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Hella Dope Cali Hip Hop Special with Del tha Funkee Homosapien and DJ Morgs of Thundamentals

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Hella dope! We were fortunate enough to be granted an audience with his Hellaness, Sir DZL a.k.a. Deltron Z a.k.a. Del Tha Funkee Homosapien. Hella stories of the early days of working with Ice Cube and Sir Jinx, performing on Hey Hey It’s Saturday, The Gorillaz and more.

DJ Morgs of the Thundamentals takes us on a journey in search of the brown note with a set of bass heavy hip hop jams.

Plus we try to squeeze in as many of our favourite West Coast hip hop jams as possible. Why not?

Playlist:
Swollen Members    Left Field (Feat. Del Tha Funkee Homosapien & Unicorn)
Hieroglyphics – You Never Knew
Eligh and Grouch ft Pigeon John – No More Greener Grass
Murs – Done Deal Ft 3mg
Tha Alkaholiks – All the Way Live (Q-Tip)
Busdriver – Unnecessary Thinking ft Abstract Rude
Quincy Jones – Summer In the City
Pharcyde – Passing Me By
Freestyle Fellowship – Inner City Boundaries
Anotha Level – On Deck
Del Tha Funkee Homosapien – Catch A Bad One 97
Lootpack – Return of the B-Boy
Aceyalone – The Guidelines
Del tha Funkee Homosapien – Double Barrel
Deltron 3030 – Turbulence Remix
The Coup – Me and Jesus The Pimp In a ’79 Granada Last Night
Thundamentals – Holla
MORGS DJ SET – PLAYLIST ON ITS WAY
Thundamentals ft Vida Sunshyne – Check My Fresh

Listen: Swollen Members ft Del & Unicorn – Left Field | Buy Me

Listen: Eligh & Grouch – No More Greener Grass ft Pigeon John | Buy Me

Listen: Lootpack – Return of the B-Boy | Buy Me

Listen: Freestyle Fellowship – Inner City Boundaries | Buy Me

Download: Zion I, K.Flay and Del – Black Friday

Podcast: Download full show with Del, Morgs and hella west coast rap!

In Love With A Stripper

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Since when did R&B turn into really bad dance music? Not interested in a night of Fatman Scoop with David Guetta clones? Shiiiittt… seems the only places that you can hear new club R&B and Hip Hop in Sydney is at Snapback, Levin’s sets at Halfway Crooks and DJ Leon Smith playing at strip club/nightspot Bada Bing.

While most R&B DJs are content peddling the same hits each week, Leon is one of the few that is pushing new R&B and Hip Hop. Leon popped in the studio to play a set of tunes that strippers like to get naked too.

Playlist:
Sean Paul – Give Me The Loving
Protoje and Keida – All Again
Mr Vegas – Mi Tuff Like Steel
Cecile – Pree Mi
Sean Paul – Gal A Bawl For More
Prince Zimboo – Shut Off
Mr. Vegas Feat. Natalie Storm – Doggy
Busy Signal – Pengeleng
Mercci – Oye Pappi
Katalyst  – Ready To Drop ft Kween G
Harry Belafonte – Day Oh (The Banana Boat Song)
Lil Wayne – 6’7″ (feat. Cory Gunz)
Dead Prez – Let The People Be Heard Feat. Estelle
Eve f T.I. – Cash Flow
Fabolous – You Be Killin Em
Swizz Beatz feat. Eve & Gilbere Forte’ – Everyday (Coolin’) Remix
DMX – Get It On The Floor (ft. Swizz Beatz)
Jean Grae – Rocket In Pocket ft Styles P & Talib Kweli
Wiley – Information Age
DJ LEON SMITH STRIPPER ANTHEM SET
DJ Drama ft Fabolous & Roscoe Dash – Oh My
Big Sean ft Kanye & Roscoe Dash – Marvin Gaye & Chardonnay (DJ Graff Mix)
Waka Flocka Flame – Grove St Party
Birdman – Fire Flame ft Joell Ortiz & Lil Wayne (Remix)
WIN WIN x Kingdom x Rick Ross – Chopper In The Car (Jimmy2times Blend)
Young Jeezy – Powder (Power Freestyle)
Kreayshawn – Gucci Gucci (J Farell Remix)
Monchichi & Mez – Money Money Money (Remix)
Monchichi – Go A.G. ft Alien Gang
Cam’ron ft Lil Wayne – Suck It Or Not
Gucci Mane & Swizz Beatz – It’s Gucci Time
Big Boi – You Ain’t No DJ (ft Yelawolf)
JR Writer – Get Em
Lil Wayne, Pusha T & Kool G Rap – Dopeman Remix
Jay-Z – So Ghetto
Big L – Flamboyant
DJ LEON SMITH PLUGGING STUFF
Ellesquire – Ready
SBTRKT – Wildfire (Remix) Ft. Drake
Kelly Rowland – Motivation feat. Lil’ Wayne (Diplo Remix)
Busta Rhymes Vs Stagga – I Got Bass
Wiley – 100% Publishing
The Weeknd – Rolling Stone (No Big Deal Remix)

