Dept. of Unexpected Blog Topics
New Yorker classical music critic Alex Ross, on his frequently-cited-here blog, finds occasion to mention nerdcore hip-hop artists M.C. Frontalot and Baddd Spellah -- Names which I don't think I've seen or heard mentioned before by anybody not undergoing some kind of formal technical education.
More promising from an actual hip-hop perspective is the also-mentioned "Blue Flowers" by Kool Keith. I guess its use of Bartok's second violin concerto is due to Dan the Automator, who contributes his typically symphonic production to Keith's Dr. Octagon album. Recommending that album still comes with the caveat that you have to be able to excuse its violently scatological and misogynistic content on the grounds that Kool Keith is more or less insane.
More promising from an actual hip-hop perspective is the also-mentioned "Blue Flowers" by Kool Keith. I guess its use of Bartok's second violin concerto is due to Dan the Automator, who contributes his typically symphonic production to Keith's Dr. Octagon album. Recommending that album still comes with the caveat that you have to be able to excuse its violently scatological and misogynistic content on the grounds that Kool Keith is more or less insane.
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Still not as weird as Kyle Gann raving about Comics Curmudgeon.
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