laundromat united

It's official...

2005-10-06T21:58:00.000-07:00

laundromat united dot blogspot is extinct....

Long live Laundromat-United.com...

Got a new 35minute mix up there. Go download and have fun.

Thanks for comin' round.

Gone for a minute

2005-09-23T10:11:00.000-07:00

Blah blah blah, busy/falling off/apathetic, blah blah blah...blah LAUNDROMAT UNITED HALLOWEEN MIX/JUMPOFF IN YOUR MOTH EATEN ATTIC SOME TIME SOON blah blah blah so real, so scary. (ghoulish laughter + wind + event horizon)

Paul Z-Yea
Dred Bass-World Of Music (apollo 13 remix)

The X-New Dawn (remix)

Nina Simone sample, the boom, etc.

regional regional regional

2005-08-30T19:45:00.000-07:00

Zion i-The Bay (Remix Chopped&Screwed)

The c&s'ed version of the remix of Zion i's "The Bay" that was getting some good burn. This has undoubtedly been posted somewhere already, but i got bad allergies, so i dont care. I was surprised when I got the call from the spot that this came in. I was even more surprised when it didnt suck. I guess promo white label copies are dropping around the bay sans actual sleeves.

What the fuck the bay gonna talk about if it ever did blow up?

Devin the Dude is performing in San Francisco? Damn.

i'm the man your father never was

2005-08-19T19:18:00.000-07:00

Outsidaz-The Rah Rah & Macosa

I know i posted this shit here or my old mp3 blog, but the girl said she was at fat beats in NYC, and whenever i hear 'fat beats' i think of 'the rah rah,' cause once when i was at the old los feliz spot, j-rocc flipped doubles of it something crazy and that shit blew my mind for months. Basically every time i went there, either j or rhettmatic was doing something crazy but the rah rah doubles was the shit that stuck with me.

I like eminem's verse on macosa, but just cause its like his 'any man' verse, which is funny as fuck. But actually the only good part is the mental image is of him tagging up subway trains whilst hanggliding. And him name checking dr. octagon dates that shit nicely...

teh randoms

What the hell is good with the sneaker world? This Diamond Dunk shit is so foolish. two niketalk threads that have over 100 pages? no thanks. im coo with my 55 dollar undftdXproKeds shits.

HoustonSoReal gots that flyer for that Chingo Bling jump in the Big City...Shit, that flyer is that THAT. You know?

Leftside Gangbang with the Oxy and old man catchdubs. Everyone in the world is old but me.

Shameless self-promo: my gay ass music MySpace page and Lambo's far less homo page. Oh, and add my friend khingz cause he fucts with mybeats. Plus: The dopest red-headed chilean MC i ever worked with and who was too fuckin talented to yell once he got back from Chile so he didnt have to rap over my beats and shit...Ladies and gentleman, that is fuckin Pat Parra and he will fuck everyone up..'bike riding' is the future...and yes there is also his ridiculously talented brother (filmmaker and all that) Relatedly: dudes who love shoes and hold guns while showing off their legs are really man-likers...no disrespecto.

step

2005-08-12T11:31:00.000-07:00

TWDY-Player's Holiday

Dude, you think I dont know that posting this song up is like posting the macarena or something? Stairway to Heaven? Shit, do you think I care? There's a girl in my picture and Im flying high, so step the fuck back and have a party for me.

Cedric IM Brooks-Lamb's Bread Collie

Fine, just mellow out to this.

The Next New Bay?

2005-08-05T07:29:00.000-07:00

BUMP and YMR - Mi Barrio

YMR- The Bay

BUMP (Bay Unity Music Project) and YMR (Youth Movement Records) are two Bay (duh) Youth (duh x 2) music programs where high school cats get to work in a studio environment with ill equipment and get advice from some people who have been in the game for a minute (Zion i appears on the BUMP album, for example). Both have put out full length albums that are pretty ridiculous. (as in good)

Of course with any youth endeavor there are bound to be some hiccups, but a lot of these people come with straight fire. Here are two tracks from a mixtape recently released featuring BUMP, YMR and other organizations with similar goals (R.E.A.L. H.A.R.D. and Youth Speaks), true2life

What Im feeling about the projects is that the artists get to create the sound that they know. The people involved in organizing know enough about the "bay sound" to help them get there. Plus, they arent rapping about staying in school or some cheesy shit. While the messages are generally positive, they are spitting what they see, what they want to see, and what needs to get done to get there.

Mi Barrio is reggaeton but with the dude Panama just KILLING it. Seriously one of the hypest performers...He, Rico and Big Dan who are also on the track just have an infectious swagger on stage and can get any audience amped. I pretty much hate reggaeton, but when they perform this track, it really knocks.

The Bay is an homage to this spot. You know what it is.

I just wanted to throw these tracks up before I get my hands on the full length YMR album which has one of the most ridiculous songs ever.
Stay Tuned for that shit cause the track im thinking of is pretty bananas.

By the way, endless respect to the people who work with the youth, amazing things gwaaaaan. I feel really fortunate to have been introduced to a lot of the artists and I know many of em will make a dent somehow. To have been asked to do cuts on the BUMP album was a huge honor and I hope to be working with them even more.

(By the way, excuse my writing. If i told you why my brains are liquified, I would have to kill you)

Sprinkle Me Baby.

2005-07-28T22:04:00.000-07:00

40 Water is back!!!! Check his verse on the first joint. 2 New jams from Southern Smoke 20. Fizzle and Lil' Jon is soundin like a nice combo! HYPHY...

E-40 feat. Lil' Scrappy and Bohagon-Pussy N****z

Trillville feat. E-40 & Lil' Jon-I'm Pimpin

*capski notes: real saucy, real flossy

non sequiter

2005-07-26T15:49:00.000-07:00

Cyndi Lauper-Good Enough

I have the dance remix and instrumental of this nonsense on 12". Itll make you squirt oil out your trousers. For now, roll with this version on your pink ass bike.

and I re-upped the clapper's cavern jawn cause if you didnt get it, it is basically crucial and one of the most intense pieces of music that lambo dude ever blessed me with. right here

Diddy Kong Bop.

