Ranting on Rev

With Scion's metro parties bringing several first timers to play in DC, I was floored when I saw DJ Revolution's name as one of the upcoming spinners. He recently played--I embarassingly missed the gig--and prior to the show, I interviewed him for the Washington Post Express and HipHopSite. To get to the meat of our Q&A, here's the HipHopSite version of things.

For those that slept, Revolution's the L.A. based DJ for the internationally syndicated radio program "The Wake Up Show." The show's the most widely heard hip-hop radio show on the planet, so he's the most listened to hip-hop DJ on the FM dial.

Check out Rev's choice quotes, including his comments on a then unknown Eminem rolling through the studio.

Edan's Magical Mystery Tour

Quick Clip.

Since the stuff I do for URB rarely ends up online, here ya go. I know the mainstream press has been all over this album like he was Bright Eyes, but the Humble Magnificent deserves the props.

Color Crisis Pt. II

This white fans of hip-hop talk makes me recall an interview I did with doo wop R&B legend Pookie Hudson in Feb. for the Washington Post Express. Not sure who this man is? Click here.

I asked him about his down years (there were many and he was even homeless for a while) and he had this to say:

"When disco came in, when the British groups invaded. I though it was all over. Then white people started doing this oldies thing, saving records, making things expensive. I have to say the white people took to it more. They are the saviors of it at this particular moment."

There's been talk of this sort of thing for jazz and especially avant garde type jazz, but I hadn't heard much of this about R&B. Mr. Hudson was basically saying that his career was revived by white folks taking an interest in his music. Of course, they are not the only ones, but neverthless, this is something that stood out to him and he made it a point to tell me this, without really being prompted to do so.

More info on Mr. Hudson here.