MP3: Sean Paul – Give Me The Loving (Summer Scene Riddim) | Buy

MP3: Protoje and Keida – All Again (Summer Scene Riddim)

MP3: Eve ft T.I. – Cash Flow | Buy

MP3: Big Sean ft Kanye West & Roscoe Dash – Marvin Gaye & Chardonnay (Graff Intro Edit) | Buy

MP3: Kreayshawn – Gucci Gucci (J Farell Remix) (Extended Intro)

Podcast: Download Full Show With Leon Smith’s ‘Stripper Anthems’ and Mo!

So ahh… since one dollar notes went out in Australia, do strippers take coins? Is that why they call it a coin slot? Cha-ching! Get your objectification on.

Sample Snitching: Busta Rhymes Busted!

The Diplomats! Not to be confused with Dipset. Their music is a little bit less about cooking crack and more to do with the deep feelings one experiences during a relationship. Here is a track that was sampled by Grind Music (LV & Sean C) for The Hitmen to create a Busta Rhymes banger.

MP3: The Diplomats – I Can Give You Love | Buy

MP3: Busta Rhymes – Don’t Touch Me ft Lil Wayne, Nas & Big Daddy Kane (Stolen Records More Rappers is Not Necessarily Better Edit) | Buy

Cloudcast: Listen to entire show with Sky’High and Max Gosford

Alicia Keys Reggae Remixes | Try Sleeping With A Broken Heart | If I Ain’t Got You


Something about her music makes me want to sob about all of my past relationships all at once. For sometime I have been addicted to reggae remixes of Alicia Keys songs, though I am still waiting for somebody to do ‘Unthinkable’. Attention producer folk, get on it.

MP3: Daria – Try Sleeping With A Broken Heart (Alicia Keys Reggae Cover) | Buy Original

MP3: Alicia Keys – If I Ain’t Got You ft Red Fox (Reggae Remix) | Buy Original

Beastie Boys ft Santigold – Don’t Play No Game That I Can’t Win | Fight For Your Right Revisted – Full Movie | Hot Sauce Committee Album Stream


Basically a really long video for ‘Make Some Noise’, it’s the full length version of ‘Fight For Your Right Revisited’. Featuring an allstar, cast the Beastie Boys of the future challenge the Beastie Boys of the past to a “super fresh old school dance off”. Not quite Thriller, but probably better than Kanye’s efforts. Your thoughts?

Oh and here is ‘Don’t Play No Game That I Can’t Win’ with Santigold. It is like ‘Shove It’, but with the Beastie Boys instead of Spank Rock, and not really as good… but still pretty okay.

