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vogelmeister · 8 months ago

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ok i'll tell u about elsa lmao. elsa may hannarose was born on the 8th April 1994, making her 21 at the time the story took place. she is the only child of elliot and ella hannarose, american, always has her blonde hair in a bun and loves vintage clothing bc what else. i also describe her voice as sweet and melodic so fuck yeah disney princess voice. i cant exactly imagine those qualities in an american/new york accent. maybe she adopted a transatlatic accent?

at the start of my book, she is very much thrust into the spotlight. as the owner of the cruise line she is the public face of the business and the focal point of the continued disappearance of hannarose cruise ships. the first ship to disappear was the hannarose sea, and her parents were on it, which is what left her as the owner to the company. not exactly a fun time to be forced into this position. but hey shes passionate and it is her family business and whatever floats your boat. she gets interviewed a lot by media outlets, because these ships disappearing are a huge deal. The hannarose utopia, which leaves sydney in may 2015 (yea i know,,, winter) is the main setting of her story, as she has decided she will quite literally sacrifice herself to figure out what the hell is happening to hannarose.

anyways our lovely trio zoe, eve and legend (yes, legend) knock on elsa's door one day and are like, we will help. elsa, unbeknownst to most people because she is a fucking good actor, has spent half her days moping in the hannarose suite, only leaving to elicit hope in which she presents herself as this confident woman who y'know, can show the culprit hannarose wont surrender. she also is a bit of a celebrity on the ship. we stan.

anyways with the help of everyones favourite trio of thirteen year old girls, they solve what is happening to the ships. it turns out rivial cruise line dark seas was jealous and used mysterious ocean vodoo to spawn an accident. i actually forgot about the ocean vodoo but its a huge plot point and the activation chant specifically targets elsa. also would like to point out that elsa solves the mystery and immediately becomes public figure elsa hannarose again. she gets out of the lift and starts greeting people

i also had this final theory that she, after the events of the book, keeps in contact with zoe and legend but suffers immense trauma from being elsa hannarose so she becomes very protective over the ships as a whole. lmao. i should do a mots deep dive. that would be funny bc it includes

a homosexual coded deck scene between zoe and legend

a random passanger rescue that only speaks french and is never bought up again

a food fight between elsa, eve, legend and zoe

a geography song

weird ocean voodoo from atala dark

a rebellion protest sparked from a pen

"update from the hannarose utopia"

zoe having massive main character energy and dreaming up half the clues, which ended up being a side effect of atala's powers

a weird secret organisation called langton

taylor swift references (i was 14)

". And no, I do not stalk Atala. It just so happens I know this stuff, okay. She has a biography on Wikipedia." (SPECIAL INTEREST ZOE BROWN)

the fact that the author of the book eve liked was just casually on the ship???

and many more

Hey Writeblr,

I have a very specific request.

Will you tell me about your old OCs? I'm talking like middle school/high school edgy OCs. The ones who make you cringe when you remember them, because they're so awful. The Mary-Sue's, the self-inserts. The ones you would never ever ever resurrect because oh my gods they're irredeemable. The over-powered ones. The dark-haired boys with crooked smiles and ocean orbs. The girls who are so not like those other girls.

I'd like to hear about them please! I desire to know them!

#honestly elsa and merel are truly the same girl in differnt fonts #one) both are 21 when the story takes place #two) both are deeply insecure people. elsa is very i can do it with a broken heart coded in the sense that she puts on a brave face a lot #bc people on the ship trust her #like she will literally go out and be like “we will find this person thats gonna blow up this ship” and then she will cry later on #merel is kinda this on a lesser scale but especially after the tuesday night she doing her best to hide grief #but like both of them very much don't consider themselves highly and benefit from a hype squad #three) both love vintage fashion #one of the major flaws of mots in general is that is very much Me but like... i include a lot of in jokes apparently #zoe brown had a hannarose special interest though and to think eve was meant to be the weird one.#anyways i actually look at mots now and its cute but goud is more mature defs so i have evolved

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parkerbombshell · 2 months ago

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Cobwebs And Strange Radio Show #379

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randomvarious · 4 years ago

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Buck-O-Nine - “Pass the Dutchie” Emusic: The Extreme Collection Song released in 1995. Compilation released in 2000. Ska-Punk

Before getting into maybe San Diego’s best ska-punk band and the origins of the song “Pass the Dutchie,” let me provide you with an absurd sentence I read on Wikipedia about one of Buck-O-Nine’s albums, 1997′s Twenty-Eight Teeth:

Twenty-Eight Teeth sold over 200,000 copies, appearing in a top spot on the Billboard HeatSeekers chart at one point, and appearing in the Billboard Top 200 for one week, peaking at No. 190.

You get that? The album sold over two hundred thousand copies and peaked at #190 on the Billboard 200 and was only on the chart for one week. Wanna know how many album-equivalent units the current #1 album in the country, Big Sean’s Detroit 2, sold in the past week? One hundred three thousand. Now I know Twenty-Eight Teeth didn’t move those 200K-plus units in one week, but still, holy shit, dude. Album sales were BOOMING in those pre-p2p days of the late 90s.

Okay, now on to some of Buck-O-Nine’s history, with a few grafs from an archived copy of their website:

Buck-O-Nine formed in a small warehouse in the early part of 1991. Based in San Diego, the band was on the horizon of a change in the music industry. At the time the catch phrase was “Grunge.” The band was eager to take a different path. With their backgrounds in Punk/Metal bands, Reggae bands and 2nd wave Ska bands, Buck-O-Nine had the formula for what was to become a new mutation of sounds. Inspired by the early founders of this new sound, Buck-O-Nine admired the works of Fishbone, Operation Ivy, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones and the Voodoo Glow Skulls.

By the end of 1992 the band had recorded a demo tape, entitled “Buck Naked.” This was sold at local shows around southern California. The songs on the tape were to become half of the songs recorded on their debut album, “Songs in Key of Bree,” released in 1994. While recording Key of Bree, which was to be self-released, the band caught the ear of their recording engineer, who also owned a small San Diego based label called Immune Records. The band licensed the album to Immune for 2 years. In the meantime they started what would become a relentless touring schedule and continued to write new songs.

After a show in San Diego sometime in the early part of 1995, Curtis Casella, the owner of the Boston based label, Taang Records (at the time home to the Mighty Mighty Bosstones) approached the band. Casella, having just moved his label to San Diego was taken by their choice of cover songs and was interested in releasing them on an EP. In the recording session of what was to become, “Barfly,” the band zipped through the 4 cover songs in an hour with plenty of time in the session for more. They quickly called Casella and agreed to record some new originals. This resulted in the 1995 release of “Barfly.”

