Is is there a better hip hop tune that has been made in the last 5 years than Agent Orange by Pharoahe Monch (lame name, good rapper)? This one was around on vinyl in 2003 and has just resurfaced as a bonus track on Pharoahe Monch’s long-delayed new album Desire (hence very annoying 30-seconds of silence at the beginning). A few strong tunes (especially Body Baby) but Agent Orange still the hottest one there. Produced by Taz from SA-RA and full of tight, angry, political lyrics. Somewhere I’ve got a recording of Jehst freestyling over it. Will try and look it out.
On to Bjork. The music at Glastonbury this year wasn’t all that but Bjork’s set was in another league. Made other headliners like Amy Winehouse looks so amateur and unimaginative (and, in Winehouse’s case, pissed. P.s. here’s Pharoahe dropping some lyrics on Rehab). Nuttal already posted a couple of tracks from new Bjork album but this remix of Earth Intruders has been doing my head in.
Lastly, I didn’t want to let Dizzee’s album pass without posting a track. Keep returning to this one (Temptation). Uses Arctic Monkeys on the chorus but manages to make it come over.
Not on the track above, but I’m a sucker for lyrics like the below from the tune he did with Lilly Allen:
Leave me alone or you’ll be sorry,
Beef aint nuttin new to me you wally,
Why don’t you just kick back, be jolly,
Stay at home with a cup of tea, watch Corrie….
Or, in my case, Newsnight. Rock and roll. N
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to deal with the 30 second silence... (if on itunes) go to info, and then options, and change the start time to 0.30... that will sort it... i had the same thing on a Playgroup track.
the bjork track was downloaded on itunes, so its not authorized (boooo! to apple!) i made the purchase for 79 pence.. but it might be worth having a search on http://hypem.com/ useful sitethat one!
dizzee quote is top, i was creasing up when i heard that.. with the bugsy malone-ness
and i liked phraoahe's rehab.
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