FABRICLIVE.22-- Scratch Perverts

Track Listing:

1 Scratch Perverts & Dynamite MC - Come Get It
2 Ty Ft. Kwadjo From Beyond The Stars & Michelle Escoffery - Ha Ha
3 Masta Ace Inc. - Born To Roll
4 Skinnyman - I’ll Be Surprised
5 Roots Manuva - Witness [Walworth Road Rocker’s Dub]
6 The Roots - Guns Are Drawn
7 Mr Scruff - Ug Beats
8 Die & Skitz Ft. MC D, K'Ners, Dynamite MC - Go In Full Cycle
9 The Perceptionists Ft. Guru - Party Hard
10 Dilated Peoples Ft. Kanye West - This Way
11 Foreign Beggars Ft. DVS & Skinnyman - Hold On
12 Booty Bouncers (Deekline And Wizard) Ft. Wunda, Wiley, Skinnyman - Fame and Money
13 Scratch Perverts - Face Smacker
14 Dead Prez - Hip Hop
15 Scratch Perverts - Stand By
16 DJ Shadow Ft. Roots Manuva - G.D.M.F.S.O.B. [UNKLE Uncensored Mix]
17 Alter Ego - Rocker
18 Ian Brown - Time Is My Everything [Scratch Perverts Vocal Mix]
19 Radiohead - The National Anthem
20 Nightbreed - Pack Of Wolves [Pendulum Remix]
21 Ed Rush & Optical - Get Ill
22 Clipz - Slippery Slope
23 DJ Phantasy, Shodan & UK Apache - Gimme Da Gal
24 Pendulum - Another Planet
25 Baron - A Modern Way V.I.P.


About 8 months ago, I became a monthly cd club member to the fabric night club out of london. Fabric releases 2 cds a month, one live and one studio. The club constantly gets an array of different DJs to come through, always keeping the styles and genres different on every monthly feature. I would HIGHLY recommend checking out their website
here and becoming a member if you're interesting in getting something new in the mail every month. I think it's like $15 a month.

I digress. The reason I featured this fabric installment is that since I've joined the cd club, this has by far been my favorite. Keep in mind there are have only been a select few fabric installments that feature hip-hop as the title genre. I could go on for hours if I were to bring up Craig Richards, Plump Djs, James Lavelle, or Bugz in the Attic. Every selection on fabriclive.22 fits perfectly. This is some scoop I found on their background:

MUSICAL ROOTS
Prime Cuts: “In our teenage years we were hip hop purists. From there you realise that a lot of stuff in hip hop samples other records, you become curious and want to find out about the records that are being sampled. That opens up a whole world of funk and jazz. You start getting into the history of black music and trying to learn about it. Through hip hop we all got into a huge amount of music.”
Prime Cuts: “We all had different paths into DJing. I originally got into scratching and got into DJing in clubs around my area. Tony was more in his bedroom as a ‘battle DJ’ and got into DJing in clubs after winning a couple of battles. I was more of a club DJ who then got into battling. Niall was a record collector from the age of about 11, always buying hip hop from way back.”

I'm having trouble with the mp3s, so in the mean time go check out the website. I'll post the songs asap...

Are you ready for some football?

In a short two weeks, it's that time of year. And now that I've moved 2 hours closer to my alma mater, I felt obligated to post a pre-season thought or two. Let me start by saying that all college pre-season rankings are complete bullshit. Aside from maybe the top two or three teams, it will undoubtedly have significant change within the first month. I remember back in my college days when the tide was pre-season ranked #2 and we ended up going 3-8. sweet. Who the hell were the experts that pre-season? They obviously didn't take into factor simple things such as coaching, which, I probably could've gone out there and done a better job despite the fact I was at the Booth most of the time. Self-cancellation on all responsibility during the middle of the week in college was always called for. Damn drink specials. Anyways, it's definitely safe to say that Saturday afternoons are about to get a lot more entertaining. and sundays for that matter. go damn coons. A good pal decided to purchase the booth in T-town and has completely turned the bar around into a class-skipping haven for tiders to drop all of their parents loot at before any other bar on the strip. Dare I say starting spot for the Fall? The tide's schedule this year at home includes arkansas, tennessee, florida, lsu, and southern miss. Hell yeah!! Unfortuantely, I may have to make a trek or two down to auburn (the wife) for ga tech and more importantly, the iron bowl in November. Anyways, no reaon for the post but T minus 12 days and it's on...

ROLL TIDE!!!!!!!!!!

Words to the Wise

Hey if there's something I've posted which is now expired just shoot me an email and I'll be glad to get it to you. I've gotten a bunch of emails of people asking me where they can get expired tracks so, just send me an email!

