Friday, September 29, 2006

Sittin On Chrome...

In case you forgot the previous KIR blog post. 10/3 is the date... Amazon.com



"19 new tracks from Madvillain, Dilla, Madlib, Guilty Simpson, and a gang of others. The DVD is a full length concert headlined by MF DOOM and Madlib." -Stones Throw

PB Wolf's Chrome Mix: Download (mp3 via Stones Throw)

Thursday, September 28, 2006

More style than mom's old clothes... Count Bass D


What better way to start a Friday than hearing about some new Dwight Spitz, popularly known as Count Bass D. His album, Act Your Waist Size hits the street Oct. 17th. Damn... it's not often I hear an MC whose style is so noticably nice. The Count comes with crazy sauveness. Reminds me of the Jigga, INI, or Shock G, but don't be mistaken. His style is all his own. Speaking with slight tomfoolery, content is equally pleasing...

Word to the baker
Peace to the hard working ginger bread makers
Looked her up and down and said hmm, too much makeup
Poor music taste, 10 years from being grown up
Rappers don't blow up, heads do


That's but a mere fraction of it and is actually from an older track you probably know from MF Doom's album, MM..Food? Wanna hear it? Here you go... MF Doom - Potholderz ft. Count Bass D (mp3)

I'm a sucker for album art too. I usually don't see Hip Hop album art that really pleases me and I think the visual aspect is important. It shows you have style, I think. I think Blue Note knew that too, but that's another story. So anyway, check that album art above. No seriously, that's some pretty deep shit right there. One of my recent favorites was done by Secret Pizza Party for the PUTS album. It's below. Yup, nice.

So here are the only tracks I have from Act Your Waist Size.

Count Bass D - Internationally Known (mp3)*
Count Bass D - Junkies (mp3)



If you know where that Pharcyde vocal sample at the end of Count Bass D's verse on Internationally Known is from... tell ME you jive turkey!



:)

Cute Is What We Aim For...

...is the lamest name for a band ever.
...is the lamest name for a band ever.



I think I'm right. Unless you know any lamer band names?...

Exile - Dirty Science


Having the ability to hang with the big boys, Exile will be dropping Dirty Science Oct. 10th. He's got a plethora of solid vocal guests to compliment his beats, ranging from Slum Village, Blu, Trek Life, the Emanon homie Aloe Blacc and more. Name droppin' and pop lockin' I gotta say, his selected MCs are choice. Besides, he's a producer.

It's interesting to see/hear an album with Aloe and no Exile... and now Exile with no Aloe. They are both strong artists and Shine Through was dope. Dirty Science is too. My only complaint, I wish Exile flexed his DJ/scratching abilities. At least on a hidden track or something because he can come nice with it. Difficult to choose between the electric funkadelic bass on "Move On Em'" or lyrics & guitar sample on "Maintain," check the selected tracks below.

Exile - Time Has Come ft. Slum Village (mp3)
Exile - Fly (Song of Liberation) ft. Blu (mp3)

F and F



Lupe Fiasco - He Say She Say (mp3)

Feelin' me?

"Yes" = We are BFF

4Zone - My Turn

It's about motherfucking time, is probably what Fourzone was saying when he finally dropped this shit. I dunno. That's what I was saying at least. I remember hearing some of these tracks about 10 years ago when he was opening for a show at the Knitting Factory.

Regardless, I suspect that's the secret recipe for fucking dopeass label, Spytech. Shit, it's home to the likes of Styles of Beyond and Space Invadas. Space Invadas were on some crazy next level shit.

Check Tak and Ryu on album cut, "Off Safety." Motherfuuuckeeeng gangstaaa. Although, My Turn isn't all gangsta. Check "Bounce" for the, uh, well bounce. Fourzone's style over this track is definitely fitting. I'd suggest "Jump In" too. The panning guitar loop in the beginning = nice. Then that funky electric guitar/bass or whatever the fuck it is = nicer. To top it off, how can you really deny lyrics like, "Do you like ice? But you won't get that ice from me. But do you like to fuck? Cause you could get a gang of dick though." Seriously, the shit.


Quicklinks:
4Zone - Off Safety ft. SOB (mp3)
4Zone - Bounce (mp3)
4Zone - Jump In (mp3)

Thursday, September 21, 2006

Here is something...

...that is pretty much almost the best thing ever.



Thanks Ray.

Monday, September 18, 2006

There is nothing...

