Friday, April 16, 2004
N*E*R*D at Roseland NYC | Talib Kweli's Beautiful Mix mixtape | Virtu's See Level | DJ Simply P goes deep | I-Queue spins again
Saw N*E*R*D last night at Roseland and was pleasantly surprised by how good it was. No sign of Chad Hugo anywhere, Pharrell's still got work to do to become a great vocalist and I'm still not quite sure what Shae does but, with Spymob holding down the live instrumentation, the group's spare new wave-inflected hip hop/soft rock sound came to life on stage and, dare I say it, often sounded better than on record. Jay-Z also made a guest appearance for "Frontin'" and the whole place went bananas. Missed the Clipse who I didn't even know were scheduled to perform but unfortunately caught most of the Black Eyed Peas' set. Man, they are so corny I have to stand by my comments in my Grammy Show wrap-up report of describing them as the poor man's Fugees. If Lauryn ever regains her sanity and her and Clef can make up, it's over for these ass-clowns. That moment can't some soon enough for me though, seriously.
Good lookin to my man Corey for the hook-up on the Talib Kweli Beautiful Mix CD: Best of Talib Kweli mixtape. The disc sounds great but the guest list (including Styles P, Fabolous & Paul Cain, Busta Rhymes and The Game) may raise a few eyebrows for those who think he might have already strayed too far from the Black Star/Reflection Eternal formula on his last album. Don't worry, there are joints with Kanye, Common, Consequence, Jean Grae, Res and Black Thought on the mixtape too for the purists. The "Eleanor Rigby" sampling "Lonely People" joint which might already be a minor classic (?) is on there as well. Look out for this.
Related:
- Kweli is part of the "New York State of Rhyme" show at Roseland in NYC on April 27th. The $32 ticket price is kind of steep but the bill also has Ghostface, the G-d Rakim Allah, Royce as well as Kay Slay and Cipha Sounds DJ-ing. Might be worth f-cking with?
Eating crow, part 1. After I clowned all the jonny-come-latelies jumping on the Black Album remix tip on Tuesday, embarrasingly I now have to admit that I will be checking for this one: The Black Album (Pete Rock Remix) CD.
KMD Mr Hood now available on double-wax? Holy-moley. For those of you too young to catch this first time around, find out what your grandfather was listening too before Zev Love X morphed into MF Doom, Viktor Vaughn etc.
Feeling mellow? Cop the 4 Hero Remix Album. Recommended for those into Air, Zero 7, Philly neo soul (Jill Scott, Bilal, Musiq), Badu, Slum Village etc.
Still feeling mellow? My man Tom Ryan of Virtu sent me the first volume of his subscription Virtu music CD series entitled See Level and it's f-cking excellent. The track selection is impeccable and the artwork and packaging are amazing too. Disc 1 is all chillout, downtempo stuff and disc two is more on the Metro-Area retro-disco steez. if you like quality music and have trouble finding it all in one place, don't worry, Tom's taken the guess work out of the entire process and done it for you. Don't be an asshole, you need this in your life. Man cannot live by hip hop alone.
Still feeling mellow but wanna tap your feet a bit more? My man Paul Washington of ADA aka DJ Simply P of Soulphonix, who spun an amazing set at my Different Kitchen party a couple weeks back, just dropped a ridiculous new mix CD of deep, soulful lounge-friendly house and other club vibez. Highly recommended. For more details on how to cop his latest mix CD, go to the soulphonix website or call (877) 570-5523.
Producers, win an Audi TT by entering the "Never Follow" David Bowie mash-up remix context sponsored by Audi.
Yo, I'm spinning again tomorrow night:
Brithday party for Suzanne Smith
Who she?! Nah, she's a friend of my man Mori who I'll be DJ-ing the party with at
SAGE
331 Park Ave South, NYC (at 24th Street)
Saturday, April 17
9:30pm until
Open Party | No cover!
Come through!
I didn't see the finale yet so don't spoil it for me but is this really gonna fly? FinancialApprentice.com (via Nadine S.)
And finally from trendcentral:
And finally, don't forget the Hip Hop Box contest. Click here for details. Remember, contest ends Monday night.