2005-07-17T13:23:00.000-07:00

The only way a mufugga could make a comeback. I present to you...Clapper's Cavern! Now I know you all used to play Donkey Kong Country. Well this joint right here was my ishtar, the music during the underwater levels. Enjoy. Hate it or love it the Diddy Kong's on top!

Clapper's Cavern

maybe even raven simone?

2005-07-13T19:33:00.000-07:00

Huh?

Frank Stick-Shake Ya Face Up

Did they leave the files from 'Get On My Hype' on the comp when they recorded this? A pretty nondescript Bay track with the one exceptional moment of Frank Stick (of Dopegame) mentioning Raven Simone in the same line as Pamela Anderson and Amerie...is she the equivalent of the Olsen's for the hood?

I dont think most people would buy this...except for the fact that is the b-side to Super Hyphy. (yea, that shit came out on 12" with the works) Thank you rah music.

punchout

2005-07-10T17:56:00.000-07:00

Much respect to Nat at ASF for keeping the jungle isht up there and to Dozer for posting all that which stretches the limits of listenability. It is nice to read sites that talk about this stuff. From 6th-through around 10th grade (approx 96-99), most of what i listened to was jungle/drum and bass or somehow related to it (occasional lapses into hardcore shall not be mentioned further). Because I was fricken young, it is not as if i could go out and check out the raves or chill at the record store talking about all this (nearest spot was half an hour away). So while my most of my counterparts were just discovering their tastes, I was pretty much entrenched in my little jungle world.

At the time, nobody could touch the whole N2O/Turnstyle crew. (now basically repped by Digital Bombing) To me, those guys were the Kings. RAW (B-Boy 3000) especially, with N8 Shimizu running the whole show. They were dropping mixes left and right (Jungle Warriors, yes...they still ride shotgun in the ride) and talking shit, which i thought was cool as hell. Plus, N8 was a BMXer at some point and also brought some style to Giant Robot Magazine for a minute.

So for me, the ultimate thing would be to hit up the dojo itself, n2o headquarters in downtown LA. Freeburning Drum and Bass was the spot and I was so ready for it after dealing with the annoying as hell trance and fat white dudes/strung out dirty hoes of the other record spots that carried jungle. So for my 8th grade graduation (yes) my parents drove me down to the spot.

Now Im cool with the idea of the 'cool hidden retail spot' ala the rivington club, NDG, and SNAFU...but this shit WAS SERIOUS. For a little 8th grade dude, i was over my head for real. you had to ring the buzzer and actually talk a grumpy ass sounding dude and they had to know who you were. (luckily i had been in contact with n8) But damn, talk about alienating your customers and shit. My parents were next level suspicious. So they open the big gate on the side of the building and i walk all the way back and see the famed halfpipe. The place was pretty sick otherwise. All kinds of white labels/test pressings and a little studio in the back. Anyway, I bought my shit and bounced, heading for fat beats.

I guess my parents are pretty damn chill. (Did i mention that my stepdad smokes the green more than anyone i know?)

Yeah, i was all about this stuff at a younger age. So here are three tracks that I would play mess with a lot, each with differing levels of illness.

Respect to west coast jungle already.

B-Boy 3000 (LA)-Mathematical Chemistry (Remix)

Curious? (LA)-I Don't Know (B-Boy 3000 Refix)

UFO! (SF)-Enemy Infiltration...get through the overblown sci fi-ness and wait for the bass to melt your privates.

A giant fuck you to my arch nemesis too. Trying to claim like he knows what the fuck he is talking about. no respect.

Yep

2005-07-06T21:47:00.000-07:00

Laundromat United-Summer Mix (39:15)

Attaching some kind of time on this is ultra retarded, as that would indicate that this is on some regular tip. Obviously, that is not how college students on summer vacation roll.

Regardless. I was working on my mixtape, got sick of the Protools trickery and threw down a little mix. Cleaned it up a bit and here it is.

Some bay area shitz too. Oh, and disregard the two bleek additions...they were sittin right there. And if i can get yousendit to work, there might be some funny addition to this.

PEACETICLES

by the way, this has nothing to do with summer.

late breaking: i got yousendit to work, so here is the whole mix, but screwed courtesy of iTunes (dont know how) completely random. screwed Super Hyphy!

here. (57 minutes)

explanation: i bounced the file to disk in protools with a higher bitrate and then converted the resulting AIFF in iTunes...which is where the magic happened.

No Paper Here

2005-07-05T00:22:00.000-07:00

fuck your independence..man that picture is played...

There, a Tiger Uppercut.

I don't really care if other people posted this shit already. I was Djing and this Oakland kid comes up and asked me to play this, so I did (i had it on a comp) and him and his friends went frickin insane. Shit was hotness. They hate you, but love this song.

Jody Breeze w/ Slim Thugg-Stackin Paper

Oh, and because people were asking about the beat that I used w/ the Kanye acapella, I figured I'd drop off some other David Holme's compositions/selections from that boring ass shit known as Ocean's 12.

David Holmes-165 Million + Interest

Ornella Vanoni-L'Appuntamento

John Schroeder-Explosive Corrosive Joseph

I used it cause as Catchdubs said, Diamonds is "so sequel right now"...and I had the promotional O12 vinyl on my desk.

Apologies for the punk ass mood. I aint gettin any and I'm workin 40 hour weeks. And some cat tried to step to me claiming all kinds of shit.

Whatever, new half-assed LU crew mix tomorrow.

Jesus, just go here (if you dont already) and get your mind blown.

I need her. Anchors are the new lunchbox.

Give the game back

2005-06-27T19:47:00.000-07:00

Kanye West - Diamonds from Sierra Leone (Capski Redo)

before the acapella gets tooooo played...(too late)

King O Frod

2005-06-27T09:38:00.000-07:00

Polaris - Hey Sandy

Obviously, since I been gushing about it everywhere, I think Pete and Pete is the shit. So here is the themesong. (in honor of the prodigal redheaded half of this godforsaken blog)

Oh, then here is some Jungle...

Danny Breaks - Hypnotique

and go check out the new Lemon Red steez. All nice like....(by the way, I know this shit has been lacking, but getting dropped off of blogrolls HURTS! Playin.)