...worth wasting your time on reading this right now. There are better things to do. You could say hi to your mom, hug your dog, or go outside and give a homeless person a quarter. Actually, fuck that. Donate $1000 bucks or some time to the salvation army or some shit. Seriously, there is absolutely nothing going on in the world of entertainment, music, myspace, or some other time-consuming thing that is more important than the human life that you could help right now with a simple, "Mom, I miss you" or "Hey Bob, you're a really neat person." Or maybe you could do that thing your kid has been telling you to do for so long, or buy your significant other that pony. I dunno. Shit. YOU think of something to do. I'm not the boss of you.

I'm too busy thinking about how the government is aligned with major drug companies to rule the world with allergy medicine. I haven't had allergies this bad, during this time of year, ever. It's a conspiracy. I'm serious. "They're" releasing pollens into the air. Special pollens that they make up in space. Why do you think Bush keeps putting money into NASA? Duh! "They're" going to get us. "They're" already slanging erectal disfunction remedies all over the place. What makes them think they can do this? Shit, just 'cause you put syrup on a shoe, don't make it a pankcake. I know. That last sentence made no sense what so ever, but I heard Samuel L. Jackson say it in Juice, and damn it if you really think about it... that makes so much sense.

And if you dont believe me maybe you'll believe Buffo, the world's strongest clown. I mean shit. If we live in a world where there's a Buffo, c'mon. If you don't believe me, then fuck you world. You're fucked up!



p.s. Thanks for letting me join this blog Mike.

Tuesday, September 12, 2006

You're An Animal

Hard at play, Teddybears went back into the studio to re-record the bloggers' faved "Yours To Keep." This time around they had Norwegian popstress, Annie do the lead vocals. You can check it out here. The Neneh Cherry version of "Yours To Keep" from the forthcoming album, Soft Machine is the current iTunes Single of the Week and it's here if you wanna check it out too. I dunno, but there's talk of a Cobrastyle video too.



Downloads:
Teddybears - Yours To Keep ft. Annie
Teddybears - Yours To Keep ft. Neneh Cherry
Teddybears - Cobrastyle ft. Mad Cobra (Diplo Remix)

Check this out too...

Thanks Andrew.

Sunday, September 10, 2006

Mos Def - Katrina Klap (Dollar Day)

Thursday, September 07, 2006

Wolves on the TV

Exclusively at AOL Music, found via Stereogum, via Falcom Rob... TV on the Radio's video for Wolf Like Me...

Wednesday, September 06, 2006

Check out this Soulwax cover art.....

It's like one of those magic eye things I used to stare at in the mall. Seriously, stare at it.



Soulwax U.S. release of Nite Versions is out on 9/12.

Tour Dates
9/14 Los Angeles, CA @ The Vanguard *
9/15 San Francisco, CA @ Mezzanine *
9/17 Chicago, IL @ Double Door *
9/18 Toronto, Canada @ Mod Club *
9/19 Montreal, Canada @ S.A.T *
9/20 Philadelphia @ Pure (Making Time) *
9/21 Brooklyn, NY @ Studio B (Making Time) *
9/22 NY, NY @ Ultrafest –Rumsey Playfield
9/23 Baltimore, MD @ V Festival - 2manydjs only
* w/ JDH & Dave P. (FIXED/NYC)

And listening party dates here.

Soulwax - Miserable Girl (mp3)

Magic trick courtesy of JRA... shhh

Tuesday, September 05, 2006

Life Wasn't Meant To Be Fair

It was a long weekend and I kept searching for something. I couldn't find it. Instead I have these.

Between Thought And Expression posted these a while back. Madonna vs. Missy Elliot mash-up and Basement Jaxx - Hush Boy (Soulseekerz mix). If you're in the UK you can win tickets to see a tiny 400 people Basement Jaxx gig at a secret London location. You gotta go here.

Niobe - Give All To Love via Gorilla vs. Bear

Gorilla vs. Bear and Stereogum both posted a new single by Sufjan Stevens, Sister Winter.
I can't get away from that name, Sufjan Stevens. I see it everywhere. So I listened to this track and then thought to myself, I must be dumb for not knowing about him sooner.

I had only heard about Metronomy from an Architecture In Helsinki remix for Do The Whirlwind. Palmsout Remix Sunday posted some nice Metronomy remixes, among others.

I like Silence Is A Rhythm Too too. He's got more, but some recent nice ones... The Funky Friday Fourpack and Kinky.

And then some fun news I saw on BTAE and SG. Banksy vs. Paris Hilton. The dude altered some 500 CDs of the new Paris Hilton album with new cover art, CD insert art, and remixed music. Here it comes. Wait for it... wait for it... That's hot. So lame, I know. Video time.

from sharl's flickr

Quicklinks:
DJ BC - Duth Holiday (Madonna vs. Missy Elliot)
Niobe - Give All To Love
Sufjan Stevens - Sister Winter
Architecture In Helsinki - Do The Whirlwind (Metronomy Remix)