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I Love You So (remix breakdown)

2011-10-06T16:45:00.000-07:00

Welcome to 2011.

Cassius - I Love You So
French House duo produces the original track in 2010. hypermellow vibes. i wouldn't even call it house honestly...

Cassius - I Must Love You So (Trowa Remix)

LA dubstep duo Trowa jumps on the track and sends it into outer space with this dubstep remix in 2010.

standard dubstep track. wobbles yes. but not so much where everyone calls it robostep or something equally lame.

Cassius - I Must Love You So (Skream Remix) (2011)

o.g. dubstep pioneer Skream flexes his jungle muscles and throws us a curve ball with this nice drum & bass remix.

cool but not the coolest IMO (tough crowd huh?)

Kanye West & Jay Z - Why I Love You So (2011)

Yeezy & dirty south pioneer Mike Dean revamp the track for Kanye and some shitty rapper to spit over on their album "Watch the Throne"...

how i rate 'em:

1. Cassius Original Mix
2. Trowa Remix

3. Skream Remix

4. Kanye/Mike Dean Remix

all versions are listenable but i feel that the inherent dopeness of the original sample source goes a long way

oh ya.

click the title track for links to each .mp3 respectively

what do you think?

The Stepkids - Legend In My Own Mind

2011-10-06T16:04:00.000-07:00

awesome new video from new Stones Throw Records (responsible for: madlib, madvillainy, j dillas donuts, etc) artist The Stepkids.

Probably my favorite video of the year so far.

Feel good vibes and sights and sounds are a perfect fit.

Video features Wyatt Cenac of Daily Show fame.

"i know you like that hip-hop"

right click for a dL of the mp3

Kilian Martin: A Skate Escalation

2011-10-06T15:59:00.000-07:00

some awesome techy freestyle skating. highly rec. this & the other two parts

soundtrack reminds me of how much i love this album:

freak folk @ its finest.

i love it when the album cover looks exactly how the album feels.

listen to this one while biking to the beach.

"Now That I Know" – 4:53
"Santa Maria Da Feira" – 4:35 [<<<3333]
"Heard Somebody Say" – 3:20
"Long Haired Child" – 3:45
"Lazy Butterfly" – 4:00
"Quedate Luna" – 3:07
"Queen Bee" – 2:44
"I Feel Just Like a Child" – 4:46
"Some People Ride the Wave" – 2:27
"The Beatles" – 1:44
"Dragonflys" – 0:59
"Cripple Crow" – 5:58
"Inaniel" – 3:43
"Hey Mama Wolf" – 3:52 [<<<<<333333 this track]
"Hows About Tellin a Story" – 1:21
"Chinese Children" – 5:17
"Sawkill River" – 1:52
"I Love That Man" – 2:26
"Luna de Margarita" (Simon Diaz) – 2:07
"Korean Dogwood" – 4:02
"Little Boys" – 5:20 [<<<333s for this one too. nothing like tongue in cheek pedophilia]
"Canela" – 1:53

Devendra Banhart - Cripple Crow (2005)

Downtown SF

2011-09-23T01:51:00.000-07:00

sweet new intro part
Travis Erickson & Santa Cruz
lossa sick spots (DT SF).

music is dope too.
always a plus.

The Genrationals - "When They Fight, They Fight"

heres the juicy part....
(2009)!?!

once again (see prev. post)
heres a group with a perfect example of a time-capsule sound
nostalgic '60 pop/soul track
well done/not too heavy handed on the retro production
totally thought it was some old school pop hit i never heard

dl here:
The Genrationals - "When They Fight, They Fight" (2009)

enough of the immitation/retro/neo/whatevers
here's some real sounds from the '60s.

1966 Michigan garage rock classic
"Farmer John" by the Tidal Waves
(if you like this check out the AWESOME comp Michigan Nuggets via Ratboy'69)

sounds almost identical to the black lips!

(or vice versa?)

dl here (320 kbps!) :
"Farmer John" by the Tidal Waves (1966)

Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Before Today (2010)

2011-09-20T16:32:00.000-07:00

if you don't already know Ariel Pink this video serves as a pretty fitting intro:
(and he makes out with half the front row @2:30 so thats pretty rock n roll)

the 'time capsule' sound is almost immediately endearing and reminds me of '68 underwater.
never serious and always sexy (or at least faux-sexy) and full of unabashed pop licks that never sound poppy.
definitely not for everyone but most definitely loved by many!

"Before Today" is Ariel Pink's 'indy-major' label debut for 4AD after numerous self releases and a few through Animal Collective's Paw Tracks label.

Just over a year old but feels like a 'classic' album after the first listen.

tl;dr... sexy, dirty, bedroom pop.

Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Before Today (2010)

"Hot Body Rub" - 2:26
"Bright Lit Blue Skies" - 2:25
"L'estat (Acc. to the Widow's Maid)" - 4:26
"Fright Night (Nevermore)" - 3:35
"Round and Round" - 5:08
"Beverly Kills" - 3:56
"Butt-House Blondies" - 3:27
"Little Wig" - 5:46
"Can't Hear My Eyes" - 3:19 (**warningworstrack**IMOofcourse)
"Reminiscences" - 2:34
"Menopause Man" - 4:00
"Revolution's a Lie" - 3:49

highly recommended if you like:
lo-fi, 60s garage, black lips...