Gawddamn

2005-06-24T08:08:00.000-07:00

Look Ma, Im movin to north Berkeley!

Jesus H...Im working 40 hour weeks at the moment and trying to get my move on. (Storage units are a trip) and the wireless at the new apartment was hating on my uploading, so that is why isht has been sorry around here for more than a minute.

So these two were downloaded from here, which I learned about through here cause I really aint up on all this. I uploaded the tracks to my own webspace so that i aint just jackin (although I basically am). These two are the same Tati tracks ("Mirante", i guess?) One is the instr, the other is the one you heard on the mixtape of the century or whatevs.

Obviously I have no idea what I am talking about, if you got the knowledge. Drop it.

Basically, I cant listen to a lot of UK Garage that chops up violins and stuff after listening to this cause it blows em away.

Tati-Mirante:
Instr

Vocals

Relatedly, Rio Governor Rejects Walled Off Slums

Plus,

Concerto Riddm w/ Bruiser and Krucial...some radio rip i found on a P2P...They play "Concerto Riddm" all the time on 1xtra, but I have not been able to find it. Can anyone help me out?

Oh, and to the people who have e-mailed me: sorry for the lame/nonexistent responses, I am tryin to get focused on my email game and we can build real soon. Thanks for comin by.

Let Your Brain Grow

2005-06-13T09:53:00.000-07:00

DJ Quik ft B-Real : Fandango

Mike said this song would get pretty big. I guess. It's on the radio in LA nonstop. The beat is stompy as hell and just seems really bay to me. Regal march.

Go To The Beach

2005-06-08T16:51:00.000-07:00

Fernanda Porto-Sambassim
Landslide-Drum + Bossa

Just go and Brazil out. "Drum and Bossa" was THAT jam for awhile. Metropolis on KCRW played it all the damn time. When i finally tracked down the vinyl, i played it equally out. Before that though, I had it only on a cassette recording of the show. Cassettes can be such a pain in the ass.

By the way, if you are lame like me and havent been able to get Damien Marley's "Jamrock," the very very very good people at B-Side got it in on 12" (you will probably have to call them). Which is basically essential when you are stuck in situations with shitty tables and 45s are a dicey proposition.

mad wet

2005-06-05T09:51:00.000-07:00

The Dramatics' "In The Rain" has got to have one of the most perfect intros ever. Storm noises, then that dusted ass echochamber.

Most recently used by DJ Scratch for B. Siegel's "Purple Rain" (where the hook was borrowed too), the track has been used by not a small amount of producers. Rza lifted the guitar picks for GZA, etc.

My first introduction to the song, however, (and how many times has this been true?) was through sticky icky jungle. In the seventh grade I wondered where the hell the loop from the beginning of Easy Vol. 6 was from. Back then I concluded that it must be some obscure dub track. Who else has that kind of perfect echo? Yeah, obviously I learned that it belonged to the dramatics, but it always just stuck to me, whenever i heard it, as more of a dub track than anything else. For that reason, my favorite usage of it has been that Easy Vol. 6 track, which i already posted on some mp3 blog somewhere. But what the hell, it is summer. Here are the two tracks, The Dramatics, "In The Rain" and Droppin Science, "Easy Vol. 6."
For all you smokers, sippers; enjoy. dubbed out bliss.

The Dramatics-In The Rain
Droppin Science-Easy Vol. 6 (fixed)

get better

2005-05-31T23:36:00.000-07:00

In hoping for her speedy recovery (breast cancer), here is a Kylie Minogue track with Towa Tei.
Typical Towa Tei sounding, but that is why I like it. Whose concerts would my brother and his gang force me to watch if she stopped?

Towa Tei and Kylie Minogue-German Bold Italic

Apologies to everyone wanting the roughness, I obviously aint in that mode right now, hence the lack of posts. Once I am back in Berkeley (and at B-Side), expect the raucousness as the new digs destroy brain cells.

Stuck in a hotel.

2005-05-28T22:35:00.000-07:00

while lambo is flying around, getting his industry rep up and i melt in hell, go check out Supposed To Bubble. Good shit. We'll be back with some mixes and yelling.

Summer. Whut?

2005-05-25T00:05:00.000-07:00

Students For Hip-Hop Mix 2005

Well, here it is. That which ruled my life for a time (apologies, academics). 65 minute mix done in the name of Cal Students For Hip-Hop, complete with an appearance by the People's Champ of Laundromat United: Lambo...(im the angry troll side of the team, according to LU-girl, Roza.)

Expect a lot of mixes over the summer, a bunch in the works.

problem

2005-05-23T19:42:00.000-07:00

fish+bass

Mr. Scruff- Ug & Fish

Two Mr. Scruff tracks that show dude's versatility. Comedy. Basslines. Drums. Good.

Plus, he is a dope DJ.

totally not hip-hop

2005-05-15T23:53:00.000-07:00

Sugarcubes-Leash Called Love & Lucky Night

Lotta people running around UC Berkeley straight crazed right now. Kids need to chill. (taking their desktop pc's + monitors to the library). I always equated the Sugarcubes with the sounds of insanity, probably cause it was what was being listened to around me when i watched shit like Pete and Pete and Rocko.
Stick Around For Joy i think is my favorite of their albums.
Just music to go crazy to. Weird icelandic b-52s.

Laundromat United is out of the teens, yo.

And go buy this on tuesday.

got some conversation

2005-05-13T12:42:00.000-07:00

DJ DSL- Beats Fur Die Party & Let Me Talk To You (w/ Kool Keith)

DJ DSL is Italian, doesnt like the spotlight, and has a sense of humor. One of those "throw every sample at the beat and see what sticks" kind of dudes, DSL will flip things more to make you laugh than go 'oh shit that was complex'. Case in point: 4:35 into Beats Fur Die Party is just retarded but funny.

Supa Dupa Bay Ish...

2005-05-10T13:07:00.000-07:00

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Mistah F.a.b. is a young cat from Oakland. I met him the other day at Hip Hop In the Park 2005 (which was a success). Dude definitely has hot lyrics. This is a track with E-40 and Turf Talk off of his new album "Son of A Pimp" on Thizz Entertainment.

