Dope Ass, Psikkque Ass Podcazts

I just would like to make the unaware aware of two of my most favorite podcasts..

-Stones Throw Records podcast
Stones Throw is a CA based hip hop label.. home to Madlib, MF Doom, sometimes J Dilla (r.i.p.), and not to mention a bunch of collaborative projects featuring various mc's/producers from within Stones Throw..like Madvillain (MF Doom + Madlib) and Jaylib (J Dilla + Madlib) just to name a couple. (I could go on about how extensive Madlib's career is.. this guy is one of the busiest and productive dudes in hip hop by FAR.. but thats another Blahggg). Anyway, I like to call Stones Throw futuristic, in the sense that, Yeah.. they're a hip hop label, but I believe that hip hop is some of the most futuristic music of today (not to mention constantly evolving and branching like no other genre).. and the hip hop that Stones Throw puts out is some of the most experimental, envelope pushing, and straight up musical shit around. Anyway, to finally hit the original point of this blaaggagagggg, Stones Throw's podcast is really great, and free, so go get it.

-Mad Decent World Wide Radio
Mad Decent, run by the Philly based dj/producer/all around badass Diplo (for another blooabggg), is an electronic/hip hop/dance/club/whateverthefuckyouwanttocallit label. I've only been signed up long enough to get a couple of these, but from what I can gather so far, the podcasts are kind of mixtape style... Like it will start out with an awesome Diplo beat, with a classic 80's hip hop verse plopped on top, to some baile funk stylings (for another blog V.II), to a more straight up clubby dancy type of tune. Very culturally melding, eclectic, and just good beat oriented music.. which is why I like Mad Decent. It's free. Get.

I'm not tryin ta hear that

I knew I would eventually be posting this..

Positive K - I Got A Man ('93)
this shit is so awesome!!!!!!!

Tournelius

Cornelius, one of my favorite artists ever, is touring the US right now.. which is a pretty rare thing. Cornelius (from Japan) is a multi instrumentalist-studio genius-visual/film mastermind who makes some of the best, most forward thinking and unique electronic (and otherwise) music today. While he is the sole creator behind his recordings, he has taken a band ("The Cornelius Group") out with him on this tour, which should be interesting to see them recreate these mostly electronic recordings in a more organic/live style. I would love to see these him at 9:30 Club in DC.. but I doubt it will happen. Here's a vid:



Go to Cornelius'ss''s myspace page to listen/watch more

Day One Dirtyness

I become excited about new music that I find interesting. I sometimes want to share such findings with friends. Perhaps this will be an outlet to do such a thing. Perhaps no one will read it. Perhaps i'll get lazy about it in a week. Anywho..

Today I looked into Spank Rock's new EP "Bangers and Cash", which features a producer (who's new to me) named Benny Blanco. This shit is very, very dirty. Like as in, sexual, sweaty dirtyness. The beats are crunk as shit though. It's like a half hour sweaty ass dance party wrapped up in an EP. I'm coming to very much enjoy this brand of 80s/Crunk/Hip Hop-ified flavor of music, that seems to centralize mostly in Baltimore and Philly. Other artists of this style that I've come across are Blaqstarr, Food For Animals (awesome!), Rye Rye (on tour w/ MIA right now), and others. I bought the music using a fairly newer service called Lala.com. It allows you to download digital versions of the tracks, plus they send you a physical copy. I thought I'd be able to download these digitals into my iTunes, turns out that's not the case. They stay on my "online Lala music folder". Not so sure how i feel about that. Not sure if I'll ever use Lala again. Anyway, here's the video of "B.O.O.T.A.Y." off of Bangers and Cash. Supposedly there will be a video for each of the 5 songs on the EP. Anyone want to have a dance party soon...??


(check out www.myspace.com/spankrock for more videos. I actually like the one for "Pu$$y" a lot more.. very funny and awesome!)

There's also a video on the Spank Rock myspace featuring SR, Amanda Blank, and Benny Blanco counting down their top 10 picks of "songs to do it to".. which forced me to download "Roni" and "Rock Wit'cha" by Bobby Brown. Damn you 80's slow jams! You'll be the death of me!!

"Rock Wit'cha"