Thursday, July 09, 2009
Throwback music: Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds - "Fallin' in Love"
Aka the sample from Drake's "Best I Ever Had" hit. Check it:
"Fallin' In Love" [zshare stream/download mp3 link via Startrekkin']
More on Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds via Classic Bands and Wikipedia.
And if you must, you can watch the totally (tits and) ass, Kanye West-directed video for "Best I Ever Had" here.
Labels: Crate Diggin', Drake, Hamilton Joe Frank and Reynolds, Kanye West
Wale - "Pretty Girls"
I know this video of a live version of "Pretty Girls" is 5 months old but I get the sense this studio version dropped fairly recently as I saw it in the imeeem player on OnSmash a couple days ago:
Wale - "Pretty Girls" [zshare stream/download via Google Search]
Good track, DC all day with those Go-Go drums and the sample from "Girls" by the Moments and Whatnauts. I also like the line "My Prada say Prada and their Prada say Fila" - LOL!
Labels: Crate Diggin', The Whatnauts. The Moments, Wale
More Michael Jackson Tribute Links....
Download:
Cosmo Baker's "Michael Jackson Tribute Set (Live & Uncut @ Hi Fi Club, Calgary, AB)" [zshare mp3 stream/download link)
and I think I missed this one in my previous tribute mixes post:
DJ Premier - R.I.P. Michael Jackson Tribute Mix [zshare via the DJ Premier blog]
BTW: I jacked that one from this excellent round-up of Michael Jackson links at Rafi's Oh Word blog here.
Related:
Michael Jackson Remix & Cover Links | Michael Jackson Tribute Articles | R&B and Hip Hop Artists who've sampled Michael Jackson
Labels: Cosmo Baker, DJ Premier, Michael Jackson
Video: Cicely Tyson at the Jackson Memorial on Miles Davis & "Human Nature"
Here's an imeem stream of the Miles Davis version of "Human Nature" she disucsses at the top of the above clip:
Miles Davis - Human Nature.mp3 - Miles Davis
Bonus:
And here are some direct mp3 links to four of Michael Jackson's most iconic, classic tracks courtesy RapstarPromo.com:
"Thriller" | "Black or White" | "Smooth Criminal" | "Remember the Time" [direct link so please right click and save as]
Labels: Cicely Tyson, Michael Jackson, Miles Davis
Wednesday, July 08, 2009
Throwback Music: De La Soul - AOI: Bionix Album Sampler (Hosted by DJ's Kay Slay & Maseo)
I know this is wild old but I just came across it while still unpacking (which is gonna take a minute, believe me!) and decided to post it: 1. because its an interesting artifact (I mean De La with Kay Slay?!?! WTF?!?! LOL... ) and 2. it shines the spotlight on an album that got heavily slept on, even by some committed De La fans.
For all you heads that cite Kanye's work as being progressive, mature and spiritual for hip hop who haven't checked this album out, I urge you do do so. De La Soul is a group that has NEVER fallen off from a creative point of view IMHO. Pos and Dave will eat any of the new MC's you new jacks swear by, Wale, Cudi, Drake, Phonte, whomever, right now in 2009! Try to argue with me that I'm wrong on this. Anyway, check this out and tell me what you think. Shout also to my dude, Kvn who did the great artwork on this project.
Download De La Soul's AOI: Bionix Album Sampler (Hosted by DJ's Kay Slay & Maseo) here: mediafire download link. (Download the back cover with the track listing here)
BUY De La Soul's AOI: Bionix album via Amazon.com here.
Labels: De La Soul, DJ Kay Slay, Maseo
David Letterman: Top Ten Messages On Sarah Palin's Answering Machine
And more....
Letterman on Palin's Resignation: was it something I said? [video via Huff Post]
Related:
Seven Out Of Ten Republicans Likely To Vote For Palin In 2012! LMAO!!! [USA Today]
GOP Candidates not sure they want Palin's help! Double LMAO!!!! [Huff Post]
Labels: David Letterman, Humor, Politics, Sarah Palin
Tuesday, July 07, 2009
Video: Michael Jackson’s Memorial Service (Live Stream)
Video: The Jackson 5 - "I Want You Back" Live on Soul Train
"I Want You Back" is the greatest pop single of all time. There's a pretty seminal performance by the Jackson 5 doing it on The Ed Sullivan Show too but I'm going with the Soul Train version above.
