Metal Lungies

Over the last few weeks I’ve been working a lot on a radio show that me and my buddy are putting on.  Consequently, my valued ML time has been cut short.  I figured I would share some of the efforts that I’ve been putting into the show.  Basically, we will do four sets this month and each one is focusing on a different genre that has been crucial to the development of hip-hop (funk, soul, jazz, and electronica).  Each show will intertwine one of the four genres with hip-hop and will hopefully give the listener some indication of the fundamental connections between the forms of music.

Anyway…here are some of the highlights from the first two shows.  Im gonna get the mp3s for the guest spot that we had, or you can just cop an iTunes link at www.ckut.ca (go to archives and find montreal sessions).  

Download Link at the bottom. 

Soul Show 

1. Al Green: A New World (feat Method Man & MF Doom) 

This is a dope cut off of Omer Saar’s Al Green remix album.  Some of the samples aren’t as subtly fitting as this one, but I respect his effort.  

2. Camp Lo: Luchini (Destruments Remix) 

Flipped this really well.  That bassline gets me everytime.  

3. Erykah Badu: Honey (DJ Day Remix) 

As with most of the new Badu songs there were numerous remixes of this track.  None of them groove like this DJ Day cut.  This one really touches the soul, so to speak.  

4. Black Star: Respiration ft. Black Thought (Pete Rock Remix) 

This was one of the last things Black Star put out, and it makes me nostalgic every time I hear it.  Kweli’s verse is one of his best, and the chorus (so much on my mind, I just can’t recline) is the meaning of classic.

5. Count Bass D: Blues for Percey Carey

I  pray everyone reading this already has this whole album.  Dwight Spitz contains some of my favorite production from the last few years.  The Doom track is bonkers.  

6. Quiet Elegance: Do You Love Me 

Formed in Detroit, this was a short lived group consisting of soul veterans Yvonne Gearing, Mildred Vaney, and Lois Reeves.  Whenever I hear this song I imagine that my grandma is singing it.  Maybe thats a testament to how comforting the sound is, or maybe I need psychological help.  Im looking into it.  

Jazz Show

1. B.U.M.S.: West Coast Smack 

This group, and Joe Quixxx in particular, is seriously underrated.  Oakland hip-hop has always resonated with me, and thats even more true when I can actually understand what they are saying.  

2. Lil Wayne: A Milli (Flying Lotus Remix) 

With the amount of remixes of this song quickly forming a large pile of filth, I was weary of sifting through it all.  But Flying Lotus astounds yet again, and succeeds in making Lil’ Wayne sound avant garde.  Epic.  

3.  Encore ft. Peanut Butter Wolf: Think Twice 

Off of his first EP Step On Our Egos this song made me believe in the power of sampling.  It flows without any hesitation, and the feel I would describe as a lucid bump.  Who knows…Im stoned.  

4. David Axelrod: Holy Thursday 

Swizz Beatz is lazy.  I dont even think he changed the tempo for Dr. Carter.  This is something we delved into a little bit on the show.  Is it really music to take someone else’s track, flip it verbatim and call it your own.  Id say its questionable.  

5. Fat Joe (ft. Big Pun & Raekwon): Firewater (Madlib Remix) 

Just your everyday Madlib dopeness, with some jazzy flavor.  

6. Mims: Work Like This (Remix) 

So I hate Mims as much as the next guy, but this mix gets me hot in all the right ways.  If you throw a party in the near future, play this and watch the undergarments fly.

Download: STS Part 1; STS Part 2 (Because of the wav files I had to split it up awkwardly)

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