15 Fun Facts About Snoop Lion’s New Religion

As you’ve probably all heard by now, the artist formerly known as Snoop Dogg has finally smoked enough weed to have had a “spiritual experience” in Jamaica, as a result of which he’s changed his name to Snoop Lion and converted to the Rastafari movement. Achievement unlocked!

Since we will probably all be following Snoop Lion on this spiritual journey, it behooves I & I to learn a little about this religion. Here are a few fun facts about the one true religion of the King of Kings and All Living Things.

Best Albums of 2012, Part 1 of 4

I was looking over my music collection the other day and noticed that when I sorted it by date, the number of albums I have released over the past 3 or 4 years is much smaller than previous years. And an alarming number of the newer releases I have are from old groups. Last year I picked up new albums by such ancient bands as The Beastie Boys, Skinny Puppy, KMFDM, Flogging Molly, the Dropkick Murphys, Radiohead, Mogwai, Jane’s Addiction, Daft Punk, and Atari Teenage Riot. Sure, they all still make great music but they’re also all just a few years away from artificial hips and pill cases with the days of the week marked on them.

This could only mean one thing: I’m in danger of becoming one of those out-of-touch old people who doesn’t understand new music. Back when I spent way too much time seeking out new music I used to hate how older folks seemed proud of not knowing anything about music the kids listen to these days. It’s still annoying. Nostalgia is always overrated, but it’s especially the case nowadays when you can read tons of music reviews for free and hear samples of music without having to go to that one store that will let you listen to their used section on a CD player.

As an attempt to reverse this disturbing trend, I’m giving myself this assignment to write some short reviews of new albums every few months this year. So here we go.

Adam WarRock Interview

Adam WarRock is a nerd rapper who releases a ridiculous amount of free content through his website. His newest album, You Dare Call That Thing Human?!?, was released just this week. We talk about nerdcore rap, comic books, sci-fi, ragequitting, politics, and his newest album.

You can buy his newest album here. Also, check him out on tour if you can.

Beyonce and Jay-Z’s Demon Baby Will Enslave Us All

Jay-Z, left, warming Beyonce up to the idea of the pidder padder of little Antichrist feet.

You’ve probably heard from your jackass co-workers who read the tabloids that Beyonce gave birth to a human child this past week. But were you aware that this baby will one day reduce the human population of Earth to 500 million by instigating wars and spraying poison gas from commercial airplanes? IT IS TRUE.

Rob Swift Interview

Rob Swift is a hip hop DJ and turntablist from New York City. You may know him from The X-Ecutioners, Ill Insanity, or his solo work. We talk about hip hop and DJing.

Alvin Greene has a music video

Oh shit, yo! This hot new jam from Alvin Greene is off the hook! It just dropped yesterday when it flew onto the YouTube in a DeLorean DMC-12 from the early 1980s.

MC Chris Meets Twin Peaks

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Saul Williams Interview

Saul Williams is a poet and musician who rose to fame in the NYC slam poetry scene. He has performed with Allen Ginsberg, KRS-One, and many others. Rick Rubin produced his first album,Amethyst Rock Star, and his forthcoming album is being produced by Trent Reznor. Williams is also an outspoken critic of the Bush administration and the so-called War on Terror. His newest collection of poetry is The Dead Emcee Scrolls. We spoke with him during his recent spoken word tour.