Posts Tagged ‘de la soul’

sharing // February 8th, 2010 // 1 Comment

5 shorties for Dilla.

If you’re following me on Tumblr (or Twitter at least) then you already know I posted 5 on-the-fly mini-mixes of Dilla’s work in honor of his birthday (one was pushed to today). In the tragic event you missed any of this, here they all are, in order, with (gasp!) tracklistings. Enjoy.

 

DILLA DILLA, BEATS BEATSPART I: Phat Kat “Don’t Nobody Care About Us”, Q-Tip “Wait Up”, Four Tet “As Serious As Your Life (Jay Dee Remix)”, Oh No “Move”, J Dilla feat. Black Thought “Reality Check”, J Dilla feat. Common “E=MC2″, A Tribe Called Quest “Get A Hold”, MED “Push”, De La Soul “Verbal Clap”, Slum Village feat. Q-Tip “Hold Tight (Remix)”.

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podcast // February 1st, 2010 // 4 Comments

nOvaJavaBlend #16

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NOVAJAVABLEND #16 [02.01.10]


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podcast // January 25th, 2010 // 6 Comments

nOvaJavaBlend #15

NOVAJAVABLEND #15 [01.25.10]

NOVAJAVABLEND #15 [01.25.10]


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MARY J. BLIGE // I’m The Only Woman
WU-TANG CLAN // C.R.E.A.M. [Jazzy Jeff "Loot" Remix]
JADAKISS // We Gon’ Make It
JEAN GRAE // Love Thirst
KAM MOYE // Hello Karma [ft. Phonte & Ayah]
JAY-Z // Allure [Just Blaze Remix]
BLU & EXILE // Greater Love
LITTLE BROTHER // Life of the Party Pt. 2
JAY-Z // Party Life
ERYKAH BADU // Didn’t Cha Know
CARL THOMAS //You Ain’t Right
ANDRE 3000 // Spread
STEVIE WONDER // Until You Come Back to Me [That's What I'm Gonna Do]
A TRIBE CALLED QUEST // Like It Like That
AMY WINEHOUSE // In My Bed
DE LA SOUL // Breakadawn
ZHANE // Sending My Love
SLUM VILLAGE & Q-TIP // Hold Tight [Remix]

sharing // December 21st, 2009 // 1 Comment

Three of my favorite album intros.

Three of my favorite album intros.I put this together some time ago because I wanted to illustrate just how dope a mood-setting intro to a Hip-Hop album could be when a producer chooses to steer a bit to the left. De La Soul’s “The Future” (The Grind Date), The Foreign Exchange’s “Title Theme” (Connected) and Little Brother’s “Welcome to the Minstrel Show.” They manage to be a little cinematic without the pretense and are easily within the top tracks of their respective albums.

 

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all about the music // December 13th, 2009 // 4 Comments

My 21 Favorite Songs Of 2009

top09I’m ambivalent about “Top” lists because people rarely make the distinction between declaring something a “favorite” versus saying it’s “the best.” So I’m going to make the difference clear from the outset to avoid any confusion, since poor comprehension is just as bad as illiteracy: I’m not saying these songs are the best of the year, they are simply songs that I played over and over again and/or that resonated with me the most. If my favorite Kool-Aid is Purplesaurus Rex, it does me no good when someone says it “should” be strawberry. That’s their business.

 

So here’s my list, in no particular order with handy Blip.fm links since this is what I spent a good two hours doing today. Enjoy!

 

  1. ERIC ROBERSON FT. WES FELTON: “The Hunger” (Music Fan First) {blip.fm}*
  2. TORTURED SOUL: “Did You Miss Me” (Did You Miss Me) {blip.fm}
  3. FULL CRATE & MAR: “80′s Sugar” {blip.fm}
  4. JADAKISS FT. PHARRELL: “Stress Ya” (The Last Kiss) {blip.fm}
  5. LEON KING: “Remedy” (The Digital Church) {blip.fm}
  6. LEONARD DSTROY FT. REGGIE B: “Heartbeat” (Game Over) {blip.fm}*
  7. MARC MAC FT. PHONTE: “Take A Trip” (In Between The Lines) {blip.fm}
  8. MAXWELL: “Bad Habits” (BLACKsummersnight) {blip.fm}
  9. MOS DEF FT. GEORGIA ANNE MULDROW: “Roses” (The Ecstatic) {blip.fm}
  10. NICOLAY FT. CARLITTA DURAND: “Wake Up In Another Life” (City Lights 2: Shibuya) {blip.fm}*
  11. RYAN LESLIE: “You’re Not My Girl” (Transition) {blip.fm}
  12. JANET JACKSON: “Make Me” (Number Ones) {blip.fm}
  13. CAMP LO: “Boogie Nights” (Another Heist) {blip.fm}
  14. DE LA SOUL: “La La La” (NBA Live 2010) {blip.fm}
  15. ZO! FT. PHONTE: “My Flame” (Just Visiting Too) {blip.fm}
  16. JAY ELECTRONICA: “Exhibit C” {blip.fm}
  17. SADE: “Solider of Love” (Soldier Of Love) {blip.fm}**
  18. FULL CRATE & MAR FT. VERSIS: “Flirtwitu” {blip.fm}
  19. ANTO VITALE FT. TAMARA WELLONS: “Broken Wings” {blip.fm}*
  20. NICOLAY FT. CARLITTA DURAND: “Saturday Night” (City Lights 2: Shibuya) {blip.fm}
  21. DOTMATIC: “The City” (The City) {blip.fm}*

 

*5 of these songs are designated as my “Top 5″ here.

**Used the word “best” in my blip description which may conflict with my screed at the beginning of this post. Leave me alone.

 

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