MP3: Beastie Boys – Don’t Play No Game That I Can’t Win ft Santigold

MP3: Beastie Boys – Egg Man | Buy ‘Paul’s Boutique’

Full Album: Stream and Pre-order Beastie Boys ‘Hot Sauce Committee Part Two’

Pharoahe Monch and Jean Grae Interview Part 2: Relationships, Karaoke and Albums


What do you imagine M.O.P. would sing at karaoke? Aladdin’s ‘A Whole New World’, maybe Lionel Richie ‘Hello’ or possibly ‘Stay’ by Lisa Loeb? Find out when Pharoahe tells of his karaoke experience with the Mash Out Posse, and Jean Grae gives some amazingly sensible relationship advice in part two of our interview with the pair.

Listen: Pharoahe Monch – Haile Salassie Karate ft Mr Porter | iTunes
Listen: Pharoahe Monch – The Light | iTunes
Listen: Jean Grae – You Don’t Like It (So What)
Listen: Jean Grae – Love Song | iTunes

MORE INTERVIEWS:
Video: Pharoahe Monch and Jean Grae Interview Part 1 on Tattoos and Cheese Cake
Pharoahe Monch Interview: Pancakes, Ghostwriting for Diddy, Hilltop Hoods and W.A.R.
Jean Grae Interview: Poisoning Boyfriends, Cafeteria Fights and Baking

Lovebombs Mixtape: Volume II


Lovebombs! It started out as a house party that got a little too big for the house, and since then has always been a shindig that is good vibes and a lot of fun. The Lovebombs massive is doing a Pre-Easter party called Lovebuns, so I thought I would finally post the photos by the very awesome Leah Consunji from our Lovebombs Pre-Valentines do (Wedding Waltz Competition and all).

And no, I don’t do parties that don’t involve silly dancing competitions with equally silly prizes. What next though? Maybe a charleston dance off, or a breakdancing miming competition. Anyways, here’s some music…

Love Bombs Vol 2 by Yelo Feva

MP3: Pointer Sisters – Automatic | iTunes


MP3: Barbara Acklin – Am I The Same Girl | iTunes


MP3: Soul 4 Real – Every Little Thing I Do | iTunes

Tweetage: Follow Sydney socialite Shantan Wantan Ichiban for party updates
Flickrage: Check out more photos from Leah

Santigold – Go ft Karen O (prod. Q-Tip & Switch)

Santigold Go
Fuck yeah! I want more music from Santigold and I want it to be as good as her old music. Please lord, is this too much to ask? Santi dropped this one today on Jay-Z’s Life and Times. It is co-produced by Q-Tip, Switch and Santigold with some vocals from Karen O. So what do you think? Does the future look promising?

MP3: Santigold – Go ft Karen (co-produced Q-Tip, Switch and Santigold)

Me So Horny: A Sexy Saxophone Tribute

Tim Capello Sexy Saxophone
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.

MP3: Gerry Rafferty – Baker Street | iTunes

MP3: Sade – Smooth Operator | iTunes

MP3 Men at Work – Who Can It Be Now? | iTunes

MP3: Glen Fray – You Belong To The City | Amazon

MP3: ALF – Theme Song

MP3: George Michael – Careless Whisper | iTunes

MP3: Paper Route Gangstaz – Bama Gettin Money (Diplo Remix)

MP3: Ciara vs Guido – Ride (Baby Armie ‘Mad Sax’ Remix)


And one cannot forget the quintessential saxman, Tim Capello, the muscle bound oiled up Saxophone god who appeared in cult classic – The Lost Boys.

MP3: Tim Capello – I Still Believe | Amazon

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).

MP3: John Coltrane – My Favourite Things

Still not satisfied? For a more complete guide to 80’s sax solos see Imcomputa.

Sample Snitching: Jay Electronica – Exhibit C

billy stewart jay electronica sample
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’.

MP3: Billy Stewart – Cross My Heart | Buy

MP3: Jay Electronica – Exhibit C | Buy