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I was a little slow in getting around to listening to Kanye’s new “Good Friday” series but I’ve been enjoy the hell out of “Devil In a BlueNew Dress” as well as the title song of the series, which features a pretty gonzo line-up including Common, Pusha T, Kid Cudi and more.
Kanye West feat. Common, Pusha T, Kid Cudi, Big Sean, Charlie Wilson: Good Friday
From the Good Friday series (Good, 2010)
My first thought upon listening to this was, “damn, this sounds good” (no pun intended)…”Ye is back! F— 808 and auto-tune-aches.”
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Continue reading KANYE WEST: NEW MILEAGE FROM OLD CLASSICS
I spent the last few days going through boxes of 45s to find stuff to sell for this Sunday’s record swap in L.A. and I figured I’d see if anyone around here wanted to buy. For this “pre-sale” I am asking for a minimum order though after Sunday, I’ll be down to sell off remaining stock piecemeal.
Take a look. Discounts definitely given on bulk orders.
The Invicibles: Heart Full of Love
From 7″ (WB, 1965). Also on Heart Full of Love.
The Creations: I’ve Got to Find Her
From 7″ (Globe, 1965)
Is there anything sweeter than falsetto leads in a vocal harmony? I always associate this post-doo wop sound with the Impressions though I’m sure they weren’t the first to nail it (might have been the best though) and these two singles, in particular, certainly remind me of something that might have come out of Mayfield and company’s camp.
Instead of Chicago, the Invincibles hailed [...]
Continue reading INVINCIBLES + CREATIONS: FALSETTOS FULL OF LOVE
Someone recently asked me if there are any covers that shouldn’t be made and I thought about it for a moment and in careful reply suggested that I don’t necessarily believe any song is so sacred that you shouldn’t cover it out of respect. But there are some songs which, by virtue of their virtues…are very hard to cover well and therefore, shouldn’t be attempted simply because the odds of failure are so high. To wit:
John Legend and the Roots: Hang On In There (snippet)
From Wake Up! (Columbia, 2010)
I’ll have more [...]
Continue reading MIKE JAMES KIRKLAND: UNCOVERABLE?
Odyssey: Battened Ships
Our Lives Are Shaped By What We Love
From Odyssey (Mowest, 1972)
Mowest was Motown’s West Coast label and I think it’d be fair to describe it as a general failure. It only lasted 2-3 years and few of the albums ever became commercial successes with the possible exception of Syreeta’s self-titled LP. Of the 10 or so LPs that actually came out on Mowest, Odyssey’s self-titled album has been a consistent “want” for soul collectors; I first heard it at a small DJ gig I did with Vinnie Esparza [...]
Continue reading ODYSSEY + ROTARY CONNECTION: BATTENED SHIPS OF BLACK GOLD
Thanks again to Michael Barnes of the Melting Pot for letting me sub his show this past Sunday. It’s been at least six years that I had to host a show on my own and let’s just say it’s not like learning to ride a bicycle again. More like trying to remember how to cook a recipe!
The total show was 2 hours but a recording snafu killed the last 40 minutes so here’s the first 80 minutes of the show, including mic breaks.
Here’s the total playlist:
DJ Day: Drum Track #2
Perez [...]
Continue reading MELTING POT SHOW 9-12-10
There’s been a lot of reminiscing this past week about the closure of the Fat Beats stores in NY and LA.
Here’s Hua with a thoughtful essay on not just FB but what a record store means to us vinyl nerds. Here’s JP with a great tribute (music included) to how FB was formative in his personal and professional life.
The only thing I wanted to add was that I first started traveling to New York around 1996/7. Prior to that, I had barely visited it in during a cold ass winter in 1993 and [...]
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