The Return

2011-09-20T15:56:00.000-07:00

end of hiatus.

things to be on weakshit2.0:
-album reviews (new/old[mostly old])
-DJ mixes/podcasts
-links to awesome vids/.gifs/.jpgs
-etc\\

yay!

NEW REKKIDS July 3rd 2009 @ Goodwill on 19th

2009-07-03T15:33:00.000-07:00

Animal Collective - Fireworks

2009-02-17T12:38:00.000-08:00

i listened to this like 6x in a row. today.

Top 5 MCs

2008-12-24T00:25:00.000-08:00

Andre 3000
edit:: Old Dirty Bastard
Guru
Nas
MF DOOM

honorable mention:
Devin the Dude

Clutchy Hopkins - The Life of Clutchy Hopkins (2006)

2008-11-06T02:19:00.000-08:00

Man, oh man. This album is sweet. And Its all live Gs. Made by the mysterious Clutchy Hopkins featuring funky drums, bass, rhodes keys, a couple types of flutes, oh yeah and can't forget the guitar. This album rocks, knocks, and thumps so hard all there is to do is bump it over and over.

The man who is known as Clutchy has a dubious but entertaining back-story floating around the webosphere (just look around this website ) and is now supposedly residing in the Mojave desert in some cave. there also exist a few theories on his true ID that can be found as well. To suit his mysterious and such nature, the track titles are all numbers. somewhat close to the duration of each song. my personal favs right now gotta be:

Track 2:
If you were wondering why I was calling this album funky, well here is a perfect answer for you. Love the live loops. I just got say, listen to that flute.

Track 4:
Smooth and classy is what i would call this song. I can picture ghostface tearin this track a new one. damn. so gangsta, groovin, and then sudenly Hopkins unleashes a radiohead esque guitar riff. complex at first but consistent. sounds like someone knows their hip-hop... oh yeah, how about a nifty bongo groove breakdown to fade out....

Track 5:
If you thought that was good well don't bust one yet, cuz this next one is a heater. Funky bass lines all up in it but then! thats right we gotta chill out again. so much grooves in here.

Track 10:
This one brings a funk that is distinct from the preciously mentioned tracks. This is like some deltron ass beat. funky but twisted. groovin but not with that james brown/parliament funk. these kinda of combos are what keep this album fresh.

Overall i think this is a stellar album. Don't sleep on it. Clutchy also mashed some of his instrumentals over MF DOOM acapellas if you wanna go look for that.

btw i CAN'T STAND the last song. is it just me or does this track blow 37672978379201.23882382999999 more times than anything else on this album? it reminds of some crappy modest mouse song on off sad sappy sucker.

anyway enough of that...

Clutchy Hopkins - The Life of Clutchy Hopkins (2006)

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1 3:06
2 3:02
3 4:08
4 3:25
5 2:15
6 3:11
7 2:07
8 3:26
9 3:34
10 3:05
11 3:14
12 3:24

Kid Koala- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (2000) & Your Moms Favorite DJ (2006)

2008-06-06T20:41:00.000-07:00

Kid Koala is a canadian DJ. Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (2000) & Your Moms Favorite DJ (2006) are Kid Koala's first and third releases. He's done work with the Gorillaz and Deltron 3030. This is a real quick post in between studying that may/or may not be expanded upon.

Kid Koala- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (2000) & Your Moms Favorite DJ (2006)

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*this post is dedicated to Chavez who is most likely going through some withdrawals from losing all his music.

Van Morisson - Astral Weeks (1968)

2008-05-21T15:03:00.000-07:00

Mellow, flowy, and clean. So chill so good still. Another great album straight through.

Van Morisson - Astral Weeks (1968)

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1 Astral Weeks
2 Beside You
3 Sweet Thing
4 Cyprus Avenue
5 The Way Young Lovers Do
6 Madame George
7 Ballerina
8 Slim Slow Slider

Pelican City - The Chilling Effect (1999)

2008-05-21T14:36:00.000-07:00

You all know who Danger Mouse is. Rolling Stone's current "producer of the year." well he is a pretty sick producer and he did produce during this year so.... Anyway, if you are a fan of that whole producing/Danger Mouse thing then you might be interested in peeping his early work as Pelican City. Massively chill beats at that down-tempo pace. You know the type. Very consistent album which is both positive and negative but it definitely adds to the cohesive album feel of all the tracks.

Be sure to check out Danger's take on Neutral Milk Hotel's "Fool" on track 6 for all that are wise to NMH. Now thats how you flip a beat.

