good call on the 7/8 time!
probably why i gravitate towards it so much when listening to that album
― i miss cleo :-( (PappaWheelie V), Sunday, 11 January 2009 08:16 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah, it's been my new favorite this week. I've pretty much gone "If She Breaks Your Heart" -> "Daykeeper" -> "House of Cards"
― Et tu, Crut? (The Reverend), Sunday, 11 January 2009 08:21 (fifteen years ago) link
offtopic, but I obsess over documenting hit songs that are in 12/8
i couldn't figure out why and how i got on this, then i realized it stems from my love affair with sly & the family stone's hot fun in the summer time. i have never gotten over that song being in regular rotation.
12 gives it so much room to stretch out the strings and such, while the piano is banging away in 8th notes. this quickly made me realize that the impressions' "it's alright" was built on the same idea, which probably all stemmed from fats domino's cover of blueberry hill.
despite 12/8 hits (billy swan's i can help, genesis' misunderstanding, toto's hold the line, whitney's i'm your baby tonight, etc), odd time signatures beyond 3/4, 6/8, and 12/8 freaked me out when i was little thanks to hearing dave brubeck's take five (5/8) in a local car add when i was maybe 11. got the time out album when i was about 18. became a fan.
i've since gotten into odd time sigs in a serious way (thus, becoming a stereolab fanatic)
― i miss cleo :-( (PappaWheelie V), Sunday, 11 January 2009 08:31 (fifteen years ago) link
I love odd time signatures, maybe even especially 7/8. "Unsquare Dance" is my favorite Brubeck. XD
― Et tu, Crut? (The Reverend), Sunday, 11 January 2009 08:42 (fifteen years ago) link
new PPP mixtape: http://www.divshare.com/download/6302006-1a8
may end up liveblogging this haha
― 3.141592653589793238462643383279502884197169399375105820974944592 (The Reverend), Tuesday, 13 January 2009 05:52 (fifteen years ago) link
lol i just more or less did this in the PPP thread. go over there and correct all my errors.
― subroc back to haunt, Tuesday, 13 January 2009 05:56 (fifteen years ago) link
oh no wait, haven't heard that. plz do!
― subroc back to haunt, Tuesday, 13 January 2009 06:01 (fifteen years ago) link
was talking about platinum pied pipers/sa-ra/the new downbeat-rnb thing: why don't i like this stuff more?
― subroc back to haunt, Tuesday, 13 January 2009 06:07 (fifteen years ago) link
Before I get into that, I have to post some Jesse Boykins III. This shit is ridiculous smooove.
lol @ the vid using that played out Hype Williams letterbox splitscreen effect
― 3.141592653589793238462643383279502884197169399375105820974944592 (The Reverend), Tuesday, 13 January 2009 06:18 (fifteen years ago) link
so nice! shit i've gotta make a mixtape of all the stuff i love on this thread and foist it on ppl.
― subroc back to haunt, Tuesday, 13 January 2009 06:26 (fifteen years ago) link
Hold up. This PPP may have to wait, cause the Boykins stuff I'm listening to is incredible. Like swimming in a sea of warm butter and less describable fluids. Smashtape material if I've ever heard it.
― 3.141592653589793238462643383279502884197169399375105820974944592 (The Reverend), Tuesday, 13 January 2009 06:45 (fifteen years ago) link
What is it with all these r&b singers using that Curtis Mayfield "Think" instrumental? Beyonce AND Tiombe Lockhart AND James Boykins III. This killed my buzz.
― 3.141592653589793238462643383279502884197169399375105820974944592 (The Reverend), Tuesday, 13 January 2009 06:51 (fifteen years ago) link
odd time signatures beyond 3/4, 6/8, and 12/8 freaked me out when i was little thanks to hearing dave brubeck's take five (5/8) in a local car add when i was maybe 11. got the time out album when i was about 18. became a fan.
That's interesting to me. My parents always played several different versions of "Take Five" basically since I was born, so I always took it for granted. It wasn't until I was in middle school and started taking band class that I realized there was anything odd about it.
― 3.141592653589793238462643383279502884197169399375105820974944592 (The Reverend), Tuesday, 13 January 2009 07:01 (fifteen years ago) link
Speaking of time signature goofiness and "Think", "Think" is in 9/8.
