KRS, an acronym for ““Knowledge Reigning Supreme”, has been called the “conscience of Hip Hop” by Rolling Stone magazine and “the spokesperson for Hip Hop” by the street cred publication, Wall Street Journal. With 20 published albums to his credit and his appearances with other artists, KRS-One has literally written the most rhymes in Hip Hop’s…
Out for Summer Vacation: The Sleazy Wheezy G Eazy
By Program Director | Published June 7th, 2012It’s seedy, filthy, and so helplessly catchy you’ll discover yourself humming the lyrics in church. The hooks are countless and the samples are buoyant; pair that with seamless rapping and a Buddy Holly sample, and you’ve got the new G-Easy. Hailing from New Orleans’s bustling hip-hop scene, G opened for A$ap Rocky last month….
Together/Apart
By Hip Hop Director | Published June 29th, 2011This week at KZSC we celebrated the much anticipated arrival of Grieves’ new album Together/Apart. Released June 21 from Rhymesayers Entertainment, it is the collaboration of Grieves and producer Budo. As did the former 2008 88 Keys And Counting, the album brings jazz, soul, beats, and heart-wrenching rhymes. While Budo fills the background with soothing…
Top plays!
By Music Director | Published April 14th, 2010Here is an update on our top Electronic, Rock, and the occasional Hip-hop plays! Rank Artist Recording Label 1 DUM DUM GIRLS I Will Be Sub Pop 2 SPLINTERS Kick Double Negative 3 SHE AND HIM Volume Two Merge 4 COCK AND SWAN Unrecognized Dandelion Gold 5 LOVE IS ALL Two Thousand And Ten Injuries…
Wu Renaissance
By Hip Hop Director | Published April 2nd, 2010Wu-Tang is back on our hip-hop radar in a big way with numerous kick-ass releases. We started out early summer with Meth and Red’s “Blackout 2″ followed by Raekwon’s bangin sequel, “Only Built 4 Cuban Linx 2.” In the last week or so, Wu soldiers have unloaded a trove of awaited albums. Meth, Ghost, and…
KZSC Charts for the week of June 2nd
By Music Director | Published June 2nd, 2009Here are this week’s charts. Some stalwarts around the top. Grizzly Bear, Camera Obscura, and Phoenix are all things that have done well at KZSC and at radio in the past, and our charts reflect that this week. As music director, I’ve tried to make our charts reflect smaller, stranger bands that have broken into…
KZSC Charts for the week of May 26th, 2009
By Music Director | Published May 26th, 2009Alas, it has happened. Woods have reached the top of the KZSC charts. Woods are Jeremy Earl and Jarvis Taveniere (and others) and they sing into a pair of headphones and an old bullet microphone. It is gorgeous sun-drenched psych-folk from Brooklyn that I cannot recommend enough. With releases on their own label Woodsist and…
KZSC Charts for the week of May 19th
By Music Director | Published May 19th, 2009KZSC has decided on a new music director for next year! Her name is Caitlin Hannah, and she’ll be updating this soon enough. She’s wonderful, and a more experienced blogger than I. But for now, stuck with me, here are this week’s charts. St. Vincent takes hold of the top spot! Annie Clark has put…
KZSC Charts for the week of May 12th, 2009
By Music Director | Published May 12th, 2009Hello friendly readers of the KZSC Blog! A lot of new entries on the charts this week. Thunder Power from Omaha has broken into the top 5 on the strength of their EP, “Love Yourself” and some DJ spins across the board. Don’t they look nice? Years, also new to the top 5, is a…
KZSC Charts for the week of May 5th, 2009
By Music Director | Published May 7th, 2009Sorry these are a little late – here are this week’s charts and adds. The adds for Radio 200 this week are thrilling. I’ve written about Julie Doiron here before, and her new split 7″ with her other band, Calm Down It’s Monday is absolutely wonderful. Two re-imagined versions of songs from I Can Wonder…