Hip 'n Hop revisitation continues - five more records that wouldn't leave the deck that particular year: Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - Creepin On Ah Come Up -- 1994 Diezzle Don & Tha Govener - 1995 (Year Of The Independent) -- 1995 The Juggaknots - Clear Blue Skies -- 1996 Company Flow - Funcrusher Plus -- 1997 Black Star - Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star -- 1998 Eeesh, so many more good rekkids from each of the above years... here's a more thorough '99.
Oh, man. When I was shown Bone Thugs, I think I was in fourth grade. Never heard faster rapping with harmonizing choruses from a group in hip hop before, and my mind was blown. I actually just listened to Creepin' a few weeks ago and No Surrender and Down Foe My Thang still hit as hard as the first day I ever heard 'em. Black Star. Just...wow. Phenomenal hip hop duo. Mos and Talib are incredible in their own, solo rights. But teamed up on this album has them both shining brightest, both lyrically and flow. I feel like Definition is the absolute defining(ha ha) track on this album.
As I've been hipping and hopping over here of late, I thought I'd bring this post that I originally prepared for the 'lectronic thread to this courtyard, too: Dr.Octagon - Blue Flowers -- 1996 Ricky B - Shake It Fo Ya Hood -- 1997 M.I.A. - Do Ya -- 2003 Major Lazer - Pon De Floor -- 2009 Tyler, The Creator - Domo 23 -- 2013 Not the shabbiest A-side for that C-46 you've been meaning to dub up for that lady you met overseas, is it?
I can't believe I've never discovered this guy until now, but Pandora played some of his songs and now I'm hooked. Canadian one-man-band, Brad Sucks. Another one of my favorites, really has a 90's feel to it:
Charles Mingus • Eric Dolphy Sextet - The Complete Bremen Concert Bremen, Germany, Thursday, April 16, 1964
I discovered this Czech Hardcore band called Skywalker recently. Absolutely fucking insane! They shot the following video in one take.. And another...
The Funkees - Now I'm a Man --1976 "Has there ever been a band as aptly named as The Funkees? Formed after the Biafran War to raise spirits in the east, they quickly conquered the dance floors of Lagos and in 1973 headed to London, playing at Ronnie Scott’s and tearing up the local scene. 'Now I’m A Man' captures the band at the height of their London-era pomp. Africans were making soca, West Indians were playing afro-funk and discolypso blasted from boom boxes across West London. The Funkees soaked it all up and delivered back, funkier, tighter and louder."
I've been listening to the new Kendrick Lamar, that's one talented dude.. This track is easily the best cut in the album.