#dj scott la rock

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Today in Hip Hop History:

DJ Scott La Rock of Boogie Down Productions was born March 2, 1962

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KRS ONE & DJ Scott La Rock The "Criminal Minded" Era 1987

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The idea is that they killed Hip Hop in the 2000's (see Nas, "Hip Hop is Dead") by, "making sampling illegal." Machines can now make infinite samples that don't incur the need for copyright approvals.

The issue is that the adversary's plan isn't, "make Hip Hop illegal" anymore- it's, "buy out every sector of the industry so there can be tight controls on what constitutes, "marketable" material. If you consider what's possible with edge technologies and blockchain we could have a monster on our hands. Fight back.

Get up stand up. Stand up for your rights. Stand up for better search. The people need information.

"Hip Hop and what it meant to DJ Scott La Rock."

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At this point I hope that anyone still here is at least enjoying some of my recs. Obviously over the course of these 50 songs I've had a few songs in the back of my head that I really liked, but didn't have anywhere to put them or there was just a better choice for the category. So naturally here's one last playlist of things I just really like and want to share. There's no rhyme or reason here just enjoy!

Break Da Law '95' I could do a thesis on how influential Three 6 Mafia has been on modern hip-hop despite the fact that I never hear anyone mention them. BREAK DA LAW BREAK DA LAW BREAK DA LAW BREAK DA LAW BREAK DA LAW BREAK DA LAW BREAK DA LAW BREAK DA LAW BREAK DA LAW BREAK DA LAW BREAK DA LAW BREAK DA LAW

King Kunta This is Kendrick's biggest hit. It goes really hard.

Really Doe Danny Brown featuring Kendrick Lamar, Ab-Soul, and Earl Sweatshirt. I fucking love everything on Atrocity Exhibition. Top ten album for me.

My Philosophy The death of DJ Scott La Rock was a turning point for the hip-hop scene. My Philosophy perfectly underscores the transition from teen bravado to politically charged anger that can be seen in KRS-One's performance.

Humpty Dance This song is hilarious. You can't stop me from singing along.

911 Is A Joke Remember when Flavor Flav had a reality dating show on MTV? That was weird.

Shadowboxin' Liquid Swords is another top ten album and this is prolly the best track off it. GZA and Method man square off and RZA crafts a beat meant to give Method Man's style a bit more spotlight.

Spiritual Healing The leading act in industrial hip-hop. Dälek are confrontational, abrasive and really good. fans of industrial music might enjoy these guys.

Earth People Dr. Octagon is one of Kool Keith's personas. He is a space alien from Jupiter with green and silver skin a pink afro and exposed glowing brain. Dr. Octagon mostly does medical malpractice for fun. Sometimes my taste in things is the stupider the better.

guns.up I've decided to end on something completely abrasive and unlistenable to the general public. clipping is a harsh noise hip-hop project from the mind of Daveed Diggs. If that name sounds familiar to you then you probably remember him for his hatsune miku binder. Daveed Diggs originated the role of Thomas Jefferson in Hamilton. So my challenge to all the Hamilton fans is this: Try to listen through midcity by clipping. Do it wimps!

That's All Folks! Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6

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2024 in Movies - My Autumn/Winter Runnders-Up Rundown

20. WOLFS – MCU Spider-Man writer-director Jon Watts returns to the criminal world of earlier works like his overlooked early gem Cop Car, albeit with a whole lot more humour this time round for this deliriously funny black comedy starring George Clooney and Brad Pitt as two underworld fixers forced to work together after they find themselves double-booked to clean up a politically embarrassing crime scene. The film draws a huge amount of entertainment from getting to see the two Ocean’s stars reunited after so many years, and wisely plays to the strengths of their endearing chemistry.

19. BETTER MAN – The Greatest Showman director Michael Gracey pulls off a similar trick to Rocketman (which he was originally slated to direct) with this bonkers musical-slash-biopic chronicling controversial singer-songwriter Robbie Williams’ rise to fame with Take That, fall from grace after his firing from the group, and subsequent battle to claw back his fame with a solo career. The choice to replace Williams with a CGI chimpanzee a-la Planet of the Apes (using some admittedly very impressive effects from Wētā Digital) was a very strange one, but it’s so well done that you’re used to it within ten minutes. Anyway, this whole film is worth watching for the Rock DJ sequence ALONE ...

