Summer Meme: Sing Along / Seven Songs
The homie, Roney Smith (aka @Seedoflife) tagged mi! i like this tag, cause its relating to music! aaaah yesh, and the theme is interesting as well; songs that are shaping your summer! awsome idea, and a tag from an awsome dude! lets do it! here are the instructions:
“List seven songs you are into right now. No matter what the genre, whether they have words, or even if they’re not any good, but they must be songs you’re really enjoying now, shaping your spring summer. Post these instructions in your blog along with your seven songs. Then tag seven other people to see what they’re listening to.”
7. Busta Rhymes – Turn Me Up Some
Truly a great Dilla track. Not only is Busta flippin his patterns and weaving his usual lyrical magic, but the tightened drum kit, with a killer set of melodies. Dilla & Busta do it again. Peep the Redman sample!
This track always make mi slouch a lil in mi seat, headnodding terribly…
6. Dez Dickerson – MODERNAIRE
okay, yall remember this song from Purple Rain, however, it was not on the soundtrack! thanks to some diehard Paisley Parkers, the song is in its entirety on youtube! this is mi only way to hear this song, as THIS vinyl is hard to get ahold of without spending a grip. the open highhat on the snare when the hook runs is that small bit of genius. you cant help but do the damn dance! heh
5. Super – Misty Hours
im SO convinced this group no longer exists. they sound like a lounge act, and i think theyre from Finland or some place. I got a sample CD years ago and was hooked. then it became harder and harder to find their damn music. wait…just did more digging. heres some info on the group. anyhow, “misty hours” is like an ode to summer and city life. “come stand here on the empty square, high on nightly air”. Minna Joenniemi on lead vocal…her voice is enchanting. hit mi privately, and i’ll give you a taste. their music is awsome.
4. CunninLynguists – Yellow Lines f. Phonte & Witchdoctor
serving suggestion: this is a song you listen to after doin the nasty. the window open, blinds blowing gently. youre either getting rubbed, or your rubbing someone lightly. the music speaks for the summer indeed. and you’ll need to say nothing while this song plays in the background. notable lyric:
Put a spell on ‘em, Forgive me Lord but I’m hell on ‘em
Baby we grown folk, So let me longstroke
And send em back to they man with my smell on ‘em
Let me be quiet before I tell on ‘em – Phonte
3. Janet Jackson – Warmth
if there ever was a theme song for oral sex, THIS was it. not that summer has everything to do with sex, but i dig this song for various reasons. 1st off, Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis produced this sexual wonder, and its so minimal, yet, oh so sensual. the bass is infectious. the lyrics; oh so nasty. great job, Flyte Tyme!
2. Devin The Dude – Dont Wanna Be Alone
damn, another ballad. this one is really a hip hop ballad with a twist. its comedy, but its a great friggin song! for once, im stumped on the sample, but it goes to work!
1. The Beach Boys – In My Room
“in this world i lock out all my worries and my fears.” this has been a favorite of mine for some time now, but it really sums up mi summer. i feel so comfortable and safe within the walls of the studio control room. i am able to just focus on music, locking out the BS and concentrating at the task at hand. alternatively, when at home, im usually in mi bedroom. thats where mi computers are, mi xbox360, clothes, and MPC2000. needless to say, this was definately #1 for shaping mi hermit of a summer.
and now i tag mi favorite people that havent already been tagged:
Moneke – Tais – Desiree Devine – 2TheHead – Nicky Black – Jack Lhasa – ChristyXCore
goooood times, yall!
yee!
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27.Jun.08 
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guest blog post: TwitterTravels on tofu916
twittertravels is a new addition to mi blogroll. two ever-cool guys that i met on twitter, and now consider friends, traveling the earth. when i 1st met these dudes face to face, it dawned on mi that real people DO exist. they both seemed so down to earth and willing to commune. smoking cigs and having crazy convo about life experiences. when you meet them in person, you can see what makes each an entertaining writer. Jack & scarab are like two sides of the same coin. one side being the logical, analytical, experienced side – the other, is scarred, high octane and ready to throw down. which character is which? you’ll have to read more at the website.
to this day, i cant raise a glass without thinking of when these two.