Barfly ended up being a split of originals and covers and one of those covers was the made-for-live-gigging “Pass the Dutchie,” originally released in 1982 by Musical Youth, who were a reggae band of Jamaican kids. Musical Youth’s version of the song managed to break the top-ten in the U.S. and hit #1 in the UK as well.

The conception of Musical Youth’s “Pass the Dutchie” is actually pretty funny and bears explaining though. The song’s not an original, but is a mix of two other songs, “Gimme the Music” by U Brown, and “Pass the Kouchie” by Mighty Diamonds. Kouchie is a slang term for a marijuana pipe. When Musical Youth recorded “Pass the Dutchie,” they wanted to remove any reference to marijuana, so they replaced the line “how does it feel when you got no herb?” with “how does it feel when you got no food?” and exchanged the word “kouchie” for “dutchie”. Now, I know what you may be thinking: “Dummy, a dutchie is a reference to marijuana...” but it actually wasn’t back then. In keeping along with the “got no food” bit, Musical Youth used the term “dutchie” to refer literally to a Dutch oven or a cooking pot. Their song was about a group of guys passing around a pot of food rather than just...pot. However, since “Pass the Dutchie”’s release, the term “dutchie” has been used to refer to the Dutch Master cigar that one might use to pack a blunt. Funny how all of that worked out, huh?

Buck-O-Nine’s 1995 rendition of “Pass the Dutchie” sees the band taking that classic piece of reggae novelty and turning it into faster ska and then even faster ska-punk. Outside of the intro, this song is just your run-of-the-mill, fun, sort of tongue-in-cheek ska cover that’s just a bit more uptempo than the original. But as the band keeps performing the song, the punk guitar scratchiness enters the fray, and the speed raises considerably, transforming this track, which had been maintaining a nice and steady sway, to a suddenly turbulent jaunt.

This ska-punkified version of “Pass the Dutchie” proved to be so popular that in 1998, the song was re-recorded for an EP by the same name. That re-recording would then feature on the soundtrack for the total box office bomb, Homegrown, which starred John Lithgow, Billy Bob Thornton, and Hank Azaria. In 2000, the online mp3 retailer eMusic would include Buck-O-Nine’s first version of “Pass the Dutchie” on their Extreme Collection compilation, which was deemed the unofficial soundtrack of the 2000 Winter X Games. Coincidentally (or maybe not), some of Buck-O-Nine’s members were snowboard enthusiasts themselves.

Super fun late 90s ska-punk cover of an early 80s reggae classic.

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rockrevoltmagazine · 3 years ago

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LORDS OF ACID Drop Kinky NFT Collection on Cardano Blockchain!

On Wednesday, September 22nd, LORDS OF ACID, the innovative industrial/techno acid-house band founded by electronic composer PRAGA KHAN, became the first significant rock band to drop an NFT on the Cardano Blockchain.

The Children of Acid coin, a cartoon homage to the 1964 sci-fi movie Children of the Damned, depicts angelic school children with a psychedelic gleam in their single-eyes. The mind-expanding kids are part of the band’s fictional universe of kinky songs and characters.

Extrapolating on Andy Warhol’s theories of mass-produced art, the illustration was designed to have thousands of versions (with different backgrounds, hair colors, clothes, etc.) so that each one is a totally unique, one-of-a-kind work of art. The concept of digital rarity is embraced in the NFT world as a reason to buy NFTs in the same way one would collect real-world coins, trading cards, and other collectibles.

Not knowing what to expect, Praga and the team were pleasantly surprised when 1,800 coins were sold in the first 32 hours. Approximately 7 days later they sold out the entire 2,000 edition.

Visual art is not a new interest for Praga Khan, who has a history of using underground comix imagery, rave-flyers and psychedelic pop-art for branding Lords of Acid. Their best-selling LP of 1994, Voodoo-U, featured an orgy of lesbian devil-girls by the lowbrow artist known as Coop. The cover of their 2010 release Deep Chills, an R. Crumb spoof, by illustrator Karl Kotas, introduced a kinky cartoon character for each of the 15 songs as well as a mobile game that was on iTunes, Google, and Amazon.

In a recent NFT Update podcast, when asked what motivated them to do NFTs, Praga said, “I’ve always been interested in the newest stuff and I was really intrigued by the concept of NFT’s. So I thought of Karl immediately, as we worked together years ago on a CD cover and game and I loved it. So it was a no-brainer.” Karl concurred, “An absolute no-brainer… I was going to contact Praga but I held off. A few days later he contacted me. So I knew we were both on the same page.” Shortly afterwards, Huth Solo contacted them and explained his Cardano NFT startup, Digital Syndicate (digitalsyndicate.io). Cardano is a low-cost alternative to the Etherium blockchain where most NFTs have been minted. As the NFT movement gains momentum many alt-coins are getting in on the action.

The first phase of Lords of Acid NFT project was to establish a visual art presence, but as Praga explains, “It’s only the beginning of a creative journey. The next step is to add music to the NFT’s, but new versions that haven’t been released before.”

Vampire Girl is the next drop and is scheduled for Wednesday, October 6th, 7AM PST.

The Lords of Acid Kryptowave Team:

Praga Khan, (aka: Maurice Engelen, frontman and founder of Lords of Acid)

KKryptowave (aka: Karl Kotas, a digital artist who has created art, videos and games for Lords of Acid for over a decade.)

Huth Solo (aka: John Huthmaker, CEO of digitalsyndicate.io)

For more information go to lordsofacid.io

Connect with LORDS OF ACID: Official Facebook | Twitter | Instagram

Connect with PRAGA KHAN: Official Facebook | Twitter | Instagram

LORDS OF ACID Drop Kinky NFT Collection on Cardano Blockchain! was originally published on RockRevolt Mag

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blackkudos · 7 years ago

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D'Angelo

Michael Eugene Archer (born February 11, 1974), better known by his stage name D'Angelo (pronounced dee-Angelo), is an American, Grammy Award winning R&B and Neo soul singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and record producer. Born in Richmond, Virginia, the son of a Pentecostal minister, he began teaching himself piano as a very young child, and at age 18 he won the amateur talent competition at Harlem's Apollo Theater three weeks in a row. After briefly being a member of a hip-hop group called I.D.U., his first major success came in 1994 as the co-writer and co-producer of "U Will Know".

His debut solo album, Brown Sugar, released in July 1995, received rave reviews and sold over two million copies. Along with artists like Erykah Badu, Lauryn Hill, Maxwell, and collaborator Angie Stone, D'Angelo became part of the Neo soul movement. Following this D'Angelo went on a hiatus before releasing Voodoo in January 2000, which debuted at number one. Its lead single "Untitled (How Does It Feel)," was a smash on the R&B charts and won a Grammy for Best Male R&B Vocal; likewise, Voodoo won for Best R&B Album.

