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March 29, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

The 1001 Albums Challenge # 139: Mike Ladd – “Welcome To The Afterfuture” 

Mike Ladd is a rapper I’ve been aware of for a while – yet I never heard this. It’s fantastic. Everything I’ve heard him do – or heard him on – has been great. I love his albums with jazz pianist Vijay Iyer. He’s one of the people you can point to as furthering hip-hop, taking it beyond anger […]

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February 26, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Vijay Iyer & Mike Ladd:Holding It Down – The Veterans’ Dreams Project

Vijay Iyer & Mike Ladd Holding It Down: The Veterans’ Dreams Project Pi. Recordings There are a lot of similarities between the debacle of the Vietnam War and what was swiftly dubbed “the war on terror”. Post 9/11, Americans had to – at first – take the word of their government, had to believe that […]