Thursday, December 15, 2005
. . . to Black Tims
Sick Kano over just the marching band drums off the Missy/Vybz/MIA tune. I'm telling you right now, this kid is an emcee, not some rave deejay, and he should be judged as one. Sign this to Def Jam over Lady Sov and MIND THEM
Kano - You Already Know Me (mp3) from "Beats & Bars" tape
too short
Wednesday, December 14, 2005
Blue collar rap
Tuesday, December 13, 2005
Jay re-arranged
The Smoking Section takes the task of rearranging Hov's work VERY SERIOUSLY
p.s. the labels should figure out a way to make money off people's passion for these homemade best-of tapes that everybody makes and give them a cut too
via A Different Kitchen
Richard Pryor 1940-2005
Saturday, December 10, 2005
Either a masterpiece or disaster. . .
But they deserve propers for trying:
DaVinche w/ 36-piece live BBC Orchestra @ Hackney Empire London in Feb
Thursday, December 08, 2005
NYE TORONTO
DIRTIEST NEW YEAR'S EVE 2006
To everyone's who's been emailed "when are you playing Tronno?" - we are back IN STYLE. They did Diplo for 2004, The Rub for 2005 and this year me and my Disorganised cohorts join:
-> James Dean Brown, Frankfurt (Perlon, Narcotic Syntax.com)
-> Kenny Muhammad aka The Human Orchestra, NYC (myspace.com/thehumanorchestra)
-> Rory Them Finest, Toronto (Big Primpin, Skeletwinz, themfinest.com)
-> DJ Reliant LE, Toronto (aka Eric Glavin)
NOT TO MENTION:
Alanna's coming to do the Bonjay thing on the mic
Over 1000 people up in the piece
Big names, big venue, lots to live up to and WE WILL COME CORRECT THAT IS WORD
Krauts Re-up
It's not all restauronica. Turn the speakers up for the full thump of the new Jazzanova: Status IV - You Ain't Really Down remix (realaudio)
Wednesday, December 07, 2005
Seldom Seen Often Heard
It's hard to make 92bpm straight hip hop ten years after the golden age ended but Ghost 's The Payoff EP stands out for whatever reason. "Alien Invasion" flips the guitar lick they used on the Slum Villa Dirty District LP to even nicer effect. I'm a sucker for those little chops and edits to keep the third verse interesting. . .
MP3 clips:
Alien Invasion
The Pay-off
more
Not pictured: Ghislain pogoing Darvin Ham-like stage left
Saturday, December 03, 2005
D&D Studio B secrets
New Scratch cover story has Preme on Serato, the so-rumoured Nas LP collab, and life philosophy.
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