Following the release of "Untitled (How Does It Feel)," D'Angelo became more uncomfortable with his growing status as a sex symbol. This was followed by numerous personal struggles including alcoholism, and a fourteen-year musical hiatus. D'Angelo released his third studio album, Black Messiah, in December 2014, although it was originally set for release in 2015; the album was met with critical acclaim and fared well on music charts, peaking at number five on the US Billboard 200.

Early life

D'Angelo was born Michael Eugene Archer, in Richmond, Virginia on February 11, 1974, to a Pentecostal preacher father. He was raised in an entirely Pentecostal family. Archer's musical talents were discovered very early on. At 3, he was spotted by his 10-year-old brother Luther, playing the house piano. Following the formation of his native-Richmond, Virginia musical group, Michael Archer and Precise, and its success on the Amateur Night competition at Harlem, New York's Apollo Theater in 1991, the 18-year-old singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist dropped out of school and moved to New York City, as an attempt to develop his music career. The group previously enjoyed some notice in Richmond, evenly dividing their repertoire between soul covers and originals, while D'Angelo accumulated compositions of his own and developed his songwriting skills. The group's turnout on Amateur Night resulted in three consecutive wins and cash prize, after which, upon returning home to Richmond, D'Angelo was inspired to produce an album and began composing material, after a brief tenure as a member of the hip hop group I.D.U. (Intelligent, Deadly but Unique).

Career

1991–1995: Brown Sugar

D'Angelo signed a publishing deal with EMI Music in 1991 after catching the attention of record executives through a demo tape, which was originally by the group. After an impressive audition for EMI execs, a three-hour impromptu piano recital, D'Angelo was signed to a recording contract in 1993. A&R-man Gary Harris was primarily responsible for his signing, while manager Kedar Massenburg helped negotiate the contract as well. Massenburg became D'Angelo's manager after hearing of him through "the buzz on the streets". He had previously managed hip hop group Stetsasonic and formed the artist management-firm Kedar Entertainment in 1991, which he diversified into production, music publishing and publicity.

In 1994, his first significant success came in the form of the hit single "U Will Know". D'Angelo co-wrote and co-produced the song for the all-male R&B supergroup Black Men United, which featured R&B singers such as Brian McKnight, Usher, R. Kelly, Boyz II Men, Raphael Saadiq and Gerald Levert. D'Angelo composed the music for "U Will Know", while his brother, Luther Archer, wrote the lyrics. Originally featured on the soundtrack to the film Jason's Lyric (1994), the single peaked at number 5 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks and at number 28 on the Billboard Hot 100. The music video for "U Will Know" featured D'Angelo as the group's choir director; he reprised the role for the live performance of the song at the Soul Train Music Awards. That same year, he wrote and produced the song "Overjoyed" for the Boys Choir of Harlem, which appeared on their studio album The Sound of Hope (1994). The success of "U Will Know" helped build the buzz surrounding D'Angelo, which was followed by a number of highly promoted showcases, and added to the buzz among music industry insiders.

Brown Sugar was released in June 1995. Although sales were sluggish at first, the album was eventually a hit. The album debuted at number six on the US Billboard Top R&B Albums chart in the week of July 22, 1995. It ultimately peaked at number four in the week of February 24, 1996, and spent a total of 54 weeks on the chart. Brown Sugar also spent 65 weeks on the Billboard 200 and peaked at number 22 on the chart. It sold 300,000 copies within its two months of release. The album had been selling 35,000 to 40,000 copies a week through to November 1995, and by January 1996, it had sold 400,000 copies. With the help of its four singles, including the gold-selling Billboard Hot 100 hit "Lady" and R&B top-ten singles "Brown Sugar" and "Cruisin", the album reached sales of 500,000 copies in the United States by October 1995. On February 7, 1996, it was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America, following shipments in excess of one million copies in the U.S. The album was certified gold in Canada on May 9, 2000. Its total sales have been estimated within the range of 1.5 million to over two million copies.

1996–2000: Sabbatical period and Voodoo

Following the success of his debut album Brown Sugar (1995), D'Angelo went into a four and a half year absence from the music scene and releasing solo work. After spending two years on tour promoting Brown Sugar, D'Angelo found himself stuck with writer's block. On the setback, D'Angelo later stated "The thing about writer's block is that you want to write so fucking bad, [but] the songs don't come out that way. They come from life. So you've got to live to write." During his sabbatical period, he generally released cover versions and remakes, including a cover-collaboration with Erykah Badu of the Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell duet song "Your Precious Love" for the soundtrack to High School High (1996). D'Angelo also covered Prince's "She's Always in My Hair" for the Scream 2 soundtrack (1997), as well as the Ohio Players' "Heaven Must Be Like This" for the Down in the Delta soundtrack (1998). He also appeared on a duet, "Nothing Even Matters", with Lauryn Hill for her debut solo album The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (1998). He also spent the time lifting weights, smoking weed, and making music.

The much-delayed follow-up to Brown Sugar, Voodoo, was finally released in 2000 on Virgin Records after the EMI Records Group was absorbed by the former label. Voodoo received rave reviews from contemporary music critics. who dubbed it a "masterpiece" and D'Angelo's greatest work. The album debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 320,000 copies in its first week. It entered the Billboard 200 on February 12, 2000 and remained on the chart for 33 consecutive weeks. As of 2005, the album has sold over 1.7 million copies in the US, according to Nielsen SoundScan. In 2001, Voodoo won a Grammy Award for Best R&B Album at the 43rd Grammy Awards, which was awarded to D'Angelo and recording engineer Russell Elevado.

Its first two singles, "Devil's Pie" and "Left & Right", peaked at number 69 and number 70 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The latter was commercially aimed at R&B and hip hop-oriented radio stations due to the prominence of rappers Redman and Method Man on the track. According to Rich Ford, Jr., producer of the "Left & Right" music video, both the single and the video went commercially unnoticed due to MTV's refusal to place the song's video in rotation, serving as punishment for missing the deadline for its initial premiere. The fifth single "Feel Like Makin' Love" was less successful, reaching number 109 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks. "Send It On", the album's fourth single, achieved moderate chart success, peaking at number 33 on Billboard's Pop Singles chart. The album's third single, "Untitled (How Does It Feel)", became its greatest chart success, peaking at number 25 on the Hot 100 Singles and at number two on the R&B Singles chart. Its infamous music video helped in boosting the song's appeal, as well as D'Angelo's. Billboard wrote of the video, "It's pure sexuality. D'Angelo, muscularly cut and glistening, is shot from the hips up, naked, with just enough shown to prompt a slow burning desire in most any woman who sees it. The video alone could make the song one of the biggest of the coming year". It earned three nominations for the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards, including Video of the Year, Best R&B Video, and Best Male Video.