When Tofu asked me if I would do a blog for him, I accepted right away. Now, almost a week later, I’m still trying to think of what to say. There is so much I could tell you, but hell, if you know Tofu, you already know it.
Tofu is a rare animal. Like me he’s some sort of creature born from the fallout and radiation of Post-WWII America. Horrible, hideous things we are. But we fucking survive. Bad things happen, we’ll be on top. Why? It’s the terrible instinctive drive that we can’t stop. It’s not a choice. It’s just what we do. We’re primal and savage. Something that is less (or maybe more) than Human.
Now ask me about Tofu’s music. Again, what can I say that you don’t already know? Tofu is a visionary. He brings this ghastly abomination that he is to every beat. You can feel it in your bones. The reptile brain starts to connect to the medulla oblongata. You can hear it. You can see it. Take “Golden Earrings” for example. I don’t know where he pulled that sample from [Peggy Lee], but damn it makes me feel like its 1936, and hip-hop is booming. Tofu is creating a new world. An alternate history. Bringing the past to the present and forcing us to relive things we never lived in the first place.
So what can I say? Roughly 300 words by the looks of it. This article might sound like I’m riding his dick, but I don’t care. Tofu is the man. He is a friend and a fellow savage. The real deal. Too sweet for old school, smarter than the new kids trying to be Ice-T.
Just check the shit out. Now. You won’t regret it.
Jack Lhasa is a traveling writer, who currently writes for Twitter Travels and Loki Listens, as well as a host of other sites.
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What can I say about this visionary from the west coast? If I tried to
describe the perfect sunset to a blind man, doubtful I’d fall short, just as
I feel I’ll do in this post. But I’m damn well going to try.
To meet the man behind the music, you wouldn’t think that such greatness
could be contained in such a small frame, but just like C-4, the explosion
compensates. A wild and free mind, riding the thermals of progression, high
above the clouds, just close enough for him to light a match under God’s toe
before spiraling down, laughing maniacally, to the rest of us. His music,
much like the man himself, is deep, true, and hard enough that even diamonds
couldn’t scratch it’s surface. There’s that cannibalistic center to the man
that eats everything that doesn’t fit, and uses it to fuel that inner fire
to keep on moving, regardless of the obstacles or problems that stand in his
way. Mixing the old with the new, Tofu forges something far greater than
just Hip-Hop or Street lyrics. His beats echo in the mind, burning
impressions deep in the soft tissue and leaving the listener better for
hearing them. Savage and wild, refined and fine tuned, this wild monster
creeps into your heart and soul to leave a message on the walls with spray
paint and human blood.
Regardless of your musical tastes, Tofu’s music is a creation of pure
genius. An auditory drug that would have to be freebased, because anything
else would be a waste to it’s purity. Like kissing a shotgun, it blows your
mind, grabs the pieces and puts them back together again, offering you an
omelet made from Humpty Dumpty after you’re through. The fear and pain of
the streets, the glimmer and glam of the big time, rolled into one and taken
to the head for a musical masterpiece that I’ve not heard before. It calls
to that animal in all of us, challenging us to crawl out of our holes to
stand in the sunlight, blinding and burning in the final self release of an
epiphany in the midst of a hurricane.
Thank you Tofu.
Scarab Susanti is a freelance writer, currently residing on the road, sleeping where he may and trying to find the bits of his mind he’d lost
along the way.
20.Jun.08 news Comments (3)
Re: Righteous Movement Photo Essay by Fotoluco
Yo… What’s good everybody!! We just wanted to check in and let everyone that we are still alive and kicking… We have been busy recording FOUR ALBUMS (I’ll give you more of that in another post) that will be hitting the streets this summer, so be on the look out!!!
In the meantime, over the last couple months, we’ve had the pleasure to work with homie Fotoluco on a photo essay that he was working on for his class. It is finally finished, and we are proud to say he finished as the TOP 3 in his class… Check it out and enjoy.
[please feel free to embed/share this video on your social networking sites.
the brotha did a great job]
Peace,
From The Good Brotha’s Over At Righteous Movement
Get Up. Get Out. Get Righteous.
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