Ha Ha! (Justice Pt. 2)

http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2008/01/justice_show_mo.html


Also, I may be slightly famous...


http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2008/01/united_tradesho.html

STOP.....hobbit time!

Shout out to Tara.

Rapper beef.

Timbaland, 50 Cent and Wyclef have been implicated in a steroids investigation.

NYTimes Full Story

WTF?

My favorite line is, "Ohio's agriculture is based on rain."

DJ Shadow & Cut Chemist

In celebration of me going to see DJ Shadow & Cut Chemist next Friday in Philly, I'm sending out their sets from their first 2 "all 45" tours. This new tour, The Hard Sell, will feature Cali's finest on all 45 RPM records and even the little 3" single joints. (Zip file at the end)

Brainfreeze - Released in 1999


Mix One

* Lamont Johson Quartet - "Thunder Kick" (Trailer to unreleased film)
* The Jules Blattner Group - 2001 - "A Soul Odyssey"
* Fried Chicken - "Funky DJ"
* The Mohawks - "The Champ"
* Reuben Bell - "Superjock"
* Albert King - "Cold Feet"
* Ultimate Force - "I'm Not Playing"
* Eddie Bo and Inez Cheatham - "Lover And A Friend"
* Mack Rice - "Three People In Love"
* The Nu People - "I'd Be Nowhere Today"
* Nu-Sound Express Ltd - "Ain't It Good Enough"
* Mystic Moods - "Cosmic Sea"
* American Gypsy - "Inside Out"
* Odetta - Hit Or Miss
* The Mar-Keys - "Grab This Thing (Part 2)"
* Rusty Bryant - "FireEater"
* Simtec and Wylie - "Bootleggin'" (Part 2)
* Wilbur Bascomb and The Zodiac - "Just A Groove In 'G'"
* Eddie Bo and The Soul Finders - "We're Doin' It (Thang) (Part 2)"
* Rufus Thomas - Sophisticated Sissy
* The Showmen Inc. - "The Tramp (From Funky Broadway)" (Part 1)
* The Original Soul Senders - "Soul Brother Testify (Part 2)"
* Rufus Thomas - "Itch and Scratch (Part I and II)"
* Alvin Cash - "Keep On Dancing (Instrumental")
* Lou Courtney - "Hey Joyce"
* Bummer radio spot

Mix Two

* The Singing Principal - "Women's Lib"
* Salt - "Hung Up"
* The Soul Lifters - "Hot, Funky, and Sweaty"
* Frankie Seay and The Soul Riders - "Soul Food"
* The Interpretations - "Jason Pew Mosso" (Part 1)
* Thunder and Lightning - "Bumpin' Bus Stop"
* Billy Garner - "I Got Some"
* Pleasure Web - "Music Man (Part I and II)"
* Gary Byrd - "Soul Travelin' (The G.B.E.)" (Part I)
* Clifton Chenier and Grandma Gee Gee - "Just Keep On Scratching"
* "W" radio spot
* Marlena Shaw - "California Soul"
* The Vibrettes- "Humpty Dump (Part 1)"
* Eddie Bo - "From This Day On"
* 7-Eleven - "Dance The Slurp"
* Kraftwerk - "Numbers"
* Flash and The Five - "Flash It To The Beat"
* Pearly Queen - "Quit Jivin'"
* Tony Alvon and The Belairs - Sexy Coffee Pot
* Chuck Mangione - "Hill Where The Lord Hides"
* Funka Fize - "No Words"
* Schooly D - "Gucci Time"
* Jurassic 5 - "Unified Rebelution" (A cappella)
* Third Guitar - "Baby Don't Cry"
* Don Pierce - "This Funky Thing"
* Funka Fize - "Because You're Funky"
* The Troubleneck Brothers - "Back To The Hip Hop"
* Stu Gardner - "Devil In A Man"
* Samson and Delilah - "There's A DJ In Your Town"
* Giorgio Moroder - "Tears"
* Tim and Bill - "Someone"

Product Placement - Released in 2001



Tracklisting:

