Now Keep In Mind That I'm A Blogger

Initially i was going to christen this the 100 track mixtape but then i thought that’s a little bit too finite for something that i might enjoy constructing, so why limit myself when don’t have to? So without further ado, here we go.

First up its what can only be described in uhh words? as “……..” by the one & only legendary pootie tang, sadatay!

While i’m deadly serious about the mixtape i’m only half serious about this being the first track, the funny thing about it is if an artist say lil’ wayne or lady gaga put this out i’ll bet a lot of folks would be falling over themselves in the declaration that its the best song they ever heard & they were up on it first.

That’s the age we live in, different is celebrated to such an extent that even if its garbage people convince themselves its not because they’re part of the deluded avant garde, i wouldn’t be surprised if eventually these people start walking around in their birthday suits purely because they have been convinced they’re wearing outfits so fly that those who aren’t as forward thinking as they are simply can’t see the material a la the emperor’s new clothes.

Gonna start blogging again, maybe.

How many times have i said that? Answers on a postcard…

This Valentine’s day, Teedra Moses will be unveiling her fourth mixtape Royal Patatience Compilation…A Love journey to her anticipating fans & its a freebie so you have no excuse not to get involved people!

Download here, link courtesy of Brandy at teedra-moses.com, enjoy!

Might put a link up tomorrow but if i don’t make sure you’re following teedra on twitter not just for the mixtape but also to keep abreast of what’s gwanin’ in regards to live shows etc..

if you don’t have the previous three mixtapes make sure you look for those too as they’re must haves for any teedra moses fan, her debut album complex simplicity is also avaliable & her follow up to that the young lioness should hopefully get its long awaited release sometime this year.

Window Seat is officially the first single from Ms Badu’s forthcoming release New Amerykah pt.2: Return of the Ankh which i believe is scheduled to drop right at the tail end of march.

This is Some new school E Badu sounding like that classic old school E Badu, some parts kinda remind me of that last bit in Green Eyes but don’t fret its not regression just a pretty chill track, make sure you follow missfatbellybella’s yellow brick link to get involved.

I’m going to put this on repeat as i take a long overdue trip to the land of Zzz.. where my imagination knows no bounds.

Since its black history month in the USA (October in the UK, save the date.) publishing this draft makes a lot of sense, Super Bad, Super Cool is a 60 minute BBC radio programme which focuses on music from the blaxploitation era & i’ll say no more as doing so would mean repeating most of what’s in the text below.

Pam Grier, star of Coffy and Foxy Brown, takes us back to the cinema of the 1970s, when a type of film emerged that featured all-black casts, great soul, R’n'B and jazzy soundtracks; and characters sporting big afros, and even bigger platform shoes, shooting their way across our screens.

Pam celebrates these films with the funky soundtracks and interesting stories that were given the unfortunate name of “blaxploitation” movies. She considers their musical legacy, and their wider impact, particularly in terms of the film roles that were available to black actors before and after that period.

These films depicted a reality about the world which African-American audiences could identify with, even if the stories themselves were pure fantasy. Wildly colourful ghetto garb, drug and sex scenes, extreme (if often cartoon-like) violence, classic soulful scores (Curtis Mayfield, Willie Hutch, Isaac Hayes), and touches of black nationalism are the still irresistible trademarks of what became known as “blaxploitation movies”.

The films created a whole music genre that followed the release of the film Shaft. The films often gained success from their soundtracks rather than their plot-lines; and the music stands alone as a testimony to some very funky producers. Almost every major artist of the day did a film score for these movies. After Isaac Hayes led the way with Shaft, Curtis Mayfield followed with Superfly, Marvin Gaye with Trouble Man; then James Brown, Bobby Womack and Edwin Starr got in on the act.

Contributors include Quentin Tarantino, Samuel L Jackson, Joel Freeman, Jorge Hinosa, Ashley Walters, Gloria Hendry, Dennis Coffey, Scott Bomar, Lalah Hathaway, Mathieu Bitton, Mary Ramos, Lawrence Bender, and James Hyman. source

To listen to Super Bad, Super Cool click on the link riiiiiiiiiiiiiight here.

Nothing to say besides, just listen…

While i only found out about this mixtape yesterday, its actually been out in the public domain since december 15th 2009.

The first J.Period mixtape i came across was the 2005 dual CD release J.Period & Lauryn Hill: Best of Lauryn Hill: Fire & Water & the last was from the ‘Messengers’ collection which featured Fela & K’naan so its quite fitting that he follow that up with an offering from Nneka which can be found riiiiiiiiiiight here.

enjoy.

Simple, mesmerizing & taken from their 2009 album Machine Dreams

I would say more but when you’re so used to a 140 character limit its kind of hard to elaborate.

my new year’s resolution should be to blog more?

If i’m honest i don’t know too much about Mr. Hawthorne at this point in time because prior to my friend Mehdi Hussain putting me onto his album A Strange Arrangement a week or so ago i had never heard of him.

From a musical point of view he’s actually pretty talented so make sure you get involved.