Martin De Leon

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

MP3: Black Lips "Arboles de la Barranca"

Black Lips-Arboles de la Barranca

Nothing brings me more joy that four white dudes from Atlanta covering such a naco classic like "Arboles de la Barranca". They also do it really, really well. First they collab with GZA and then they cover some lame-o Mexican song and make it sound dope? Now, only if Nas started doing cumbia...

# posted by M Dilla @ 1:39 PM

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Canadians Die, Too
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Tomorrow Rap: Saul Williams, Rob Sonic and Busdriver
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I'm working on a novel. Houston, in the year 2024, is filled with rappers-as-sorcerers and a 33-year-old Mexican-American DJ named Juan Gomez who lives with his parents. What is more sci-fi than rich Mexicans? Living in River Oaks while a mysterious red Buick Regal roams the neighborhood and a pint-sized Rhodes Scholar rapper who is obsessed with Schopenhauer. A part-satire, part-thriller, part-naco science-fiction novel where David Foster Wallace meets UGK? Look for it on bookshelves in 2093.

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