Rewind: Crib Notes, Creative Loafing Atlanta

More than beef at stake behind BET Hip-Hop Awards' brawls

Rodney Carmichael — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 11:00:00 -0400

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Presidential campaign heating up on eve of first debate? Ehh.…

Why I stopped hating Elvis Presley

Todd "Stereo" Williams — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 09:08:00 -0400

Elvis Presley is probably the most polarizing figure in 20th century popular music. To a significant number of people he's “The King,” a hip-swiveling icon from rock ’n’ roll's early years who represented a generation of young people ready to throw off the sexual and racial shackles of the previous era.…

YEEK! ATL dance documentary coming soon...

Rodney Carmichael — Fri, 18 May 2012 16:36:00 -0400

Back when Ice Cube was sick of seeing brothers "on the video trying to out-dance each other," Atlanta was dancing its ass off. Fact is the early rap that came out of this city was dance music, just like the Miami bass that migrated to Atlanta in the mid-'80s, forever infecting our sense of sound.…

Sa-Roc drops 'Queen's Philosophy,' explains why she's mad at Nicki Minaj

Rodney Carmichael — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 17:02:01 -0400

Last night, Atlanta-based god-hop emcee Sa-Roc dropped homemade visuals for "Queen's Philosophy," a song from her stellar Sol Messiah-produced LP Ether Warz, which has been garnering serious word-of-web traction - including 3,000 Facebook likes on her Bandcamp page - since the album's mid-December release. In fact, it's no longer available for free streaming on Bandcamp.…

'You're a Peachtree Freak on Peachtree Street'

Scott Morris — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 09:12:10 -0500

Washington, DC-based record label Peoples Potential Unlimited has spent the last few years blessing vinyl collectors with limited run 12-inch and 45 reissues. The label specializes in rare boogie-funk, digging up forgotten dancefloor gems laden with heavy 1980s synthesizer sounds.…

Gabe Vodicka's extra special top 10 most favorite albums of 2011

Gabe Vodicka — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 15:59:29 -0500

I know, I know, you're saying: "Another year-end list?" To which I respond: "Yes."

As years in music go, 2011 was a beaut.…

FunkJazz Kafé founder Jason Orr calls CL cover story 'erroneous'

Rodney Carmichael — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 10:00:00 -0400

The first call I got Thursday morning was from Jason Orr. The new issue of Creative Loafing was out, and he was pissed about it.…

Club Kaya reunion a throwback to Atlanta's golden era

Shannon Barbour — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 11:06:59 -0500

If you were a part of Atlanta’s hip-hop club scene in the ’90s and early millennium, Club Kaya was a must. The spacious part-restaurant, part-dance spot, part-performance venue that later became the ornate Vision — now the site of the 1010 Midtown condominium high-rise — was the place to be.…

Headland and Delowe

Scott Morris — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 17:01:12 -0400

Atlanta journalist Dominick R. Brady has begun an amazing audio project documenting the city's hip hop history. Headland and Delowe: ATL Hip Hop from '79 til features interviews from DJ Jelly, Zapper, MC Shy D, Cee-lo, Senor Kaos, Talib Shabazz and plenty more, along with classic Atlanta tracks from the past and present.…