Friday, July 23, 2004
What's really good in the T.dot and at the Roc | Nikka Costa needs your help | Recommended viewing from Netflix
"Free" ipods at Duke, what! (USA Today)
While Nelly is now officially a big baller. I really can't be mad at son. (EURWeb | Related: am I the only one who thinks his new Jahiem collabo "My Place" sounds like Bone Thugs' mid 90's hit "Crossroads"?)
And with rumors of Hov retiring to bounce and start his own Warner-financed S. Carter Records label , does the Roc still got it?:
- Jay-Z "S. Carter Tennis" (WMA: lo | hi Real: hi)
- Dirt McGirt "Lift Ya Skirt" (WMA: lo | hi Real: hi)
- Rell feat. Kanye West & Consequence "Real Love" (WMA: lo | hi Real: hi) Erm... didn't fellow Roc-crooner Allen Anthony (on Paid in Full) and then Freeway already flip this sample with Just Blaze's assistance?
- Nicole Wray feat. Peedi Crakk "Thug Style" (WMA: lo | hi Real: hi) This joint is ridiculous.
(SOHH.com | Rocafella.com)
Kelis-Duran Duran mash-up from Go Home Productions
Support Nikka Costa: I liked old girl's debut (US) album a lot, she was on some hip hop Janis Joplin ish. Unfortunately for her, methinks she's on the wrong label at Virgin to do her music justice. Ask N*E*R*D how happy they are (were?) over there. (hiphopmusic.com)
Church of SpongeBob. (BBC News)
Krispy Kreme doughnut-flavored frozen drinks. (CNNMoney.com)
Recommended recent Netflix/DVD viewing:
- "City of God": on some Gordon Gekko "12th man on the deal team" ish, let me be the last person to tell you yet again how essential this movie is in your life if you haven't already seen it since I just watched it myself for the first time this week. Some heads will appreciate this for being a gritty but artful and beautfully shot tale spanning two decades in the lives of a group of young gangsters and their circle of friends growing up in the Favelas (read: slums, ghettos) of Brazil's Rio de Janeiro. Others will merely get off vicariously on the violence and the fantasy of gangsta culture with a fresh exotic twist that merits putting this film, deservedly, in the pantheon of classic gangsta flicks with "Goodfellas", "Scarface", "Menace II Society" etc. already. (Related: another official website)
- "Undercover Brother" based on an UBO online cartoon series of the same name which it ends up transcending and being a lot funnier than. There are shades of "Austin Powers" as it parodies the the 70's and the blaxploitation movie genre in much the same Michael Myers spoofed the swinging 60's and British spy films which should come as no surprise since both movies share much of the same creative team.
- "CQ": Roman Coppola, son of Francis Ford and sister of Sofia, helms this stylish mod-flavored film which is also his homage to the 60's sci-fi/spy film genres and the love of movie-making he developed growing up on the movie sets of his legendary father. (Vaguely related: Home James the "mod" chauffeur service)
And what's really good in the T.dot right now:
- Caribana 2004: North America's Largest Street Festival from July 16th to August 2nd, 2004.
- And just in time for Caribana: Wyclef's Canadian-only release Creole 101 (Welcome to Haiti) featuring the Buju Banton collabo "Party By The Sea." (Related: more info on the album)
- As well as Rupee's "Tempted 2 Touch": even though this joint has been around for a couple years already, this might be the next soca-flavored jumpoff to blast off and cross over following the success of Kevin Lyttle's "Turn Me On."
- A Caribana-related party with a novel angle:
- EYES WIDE SHUT -
Mansion Masquerade
There is a first time for everything...
Combining the comfort and exclusivity of a luxurious mansion with the excitement and anonimity of Masquerade. Satisfy your social desire to party with an upscale, distinguished clientelle all while a bottomless glass and a psuedo identity, free you from self-conciousness.
For tickets, please call:
Downtown - 416.939.7244
East - 416.560.5856
West - 416.305.4187
- Kops Kollectables: Canada's Specialist in Jazz, Funk, and Soul originals & re-issues.
- DJ Starting from Scratch: Canada's Funk Flex. Except he actually still mixes on his two daily mixshows on local urban station Flow 93.5 and seems more interested in being a great DJ than an "entre-poor-ni--a" flogging "driving shoes" and tickets to hood-orientated (sic)car shows. BTW: thanks C for introducing me to that new term and also to the concept of "long white t-shirt" rap (DIP SET! DIP SET! DIP SET! DIP SET! for those wondering what we're talking about here).
- Project Bounce: probably the most gutter hip hop college radio show in Canada period rockin' every night from 12-5am on CIUT Radio including shows hosted by Black Moon's Evil Dee and DJ Chubby Chubb.
- Tone Mason: the Neptunes of Canada? (HipHopCanada.com | Related: Tone Mason-produced protege Rochester aka Juice official website)
- Kyle Riabko: blue-eyed acoutic soul by a 16 year old kid from Saskatoon. For those not up on their Canadian geography, that's basically like being from Wyoming or Montana. With a voice that's suprsingly not bad, this is recommended for those into artists like Joss Stone or Jai.
I'll be back in NYC this afternoon ready, once again, to set if off at Fuleray tonight and tomorrow. Drop by, say hi, grab a drink and vibe out in this West Village lounge jumpoff on 3rd Street between Laguardia and Thompson. I'll be on the set from 10pm on dropping hip hop, R&B, 80's, classics, reggae and a splash of reggaeton including stuff like Houston's collabo with Chingy/Nate Dogg "I Like Dat." (video link via Blastro.com)
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While Nelly is now officially a big baller. I really can't be mad at son. (EURWeb | Related: am I the only one who thinks his new Jahiem collabo "My Place" sounds like Bone Thugs' mid 90's hit "Crossroads"?)