Pelican City - The Chilling Effect (1999)

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1. Over From the Start (Intro/Outro)

2. The City

3. The Bleeding Fader

4. Still Alone

5. The Search

6. The Fool (Neutral Milk Hotel)A Pelican City Experiment

7. Danger's Theme Part I

8. Danger's Theme Part II

9. Calling the Birds

10. The Chase

11. Come On Air (Wunderkind) A Pelican City Experiment

12. The Bedroom

13. The Rainstorm

14. The End of Life

15. An Exodus

Diggin this song. it must be heard.

2008-03-19T14:31:00.000-07:00

Madlib on the boards and soul sister Erykah Badu on the vox present to us a real rugged and raw joint from Badu's new album New Amerykah Part One. QUALITY QUALITY QUALITY QUALITY QUALITY. You'd have be a fool to not check this track out. can I stress this enough?

I can't stop bangin this one like i'm some kind of nympho/
beautiful voices over madlib instrumentals/
it's so sinful it's soul in full/
windows open letting in new info/
we know, we grow, hearts we win those/
everybody just go....

it's bigger than religion, HIP HOP
it's bigger than my nigga, HIP HOP
it's bigger than the government
this one is for Dilla, HIP HOP
this one is the healer, HIP HOP

"you don't have to believe everything you think, we've been programmed wake, up we miss you."

The Return of the Top 10

2008-02-29T01:23:00.000-08:00

I started trying to make my top 10 artist list and quickly learned I had no fucking clue about that so... hopefully I'll find some more luck with my CURRENT* top album list.

*throwing CURRENT in there gives me an excuse for leaving out some well deserved albums.

Quasimoto - The Unseen

King Crimson - In the Court of King Crimson

Pelican City - The Chilling Effect

Van Morisson - Astral Weeks

Modest Mouse - Everywhere And His Nasty Parlour Tricks [EP]

Neil Young - Tonights the Night (1975)

Devendra Banhart - Cripple Crow

Do Make Say Think - Goodbye Enemy Airship The Landlord Is Dead (2000)

Madvillain - Madvillainy

DJ Shadow - Endtroducing... (1996)

J Dilla - Donuts (2006)

Guts - Le Bienheureux (2007)

2008-02-07T21:05:00.000-08:00

French hip-hop. Instrumental album from Paris native Guts. Solid beats and tight album full of good tracks and some decent ones. Pretty standard style nothing revolutionary but the presence of quality hip-hop is undeniably present.

1. Intro: Actually, this intro is a good introduction to this artist. Informs you that you are in for a dosage of nice vocal sample work over beats that are both mellow and groovin.

3. Everybody Know: Chill piano loop makes a jazzy and driving beat. more of that vocal sample trickery.

4. you know dat shit!!!: since this song uses the same sample that J Dilla used in "U-Luv" this song really doesn't do it for me. It's really unfair but "U-Luv" is too damn amazing. If anything this song is a testament to how talented Dilla was and it shows what he can do with a beat and how innovative he was.

8. Take a Look Around You: Probably my favorite track on the album as of now. The vocal sample trickery here is here in full effect displaying Guts style at its finest. A track to get you movie in your upper story.

11. Cry & Smile: Full ensemble of instruments and samples. gotta love that breakdown with the guitar and tremolo picking and how it drops back into the original beat. nicely arranged, slightly banging.

13. Sweet Love: chill is a good word for this. I can't help but be reminded of fellow French hip-hop producer DJ Cam's album "Mad Blunted Jazz" when I hear this beat. Some call it trip-hop but if you like this beat and haven't heard of DJ Cam then you know what to do. I probably like Cam more but I fid]gured that Guts is less known and has more different styles.

14. Endless Night: maybe my new favorite song on this album. Epic intro and kind of asian sounding guitar along with the funky drummer. sounds like my kinda party.

15. Narco Trip: kinda reminds me of some Pelican City style beats (a project of Danger Mouse aka Gnarls Barkley minus Cee Lo Green). Once again if this beat is feelin you or vice versa check out that Pelican City project as I once again think that is an equally or even possibly more solid album.

there ya go.

Guts - Le Bienheureux (2007)

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01. intro
02. good morning
03. everybody know
04. you know dat shit!!!
05. escucha me
06. metis
07. nightmare of paris
08. take a look around you
09. pura-vida
10. skunkfunk
11. cry & smile
12. and the living is easy!!!
13. sweet love
14. endless night
15. narco trip
16. i love you it's so hard to say

Jeru the Damaja - Wrath of the Math (1996)

2007-11-20T19:28:00.000-08:00

"this album was created to SAVE hip-hop and the minds of the people who listen to it"

so it says in the liner notes and so i introduce the sophomore album of Jeru the Damaja produced entirely by the amazing DJ Premier. Premo laces up some funk nuggets on this album which Jeru thoroughly rips apart, torches and smokes. Like his debut album Jeru brings the conscious lyrics and never settles into any hip-hop stereotypes. Premier brings those characteristic boom bap drums and from listening to the beats on the album it is easy to see why Premo is Premo. Diving in...

First five tracks are all great especially, "The Frustrated Nigga" & "Whatever."

