Deborah Sengupta grew up in a cornfield in northwest Ohio where her multicultural family was something of a curious anomaly. She didn't like it very much. On a whim, she landed in Austin in 1995, where, before coming to Austin360.com in 2004, she drove a limo, played bass in a band, promoted fabulous parties and answered a whole lot of phones.
In 2000, she began building Web sites about Austin's urban music scene and became so insistent that Austin hip-hop shouldn't be ignored that KOOP radio gave her a show to prove it. In a country town with a heart full of rock 'n' roll, she firmly believes it also has a funky underbelly that's almost urban.
While your girl is all about a little free-wheelin’ booty shakin’, you won’t catch me trying to do the Chicken Noodle Soup in the club any time soon. I’m afraid I’d look less like the amazing kids in this video and more like these dudes.
I told you earlier this week that D Madness and MoJoe went to L.A. to rock a set with Sunshine Anderson at the Roxy. Austin’s own Mr. Blakes also went along and has a very detailed rundown of the trip (which included a suprise appearance by Posdnus from De La Soul at the soundcheck) on his myspace blog.
Like Gnarls Barkley? Like Biggie? Try the Gnotorious Gnarls Biggie.
I’m not at all familiar with most of Hasidic Jewish rapper Matisyahu’s music, but this comment from Joshua Klein of the Chicago Tribune about his Lollapolooza performance sums up my apprehensions:
“Anyone at his Sunday set who didn’t feel at least a little uncomfortable with his Jamaican affectations should, while they’re looking up “Hasidic” and “Rastafarianism,” look up “minstrelsy,” too.”
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