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Thursday, March 31, 2005
You might have noticed that we've played at least one jam from the record on our radio show already, but on Tuesday, April 5, 2005, Verve Records will officially release 'Verve Remixed 3,' the newest collection in their popular remix series. The album features some of the top producers, DJs, and bands from today's contemporary music scene reinterpreting and reinvigorating classic songs from the Verve label's archives.
At 13 tracks deep the set features the works of artists like Nina Simone, Billy Holliday, Sarah Vaughn, Astrud Gilberto, Jimmy Smith, Hugh Masekela, Dinah Washington and more remixed by the likes of Postal Service, RSL, RJD2, Max Sedgley, Lyrics Born and Danger Mouse among others. The jam-packed collection will be available on CD and as a triple-vinyl LP pack.
If you feel like checking it out there's an e-card online, and an mp3 snippet mix as well.
And if that's not enough to whet your appetite you can always give this a try...
Astrud Gilberto "The Gentle Rain ( RJD2 Remix )"
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...yes, it's the same track that was on RJ's 'Your Face Or Your Kneecaps' mix-tape a few years ago, and it's also one of his finer moments as a producer, so it's nice to see it finally getting a proper release as part of the 'Verve Remixed' series.
At 13 tracks deep the set features the works of artists like Nina Simone, Billy Holliday, Sarah Vaughn, Astrud Gilberto, Jimmy Smith, Hugh Masekela, Dinah Washington and more remixed by the likes of Postal Service, RSL, RJD2, Max Sedgley, Lyrics Born and Danger Mouse among others. The jam-packed collection will be available on CD and as a triple-vinyl LP pack.
If you feel like checking it out there's an e-card online, and an mp3 snippet mix as well.
And if that's not enough to whet your appetite you can always give this a try...
Astrud Gilberto "The Gentle Rain ( RJD2 Remix )"
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...yes, it's the same track that was on RJ's 'Your Face Or Your Kneecaps' mix-tape a few years ago, and it's also one of his finer moments as a producer, so it's nice to see it finally getting a proper release as part of the 'Verve Remixed' series.
Wednesday, March 30, 2005
...pay off anyone who could come back to haunt you later. That's what Suge Knight should have done.
When MTV News finally report on something I usually take that as an indication that it's moved beyond the realm of rumour & speculation and into the world of "well, yeah I guess that might actually happen now." I mean, in the least it's evidence that the industry hype machine is actually behind something, even if it never actually materializes.
And now, that is exactly what's happened with the much talked about possibility of Ghostface Killah and M.F. Doom teaming up to record an album together...
The article also mentions that Doom is likely to be contributing to tracks to Ghost's forthcoming solo LP as well, and brings up the spectre of Ghost and Raekwon finally releasing a sequel to their classic 'Only Built 4 Cuban Linx' ... all within the space of a year or so no less!
I don't know how I feel about Nature Sounds releasing the Ghost & Doom collabo, but by the same token I don't really know what Def Jam would do with it. Then again, with Jay in charge and something worthwhile like this on the horizon we might be witnessing the rebirth of Def Jam as an artistically viable outlet for hip-hop, which is something it really hasn't been since the early '90s.
Either way, I think the fact that folks like Ghost and Doom can come together like this -- coupled with rumours that Jay-Z's homie Just Blaze is also working with Doom and members of the Stones Throw family -- is an indication that hip-hop as whole, whether underground or above, is moving in the right direction.
And now, that is exactly what's happened with the much talked about possibility of Ghostface Killah and M.F. Doom teaming up to record an album together...
"I'm into old hip-hop, and the music that he makes is right up my alley," Ghostface said. "His beats are real underground. He's got the sound RZA had back in the day."
The Wu-Tang rapper and the former KMD member have collaborated on six songs thus far, and while the project will probably be released on Doom's indie label, Nature Sounds, his manager claims Def Jam is also interested.
The article also mentions that Doom is likely to be contributing to tracks to Ghost's forthcoming solo LP as well, and brings up the spectre of Ghost and Raekwon finally releasing a sequel to their classic 'Only Built 4 Cuban Linx' ... all within the space of a year or so no less!
I don't know how I feel about Nature Sounds releasing the Ghost & Doom collabo, but by the same token I don't really know what Def Jam would do with it. Then again, with Jay in charge and something worthwhile like this on the horizon we might be witnessing the rebirth of Def Jam as an artistically viable outlet for hip-hop, which is something it really hasn't been since the early '90s.
Either way, I think the fact that folks like Ghost and Doom can come together like this -- coupled with rumours that Jay-Z's homie Just Blaze is also working with Doom and members of the Stones Throw family -- is an indication that hip-hop as whole, whether underground or above, is moving in the right direction.
Tuesday, March 29, 2005
AllHipHop.com is reporting that McDonalds is offering rappers money to big up their Big Mac sandwich in hit songs...
Artists will not receive any money upfront, but instead, McDonald's is offering $1 to $5 every time the song is played on the radio....I think Rob Base and Newcleus need to hit them up for some retroactive payments.
“The risk involved for upfront payment is all eliminated,” Rome continued. “If an artist isn’t able to deliver [a hit], there’s no out-of-pocket cost to the client. You pay for performance.”
You might remember I hit you off with some streaming audio of the new Gorillaz single "Feel Good Inc." the other day. Well now, I've got the video for you too...
Gorillaz feat. De La Soul "Feel Good Inc."
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Monday, March 28, 2005
...even though it is for Crowded House drummer Paul Hester who was found dead of an apparent suicide in a park in Melbourne Australia over the weekend.
Saturday, March 26, 2005
Fresh from The Crate, it's...