1-01 Oscar Da Grouch I Got Two
1-02 Little Grady Lewis & Soul Smokers Smokin' Soul
1-03 Dennis Coffey And The Detroit Guitar Band A Whole Lot Of Love
1-04 LL Cool J I Need Love
1-05 Eddie Simpson Big Black Funky Slave
1-06 Harold Alexander Mama Soul
1-07 Charlie Whitehead Let's Do It Again (Part 3)
1-08 Cold Grits It's Your Thing
1-09 Backyard Heavies, The Expo '83
1-10 Timmy Thomas Sexy Woman
1-11 Kool & The Gang N.T.
1-12 Freddy Scott (You) Got What I Need
1-13 Bobby & James Purify I'm Your Puppet
1-14 Oceanliners, The Funky Pants
1-15 Thunder, Lightning & Rain Super Funky (Part 1)
1-16 James Brown Talkin' Loud And Sayin' Nothin'
1-17 Unknown Artist Superstition
1-18 National Fuel Gas Distribution Corporation Rappin' With Gas
1-19 CD III Get Tough
1-20 Man Parrish Hip Hop, Be Bop (Don't Stop)
1-21 B-Boys, The Rock The House
1-22 Newcleus Jam On It
1-23 Davy DMX One For The Treble
1-24 Grandmaster Melle Mel Step Off
1-25 Newcleus Destination Earth
1-26 Soul Searchers, The Ashley's Roachclip
1-27 Orange Krush Action
1-28 Pieces Of A Dream Mt. Airy Groove
1-29 Bill Withers Kissin' My Love
1-30 Mandrill Mango Meat
1-31 Jazzy Jeff* A Touch Of Jazz
1-32 Kid 'N' Play Last Night (Instrumental)
1-33 Esther Williams Last Night Changed It All
1-34 James Brown Funky President
1-35 Miami Chicken Yellow
1-36 Johnny Cameron & The Camerons Funky John
1-37 Willie John Ellison You Got To Have Rhythm
1-38 Harvey & The Phenomenals Soul And Sunshine
1-39 Mongo Santamaria Coylude
1-40 Communicators & Black Experience Band The Road
1-41 Dennis Bryant Soul Man
2-01 Lifeforce (2) The Freeze
2-02 Earnest Jackson Funky Black Man
2-03 Little Buck Little Boy Blue
2-04 Dandelion Wine Hot Dog
2-05 Nu-Sound Express, Ltd. One More Time You All
2-06 Nu-Sound Express, Ltd. Keep On Dancin'
2-07 Commodores Keep On Dancin'
2-08 Gerald Wilson California Soul
2-09 Messengers, The California Soul
2-10 Poets, The (5) Fun Buggy
2-11 Union (2) Strike
2-12 New Seekers, The It's The Real Thing
2-13 Ivor Raymonde Orchestra It's The Real Thing
2-14 Basic, The Milk
2-15 Cookie Crew, The Born This Way (Instrumental)
2-16 Larry Sanders Story Of My Love
2-17 Jessie James Move On Out Of My Way
2-18 Yellow Sunshine Yellow Sunshine
2-19 Rodney O & Joe Cooley Cooley High
2-20 Nairobi & Awesome Foursome Funky Soul Makossa (Rap)
2-21 Logic Circuit Motorcross Pt. 2
2-22 Unknown Artist Hell's Belles
2-23 Outcasts, The (2) Loving You Sometimes
2-24 Gran Am Get High
2-25 David McCallum House Of Mirrors

DJ Shadow & Cut Chemist - Brainfreeze & Product Placement (Zipped)

P.S. Big shout out to Cut Chemist who can be seen for 30 seconds as a chemistry teacher in the new movie "Juno".

Let Down

When people have a baby, they commonly say, "I just want my child to be healthy".

It's getting harder and harder for me to talk to fat people and pay attention to what they're saying because I have to block out my constant thought about how and why they got so fat.

Even though you're 30, I bet your parents still want you to be healthy.

DJ Haul in Pittsburgh

Last week the homie DJ Haul (HaulandMason.com) came to represent at our monthly (Quality Control) at Privilege in Pittsburgh. The party was live and Haul's set was fresh as usual. If you haven't heard Haul and Mason, they rock 4 turntables and nobody does it better. This is their mix from 2004 (still dope as 2009) on ALL VINYL -NO SERATO!

Haul & Mason - 4 Turntable Beatdown (Full Album) (Zipped)






And of course, had to hit Primanti's...

I need some Justice justice.

I feel like I'm taking crazy pills. If I have to read one more rant about how Justice's album "t" changed someone's life, I may take my own. I have heard everything from "Album of the Year" to "Best Artist of 2007". If you're like me, you have a general sentiment that music as a whole has been sliding into the toilet, while popular opinion has become increasingly diluted and ill-informed. Is your musical selection and knowledge so limited that you're ranking Justice so high? Did you only listen to 3 artist's new albums last year? (I'm going to go ahead and call the other two artists "Simian Mobile Disco" and "The White Stripes" because I couldn't get through their albums without feeling urges similar to Jack Torrance in "The Shining".) 6 sold out shows in LA? Are you serious?

The album has 12 songs. I only like 5 of them. Of those 5, 2 are pretty much the same song. Of the other 7, (actually the whole album) most of them sound pretty interchangeable. Way to use the same plugins on every track to give your album that uniform, "there's no denying it's a Justice track" sound. Unfortunately, most other electro artists and hipster "I'm a producer because I have Ableton and a blog" amateurs are using the same one. I'm using the term "artist" real loosely here. By loosely I mean I'm downplaying the inability to play an instrument, understand music theory, have creative song structure or even have a musical career longer than 12 months. Most people should call their work "edits".

I'd also like Amanda Blank and Lady Sov to double-team stomp the shit out of Uffie's off-time, non-rhyming-half-the-time, guys actually aren't fighting over your ass, ass.

The bandwagon has never been so big as it is right now and it's moving slow enough that even the slowest can jump on.

Radiohead - All I Need

The 3 a.m. News

Girl fakes dad's death to win Hannah Montana tickets.
http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2008/01/girl_fakes_dads.html

Even though you bought the CD, we still own it.
http://www.frank151.com/2008/01/02/your-cds-are-not-your-own

Happy New Years from UNKNOWN NUMBER

I just want to give a big shout out to everyone that I never talk to who text messages me on every holiday. I may not celebrate the holiday. I may not ever talk to you otherwise. I may not even know you because your number isn't showing up as a known contact in my phone. Your text message might even start with "Fwd:". But thank you for texting me. It reaffirms my previous notion that the holidays are bullshit.

The holidays are finally over. Yes.

I'm gonna knock you out...

Statik Selektah ft. Big Shug - Punch out

Bodies of Water (the Reply)

Bodies of Water replied with this:

"
Yeah - check out kazumi nikaidoh, Zs, ariel ramirez, ariel pink, karl blau, battles, pale hoarse. these are all that jump to mind this instant. maybe you have heard of some of these already.
as far as why we actively hate these people i listed, WE don't. None of my bandmates dislike any of that stuff, I was just mouthing off. As for getting publicity, I guess I didn't realize that anyone but my friends read what I put on our site (we are not really a popular band, I don't think). I only did it because I generally just post whatever comes to mind without giving it a second thought. Those days are over, I guess. Anyhow, thanks for writing.
d"

Oh well. I get no blog drama. Probably better that way.