The 36th chamber is hardly a place of contemplation, but we'll definitely kick a statistic at you: The Twitter List will hit 90 this week. It's simple: If we republish your tweet in Far Out vs. Hot Dang, you go on the list. PERMANENTLY. Anecdotal evidence suggests that the list is 99.9 percent rappers.
"you’d want [...]
Amanda Abrams leads this week's arts section with an argument about the state of D.C.'s modern dance scene: It sucks. But it doesn't have to! Mike Madden and I riff on the TV show Bones' shamefully misguided conceptions of D.C.—even though it takes place there. Trey Graham gushes—well, somewhat skeptically—about the much-anticipated Kennedy Center production of [...]
Far Out vs. Hot Dang has returned! This week it's violence and haters, nachos and asscheeks. Yes, it's so very D.C.
"The scene is repeatedly interrupted by what looks (and sounds) like tracer and artillery fire, which eventually shears the top off the pyramid."
Sean Bugg: "I think I need to head home and play Mortal Kombat. [...]
"I ain't 'bout that rappin' shit, but I'll run you down," says Fat Trel on "Hyenas," a highlight from his recently released April Foolz mixtape. The brash Northeast native's delivery is blunt—it's a candid conveyance that lacks the punchlines and metaphors favored by some of his peers—and his thematic interests are simple and direct: Trel raps about [...]
Just three days before the release of his April Fools mixtape, D.C. rapper Fat Trel found out this afternoon that he's been dropped by the local Board Administration imprint.
But according to Fat Trel's manager, Dakari Dudley, that's probably for the best. "In the last seven months, the Board Administration has done nothing for us," Dudley tells [...]
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 [...]
On the second day after fighting drew the attention of police and shut down the fifth annual DMV Awards Saturday, the reactions are mostly self-reflective. WPGC's DJ Heat and blogger Marcus K. Dowling both wrote traumatized commentaries yesterday. The DMV Awards' organizers released a statement. Today, the Post's Chris Richards talks to some of the [...]
"Cherry Delicious" by Poor But Sexy
We're always lookin' for ways to help Wale get his karma straight, because The Man From Waldorf should not be expected to handle it all himself. Shit's too complicated these days. Here's how he can shake the lingering weirdness of getting his big break from a British R&B outsider: He [...]
Floetry's last U.S. gig took place at DAR Constitution Hall in 2006, so vocalist Marsha Ambrosius knows a thing or two about Chocolate City.
In fact, the British soul singer remembers a show at the 9:30 Club some years ago, in which she could "barely stand up," but the crowd's energy was such that it almost [...]
Bear Witnez doesn't shy away from his checkered past; he once sold marijuana to make ends meet. He's also candid when it comes to the DMV's hip-hop scene—he says its the most talented scene in the world.
So he's pretty confident. While there are plenty of great MCs here, Bear says his combination of raw honesty [...]
