The Sowmya Life

The Village Voice‘s March Madness music showdown is on! I wrote up a little synopsis on my favorite cadre Dipset for this round. Dipset or Diddy? Vote HERE

DIPSET
The Diplomats (a.k.a. Dipset) are Harlem’s quintessential hip-hop cadre. The rag-tag group of childhood friends—Cam’ron, Jim Jones and Freekey Zekey and Juelz Santana—released Diplomatic Immunity in 2003 and gained a cult-like following with memorable non sequiturs (“Golly I’m gully, look at his galoshes”) over hard-hitting beats from Just Blaze and Heatmakerz, while their inherent penchant for Harlem and ostentatious motor cycle chic created a veritable regional movement (the likes of which have been largely unseen in NYC hip-hop thereafter). Dipset’s sophomore effort, 2004′s Diplomatic Immunity 2, included new, somewhat unmemorable members and dissensions between Cam’ron and Jones soon put the collective on sabbatical. Following a reconciliation in 2010, the Dips have launched a reunion tour and are said to be cooking up new musical goodness.
—Sowmya Krishnamurthy

Happy Valentine’s Day slimes! What better way to celebrate eating too much sugar and (for some of you) crying into the arms of Ben & Jerry than watching a clip of my favorite V-Day episode of The Simpsons?

I yakked with Detroit rapper Danny Brown (one of my favorite newcomers) for AskMen and the results were hilarious. We talked about sucky rapper clothing lines, his signature asymmetrical hair (hint: he sometimes flat irons it for special occasions) and getting recognized in a Detroit Kmart. Read it HERE

This is so bad, it’s good. Twitter.com released a funny video to entice new job applicants. Despite its access to high technology, this was clearly done on iMovie by a toddler.