iLL-Literacy
Blog URL http://www.ill-literacy.com/news/
Located Oakland, California USA
Tags adriel luis, dahlak brathwaite, nico cary, ruby veridiano-ching, spoken word, bay area, natural electricity, hip-hop, funk
Follows Bay Area-based neo-theater-funk-spoken-word collective iLL-Literacy and fly culture throughout the world.
Latest Blog Posts
- Blakroc ft. Mos Def & Jim Jones “Ain’t Nothing Like You (Coochie Coo)” b/w Lykke Li “Will You Still Love Me” on Nov 21, 2009 in Under the Influence Video blakroc jim jones lykke li mos def
One of the most liberating things for me releasing this album was that once the record was out to the world, I was able to reunite with my ability to fall in love with songs. Perhaps because Dahlak’s already had three releases, he was able to...
- ILL-HOMIE: MC K~Swift “The Proper Gander” on Nov 21, 2009 in Audio iLL-Homies
CRAZY MUSICAL EXPLOSION IN MY LIFE!!! MC K~Swift is a New Yorker. To the core. Born and raised. A night out in the town with him is like chasing the White Rabbit through Wonderland, except he’s not not white, and not a rabbit, and Wonderl...
- Friday Funk: The i(nfluence)B4the1 on Nov 21, 2009 in Uncategorized de la soul fela kuti outkast the black eyed peas
The “post-album-release” time is always a very special part of my process. I listen to feedback, re-listen to my songs with new insights, critique my weaknesses, focus on my strengths, and then begin planning a method to improve my music...
- Ironically, I can’t post a video about open-source music because the wifi on the bus has blocked all sites labeled “sharing” on Nov 21, 2009 in This Racism is Killing me Inside
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- FUTURE OF THE FUNK: Digit.iLL.Funk – An Open-Source Music Project on Nov 20, 2009 in News future of the funk digit.iLL.Funk
Now that folks are starting to get familiar with our concept of delivering free music, we’re turning it up another notch with the introduction of digit.iLL.Funk, an method of developing and distributing music through an interactive and communit...
- First responses to iB4the1.1 on Nov 20, 2009 in News Press ib4the1
In the kitchen: Nico: Does that post look self-indulgent of us? Drizzle: No Drizzle’s inner voice: …yeah… …fuck it. After two days of being out, the people are talking about iB4the1.1 and the overall consensus is…weirded...
- ILL-HOMIE: Denizen Kane “Brother Min’s Journey to the West” on Nov 20, 2009 in Audio News denizen kane
I have to admit that these past couple of weeks I’ve been so in my iB4the1 zone that I’ve hardly had the time or energy to sit down and listen to any new music. Actually, I’ve been so nervous I just listen to Regina Spektor all ni...
