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Eyedlmode - Fogville.
1995 cassette-only underground hip-hop release, lost to time until now.
Remastered for vinyl, cassette and CD, with never before seen photography and liner notes by @humthrush.
“kinda like if De La grew up in the Haight-Ashbury”
shipping this fall.
I am old enough to be your parent young man. I’m not giving you any money tho. you’re out on your own now
Well ACTUALLY 🤓 ok Mr fandango 😂
It had been sold out last couple weeks in all the main indie theaters. hope century 16 gives you a raise for this tweet.
“although he’s on to another chapter/Heavy D gave this beat to Salaam for me to rap to”
youtu.be/wWYZ2ZqZY8k?si=CldP…
see that’s next gen, I’m old so I’m lifting to some big room 90s shit (like those who play older metal or rap) but someone did a study and found the dance bpm was optimal for performance
tbf sampling technology wasn’t quite there yet. but his first records were in the disco era and he didn’t do replays. then he consciously decided to use synths and drum machines on Run DMC’s debut. single-handedly changed the entire sound of rap music
Rumor at the time was Preem gave Jeru the mid pack bc they were on the outs. Truth is allegedly he just let Jeru pick the beats, arguably more damning
by coincidence I ran that back yesterday, it is comically bad in places. in no world is it better than Sun Rises
this is a tough choice. some of my favorite hikes have been lousy with tourists. If I’m in the right headspace it doesn’t matter. but that’s the question I ask myself prior.
I’m not gonna really try to analyze Ms. Simone’s mind state but I think there’s always been a tension between artists, critics and audiences in that era of Black music and I don’t discount how any of them chose to manage that. I don’t disagree w her, just one take among many
there is a fairly large body of documentation of various jazz musicians questioning the term and marketing of the music. they come at it from various angles sometimes but that doesn’t make the concept any less valid. Check out Art Ensemble of Chicago for instance