Mistah F.A.B. feat. E-40 & Turf Talk- ~~Super Sic Wid It~~

This one is long gone, sorry. And I have no clue what the hell that freaky ass page was.

dragon punch

2005-05-10T09:12:00.000-07:00

Crime Mob-I'll Beat Yo Azz

SO theres been all kinds of talk about the potential for the bay to FINALLY blow up. It has been goin on for a minute over at Soul Strut and is always a popular topic at B-Side. (I tend to start the discussion with beejae whenever someone knowledgable walks in to get their take on it). Anyway, I personally just dont see it happening.

Lambo attributes it to the flow (or lack their of) of bay heads. The Keak type dudes...how the hell you gonna just ride to that? People around the country like to be able to sing along to stuff...not gonna happen with a lot of bay. They may come with dope lines, but they arent easily chanted along with, like say, a mike jones line. So in that sense, it just aint marketable.

Next, i feel like (from an outside pov) most of what i heard fom the bay, (growing up in a whiteupperclass suburb) beyond like too short and e-40 (and really, everyone who talks about tupac really being bay...ask most of the general public where he was from) was the other side of the bay hip-hop, the solesides/quannum, hiero type stuff, which appealed to a wealthier, more privileged and media savvy youth consumer. That stuff got the edge over the grimey bay stuff in terms of the wider hip-hop consciousness.

I think that is one of the things that sets it apart from houston, which a lot of people like to compare it to. i cant really think of the alternative scene that got shine in houston for resources to be diverted to. them dudes were getting vinyl pressed and DJs were playing their shit, right? Most of the DJs up here seemed to be more down with the other sound, and then turntablism started to rule these parts, which was linked to a whole 'trueschoolization' of the scene.

Then all the hard bay dudes just stopped putting out vinyl and sold their albums from the trunk. Without the DJ involved, and this really insulated economy going on, a lot of bay shit was content to just stay in its own zone and not necessarily evolve. I dont think the songs got polished as much with good hooks and whatever, which is necessary to blow. Add to that the fact that nobody really seems to have that starpower and i just dont see it happening. Even with the e-40/lil jon album.

Then again, who really cares if it blows or not, seems like a lot of people are content with it as it is, without it getting diluted and all that.

So the major disclaimer is: Ive been in the bay for what, like 2 years now? Im 19. I really dont know shit about "the streets" and my closest connection is when dudes from Thizz entertainment or other labels roll through to drop records off. Im just sayin.

oh, yeah, the crime mob track...obviously not bay, but i was working on a mix last night with stilettoes and instead played the flip (which is this on the promo) and was like oh shit, why havent i listened to it before. Then i mixed it with that one diplo track, way more, and it was crackin. you need to blast the balls off this one. Oh yeah, the bay needs more female MCs also. Kamilyn where you at???

Mom

2005-05-08T20:18:00.000-07:00

Michael Wycoff-Looking Up To You
Mass Production-Firecracker
Paul Hardcastle-Rainforest
Isaac Hayes-Walk On By
Malo-Suavecito

In honor of the most useful Hallmark Holiday, here are some tracks that my mom brought into my life, directly (by playing them nonstop) or indirectly (her radio selection choice). Obviously "walk on by" is like the shit that everybody knows. How did i first come across it? Her listening to a best of Burt Bacharach cd (peep it in iTunes). "Rainforest" another classic, juggled to infamy by Mista Sinista, and was discovered on a smooth adult contemporary station. I first heard "Looking Up To You" on a mix show on the ghetto oldies station she usually listens to, and "Suavecito" is just one of her favorite songs of all time.

happy mother's day, which is actually every day for some of us.

I Love My Mom.

(by the way: my mom and i have unspoken contests with who can say the F word the most. Im not sure if she is aware of it, but when I step up my swearing game around her, she tends to kick my ass with her sailor talk. She did once call me a Soulless Bastard.)

Pre-Crunkism...

2005-05-07T23:56:00.000-07:00

While I'm on the topic of David Banner, I might as well drop some joints off of the Crooked Lettaz' (David Banner & Kamikaze) first and only album "Grey Skies." Another tough to find release, but certainly worth the hunt. This album has a completely different vibe (for the most part) from the David Banner that we now know. Peep it for yourself.

Crooked Lettaz- South's On My Mind

Crooked Lettaz- I Know

Mississippi Burning!

2005-05-07T00:30:00.000-07:00

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David Banner's got a highly anticipated (by myself at least) new album droppin on July 4th. Southern rap's most underrated producer (besides them 3-6 boys). Here's a couple (one of which features the dude!) off of his hard to find debut solo album Them Firewater Boyz Vol. 1!

David Banner feat. Jazze Pha- Twerk Something

David Banner feat. Crooked Lettaz, Devin the Dude, & Macaffey- Living

DREDIO!

2005-05-04T12:28:00.000-07:00

update to the bayoids and beyond: holler at b-side if you want dredio..they got 20 copies.
(510)548-4882...they'll ship that shit.

2nd tier Trip-Hop?

2005-04-30T15:04:00.000-07:00

Land Of The Loops-Multi-Family Garage Sale (Bargain Bin Mix) (from Bundle Of Joy, 1997)

Volume All Star-Beat Olympics (from: Close Encounters of the Bump and Grind, 1999)

I have a hard time deciphering between Volume All Star and Land of The Loops. That music quiz on my iPod knows this and kicks my ass with it. Both of them have that kind of woozy/screwed 'lo fi' Boards of Canada sound without too much depression (I mean, look at the names of the albums). They both use tired breaks and sludgy heroin bass. (Except on the poppy Unrest sounding cuts on the Land Of the Loops album (this track an example).

