Phil Adé's new track "Monte Carlo Dreams," with its blatant U.S. Royalty samples, probably exists because the Maryland rapper and the D.C. rock band already had a thing goin' on. (Click that link and watch that video, it's kinda nice.) The original "Monte Carlo" was a "coke-kissed Fleetwood Mac-style jam" (yeah, I just quoted myself), [...]
All week, Arts Desk profiles area artists heading to Texas for the South by Southwest Music Conference, March 15-20.
On last year’s exceptional summer mixtape, The Letterman, DMV rapper Phil Adé made his intentions and aesthetics perfectly clear:“I’m the only 21-year-old that raps like he’s 30.”
Adé’s flow is mature and smoky. Catch his guest verses alongside area MCs [...]
If Far Out vs. Hot Dang had an awards show, people would get up from their seats, walk to the stage, and give awards to Far Out vs. Hot Dang. Because landing on our Twitter list is easily as good as an Oscar, and we expect some kind of quid pro quo for that shit. [...]
While you were drinking egg nog and fighting with your family, WKYS spent the last few days of the year slowly announcing its "DMV's Hottest Rappers of 2010" list. Despite what seemingly everyone who sees it seems to think, it is a pretty solid top 10. Check the breakdown:
1. Wale 2. Phil Ade 3. [...]
Last night... Ben's mom: "How was the drive back [from North Carolina]?" Ben: "OK. A couple traffic jams near Richmond. Also, a gossip blogger was picking on me all day." So, yeah, let's do this.
Opera Isn't so Bad: "Opera's reputation for being forbidding is unearned, as I found out in my first few months as [...]
Click Track reminds me that local crooner Raheem DeVaughn has a new mixtape and video this week. See the above promo of "She's Single," in which he sings over the warped beat from Lil Wayne's narrative, drug-addled "I'm Single." Also on the Jackin 4 Beats mixtape: DeVaughn toys with Kanye West's "Runaway" and "Power" and Eminem's [...]
Back in January, I spoke with local rapper Phil Adé during a Haiti-relief benefit at the 9:30 Club—mostly about serious issues, but also about his series of mix tapes. He released the first, Starting on JV, last year via neo-soul crooner Raheem DeVaughn's 368 Music Group, and he told me he hopes to make a [...]
U.S. Royalty: Fan Death hates the group, and I sort of made fun of a Gant promo to which the local band licensed a song. No negative vibes today, though: The group is performing with rapper Phil Adé on Feb. 26 at the Rock & Roll Hotel, and both parties collaborated on the above promo, [...]
This just in: Wale, Tabi Bonney, XO, Phil Adé, Kingpen Slim, and a number of other area rappers will perform at 9:30 Club on Monday to raise money for Haiti relief efforts. All proceeds will go the Partners in Health Organization and Yéle Haiti, the charity founded by Wyclef Jean. Tickets went on sale... about [...]
D.C. neo-soul crooner Raheem DeVaughn dropped a new mixtape, Mr. February aka March Madness, last night in advance of his upcoming album, The Love and War Masterpeace—which, to clarify, is out in early March, and not February. The mixtape sports a number of mixes and guest spots you've probably heard, like a remix of Wale's [...]
