Last Night’s Mixtape covers all types of good music, and in all locations around the world. Luckily, it just so happens that one of my personal favorite musicians happens to live right here in my home base of Seattle. His name is Ahamefule Oluo, and he and vocalist Okanomode are collaborators on a project called Reverie. The concept? A ten-piece pop opera, based on the theme of making choices that you know you will regret, but that feel right at the time.

I was able to catch up with Aham and Okanomode, and get a quick interview with them. It’s a little window into two of the most fertile creative minds in the Northwest. And for Seattle folks, their show is coming up this Saturday, at Lo-Fi, and tickets are going fast – get them at Now I’m Fine, the official site for the project (and yes, I don’t like calling things “projects” either, but there may be no better way to describe this undertaking).

It’s LxNxM’s first time doing an interview, so bear with our technical awesomeness!

I’ve been seeing a lot of clips of Talib Kweli on Noisemakers floating around the hip hop blogs for the past couple of days.  I figured why not post as much of the show as I could find on youtube for you guys to enjoy.  It is pretty interesting, after all.  Noismakers is part interview, part concert.  Hosted by Hot 97 radio host Peter Rosenberg, featuring DJ J. Period, the show has hosted the likes of  Raekwon, DJ Premier, and Q-Tip.  Think of it as Inside the Actor’s Studio for hip hop.

Here’s Talib Kweli talking about what it was like to work with Dilla:

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