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Good lookin to my man Corey for the hook-up on the Talib Kweli Beautiful Mix CD: Best of Talib Kweli mixtape. The disc sounds great but the guest list (including Styles P, Fabolous & Paul Cain, Busta Rhymes and The Game) may raise a few eyebrows for those who think he might have already strayed too far from the Black Star/Reflection Eternal formula on his last album. Don't worry, there are joints with Kanye, Common, Consequence, Jean Grae, Res and Black Thought on the mixtape too for the purists. The "Eleanor Rigby" sampling "Lonely People" joint which might already be a minor classic (?) is on there as well. Look out for this.
Related:
- Kweli is part of the "New York State of Rhyme" show at Roseland in NYC on April 27th. The $32 ticket price is kind of steep but the bill also has Ghostface, the G-d Rakim Allah, Royce as well as Kay Slay and Cipha Sounds DJ-ing. Might be worth f-cking with?
Eating crow, part 1. After I clowned all the jonny-come-latelies jumping on the Black Album remix tip on Tuesday, embarrasingly I now have to admit that I will be checking for this one: The Black Album (Pete Rock Remix) CD.
KMD Mr Hood now available on double-wax? Holy-moley. For those of you too young to catch this first time around, find out what your grandfather was listening too before Zev Love X morphed into MF Doom, Viktor Vaughn etc.
Feeling mellow? Cop the 4 Hero Remix Album. Recommended for those into Air, Zero 7, Philly neo soul (Jill Scott, Bilal, Musiq), Badu, Slum Village etc.
Still feeling mellow? My man Tom Ryan of Virtu sent me the first volume of his subscription Virtu music CD series entitled See Level and it's f-cking excellent. The track selection is impeccable and the artwork and packaging are amazing too. Disc 1 is all chillout, downtempo stuff and disc two is more on the Metro-Area retro-disco steez. if you like quality music and have trouble finding it all in one place, don't worry, Tom's taken the guess work out of the entire process and done it for you. Don't be an asshole, you need this in your life. Man cannot live by hip hop alone.
Still feeling mellow but wanna tap your feet a bit more? My man Paul Washington of ADA aka DJ Simply P of Soulphonix, who spun an amazing set at my Different Kitchen party a couple weeks back, just dropped a ridiculous new mix CD of deep, soulful lounge-friendly house and other club vibez. Highly recommended. For more details on how to cop his latest mix CD, go to the soulphonix website or call (877) 570-5523.
Producers, win an Audi TT by entering the "Never Follow" David Bowie mash-up remix context sponsored by Audi.
Yo, I'm spinning again tomorrow night:
Who she?! Nah, she's a friend of my man Mori who I'll be DJ-ing the party with at
SAGE
331 Park Ave South, NYC (at 24th Street)
Saturday, April 17
9:30pm until
Open Party | No cover!
Come through!
I didn't see the finale yet so don't spoil it for me but is this really gonna fly? FinancialApprentice.com (via Nadine S.)
And finally from trendcentral:
“Friendster for your mobile phone”Is it me or does that seem like a really wack concept. Friendster is kind of ass to me frankly although it's helped me reach some cats I fell out of touch with so I guess I can't hate on it too hard.
Trendsetters who are tiring of Friendster are looking to Dodgeball.com as a new way of keeping in touch with friends. Unlike the internet based Friendster community, Dodgeball keeps users in touch by mobile phone. For example, if you are in a bar on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, you can alert Dodgeball via text message and they will alert all your enlisted friends of your whereabouts and will also let you know where their Dodgeball friends are, all within 10 blocks. With this “friend of friend” feature, users have the opportunity to meet new people if they so desire, making Dodgeball a potentially great social/dating tool.
Choosing Dodgeball friends promises to be a lot more elitist than Friendster, because by enlisting too many friends subscribers run the risk of having their phone message them 24/7. This will soon beg the question “Is he/she Dodgeball worthy?”. If you decide it is not friends you are after, but a pool table, then Dodgeball can also act as a city guide and will tell you, for example, the closest pool table to your location or where a specific bar is. Dodgeball is currently only available in New York City, but we’re guessing it may not be long before it comes to other big cities.
And finally, don't forget the Hip Hop Box contest. Click here for details. Remember, contest ends Monday night.