And with rumors of Hov retiring to bounce and start his own Warner-financed S. Carter Records label , does the Roc still got it?:
- Jay-Z "S. Carter Tennis" (WMA: lo | hi Real: hi)
- Dirt McGirt "Lift Ya Skirt" (WMA: lo | hi Real: hi)
- Rell feat. Kanye West & Consequence "Real Love" (WMA: lo | hi Real: hi) Erm... didn't fellow Roc-crooner Allen Anthony (on Paid in Full) and then Freeway already flip this sample with Just Blaze's assistance?
- Nicole Wray feat. Peedi Crakk "Thug Style" (WMA: lo | hi Real: hi) This joint is ridiculous.
(SOHH.com | Rocafella.com)
Kelis-Duran Duran mash-up from Go Home Productions
Support Nikka Costa: I liked old girl's debut (US) album a lot, she was on some hip hop Janis Joplin ish. Unfortunately for her, methinks she's on the wrong label at Virgin to do her music justice. Ask N*E*R*D how happy they are (were?) over there. (hiphopmusic.com)
Church of SpongeBob. (BBC News)
Krispy Kreme doughnut-flavored frozen drinks. (CNNMoney.com)
Recommended recent Netflix/DVD viewing:
- "City of God": on some Gordon Gekko "12th man on the deal team" ish, let me be the last person to tell you yet again how essential this movie is in your life if you haven't already seen it since I just watched it myself for the first time this week. Some heads will appreciate this for being a gritty but artful and beautfully shot tale spanning two decades in the lives of a group of young gangsters and their circle of friends growing up in the Favelas (read: slums, ghettos) of Brazil's Rio de Janeiro. Others will merely get off vicariously on the violence and the fantasy of gangsta culture with a fresh exotic twist that merits putting this film, deservedly, in the pantheon of classic gangsta flicks with "Goodfellas", "Scarface", "Menace II Society" etc. already. (Related: another official website)
- "Undercover Brother" based on an UBO online cartoon series of the same name which it ends up transcending and being a lot funnier than. There are shades of "Austin Powers" as it parodies the the 70's and the blaxploitation movie genre in much the same Michael Myers spoofed the swinging 60's and British spy films which should come as no surprise since both movies share much of the same creative team.
- "CQ": Roman Coppola, son of Francis Ford and sister of Sofia, helms this stylish mod-flavored film which is also his homage to the 60's sci-fi/spy film genres and the love of movie-making he developed growing up on the movie sets of his legendary father. (Vaguely related: Home James the "mod" chauffeur service)
And what's really good in the T.dot right now:
- Caribana 2004: North America's Largest Street Festival from July 16th to August 2nd, 2004.
- And just in time for Caribana: Wyclef's Canadian-only release Creole 101 (Welcome to Haiti) featuring the Buju Banton collabo "Party By The Sea." (Related: more info on the album)
- As well as Rupee's "Tempted 2 Touch": even though this joint has been around for a couple years already, this might be the next soca-flavored jumpoff to blast off and cross over following the success of Kevin Lyttle's "Turn Me On."
- A Caribana-related party with a novel angle:
- EYES WIDE SHUT -
Mansion Masquerade
There is a first time for everything...
Combining the comfort and exclusivity of a luxurious mansion with the excitement and anonimity of Masquerade. Satisfy your social desire to party with an upscale, distinguished clientelle all while a bottomless glass and a psuedo identity, free you from self-conciousness.
For tickets, please call:
Downtown - 416.939.7244
East - 416.560.5856
West - 416.305.4187
- Kops Kollectables: Canada's Specialist in Jazz, Funk, and Soul originals & re-issues.
- DJ Starting from Scratch: Canada's Funk Flex. Except he actually still mixes on his two daily mixshows on local urban station Flow 93.5 and seems more interested in being a great DJ than an "entre-poor-ni--a" flogging "driving shoes" and tickets to hood-orientated (sic)car shows. BTW: thanks C for introducing me to that new term and also to the concept of "long white t-shirt" rap (DIP SET! DIP SET! DIP SET! DIP SET! for those wondering what we're talking about here).
- Project Bounce: probably the most gutter hip hop college radio show in Canada period rockin' every night from 12-5am on CIUT Radio including shows hosted by Black Moon's Evil Dee and DJ Chubby Chubb.
- Tone Mason: the Neptunes of Canada? (HipHopCanada.com | Related: Tone Mason-produced protege Rochester aka Juice official website)
- Kyle Riabko: blue-eyed acoutic soul by a 16 year old kid from Saskatoon. For those not up on their Canadian geography, that's basically like being from Wyoming or Montana. With a voice that's suprsingly not bad, this is recommended for those into artists like Joss Stone or Jai.
I'll be back in NYC this afternoon ready, once again, to set if off at Fuleray tonight and tomorrow. Drop by, say hi, grab a drink and vibe out in this West Village lounge jumpoff on 3rd Street between Laguardia and Thompson. I'll be on the set from 10pm on dropping hip hop, R&B, 80's, classics, reggae and a splash of reggaeton including stuff like Houston's collabo with Chingy/Nate Dogg "I Like Dat." (video link via Blastro.com)