18. THE ORDER – Writer-director Justin Kurzel delivers another introspective true story crime thriller after his breakaway masterpiece True History of the Kelly Gang with this fascinating account of the investigation into and resulting manhunt for Bob Mathews, the Aryan Brotherhood terrorist who, in the early 80s, attempted to start a nationwide insurrection across America. Nicholas Hoult and Jude Law are both exceptional as Mathews himself and the obsessed FBI agent ruining his own life in his determination to bring him down.

17. LONG DISTANCE – Otherwise known as Distant, this criminally overlooked sci-fi comedy adventure follows the misfortunes of two ordinary people (In the Heights and Twisters’ Anthony Ramos and Smile 2’s Naomi Scott) who find themselves separated by several miles of extremely hostile alien landscape after their colony ship crashes, leaving them only a tenuous radio connection and a malfunctioning spacesuit AI (voiced by Zachary Quinto) to help them find each other. This is a brilliant piece of work that deserves a whole lot more recognition than it received when it finally slunk in under the radar on-demand after a severely botched and badly delayed release schedule.

16. IT’S WHAT’S INSIDE – After making a such a big splash at Sundance, it seems almost sacrilegious that this just went straight to streaming on Netflix, it really deserved SO MUCH MORE. Video director Greg Jardin’s feature debut is a gloriously delirious riot of a black comedy sci-fi headfuck revolving around a group of one-time close friends who find all their resentments and neuroses coming out with a vengeance at a wild reunion party when one of their number introduces them to his brand new revolutionary tech which can transfer human consciousness from one body to another ...

15. MOANA 2 – While not QUITE as good as the original, this follow-up to the wildly successful Disney animated musical fantasy adventure nonetheless does the property proud as a new threat sees the titular Polynesian “princess” (the ever reliable Auli’i Cravalho) set sail once more to find a mysterious island and save her people from the wrath of an angered god. Dwayne Johnson makes a welcome return to one of the best roles he’s ever had as puffed-up demigod Maui, while the songs and set-pieces are as catchy and fun as ever.

14. HELLBOY: THE CROOKED MAN – I really don’t get the hate, I thought this stripped back, super-tight adaptation of one of creator Mike Mignola’s most beloved Hellboy comic stories was an absolute BLAST. Ron Perlman remains the best Big Red on screen, but The Strain’s Jack Kesy does a phenomenal job of realising a much younger version of the titular demonic blue-collar paranormal investigator. Director Brian Taylor (formerly one half of Crank’s Neveldine & Taylor) waves a darkly seductive spell throughout this moodily introspective horror thriller that feels more like a “case of the week” insight into the main protagonist’s daily grind ...

13. FLOW – I didn’t even know who animator and filmmaker Gints Zilbalodis WAS before I saw this fascinating little slice of digital heaven, but I’m definitely intrigued to dig deeper now. Clocking in at a svelte 95 minutes without ANY dialogue at all, this genuinely spellbinding animated gem follows an adorable little black cat who finds themself on an abandoned boat with an odd collection of other animals after a mysterious cataclysm (which seems to have eradicated all of humanity) sees the world sinking under a slowly spreading flood.

12. THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE WAR OF THE ROHIRRIM – Do we REALLY need an animated prequel to Peter Jackson’s LOTR trilogy and The Hobbit films, telling a completely original story from the history of the horse-based warrior lands of Rohan? Maybe not, but what we’ve got is surprisingly good, especially since it was directed by an anime master I’ve been a fan of for a while now (Kenji Kamiyama, who wrote the original Blood: the Last Vampire OVA before creating my very favourite anime series EVER, Ghost In the Shell: Stand Alone Complex). Maybe I’m biased, but I really enjoyed this one.

11. YOUR MONSTER – Looks like I have a new favourite adaptation of Beauty & the Beast, then … actress-turned writer-director Caroline Lindy’s feature debut is a wonderfully anarchic jet black comedy horror with a whole lot of heart that understands how complicated and messy love can be better than just about any movie I’ve seen in quite some time. Melissa Barrera and Tommy Dewey (Casual) are have incredible chemistry as a lovelorn cancer patient and the childhood “monster under the bed” she forms a strong connection with after he re-enters her life at its lowest ebb.