2001–2013: Second sabbatical, struggles and delayed album

Towards the end of his worldwide tour in support of the album that same year, D'Angelo's personal issues had worsened, affecting performances. He became more conscious of and uncomfortable with his status as a sex symbol, and after the tour D'Angelo returned to his home in Richmond, Virginia, disappearing from the public eye. Several of D'Angelo's peers and affiliates have noted the commercial impact of the "Untitled (How Does It Feel)" music video and The Voodoo Tour as contributing factors to D'Angelo's period of absence from the music scene. His former music manager, Dominique Trenier, explained his disappointment in the music video's impact in a 2008 interview for Spin magazine. Trenier was quoted as saying that "to this day, in the general populace's memory, he's the naked dude".

According to tour manager Alan Leeds, the experience "took away his confidence, because he's not convinced why any given fan is supporting him." Following the suicide of his close friend, MTV-affiliate Fred Jordan, in April 2001, he started to develop a drinking problem. As his alcoholism escalated, plans for a live album and a Soultronics studio effort, both originally set for after the tour, were scrapped, and impatient Virgin executives cut off funding for the expected 2004 solo album.

By 2005, D'Angelo's girlfriend had left him, his attorney had become displeased with him, and most of his family was not in touch with him. He also parted ways with manager Dominique Trenier and tour manager Alan Leeds. After a car accident and an arrest on DUI and marijuana possession charges, D'Angelo left Virgin Records in 2005 and checked into the Crossroads Centre rehabilitation clinic in Antigua. In 2005, his recording contract was acquired by J Records, following rumors of D'Angelo signing to Bad Boy Records. Despite no solo output, D'Angelo collaborated with some R&B and hip hop artists during this period between albums, appearing on albums such as J Dilla's The Shining (2006), Snoop Dogg's Tha Blue Carpet Treatment (2006), Common's Finding Forever (2007), and Q-Tip's The Renaissance (2008).

D'Angelo's subsequent solo work was extensively delayed. Production for a full-length follow-up to Voodoo was stagnant, as he was working on and off mostly by himself during 2002. D'Angelo attempted to play every instrument for the project, striving for complete creative control similar to that of Prince. Russell Elevado described the resulting material as "Parliament/Funkadelic meets the Beatles meets Prince, and the whole time there's this Jimi Hendrix energy". However, those who previewed its songs found it to be unfinished. In the years that followed, D'Angelo's personal problems worsened, descending to drug and alcohol addiction. In January 2005 he was arrested and charged with possession of marijuana and cocaine. Various mugshots began circulating around the time, showing the singer looking overweight and unhealthy, in stark contrast to the muscular D'Angelo seen in promotion for Voodoo. In September 2005, a week after being sentenced on the drug charges, he was involved in a car accident, and was rumoured to be critically injured. However, a week after the crash a statement was issued by D'Angelo's attorney stating that he was fine continuing to say "He is anxious to finish the recording of his soul masterpiece that the world has patiently awaited.

No more was revealed on the new album until 2007, when Questlove leaked an unfinished track on Triple J Radio in Australia. Entitled "Really Love", the track was an acoustic flavored jam with a laid back swing feel. The leak apparently soured relations between the two. D'Angelo released a CD/DVD compilation album entitled The Best So Far…, first released on June 24, 2008 on Virgin Records. The compilation features songs from his two previous studio albums, Brown Sugar and Voodoo, as well as rarities and a second disc, a DVD of previously unreleased videos. Around the same time, the compilation was released digitally without the Erykah Badu and Raphael Saddiq featured songs, under the title Ultimate D'Angelo.

In late November 2011, D'Angelo announced a series of 2012 European tour dates. The tour kicked off January 26 in Stockholm, Sweden with its final show on February 10. The tour featured a selection of hits from his two previous albums and songs from his upcoming album, which was close to completion. He premièred 4 new songs: "Sugah Daddy", "Ain't That Easy", "Another Life" and "The Charade" which were well received. On June 9, 2012, he joined Roots drummer ?uestlove for the annual Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival's Superjam. Although he didn't play any of his original material, this marked the first time in nearly 12 years that he performed on stage in the US. On September 1, 2012, D'Angelo performed at Jay-Z's Made In America festival where he again performed the new songs, "The Charade" and "Sugah Daddy". On October 7, RCA Music Group announced that it was disbanding J Records, Arista Records, and Jive Records. With the shutdown, D'Angelo (and all other artists previously signed to those labels) would release his future material on RCA Records.

2014–present: Black Messiah

D'Angelo released his third studio album, Black Messiah in December 2014, D'Angelo originally wanted to release Black Messiah in 2015, but the controversial decisions in the Ferguson and Eric Garner cases inspired him to release it earlier. On December 12, 2014, Kevin Liles, D'Angelo's manager, shared a 15-second teaser of the album on YouTube. Two days later, the track "Sugah Daddy", which had been part of D'Angelo's set list since 2012, premiered at 3am EST and 1,000 downloads were available on Red Bull's 20 Before 15 website. After an exclusive listening party in New York, Black Messiah was released digitally on December 15 through iTunes, Google Play Music, and Spotify. The album's unexpected release was compared to Beyoncé's self-titled release in 2013. On January 13, 2015, "Really Love" was released to urban adult contemporary radio in the US.

The album was met with universal acclaim from critics and it currently has a 95/100 mean score on review aggregator Metacritic. In its first week of release, Black Messiah debuted at number five on the Billboard 200 and sold 117,000 copies in the United States. In its second week, the album dropped to number twenty five on the chart and sold another 40,254 copies. In the United Kingdom, it debuted at number 47 on the UK Albums Chart with first-week sales of 7,423 copies. D'Angelo is supporting Black Messiah with a tour called The Second Coming. His band, The Vanguard, includes drummer Chris Dave, bassist Pino Palladino, guitarists Jesse Johnson and Isaiah Sharkey, vocalists Kendra Foster, Jermaine Holmes, and Charles "Redd" Middleton, and keyboardist Cleo "Pookie" Sample. The European leg commenced in Zurich on February 11, 2015, and concluded in Brussels on March 7.

In June 2015, D'Angelo confirmed to Rolling Stone that he was working on more material for a new album, calling it "a companion piece" to Black Messiah. In 2016 Black Messiah won Best R&B Album at the 58th Annual Grammy Awards as well as Best R&B Song for "Really Love" which also was nominated for Record of the Year. Black Messiah, Beyoncé's self-titled (2013), Run the Jewels' Run the Jewels 2 (2014) and Kendrick Lamar's, To Pimp a Butterfly (2015), were noted as laying the groundwork down for the political charged releases that happened in 2016, which included Anti, by Rihanna, Kanye West's The Life of Pablo, and Beyonce's "Formation".

D'Angelo performed Prince's "Sometimes it Snows in April" on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon in April 2016 accompanied by Maya Rudolph and Gretchen Lieberum as a tribute to the late musician, appearing 'overcome with emotion' at the passing of a major influence.