The problem with the albums is that they never go anywhere. Everything sounds almost exactly the same and the sound isnt distinct enough to set it apart and make it all the way listenable. The vocal samples are never esoteric enough to elicit more than a snicker. All im saying is that these guys arent exactly on point but have moments of pleasant listenability. Bedroom sounds.

certified bananas is an understatement

2005-04-30T09:14:00.000-07:00

Make sure you get your ass to Certified Bananas and download the 'April Mix'. The chopped/screwed float on is one of the illest things EVER. And how could you not be hyped when it goes into Reload? Gawddamn. Respect Respect Respect.

belch

2005-04-27T22:11:00.000-07:00

Midwest Product-Avant Poop & Motivator

The Midwest Product album is called World Series of Love. Im not all into all of that. When all my friends were listening to Postal Service I suddenly needed the Suicide Machines and Ghostface (but when is ghost ever dispensable?). I like Midwest Product cause there is bass. Avant Poop has Burpy stupid bass at moments, which i am a fan of. Most of the time, the drums are too crisp for my shitty is pretty mindset, but the end of Motivator is where it is at. (note: one of the band members is an audio engineer or something, so of course it sounds mr. clean) Chopped up 'indie' whatever acoustic guitars are a weak spot of mine.

Cant listen to grunk allll the time, right?

(cough)turntablism(cough)

2005-04-26T23:17:00.000-07:00

UPDATE: YO, Go check out the Dipset/A-Trak cut at Soul Sides!

Peanut Butter Wolf-Tale Of 5 Cities
A-Trak-All Hail To My Hands
Kid Koala-Emperor's Main Course in Cantonese

I am surrounded by the dorkiest of scratch nerds. The bay really is next level with this stuff. My first memory of bay DJs is when all the fingerbangerz descended on LA for the ITF (international turntablist federation) regional battle that i entered in (1999, what? summer after 9th grade..who cares that i got schooled?). Man, they straight took over and were mooning cars and stuff...I was the grumpy/nervous kid so i was annoyed. Whatever!

Anyway, here are my favorite-non ridonkulously technerdo DJ centric tracks from the time when turntablism wasnt such a retarded word.

I like that A-trak is kanye's DJ...and is still dorky as hell.

Who wrote the Kid Koala/DJ Craze/A-Trak article in Urb more than a few years ago? (craze was talking about wrestling, etc)

champions from birth

2005-04-25T22:39:00.000-07:00

Tester (lil jon, lil scrappy, lil flip, etc)-Dirrty South Ting

This track was posted on Ragga-Jungle.com a while back and got hated on by a lot of dudes. I have mad respect for Tester and Trilogy Sound (and actually, a lot of the Atlanta scene...i mean, not that i was ever down with it, but LA and SF are pretty wack, to be honest).

So it is just some F.I.L.A. and Game Over with a ragga jungle refix. This is some fighting music at some point though, cause that bassline is sinister. It's not the best sounding ting (gotta keep that in the dubplate vaults, nawmean?) I just think it is an interesting flip of the notion of crunk as 'release' music. Wilding out to the nth.

again, go to the Trilogy Sound site!

descent into randomness

2005-04-24T12:54:00.000-07:00

This album came out in 1996...when the Sega Saturn was...cool? I dunno, I always thought it was getting it's ass kicked. (to be honest, i never f'ed with anything post-SNES. I also never touched anything made by Sega and for some reason associated them with white people, cause that is what everyone had when i moved from Hawai'i)

Back then, however, I purchased ANYTHING that had the Suburban Base logo. They could do no wrong to me, (I was an impressionable 5th/6th grader), and so I picked this up. Most of the songs, as you can see by the tracklisting is either softy drum and bass or trance or house...not my scenes at all.

Regardless!

Remarc was on this shit, and he was that dude! Mr. Time was also on there...I mean, dude had a cheesy name (aka. Justin Time...uhhhh), but he was part of Krome and Time who did some of the best hardcore stuff (to me, anyway). I obviously wasnt listening to UK pirate radio but i sure as hell was trying to act like i was. (again, 6th grade).

I posted these tracks cause on the Damage Control show w/ Dizzee, he was talking about the influences of D&B etc and it got me all happy cause that is the stuff that ran my younger days. Full circle type stuff (like that ska->bass insanity R.A.W. track...WHUT!...again, respect to N8 for actually listening to a 14 year-old's mixtape and giving constructive criticism. illtastic)

Anyway, watch ya bassbins on these tracks.
Wobbly bass like nuts. Marvel at how random a Sub Base/Sega collabo is.
(and really, how much can you expect from a videogame soundtrack remix album?)

Remarc-Virtua Cop
Mr. Time-Golden Axe

Oh yeah, and you know how Lemon-Red is having a T-Shirt Contest?

I was mad bored and decided to try my hand, then realized that i didnt know what i was doing. Oh well. I wanted some of those prizes, too.

Dredio!

2005-04-23T14:16:00.000-07:00

Mac Dre & E-40-Dredio

New bay channeling old bay! So ill. B-Side just got these yesterday. (on the rilly, my ass is actually posting this from their computer at the store). Yes.

Yes, yes, Mac Dre RIP...

Download this now.

EDIT: It's like if Daft Punk moved to the bay and were held hostage in Vallejo.

EDIT EDIT: Yo, to the shrimp dudes. Good luck getting this on 12"... B-Side got like 7 copies or some ridiculous shit and i saw most of them fly out in a day. Who knows when more will come in. I seriously doubt this will ever make it to the online inventory. Right, Beejae?

too gay, too straight

2005-04-22T09:23:00.000-07:00

Plant Life-Luv 4 World
LTD-Luv to the World

I think i was at the 2000 freestyle sessions or something and heard "Love to the World" for the first time. A japanese crew was killing it in a very un-japanese style. After i found out what the track was, it became one of my favorite bboy joints. Then Plant Life came along and jacked the best part and sang dope lyrics. I respect that.

Buy the Plant Life single @ Turntablelab

and go read about the all-time champ (poor choice of words, perhaps?) for b-boy jams, here.

good freakin morning

2005-04-20T08:56:00.000-07:00

Shonen Knife-Wonder Wine (Sweet Robots Mix)

I will be real honest, Im kinda hurting that "Clear" got posted by S F/J, as I was at some point gonna throw it up here for the uninitiated (or those who havent been to a electropop battle (?)). But what the hell, he will forever be iller than i, so i can't step. Instead, here is an electro piece with an acoustic guitar break and annoying vocals. Oh, but it does bang, and it is does wish you well. So download it, enjoy, and have yourself a good morning. And with that, yr boy needs to get to his "contemporary narratives of the Philippines and the United States" jumpoff.

