Chi-town native and A-town representative, Thomasan of Proton, works up a sweat in NYC. (photos provided by Fiona Bloom) As the buzz continues to build about Atlanta’s less celebrated (read: commercially exploited, critically mapped) hip-hop scene, Proton and Gripplyaz acted as ambassadors last week, taking their show on the road for the [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/cribnotes/2008/02/12/jaspects-janelle-monae-proton-equal-perfect-attendance/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/cribnotes/2008/02/12/jaspects-janelle-monae-proton-equal-perfect-attendance/#comments Tue, 12 Feb 2008 21:54:48 +0000 Mosi Reeves http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/cribnotes/2008/02/12/jaspects-janelle-monae-proton-equal-perfect-attendance/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/cribnotes/2008/02/12/jaspects-janelle-monae-proton-equal-perfect-attendance/feed/ 34 YOUNG, BLACK AND WEIRD: Hollyweerd rocks the Drunken Unicorn. (Photos by Hannibal M.) “We on some black hipster shit in here!” announced Wil May, host for the hip-hop showcase “Perfect Attendance.” Yes, it’s true: Atlanta’s black hipsters are back and in full force. For the past several months, they’ve been organizing concerts and parties with the fervor [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/cribnotes/2008/02/01/killer-mike-brings-the-truth/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/cribnotes/2008/02/01/killer-mike-brings-the-truth/#comments Fri, 01 Feb 2008 16:35:18 +0000 Mosi Reeves http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/cribnotes/2008/02/01/killer-mike-brings-the-truth/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/cribnotes/2008/02/01/killer-mike-brings-the-truth/feed/ 0 These days, with an ascendant progressive hip-hop scene on the horizon, everyone’s talking about Dungeon Family and OutKast again. (Like we ever stopped.) It’s important to remember, though, that while OutKast, Goodie Mob and Organized Noize blew up, most of the crew never really had much success, at least from a sales standpoint. Some [...]