WW

You're a star, a shining star

"Sound Experience" mp3, J.P. Walk

The first time I saw this film, I went to a place in Atlanta called Buckhead Backlot. Buckhead Backlot was a movie joint that shows films as well as serves food & beer. The combo watering hole crossed with new releases was always a good place to start the night. In 1997, a group of friends and myself decided to hit Buckhead Backlot to check out Boogie Nights. 3 hours later and 8 pitchers (+/-) deep, I left faced and greatly entertained. Putting this flick into the category of "must watch over and over again", I seem to always pick up on something different every time I watch it. I used to jizz in my gym shorts to Heather Graham when she played Mercedes Lane in the film "License to Drive" but boy was I in for a surprise with butt-ass naked roller girl. Waay too many one-liners in this film to put on paper. The soundtracks for Boogie Nights are definitely must haves. Back in my Chi-days, we actually threw a "Boogie Nights" party and had a blast. There ain't nothing like dressing up in ghetto 70's getup, complete with tattoo's and gold chains that leave green stains. Here's a shot from that night:


Anyway, the song I'm posting today is the funky ass theme from Brock Landers and Chest Rockwell. This shit is so funky it will make your breath stink. Enjoy.

Who is the Masta?

When I say, "Who is the Masta?"...You say "SHOONUFF!!!"

"The Last Dragon" mp3, Dwight David

The trailer can be seen here

Cult Classics Part I

I'm going to be posting a variety of film reviews whether they are old, new, or just one of the classics. "The Last Dragon" happens to be a cult classic of the 80's that is always easy to watch over and over again. Leeroy Green plays a naive kung fu rookie on a "mission" to find the Masta. Before he finds the Masta, he has to overcome a few obstacles:

Vanity- a horny ass bimbo club owner who DJs at a cheesy danceclub and uses lines such as "you sure look like a masta to me"

Shonuff- who plays the badass leader of a kung fu gang with a froey ass funky do with electric-red leather getup and throughout the film terrorizes family owned pizza joints

Eddie Arcadian-a short, fat, bald, ill-tempered a-hole with a loopy Cyndi Lauper wanna be girlfriend who wears red lights as a bra. Oh yeah, and a bonehead body guard with the IQ of my shoelace.

Now let me ask you one question, Could you think of a better cast????

There's nothing better than developing characters from heavy drugs & alcohol which is clearly evident by this ensemble. Anyway, I digress. As epic as this movie is and as often as you might see it on USA or TNT, would you even consider this soundtrack being worth a shit? Probably not. Well, Stevie Wonder, Dwight David, Willie Hutch, Vanity, and Smokey Robinson all decided to be a part of the production. A good comparison: it's kinda like when Michael Jackson agreed to sing backup on that Rockwell one hit wonder, "Somebody's watching me". No idea how it happened, but it did, and the result was impressive.

The installment for the day is the song by Dwight David, "The Last Dragon". For all who have seen the movie, it's the scene at the end of the film when Leeroy faces off with Shonuff and realizes who the Masta really is. However cheesy the lyrics may be, the track is definitely highlighted with the funky bass lines, horns section, and Dwight David's soulful addition. I actually had a hard time decided which song to post, I wanted to post Willie Hutch's "The Glow" and may still do so. Funky 80s rap. dig it.

Air

"Surfing on a Rocket" mp3

"la femme d'argent" mp3

A friend of mine in Chicago had a great opportunity to interview Air, the two dudes you see to the left. You may be able to find the interview on chicagoinnerview.com by Spencer Lokken. Air, a french duo (the band actually has 5 members) brings a different approach to production which is clearly evident on all of their work. They produced the soundtrack from the movie "Virgin Suicides" (kirsten dunst) and also have a handful of studio albums. This was yet another band I was introduced to in Chicago and got a chance to check them out at the Riviera before my departure. I had listened to Talkie Walkie (their latest album) and a little of Moon Safari but that was about it. Their live performance was definitely something I'd never seen before but was exactly what I wanted that night.

Here's a great review I found:

Ever since the launch of their now seminal classic album "Moon Safari" in 1998, the French duo of JB Dunckel and Nicolas Godin have traveled in a long arching orbit above the musical universe, occasionally stopping off on a neighboring planet to observe the earth from a critical distance.

Now, two years after the ‘dark side of the Moon Safari’ that was "10,000 Hz. Legend", Air return to earth with a spine-tingling collection of cinematic pop songs entitled "Talkie Walkie", a reference to Dunckel and Godin’s unspoken communication during the recording process.

Recorded in Paris and completed in Los Angeles in June with Radiohead and Beck collaborator Nigel Godrich at the controls for the final mixdown, "Talkie Walkie" shows a band very much on a forward path, smashing expectations while still delivering on their every promise.

Probably the most intimate and personal album of their careers, Air seem to have shone a light through the prism of their recorded catalog to create a musical tapestry that might at times recall the elegant bounce of "Moon Safari", the somber ache of "The Virgin Suicides" and the futuristic hum of "10,000 Hz. Legend" yet still pulling us into the vortex of their creative vision - and this time they’ve got hooks to spare!

The album ends with the melancholy "Alone In Kyoto", which Air also contributed to Sofia Coppola’s most current film, the critically acclaimed "Lost In Translation".

"Surfing on a Rocket" is off the Talkie Walkie album and also has been featured on Nissan commercials. The other track I uploaded was "la femme d'argent" which is off Moon Safari and is a personal fav of mine. Enjoy...