Syreeta "I Love Every Little Thing About You"
I just recorded Syreeta's entire debut album, 1972's largely Stevie Wonder written & produced Mowest release 'Syreeta,' from the original vinyl and encoded it to MP3 for my own listening pleasure the other day. It's a favorite of mine, with seductive & soulful feminine vocals dripping all over largely electronic '70s funkiness that competes with, if not bests, similar sounding records from the time such as Stevie's own 'Talking Book.' I mean, Stevie is the man and all, but there's something that much more appealing about a pretty sister singing about how much she loves her man and all... ya know, at least if you're the type of guy who likes pretty singing sisters that is.
I'm that type of guy myself, and in case you didn't know this particular singing sister was in fact married to Stevie Wonder for a short period of time prior to them recording this album. They met while both were at Motown where they were a prodigious writing team. Even after their divorce they would continue to work together musically for quite some time. Syreeta would go on to work with Billy Preston and even Jermaine Jackson during the 1980s. She passed away only recently, on July 6th 2004, of complications due to cancer.
Anyway, "I Love Every Little Thing About You" is one of the choicest cuts from this, a slept on masterpiece of the soul era. It's sassy, soulful, sexy and incredibly funky, utilizing the kind of wonky synth intro that wouldn't be heard on record again until Trent Reznor freaked something like it with Nine Inch Nails in the '90s. It's really just a timeless cut. Tell me those raw drums and soulful electro grooves couldn't be coming out of the samplers and drum machines of today's hip-hop and new soul producers... I mean, they could... but they're not... which is why it's nice that I pull joints like these out of the crate and let you hear 'em.
Isn't that right?
I just recorded Syreeta's entire debut album, 1972's largely Stevie Wonder written & produced Mowest release 'Syreeta,' from the original vinyl and encoded it to MP3 for my own listening pleasure the other day. It's a favorite of mine, with seductive & soulful feminine vocals dripping all over largely electronic '70s funkiness that competes with, if not bests, similar sounding records from the time such as Stevie's own 'Talking Book.' I mean, Stevie is the man and all, but there's something that much more appealing about a pretty sister singing about how much she loves her man and all... ya know, at least if you're the type of guy who likes pretty singing sisters that is. I'm that type of guy myself, and in case you didn't know this particular singing sister was in fact married to Stevie Wonder for a short period of time prior to them recording this album. They met while both were at Motown where they were a prodigious writing team. Even after their divorce they would continue to work together musically for quite some time. Syreeta would go on to work with Billy Preston and even Jermaine Jackson during the 1980s. She passed away only recently, on July 6th 2004, of complications due to cancer.
Anyway, "I Love Every Little Thing About You" is one of the choicest cuts from this, a slept on masterpiece of the soul era. It's sassy, soulful, sexy and incredibly funky, utilizing the kind of wonky synth intro that wouldn't be heard on record again until Trent Reznor freaked something like it with Nine Inch Nails in the '90s. It's really just a timeless cut. Tell me those raw drums and soulful electro grooves couldn't be coming out of the samplers and drum machines of today's hip-hop and new soul producers... I mean, they could... but they're not... which is why it's nice that I pull joints like these out of the crate and let you hear 'em.
Isn't that right?
Today we remember Eric "Eazy-E" Wright.
He was a founding member of seminal gangsta rap group N.W.A. and Ruthless Records, from which countless West Coast hip-hop acts -- Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, D.O.C., Above The Law and Bone Thugs & Harmony among them-- sprung over the years. A high-school drop-out and former drug dealer, he parlayed his criminal earnings into the seed money with which he started his label, breaking onto the scene in the mid-'80s with "Boyz N Tha Hood" an Ice Cube penned slice of glorified Compton gangstaism...
N.W.A. would go on to huge success with the 'Str8 Outta Compton' LP fueled by the controversy surrounding their song "Fuck The Police" thus cementing "gangsta rap" as one of the strongest and longest lasting sub-genres of hip-hop and one of the nations most beloved media boogie-men. They would also birth one of the first hip-hop mega-hits in their 1991 release 'Efil4zaggin' which benefitted from Billboard's then new Soundscan technology which made it more difficult for retailers to snub rap artists and other independent or otherwise "underground" releases.
Eazy and his Ruthless Records would continue to have success even after the break-up of N.W.A. and allegations of business misconduct flew between him and his former band-mates.
He continued developing new talent and releasing hits right up until his untimely death of complications due to A.I.D.S. on this day, March 26th, in 1995.
He was a founding member of seminal gangsta rap group N.W.A. and Ruthless Records, from which countless West Coast hip-hop acts -- Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, D.O.C., Above The Law and Bone Thugs & Harmony among them-- sprung over the years. A high-school drop-out and former drug dealer, he parlayed his criminal earnings into the seed money with which he started his label, breaking onto the scene in the mid-'80s with "Boyz N Tha Hood" an Ice Cube penned slice of glorified Compton gangstaism...
Eazy-E "Boyz N Tha Hood"
Woke up quick at about noon
Just thought that I had to be in Compton soon
I gotta get drunk before the day begin
Before my mother starts bitchin' 'bout my friends
About to go and damn near went blind
Young niggaz at the pad throwin' up gang signs
Ran in the house and grabbed my clip
With the Mac-10 on the side of my hip
Bailed outside and pointed my weapon
Just as I thought, the fools kept steppin'
Jumped in the fo' hit the juice on my ride
I got front to back and side to side
Then I let the Alpine play
Bumpin' new shit by NWA
It was "Gangsta Gangsta" at the top of the list
Then I played my own shit, it went somethin' like this...
Cruisin' down the street in my six-fo'
Jockin the bitches, slappin' the hoes
Went to the park to get the scoop
Knuckleheads out there cold shootin' some hoops
A car pulls up, who can it be?
A fresh El Camino rolled, Kilo G
He rolls down his window and he started to say
It's all about makin' that GTA...
