#Lewis lowkey looks like he’s in the mafia

[pitstoplexi]

“Wow, if I had a nickel for every time a 7x world driver champion is in Ferrari, I’d have two nickels, which isn’t a lot, but it’s amazing that it happened twice!”

[formula-fun]

formula 1 team guide

red bull: a frat house where all the brothers play playstation all day and nobody cleans. permanent energy drink/4loko smell. best place to party but the vibe is weirdly cut throat and hostile

ferrari: a secret society where everyone is devout and worshipful but there's a strict heirarchy and the dude at the top apparently has a direct line to god but it turns out he's actually been faking it for years and has just been making everything up and everyone knows it but if you say that they get really mad at you #essereferrari

mercedes: lowkey the team is like those big ships in star wars where everything is clean and white and orderly and shiny and everyone is very composed and moves in unison, but then lewis is the jedi in the corner wearing a bright pink faux fur robe and feeding his pet drostl a sdarsvarfruit and talking about being #grateful

mclaren: literally personification of crypto currency. so much faith put into it, but it's backed on nothing but belief and the charisma of charming attractive young men. subscribe to the gold standard, mclaren. it will help

alfa romeo: the side characters in every romcom/divorce film who are in a really healthy relationship but for some reason aren't the focus. theres probably an indie film about them with a lot of tasteful sex scenes, but we haven't seen it yet because it wasnt advertised well and isn't in theaters for some reason

aston martin: slytherin quiddich team. alternatively succession season 3. alternatively the story of a god and his immortal son, the father punishing the son for eternity for wishing for something of which he did not know the power. alonso is also there

haas: i mean gene and guenther are giving me mafia kdrama vibes but i'm a little hung up on the fact that the car went from being covered in the russian flag to having a greyscale usa flag within like. a year? thats. thats pretty wild bro. follow the haas f1 livery for more geopolitics. also suck my balls mate? i cant fit the entire vibe in a few sentences im sorry i have to give up

AlphaTauri: if Americas Next Top Model and Love Island had a child. two drivers are competing to model the height of fashion (meets function) but also yuki just got dumped and he's learning to love again. also theres a lot of talk about opening a restaurant so it might be Top Chef a little

Williams: its the comeback story the world has been waiting for but it's going on...kind of a long time. it's like if ford vs ferrari were eighty hours long. but you're looking at alex for eighty hours so it's okay

[black-equals-mysoul]

Just my random reaction to rewatching Meet the Robinsons (2007). Last watched was most likely 2008-2009

Enjoy

1) damn, I relate to Goob......look at those eye bags. Definitely heavier than my school bag

2) Aw no Lewis :( those two couples should've interviewed Goob if they wanted someone who likes sports

3) okay damn Lewis...... this kid is watching surgery, that's dedication

4) is that.....Wednesday Addams?

5) cAffEinE pAtChEs!? Take my money

6) I forgot how hot Wilbur is

7) robot s p o o d e r

8) the soundtrack is still a bop

9) I wish the future looked like this, I want to float in bubbles

10) and this is the moment I realized they are c h i l d r e n. Excuse me, how did I not know Wilbur Robinson is thirteen years old? And I simped for him-

11) there's no way he's thirteen.....he looks sixteen

12) tOuChE

13) tall pointy boy

14) oh Goob

15) WaTcH oUt—

16) "@!!*0"

17) there's no way a thirteen year old [Wilbur Robinson] has such powerful eyebrows

18) Wilbur's hair looks like whipped cream.....or the top of an ice cream Sundae

19) Carl is also a mood

20) Lewis......he said STAY

21) Spike and Dimitri reminds me of every iconic twin.......Fred and George Weasley......Conner and Travis Stoll

22) just casually unbothered by not existing? That's a mood

23) TheY pUt ChEmiCaLs iN tHe waTeR tHaT tUrn tHe fRiCkiNg fRoGs GAy, Do yOu uNdeRstAnD mE?!

24) the epitome of John Mulaney, I can't unsee it

25) two strange men living in our plants? Yes they're family. Can I have that?

26) Finger guns.....it was at this moment, BI BI BI BI BI BI BI BI

27) cuffed jeans......BI BI BI BI BI BI BI BI BI BI BI BI

28) wait, isn't the whole point of time travel to not touch your doppelgänger? Goob and Lewis broke that rule

29) Let it Go was actually sung by Goob, don't know who this "Elsa" is

30) "keep moving forward" is such an iconic line and probably helped a lot of children

31) TINY DORIS SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE—

32) Buster needs more screen time, and that's a fact

33) just casually slips under the table

34) wait.....Canada becomes a part of the US? Oh noooOOOoo

35) I wonder if they know about the 2020 catastrophe

36) the epic food fight scene, lowkey thought this was how all food fights went down in my head

37) still can't BELIEVE THEY'RE CHILDREN

38) oh Goob, pt 2

39) I just don't know how well this plan was thought through

40) DINOSAUR

41) C H O M P

42) I have a big head and little arms......this lives in my head tent free

43) master? uwu

44) pizza delivery people are true superheroes, thank you

45) "him you can C H O M P"

46) frog mafia

47) I can't believe Franny doesn't recognize Lewis.....that is your younger husband!