Artistry

In a 1995 interview, he discussed the influence that musician Prince had on his approach to recording his debut album, stating "I was one of those guys who read the album credits and I realized that Prince was a true artist. He wrote, produced, and performed, and that's the way I wanted to do it." According to D'Angelo, the hip hop influence present on the album "came from the Native Tongues movement - Tribe Called Quest, Gangstarr and Main Source." In a February 1999 interview with music journalist Touré, D'Angelo discussed his original inspirations to produce music, stating "The sound and feel of my music are going to be affected by what motivates me to do it". On his visit to South Carolina, D'Angelo stated that he "went through this runnel, through gospel, blues, and a lot of old soul, old James Brown, early, early Sly and the Family Stone, and a lot of Jimi Hendrix", and "I learned a lot about music, myself, and where I want to go musically". In the same interview, he cited the deaths of rappers Tupac Shakur and The Notorious B.I.G. as having a great effect on him during the period. During the production of his second studio album D'Angelo recorded numerous hours of unreleased, original material, as well as covers of his influencers' material. Collectively referred to by D'Angelo as "yoda", these influencers included soul artist Al Green, funk artist George Clinton, and Afrobeat artist Fela Kuti.

Personal life

In the 1990s, he dated soul singer Angie Stone and helped produce her debut album Black Diamond in 1999. They have a son, also named Michael, born in 1998. Following the suicide of his close friend, MTV-affiliate Fred Jordan, in April 2001, he started to develop a drinking problem. By 2005, D'Angelo's girlfriend Cannelle Santos had left him, his attorney had become displeased with him, and most of his family was not in touch with him. He also parted ways with manager Dominique Trenier and tour manager Alan Leeds. After a car accident and an arrest on DUI and marijuana possession charges, D'Angelo left Virgin Records in 2005 and checked into the Crossroads Centre rehabilitation clinic in Antigua.

In the years that followed, D'Angelo's personal problems worsened, descending to drug and alcohol addiction. In January 2005 he was arrested and charged with possession of marijuana and cocaine. Various mugshots began circulating around the time, showing the singer looking overweight and unhealthy, in stark contrast to the muscular D'Angelo seen in promotion for Voodoo. In September 2005, a week after being sentenced on the drug charges, he was involved in a car accident, and was rumoured to be critically injured. However, a week after the crash a statement was issued by D'Angelo's attorney stating that he was fine.

Discography

Studio albums

Brown Sugar (1995)

Voodoo (2000)

Black Messiah (with The Vanguard) (2014)

Tours

Brown Sugah Tour (1996)

The Voodoo World Tour (2000)

Occupy Music Tour (2012)

The Liberation Tour (2012)

The Second Coming Tour (2015)

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i got tagged do to my top 10 songs (there are more than 10 imsorry) by @foureyedblackkitty and nick

1. Mother Mother - Oh Ana / All Gone / Problems / Calm Me Down 2. Neutral Milk Hotel - Two-Headed Boy / Two-Headed Boy Pt.2 3. Crashdog - My God / Sept. 1994 4. Placebo - Fuck U / Meds 5. Depeche Mode - Enjoy The Silence / Soothe My Soul / Shake The Disease 6. Deftones - Change / Minerva / You’ve Seen The Butcher / Digital Bath 7. Placebo - A Song To Say Goodbye To / The Bitter End 8. Slipknot - Custer / People=Shit / Eyeless 9. Big Bad Voodoo Daddy - Save My Soul / Cruel Spell / Beggars’ Blues 10. Placebo - Every You, Every Me / Protège-moi / Post Blue

i tag everybody...... yea

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"WE USED THE BASS LINES AND SYNTH RIFFS OF THE EUROPEAN SOUND AND ADDED INDUSTRIAL GUITAR SOUNDS."

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on the CD pressing of "Voodoo-U," the second studio album from Belgian electronic music group LORDS OF ACID. It was released in 1994 under Rick Rubin's American Recordings label.

Q: "In "Voodoo-U" from 1994 and "Our Little Secret," from 1997 the sound is a bit more industrial. Did you think that you had done everything in New Beat?"

PRAGA KHAN: " — In those days, Lords of Acid’s music was a combination of the late New Beat/early techno sound and the US industrial sound. We used the bass lines and synth riffs of the European sound and added industrial guitar sounds. This created a new sound. In 1994, when "Voodoo-U" got released, I got a lot of phone calls from famous American rock stars who were raving about the album. To me it was just a logical step in the evolution of the sound of Lords of Acid."

Sources: www.discogs.com/release/61746-Lords-Of-Acid-Voodoo-U and https://elgarajedefrank.es/en/interview-lords-of-acid.

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Happy 44th Birthday D'Angelo! "Michael Eugene Archer (born February 11, 1974), better known by his stage name D'Angelo (pronounced dee-Angelo), is an American, Grammy Award winning R&B and Neo soul singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and record producer. Born in Richmond, Virginia, the son of a Pentecostal minister, he began teaching himself piano as a very young child, and at age 18 he won the amateur talent competition at Harlem's Apollo Theater three weeks in a row. After briefly being a member of a hip-hop group called I.D.U., his first major success came in 1994 as the co-writer and co-producer of "U Will Know". His debut solo album, Brown Sugar, released in July 1995, received rave reviews and sold over two million copies. Along with artists like Erykah Badu, Lauryn Hill, Maxwell, and collaborator Angie Stone, D'Angelo became part of the Neo soul movement. Following this D'Angelo went on a hiatus before releasing Voodoo in January 2000, which debuted at number one. Its lead single "Untitled (How Does It Feel)," was a smash on the R&B charts and won a Grammy for Best Male R&B Vocal; likewise, Voodoo won for Best R&B Album." Read more at Wikipedia.com #theslaymagazine #heslays #manslay #sexyslay #eyecandy #chocolate #melanin #singer #songwriter #father #dangelo #happybirthday #aquariusgang #slaybirthday #aquariusnation #sexy #howdoesitfeel #brownsugar #aquarius @charlynichole

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spy-in-the-house · 7 years ago

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SpyInTheHouse_674 Fm_Podcast 010 23102017

This video-streamed SpyInTheHouse/674fm-jam by Claus Bachor (Psycho Thrill Cologne) with featured tracks by David Alvarado (2), Rick Wade, Pépé Bradock, Matrix, Moodyman, Nightmares On Wax, Precession (remixed by Mike Huckaby), Nepal, Russ Gabriel, User, Vincent, Jay Clarke, Damon Wild, X-Ternal Pulse, DBX (2), Phuture Scope, Damon Wild & Epi Centrum (2), Posthuman, Damon Wild & Woody McBride, DJ Skull, Monrella, Rennie Foster, Ron Maney (remixed by Cari Lekebusch), Rue East, Blake Baxter (3), Cyber-Funk, Mad Mike/ Underground Resistance (2), Hashim, AUX 88 (4), Induced (remixed by Daniel Lui), Scuba, Induced feat. Martina Cahill, Sunrise Society (2), Sole Tech, E-Dancer, Esser'Ay, 69, Delano Smith, Joey Beltram, Human Resource (remixed by Joey Beltram), Darke Ages, Samuli Kemppi, Jeff Mills, Trancendence, FCL feat. Lady Lynn (remixed by Jovonn), Hunter Hayes feat. MC Daquan (remixed by Richie Jones), Stratosphere and Kerri Chandler.