Cuz the boyz n tha hood are always hard
You come talkin' that trash we'll pull your card
Knowin' nothin' in life but to be legit
Don't quote me boy, cuz I ain't said shit
Down on B's in the place to give me the pace
He said my man JB is on freebase
The boy JB was a friend of mine
'Til I caught him in my car tryin' to steal my Alpine
Chased him up the street to call a truce
The silly motherfucker pull out a deuce-deuce
Little did he know I had a loaded 12 gauge
One sucker dead, LA Times first page
Cuz the boyz n tha hood are always hard
You come talkin' that trash we'll pull your card
Knowin' nothin' in life but to be legit
Don't quote me boy, cuz I ain't said shit
Bored as hell and I wanna get ill
So I went to a spot where my homeboys chill
The fellows out there, makin' that dollar
I pulled up in my 6-4 Impala
They greet me with a 40 and I start drinkin'
And from the 8-ball my breath start stinkin'
Love to get my girl, to rock that body
Before I left I hit the Bacardi
Went to her house to get her out of the pad
Dumb hoe says something stupid that made me mad
She said somethin' that I couldn't believe
So I grabbed the stupid bitch by her nappy ass weave
She started talkin' shit, wouldn't you know?
Reached back like a pimp and slapped the hoe
Her father jumped out and he started to shout
So I threw a right-cross and knocked his old ass out
Cuz the boyz n tha hood are always hard
You come talkin' that trash we'll pull your card
Knowin' nothin' in life but to be legit
Don't quote me boy, cuz I ain't said shit
I'm rollin' hard now I'm under control
Then wrapped the six-fo' 'round the telephone poll
I looked at my car and I said, "Oh brother
I throw it in the gutter and go buy another"
Walkin' home and I see the G ride
Now Ket is drivin' Kilo on the side
As they busted a U, they got pulled over
An undercover cop in a dark green Nova
Ket got beaten for resistin' arrest
He socked the pig in the head for rippin' his Guess
Now G is cut for doin' the crime
For defence on the boy, he'll do some time
Cuz the boyz n tha hood are always hard
You come talkin' that trash we'll pull your card
Knowin' nothin' in life but to be legit
Don't quote me boy, cuz I ain't said shit
I went to get them out but there was no bail
The fellaz start to riot in the county jail
Two days later in municiple court
Kilo G on trial straight cold cut a fork
Disruption of a court, said the judge
On a six year sentence my man didn't budge
Bailer came over to turn him in
Kilo G looked up and gave a grin
He yelled out "FIRE!," then came Suzi
The bitch came in with a sub-machine Uzi
Police shot the bitch but didn't hurt her
Both up state for attempted murder
Cuz the boyz n tha hood are always hard
You come talkin' that trash we'll pull your card
Knowin' nothin' in life but to be legit
Don't quote me boy, cuz I ain't said shit
Woke up quick at about noon
Just thought that I had to be in Compton soon
I gotta get drunk before the day begin
Before my mother starts bitchin' 'bout my friends
About to go and damn near went blind
Young niggaz at the pad throwin' up gang signs
Ran in the house and grabbed my clip
With the Mac-10 on the side of my hip
Bailed outside and pointed my weapon
Just as I thought, the fools kept steppin'
Jumped in the fo' hit the juice on my ride
I got front to back and side to side
Then I let the Alpine play
Bumpin' new shit by NWA
It was "Gangsta Gangsta" at the top of the list
Then I played my own shit, it went somethin' like this...
Cruisin' down the street in my six-fo'
Jockin the bitches, slappin' the hoes
Went to the park to get the scoop
Knuckleheads out there cold shootin' some hoops
A car pulls up, who can it be?
A fresh El Camino rolled, Kilo G
He rolls down his window and he started to say
It's all about makin' that GTA...
Cuz the boyz n tha hood are always hard
You come talkin' that trash we'll pull your card
Knowin' nothin' in life but to be legit
Don't quote me boy, cuz I ain't said shit
Down on B's in the place to give me the pace
He said my man JB is on freebase
The boy JB was a friend of mine
'Til I caught him in my car tryin' to steal my Alpine
Chased him up the street to call a truce
The silly motherfucker pull out a deuce-deuce
Little did he know I had a loaded 12 gauge
One sucker dead, LA Times first page
Cuz the boyz n tha hood are always hard
You come talkin' that trash we'll pull your card
Knowin' nothin' in life but to be legit
Don't quote me boy, cuz I ain't said shit
Bored as hell and I wanna get ill
So I went to a spot where my homeboys chill
The fellows out there, makin' that dollar
I pulled up in my 6-4 Impala
They greet me with a 40 and I start drinkin'
And from the 8-ball my breath start stinkin'
Love to get my girl, to rock that body
Before I left I hit the Bacardi
Went to her house to get her out of the pad
Dumb hoe says something stupid that made me mad
She said somethin' that I couldn't believe
So I grabbed the stupid bitch by her nappy ass weave
She started talkin' shit, wouldn't you know?