On "The Frustrated Nigga" when that guitar, or whatever that is, kicks a second after Jeru starts flowin theres not much you can do but let that head start noddin. Flowin without fear because yaa know

"nothin can scare a nigga, after 400 years of this shit."

"Bullshit" is one of many tracks on this album throwing some satire at money grubbing, materialism but on this track Jeru does it by rapping as if he has become what he most loathes in some kind of funky nightmare soundtracked by DJ Premier.

"Whatever" has a mellow ass beat with the topic of not getting dragged down by all the wackness. Whatever ya do make it clever. I mostly just like that vocal sample Premo uses "and to all ya'll crews.... whatever" good ass diss stinging like nettle

I got to say that my least favorite track on this album is pretty easy for me to choose. I just can't get into the beat for "Physical Stamina (ft. Afu-Ra)" it's a little robotic and eclectic for me.

"One Day" is about how puff daddy kidnapped "hip-hop"

Pretty much the sole reason I made this post about this album is because I've been diggin "Me or the Papes" so damn much. This beat right here is ridiculous and that piano loop just drives me nuts all day. from just thinking in my head how it sounds, it gets me smiling and thinking about some silly ass chick tryin to use me and me just laughing her away from me. silly imaginary skanks. if you gain anything from this album let it be that if you play this song when I'm around I'll melt.

Ending with "invasion" about racial profiling cops. even though I love cops to death, I somehow still like this track. especially because of that outro beat with that nice orchestral loop or wind section or something.

Happy Thanksgiving.

Jeru the Damaja - Wrath of the Math (1996)

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1	"Wrath of the Math"
2	"The Frustrated Nigga"
3	"Black Cowboys"
4	"The Bullshit"
5	"Whatever"
6	"Physical Stamina"
7	"One Day"
8	"Revenge of the Prophet (Part 5)"
9	"Scientifical Madness"
10	"Not the Average"
11	"Me or the Papes"
12	"How I'm Livin'"
13	"Too Perverted"
14	"Ya Playin' Yaself"
15	"Invasion"

Slum Village - Fan-Tas-Tic Vol. 1

2007-10-31T01:52:00.000-07:00

This here was a released in 1997 and is the debut album of Slum Village. Jay Dee, T3, and Baatin from Detroit all flow with impressive mic control over some of the smoothest and earliest J Dilla beats released. This album is part demo so it has that vibe but it is filled with awesome tracks. I think that almost anyone can find a favorite track on this album.

At this moment "I Don't Know"........

Perfect use of James Brown vocal samples throughout the the track intertwined with smooth flows along mellow groovin beats with those Dilla drums.

or "Rock Stuff"

Short but sweet . Savage song structure and some burnin flows "fuckin up instrumentals." Hard and bangin' over sweet guitar or vibe samples? who can tell me? keyboard!? i think thats what it is.

or maybe its "Beej en em"......

Slum Village - Fan-Tas-Tic Vol. 1

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remixed by DJ Troubl-A Journey Into Fresh Diggin'-Qu@sim0t0 Meets Hisself

2007-10-22T00:20:00.000-07:00

This my dear sir, is a very well put together mix of source samples, cuts, Madlib/Quaz flows, and plain good music. This mix is perfect for the Madlib/Quaz fan weaving together original Quaz material and original samples seemlessly and is best when listened to from start to finish. Enjoy.

