Giant Step’s Resident 35: Revelations 35:1–35:6 – Milk, TK Wonder and Alice...
Photo of Alice Russell By Mawuse Ziegbe This week is all about revelations. Firstly, TK Wonder is the greatest rapper alive. She rocked the When Boy Meets Girl IV show at Southpaw which featured acts...
View ArticleGiant Step’s Resident 36: Blitz The Ambassador, Chester French and Fauxcialite
By Mawuse Ziegbe In a city of screeching hype, blasé insiders and tepid stage shows, I'm always on the hunt for that ol' razzle dazzle. So many thanks to Blitz The Ambassador who threw down one of the...
View ArticleGiant Step’s Resident 37: The Roots, Q-Tip, Estelle and More
By Mawuse Ziegbe The holiday season is always a sickening deluge of parties, stiff "holiday cheer" (which I temper with stiff drinks) and a glut of obligations. In a year of highs (getting my own...
View ArticleGiant Step’s Resident 38: Illa-J, Here We Go Magic, Jay Rock, President Obama
(Chuck Kennedy-Pool/Getty Images) I've been spending too much time on Chinatown buses. When I hosted Pop Off! a party in D.C. with The General Store Inc., I took the crackiest mode of transportation...
View ArticleGiant Step’s Resident 40: Lykke Li, Alaska In Winter and Friends We Love...
By Mawuse Ziegbe So many rising stars sell out shows, sing along to a DAT, bask in their blogosphere buzz and call it a day. But congregates, believe wholly and fully in the hype of Lykke Li. Rapturous...
View ArticleGiant Step’s Resident 42: Peter Bjorn And John, Melo-X, Omar, Maiysha and...
Photo of Phil Asher © Jaecyne Howell A most curious thing occurred at the office one day. Ambling down the halls I happened upon a bin of unwanted swag. While it's usually chock full of crap like...
View ArticleGiant Step’s Resident 43: Jack Peñate, Asher Roth, Buraka Som Sistema,...
Photo of Asher Roth (c) Hannibal Matthews By Mawuse Ziegbe One of my favorite songs right now is Jack Peñate's calypso-laced "Tonight's Today." The cheery percussion is buoyed by a heady choir, balmy...
View ArticleGiant Step’s Resident 45: Fischerspooner, Keys N Krates, Blaq Poet, Little Boots
By Mawuse Ziegbe The chance for the absurd is the reason droves of misfits migrate from middle America to Manhattan. So, I'm sure flaming fashionistas from Peoria would have been reveling at...
View ArticleThe Resident 46: The Roots Picnic, Summer Jam ’09, LL Cool J, Estelle
By Mawuse Ziegbe Puberty would not have been the same without LL Cool J. Honestly who was hotter than shirtless, lip-lickin' LL in 1995? Coolio? Tag Team? Exactly. And yet when Estelle and LL Cool J...
View ArticleGiant Step Resident 47: Michael Video List
By Mawuse Ziegbe No need to expound upon his achievements or even mention his last name. We all have our favorite Michael moment. Mine is headbanging to “Bad” as a toddler in pre-school. Instead of nap...
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