Reached back like a pimp and slapped the hoe
Her father jumped out and he started to shout
So I threw a right-cross and knocked his old ass out
Cuz the boyz n tha hood are always hard
You come talkin' that trash we'll pull your card
Knowin' nothin' in life but to be legit
Don't quote me boy, cuz I ain't said shit
I'm rollin' hard now I'm under control
Then wrapped the six-fo' 'round the telephone poll
I looked at my car and I said, "Oh brother
I throw it in the gutter and go buy another"
Walkin' home and I see the G ride
Now Ket is drivin' Kilo on the side
As they busted a U, they got pulled over
An undercover cop in a dark green Nova
Ket got beaten for resistin' arrest
He socked the pig in the head for rippin' his Guess
Now G is cut for doin' the crime
For defence on the boy, he'll do some time
Cuz the boyz n tha hood are always hard
You come talkin' that trash we'll pull your card
Knowin' nothin' in life but to be legit
Don't quote me boy, cuz I ain't said shit
I went to get them out but there was no bail
The fellaz start to riot in the county jail
Two days later in municiple court
Kilo G on trial straight cold cut a fork
Disruption of a court, said the judge
On a six year sentence my man didn't budge
Bailer came over to turn him in
Kilo G looked up and gave a grin
He yelled out "FIRE!," then came Suzi
The bitch came in with a sub-machine Uzi
Police shot the bitch but didn't hurt her
Both up state for attempted murder
Cuz the boyz n tha hood are always hard
You come talkin' that trash we'll pull your card
Knowin' nothin' in life but to be legit
Don't quote me boy, cuz I ain't said shit
N.W.A. would go on to huge success with the 'Str8 Outta Compton' LP fueled by the controversy surrounding their song "Fuck The Police" thus cementing "gangsta rap" as one of the strongest and longest lasting sub-genres of hip-hop and one of the nations most beloved media boogie-men. They would also birth one of the first hip-hop mega-hits in their 1991 release 'Efil4zaggin' which benefitted from Billboard's then new Soundscan technology which made it more difficult for retailers to snub rap artists and other independent or otherwise "underground" releases.
Eazy and his Ruthless Records would continue to have success even after the break-up of N.W.A. and allegations of business misconduct flew between him and his former band-mates.
He continued developing new talent and releasing hits right up until his untimely death of complications due to A.I.D.S. on this day, March 26th, in 1995.
Wednesday, March 23, 2005
Apparently the new Gorillaz record is finally on it's way. And what better way to signal it's release than to drop a single? Here we've got streaming audio of said single "Feel Good Inc." for your listening pleasure. It sounds like they enlisted the guys from De La Soul, or at least Dave, for this one. I'm not sure I dig it quite as much as the afro-funky goodness of their teaser single "Dirty Harry" ( which I reviewed for the Beautiful Decay print magazine, so keep your eye out ) but it's definitely got it's charm. With way more Damon Albarn vocals this time out it sounds like Blur doing an '80s new wave/electro-hop mash-up or something. It's definitely funky in it's own right, on some feel good shit, which I guess is appropriate given the title.
But feel free to check it out for yourself...
Gorillaz "Feel Good Inc."
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While you're peeping that you might wanna check out this electronic version of the Gorillaz comic book which is pretty fuckin' boss in it's own right. Seriously, the way the pages flip is just plain cool, and you know I'm not often impressed by fancy-shmancy shit on the web.
Oh, and since we're on the subject, don't forget to Reject False Icons while you're at it.
But feel free to check it out for yourself...
Gorillaz "Feel Good Inc."
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Windows Media
While you're peeping that you might wanna check out this electronic version of the Gorillaz comic book which is pretty fuckin' boss in it's own right. Seriously, the way the pages flip is just plain cool, and you know I'm not often impressed by fancy-shmancy shit on the web.
Oh, and since we're on the subject, don't forget to Reject False Icons while you're at it.
Tuesday, March 22, 2005
Fresh from The Crate, it's...
Boogie Down Productions "I'm Still #1 ( Numero Uno Re-Recording )"
As hip-hop fans I'm sure we're all familiar with the BDP classic "I'm Still #1." But I'm sure far fewer of us are as familiar with this, the remix of that classic that appeared on the b-side of the "Jack Of Spades" 12'' back in 1988.
The "Re-Recording" as it's dubbed keeps the "Cramp Your Style" break from the original, but adds an ill jazzy breakdown to the proceedings, and yes, the lyrics are totally new. Mr. Parker is still firing disses at Shan and Run DMC on this, but it's notable that he also licks shots at then Juice Crew member MC Poet who would one day go on to become Poet of the group Screwball. Oh, and seeing as how Reggaeton has blown up recently it's also worth noting that KRS even flips a little espanol style on this jam, so there's another trend we can blame on "the teacher." ;-)
Jokes aside though, any way you cut it this is a dope, and little mentioned, entry into the extensive catalog of remixes and 12'' only b-sides KRS-One and the BDP Crew have amassed throughout their long recording career.
As hip-hop fans I'm sure we're all familiar with the BDP classic "I'm Still #1." But I'm sure far fewer of us are as familiar with this, the remix of that classic that appeared on the b-side of the "Jack Of Spades" 12'' back in 1988. The "Re-Recording" as it's dubbed keeps the "Cramp Your Style" break from the original, but adds an ill jazzy breakdown to the proceedings, and yes, the lyrics are totally new. Mr. Parker is still firing disses at Shan and Run DMC on this, but it's notable that he also licks shots at then Juice Crew member MC Poet who would one day go on to become Poet of the group Screwball. Oh, and seeing as how Reggaeton has blown up recently it's also worth noting that KRS even flips a little espanol style on this jam, so there's another trend we can blame on "the teacher." ;-)
Jokes aside though, any way you cut it this is a dope, and little mentioned, entry into the extensive catalog of remixes and 12'' only b-sides KRS-One and the BDP Crew have amassed throughout their long recording career.
Saturday, March 19, 2005
I haven't seen it yet because I'm on a shitty 56k connection and I don't think I even have Quicktime installed on my shit anymore, but people are describing this new video for Aesop Rock's "Fast Cars" as "an Aesop Rock pop-up book come to life."
Aesop Rock "Fast Cars"
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Imageyenation's all around MySpace buddy and Okayplayer extraordinaire Al Sharp says "I can see MTV2 playing the fuck out of it, they should anyway."