1. Intro VAST AIR “Look mom no hands”
2. QUAS “Dinosaur Brain Beat” Original Sample (SCRATCH “Soulfly”) Not sure of this one??!
3. DJ DESIGN “Sparkdala”
4. QUAS “Microphone Mathematics Remix”
5. QUAS “Microphone Mathematics” Original sample (DON CHERRY “Complete Communion”)
6. QUAS “Come on feet Remix” Part 1
7. QUAS “Come on feet Remix” Original Sample (Melvin Van Peebles “Cmon Feet”)
8. QUAS “Come On Feet Remix” Part 2
9. QUAS “Come on feet remix” Original Sample (ROY AYERS “Sensitive”)
10. QUAS “Come on feet”
11. QUAS “Come on feet” Original Sample (ALAIN GORAGUER “La planete sauvage DVD!!”)
12. QUAS “Loop Digga” (part 1)
13. QUAS “Loop digga” Original Sample (IMPRESSIONS “on the moves”)
14. QUAS “Loop digga” Original Sample (RONNIE LAWS “Tidal Waves”)
15. QUAS “Loop digga” Original Sample (GALT MC DERMOT “Harlem Medley”)
16. QUAS “Loop digga” Original Sample (ONENESS OF JUJU “Some Breakbeat on African Rhythms LP”)
17. QUAS “Loop digga” Original Sample (SON AND DAUGHTERS OF LITE “Darkuman Junction”)
18. QUAS “Loop digga” Original Sample (KOOL AND THE GANG “North East South West”)
19. QUAS “Loop digga” Part 2
20. QUAS “Loop digga” Original Sample (ELECTRIC PRUNES “Holy Are You”)
21. QUAS “Loop digga” Part 3
22. QUAS “Loop digga” (DAVID AXELROD “A Divine Image”)
23. QUAS “Loop digga” Original Sample (EUGENE MC DANIEL “Supermarket blues”)
24. QUAS “Blitz”
25. QUAS “Return Of The Loopdigga”
26. BEATLESS “Dominant”
27. LOOTPACK “20 Questions”
28. DECLAIME “Don’t Trip”
29. QUAS “Discipline 99 Part 0″
30. QUAS “Astronaut”
31. QUAS “Astronaut” Original Sample (JOHN DANKWORTH “Return From Ashes”)
32. LOOTPACK “Answer” Original Sample (”LEE MASON “Shaddy Blues”)
33. QUAS”Boom Music” Original Sample (SAM & DAVE “?!”)
34. QUAS “MHB’s” Original Sample (KOOL AND THE GANG “Little Children”)
35. QUAS “Discipline 99″
36. QUAS “Discipline 99″ Original Sample (GALT MAC DERMOT “Harlem Medley”)
37. QUAS “24-7″
38. QUAS “24-7″ Original Sample (DELLS “When You’re Alone”)
39. QUAS “Low Class Conspiracy” Original Sample (JIMMY SMITH & WES MONTGOMERY “Mellow Mood”)
40. QUAS “The Unseen” Original Sample (DAVID AXELROD “The Signs Part2″)
41. QUAS “The Unseen”
42. QUAS “The Unseen” Original Sample (9Th CREATION “Bubble Gum”)
43. QUAS “Realize” Original Sample (ACCADE “Accade A Bali”)
44. QUAS “Green Power” Original Sample (BOBBY LYLE “Inner Space”)
45. QUAS “Green Power” Original Sample (MANDRILL “Khidja”)
46. QUAS “B.S” Original Sample (IGOR KANTER & WILLIAM LOOSE “Cherry, Harry & Raquel”)
47. QUAS “Hittin Hooks”
48. MADVILLAIN “Shadows Of Tomorrow”
49. KING BRITT “Spaces”
50. QUAS “Broad Factor Troubl’ Mix”
51. BEATLESS “Rock on”
52. JAYLIB “Strip Club”
53. JAYLIB “Strip Club” Original Sample (JACO PASTORIUS “Opus Pocus”) …And Back to “Strip Club”
54. MADVILLAIN “America’s Most Blunted”
55. QUAS “Brainasorus”

DJ Shadow

2007-10-05T12:16:00.000-07:00

Heard of DJ Shadow? Hip/Hop producer and DJ. Excellent producer and DJ. Always brings some large beats to the table. Sequences them up so funky. Here are 3 EPs of his featuring some material that you might not have heard before and some that you might have. Two of these EPs, High Noon and Stem feature some tracks that appear on Shadow's debut Endtroducing... while the third, Lost & Found (S.F.L.)/Kemuri, is a split EP featuring the Japanese DJ, DJ Krush on the latter track. Definitely some gems in here.

"High Noon" is a sweet track featuring a guitar riff which drops out to a solid break and keys section. A fairly typical DJ Shadow instrumental which in my opinion is most often a good thing cuz at least you'll be able to hear some awesome drums.

The vocal sample in "Devil's Advocate (Heaven v. Hell - Bonus Beat)" says it all. It's all about the beat on this track. Many various other instruments and sounds come into this track but it is the drums that keep it going and when the track strips down to solely drums the track really stands out.

"Stem" features some more electronic sounding beats. The other version of stem, "Long Stem" uses part of the sample from "Organ Donor" and is a good alternate mix to the original. Much more drawn out and without the enormous drums in the original. Upgrade IMO. "Red Bus Needs To Leave" is once again another chance for DJ Shadow to show off his drum sequencing skills. Finally "Why Hip Hop Sucks In '96/Soup" feature the same beat but with different vocal samples. This time I'd have to favor the album cut.

The final EP features the awesome DJ Krush and you can hear his influence in both his cut and Shadow's. I'd have to say that DJ Krush's track gets my head nodding quicker but Shadow's track on this EP is one of my favorites of all 3 EPs.

Overall just a bunch of solid tracks from a couple solid EPs by a couple solid artists.

DJ Shadow - Stem, High Noon, Lost & Found (S.F.L.)/Kemuri

also more DJ Krush! His album Holonic which has the track "Kemuri." Check him out. A DJ from the other side of the Pacific.

DJ Krush - Holonic

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1. Forward

2. Anticipation

3. Yeah

4. What's Behind Darkness

5. Freestyle 1

6. To Be Continued

7. Fucked-Up Pendulum

8. Freestyle 2

9. Am3:00tyo

10. Duality

11. Light (Can You See It)

12. Dig This Vibe

13. Temps

14. Only the Strong Survive

15. Real

16. Shin-Sekai

17. Kemuri

18. Bypath -- Would You Take It?

19. Skin Against Skin

A Yes Yes Ya'll (Madvillain introduces you to Four Tet)

2007-06-03T22:35:00.000-07:00

Madvillain-Great Day (Remix by Four-Tet)
Ya'll know Madvillain right? Well ya'll best be knowin about the producer Four-Tet cuz its for your own good. And a nice easy way for all ya'll to do this is through a remix by the producer Four-Tet of the Madvillain track "Great Day"? Make sense? So ya'll should take a listen to this sick track because it is my favorite track off of the Four-Tet Remixes of Madvillain EP. The song builds incredibly and is powerful shit with some phatty breaks ya'll.