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Questa è una storia che nasce nel Bronx, al numero 1520 di Sedgwick Avenue, ma ha radici che partono da altri posti. Partono da New Orleans, da Detroit, dalla Giamaica. È in Giamaica, infatti, che Clive Campbell ha visto i primi sound system e le prime dance-hall. È un bambino, Clive, ma rimane subito affascinato da quelle casse enormi davanti a cui decine di corpi si muovono al ritmo del Rocksteady e dello Ska. Nelle orecchie rimbomba la voce degli uomini che al microfono sputano frasi su quei ritmi sincopati, su quel ritmo in levare che permetteva di dire tutto a tempo. Li chiamavano maestri di cerimonia perché, in fondo, quelle erano vere e proprie cerimonie e i Dj e i vocalist che provvedevano al suono erano visti come degli officianti. Clive ricorda tutto questo ora che la Giamaica è un posto lontano e lui è solo un altro ragazzo nero di New York. Ad esser precisi, Clive è un ragazzo nero del Bronx e la cosa, a metà anni 70, ha il suo triste rilievo. Il Bronx di quegli anni, infatti, non somiglia a Manhattan, non somiglia al Queens né tantomeno a Brooklyn o a Staten Island. Il Bronx del 1973, infatti, somiglia piuttosto alla Beirut della guerra civile. Incendi dolosi di interi distretti di quartieri controllati da bande ("I guerrieri della notte", per esempio, da qualche parte dovevano pur spuntare...), palazzoni sventrati diventati dimore di eroinomani, violenza ad ogni angolo di strada, violenza nelle stesse case. Clive cresce in mezzo a questo, perché da lì non si scappa, e si forma anche grazie a questo. Diventa un ragazzo che ama la musica e si ingegna per superare tutti gli ostacoli che la vita gli ha posto davanti. Uno di questi, paradossalmente, sta nel come riprodurre un suono "ballabile". I dischi Motown (grazie Detroit), i dischi Soul, Jazz e Blues (grazie New Orleans) vanno bene, ma fino ad un certo punto. I pezzi, infatti, partono con un break di batteria ma poi evolvono. A lui interessa quel break e interessa soprattutto che quel break possa durare a lungo. Più tempo uguale più ritmo. Per risolvere questa equazione ha una intuizione: due dischi dello stesso brano su due piatti. Quando il break finisce su di uno, fa partire il break dell'altro, e così via. Il tutto messo a tempo, il tutto con qualcuno che dice qualcosa al microfono. Clive ora si fa chiamare Dj Kool Herc e non lo sa ancora ma con quella festa che darà l'11 agosto 1973 al numero 1520 di Sedgwick Avenue darà una data, un indirizzo e una storia ad un genere musicale e ad una cultura, quella HIP HOP, che da un palazzone del Bronx arriverà in ogni angolo del Pianeta. Prima di Travis Scott, prima di Kendrick Lamar ma anche prima di Sfera Ebbasta, di Guè e di ogni altro artista che fa Rap, che ci piaccia o meno, che sia bravo o meno, c'è stato Kool Herc, c'è stato il black-out del 77, ci sono stati i Clash, Blondie, Grandmaster Flash, Africa Bambataa, Run DMC, KRS-One, EPMD, Dj Premier, Gangstarr, Pete Rock, Notorious Big, NWA, Ice-Cube, Snoop Dogg, Nas, Jay-Z, Outkast, Tupac Shakur, 50 Cent, the Lox, il southern, la trap, la drill, Griselda Records e tutto un universo musicale capace di mettere in rima ogni singolo aspetto della vita, dalle cose serissime alle autentiche cazzate. 50 anni di una sottocultura nata in strada e nutritasi di strada. It ain't hard to tell.

