1520 Blog

Monophonics, the San Francisco treat!  Building on my last blog about the resurgence of Funk & Soul music, I’d like you all to meet Monophonics.  “Black Rock” or [...]

It’s Friday and I haven’t posted all week.  Well it was my birthday this week so it happens.   Allow me to introduce Aloe Blacc. If you already know him then great, but he’s new [...]

So I’ve been looking for this song for the better part of eight years (most of my bboy career).  Might not be the hardest song to find but its been one that I’ve struggled with.   I [...]

Portrait – Here We Go Again by klmbaby  Bit of a rainy Friday here in SLC, but its a Friday non the less.  The weekend is here and I feel like this is a good way to start it off. [...]

So I was browsing through iTunes trailers yesterday, looking at all the awful movies that are coming out and I came across this.  Kashmere Stage Band has contributed plenty of bboy tracks over [...]

So I came across this track the other day.  If you don’t recognize the sample, Mary J. Blige sampled it in a remix of “Real Love” in 1992.  The track featured Notorious B.I.G. [...]

Hip Hop Fashion History When we say the word “fashion,” the first thing we associate it with is women. But if you hang around the guys I do, you would know that fashion is not just an obsession [...]

Where to get it? Like most bboys (or dancers in general) I’m addicted to music.  Music in an unquenchable hunger that must constantly be fed new content.  With that in mind I thought it [...]

This past Friday night IN THIS WEEK MAGAZINE hosted its 3rd annual “Fashion Night Out”.  Inspired by Vogues “Fashion Night Out” in New York, IN THIS WEEK prepared a night [...]

Think about the last jam you went to, now take away the dynamic moves, the fresh clothes, the spectators, sponsors and what are you left with? Probably the most important element of the entire [...]