SuperSplendidSafeandSound

hi there peeps, cheers to notorious N.e.d for the link and thanks to Tom N for the invite too.i am honoured to be a contributor to this very splendid looking blog..

As this is my first entry, and bar the N.e.d, i dunno what tunes peeps are into, ive gone for a bit of a varied selection..

First on the turntable is a dubstep tune from that highly talented croydon based producer Skream. acknowledging the fact that summer is fast approaching i felt it appropriate to pick out the least dark-sided tune, which is happily one of my favourites - Skream-Smiley Face http://download.yousendit.com/5B6D377307780D98 .. turn up them bass eq's

to take a rather large leap away from croydon-based-computer-produced-dubstep, this splendid tune - Mulatu Astatke-Emnete http://download.yousendit.com/D50770395CD356E0 is the sound of ethiopian based-rugged-jazz/ska (at least thats how i see it). mulatu is somewhat of a flagship to the 'Soundway' record label, which is pretty much dedicated to all that is african-funk/jazz/soul.. check it out if the tune is your kinda thing..

Next. another leap. this time toward Argentina for some tango inspired argentinian hiphop! Gotan Project-Mi Confesion http://download.yousendit.com/20E851A52E671F14 Although i am not a spanish speaker, so have no idea what is being said, the second rap on the tune is sick! The album 'Lunatico' is pretty damn good overall too, but its all about the live show (including visuals, live strings, singer, piano, accordian and two djs) which i was lucky enough to see last year, highly recommended

lastly a tune from All Natural, a Chicago based hiphop crew headed by Cap D, who, having reverted to Islam in 2000, continues to include socially and culturally aware themes in many of his raps. this tune is from their debut album, no additives, no preservatives, back in 1998- All Natural-It's OK http://download.yousendit.com/CB06440B3FC5B09C .

thats all folks, hope peeps pick up at least something they like!

peace and cheers

-TommyWhy-

ps. sorry for the apparant failure to get the links to work properly, but it should stil be possible to d/l them..

Woop Woop! [Introduction]

A Good Evening to you all; a first post from the Thistle yout.

This delightful chap here is Naeem from Spank Rock: all-round top bad boi and b-more heavyweight. I happened to see him live on his birthday last year in Leeds- it was a rowdy night, and he absolutely 'murked it, even my housemate Laurie was won over. Bump is a big tune, and i think this remix is even better.

Spank Rock- Bump [Switch Remix]

Next we have The Pase Rock, afiliated with Spank Rock (and also in Five Deez), and basically anyone who does a track inspired by Lindsay Lohan exposing herself deserves a lot of money.
'Bang!' is heavy too.

The Pase Rock- Bang!
The Pase Rock- The Revenge of Lindsay Lohan

Worth mentioning the decline of RDJ2- what are you doing son?!

From his new album:
RJD2- You Never Had It

The other day I spent a good afternoon faffing around at Venomous Villains
Suffice to say large scale robbery took place, spurred on my the posts about its impending Doom (pun sort of not intended).
Anyhow it was an educative process:
Daniel Dumile, was originally born in South-East London. Anyway his first appearance was as Zev Love X in KMD ("Kausing Much Damage", and then later, "a postive Kause in a Much Damaged society"- with his lil' bro Subroc (who later got run over and died) and another guy called Onyx The Birthstone Kid...

Anyway they produced some live stuff: these two tracks are bad!
KMD- Constipated Monkey
KMD- What a Nigga Know

After his brother died he disappeared between 1994-1997, before ending up in Atlanta.
And he became reborn, principally, as our man MF Doom.

MF Doom and Zhieru [Laid Out Demo]- My Favourite Ladies

Cool.

Thas all folks...

[Oh and sad to have missed the Decline of Smut tunes! They looked tasty.]

Merry Easter

I've always wanted to know who duetted with Jagger on Gimme Shelter and just found out it was Merry Clayton who some bright spark brought into the studio to make the song her own.