48) oh Wilbur, you can't explain this one

49) nO Lewis! He has his fingers crossed!

50) the nostalgia of having your fingers crossed and people would check your hands so you crossed your toes—

51) Oh Lewis, he can't catch a break. He's being backstabbed left and right

52) Goob is a cinnamon roll but Doris is the sinnamon roll

53) Lewis really pulled the "I am your father and you will do as I say" card on Wilbur

54) "?" Is so iconic and important to children, it's okay to not know.....maybe I'm just looking too deep into it—

55) YUH

56) YES GOOB! But the fact that they beat you up for not catching the ball is a Y I K E S for me. Talk about toxic sportsmanship

57) that lip bite about to make me act up— why do I get the feeling Wilbur knows what he's doing

58) he got adopted TwT good for him

59) if that memory scanner is going to be a real thing, I need one. I forget everything

60) I have concluded that scientists are weird, but the good kind of weird

61) F R O G

62) I understand why this was one of my favorite movies as a child

63) this movie gives me hope uwu

[airadam]

Episode 122 : Drop It Heavy

"Scripture tell me no one excluded when rain drippin'..."

- Tobe Nwigwe

This month has been a rough one, but here we are once again with a brand new selection for your headphones and speakers! We remember the great KMG, and then sprinkle the selection with some strong UK tracks, overlook gems, rapid genre jumping, and one absolutely amazing remix. While individually there aren't many obscurities in the mix, I'll be impressed if anyone already knows every track on here...

Twitter : @airadam13

Playlist/Notes

Above The Law : V.S.O.P (Remix)

Been waiting a long time to play this one - it was quite a few years of looking to find a decent 12" copy (thanks Discogs!), and then it was one I was determined to save for an anniversary of KMG's passing. The original from the excellent "Black Mafia Life" is proto-G-Funk, but this version puts a just a touch of extra chaos (and bass) into the mix, courtesy of Cold 187um on both occasions. An ode to late-night partying and cognac, but still bringing the battle edge to the second verse, this has KMG handling the hook solo but going back and forth with Cold 187um on the mic. A much underrated tag team from the west!

Jigmastas : Too Ill (Instrumental)

I love the fact that the "Resurgence" album came with a complete set of instrumentals, just so you can get that DJ Spinna flavour undiluted - here's just a taste!

Tobe Nwigwe ft. FAT : PEEP GAME

Another #GetTwistedSundays killer! I'm bringing this Texan back for a second appearance in the last four months, with a track I think a lot of you will really enjoy. The producer Nell brings a fresh style, with some great change-ups in the beat - and the other half of the bargain is held up with skills galore. Tobe absolutely crams meaning (and syllables) into his devastating monotone flow, and his wife FAT provides a great spoken-word-like breakdown in an efficient eight-bar appearance. This is a trio of brilliant artists (along with their video crew) doing amazing things.

BADBADNOTGOOD ft. Kaytranada & Snoop Dogg: Lavender (Nightfall Remix)

Canada's BBNG first released the original version of this track on their "IV" album, but Snoop Dogg heard it and somehow knew it could benefit from his own unique enhancement! This version ended up as an inclusion on his 2017 "Neva Left" album; his added verse addressing police brutality, in addition to the controversial video, thrust it into the consciousness of a much larger audience. 

DRS : All Time High

I was reminded of this track from the new "From The Deep" LP when DRS performed it live at a Manchester International Festival event recently. He's one of the most important artists the Manchester scene has ever had, with his influence spreading far and wide - whether fully acknowledged or not. While he's now mostly known for his drum & bass work, he was of course one-third of Broke 'n' English (alongside Strategy and Konny Kon) and this album has him displaying his Hip-Hop skills over the production of Pitch 92. 

Lowkey : Hand On Your Gun

If you like politics in your Hip-Hop, then Lowkey is someone you should definitely be checking for - a British MC of Iraqi descent, he brings his worldview to the mic with strength every time. His second album, "Soundtrack To The Struggle" gives us this stinging condemnation of some of the big players in the global arms trade, with ShowNProve providing the Wild West-themed track.

Kaytranada ft. Karriem Riggins and River Tiber : Bus Ride

A nice instrumental from the "99.9%" album. The guest star Karriem Riggins gets busy on the drums in a subtle way through most of the track before showing out right at the end with a little double-time flair!

Children of Zeus : Respect Mine

"Travel Light" is now a year old and it's still getting just as much play as it did on release! Juga-Naut on production, Mr.Thing on the sharp cuts, and Tyler and Konny Kon putting it down on the mic make up a major league quartet.

Robert Glasper Experiment ft. Norah Jones : Let It Ride

As strong as this track is, it's not even one of my top three from "Black Radio 2", which speaks to just how good that album is! Mark Colenburg earns his money on the double-time drumming that you'd think had to be a programmed drum machine, setting a furious pace that the rest of the groove languidly follows. The bass and piano are low-key and do their thing without upstaging Norah Jones on the vocal of this classy cut.

