so there's a really old black eyed peas b-side called "le rox" that i've been looking for. it pre-dates even their first album. discogs seems to think it's a remix for fallin up but it's 100% not. i used to have that 12" single, but it's been lost to several moves over the years. i liked bep a lot when they first came out for those first two albums and i'm not even joking when i say that's probably their best song. i can't find it anywhere online.
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Monday, 24 August 2020 17:39 (three years ago) link
i lieu of that, here's the 12" remix for "karma", which is probably the second best song they ever did.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPlB9ADkc40
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Monday, 24 August 2020 17:48 (three years ago) link
It's on YouTube xp
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9A5RmYPNAPk
― chonky floof (groovypanda), Monday, 24 August 2020 19:56 (three years ago) link
I'm absolutely loving Nate P's new book on the history of hip-hop/sampling except that every other sentence I want to put it down and listen to a track he references.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 24 August 2020 19:59 (three years ago) link
Like, I love old rap and Bill Laswell, and this is one of the most sampled song of all time, yet I'm somehow not sure I've ever heard it before!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqauvQkC6VQ
Scanning over the bazillion songs I have on file, it shows up on literally one comp I have! Allmusic shows it on only two random comps, at least one of which may be out of print. How is that even possible?
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 24 August 2020 20:04 (three years ago) link
There was a really good DJ Tools primer in The Wire a month or so back and they discuss the F5F LP (which I too had never heard of)
― Paul Ponzi, Monday, 24 August 2020 20:15 (three years ago) link
jfc why doesn't it show up when i search for it on youtube??!?! i'm not exaggerating when i say that i've checked youtube periodically searching "black eyed peas le rox" for the last six months and it's never once showed up.
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Monday, 24 August 2020 20:43 (three years ago) link
me and andy made another one of our super long spotify playlists with a focus on 90s and early 2000s hiphop. andy has a way of finding a specific vibe in beats that unifies the weirdest stuff sometimes, but there's lots of deep cuts and plenty of that soulful jazzy head nodding vibe. check it out: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/34k3fXtlyerybcdRiJTqQR?si=HTu3a-7BT6G-DmXiFpfd1w
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Monday, 31 August 2020 18:31 (three years ago) link
https://youtu.be/rBLuvEwIF5E
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Friday, 4 September 2020 06:34 (three years ago) link
yukmouth - do my thang ft kurupthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwxWb2-4Onw
― Spottie, Wednesday, 21 October 2020 19:24 (three years ago) link
so it's recently come to my attention that there was an entire album of mid-90s camp lo demos released some years back and holy hell i'm in heaven.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHZxHPH5zJA
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Friday, 29 January 2021 18:27 (three years ago) link
the mc blowfish verse from this in my head all day; why do I still remember every word of this 30 years later?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ru7RVQs3P6o
but it also keeps morphing into thishttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDhdOOBbFo8
― joygoat, Thursday, 4 February 2021 22:50 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1o6y1xAO9-4
― Vapor waif (uptown churl), Thursday, 4 February 2021 23:18 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2BR0pHmizw
― xzanfar, Friday, 5 February 2021 00:51 (three years ago) link
Be Easy was my ringtone for several years and the last one I had prior to Uppers.gif
― That's not really my scene (I'm 41) (forksclovetofu), Friday, 5 February 2021 03:17 (three years ago) link
wow, i sort of love super wolf and i've never heard it before right now.
(looks up info)
produced by denise lasalle. what a find!
as for me, xpost to the scritti politti thread:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kwjosqoNDs
(scritti featuring lee majors + mos def — "tinseltown to boogiedown (ali shaheed remix)"
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Friday, 12 February 2021 04:46 (three years ago) link
not "old" but there's no thread for "random 2019 rap you are loving"
shy glizzy - volcanohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2VGlcb8Pf8
― tiwa-nty one savage (voodoo chili), Saturday, 13 February 2021 00:25 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPqh57zxEpQ
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Friday, 26 February 2021 05:09 (three years ago) link
― xzanfar, Friday, 26 February 2021 21:48 (three years ago) link
Made this for a friend
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1vK7oYXE9RxcxbZ8rQYjg2?si=Dlr_BrhgRySb0xQGaZ3YUg&utm_source=copy-link
― "Salvation Army FUCK!" (Neanderthal), Monday, 22 March 2021 05:55 (three years ago) link
Mama said knock you out. Marley Marl was so funky on this. Often weirdly understated too. Milky cereal is also a lot of fun.