Merry Clayton - Gimme Shelter

Bacon Fat

Before I get more cusses for not posting, here are 3 that I think are well good.

Went and bought some new hip hop recently and it was well boring. In amongst the selection, however, was a compilation thrust upon me by bloke in shop. On said compilation were these three:

Bacon Fat - Andre Williams
(number 9 on the billboard R&B charts in 1957 no less)

Chicken Walk - Hasil Adkins
(He recorded a whole album devoted to chickens - Poultry in Motion)

Guns of Brixton - Nouvelle Vague (i.e. re-version of Clash)

compil by optimo and espacio, described as 'scottish ex-techno dj and a grungey slackey irishman'. enjoyed it lots.

Thy Kingdom Come

First up, a Trick Daddy classic. Slip-N-Slide, Miami, Touche Lucas and the wonderful Cee-Lo, pre-Gnarls Barkley. One for the sun.

Trick Daddy and Cee-Lo - Dro in the Wind

Eugene Mcdaniels gives pure gold samples. Give em back.

Eugene McDaniels - Jagger The Dagger

Or rework it.
Not at his humblest, it's ya boy

Jay Z - Kingdom Come

Yours, loving the smut Nuts, Lukey Champagne

The decline of smut

One of the more lamentable aspects of the Bobo dread takeover of Jamaican music - along with bunning fire pon batty bwoy's head, if you please - is the concomitant decline of the smutty reggae tune. There was a slackness arms race in lyrics in the 1990s which crowded out innuendo and insinuation, and not necessarily for the better. For the genre threw up some mighty tunes, in its day, some of which you're about to enjoy.

Max Romeo was the king of this sort of thing. You probably already know his "Wet Dream," banned by the BBC for its lewd content - though Max expressed disbelief, explaining that the lyrics were an innocent reference to a leaky roof.

But even better in my book is "Hole Under Crutches" - a version of "Hole in my Bucket" for a liberated age.

The same tune was reversioned in the dancehall era by Nigger Kojak and Liza, as "Ram It" - a Joe Gibbs/Errol Thompson production, this.

Around the same time, Yellowman was creating the slackness genre. But some of his lyrical wordsmithery was clever and subtle enough to qualify as smut in my book, and this is my post. So here's the wonderful "Breezes."

The spiritual home of innuendo has always been Trinidadian calypso rather than Jamaican reggae, so finally here's a beauty from Lord Creator - a calypsonian who later moved to Jamaica and made his name as a ska vocalist. It's about his Big Bamboo (I've got a much better and less cheesy version of this but only on vinyl, sadly).

Tom

Wet Edges...

I'm reminded of the scene in Ferris Bueller's Day Off with the history teacher.

"The Battle of the Somme took place in... anyone? anyone?"

Enough snideness. For any remaining listeners, a Photek tune.

Inspired from a kung fu film or possibly the TV series based on one of the great classical Chinese novels of the same name about a group of 12th century river bandits.

Laters,

Thistle-Eye

Love Action...

Aloha,

Love, love, and love again (or not as the case may be):

New Order - Bizarre Love Triangle

LFO - Love Is The Message

and

I'll Never Fall In Love Again - Bobby Gentry

For ages I thought the lyric on the last one was "What do you get when you kiss a guy, you get enough germs to catch pneumonia, after you do, he'll never bone ya". Cockney rhyming slang, I guess...

Laters,

Thistle

Alot of ins, alot of outs

Keeping on the film theme, some tracks from a recent classic.

Kenny Rogers - Just Dropped In

Creedence Clearwater Revival - Looking Out My Back Door

Bob Dylan - The Man in Me

Here another one from Kenny with some good advice.

Kenny Rogers - The Gambler

I always confuse him with Paddy Kenny.

rabbit rabbit

music that is keeping me from my bed

Labi Siffree , I Got The
fun and games. bringing together chas n dave, who are the session musicians on this, with dre and eminem.

The Rebirth, This Journey In
cosmic class

rest up
S