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So I mentioned the other day that I had been vinyl shopping at Psychotron Records in Sutton Coldfield recently, and I am still working my way through my new finds…

We’ll start with this by Lee Scratch Perry and if you know Lee Scratch Perry, then you know exactly what this is going to be. Essentially, volume one of the 12” versions of his biggest hits of the 70s. They had the next couple of volumes in there, but I figured I would start at the start, as the opening track is the Original Upsetter 12” mix of Disco Devil, which you may know as Max Romero’s Chase The Devil or The Prodigy’s Out Of Space, or Dreadzone’s Iron Shirt, to name the first three that come straight to mind . (Apparently, according to Wikipedia, Max Romero’s came first, but Perry produced it and the original Disco Devil was his dub version)

But yeah, if you know that track, you know what this whole record is going to be about; five dubbed out tracks by either by him or produced for others by him, with plenty of echo, extended breaks, and let’s say hazy atmosphere to them.

My only criticism though is the bass isn’t as heavy as I figured it would be on the early tracks. I mean, they are all from the same end of the late 70’s but the tracks on the B side sound better, and I’ve got a pretty decent system to play it on, but its not as heavy and gut rumbling as I figured it would be… Still good though!

Lee Scratch Perry presents Disco Devil Vol 1, Discomixes From The Black Ark

OK, so this is just the 12” single and listening to it, it’s not the exact version that I know and to be honest, I’m not really that impressed with it. The quality is fine, but it kinda’ goes on a bit too long and it feels just a little forced. It’s like there’s no soul left in it. There’s the instrumental on the other side, but again, it’s the instrumental of this alternate version and yeah, if I wanted to sample or battle with it, then it’s there, but lets be fair, neither of those are really going to happen.

Plus, the title of it is weird. Everyone knows that Grandmaster Flash had nothing to do with it and it was Sylvia Robinson of Sugar Hill Records that made it and in turn destroyed the Furious Five, but why call it Grandmaster & Melle Mell? What’s the & got to do with it??

White Lines (Don’t Do It) by Grandmaster & Melle Mel

Now were talking! If you don’t know, Buddy Rich was a classic jazz drummer, who played with all sorts of greats from Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, and Luis Armstrong to Count Basie and Charlie Parker. And when you listen to him, he fucking wails on those drums. I mean, he is firing off high speed drum & bass style breakbeats in perfect time, which as a teenager back then, would do the same things to you that jungle would do today.

The first side is a bit jazz standard business. Its calm and maybe a little smooth, but all the while you can hear him trying to restrain himself from going wild. Every now and then though, he lets loose with a little drum break or an inspired fill and it all kicks off. It picks up a bit on the second side with his band barely being able to keep up with him. Pure class!

Stick It by Buddy Rich

Have you been listening to BBCRadio6 over the last couple of weeks? They have been doing some specials on 50 years of hip-hop and some hip-hop specials from the decades. (It’s actually 90’s day on the radio today and I’ve been proper getting my rave on whilst I should be working!) But one of the groups they have been playing a fair bit is BDP, or Boogie Down Productions, which is essentially KRS-One, Scott La Rock, Red Alert, and a few other random DJ’s, producers, and people. And the point is, I’ve been quite surprised by how much I have been liking it. I mean, I’ve always been a hip-hop head, but figured all the best stuff came from the 90’s, as most of the best music does.

So I saw this from ’89 and figured I’d give it a spin as it was only £6. There are no tracks on there that I know but plenty of samples that I do. Its all classic funk and soul samples with the usual KRS socially conscious message over the top. Which is all good in my books.

Ghetto Music: The Blueprint Of Hip-Hop by Boogie Down Productions

I’ve spotted this in my local record shop a few times and looked it over it without buying it. And it was still there last time I was in, so I thought I’d have it away… and it’s like nothing else in my collection.

Essentially, its two guys, Big Black and Black Harold playing African, spiritual jazz on just kongo drums and a flute. There’s chants, rolling rhythms, screams, mysticism, and I’m sure the odd voodoo incantation in there for good measure.

It’s the soundtrack to beatniks sitting in a circle, smoking old grass, wearing polo-necks, stroking their beards, reciting poetry and I fucking love it!

I tell you, I was clearly born in the wrong time. I would have made a quality beatnik. Grooving to this, dropping out, getting stoned, writing bad poetry, sleeping around... Can you dig it daddy-O?

