So I did a mix of Global club stuff a while back, There is a bunch of different stuff on there from Baile funk and Balkan Vibes to Grime, UK Funky and Miami Bass. Here is some tunes I like from it. You might too. Oh yeah download the mix and get your hip thrust on.
More proof that half casts are hotter. This sexy piece of instrument is part french horn, part clarinet and fully amazing. Invented by Adolphe Sax in 1841, the Saxophone was brought into the world to have the projection of a brass instrument with the agility of woodwind, and the ability to overblow at the octave. Oooooohh baby!
Inspired by youtube sensation, Sergio Flores the Sexy Sexophonist Saxogram, we are paying tribute to the Saxophone. This horn has been used to add a bit of sex to military bands, early rock, and jazz, but it wasn’t till the 1980s that the music industry developed a serious sax addiction. Every pop song needed an inappropriate, blaring, over the top sax solo, if only as an after thought during the fade out.
Here is some hot, steamy sax. The hottest and steamiest… perhaps.
Update: It was brought to my attention by one Andrew Quinn, that we missed some of the most seductive sax playing of all time… http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xd518_wreckxneffect-rump-shaker_music
Video vixen and Bobby Brown Baby Mama, Alicia Etheridge – one of the hottest saxophone players since ever. Pay close attention to her finger work. Charlie Parker, who?
MP3: Wreckx-N-Effect – Rumpshaker
MP3: The Lafayette Afro Rock Band – Darkest Light
And when too much sax is barely enough. Here is John Coltrane on the Soprano Saxophone with the jazz equivalent of a tantric sax marathon (Enough with the forced puns already).
The ‘Fat Man’ Billy Stewart! Popular in the ’60s, he was a talented singer, songwriter and piano man discovered by Bo Diddley and signed to Chess Records.
From Washington DC, he started out in a group called The Rainbows (they don’t make band names like that anymore) which included Don Covay amongst it’s members, so you know he had been around the block before hitting the big time with songs like ‘Sitting in the Park’, ‘I Do Love You’ and ‘Summertime’.
In 1970 at the age of 33, he was killed in a car crash with three members of his band, but his music lives on and not just as material for hip hop producers hungry for new samples. For instance, ‘Sitting in my Car’ as been covered by a wide range of artists – 50 of them reggae singers and one of them a rapper (Slick Rick).
Here is ‘Cross My Heart’, released on Chess in 1967, and jacked by Just Blaze to produce Jay Electronica’s ‘Exhibit C’.
Grab your bourgeois bitch killer and lick a shot in the sky, because militant pinko rap cadre, Dead Prez come on the show to rally up the troops. Californian DJ guy, Lino Type (Not of the Do-Over) also gets in the mix.
The Revolution is coming! 10 seconds. Tell your bossman start running. Brrrttttttt!
Playlist
Dead Prez, Jorge Ben Jor, Talib Kweli, Bilal & Positive Force – Shuffering + Shmiling
Jay-Z Feat. Fela – Roc Boyz (MikeLove’s Nigerian Gangster remix)
J.Period & K’NAAN – Let Me Introduce Me (Messengers Remix)
Sade – By Your Side (Cottonbelly’s Fola Mix) ft 13th Son
Dead Prez – Radio Frequency
Mista Savona – Mona Lisa Holla
Spooky Tooth – The Mirror
Atmosphere – Trying To Find A Balance
Childish Gambino – Freaks & Geeks
Mon’wel – Buggin’ (rmx) f. El Prez & Fresh Daily
MED – Where I’m From Ft. Kurupt & Aloe Blacc
Pharoahe Monch – Clap (One Day) Ft. Showtyme And DJ Boogie Blind
U-N-I – Donkey Kong
Lykke Li – I Follow You (Tyler The Creator Mix)
Dead Prez Interview Part 1
Dead Prez – Walk Like A Warrior
Dead Prez Interview Part 2
Dead Prez – Fuck The Law
Dead Prez Interview Part 3
Dead Prez – Summer Time
Urthboy – Shruggin ft Jane Tyrrell
DJ Lino Type Talking Blah Blah!
