Cali got gun play! Salsa on a Monday! Mamis sayin Ichi give me one more dance!
When too much animal print is barely enough!
Parar! Revivir! Sobrevivir!
direct me where ever you want, mami
Towards the end of my trip in Latin America I started to pick up a bit of Spanish, but all round I was pretty pathetic. Even so, I found when you didn’t know the Spanish word for something, you could just add an ‘O’ or an ‘A’ or a ‘ones’ to the end of the English word and you may end up with the right word in Spanish.
¿Cuál es el nombre de este…ah.. musica… umm… artista?
These are some photos from Cali in Colombia. I found it funny that traffic police in Cali are called “Reguladors”. I am easily amused.
The hipsters can have hip hop, I am taking Rock N Roll. It seems like everybody is trying to do hip hop parties in Sydney. The game is over saturated. So while I play rap for people that book me, I am trying to do something different with my nights.
This Friday we have a Rock N Roll and Soul night happening at Hollywood Hotel called Mashed Potato. Watch out Dusty Fingers and Loose Joints. We about to take over. Getting that Rockabilly money.
Shazaming tracks at Jingle Jangles is starting to pay off. Tonight we just played jams from the 50s and 60s. Oh and MK1 came in for a mix, and DJ Dam was on general mixing duties.
Playlist:
The Temptations – Ain’t Too Proud to Beg
James Brown & The Famous Flames – Good Good Lovin’
Gene Vincent & The Blue Caps – B-I-Bickey-Bi, Bo-Bo-Go
Little Richard – Long Tall Sally
Etta James – Something’s Got A Hold On Me
Elvis Presley – Crawfish
Amy Winehouse – Tears Dry
Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell – Ain’t No Mountain High Enough
Mamie Galore – It Ain’t Necessary
Bobby Valentin – Amor a Medio Tiempo
La Lupe – Fever
Harry Belafonte – Jump In The Line(Shake Senora)
The Champs – Tequila
James Ray – I’ve Got My Mind Set On You
Vernon Green & The Medallions – Don’t Shoot Baby’
Dion & The Belmonts – Runaround Sue
Barrett Strong – Money (That’s What I Want)
Los Apson – Satisfacción (Satisfaction Cover)
The Beattle-ettes – Only Seventeen
Jacqueline Taieb – 7 Heures Du Matin
Big Mama Thornton – Hound Dog
Etta James – That’s All
LaVern Baker – How Can You Leave a Man Like This?
Otis Redding – Shake
Aretha Franklin – I Say a Little Prayer
Amy Winehouse – Like Smoke (Ft. Nas)
Jay Z feat. The Dap Kings – 99 Problems (Prince of Ballard Remix)
Red Cafe – Fly Together (feat. Rick Ross & Ryan Leslie)
J Cole – Work Out
Kataylst – The Popcorns ft Jane Doe
Zulu Nation – Intro (MK1 Edit)
Afrika Bambaataa – Planet Rock
Busta Rhymes – Dance To the Drummers (MK1 Edit)
The Roots – Here I Come
Eric B Rakim – Juice (Know The Ledge)
Soul II Soul – Back To Life
Fat Joe – Ha Ha
Lexicon – It’s The L
Notorious B.I.G. – Hypnotise
Biz Marke – Make The Music With Your Mouth
Jackson 5 – I Want You Back
Jackson 5 – It’s Great To Be Here (Remix)
Afrika Bambaataa – True School Park Session
Tom Scott – Today (MK1 Edit)
Rare Earth – Celebrate
Ghostface Killah – Celebrate
Franz Ferdinand – Take Me Out
Beastie Boys – Triple Trouble
MK1 – Japanese Happy Nation (Remix)
Claudia – Deixa Eu Dizer
Sky’high – Don Dada
Listen: Mamie Galore – It Ain’t Necessary | Buy Me
I didn’t think they made dirty songs like these in the 1950s. I thought married couples slept in seperate beds and you would get stoned in the town square talking like this.