Listen to it/Download it

Now that ya'll know who Four-Tet is and what he's about, here is his album "Pause."

Four Tet - Pause (2001)

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"Glue of the World" – 5:02
"Twenty Three" – 3:24
"Harmony One" – 1:41
"Parks" – 6:03
"Leila Came Round and We Watched a Video" – 1:39
"Untangle" – 4:36
"Everything Is Alright" – 2:31
"No More Mosquitoes" – 3:39
"Tangle" – 3:44
"You Could Ruin My Day" – 7:03
"Hilarious Movie of the 90s" – 3:29

Project Polaroid - Project Polaroid (2006)

2007-05-06T17:59:00.000-07:00

Comprised of Kool Keith (of Dr. Octagon) and TOMC3, Project Polaroid is one of my favorite Kool Keith releases. The production is similar in style to Dan the Automator so the album does end up sounding somewhat like Octagonecolagyst and that is definitely not a bad thing in my opinion.

The "Project Polaroid (Intro)" sets off the album right. Just from the intro you can get a sense of Kool Keith's lyrical style but mainly TOMC3's beatmaking and scratching skills. After about the 1:20 mark the track is an instrumental featuring TOMC3 on the wheels of steel and he tears it up. Solid. Real phat drums.

"Diamond District" has got that groovy bass line goin for it and Kool Keith just sounds so damn mellow on the mic. His flow is so relaxed and he drops creative ass lines that no one else could pull off.

My epidemic is formatted with static dramatic
The baddest P.I. supreme, P.I. with steam
The 104th Street walker, a.k.a. beat walker
The sharp unique walker
Overtonin drinkin Corona, sidestep a evolution scheme
Pro-calistheticssss... boost, credits from the duration
Illustration tough, illustration rough
The plaid stay sharp as a pencil, designed with a 3-inch
cuff
Operating drastically, I still active be
And octave see ozone
I'm comin through Technic trebles and pro tones
Actually in pro tone

"Rhyme That Quit" is similar in structure to the intro in that it starts with a flow and then breaks off into some scratching. Keith raps about a wack MC who is pushing his rhymes up a hill but his rhymes quit on him and roll back and crush him. Interesting topic and sick choir samples for the beat.

"Midwestern Shoe Calhoun" is another solid track with some piano and guitar samples. I just wish TOMC3 would loop that sick ass electric guitar loop a little bit more. It loops 2 times then disappears and I wish it would stay longer. The outro also features samples from that tight movie with Robin Williams in it "One Hour Photo."

I was impressed by the solid performance throughout by Kool Keith and this release helped restore my faith in Kool Keith after his more recent upsets. The production on this album is a departure from the style that Keith has been pursuing since Dr. Octagon and I like the direction that Project Polaroid is heading in. Good shit from TOMC3 and Kool Keith.

Project Polaroid - Project Polaroid (2006)

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"Project Polaroid (intro)"
"Space 8000"
"Talk to the Romans"
"Mechanical Mechanix feat. Prince Po"
"I’m Libra"
"Diamond District"
"Rhyme That Quit"
"Clubber Lang feat. Motion Man"
"Uphill.....Strange"
"Digital Engineering"
"The Overviewer"
"Feel Me feat. Roughneck Jihad"
"Midwestern Shoe Calhoun"
"Photo Shop (outro)"

The Beta Band - The Three E.P.s (1998)

2007-05-01T10:58:00.000-07:00

The Beta Band is a scottish group of fellows whose career together lasted from 1996-2004 with a discography comprised of three E.P.s and three L.P.s. This album is a collection of their first three releases (which by the album title you could probably speculate were E.P.s)

Champion Versions (1997)
The Patty Patty Sound (1998)
Los Amigos del Beta Bandidos (1998)

One of my favorite tracks on this compilation is the first song "Dry the Rain." The Beta Band are often labeled folk-hop for their blend of mellow acoustic guitars and sick drum beats and "Dry the Rain is a very good display of the Beta Band's overall style. Starting off with some sick guitar and shakers until around the two minute mark those drums kick in and then it just keeps building. Adding in more and more guitar tracks more and more shit starts happening and the whole track seems to start swelling up and then around 3:30 that bass gets damn funky and then those horns come in and then the final layer comes which is the perfectly suiting lyrical refrain:

If there's something inside that you wanna say
You can say it out loud it will be okay
I will be alright, I will be your light
I will be your light, I will be your light

I need love
I need love

That build up is just so fucking religious at the end it makes the weight of the world feel just a little bit lighter.

"I Know" is a mellow song with a funky tambourine drum loop some guitar and some beeping sounds and thats about it and it rocks the whole way through.