― 3.141592653589793238462643383279502884197169399375105820974944592 (The Reverend), Tuesday, 13 January 2009 07:03 (fifteen years ago) link
PPP Mixtape: Starts with some washed out synth chords, then a "1 Thing"-ish remix of Coultrain's "Angel" by Waajeed that BANGS. Then a remix of a J Dilla track from the PPP debut. It's full of game boy sounds and is giving me a bit of a bad Crystal Castles aftertaste. Guilt by association.
― 3.141592653589793238462643383279502884197169399375105820974944592 (The Reverend), Tuesday, 13 January 2009 07:19 (fifteen years ago) link
"Your Day Is Done" featuring Georgia Anne Muldrow. It's pretty good, not great, gets better when she starts rapping. I have a feeling she knows better what to do with a straightforward Mary J.-in-92 hiphop beat when rapping than singing, but doesn't realize this.
― 3.141592653589793238462643383279502884197169399375105820974944592 (The Reverend), Tuesday, 13 January 2009 07:23 (fifteen years ago) link
A warped-out sub-house Waajeed remix of the warped-out sub-house Sa-Ra jam from the debut. Trades in the originals mechanistic stomp for mellow rhodes piano. Me like.
― 3.141592653589793238462643383279502884197169399375105820974944592 (The Reverend), Tuesday, 13 January 2009 07:25 (fifteen years ago) link
We also get an altogether nice and unassuming and by-the-books Waajeed and DJ Topspin of a Tiombe track and another Waajeed/Topspin remix, this one a very J. Dilla-ish (like more than normally) retouch of Zero's Fever, both from the first album.
― 3.141592653589793238462643383279502884197169399375105820974944592 (The Reverend), Tuesday, 13 January 2009 07:32 (fifteen years ago) link
"Goodbye" A rather straightfoward r&b track with some chick named Jamila Reagan. Love the stadium claps. Followed by "Stand For Something", a duet with unison vocals from Reagan and Coultrain over Muhsinah-ish chopped 'n' skittered drums. So far I've been enjoying the fuck outta this tape.
― The Reverend, Tuesday, 13 January 2009 07:39 (fifteen years ago) link
I'm going to stop liveblogging at this point.
― The Reverend, Tuesday, 13 January 2009 07:40 (fifteen years ago) link
this sounds like it fits with this thread a lot more than the album itself, tbh.
good werk, yer reverence.
― subroc back to haunt, Tuesday, 13 January 2009 07:44 (fifteen years ago) link
The original version of the cover of "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover" with Raheem Devaughn on vocals appears toward the end. Rogiers' vocal on the album version is a lot better. Devaughn doesn't fill out his note hear at all.
― The Reverend, Tuesday, 13 January 2009 08:06 (fifteen years ago) link
notes*
― The Reverend, Tuesday, 13 January 2009 08:07 (fifteen years ago) link
here*
― The Reverend, Tuesday, 13 January 2009 08:16 (fifteen years ago) link
hi
― (jaxon) ( .) ( .) (jaxon), Tuesday, 13 January 2009 20:11 (fifteen years ago) link
i would have posted earlier, but i was out of town for 2 weeks and when i got back this thread already had a billion posts and a billion youtubes for me to catch up on. there are so many artists on this thread i've never heard of. a lot of it is great, but there's so much that's kinda forgettable. i haven't really listened to current black music in at least a year or more so i have little to contribute.
the closest i've gotten was stealing a promo from my mom of the Aloe Blacc album (?!). kinda fits in here. a mix of post-dilla hip hop, post-sa-ra soul and even some latin stuff where he sings in spanish. not a bad album. but it's from 2006. here's the first track. really great http://www.robotsinheat.com/temp/WholeWorld.mp3
― (jaxon) ( .) ( .) (jaxon), Tuesday, 13 January 2009 20:20 (fifteen years ago) link
oh yeah, Flying Lotus had a bbc essential mix. it's really fucked uphttp://www.newmixes.com/flying_lotus-essential_mix-sat-11-29-2008.html
― (jaxon) ( .) ( .) (jaxon), Tuesday, 13 January 2009 20:26 (fifteen years ago) link
and while listening to a lot of these youtubes, found this korean artist Asoto Union. not exactly this thread, but i think papawheelie would love it. smooth and funky. kinda like some japfunk thread he started
― (jaxon) ( .) ( .) (jaxon), Tuesday, 13 January 2009 20:28 (fifteen years ago) link
here's another one i thought was kinda rad
Samon Kawamura - Try (feat. Aloe Blacc)
― (jaxon) ( .) ( .) (jaxon), Tuesday, 13 January 2009 20:30 (fifteen years ago) link
this isn't r'n'b, but thought people here would be interested. post dilla chop'n'thump instrumental hip hop. amazing
Onra - for fans of dilla's donuts and sublime frequencies
― (jaxon) ( .) ( .) (jaxon), Wednesday, 14 January 2009 01:50 (fifteen years ago) link
Jaxon giving me some material to catch up on now!
