http://sofakingdiligent.com No, I don't sell Sofas. Tue, 18 Nov 2008 22:40:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en What the hell ever happened to a review of this thing? Unbelievable.. Q-tips last solo album was out nearly a decade ago, not to speak of a long time with A tribe called quest, the amazing part is though, that this has a rookie feel to it. And I don't mean that ... http://sofakingdiligent.com/520/rewhatever-the-renaissance/ I know, I know. WTF, Right? I can understand the Emma Salokoski Ensemble part. Barely. But what does 'Veden alla' mean? It means under the water, when translated literally, and it's my favorite album this year. Back in the days of 5 years ago the band was called Emma Saloksoki ... http://sofakingdiligent.com/529/review-amma-salokoski-ensemble-veden-alla/ 88-Keys, Kanye West’s best friend and a relatively unknown figure in hip-hop has (finally?) released his debut album The Death of Adam. The Harlem based producer/rapper has made songs for Black Star, The Pharcyde, Macy Gray and Consequence, and ever since he dropped the free(!) mixtape Adam's Case Files in june, ... http://sofakingdiligent.com/494/review-the-death-of-adam/ SKD continues it's line of tacky, irrelevant interviews. This time, in form of an Unrelated Dialogue with NYs hardest working underground rapper, Donny Goines. But today we were not chatting about his upcoming album or anything rap related. I was lucky to get a hold of this busy guy who's ... http://sofakingdiligent.com/517/unrelated-dialogue-donny-goines/ Everybody knows smokeYYY, the realest of the real of real bloggers has now decided to start a new blog and abolish all his former affiliates. He and his new friends over at lilwaynehq are right now (trying) to change the blog game by writing like faggots, being random and lacking sense ... http://sofakingdiligent.com/507/preview-404s-and-getting-turned-down-when-asking-internet-chix-for-n00dz/ As our first interviewee, I feel greatly privileged to interview a very special New Yorker. 6th Sense. But on our minds today was no MPCs nor Microkorgs. I went deep down, dirty and personal with one of the greatest underground producers in the newly formed country of Obamanation. He promised to try ... http://sofakingdiligent.com/486/unrelated-dialogue-6th-sense/ Chances are that if you have heard any hip hop in the last few years you might have heard about Black Milk. Now I wouldnt know because I suck at probability, I mean geez, math is supposed to make sense, probability sucks tit(s). Back to what we came to now ... http://sofakingdiligent.com/483/review-tronic/ Burial is a dubset producer from the United Kingdon, London to be more precise. There's really not much I can say about this geezer, mainly because he remained anonymous until August 2008 (most people thought he was Norman Cook aka Fatboy Slim), before that only five people really knew he ... http://sofakingdiligent.com/447/recommendation-burial-untrue/ Let's briefly mention the essentials in one sentence. Illa J is the late J Dillas brother, aged 21, lives up to the yancey name, has shown producer skills before with his self-entitled ep and is now showing deftly rapping too with this debut album. Yancey boys starts off with the real ... http://sofakingdiligent.com/414/review-yancey-boys/ Figured it would look stupid to have the review straight above the preview... Lets take a moment to appreciate SKD affiliates... DILLA STYLE. */Play in background/* The Galley boys, rock on. Abstract Minds NY, rock on. All Souled Out, rock on AND Ron Mexico City, rock-rock on AND The Needle Drop, rock on. ... http://sofakingdiligent.com/411/fillerinterlude/