Late Night Gangsta...

2005-04-17T19:10:00.000-07:00

YO! Should be workin!
-Capski

This is one of my favorite songs ever. Some late night eerie smoothed out gangsta raps from Pimp C and Bun B better known as UGK. Off of Supertight. Check out the soulful beat flipped in a lovely fashion.

P.S.

Capski killed it on the tables Friday night over at the Blake Street House. He had white folks partyin like it was 1999. Much Props.

Mellow Out To This...

UGK- It's Supposed to Bubble

the town

2005-04-16T23:34:00.000-07:00

Keak da Sneak-Super Hyphy
Diamonique-Boom Bap

Aight, yeah, I already had posted Diamonique at the old mp3 blog, but I wanted to post it alongside the new Keak track that is getting major burn every time I am in my car.

Same ole Keak here, but you know how it goes. Ive heard so many stories that i dunno what to think about this dude (keep the young ladies away from him, please). "Super hyphy" comes with a stupid chorus but a hot beat. 102 and walnut, there you go. This thing is gonna be impossible to find on 12".

I will admit that I am very much distracted by the Mike Jones and Gorillaz albums.

Quick question:

2005-04-14T12:20:00.000-07:00

blasting stupid requests my itunes empowered crates?

Does anyone who read this use (or have any experience with) Serato scratch Live? Seriously thinking about picking it up and wanted some input.

hey, kiss my ultra mega ass

2005-04-13T23:58:00.000-07:00

the t is a typo, she was repping LU

Lexxus feat Sasha-Rodeo

So I am sitting back watching Adult Swim, and I realize that this shit fell off (not adult swim...the blog). But yo, come onnnnnn, cut us some slack. College is on some bulllllshit! When yr Mass Comm and Ethnic Studies boys get busy, shit is busy. (No joke, I am on the 'actually-doing-work-ethnic-studies-student' tip)

No excuses though, cause Laundromat is associated with a party being thrown and i am gonna try my best to get it crackin, but i am always leery of this kind of crowd. Que sera.

A shame i couldnt play this Dipset bastard child yell dancehall track.

Not gonna say that I aint bummed that we got kicked off of the lemon red blogroll. (edit: reinstated, yo!...many thanks, considering most of our hits rely on the red.)

New frontline 12" drops tomorrow. yes.

Oakland Reggaeton

2005-04-10T23:25:00.000-07:00

Panama, Big Dan, and Rico-Mi Barrio (off of the BUMP Records Mixtape: true2life)

I posted BUMP tracks before, but here is some new shit featuring the other youth group doing big things for youth hip-hop in the bay, Youth Movement Records. Panama and Rico are really ill performers. Rico is the straight up ladies man. Dude has an insane grill and indulges in suggestive dancing. Panama is the rough homie. He comes hard and rips shit in espanol with some grown man voice. Big Dan of BUMP is on some conscious shit most of the time but has charisma for days, spitting knowledge on indigenous issues and staying interesting to your high school peers takes considerable talent.

So much better than all the high school punk bands in my hometown.

How I got into college

2005-04-02T19:48:00.000-08:00

not JA

Harry Mudie and King Tubby's In Dub Conference (buy here) is one of the albums that got my attention-span deficient ass through high school (and into bi-pedal octopus university). It is just one of those works of unbridled brilliance that makes you go "what?" Although it is really well known, it definitely isnt as ubiquitously mentioned as all the Scientist albums that most kind-of-into-dub people like to talk about. What gets me (and most people who listen to it) are the basslines. They are heavy, but always articulate: they dont sacrifice melodic intricacy/variation for impact. I am as much a fan of atonal bass blasts as the next person, but the way these lines develop and play off of all of the other instruments and percussion is just ridonkulous. Aside from the bass, the arrangements of Mudie are practically impeccable and no note is wasted. Like when the horns first come in in "Dub Conference"...lord have mercy...and then King Tubby is there to rub it all in and rinse it out.

Sorry for the sound quality, my copy is right played out! You should go buy it anyway.

Dub Conference
Roman Dub
Heavy Duty Dub

Respect Your Elders...

2005-03-29T13:52:00.000-08:00

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This Post is dedicated to one of the most forgotten gangsta rap crews in history. UNLV (Uptown Niggas Livin' Violent) were the first group ever signed to Cash Money Records. Without these folks there's no Weezy, no Juve, no Hot Boys, no Back Dat Azz Up, No Bling Bling...You get the idea...These dudes are pioneers in the Ignant, gangsta southern empire of rap. You can even hear them shout out "Mannie" and "Baby" at the end of "Got A Lot Of Love (check the old school Mannie Fresh g-funk Production)." They also beefed with Mystikal and recorded a diss track toward him that became their biggest hit (the beat was later used again for a Juve single). UNLV are still doin their thing but only two members remain (R.I.P. Yellow Boy) and they are no longer with Cash Money who they feel did them wrong moneywise. So here's some knowledge. Respect to government names who i just noticed dropped a lil Unlv back in august 2004. But since i typed this im droppin it anyway. RESPECT!

"Got A Lot Of Love" from Straight Out Tha Gutta (1994)

"Things Got Wild" from Straight Out Tha Gutta (1994)

"Drag 'Em 'N' Tha River (Mystikal Diss)" from Uptown 4 Life (1996)

Ladies, again and remixed.

2005-03-26T23:58:00.000-08:00

More posts involving the fairer.

Luscious Jackson-Naked Eye (Remix)
Bjork-It's In Our Hands (Soft Pink Truth Remix)
Natalie Imbruglia-Leave Me Alone (Portishead Remix)

Aight, three Remix tracks of female artists. The unremixed "Naked Eye" was one of my grade school anthems. Why? Cause that shit was catchy and my brother listened to it nonstop. I am pissed cause JCPenny is using it in commercials now. That got me to revisit the remix (done by the Propellerheads i think). Flipping it to a more booty/moody vibe with nonsense free bassline and scratched in vocals makes it a keeper. Simplicity...