Anyone see this post from Muhsinah (who frankly, pwns this thread):
http://www.muhsinah.com/2008/11/11/check-this-out/ 11 Nov 2008 | from www.muhsinah.comMy little brother’s EP drops today.11/11His name is 00Genesis.The future of the future.Get it. NOW.
11 Nov 2008 | from www.muhsinah.comMy little brother’s EP drops today.11/11His name is 00Genesis.The future of the future.Get it. NOW.
I'll be hunting for 00Genesis later today along with Jaxon's additions.
I spent some serious time listening to Sy Smith recently. Yeah, I wasn't the only one underwhelmed, but far from terrible (some truly embarrassing lyrical moments though, for sure). However, the broken beat track (Art of You) found its way into regular rotation for me.
― serious sockpuppet here (PappaWheelie V), Wednesday, 14 January 2009 16:59 (fifteen years ago) link
And speaking of Japanese additions to this, Cro-Magnon did a minimal, rhodes heavy track with Steve Spacek that's worth noting (Time Flies) in 2008.
― serious sockpuppet here (PappaWheelie V), Wednesday, 14 January 2009 17:02 (fifteen years ago) link
Tonight's the night I play catch up on this thread again, so expect some live blogging soon(especially on the Not For Sale: Red Bull Music Academy Toronto 2007 mix)
― serious sockpuppet here (PappaWheelie V), Thursday, 15 January 2009 03:28 (fifteen years ago) link
PPP album is sorta/kinda a live(-ish) band-oriented spin on Press Play (the back half of PP especially) with no rapping, a couple '60s throwbacks, and a couple nods to Basement Jaxx (at their most Funkadelic).
Remember when Britney and Waajeed were photographed together? Some of this stuff could be fronted by Britney -- "Go, Go, Go" especially.
Very different from Triple P. Love it.
― Andy K, Thursday, 15 January 2009 12:05 (fifteen years ago) link
Anyone know much about Computer Jay?
His song '1000 Fold' ft. Gray Kid on the 2007 'Art Don't Sleep' compilation (that also featured Flying Lotus) has entered my regular rotation.
Discogs entry shows little more than what I have (some edits on another artists project).
Youtube results are somewhat interesting live sets, and show a LOT of potential, but not quite on par with this track I have.
― serious sockpuppet here (PappaWheelie V), Thursday, 15 January 2009 20:48 (fifteen years ago) link
Other than liking their other work, the Press Play and Jaxx comparisons are the first things I've heard to make me enthusiastic about hearing it.
― The Reverend (rev), Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:06 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.muhsinah.com/2008/11/11/check-this-out/11 Nov 2008 | from www.muhsinah.comMy little brother’s EP drops today.11/11His name is 00Genesis.The future of the future.Get it. NOW. I'll be hunting for 00Genesis later today along with Jaxon's additions.
I grabbed this compilation in search of 00Genesis and unearthed some other gems in that Flying Lotus/off-kilter Sa-Ra beats/Post-Dilla vein:
http://www.discogs.com/release/1221095A1 Powell (7) Dimension XA2 Jackhigh Arachnid EyesA3 Rustie Dog MaskB1 Hubert Daviz Smut CutB2 fLako InsideB3 00Genesis Dream Catcher
A1 Powell (7) Dimension XA2 Jackhigh Arachnid EyesA3 Rustie Dog MaskB1 Hubert Daviz Smut CutB2 fLako InsideB3 00Genesis Dream Catcher
Also found a Jackhigh project (album? compilation?) that featured 00Genesis called Interplanetary Thoughts.
― serious sockpuppet here (PappaWheelie V), Friday, 16 January 2009 01:44 (fifteen years ago) link
Been a bit busy to keep up with this thread this week, so hoperfully I'll be able to do that over the weekend. Btw, I'm totally down w/ international additions and some chop n thump instrumentals, so long as they don't become the focus of the thread (which they haven't, carry on).
