Filed under: Music, Video | Tags: boots riley, dead prez, everythang, fat cats bigga fish, genocide & juice, immortal technique, Me And Jesus The Pimp In A '79 Granada Last Night, pam the funkstress, party music, public enemy, souljah boy, steal this album, the coup
DOWNLOAD: The Coup – “Me And Jesus The Pimp In A ‘79 Granada Last Night”
From Steal This Album (Dogday, 1998 )
The Coup, more than Dead Prez, Public Enemy, Immortal Technique, or Souljah Boy (kidding), are my personal heroes/sheroes in the “Revoutionary Music” (*gag* @ that term) genre. Here’s why:
1. They’re from Oakland.
2. Boots Riley tells a story like no other. He’s the Slick Rick of Oakland. (see Bonus 1 below)
3. No one else can speak the truth nowadays as funky as The Coup. While most of the public had their undergarments in a bunch over the infamous original cover of Party Music, their fourth album, the real news shoulda been how amazing the actual music was! Something alot of folks don’t know is Boots and crew actually compose, write, and produce most of their own stuff. (see Bonus 2 below)
4. PAM THE FUNKSTRESS.
5. Did I mention they’re from Oakland?
BONUS 1
One of the greatest story raps ever: The Coup – “Fat Cats, Bigga Fish”
From Genocide & Juice (Wild Pitch, 1994)
BONUS 2
Native Oakland funk: The Coup – “Everythang”
From Party Music (75 Ark, 2001)
Touré talks with M.I.A. about the shit that’s goin’ down in Sri Lanka:
M.I.A. Goes To War
via Smoking Section
Filed under: Music | Tags: davin's lament, do d.a.t., i want you, la jay, marvin gaye, Motown, otha fish, pharcyde, since i had you, the skinny
FIRST FUCK SONG OF 2009!
Sorry for the hiatus. It was hard to think of Fuck Songs to post amidst the genocide and murder that heralded the start of the Gregorian New Year.
But, my native New Year is here, and I’m feeling refreshed!
DOWNLOAD: Marvin Gaye – “Since I Had You”
From I Want You (Motown, 1976)
To be fair, Marvin’s whole I Want You album is pretty much one giant fuck song. But “Since I Had You” stuck out to me amongst the ten song orgy with its downtempo, steady-grooved intro. An intro like this begs to be sampled, looped, and repeated forever on some steady dusk to dawn teeth-clenchin’ grindin’ tip:
BONUS 1
Pharcyde’s take on the sample: The Pharcyde – “Otha Fish” (L.A. Jay Remix)
BONUS 2
My take on the sample: Do D.A.T. – “Davin’s Lament” (prod. by DJ Phatrick)
From Do D.A.T’s The Skinny EP
Filed under: Music, Video | Tags: i'm good i'm gone, lykee li, the fader, tonight, youth novels
via The Fader:
Lykke Li’s Youth Novels is one of my favorite albums of 2008. Buy it. Worth it.
BONUS 1: Lykke Li – “Tonight” mp3
BONUS 2: The video that made me fall in love…
Filed under: Events | Tags: beat junkies, footsie's, j. rocc, rani d, soul in the park
SOUL IN THE PARK 13
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28
a special Brazilian set by
and resident selector
FOOTSIE’S BAR 2640 N. FIGUEROA ST. HIGHLAND PARK, CA 90065
2nd and 4th wednesday // FREE // 10pm-2am
don’t miss out..
Filed under: Events | Tags: arab resource & organizing center, communities against police execution, eastside arts alliance, eastside cultural center, gaza, gaza action committee, malcolm x grassroots movement, oscar grant, plan for a safer oakland
In 20 days over 1,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza. In 2008, 11 people of color were killed by Oakland Police forces, Oscar Grant their latest victim. Learn and discuss the connections between state-sponsored violence in Palestine and Oakland, and why self-determination is critical in both places.
Food at 6:00pm Programs starts at 6:30 FREE
EastSide Cultural Center
2277 International Blvd
Oakland, CA 94606
Monday, January 26th, 2009 6:30-8:30pm
Co-sponsored by Eastside Arts Alliance and the Gaza Action Committee. With speakers from Arab Resource & Organizing Center, Malcolm X Grassroots Movement, Communities Against Police Execution and Plan for a Safer Oakland.
Filed under: Music | Tags: chinoiseries, lunar new year, onra, onra and quetzal, the anthem, triute
It’s not just the Chinese who celebrate y’all. Recognize.
Here’s my cyber hong bao for yall:
DOWNLOAD: Onra – “The Anthem”
From Chinoiseries (Bo Bun Records, 2007)
Onra is a French Vietnamese producer/musician who went to Vietnam in 2006, painstakingly found 32 old Vietnamese and Chinese records, and made a song with each one. The result is Chinoiseries. “The Anthem” samples a Chinese record. I know because I’m Chinese…and an 1/8th Vietnamese.
BONUS: Onra and Quetzal – “In My Place”
From Tribute (Bo Bun Records, 2006)
copied from Smoking Section:
As if the story couldn’t get any more tragic, the Bay’s KTVU broadcast additional footage of the scene moments before Oscar Grant was murdered by BART cops. The cellphone footage shows another BART cop, named Tony Pirone according to the San Francisco Chronicle, snuff Grant. Oscar Grant immediately puts his hands up and drops to the ground. The officer is the same one seen with his knee in Grant’s back in the widely spread video of Grant’s murder.
Currently, the officer remains uncharged pending an internal affairs investigation.
Filed under: Video | Tags: different kitchen, money, nasa, the spirit of apollo
via Different Kitchen:
Wow. With all the label politics, money, middlemen, money, scheduling, money, and more money, how did they get all those guest features?!
More info on NASA (North America South America) and their upcoming album, “The Spirit Of Apollo” HERE.
Peep the tracklisting:
01. Intro
02. The People Tree (feat. David Byrne, Chali 2na, Gift of Gab, & Z-Trip)
03. Money (feat. David Byrne, Chuck D, Ras Congo, Seu Jorge, & Z-Trip)
04. NASA Music (feat. Method Man, E-40, & DJ Swamp)
05. Way Down (feat. RZA, Barbie Hatch, & John Frusciante)
06. Hip Hop (feat. KRS-One, Fatlip, & Slim Kid Tre)
07. Four Rooms, Earth View
08. Strange Enough (feat. Karen O, Ol’ Dirty Bastard, & Fatlip)
09. Spacious Thoughts (feat. Tom Waits & Kool Keith)
10. Gifted (feat. Kanye West, Santogold, & Lykke Li)
11. A Volta (feat. Sizzla, Amanda Blank, & Lovefoxxx)
12. There’s a Party (feat. George Clinton & Chali 2na)
13. Whachadoin? (feat. Spank Rock, M.I.A., Santogold, & Nick Zinner)
14. O Pato (feat. Kool Kojak & DJ Babão)
15. Samba Soul (feat. Del Tha Funkee Homosapien & DJ Qbert)
16. The Mayor (feat. The Cool Kids, Ghostface Killah, DJ AM, & Scarface)
17. N.A.S.A. Anthem
BONUS:
NASA ft. David Byrne, Chuck D, Ras Congo, Seu Jorge, & Z-Trip – “Money” Music Video
…best scene in the movie…
Just my 2 cents.
Here’s Geologic’s consenting opinion:
The Prometheus Brown review of Slumdog Millionaire