Have you seen the video for the "It's In Our Hands"? Goddamn it is creepy...not as creepy as most of her others though. But you know this. I really did not like the Soft Pink Truth album, but this remix does indeed work. And yes, it was in the Hollertronix "Never Scared" mix. This track just seems very -tronixy. A fine addition to that mix, and a fine remix in it's own right.

That one natalie imbruglia track was everywhere that one summer. I was trapped at my grandma's house and watched a grip of MTV and mustve seen that thing 74 times an hour. With Portishead flipping a beat for you though, something good is pretty much bound to happen. This beat really reminds me of Ms Dynamite's track (uh...dy-na-mi-tee?...the one she once performed with chris martin). It is kinda overblown dramatic, but it could fit nicely into somewhere. There are some very much distinctly Portishead moments here though. PNYC mode.

Whoops, two Portishead tracks here. Goddamnit, Ben...start posting. I deal with too much Hip-Hop 9-5.

who is paul jones?

2005-03-14T23:26:00.000-08:00

Is there a Mike Wall somewhere?

With Swishahouse being (deservedly) the shit on everyone's minds, I received a little gift in the form of a Bubba Sparxxx and Mudd Katz New South vinyl box set with doubles of 10 tracks (and the clipse boxset) from my friend and your friends, B-Side.

Timbaland succeeds in out-Neptuning Chad and Freal and almost out-metalcrunking Jon. I am so late on this shit it aint even funny, but I hadnt heard all that much about it in 03. I dont even know. S/fj had the mixtape on his best of 03...
Maybe I have low standards (a charge that has been leveled) but Im feeling most of the flows in this set (petey is the weakest.) But yo, Tim is the shit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I need to gain a million pounds and drink out of gallon milk cartons. Peep the last minute of special for the science. And a lil Tom's Diner never hurt anyone, right? beat club!

Enjoy:

Additude-Tell Me Ya Wit It

Bubba Sparxxx and Sebastian-Special

Bubba Sparxxx and Baby-Tell Me Bout The South

Chi-Town Stand Up...

2005-03-13T12:25:00.000-08:00

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Chicago is really doin it big these days. The next cat who has a chance take over the rest of the country is Bump J (Bumpy Johnson) and his crew the Goon Squad. Bumpys signed to Atlantic Records and plans to drop an LP in the next year. He's got a smooth flow and the right connections with people like Kanye to really make moves. He put out a mixtape last year called Grimeyville, and has numerous tracks floating around. So here's a few joints that he did with Kanye (and one with Rick James R.I.P.) just to wet your whistles for when he blows up this year.

On The Run (ft. Rick James)
Move Around
Nothing

Dance Dance (armageddon) Mope for the Economically Diabolical

2005-03-12T12:05:00.000-08:00

Alexkid-Don't Hide It (Mint, Pias America 2003)

Timo Maas-Help Me ft. Kelis (Loud, Kinetic Records 2002)

Portishead-Only You [Live] (PNYC (Live at Roseland NYC), London 1998)

There have been no women on this here blog. Wack. So dance music for rich white people? Maybe, but Kelis can make a lot of tracks dope. I like stupidly ghouly songs, and Help Me is kinda ghouly. Ghouly? Ghoulish! Sounds like an ethnic group. Alexkid with Lissette Alea is kinda pissed off sultry. Has kinda cool little rhythmic quirks. But still 4/4 danceshit.

Lately, I have really interested in the interplay of bands and how they actually do it. There are so many weird stops/pauses/rests whatever in "Only You" that wouldn't seem to impressive just MPCing it, but with the orchestra, live drums, etc playing along, it seems like could get tricky. Also cant be mad at random noodlings popping outta nowhere. 3rd favorite song from PNYC. Rhodes solo kills it.

By the way, Lambo is off just realizing that everyone love dipset (secretly or otherwise(Right? and Right?. really.)). Dude is a new jack to this blog shit, i guess. oh, and mad lazy.

the loser who made it or, cyndi lauper mixed with mary jane

2005-03-10T00:27:00.000-08:00

Dirtbag-Slow Down Lil Buddy and Ladies Luv Me

Messy Marv-Get On My Hype

So I was chillin at b-side and gee fresh was watching Treal TV. Then Mike started talking about one of Mac Dre's robberies where they took over a supermarket and jacked everyone inside (including a homie of mike!). Pointless story, but bay shit is always nuts. Peep this Messy Marv track cause it is what is blowing up. I wrote it off the first time i heard it cause the first synth sounds too much like 'Town Shit'. . .then it kicks. O-Dub was talking about sideshows and we got the obligatory sideshow chorus here. NY people, play this now.

All the Dirtbag promos never sell so i get em free.99 style. Slow Down Lil Buddy was my jam last year, and now Ladies Luv Me is constant rotation. Miami-Dade is on my mind. What with the J.O.D.D. and such. Plus the Akinyele line is kinda funny. The hook for Ladies Luv Me could work if i didnt live in hippie mecca.

Joe Cocker is singing a U2 track on TV.

By the way, what the hell was up with the our slackness? Regularity, NOW!

Riding in the little bus

2005-03-03T21:47:00.000-08:00

cause it is where im from

~~Capski's Ballbusting Budget Proposal Mix~~

so here is my little first mix, complete with all kinds of mess-ups and what not. no excuses other than every possible one. check it out, totally different than lambo's (although not necessarily better, i lied earlier). Not that much hip-hop actually. This is what I play for those parties avec the high brow types.

What happened to my scratching, by the way?

All I'll say is that it includes "Throw the P"

Salvo 1: Lambo takes a shot

2005-03-01T18:48:00.000-08:00

~~The Wild Ride of DJ Lambo~~ (Rumptone Studios exclusive, apparently)
it's back cause im slacking on my mix
enjoy!

but you can't say i didnt warn you.

Aight, Lamboastin has some history midterm or some other stupid shit tomorrow so he is locked down. i had one today and probably wrecked it, so whatever. regardless, i am up in here to talk some garbage and do my fafsa. Here is a 26 minute mix from that boy, and as you'll see, mixing needs some work. But dude gets his nonsense out while i stay in the lab all on some weird perfectionist tip. Shouts from Mr. Bear among others. All kinds of nerdiness and sound effects. peep it, laugh, and get back to work.
Harvard Westlake/NoHo, what the!?

note: when i met dude, i hated him cause i thought he was some frat lackey.