"Dog Got A Bone" has no phat drums but does have a cool accordion sounding instrument and a bunch of vocal tracks on it. You can't really complain because the harmonica solo comes in after the three minute mark somewhere and the vocal tracks keep on layering and building up. A real chill track that builds up nicely without relying on the funky drumming.

"Monolith" is one trippy ass song that explores multiple genres. The beginning starts off with some ambient sounds and some vocal loops. Then the drums fade in and out and the song even goes into a Middle Eastern or Indian sounding beat and then they use like some scratched up dog bark to create the beat around 12 or 13 minutes. Sick percussion throughout this track.

"She's The One For Me" builds up until the 4 minute area and then those crazy altered pitches keep repeating the song title while the drums and guitar just go off. Good shit right here.

Overall, the Beta Band are a very experimental and creative genre defying band that explores many new structures, styles, and sounds. I think that my favorite E.P. at this time would probably be their first, Champion Verses, because lots of my favorite songs on the album are from this E.P.

The Beta Band - The Three E.P.s (1998)

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"Dry the Rain" – 6:05 (Champion Versions)
"I Know" – 3:58 (Champion Versions)
"B + A" – 6:35 (Champion Versions)
"Dogs Got a Bone" – 5:58 (Champion Versions)
"Inner Meet Me" – 6:20 (The Patty Patty Sound)
"The House Song" – 7:15 (The Patty Patty Sound)
"Monolith" – 15:48 (The Patty Patty Sound)
"She's the One" – 8:21 (The Patty Patty Sound)
"Push It Out" – 5:22 (Los Amigos del Beta Bandidos)
"It's Over" – 3:50 (Los Amigos del Beta Bandidos)
"Dr. Baker" – 4:08 (Los Amigos del Beta Bandidos)
"Needles in My Eyes" – 4:32 (Los Amigos del Beta Bandidos)

The D.O.C. - No One Can Do It Better (1989)

2007-04-25T16:58:00.000-07:00

Some classic old school hip hop right here on this album. Before Dr. Dre worked with Snoop Dogg or Eminem he produced this album for his very first protege the D.O.C. The D.O.C. previously helped ghostwrite and appeared in some skits on a few N.W.A. albums before starting his solo career. The production on the entire album is fairly similar in style to Dre's previous work with N.W.A. However, the D.O.C. generally stays away from gangsta rap topics despite his close relations to N.W.A.

Kickin off the album strong comes the banger "It's Funky Enough" and not to worry, the song title is misleading in no way at all. In other words, there is a damn funky ass beat and some fresh lyrics all over this bitch. Strong flow from the D.O.C. on this track and you may recognize the very first line of the album (Ya'll ready for this?) from numerous basketball games in the 90's.

"Comm Blues" is a song/skit that is a blues jam featuring a female singer and some other fools talkin. Semi funny and pretty damn bluesy. One of the better skits around.

Right after that nice interlude comes my favorite track of the album; "Let the Bass Go." What a funky ass beat Dre and what a stylish flow throughout. The halfway point of the song comes with some classy Beastie and other various samples and then guess what? Dre drops that bass again and its funky as fuck FYI. I really dig the acapella intro at 2:25 before the last verse because every time that funky beat drop again I go ddeeeeaaaaaamn son.

"Beautiful but Deadly" is a throwaway track to me but the little sound clip at the end is worth listening to though.

First track of side 2, "The D.O.C. & The Doctor," is another winner mainly due to the phat ass on this beat. The beat just kicks in so funky and Dre runs it.

Finishing strong featuring Ice Cube, Eazy E, and MC Ren, and DJ Yella (who contributes live drums) from N.W.A. comes "The Finale." All three guest MCs have strong spots but the standout verses come from Ice Cube in the first verse and the final verse by the D.O.C.

Unfortunately, this was the D.O.C.'s last album he recorded before his vocal chords were damaged in a car accident and his voice was permanently altered as a result. The D.O.C. is still rumored to be helping Dre work on his long awaited new album 'Detox.'

The D.O.C. - No One Does It Better (1989)

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1	It's Funky Enough 4:29
2	Mind Blowin' 3:36
3	Lend Me an Ear 3:20
4	Comm. Blues 2:22
5	Let the Bass Go 3:41
6	Beautiful But Deadly 5:34
7	The D.O.C. & The Doctor 4:06
8	No One Can Do It Better 4:51
9	Whirlwind Pyramid 3:45
10	Comm. 2 1:21
11	Formula 4:12
12	Portrait of a Master Piece 2:29
13	The Grand Finalé 4:39

Count Bass D-Dwight Spitz (2002)

2007-04-18T23:35:00.000-07:00

Count Bass D is a producer/MC/DJ/piano player hailing from Nashville Tennessee. If any of ya'll heard of him it would most likely be from the sick verse he dropped in Potholders on MM... Food with MF DOOM (who is actually featured twice on Dwight Spitz). You also can hear him mention DOOM multiple times throughout the entire album. He's got a sick ass flow and some production skills to match.