Aesop Rock "Fast Cars"
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Imageyenation's all around MySpace buddy and Okayplayer extraordinaire Al Sharp says "I can see MTV2 playing the fuck out of it, they should anyway."
Friday, March 18, 2005
Fresh from The Crate, it's...
Camp Lo "Coolie High ( Paradise Remix by Ski )"
This one is coming by request. Sort of. You see, I notice a lot of hits to this site in my refferer logs from search engine queries looking for this track, so I figured I might as well make a lot of people happy by taking it out of my real crate and putting it online in our virtual one.
This is the version of "Coolie High" that most of us remember from college radio mix-shows and mix-tapes back in the day, which, for whatever reason, was never featured on any LP. Actually, I think the reason is probably the dope sample of Michael Jackson's "Lady In My Life" that Ski chops so much lovlier than The Trackmasterz did right around the same time on LL Cool J's "Hey Lover." I don't think Mike was too keen on folks sampling his shit regardless, but Def Jam was surely more likely to pony up the clearance fees for their boy Todd than Profile was for the Lo-ah.
However you call it though, this is that shit, and it epitomizes everything that was dope about Ski, Camp Lo and mid-nineties hip-hop.
This one is coming by request. Sort of. You see, I notice a lot of hits to this site in my refferer logs from search engine queries looking for this track, so I figured I might as well make a lot of people happy by taking it out of my real crate and putting it online in our virtual one.This is the version of "Coolie High" that most of us remember from college radio mix-shows and mix-tapes back in the day, which, for whatever reason, was never featured on any LP. Actually, I think the reason is probably the dope sample of Michael Jackson's "Lady In My Life" that Ski chops so much lovlier than The Trackmasterz did right around the same time on LL Cool J's "Hey Lover." I don't think Mike was too keen on folks sampling his shit regardless, but Def Jam was surely more likely to pony up the clearance fees for their boy Todd than Profile was for the Lo-ah.
However you call it though, this is that shit, and it epitomizes everything that was dope about Ski, Camp Lo and mid-nineties hip-hop.
Tuesday, March 15, 2005
Funk pioneer Sylvester "Sly Stone" Stewart, leader of the band Sly & the Family Stone, turns 60 today.He was born March 15, 1944, in Dallas, TX, but grew up primarily in Vallejo, CA, singing with his family's gospel group. He spent his teens singing in a local doo-wop group and eventually became a radio DJ at Bay Area station KSOL. After studying trumpet, composition, and theory at Vallejo Junior College, he signed to local label Autumn Records, where he cut a series of solo singles and served as a house producer.
In the mid sixties he would form the group Sly & the Stoners. Meanwhile his younger brother Freddie would lead his own band, Freddie & the Stone Souls. Soon after, the two acts would merge, and with a line-up that consisted of bassist Larry Graham, trumpeter Cynthia Robinson, saxophonist Jerry Martini, and drummer Greg Errico, Sly & the Family Stone was born.
James Brown may get most of the lip service when it comes to funk, but Sly Stone was the one who perfected it and introduced it to the larger consciousness. Fusing soul, rock, pop, gospel, and psychedelia while rejecting stylistic boundaries and ignoring racial and gender restrictions, the band virtually created what we know as funk today. The music was political, sexual and danceable, prefiguring the style of '70s funk artists like George Clinton and his Parliament/Funkadelic, The Ohio Players and countless others, the flamboyant and androgynous electro-funk of '80s giants like Rick James and Prince, and even the gutbucket drum-break madness of hip-hop's golden era which would repeatedly mine Stone's catalog for samples.
While their early hits such as "Dance To The Music," "Everyday People," "Sing a Simple Song" and "Thank You Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin" may be the jams you're most likely to hear when you turn on the oldies station I think the band's later works are their most brilliant. Steeped in Sly's drug fueled paranoia, imbued with a dark sexuality, posessed of a spirit of insane creativity, showcasing inventive song-writing, driven by a more militiant social conscience and created without fear of technological experimentation, 1971's 'There's A Riot Goin' On,' and 1973's 'Fresh' are masterpieces of urban American musical genius. These records feature songs like "Just Like A Baby," "Family Affair," "If You Want Me To Stay," "Que Sera, Sera ( Whatever Will Be, Will Be )" and "Babies Makin' Babies" that, while they may not be "the hits" are true classics which continue to inform the music we listen to even today.
On this, Sly Stone's sixtieth birthday I can think of no more fitting a tribute than to get yourself a copy of either of these albums ( or one of his other classic LPs ), sit back, and let the message in the music move you.
I still don't have a copy of this record, and part of me doubts that I ever will. But at least I have a copy of DJ Jon Doe's dope-ass remix...
Common "The Corner ( Jon Doe Remix )"
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In the words of Emeyesi "shit is on point in a major way."
Common "The Corner ( Jon Doe Remix )"
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In the words of Emeyesi "shit is on point in a major way."
...because noted James Brown collaborator and undisputed funk diva Lynn Collins died of cardiac arrhythmia Sunday night at the age of 56.
We played one of her more memorable tunes "Think ( About It )" tonight on Dusty Grooves as a memorial and we suggest you do the same.
We played one of her more memorable tunes "Think ( About It )" tonight on Dusty Grooves as a memorial and we suggest you do the same.
Monday, March 14, 2005
Wednesday night, midnight to 3am est.
Cereffusion owns the airwaves.
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Tune in.
Cereffusion owns the airwaves.
http://www.wtccfm.org/listen/listen.html
Tune in.
From the pages of SPIN magazine:
I loved the article on rapper MF Doom. Oftentime, people associate a Jason-like mask with killing and negative undertones. However, Doom is set to put those stereotypes to rest, teaching positivity and righteousness.Seriously though, that was one of the best Doom related articles I've read either in print or on the web to date.