― candyman, Monday, 22 March 2021 06:32 (three years ago) link
OMGhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnefJySR1nI
(da 5 footaz — "short times" featuring roger troutman)
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Sunday, 18 April 2021 00:36 (three years ago) link
okay, this album is legitimately great.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgHrWqgTPTA
(da 5 footaz — "5 foot city" featuring warren g and a terrific riff on an old prince b-side i mean holy shit this beat)
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Sunday, 18 April 2021 00:59 (three years ago) link
and now the next track is produced by and featuring erik sermon. WHY WAS THE ALBUM SHELVED I AM ANGRY
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Sunday, 18 April 2021 01:01 (three years ago) link
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTMSvdYZJ8o;>ice mike</a> layin'it on the stick
― doo rag, Monday, 19 April 2021 10:43 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WccF90kVl78
― doo rag, Monday, 19 April 2021 10:48 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2avNR80F4gw
― doo rag, Monday, 19 April 2021 10:54 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOmmLjvC8B8
― doo rag, Monday, 19 April 2021 11:02 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRS62nccwmw
― xzanfar, Monday, 19 April 2021 16:43 (three years ago) link
o.g. piggo
the rootin' tootin' roots
― doo rag, Monday, 19 April 2021 22:55 (three years ago) link
i have a pigmeat movie poster card framed in my kitchen for https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0135460/
― G.A.G.S. (Gophers Against Getting Stuffed) (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 20 April 2021 01:12 (three years ago) link
reposting this from the ODB thread because holy shit this is a major ODB find IMO
WOW
so this is a track called "Drug Free" off the Deadly Venoms album (a Wu affiliated all-woman group - all vets N-Tyce, J-Boo, Champ MC, and Finesse) which was never formally released but I guess CD promos escaped.
anyway, this is up there with the all-time unhinged ODB performances
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fb_Plk87qwI
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 20 April 2021 14:11 (three years ago) link
wow! on US spotify too.
― Draymond is "Mr Dumpy" (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 20 April 2021 18:53 (three years ago) link
N Tyce "Hush Hush Tip" is one of my fav songs w/ Method Man on the hook i remember hearing on the radio as a kid
― ILX’s bad boy (D-40), Tuesday, 20 April 2021 19:07 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZV7aOnX7XeE
― xzanfar, Tuesday, 20 April 2021 20:10 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7Ae31yMfSc
― brimstead, Tuesday, 20 April 2021 20:24 (three years ago) link
`meaningless composition lacking purpose.`
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnOpB_EKY_4
treblefree featuring plee — "irony" (2008)
shoutout to schematix \m/
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Tuesday, 25 May 2021 15:28 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOFKU_hwj2o
― xzanfar, Tuesday, 25 May 2021 16:20 (two years ago) link
hehe that hits the spot
― corrs unplugged, Tuesday, 1 June 2021 15:52 (two years ago) link
I'd never seen this video before. Really incredible
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3z5aFdvE2jc
― ILX’s bad boy (D-40), Tuesday, 13 July 2021 18:48 (two years ago) link
what a find!
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 13 July 2021 19:25 (two years ago) link
Whoa cool, ty for sharing D
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Tuesday, 13 July 2021 20:33 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zb3TgyF1Zbc
― xzanfar, Tuesday, 13 July 2021 23:58 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76FaSHrH7XI
MOOD - Info for the Streets
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Saturday, 17 July 2021 17:19 (two years ago) link
wow i love divine sounds and mood! those are both personal classics.
also granny that reminded me of one of the best j dilla beats: his remix for mood's "secrets of the sand" from 1999.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aec2SYEXT68
that was pre-"j dilla" moniker, so it was credited to jay dee at the time and has since gotten a little forgotten, unfortunately.
― things repeat forever and there never is a remedy (Austin), Sunday, 18 July 2021 18:10 (two years ago) link
"gotten forgotten" jfc what am i doing with my life
― things repeat forever and there never is a remedy (Austin), Sunday, 18 July 2021 18:12 (two years ago) link
I've heard a lot of Dilla remixes but hadn't heard that before!
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Sunday, 18 July 2021 18:43 (two years ago) link
And lo and behold it's on streaming services
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Sunday, 18 July 2021 18:45 (two years ago) link
nas feat. maxwell — "no one else in the room" (2004)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htISO_yapc4
i like to dis nas for being inconsistent after illmatic, but the truth is that all of his albums have a couple solid jams. i am still legitimately salty that, to this day, this is the only hiphop collaboration maxwell has done. at least it's good.
― things repeat forever and there never is a remedy (Austin), Sunday, 25 July 2021 01:39 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBaiRExhdK4
DJ Spinna - More Colors
I posted another Spinna track upthread. Only way I can listen to this album now is on YouTube. There's some other strong tracks on it. Thought the concept on this one was very well executed.
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Wednesday, 28 July 2021 18:58 (two years ago) link