Monday, October 18, 2004
Souled-out Monday edition
Zap Mama delivers some new ish for the headwraps 'n incense set?
Lil Jon's Crunk Juice album drops November 16th with the first single “What You Gon’ Do” feat. Lil Scrappy whose own current crunked-out banger "No Problems" I only just got up on after a long but futile effort to avoid buying it:
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Sounds like it could be the next step in the Lil Jon plan to take over the world. (Related: the co-ed crunk of Crime Mob via We Eat So Many Shrimp)
Some of the slightly more esotreric stuff I've been spinning outside of peak hours at my recent DJ gigs:
- Jill Scott - Golden (West Coast/East Coast mixes). Kind of slept on this joint for a minute even though it's a f-cking sick record - soul for real. (mp3's via hiphopsite.com)
- Nikka Costa - I Don't Think We've Met. Seriously, I love this chick even if her Joplin via Prince-esque blues-rock shrieking on this track is a little over the top. F-ck Joss Stone though, this is the real deal here (win | real)
- Utada - Wonder 'Bout (win)
Which means I'd probably be into Zap Mama's new album which features Erykah Badu, Talib Kweli, ?uestlove, and Common and was produced in part by Rich Nicols (The Roots):
- Sweet MelodyOr if that's not your bag: Sports and music industry junkies, my man Serch is back doing his Monday Night Football Madness parties.
- Vivre
Album E-card
Related:
- Anu Sun & Second2Last live at Joe's Pub late night TONIGHT.
- Anthony David & Angela Johnson live w/ DJ Moni (Ubiquita, NYC) Wednesday (Oct. 20th) at Joe's Pub.
Get On Da Mic - The World's First True Rap Video Game?
Kemo The Blaxican - does this mean yet another box to pick from in the "Check your ethnicity" section of the next census form?
Stuff I learned reading magazines recently:
- Nelly might be politically ignorant but he's a chess player?! (Blender print edition)
- Brand Nubian's Sadat X is training to be teacher in the New Rochelle school system. Respek! (Urb)
- Dakah - the world's largest (only?) hip-hop orchestra (initially discovered reading Remix magazine)
Basketball Supreme - a nice hoops blog to complement your Chauncy Billups reading. (via Brian B. BTW good lookin' again on the adidas hook-up.)