Lester Greene
Brooklyn, NY
You might have noticed that some changes were made to the site layout over the last couple weeks, one of which being the removal of the "milk crate" from our audio array. The purpose of the "milk crate" was to put up streaming audio clips of tracks from the world of breaks, beats and club classics which inform so much of the modern music we love. And to that end it served it's purpose for a number of years. But with the proliferation of MP3 Blogs I figured it might benefit our visitors to just take that idea, flip it, expand it and make it it's own category in the blog. What that means is that we'll now be hosting MP3 files of choice joints from the crate, be they classic jams, rareities or something hot and up to date we think you might like to check out. Files will be available for five ( 5 ) days and are made available only for the purposes of acedemic study of the history of underground music & dj centered urban cultures and promotion of new artists we think should be getting some shine. If you don't want your song on our site, let us know and we'll remove it. Oh, and please don't stream the files, right click the links and "save as" or otherwise download the file to your own computer if you wanna listen.
With all that out of the way, I figured we'd start off by offering the last track we had in the milk crate...
Eddie Drennon & B.B.S. Unlimited "Do What You Gotta Do"
This track comes from the 1975 Friends & Co. LP 'Collage.' I found a copy of this joint amidst a stash of old disco classics, all in near perfect condition, at a local used record spot. I copped it and a bunch of other joints I recognized from all those disco and club classic comps those Europeans are always putting out and came up on a nice stash of dancefloor fillers, not the least of which being "Do What You Gotta Do" by soulful disco collective Eddie Drennon & B.B.S. Unlimited.
A veteran of the Washington DC club scene, Eddie Drennon came up as music director and electric violinist for Bo Diddly during the sixties and was a sideman for Mongo Santamaria, Ray Barretto and Ike and Tina Turner. Looking at his list of collaborators it's easy to see why his big hit ( the one touted on the album cover ) was "Let's Do The Latin Hustle." His group B.B.S. Unlimited is most notable for the fact that it featured soul/disco diva Esther Williams ( of "Last Night Changed It All" fame ) on vocals. Most of the 'Collage' album is standard disco fare, plodding beats, string arrangements and sparse chanted vocals, but "Do What You Gotta Do" breaks the mold and comes off as a catchy downtempo dancefloor stepper and winds up being the standout track of the set. It's an undeniable classic for both the breakbeat and soulful disco heads and it's even been sampled a handful of times.
With all that out of the way, I figured we'd start off by offering the last track we had in the milk crate...
This track comes from the 1975 Friends & Co. LP 'Collage.' I found a copy of this joint amidst a stash of old disco classics, all in near perfect condition, at a local used record spot. I copped it and a bunch of other joints I recognized from all those disco and club classic comps those Europeans are always putting out and came up on a nice stash of dancefloor fillers, not the least of which being "Do What You Gotta Do" by soulful disco collective Eddie Drennon & B.B.S. Unlimited.A veteran of the Washington DC club scene, Eddie Drennon came up as music director and electric violinist for Bo Diddly during the sixties and was a sideman for Mongo Santamaria, Ray Barretto and Ike and Tina Turner. Looking at his list of collaborators it's easy to see why his big hit ( the one touted on the album cover ) was "Let's Do The Latin Hustle." His group B.B.S. Unlimited is most notable for the fact that it featured soul/disco diva Esther Williams ( of "Last Night Changed It All" fame ) on vocals. Most of the 'Collage' album is standard disco fare, plodding beats, string arrangements and sparse chanted vocals, but "Do What You Gotta Do" breaks the mold and comes off as a catchy downtempo dancefloor stepper and winds up being the standout track of the set. It's an undeniable classic for both the breakbeat and soulful disco heads and it's even been sampled a handful of times.
...and no, I'm not talking about Rakim either.
From MTV News:
From MTV News:
"The Big Guy speaks through me a lot when I write, and I have a song for 50 Cent I wrote in the Holy Land. I feel like it's a personal letter to 50 from God, so I'm going to give it to him personally and see what his reaction is," Welch wrote. "If it's a positive reaction and he's willing to talk to me, then I'm not gonna release it, but if the reaction is not positive, I'm going to share it with the world.""The Big Guy" is expected to address Head's crusade to convert the multi-platinum gangsta-pop rapper on New York's Hot 97 later this week... stay tuned to see if anybody gets capped... or "smoten" as the case may be.
Thursday, March 10, 2005
...of Emanon is up in Real Audio here on the site.
Just check the "Radio Highlights" section in the right-hand column of the site.
Just check the "Radio Highlights" section in the right-hand column of the site.
Wednesday, March 09, 2005
I first saw Christopher "Notorious B.I.G." Wallace's mug leering out from the pages of 'The Source' magazine in their "Unsigned Hype" column back in the days when that rag was actually relevant.
Within a few months of that appearance his booming voice and raw lyrics were first heard by the masses gracing the Daddy-O and Puff Daddy helmed "hip-hop" remix of Mary J. Blige's hit song "Real Love." With not much more than a shout of "Look up in the sky" and a "peace out to Brooklyn" under his belt, he was already well on his way to etching his place in the annals of hip-hop.
Not too long after that he proceeded to kick the collective hip-hop community in the chest with a quick but insanely quotable guest verse alongside his folks Jesse "3rd Eye" West, Puff Daddy and Mary J.Blige on the "Bad Boy" ( back when that was the name of Jesse West's production company ) remix of Supercat's "Dolly My Baby..."
