A Man of Ideas: Dreams Come False

Old-school DāM-FЦПK, A Man of Ideas, new Cam'ron, a #PrivateJam from Bradley Zero and more in the music we tweeted this week

An accomplished children’s book author, Brooklyn-based musician Michael Leviton likes to work in unexpected ways. His latest creative project is called A Man of Ideas, which began as an invite-only performance and is now a seven-track album featuring a 10-piece band and an array of female singers he enlisted to croon the songs he wrote and produced. To complete his vision, Leviton tapped his friends …

Cam’ron + A-Trak: Dipsh*ts

Old-school DāM-FЦПK, A Man of Ideas, new Cam'ron, a #PrivateJam from Bradley Zero and more in the music we tweeted this week

In classic Diplomats fashion, the new release from Cam’ron is full of A-grade cameos, gritty street references, a heavy head-bobbing beat and plenty of nostalgia for “old New York.” Channeling the days of “Dispet Anthem” and “Purple Haze,” the self-proclaimed summer anthem “Dipsh*ts“—produced by A-Trak, Oliver and Just Blaze—was destined for radio glory from the day it was cut. To elevate the song visually, director …

Richard Galpin: Elephant (Ten Thousand Revolutions per Minute)

The British artist explores gentrification through his mind-boggling, colorfully abstract photographs on view at London's Hales Gallery

British artist Richard Galpin is best known for his scalpel-cut photographs of cities, but for his fifth solo exhibition—”Elephant (Ten Thousand Revolutions per Minute)”— on now at London’s Hales Gallery, the artist left his old methods behind, choosing instead to create a wall installation. A steel stud-work structure projects from the wall of the gallery, supporting 10 large panels of photographic paper on which Galpin’s …