Step your game up, cause my shit is on deck.

The Dips Alright...

2005-02-25T14:48:00.000-08:00

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So back when Pharcyde still mattered (see Bizarre Ride II, Labcabincalifornia) they gave some shine to some youngsters from LA. These affiliates were known as The Wascals, and they recorded a full length for Delicious Vinyl that was scrapped for whatever reason. They released a few very dope singles but then dismantled after their album didn't drop. The tightest member of The Wascalz was an emcee by the name of Buc Whead. He stayed with Delicious vinyl and dropped a slew of singles for them but never released an album. He's still with Delicious Vinyl and is still releasing singles but the label doesn't seem to be close to releasing an album. I have to say his mid-nineties joints are a lot better then the songs hes putting out now so i decided to post a couple of em on here. He now goes by the name Buc Fifty when he rolls with Battle Axe, but I'm definitely not feeling that side of his career (New York Thuggish raps). So here are some jams from both The Wascalz (circa 1994) and Buc Whead (circa 1996). Enjoy.

The Wascalz-The Dips
Buc Whead-Smoker's Emporium
Buc Whead-Keep It Mackin'

subscribe, get yr issue

2005-02-24T23:50:00.000-08:00

Mass Influence- All Out

Koushik- Be With

Spectrum 77- ???

Lost Last Emperor Album!

2005-02-23T20:38:00.000-08:00

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Here's a lil somethin' special. I found this album a while back at a location I cannot disclose. Philly emcee Last Emperor's (of "Secret Wars" fame) lost, unreleased, scrapped, whatever you want to call it Interscope Records release from around 1998/1999. I must say I'm not quite sure why the good ole folks at interscope dropped the ball on this project. Last Emp's clever lyrics and smooth dimeanor, combined with executive producer Prince Paul (yeah I said it, the best producer ever), make this album a classic. No joke, this is one of the best albums I've ever heard from front to back and hopefully this ish will one day see be released. But for now here's some joints from this masterpiece.

The Drifter

Untitled

Gotta Have Love

trash dump

2005-02-22T12:39:00.000-08:00

Since Daft Crunk got deaded so I can focus on this here team endeavor, here are almost all the tracks that appeared on my first attempt at MP3 blogging, with comments abbreviated to the point of uselessness.
Artist- Song (Album)

Diamonique-Boom Bap

inland empire hip-hop. she's hard.

Gang Of Four-Damaged Goods (Entertainment!)

who cares about all this franz nonsense when you have Gang of Four?

Gong-Flying Teapot (Radio Gnome Invisible)

psychfunk?

Damien Marley-Jamrock

the kid finally comes out with something good. and it is real good.

Extended Famm-Line Drop (Happy Fuck You Songs)

i played tetris A LOT. i can't rap though.

Busdriver-Somethingness (Imaginary Places)

krush groove, moesha, imaginary places...that family is special.

Tha OutsidazThe Rah Rah (12")

in like flint beat.

P.E.A.C.E. ft St. Mark 9:23-Your Body (Megabite)

P.E.A.C.E. be with you.

Pure-Anything Test (Drum and Bass Selection 5)

Droppin Science-Easy Vol. 6 (Drum and Bass Selection 5)

DJ Daddy & MC Fats-Rinse Out (Drum and Bass Selection 5)

three tracks from the comp that was the soundtrack to my 6th grade graduation.

Takako Minekawa-Black Forest (Junior Varsity km remix) (Ximer)

asian fetishes should be punishable by death.

Kid 606-Catstep/my kitten/catnap vatstep dsp remix) (Kid606 and friends)

...asian fetishes should be punishable by death

Cornelius-Count Five Or Six (Fantasma)

Cornelius-Starfruitssurfrider (Fantasma)

Brian Wilson should go back to sleep.

+/--crestfallen (teenbeat)

SIIIIGH.

Squarepusher-Do You Know Squarepusher? (Do You Know Squarepusher?)

Do You How Good This Track Is?

Will To Power-Dreamin

Ice Palace 4eva

Aphex Twin-Flim

my sleep aid.

Dept. Of Eagles-Forty Dollar Rug (The Whitey on the Moon UK LP)

Dept. Of Eagles-Origin Of Love (The Whitey on the Moon UK LP)

what you know about versatility?

Devo-Gut Feeling (Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!)

More than whipping.

Dino-In The City

the traffic's really crazy, and this song is really dope.

TSOL-It's Gray (Change Today?)

Jack Grisham for guvnah.

Express Rising-Keys To Be

Dante for minister of the interior

Spanky and Our Gang-Lazy Days (Spanky and Our Gang's Greatest Hits)

Masta Ace-Take A Walk (Disposable Arts)

sample source and the product...refreshing.

DJ Nuts-Cultural Copia Track 7 (Cultura Copia )

DJ Nuts-Cultural Copia Track 14 (Cultura Copia )

why is brasil so cool?

DJ Dara-Smoke (Nu York Nu Skool)

i was young and in love

Glass Harp-Song of Hope (Glass Harp)

wwjd?

Easy Dub All-Stars-Speak to Me/Breathe

unexpectedly good

Connie Price and the KeystonesSucker Punch (Wildflowers)

Connie Price and the KeystonesThe Shadows of Leaves (Wildflowers)

PBWolf and Egon for secretaries of the treasury

Norman Whitfield-Sunrise (Car Wash OST)

most appropriate title ever?

9th Wonder-Track 7

black album reject for a reason?

Twista and Drag-On-Twisted Heat

get ignorant indeed

Junior Varsity kmYou're Fabulous (Minty Cut Mix) (You're Fabulous EP)

penguins, aardvarks, and wombats are near the top.

Chicka Lambo.

2005-02-21T18:05:00.000-08:00

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If you don't know how clean it is...you better ask somebody.

We have entered the buildin...

2005-02-21T17:51:00.000-08:00

Laundromat is here.