So I got home just in time to see Spain deservedly win the trophy last night. We rode the boat from HKI all the way down to here and back and of course no one brought an Ipod charger, so after it died we had exactly three cd’s to listen to: A random Blue Note comp and Prince’s Ultimate double-CD set. That may not sound like much, but I’ll have to say they all served their purpose extremely well. All in all it was a great little trip, we were really fortunate with the weather and everything else worked out as well.
I’m on the wrong computer now and don’t have much of anything to share with you, but the blog’s 400th post is coming up very soon and as usual I’ll try to come up with something special, so stay tuned.
I’m about to leave town to go boating for a few days and thought I’d leave you with something special. What we have here is a cool little triplet of less obvious hip house bangers from back in the day. The futuristic Hip This House is my personal pick of the bunch, but the other two are real solid as well and go well with a lot of current uptempo raps.
Double J: Bless The Funk (1989) Produced by DJ Mark The 45 King. This was a big record in the early days of the Baltimore club scene and is still getting played.
The site has been a while in the making and is finally online now. I didn’t get a chance to purchase anything yet, but the site is looking good and the selection is interesting. Check it out for yourself. Btw, they say that “tracks sold are encoded as performance quality 320kbps Non Variable Rate MPEG-1 Layer III (Mp3) files, with no DRM”, so you should be good on that front.
I’ll be outside network coverage until Sunday, you people have a good time and be safe. And DL the mix below. Here’s just a little treat before I go. Eddie Murphy: Party All The Time (12″ Version) “The song holds the dubious honor of being ranked #7 in VH1’s list of The 50 Most Awesomely Bad Songs Ever, [2] and #8 in Blender magazine’s list of the “50 Worst Songs Ever”.” Wikipedia LOL.
Now listen up. Where I’m from the midsummer weekend (this wknd) is one of the most important weekends of the year. A lot of people try to get out of town, some prefer to stay, but most everybody is out to celebrate like there ain’t no tomorrow. I’m telling you, midsummer is no joke. Last year a did a mix just for the occasion (still here if you missed it) and here’s a brand new one, just in time. 90 minutes of new stuff from all over the place with a few classics thrown in to get the party started…. Go get it, have fun and be safe.
Komposti Sound: Stalag 2K8 Version Mr Vegas: Must Come A Road Demarco: Standing Soldier Demarco: Wine Pon Di Ting Estelle: Magnificient Lloyd feat Lil Wayne: Girls Around The World (Ross Hogg Remix) Eric B & Rakim: Paid In Full (Coldcut Remix) CUT-EX: Pfeif Drauf Dub Lucy Pearl: Dance Tonight (Linslee Campbell Remix) Robin Thicke: Magic Uncle Luke: Oh Sheila Beenie Man: You Know Fi Wine South Rakkas Crew: Mad Again (Emynd’s More On The Floor Remix) Masters At Work: Rock With You Starpoint: Wanting You (Romeo Erotic Remix) Chubby Fingers: Into The Night Roger Troutman: You Should Be Mine (DJ Grandtheft Remix) DJ Nehpets: I Can’t Go For That Paul Johnson: Take A Lickin (And Keep On Tickin) Paul Johnson & High Powered Boys: Get Get Down (DJ Ayres Party Edit) DJ Tameil: Funky Dance Sany Pitbull: Da Funk Say Wut: Go KW Griff: It Takes More Than Two Diplo: Work Brew DJ Sega: My Love Is The Shhhh (Philly Club Remix) Wax Master Maurice: Ride My Pony 6 Blocc: Express Yourself Benga: 26 Basslines Benga & Walsh: Addicts Estelle & Kanye: American Boy (Nadastrom Remix) Double 99: Rip Groove Top Billin: Dare Me Bounce Camp: Big Dancin
EDIT: shout outs to CUT-EX for clearing a mystery track on the BTO Spider white label. Pfeif Drauf Dub has been my jam since day one, but I never knew what the real name was.
I kind of rediscovered this cool little spoken word house jam as I was getting my stuff together for Saturday night. I always liked the spoken word element of it, but had totally forgotten who does it. Surprise surprise… it’s none other than everyone’s favorite lady of the moment, Estelle. Recommended.
From a review over at IMDB: “An intimate look at life on the streets for young teen juvie offenders. Shockingly realistic interviews with gang members of the savage nomads and the savage skulls. Amazingly this authentic documentary does not contain any of the normal pitfalls that befuddle today’s more exploitive “gang” investigative films of the ” 60mins.” type. – the film maker Gary Weis of SNL fame manages to completely let the film speak for itself. A rare glimpse into late 70’s New York towards the end of the infamous South Bronx Gangs. The documentary shows many sides of the mainly Puerto Rican community of the South Bronx including. reformed gang members, current gang members, the police, and the community leaders who try and reach out to them. A film like this is simply unable to be made today !”
Part 1 below… follow this link to the rest of the 8 parts.
Here’s a little treat to start your weekend off right… a touch of class from way back when. I had the song on last year’s Disco To Get Drunk To #4 mix after I eventually managed to find a copy. I don’t really know much about the singer, but I do know producer Greg Henderson is also the man behind Dreamin on Sam and the coveted (overrated?) Master Force record on Rain Forest. The rip here is from the 12″, not the poorly pressed (albeit very good) Disco Strut comp where it also appears. Btw, now that I’m talking compilations I need to shout out one of my all time favorite series, the original early-90’s Mastercuts. The first 30 or so volumes are still untouchable when it comes to selection and attention to detail (strictly 12″ mixes all the way!). I was never one to buy CD’s really, but sometimes I wish I had them all here to save me A LOT of time. And yes, they too had Good Love on one of them, already back in 1993! Also, if you’re really really feeling the jam here you might want go back in time for a sec and make sure you grabbed this monster of a tune as well.
So I got home just in time to see Spain deservedly win the trophy last night. We rode the boat from HKI all the way down to here and back and of course no one brought an Ipod charger, so after it died we had exactly three cd’s to listen to: A random Blue Note comp and Prince’s Ultimate double-CD set. That may not sound like much, but I’ll have to say they all served their purpose extremely well. All in all it was a great little trip, we were really fortunate with the weather and everything else worked out as well.
