You should check out "Done by the Forces of Nature" by The Jungle Brothers. Perhaps the coolest thing I ever did as social chair was put "Feelin' Alright" on a party mix--a bunch of Thetasfrom southwestern Virginia wearing pearl earrings and cardigans spontaneously started dancing to it even though they didn't know the song at all. One of them even went "Alright!" when she heard the singer go "Woo-oo-oooooo-oo-oo" at the beginning of the song. That's how good it is.
1989 was a banner year for influential albums: "Three Feet High and Rising" came out in March 1989, followed by "Paul's Boutique" in July, then "Done by the Forces of Nature" in November. All three, in my humble opinion, influenced the way people sample. For example:
And this:
It makes you wanna freaky-deaky, right?
Although the album was produced by DJ Red Alert, an East Coast stalwart, you can hear the West Coast influence in songs like "'U' Make Me Sweat," which sounds like early Dr. Dre:
You can also hear how this song sounds like "Belly Dancin' Dina," albeit much angrier:
The album also features a number of conscious Afrocentric songs like "Acknowledge Your Own History."
If you're just going to download one song, and, like Connell, you like your hiphop bangin, I suggest this:
Despite having 16 outstanding tracks, no one ever talks about this album, let alone listens to it. You can change this. Get the album now and rock it at your next BBQ--no swearing, no racial epithets, some sexual innuendo but it's oblique enough that prudes won't get it. How can you have a bad time when this is going on in the background?
Monday, July 16, 2018
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Listening. And digging. Cruising along and then they just dropped an extended Bee Gees sample on my ass. Nicely executed.
Z, you could swing by Lexington, NC, pick this up for $5k, then zip over to the Martha Wood Cottage.
https://bringatrailer.com/listing/2000-bmw-m-roadster-21/
I'm all over it at $5k, although I suspect it will go for closer to $20k--it has a subframe reinforcement kit to avoid the dreaded differential mount failure issues that plagued the Z3/M roadster. And it has a hardtop too.
Speaking of auctions, I see Mike's watch went for $150k. Not bad.
I guess I should've let all of you continue to sleep on the JBs.
Mike's watch "realized" $150k, which includes the vigorish the buyer had to pay to Christie's. The high bid was $120k. A seller's fee came out of our end, but it was small.
Mike's legend continues to grow. That's terrific. You get half of that right?
I do not, but I do get the peace of mind knowing that I have that much longer of a runway before I have to take care of my mother-in-law.
And that Stimulator Jones record though! It's like Neon Indian and Phenomenal Handclap Band decided to do a slow jam collaboration. I'm scared to listen to it all the way through in one siting, I might get pregnant.
The home run derby, much like a regular season baseball game, is taking entirely too long.
Home Run Derby is for nine-year-olds and for 22-year-olds who have turned it into a drinking game.
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