Janelle Monáe : Cold War

This is an absolutely furious cut. The video is definitely worth a watch - similar to the one for Sinead O'Connor's "Nothing Compares 2 U", it stays focused on her face for the entire running length and is packed with emotion, as are the lyrics. Clearly one of the standouts on "The ArchAndroid", with the themes of isolation and struggle articulated by one of the best artists of this era.

OutKast : B.O.B

I've been wanting to do the blend from "Cold War" to this for ages! One of my favourite tracks from this duo, this pretty much made my brain explode when I first heard it back in 2000. I was surprised to find out recently that this wasn't a big hit even on the R&B/Hip-Hop charts, but they were actively trying to go against the grain and a lot of the audience probably just wasn't ready. To me, this is Andre and Big Boi at the peak of their lyrical games, keeping up with a track that really would fit the name "organised noize" - but was actually produced by the group themselves alongside Mr.DJ. That's a real gospel choir you're hearing on the hook and the outro, a really serious guitarist letting loose all over the track, and a real MPC being beaten into submission for those drums. Stone classic from the "Stankonia" LP. Oh, and "got a son on the way by the name of Bamboo"? Well, time flies...

[The Alchemist] Cam'ron : Wet Wipes (Instrumental)

This fit the bill here as something electronic-sounding that was also half the speed of the frenetic OutKast track, allowing us to come back down to earth a bit. The Alchemist cooked up a thudding, menacing beat for what was a typically disrespectful Cam'ron track from 2006's "Killa Season". This was actually Alchemist's first MPC beat (he was a devotee of the ASR-10 up to this point) and has the chopping and aggression that is very reminiscent of a track he did years later, Raekwon's "Surgical Gloves".

The Lady of Rage : Raw Deal

I finally sat down to listen to the "Necessary Roughness" album from front to back for the first time recently, and I can confirm that it was indeed slept-on. This was probably a consequence of it being pushed further and further back by Death Row, until it finally got a very quiet release in 1997. If you'd forgotten about the skills that made her a people's favourite, here's a reminder over a Daz Dillinger and Tyrone Wrice beat, laid-back enough to give her the space to get busy. 

Glenn Lewis : Don't You Forget It (Curtis Lynch Remix)

FIRE 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥! The original Glenn Lewis cut from "World Outside My Window") has always been a favourite of mine, and it's one you don't want to mess up with a clumsy remix - for example, the Desert Storm attempt with the most "missing the point" guest rap verse in music history. I can't remember how I found this one, but it stunned me - the re-interpretation is perfect. Lewis is from Trinidadian and Jamaican roots, and the move to connect with someone like London's Curtis Lynch for this remix was a natural but also an inspired move. It sounds like this one has been re-voiced rather than just swapping instrumentals, and it's a rootsy dancehall masterpiece with the drums, bass, and every single accent on point. Turn this one all the way up!

London Grammar : Non Believer

I'm not even sure what genre you'd count this as - Wikipedia claims "indie pop", but even that doesn't quite hit the mark. For me there are definite vibes of what they used to call "trip-hop" - I can imagine previous eras of Portishead or Massive Attack doing a tune like this. This track from "Truth Is A Beautiful Thing" is itself a melancholic beautiful thing, with Hannah Reid's crystal-clear vocals soaring over the moody beat.

Sean Price & Illa Ghee : 2Pac by the Locker

If you know "Juice", you know what this title is all about! I'd describe the track as "short and sweet", if there was anything remotely street about it. Sean P and Illa Ghee come through like a pair of brass knuckles as they do on every other cut on the "Metal Detectors" EP - just beasting.

Jake One : Gangsta Boy (Instrumental)

Coming through slamming like a new take on Dre's "Lyrical Gangbang", this is a monster of a beat from Jake One's "White Van Music Instrumentals". It had to be, since the MCs on the vocal version are the rugged neva smoove M.O.P.

Raekwon : Canal Street

Raekwon is one of the greatest picture painters in Hip-Hop history and this is an absolute art masterclass. From the first lines "All of our fathers is bank robbers, holding TECs/Eights of hero'n, shooting in the steps" he grabs your mind's eye and never lets it go until the track ends. Flawless street imagery all the way from "Only Built 4 Cuban Linx...Pt.II" to such an extent that the video actually takes away from it! Icewater Productions bring a fairly well-used sample in that brings the crime-flick menace the lyrical content demands. One nice touch on the production side - the sudden turn up of the volume in a matter of a beat or two in the transition from the intro to the first verse - definitely makes it hit you in the chest.

Please remember to support the artists you like! The purpose of putting the podcast out and providing the full tracklist is to try and give some light, so do use the songs on each episode as a starting point to search out more material. If you have Spotify in your country it's a great way to explore, but otherwise there's always Youtube and the like. Seeing your favourite artists live is the best way to put money in their pockets, and buy the vinyl/CDs/downloads of the stuff you like the most!

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