Labels: Jackson 5, Michael Jackson, Soul Train
Video: Michael Jackson, James Brown and Prince Live on stage
Video: Dwele's Michael Jackson Tribute
Video: The Jackson 5 Show
I used to LOVE this show when I was a kid (yes, I'm that old!). This was before there were really (m)any cartoon shows with Black kids as the main characters. Trust me, Fat Albert was not making it to England back then....
Labels: Jackson 5, Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson Tribute Mixes
No shortage of exploitation MJ 'tribute' mixes and mixtapes going around right now. These are some of the better ones I've come across though....
THE LEGACY: World's Greatest Jackson Tribute Mix! by Chris Read [rapidshare mp3 download | track listing pdf via Music of Substance]
Qool DJ Marv's 5-part tribute podcasts.
Michael Jackson Tribute mix: part I | part II [via DjNessdigi]
Nick James presents... Michael Jackson | The Foundation mixtape.
WKCR's Tribute Show:
Labels: Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson Remix & Cover Links
There's a million of these remixes and covers going around but I only inlcuded the ones I thought were good on some level....
Jackson 5 - "ABC (Beatnick & K-Salaam Remix)" [yousendit mp3 download link]
Michael Jackson - "Remember the Time (Don Diablo Remix)"
The Hood Internet - "Billie Wildcat Jean (MJ vs. Ratatat)"
Michael Jackson - "Beat It (LehtMoJoe Remix)"
[all direct mp3 links via Subservient Experiment]
Michael Jackson - "Remember The Time (Chops remix)" [zshare link]
50 cent - Michael Jackson Freestyle (sampling "I Wanna Be Where You Are") from his recently-released Forever King mixtape.
But since I posted that, I had to repost a couple tracks from DJ Green Lantern's incredible Alive on Arrival mixtape released a couple years ago where Juelz went in over essentially the same beat...
Juelz Santana - "Did You Miss Me?" Part 1 | Part 2
Labels: Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson Tribute Articles
Image courtesy Village Voice
Just a sampling, I can't even come close to being comprehensive about this....
Greg Tate on "Michael Jackson: The Man in Our Mirror" in the Village Voice here.
Scorpeze's "In Memoriam Part 1: The Artistic Value of Thriller" on Jackson being underrated as a songwriter and producer here. True! [via Jay Smooth]
Breakdown FM: History of Funk - A retrospective Look back at Michael jackson & Jackson 5. [note: Facebook registration may be required to access this link]
Two recording engineers share their recollections of working with Jackson. Great reads. [via O-Dub]
Speaking of O-Dub, his Soul-Sides mp3 blog examines the "pop perfected" of "I Want You Back" which happens to be my favorite song of all time and IMHO, the greatest pop single of all time.
Nelson George's take from his blog here.
Jermaine Dupri on why Michael Jackson was Beyond Great on Huff Post.
NYU Music School professor, Jason King's appreciation of Michael Jackson's talent.
Rapper Jean Grae "In Defense of Michael Jackson's Magic" also from the Village Voice here.
Labels: Michael Jackson
R&B and Hip Hop Artists who've sampled Michael Jackson
First a cool sample chart I spotted via Dante Ross [by way of Nah Right]:
(click to enlarge it)
Then a few videos for some of my favorite songs that sampled Michael Jackson on that chart....
Nas "It Ain't Hard to Tell" (sampling "Human Nature"):
SWV - "Right Here (Hunan Nature)" (sampling d'uh....):
And De La Soul - "Breakadawn" (sampling "I Can't Help It"):
Also, see Hip Hop is Read's "Fathers of Rap, Volume Three: Michael Jackson" here, Aqua Boogie and The Urban Daily here.
And peep another list by the hard-working folks of the Please Don't Stare blog whose efforts I will be jacking further for addditioanl MJ-inspired posts today as he is memorialized out in LA.....
(click to enlarge it)
Then a few videos for some of my favorite songs that sampled Michael Jackson on that chart....
Nas "It Ain't Hard to Tell" (sampling "Human Nature"):
SWV - "Right Here (Hunan Nature)" (sampling d'uh....):
And De La Soul - "Breakadawn" (sampling "I Can't Help It"):
Also, see Hip Hop is Read's "Fathers of Rap, Volume Three: Michael Jackson" here, Aqua Boogie and The Urban Daily here.
And peep another list by the hard-working folks of the Please Don't Stare blog whose efforts I will be jacking further for addditioanl MJ-inspired posts today as he is memorialized out in LA.....