Notorious B.I.G. "Dolly My Baby ( Bad Boy Mix )"
I love it when you call me Big Poppa
The show stoppa
The rhyme droppa
Supercat pass the glock
Uh, I see you shiverin'
Check the flavor Biggie Smalls is deliverin'
Lyrical lyricist flowin' lyrics out my larynx
Chubby competitor, quick to kick a chump in the chest
Yes, it's Bad Boy, hard to the core
Laaaaaawd, me can't take it no more
I love it when you call me Big Poppa
The show stoppa
The rhyme droppa
Supercat pass the glock
Uh, I see you shiverin'
Check the flavor Biggie Smalls is deliverin'
Lyrical lyricist flowin' lyrics out my larynx
Chubby competitor, quick to kick a chump in the chest
Yes, it's Bad Boy, hard to the core
Laaaaaawd, me can't take it no more
As if guesting on those two tracks hadn't built up enough of a buzz for the virtually unknown emcee, he further built upon the positive word of mouth by appearing on Heavy D's 'Blue Funk' LP alongside Gangstarr's Guru and Leaders Of The New School's Busta Rhymes, and contributing the incredibly memorable break-out track "Party and Bullshit" to the 'Who's The Man?' soundtrack...
Notorious B.I.G. "Party and Bullshit"
I was a terror since the public school era
Bathroom passes, cuttin' classes, squeezin' asses
Smokin' blunts was a daily routine
Since thirteen, a chubby nigga on the scene
I used to have the tre-deuce
And the deuce-deuce in my bubblegoose
Now I got the mack in my knapsack
Loungin' black, smokin' sacks up in Ac's
And Sidekicks with my sidekicks rockin' fly kicks
Honeys want to chat
But all we wanna know is "Where da party at?"
And can I bring my gat?
If not, I hope I don't get shot
Better throw my vest on my chest
'Cause niggas is a mess
It don't take nothin' but frontin'
For me to start somethin'
Buggin' & buckin' at niggaz like I was duck huntin'
Dumbin' out, just me and my crew
Cause all we wanna do is...
Hugs from the honeys, pounds from the roughnecks
Seen my man Zaid that I knew from the projects
Said he had beef, asked me if I had my peice
Sure do, two .22's in my shoes
Holler if you need me love, I'm in the house
Roam and stroll see what the honeys is about
Moet poppin', hoe hoppin', ain't no stoppin'...
...Big Poppa, I'm a BAAAAAD BOY!
Niggas wanna front, who got your back? ( BIGGIE! )
Niggas wanna flex, who got the gat? ( BIGGIE! )
It ain't hard to tell I'm the east coast overdoser
Nigga you scared you're supposed to
Nigga I toast ya, put fear in your heart
Fuck up the party before it even start
Pissy drunk, offa Henny and skunk
On some Brand Nubian shit beatin' down punks...
Bitches in the back looking righteous
In a tight dress, I think I might just
Hit her with a little Biggie 101, how to tote a gun
And have fun with Jamaican rum
Conversation, blunts in rotation
My man Big Jock got the glock in his waist and
We're smokin', drinkin', got the hooker thinkin'
If money smell bad than this nigga Big is stinkin'
Is it my charm? I got the hookers eatin' out my palm
She grabbed my arm and said "Let's leave calm"
I'm hittin' skins again
Rolled up another blunt, bought a Heineken
Niggaz start to loc out, a kid got choked out
Blows was thrown and a fuckin' fight broke out...
"Yo chill man, chill!"
Can't we just all get along?
So I could put hickies on her chest like Little Shawn
Get her pissy drunk off of Don Perrignon
And it's on, and I'm gone
That's that...
I was a terror since the public school era
Bathroom passes, cuttin' classes, squeezin' asses
Smokin' blunts was a daily routine
Since thirteen, a chubby nigga on the scene
I used to have the tre-deuce
And the deuce-deuce in my bubblegoose
Now I got the mack in my knapsack
Loungin' black, smokin' sacks up in Ac's
And Sidekicks with my sidekicks rockin' fly kicks
Honeys want to chat
But all we wanna know is "Where da party at?"
And can I bring my gat?
If not, I hope I don't get shot
Better throw my vest on my chest
'Cause niggas is a mess
It don't take nothin' but frontin'
For me to start somethin'
Buggin' & buckin' at niggaz like I was duck huntin'
Dumbin' out, just me and my crew
Cause all we wanna do is...
Hugs from the honeys, pounds from the roughnecks
Seen my man Zaid that I knew from the projects
Said he had beef, asked me if I had my peice
Sure do, two .22's in my shoes
Holler if you need me love, I'm in the house
Roam and stroll see what the honeys is about
Moet poppin', hoe hoppin', ain't no stoppin'...
...Big Poppa, I'm a BAAAAAD BOY!
Niggas wanna front, who got your back? ( BIGGIE! )
Niggas wanna flex, who got the gat? ( BIGGIE! )
It ain't hard to tell I'm the east coast overdoser
Nigga you scared you're supposed to
Nigga I toast ya, put fear in your heart
Fuck up the party before it even start
Pissy drunk, offa Henny and skunk
On some Brand Nubian shit beatin' down punks...
Bitches in the back looking righteous
In a tight dress, I think I might just
Hit her with a little Biggie 101, how to tote a gun
And have fun with Jamaican rum
Conversation, blunts in rotation
My man Big Jock got the glock in his waist and
We're smokin', drinkin', got the hooker thinkin'
If money smell bad than this nigga Big is stinkin'
Is it my charm? I got the hookers eatin' out my palm
She grabbed my arm and said "Let's leave calm"
I'm hittin' skins again
Rolled up another blunt, bought a Heineken
Niggaz start to loc out, a kid got choked out
Blows was thrown and a fuckin' fight broke out...
"Yo chill man, chill!"
Can't we just all get along?
So I could put hickies on her chest like Little Shawn
Get her pissy drunk off of Don Perrignon
And it's on, and I'm gone
That's that...