I am there trying to work out if the ‘Drill Daddy Drill’ song is just innocent, until I hear the line “set up your drill in the middle of my field” and “If the well runs dry we will use another hole”. It reminds me so much of Lil Wayne’s “Miss Officer” and R. Kelly “The Zoo”. Take a bad metaphor and just keep those shamelessly terrible puns coming.
I am going to be playing a set of more XXX 50s Rock jams at our Rock N Roll and Soul party, Mashed Potato, this Friday at Hollywood Hotel. Here are some awkward photos of people dancing by Dear Pluto’s Emma Daniels.
Listen: Dorothy Ellis – Drill Daddy Drill | Buy Me
Listen: The Toppers – Let Me Bang Your Box | Buy Me
Listen: The Swallows – It’ Ain’t The Meat | Buy Me
Listen: Connie Allen & Todd Rhodes & Orchestra – Rocket 69 | Buy Me
Giving Jenny Craig a run for their money. It was like if Zumba had a cousin on crack. We are calling it Zumbaton. It is the latest sweaty dance work out, which we tested out at Goodgod for Badonkadonk.
Except for me, who was just playing the same old cheese that I always do, it was a night where DJs got to play stuff they never do anywhere else. Mike Who was going deep on the latin, cumbia, moombahton party vibes. Levin’s was having fun not playing hip hop for once. And Kato was just going ill.
I hope you burned some calories and had a good time doing it.
The first one was technically a sell out. Well it would have been if we didn’t keep letting people in. This one should be just as big as our resident R&B coverband Joyride & The Accidents, will be sharing the stage with Alphamama.
We paid tribute to R Kelly at the first ball, this time expect a mix of classic and new R&B jams being performed by these two amazing soul outfits. Oh and maybe a couple of originals thrown in.
That is not all folks. Spinning hip hop and R&B on the night are DJs Levins, Shantan Wantan Ichiban and Joyride. You know this is going to be a proper party just before the Christmas break.
It is a Christmas party as well so maybe expect a Destiny’s Child style carol or two, and more drunken random hook ups than even the last one.
Listen: Cam’ron ft Juelz Santana – Oh Boy | Buy Me
Friends or not, there are a couple of awkward looking dudes that I wouldn’t have invited to my video shoot. Even so, dope song, fresh Indonesian batik shirt and a sweet video from one of the best rappers in Sydney to never release anything.
Mr Clean has been around since the mid 90s when he was rapping with Torcha in Etnik Tribe, and appearing on the first Celcius album as Clockwise. He was like the unsigned hype of the time, however, never seemed to get anything out. It is good to see he has still got that hunger and killing it like never before with some help from Colourd Noyz on production.
Listen: Mr Clean – Hard Yak
Oh and by the way the video was shot by our very own Robin Hearfield
Taken by the amazing Robin Hearfield, these are shots of Blue Mountains hip hop crew Thundamentals. Rather pleasant chaps. We talked about all manner of things and then they performed a song. You should listen to it below…
Hollywood Hotel was actually a perfect venue for this. Though it has a rather awkward dance floor, the place was filled with folks dancing around the small pub in Surry Hills.
Owned by former TV and Movie star of the 1950s, Doris Goddard, Hollywood Hotel seemed an appropriate setting for our Rock N Roll and Soul night. At the last one, Ms Goddard sat at the end of the bar for the early part of the night. Her only complaint, that we were a little loud. High praises from a woman who has been known to pull the power on DJs she disapproves of.
So we are doing another one of these before Sonny and Emma leave to Europe. Expect good music, lots of dancing, attractive hipster girls in rockabilly attire, and I promise Sonny won’t be doing any inappropriate scratching.
Listen: Dion & The Belmonts – Runaround Sue | Buy Me
It is International Players II. This time Jigga and Jeezy showing that every thug has a loving side. The Andre verse came out last year sometime. Good to hear they finally finished this track. How good is the Lenny Williams sample?
Janini Panini
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