From the opening track "Jussa Playa" you can get an idea of the kind of awesome production that is all over this album. Dwight Spitz is comprised mostly of short songs and short instrumental skits. "Say No to Drugs" is a perfect example of Bass' humorous sampling style using a sample from a sugar advertisement. Count even sample his kids (Cana And Hezekiah) voices on a couple of these instrumentals.

"Sanctuary" has to be one of my favorite tracks on the album. Count Bass D totally rips it up on the mic over the hypnotic and mesmerizing beat.
EDIT: Zack just clued me into why this track might be so hypnotic and all. It's gotta be that Doors sample of Jim Morrison repeating "Can you give me sanctuary?" fucking legit shit man.

DOOM comes in on the track "Quite Buttery" and shreds like always but this time over some Bass D beats and pianos. Pretty short and sweet track.

Another stand out track is "Seven Years" featuring Dionne Farris. Count flows about his wife and three kids not trying to hide his status as a family man and tears it up at the same time. And those fucking oboe's he sampled are fucking genius.

A few tracks fall a little flat but overall Dwight Spitz is an amazing album throughout containing great production, fitting instrumental interludes, solid guest spots from Edan, J Rawls, and DOOM, and of course sick flows from the Count himself.

Count Bass D-Dwight Spitz (2002)

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	1	Jussa Player (1:20)
	2	Aural S(ect)S (1:30)
	3	Gon' Get Yours (0:33)
	4	Antemeridian (1:37)
	5	Postmeridian (0:56)
	6	How We Met (1:18)
	7	Just Say No to Drugs (0:30)
	8	Sanctuary (1:43)
	9	Subwoofer (Dumile) (2:11)
	10	Truth to Light (1:30)
	11	Real Music vs. Bu11$#! + (1:29)
	12	August 25, 2001 (3:29)
	13	Hello Test Test (0:49)
	14	Blackman Dreams (2:03)
	15	Reign or Shine (1:28)
	16	Quite Buttery (1:06)
	17	Blues for Percy Carey (1:51)
	18	Seven Years (3:29)
	19	Ohio Players (2:07)
	20	Dwight Spitz (3:18)
	21	Make a Buck (3:43)
	22	My First Piece (3:04)
	23	Take Control (3:44)
	24	Coming Soon (0:17)
	25	Beat 4our (26:34)

Can-Tago Mago (1971)

2007-04-17T17:54:00.000-07:00

Can is a band from West Germany that was formed in 1968. They are often classified as a classic example of "Krautrock," an underground German experimental rock genre, although most bands which are clumped into this genre resent the term. But isn't that what usually happens with terms like that?

Anyway, the album is overall pretty much straight forward jammed out rock and roll. Led Zeppelin, Velvet Underground, kind of rock and roll. You know the type. I guess you could even say these guys are a little prog rockish but you can say a lot of things. Most of the songs do feature some sick and funky drum beats as well, which are hard to hate.

"Halleuhwah" is an epic stand out track for the album. It originally took up a whole side of the vinyl edition of the record when it first came out. The song is composed of a series of build ups and then slowing down and returning to a groovy beat followed by another build up and so forth. In the first 5 minutes the drums are fucking ridiculous so look out for that. After the drum tangent, it calms down and then goes right back into another funky ass beat. Then once again is another build around the 7 minute mark this time introducing some gnarley as strings. Somewhere around 8 and a half minutes the vocals come in and fit in real well. blah blah. Pretty much funky drums and an epic 18 minute jam all in one.

"Oh Yeah" is another sick ass track with some backwards vocals at first then about halfway switching at the 3:20ish mark it goes into a mellow yet funky beat with some suiting vocals. Damo Suzuki (frontman of the band from 1970-73) has a pretty sick ass voice and I think it fits well on this track especially. And then once again the band breaks off into another jam session this time with the guitar taking the main roll, but you still can't deny those drums.

The beginning of "Mushroom" sounds a little like the Flaming Lips "Take Me Ta Mars" to me. I wonder if anyone else hears it? But later on there is some crazy percussion and like always those phat drums.

Well, enough talk more rock is what they so have a listen:

Can-Tago Mago (1971)

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"Paperhouse" – 7:29
"Mushroom" – 4:08
"Oh Yeah" – 7:22
"Halleluhwah" – 18:32
"Aumgn" – 17:22
"Peking O" – 11:35
"Bring Me Coffee Or Tea" – 6:47

First Post

2007-04-17T17:45:00.000-07:00

Benson Edles is starting up a music blog again folks. Gonna start putting some highly recommended albums on this blog o' mine. It'll probably be all over the place genre wise. I'll be posting about albums that I think people I know should check out and hopefully they will. Posts will be semi-frequent I'm guessing about 2-4 albums a week but I'm not making any promises. Could be more, could be less. If anyone else wants to post a contribution thats fucking swell so talk to me about it. If not, then that's why I didn't ask you. That's about it for the introduction so I hope you guess dig what I've been digging.

Peace.