TRACK LISTING 01 DAVID ALVARADO: Love Has [ C-side from “Ascension” Peacefrog Records PF-085 UK Promo-2x12" | 1999 ] 02 RICK WADE: The Way I Am [ B2-track from “Timeless E.P.” Elypsia Records ELY-05012 BEL Promo-12" | 2017 ] 03 PÉPÉ BRADOCK & THE GRAND BRûLÉ's CHOIR: Deep Burnt [ B-side from “Burning” Kif Recordings KIF S.A-008 FRA Promo-12" | 1999 ] 04 MATRIX [KERRI CHANDLER & DEE DEE BRAVE]: Get Out _ Dance Hall Mix [ B2-track from “Get Out” Madhouse Records Inc. KCT-1000 UK 12" | 1992 ] 05 MOODYMAN [KENNY DIXON JR.]: J.A.N. [ A-side from KDJ KDJ-030 / Record Time US Promo-12" | 2001 ] 06 NIGHTMARES ON WAX [GEORGE EVELYN, KEVIN HARPER, ROBIN TAYLOR-FIRTH]: A Case Of Funk [ A1-track from “Biofeedback / Strange” Warp Records ‎WAP-15P UK Promo-12" | 1991 ] 07 PRECESSION [STEVE O'SULLIVAN]: Sandcastle _ Mike Huckaby Remix [ B-side from “Deep Transportation 02 Limited” Deep Transportation ‎DT-002 US ltd. PictureDisc-12" | 2004 ] 08 NEPAL [NICK LAPIEN]: Glow [ A-side from “Drift” Sequencias ‎SEQ-009 US 12" | 2013 ] 09 RUSS GABRIEL's AUDIO SPECTRUM: Alligator Voodoo [ A2-track from “Pilgrimage EP” Soma Quality Recordings ‎SOMA-036 UK Promo-12" | 1996 ] 10 USER [DARIN MARSHALL & JON WILLIAMS]: Change Constant [ A1-track from “Combine” Organised Noise ON.ONE US 12" | 1997 ] 11 VINCENT: How I Feel [ L-side from “V.A. Klockworks 20.3” Klockworks ‎KW-020.3 GER 2x12" | 2017 ] 12 JAY CLARKE: Perdita [ I1-track from “V.A. Klockworks 20.3” Klockworks ‎KW-020.3 GER 2x12" | 2017 ] 13 X-TERNAL PULSE [Ultradyne / Dennis Richardson & Alexandres Lugo]: Crossphaze [ A1-track from “The Silicon Ghetto EP Vol. 3” Accelerate ‎ACC-003 US 12" | 1993 ] 14 DAMON WILD: Timelapse _ Timemachine Dub [ A2-track from “Subtractive Synthesis IX” Synewave SW-120 US 12" | 2017 ] 15 DBX [DANIEL BELL]: Phreak [ B2-track from “The Silicon Ghetto EP Vol. 3” Accelerate ‎ACC-003 US 12" | 1993 ] 16 DBX [DANIEL BELL]: Back 2 Da Beat [ A2-track from “Ghetto Trax” Accelerate ‎ACC-100 US Promo-12" | 1993 ] 17 DAMON WILD & EPI CENTRUM [JERZY PRZEZDZIECKI]: Clutch [ A1-track from “Produkt” Synewave ‎SW-119 US 12" | 2017 ] 18 PHUTURE SCOPE [DJ PIERRE]: What Is House Muzik? _ Wild Pitch Mix [ A-side from “What Is House Muzik? / Touch Me Right” Emotive Records ‎EM-747-1 US clear-12" | 1994 ] 19 DAMON WILD & EPI CENTRUM: Snatch [ A2-track from “Produkt” Synewave ‎SW-119 US 12" | 2017 ] 20 POSTHUMAN [**]: Try Again [ B1-track from “It's A House Thing EP” Balkan Vinyl BV-020 UK 12" | 2015 ] 21 DAMON WILD & WOODY McBRIDE: Downtown [ B-side from “Life In The Slow Lane” Head In The Clouds H-002 US Promo-12" | 1995 ] 22 DJ SKULL [RON MANEY]: When Will I Be Free _ Mike Dearborn Remix [ A-side from “When Will I Be Free (Remixes)” Majesty Recordings MAJ-114 US Promo-12" | 2002 ] 23 MONRELLA [MICHAEL JOHN HARRIS]: Report [ A-side from “Report / Fixed” ZET ‎ZET-005 UK Promo-12" | 1996 ] 24 RENNIE FOSTER: Call The Sun _ Amir Alexander's StripDown Banger [ B2-track from “Waterworks / Soda Cracker” Subspec Music ‎RFSV-001 CAN/UK Promo-12" | 2015 ] 25 RON MANEY: Galaxy Electric _ Cari Lekebusch Remix [ B-side from “Hypnotic Tones” Hybrid HYB-014 SWE Promo-2x12" | 1995 ] 26 RUE EAST [DAVE HILL & MARK BROOM]: Remove [ A-side from “Remove / Liquid Line” Rewired RW-005 UK 12" | 1997 ] 27 BLAKE BAXTER: Fuck U Up _Acid Remix IR-020 [ A-side from “Fuck U Up” Incognito Records IR-020 / Submerge US Promo-12" | 1991 ] 28 CYBER-FUNK : Untitled B2 [ B2-track from “Computer Power” Upstairs Records UR-0117 US 12" | 1996 ] 29 HASHIM [JERRY CALLISTE JR.]: Al-Naafiysh (The Soul) _ Extended Mix [ A1-track from Cutting Records CR-200 US 12" | 1983 ] 30 ‘MAD MIKE’ BANKS: Lo-Tech Reality [ B2-track from “Hi-Tech Dreams / Lo-Tech Reality” Underground Resistance ‎UR-071 US 12" | 2007 ] 31 DREXCIYA [GERALD DONALD & JAMES STINSON]: Rubick's Cube [ B2-track from “The Return Of Drexciya” Underground Resistance ‎UR-037 / Submerge US 12" | 1996 ] 32 ‘MAD MIKE’ BANKS: Hi-Tech Dreams [ A-side from “Hi-Tech Dreams / Lo-Tech Reality” Underground Resistance ‎UR-071 US 12" | 2007 ] 33 AUX 88 [KEITH TUCKER & TOMMY HAMILTON]: I Need To Freak [ B-side from “Is It Man Or Machine” Direct Beat DB4W-022 US Promo-2x12" | 1996 ] 34 AUX 88: Electric Light [ A1-track from “Xeo-Genetic” Direct Beat ‎DB4W-037 US 2x12" | 1998 ] 35 AUX 88: Man Or Machine [ A2-track from “Is It Man Or Machine” Direct Beat DB4W-022 US Promo-2x12" | 1996 ] 36 AUX 88: Don't Stop [ B1-track from “Xeo-Genetic” Direct Beat ‎DB4W-037 US 2x12" | 1998 ] 37 INDUCED [ROBERT VEN]: Molectro _ Daniel Lui's Motion Remix [ B2-track from “Louder Than Words” A/S Systems ‎ASSR-006 CAN Promo-12" | 2001 ] 38 SCUBA [PAUL ROSE]: The Hope [ A-side from “The Hope / Flash Addict” Hotflush Recordings PER 001 UK 12" | 2012 ] 39 INDUCED feat. MARTINA CAHILL: Motion [ A1-track from “Motion EP” A/S Systems ‎ASSR-004 CAN Promo-12" | 2000 ] 40 SUNRISE SOCIETY [ANDY SMITH & SIMON DONOHUE]: Matter [ A-side from “Matter / Astral Travel” Pacific Records fic008 UK Promo-12" | 1996 ] 41 SOLE TECH [SOULTECH]: Jit The Anthem _ JIT Original Mix [ A1-track from “Jit The Anthem” Detrechno Records DTR-003 / Submerge US 12" | 1995 ] 42 SUNRISE SOCIETY: Astral Travel _ Sterac Mix [ B-side from Pacific Records fic-010 UK Promo-12" | 1997 ] 43 E-DANCER [KEVIN MAURICE SAUNDERSON]: World Of Deep [ B-side from “Velocity Funk” KMS KMS-061 US 12" | 2004 ] 44 ESSER'AY [KEVIN MAURICE SAUNDERSON]: Forces _ Reese Mix [ A-side from “Forces” KMS KMS-052 US Promo-12" | 1994 ] 45 BLAKE BAXTER: When A Thought Becomes U [ A1-track from “The Prince Of Techno” Underground Resistance UR-006 / Submerge US 12" | 1991 ] 46 69 [CARL CRAIG]: Rushed [ A1-track from “Sound On Sound” Planet E PE-69170 US Promo-12" | 1993 ] 47 BLAKE BAXTER: Our Love [ D1-track from “The H-Factor” Disko B ‎db-055 GER Promo-2x12" | 1997 ] 48 DELANO SMITH: Dusk [ A2-track from “Twilight” Sushitech Records ‎SUSH-030 GER 3x12" | 2014 ] 49 JOEY BELTRAM: Energy Flash [ A-side from “Energy Flash” Transmat MS-16 US 12" | 1990 ] 50 HUMAN RESOURCE [G.PERNET-J.DREXHAGE-J.VAN BEEK-K.PATRICK-L.NASH-R.MAHU]: Dominator _ Joey Beltram Remix [ A-side from “Dominator (Remixes)” R & S Records RSUK-4R BEL 12" | 1991 ] 60 DARK AGES [MARIO JUKICA]: Chemical Imbalance [ B2-track from “Masterplan” Definitive Recordings 12DEF-058 CAN 12" | 1997 ] 61 SAMULI KEMPPI: Queen To Bishop Six [ B-side from “V.A. ://about blank 002” ://about blank-002 GER 12" | 2017 ] 62 JEFF MILLS: Theme From "2000" [ A2-track from “Shifty Disco E.P.” International Deejay Gigolo Records 002 GER Promo-12" | 1996 ] 63 TRANCENDENCE [RON ALLEN]: Magique Noir [ B2-track from “Concepts Of Higher Dimension” Strobe Records ‎ST-003 CAN Yel-12" | 1991 ] 64 FCL [BART VAN NESTE & NICOLAS GEYSENS] feat. LADY LYNN: Cherry Pie _ Jovonn BND Remix [ B-side from “Cherry Pie” NDATL Muzik NDATL-018 US 12" | 2017 ] 65 HUNTER HAYES feat. MC DAQUAN (remixed by Richie Jones): What Goes On _ Midnight Rap Groove [ B1-track from “What Goes Down” Columbia ‎44-69205 US 12" | 1990 ] 66 STRATOSPHERE [KERRI CHANDLER]: Track 4 [ A2-track from “Stratosphere E.P.” Madhouse Records Inc. KCT-1007 UK 12" | 1994 ] 67 KERRI CHANDLER: Get Up [ B1-track from “Panic E.P.” Madhouse Records Inc. KCT-1002 UK 12" | 1992 ] 68 DAVID ALVARADO: Morning Prayer [ B-side from “Ascension” Peacefrog Records ?PF-085 UK Promo-2x12" | 1999 ]