He eventually broke into the mainstream and attained superstardom with the release of his debut album 'Ready To Die,' a record that balanced rugged street narratives, manic-depressive odes to suicide, and smoothed out productions aimed at radio, the clubs and the ladies.
But when his former friend and collaborator Tupac Shakur was shot in a New York recording studio rumours flew that Biggie and his associates might have been behind it. The flames of controversy were only fanned when Biggie released a b-side only cut called "Who Shot Ya?," and when Shakur was shot again, and this time killed, the media touted his death as a casualty of a coastal "rap war" between Bad Boy and Death Row.
Within a few months the media's "rap war" would be over though, as Christopher "Notorious B.I.G." Wallace, on the eve of the release of his double-disc sophomore album 'Life After Death,' was shot and killed on March 9th 1997 in Los Angeles California.
That was eight years ago today.
His murder is still unsolved.
Monday, March 07, 2005
Chicago fast-rappin' guys Do Or Die ( of "Po' Pimp" fame ) are back with a new album called 'D.O.D.,' and a new Kanye West assisted single called "Higher."
I've seen the video a couple times on 'BET Uncut,' but for whatever reason the track hasn't blown up as huge as I thought it would in the post 'College Dropout,' Twista rapping on 'Regis & Kelly,' Kanye/Chi-Town love-fest era. Hopefully that'll all change though as the album push seems to be gearing up now and that could indicate that the song and it's accompanying visual will actually be getting a little bit of the attention they seem to have been missing up to this point.
In fact, you can start giving the video some of your attention right now...
Do Or Die feat. Kanye West "Higher"
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...and don't be embarrassed if you find yourself doing a little double time bounce dance to those bongos and hi-hats.
I've seen the video a couple times on 'BET Uncut,' but for whatever reason the track hasn't blown up as huge as I thought it would in the post 'College Dropout,' Twista rapping on 'Regis & Kelly,' Kanye/Chi-Town love-fest era. Hopefully that'll all change though as the album push seems to be gearing up now and that could indicate that the song and it's accompanying visual will actually be getting a little bit of the attention they seem to have been missing up to this point.
In fact, you can start giving the video some of your attention right now...
Do Or Die feat. Kanye West "Higher"
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...and don't be embarrassed if you find yourself doing a little double time bounce dance to those bongos and hi-hats.
Sunday, March 06, 2005
I like wax. Eventually we won't need DJs:
Researchers at Hewlett-Packard are developing a DJ track-mixing and scratching device they believe to be as significant to music as was the first electric guitar.So, how long until someone just needs to load a buncha MP3s onto a device, plug it into the speakers, and then the device figures out which songs match up the best and inserts scratches and breaks automatically?
HP's DJammer is a prototype handheld gadget DJs can use to mimic the sound of scratching vinyl simply by moving the device around. So, if the operator makes a scratching motion in the air, arrays of internal motion sensors translate movement into music, and the DJammer "scratches" the music as though the DJ were manipulating a record.
HP's DJammer is a prototype handheld for digital DJs that converts hand movement into music.If the DJ makes a gesture in the air, the track is scratched back and forth as though the DJ were manipulating a vinyl record.This is a schematic of how the DJammer works.
Linked to a digital music library, the device can also mix tracks. It finds the entry and end points for tracks, and can cycle through a song collection. And it is wireless, so a DJ can control the music from anywhere in a room.
Thursday, March 03, 2005
...for carrying pepper spray!
So I guess funny accents aren't the only thing that differentiates British rappers from their American counterparts after all.
So I guess funny accents aren't the only thing that differentiates British rappers from their American counterparts after all.
Proclaimed "the most rapping-est man alive" by Emeyesi, and mentioned in this space by me no more than a few days ago in that Z-Trip post... Beck is back in e-f-f-e-c-t!
His new album 'Guero,' which reunites him with the Dust Brothers production team ( of 'Paul's Boutique' fame ), won't be dropping until the end of the month -- March 29th to be exact -- but you can peep some of the new flavor right here.
First up you can check out a Paza remix of the sort-of single "E-Pro" called "Bad Cartridge" in another one of those pop-up Flash player joints that seem so popular with the labels these days.
And then there's an interweb exclusive video for the "Ghettochip Malfunction 8 bit remix" of the other sort-of single "Hell Yes" directed by Mumbleboy...
"Hell Yes ( Ghettochip Malfunction 8 Bit Remix )"
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His new album 'Guero,' which reunites him with the Dust Brothers production team ( of 'Paul's Boutique' fame ), won't be dropping until the end of the month -- March 29th to be exact -- but you can peep some of the new flavor right here.
First up you can check out a Paza remix of the sort-of single "E-Pro" called "Bad Cartridge" in another one of those pop-up Flash player joints that seem so popular with the labels these days.
And then there's an interweb exclusive video for the "Ghettochip Malfunction 8 bit remix" of the other sort-of single "Hell Yes" directed by Mumbleboy...
"Hell Yes ( Ghettochip Malfunction 8 Bit Remix )"
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With a name that references a member of the Manson Family... a logo Emeyesi loves so much that he's contemplated making his own t-shirt emblazoned with it... and a sound that conjures Radiohead produced by RJD2... Kasabian is one of the acts currently perched atop the Imageyenation/Urban Alternatives crew's "bands we like, so you should too" list.
And thanks to RCA records they'll finally be releasing their self-titled debut full-length album here in the states on March 8th, so in just under a week's time you'll get your chance to like them just as much as we do.
Untill then you can peep out their video for "Club Foot..."
Kasabian "Club Foot"
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And thanks to RCA records they'll finally be releasing their self-titled debut full-length album here in the states on March 8th, so in just under a week's time you'll get your chance to like them just as much as we do.
Untill then you can peep out their video for "Club Foot..."
Kasabian "Club Foot"
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