Onra – Raw
Danny Brown – Guitar Solo
Pharoahe Monch ft. Styles P & Phonte – Black Hand Side
Big K.R.I.T. – King’s Blues
Frank Ocean – Swim Good
DJ Cam Feat. Cameo – Love Junkee (Dilla Vocal Remix)
MellowHype ft. Tyler the Creator & Mike G – BlaccFriday
Lil B – Motivation
Raekwon ft. Method Man – Every Soldier In The Hood
Baby Huey – Hard Times
Dela ft. Blu – Lucys&LooseLeafs
Ghostface ft Black Thought – In Tha Park
Sabo of Sol Selectors fame is the dude as far as Moombahton, Digital Cumbia and all good things Latin are concerned, so i thought i would post some new jams from the man himself…
One of the greatest bass guitarists of all time. Possibly THE greatest. He worked with James Brown, Parliament and Funkadelic, and according to my flatmate he invented bass rhythms that would later become the basis of 90s hip hop. Ol’ Gregg gives us the back story about how he got the funk, and here are a couple of rappers that tried to sample some of that sweet milky funk juice.
These photos were too funny not to blog. A while ago an old friend of mine, Astrid posted these shots on her facebook. Yes that is me in the orange Lowes jumper performing at Eastgarden’s shopping centre. With lyrics like “It ain’t easy being on social security. So they consider me, a burden to society”, I was an instant hit amongst local shoppers that flocked with groceries in hand.
Adidas and Nike jumpers, awful undercuts with long fringes, high waisted jeans, but I think what makes these photo collages so perfect is Astrid’s Catholic School Girl meets Graffiti style of writing. Awesome to the power of infinity plus one.
Competition: What were you wearing in the 90s?
Send your photos to stolenrecords@fbiradio.com and I will repay you with a signed and framed photo of Janet Jackson or Aaron Hall much like this one from MC Hammer and take you out to dinner or something.
Normally I don’t like rappers that use big words and know what they mean. I’ll take swag over substance any day. Even so, I am really quite partial to Sole’s version of Mac Miller’s ‘Donald Trump’. It had to be said. As much as Mac Miller is semi-okay, and the song is catchy as fuck… Donald Trump?!? Seriously, fuck that dude!
MP3: Mac Miller – Donald Trump | iTunes
Woo! Jaded rap songs that try to say something, I didn’t think they still made those. For more on why Donald Trump is a shithead, read his Dickipedia article.
Have you ever wondered what River Dance meets Dancehall Reggae sounds like? How about Gaelic Hip Hop? It’s St Paddy’s Day and I thought we would celebrate our Irish heritage with a couple of tunes and some truly awful jokes…
Q: Why does an Irish Man wear three condoms?
A: To be sure, to be sure, to be sure!
Q: Why can’t you borrow money from a leprechaun?
A: Because they’re always a little short.
Q: How can you tell if an Irishman is having a good time?
A: He’s Dublin over with laughter!
Stories of being chased by police from state to state with N.W.A. like they were the Blues Brothers, roller skating with Dr Dre and intergalactic conversations with Will.I.Am. We were fortunate enough to be granted an audience with His Highness, Arabian Prince and these are just some of the subjects we touched on. Possibly one of the best interviews we have done, though I did accidentally call him ‘African Prince’. Yeeeessshh… Sorry!
We also play some music. 80s Electro Hip Hop, Indie Backpacker Rap, and we pull together a little tribute for Nate Dogg. Next week we will do it in more depth.
Playlist
Fearless Four – Rockin’ It
Afrika Bambaata – Planet Rock
Debbie Deb – When I Hear Music
Wink D Feat. Candy Fresh – Get Busy
Afrika Bambaataa – Looking for the Perfect Beat
Common ft Pharrell – Universal Mind Control (Hydroz B-Boy Bass Mix)
The Tongue – Universal Mind Control
7L & Esoteric – Get Dumb
DJ Krush – Shinjiro (Featuring Mos Def)
Towa Tei – Technova (La Em Copacabana)
A Tribe Called Quest – Find A Way
Jess Harlen – I Go
Nicki Minaj – Moment 4 Life (feat. Drake)
Lupe Fiasco – Moment 4 Life (Freestyle)
Mac Miller – Donald Trump
Sole – Donald Trump In The New Gilded Age
Das Racist – You Oughta Know
Blueprint – Keep Bouncing
Dialect and Despair – Mission Statement
Hackney Colliery Band – Africa
JJ Fad – Supersonic
N.W.A. – Panic Zone
N.W.A. – Dope Man
Dr Dre – Xxplosive ft Nate Dogg, Hitman, Six Two & Kurupt
Dogg Pound ft Nate Dogg – Big Pimpin
Ludacris ft Nate Dogg – Area Codes
Warren G ft Nate Dogg – Regulate
2 Pac ft Nate Dogg – All About You
Mark Ronson ft Ghostface, Trife & Nate Dogg – Ooh Wee
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