Btw. APOLOGIES (!) 4 the needle damage in the following vid-stream (to be teared out in the mix recording) between min 41:47 - 42:07 ... thing's that can quite happen and what ppl usually call "Höhere Gewalt" or "Force majeure" ... and finally Luv-N-Respect 2 everyone here for tunin' in and supporting!

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SCRATCHTHEBLOCK PRESENTS: VOODOO JAZZ

Stetsasonic, Guru, Digable Planets,A Tribe Called Quest,Preemo, Buckshot LeFonque , Jazz Liberatorz are just a few names of artists which contributed to spread a distinctive hip-hop sound wisely mixed with jazz sample or jazz instrumentations!

What we love most about jazz-hop music is the noble attempt to resume some incredible jazz records in order to make them immortal as well as the entire organic process when it comes to produce with live instrumentation, you know The Roots, Robert Glasper Experiment, Butcher Brown,The Pollyseeds or alternative U.K duo Yussef Kamaal.

So today we invite y’all to come on board , for another exciting trip through hip-hop and jazz sonorities with da new selection: Voodoo Jazz.

MADLIB FEAT. M.E.D. – PLEASE SET ME AT EASE

In 2003 legendary jazz label Blue Note teamed up with hip-hop luminary Otis Jackson, Jr. aka Madlib to deliver a superlative opus titled Shades Of Blue. The fantastic oeuvre is a well-appointed attempt to recalibrate some glorious records performed by artists from the Blue Note team, all mixed and transformed into a modern-day hip-hop retelling . The Beat Konducta gave us another proof of his immeasurable skills sampling the who’s who of jazz music such as Ronnie Foster,Donald Byrd,Bobby Hutcherson and Horace Silver among others. Scratchtheblock squad selected for y’all the impressive Please Set Me At Ease recorded sampling a 1975 piece by Texas eclectic jazz flautist/singer Bobbi Humphrey. For the occasion Madlib recruited hip-hop emcee M.E.D.