― The Reverend, Saturday, 17 January 2009 10:45 (fifteen years ago) link
Remember when Britney and Waajeed were photographed together?
I can't find this. :-/
― The Reverend, Saturday, 17 January 2009 10:48 (fifteen years ago) link
and some chop n thump instrumentals, so long as they don't become the focus of the thread (which they haven't, carry on)
I've mostly been avoiding instrumentals, but I thought 00Geneis was worth nothing being Muhsinah's brother.
However, if occasionally welcomed: guided by seeking more JackHigh, I also grabbed a compilation called "Metro Sampler Line 2&3" that has some more of this off-kilter, sampler based, rhodes heavy, beats that fits the bill.
― THE SUGGEST BANS! THEY DO NOTHING!! (PappaWheelie V), Saturday, 17 January 2009 23:57 (fifteen years ago) link
Loving the PPP albums so far, esp "The Ghost of Aveiro"
― The Reverend, Sunday, 18 January 2009 00:19 (fifteen years ago) link
Uhhhh, worth NOTING.
― THE SUGGEST BANS! THEY DO NOTHING!! (PappaWheelie V), Sunday, 18 January 2009 00:41 (fifteen years ago) link
(and how many mixtapes Waajeed got???)
Waajeed got too much to name. there's so much that i've found it hard to even know where to start with him. suggestions other than the usual remixes etc?
Flying Lotus is some nasty shit.
― the table is the table, Wednesday, 21 January 2009 02:05 (fifteen years ago) link
Did you all follow directions and download the pre-Abundance mixtape? Lots of remixes, TWO different versions of "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover," good-ish stuff. Album's probably tighter.
― Dimension 5ive, Wednesday, 21 January 2009 02:06 (fifteen years ago) link
this kid i used to know in LA djs this kinda stuff.
http://www.myspace.com/djkaleem http://colderthanaratsass.blogspot.com/ i'm currently listening to his peven everett mix. it's mostly his upbeat housey stuff, but he's got some weirder slow stuff too. definitely a name to check out.
it's funny how this stuff started in detroit but is so LA centric now. guess it makes sense since jay dee moved there and sa-ra is from there.
― (jaxon) ( .) ( .) (jaxon), Wednesday, 21 January 2009 02:53 (fifteen years ago) link
oh shit, just realized rozzie daime is my friend's friend reese that sang on the sa-ra album
― (jaxon) ( .) ( .) (jaxon), Wednesday, 21 January 2009 02:57 (fifteen years ago) link
anyone know about this Antantiquity thing? compiled by garth trinidad
http://www.discogs.com/Various-Atlantiquity/release/568528
Tracklisting:1 Kleeer Tonight (SA-RA All Stars Remix)2 Slave Watching You (Vikter Duplaix Remix)3 Eddie Harris Bold And Black (DJ Nu-Mark Remix)4 United 8 Getting Uptown (To Get Down) (Quantic Remix)5 Average White Band Pick Up Te Pieces (Charlie Dark Remix)6 Sister Sledge We Are Family (Daz-I-Kue Remix)7 Donny Hathaway Little Gheto Boy (Freddy L Remix)8 Chic A Warm Summer Night (King Britt Remix)9 Spinners I'll Be Around (Kev Brown Remix)10 Carmen McRae Just A Little Lovin' (GB Remix)11 Faze-O Riding High (The Army Of Love Remix)12 Yusef Lateef Nubian Lady (Metisse Remix)
― (jaxon) ( .) ( .) (jaxon), Wednesday, 21 January 2009 06:24 (fifteen years ago) link
or anything about SunGodSuns? it's total project blowed dudes (2mex, omid [who i went to highschool w/], and dj nobody. but has production by sa-ra
http://www.discogs.com/SonGodSuns-Everyday/release/766140
― (jaxon) ( .) ( .) (jaxon), Wednesday, 21 January 2009 06:29 (fifteen years ago) link
Oh shit, new blood! I'm thinking garth trinidad is a man to watch, considering I liked his Fader mix.
Matt, I need to pick up your suggestions asap. Booting slsk won't happen for a bit though.
Thanks for keeping this alive! Will report back.
― your cussin' cousin (PappaWheelie V), Wednesday, 21 January 2009 07:43 (fifteen years ago) link