Message To Our Ancestors introducing Big Black

Last one for today and this was a compilation I spotted and bought it purely for the fact that it has Asha Puthli on it, who I first heard on Gilles Peterson’s show, about seven or so years ago. He was interviewing her, cutting with bits of her music, which was a mix of jazz, with a bit of sci-fi disco but not like how you would imagine. And he’s trying to get an age out of her, by asking what sort of year the tale she was relating to was and she stops him, and you could hear the look she gives him over the radio, and just goes “Darling. No” and I pretty much fell in love with her right there and then.

So yeah, bought this mainly as it opens with an Asha soulful disco jazz track and the rest are all fairly similar jazzy/disco rare groove numbers that would be make you feel like you’ve just uncovered some hidden gems going through your parents record collection in the loft.

Not sure why it's written out in biro on the label, and to be honest, it's not the best pressing either, but as the title suggests, these are cool classics....

Cool Classics Vol. 10

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My taste in music in 20 albums

On Instagram I was challenged by @piahinckle to choose 20 albums that greatly influenced my taste in music. One album per day, for 20 consecutive days. No explanations (mostly), no reviews, just cover images on my Instagram @rialdrummer.

Proceeding from the first posting on December 11.

Max Roach and the M’Boom ensemble “Re: Percussion” the album is sometimes called. I heard this in the early ‘80s at a time I was getting interested in the history of jazz and particularly jazz drummers. Had the good fortune to see Max’s quartet (Cecil Bridgewater, Odean Pope, Tyrone Brown) at the old Yoshi’s, around the time of the “Scott Free” album.  This M’Boom record planted a seed for my later musical explorations in the ‘90s and started an appreciation for me of Max Roach as bandleader and conceptualist. I’d already heard some of his work with Charlie Parker. A decade later my band was covering “Morning / Midday” and “Jamaican Sun” by this group and I was email pals with Omar Clay’s partner.

The Mamas and the Papas “A Gathering Of Flowers”.  On the turntable constantly during my late high school years. Released between the ’68 breakup and the ’71 reunion. Interviews on the record with Cass and John hint at the glories and disappointments felt in the group.

Van Morrison “Tupelo Honey”. Great songs, ace band. The title track is really a classic (Cassandra Wilson’s cover is further evidence). Gary Mallaber (vibes) and Ronnie Montrose (guitar) stand out to me.

Family “Fearless”. United Artists was a label that took chances on musical artistry and signing Family was a commercial risk.  I found this album in 1973 in a cutout bin and it had only been out for 18 months.  The album is in turns gritty and pretty. All songwriting, playing and singing contributions are excellent, with John Wetton playing a key role on guitar, bass and vocals.

Rory Gallagher “Irish Tour ‘74”. Songs burned into memory from my days as a record store clerk and DJ. Most of my friends in the day were Rory fans going back to his band Taste and a few of us saw him at UC Santa Barbara around 1974.  If I had to pick one Rory record…  Watch him on YouTube.

“The Drums”. Prez Records in Santa Rosa was a destination store for me in the ‘80s and I found this used 3-album set for cheap there.  Introduced me to Art Blakey (“Ala Mode” remains a favorite song of mine), Connie Kay playing with Milt Jackson, Dannie Richmond, Paul Motian and many more great tracks.

Iain Matthews “Valley Hi”. Michael Nesmith cut a lot of great sides within and after The Monkees. To my ears almost nothing by him surpasses the achievement of helming this album.  I’ve followed Matthews’s career going back to his brief time in Fairport Convention up to the last decade and I know he’s not crazy about this record but to me it’s absolutely a gem.  Songs by Randy Newman, Jackson Browne, Steve Young (“Seven Bridges Road” before the Eagles recorded it) among others.

Gil Scott-Heron “Pieces Of A Man”. It had to be a long shot that an AM rock station would put “Lady Day and John Coltrane” on their playlist but that’s what KRLA in Pasadena did. And so I heard it and began an appreciation of Gil Scott-Heron that I continue to hold.

Marc Benno “Minnows”. This was another AM radio long shot in 1971 and KRLA won the day again for “Speak Your Mind”. A ballad that ebbs and flows in intensity.  Jim Keltner’s drumming first caught my ear on this song. This was around the time that Benno was playing rhythm guitar with The Doors on the L.A. Woman sessions, and after his collaborations with Leon Russell on the Asylum Choir albums. Many friends of mine also appreciate this album.