DOMO GENESIS – CASHMERE (PRODUCED BY MICHAEL UZOWURU)

Inglewood rapper Domo Genesis made a splash last year with the album Genesis counting on da support of Tyler The Creator, Cam O’bi,Mike & Keys behind the boards and special guests such as Anderson.Paak,Mac Miller, JMSN and Tay Walker just to name a few. This year the Odd Future soldier dropped another good work called Red Corolla recruiting some heavyweight like Hi-Tek,Evidence and J.Rawls. The today’s topic is jazz-hop , so let’s take a walk down memory lane with a piece included on an unofficial Odd Future compilation called Odd Future Unreleased Vol.3 dropped six years ago which includes a sumptuos track by Domo Genesis titled Cashmere…Damn….the joint is lit and the production handled by Cali genius Michael Uzowuru is a sumptuous voyage through experimental hip-hop beats and jazz samples (in this case Mr. Uzowuru resumed Bob James’s Treasure Island).

WORLD RENOWN – COME TAKE A RIDE (DUKES GO UP REMIX)

Back in da 90s when Seven Shawn and John Doe known as World Renown made the crowd go crazy with hits like How Nice I Am and Come Take A Ride.

Yap, da hip-hop duo earned a comfortable spot in this selection with a hella dope Come Take A Ride produced by hip-hop maestro Marley Marl. Prick up your ears and listen closely the supa-jazzy treatment remix flawlessly wrapped by Pennsylvania hip-hop producer Dukes Go Up (you can get familiar with his works via Bandcamp).

ESO – WANDERLUST (PRODUCED BY CORYAYO)

Recently we stumbled upon a good work made by british performer Cameron Walker aka Eso called Spatial. Inspired by lo-fi hip-hop beats and beatmakers such as Mellow Orange’s Aso, Looms and Ameba as well as other producers/musicians with a distinctive soulful approach like Tom Misch and French Kiwi Juice , the U.K rookie grabbed da mic and took advantage of some superlative jazz-hop extra-soulful beats finely cooked by Chi-Town beatmaker Coryayo (check out his last effort Wolves). Taste the appealing and relaxing Wanderlust!

HIEROGLYPHICS – THE WHO (A-PLUS REMIX)

1998 was a great year for hip-hop lovers!! It gave us a ton of masterpieces such as Moment Of Truth by Gang Starr,Black Star by Mos Def & Kweli,Hard Knock Life by Jay-Z,The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill,Soul Sourvivor by Pete Rock and the list goes on and on. Well,3rd Eye Vision by Hieroglyphics is anotha impressive classic that a true hip-hop addicted should have ! The collective released their debut opus indipendently via their own imprint Hiero Imperium and it’s still considered as one of the most powerful rap albums of all time! We selected a superb and astute remix version of The Who handled by Hiero/Soul Of Mischief member Adam Carter aka A-Plus which sampled a supreme jazz record by the one and only Ahmad Jamal titled Ghetto Child.

JAZZ ADDIXX – IT’S A SHAME

Jazz Addixx is the ruler when it comes to produce some serious jazz-hop with consistent lyrics,smooth beats and incisive scratches! DJ Ragz , Mudd and unOwn released in 2005 their superlative album Oxygen , a carefully-judged mix of soulful old-school-esque beats and jazz nuances that gave us pieces like It’s A Shame. Mudd dust off one of the most impressive jazz records of all time by Freddie Hubbard called Black Maybe and the result is epic!

KEV BROWN FEAT. PHONTE AND GRAP LUVA – CAN’T STAY AWAY

I Do What I Do by Kev Brown is definitely one of the most beautiful hip-hop treasures included on our music collection here at scratchtheblock headquarters, u know,something which is largely unaffected by the trends of the moment! The DMV area rapper/producer is a bright and much appreciated exponent of the underground hip-hop scene and his curriculum speaks for itself: De La Soul,Marley Marl,DJ Jazzy Jeff,Eric Roberson,Bahamadia,Oddisee,Pete Rock and Suff Daddy are just few names he used to do business with. In 2003 Mr.Brown released via ABB Records a stunning 12” that included on the B-Side the track Can’t Stay Away featuring our favorite rapper Phonte Coleman and Grap Luva. Chill and jazzy , this track is something that you can’t miss so make sure you to purchase it

KOTA THE FRIEND – LAWN CHAIR

After building a strong fanbase with da project Palm Tree Liquor, da homie Kota the Friend put the pedal to the metal launching the well-appointed new album called Paloma Beach…damn…he did it again!!! Kota remains faithful to the impressive ultra-mellow signature sound that made him the most interesting independent artist of the moment! What we love about this dude is the authenticity,the semplicity of a well-rounded act who doesn’t need to show off bling bling,fancy cars and other bullshit.. Kota is not a made up persona , Kota is a real artist,a real rapper,a real lyricist able to bring back hip-hop to higher standards just like J.Cole made with his masterpiece 4 Your Eyez Only! So we highly recommend to support the artist purchasing Paloma Beach but don’t worry if you’re not familiar with his sound , allow us to serve you up the exquisite jazzy single Lawn Chair!

ROYAL FLUSH FEAT. MIC GERONIMO – MAKIN MOVES (PRODUCED BY BUCKWILD)

Do you remember the east coast in 1997? Life After Death,Raw Deluxe,Wu-Tang Forever,No Way Out,Back In Business are some incredible hip-hop classic released in that year. In da same year, Queens rapper Royal Flush released his debut album Ghetto Millionaire, a stunning body of work in terms of story-lines,beats n bars packed with great collabo: Noreaga,Ja Rule,Da Beatminerz,Hi-Tek and heavywight Buckwild which produced the wonderful jazz-hop cut called Makin Moves featuring Royal Flush’s fella Mic Geronimo,sampling the Blue Note classic Montara by Bobby Hutcherson.

EXTRA PROLIFIC – BROWN SUGAR (DOMINO REMIX)

Members of hip-hop collective Hieroglyphics , Duane Lee and Mike G joined their skills in 1994 to record a project called Like It Should Be under the stage name Extra Prolific through renowned label Jive Records (which in the same year released Money In The Ghetto by Too $hort,Age Ain’t Nothing But A Number by Aaliyah,The Mail Man by E-40,The Most Beautifullest Thing In This World by Keith Murray,Electric Relaxation by A Tribe Called Quest and many other brilliant albums). The debut album by Extra Prolific included the hit Brown Sugar but today we offer to jazz-hop fans out there the beautiful treatment remix finely cooked by Damian Siguenza aka Domino,which sampled a 1973 record by Georgia jazz saxophonist James Moody

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