Labels: Crate Diggin', Michael Jackson
Video: Melanie Fiona - "I Can't Help It" (Michael Jackson Tribute Cover)
At the MOD Club here in the Tdot on July 2nd. More Jackson cover tribute videos including a short Coldplay pianopella cover of "Billie Jean" via PSD here. (BTW: happy belated birthday to Ms. Fiona also which I learned via her twitter)
Labels: Coldplay, Melanie Fiona, Michael Jackson
Monday, July 06, 2009
New Music: Keke Palmer - "Super Jerkin"
The more foward thinking of you out there are probably already well up on the West Coast-originated club music/dance trend of Jerkin'. If not, check the New Boyz track I posted recently for reference purposes. Well unbelievably, girl-next-door singer/actress of Akeelah and the Bee and The Longshots fame, Keke Palmer is jumping on the bandwagon with the actually-not-bad track, "Super Jerkin". Check it out here:
Keke Palmer - "Super Jerkin" [yousendit mp3 download link]
Thoughts?
Online:
Keke Palmer website
Labels: Keke Palmer
Throwback music: One-On Volume 1 sampler (2003)
This promo CD sampler, featuring hip hop, breakbeats, and rare groove funk & soul, was given away with the premier issue of the short-lived (?) music magazine Grand Slam which was another in the tradition of excellent hip hop-based UK magazines like Big Daddy and Fat Lace which made their American counterparts, The Source and XXL look corny! The sampler features Large Professor, Rob Swift, Mr. Magic, Edan and Public Enemy. Click here for the full track listing.
Download the One-On Volume 1 CD sampler here. [mediafire]
Labels: Edan, Grand Slam magazine, Public Enemy
Music from DJ JS-1's No Sell Out album
Which dropped on Fat Beats record on June 23rd. Good true school hip hop sh-t:
"Like This" featuring Large Professor
"Ridiculous" featuring OC and Pharoahe Monch
"Clear 'N Present Danger" featuring KRS-One and Canibus
"Murder" feat. Chino XL, Sean Price, & Killah Priest
"Nuthin" featuring CL Smooth, Brother Ali, and Sadat X
No Sellout Album Sampler
[all direct mp3 links, right click and save as]
Online:
DJ JS-1 -MySpace | BUY at Fat Beats
Labels: DJ JS-1
Sunday, July 05, 2009
New music: Proton - “F-¢k the E¢onomy”
I've f-cked with this kid in the past. He's part of a new wave of progressive hip hop artists in the A like Holly Weird, Jaspects and Travis Porter. Check his excellent collab with Donnis, "All Star" that samples the track "Strange Town" by one of my favorite groups of all time, The Jam. This new track is a bit more traditional sounding (relatively speaking) and is the first leak from his forthcoming SMKA: The 808 Experiment: Vol 2 album dropping in December. Wow! Talk about long lead, huh? Dude is nice with the verbals though, check it:
Proton - “F-ck the Economy” [mp3 download links: zshare | yousendit]
Bonus:
Download SMKA: The 808 Experiment - Vol 1 here. [zshare link]
Online:
Proton - MySpace
Labels: Proton
DFA Records x FACT magazine mix
From June '08 by J&J (Justin Miller & Jacques Renault). Yeah it's a year old but it's FIYA and I missed it in the Gmail inbox. Check it out if you f-cks with no-wave, alterna-disco type sounds or just dig good music that flies under the radar of commercial mainstream music channels:
Click here for more info and the track listing.
[h/t: Scott]
Online:
Justin Miller - MySpace | Jacques Renault - MySpace
Labels: DFA, J and J, Jacques Renault, Justin Miller, mixtapes
The Juan MacLean Live on FUEL TV's The Daily Habit
These guys remind of early (way pre-"Don't You Want Me") Human League. The above track is "No Time." Check 'em doing "One Day" here.
Labels: DFA, The Juan MacLean
Dub MD & Illmind present Blaps, Rhymes & Life Vol. 3
Produced by Illmind and featuring Common, Scarface, Wale, Marsha from Floetry, Young Buck, Skyzoo, Rapper Big Pooh and more. Download it here. [mediafire download link]
Online:
DubMD - Twitter | Illmind - Twitter
Erykah Badu x The Roots Michael Jackson Tribute
The video above is actually footage of Badu from some Puma event.....
Erykah Badu feat. The Roots - "I Wanna Be Where You Are" [zshare stream/download via Prince Money]
Labels: Erykah Badu, Michael Jackson, The Roots
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