Weather Report “Sweetnighter”. Previously unaware of Wayne Shorter and Joe Zawinul, I saw Weather Report in July of 1973 and “Boogie Woogie Waltz” convinced me that I needed to dig more deeply into this music.

Fairport Convention “What We Did On Our Holidays”. Along with the records that Nick Drake would make a few months later, sums up for me some great years of British “folk rock”.

10cc “Sheet Music”. Between their first two albums this one comes out on top for me. It’s close. I was a fan from the release of “Rubber Bullets”.

Harry Belafonte “Calypso”. “Jamaica Farewell” was likely the first set of song lyrics I memorized. Mum had his playing often in our apartment in the late ‘50s.

Brinsley Schwarz “Nervous On The Road”.  I like this best of the band’s records (it may be because adding Ian Gomm to the band was so complimentary to the talents of Nick Lowe, Brinsley, Bob Andrews and Billy Rankin). For this pick I could have swapped out Dave Edmunds’s “Get It” or the Rockpile album “Seconds of Pleasure” but since the list is supposed to describe how my tastes were influenced it makes sense to refer to early period Brinsley.  Made me a Nick Lowe fan for life.

The Monkees “Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd.”.  My introduction to the group. I hadn’t seen the tv show at that time (November and December 1967) at least as far as I recall. Coming at them strictly through these tracks I was impressed by songwriting, production, vocals, guitars and humor.  Not bubblegum, at all.

“Pat Metheny Group” By September 1978 I was being introduced to ECM albums by a friend. I’d enjoyed previous ones but that month when I heard the first notes of “San Lorenzo” something resonated with me that hasn’t stopped.

Graham Parker and the Rumour “Stick To Me”.  This is a rough-and-ready collection produced by Nick Lowe. Drumming by Steve Goulding, guitar leads by Martin Belmont are highlights. The title song, “Soul On Ice”, “Clear Head” are standouts in a great set making this my favorite GP album for all time.

The Gary Burton Quartet with Eberhard Weber “Passengers”.  I think this was probably the beginning of my awareness of Gary Burton’s albums. A great introduction. As a vibes player myself there are major lessons and enjoyment for me throughout his catalog.

Love “Forever Changes”. Surrounded by Love fans in my 20s but not giving the group much time of day then, I locked into the band’s and Arthur Lee’s artistry in my 40s. Like so many people I now appreciate every song on this classic album. Was fortunate to catch the 2003 edition of the band at The Fillmore.

Gene Clark “No Other”. After leaving The Byrds, Clark wrote and recorded many excellent songs showcasing his poetic and melodic gifts. This album is the top of the mountain for me, and public appreciation for the songs and the production have grown greatly in the 50 years since its release. YouTube has video of a tribute tour for the album from a decade ago.

RUNNERS-UP

Elvis Costello and the Attractions “Imperial Bedroom” and “This Year’s Model”

XTC “English Settlement”

Beach Boys “Summer Days (and Summer Nights!)” and “Sunflower”

(Many) Iain Matthews records across the decades, along with titles by his Fairport mates Sandy Denny, Dave Mattacks, Richard Thompson, Ashley Hutchings, Judy Dyble. A nod too to drummer Martin Lamble who had a playing style so well suited to their early records.

Buffalo Springfield “Retrospective”

Carpenters “Ticket to Ride”

Rolling Stones “December’s Children”

The Move “Shazam”

Joni Mitchell “For the Roses”

Bruce Springsteen “The Wild The Innocent and the E Street Shuffle”

Beatles single “Rain” b/w “Paperback Writer”

Man (The Man Band from Wales) "Back Into the Future"

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#HIP HOP LEGENDS ✨ #BDP ✨

#D-NICE 💿🎼🌹💘👑🎤✨

#KRS 1 💿🎼🌹💘👑🎤✨

#RIP DJ SCOTT LA ROCK 💿🎼🌹💘👑🎤✨

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Oh would you look at this. Two editions of these in one night - the Indy 500 soundtrack 2010 edition 🎵

Helio Castroneves (Car 3) - B.O.B ft Bruno Mars - Nothin' On You

Will Power (Car 12) - Jay-Z ft Mr Hudson - Young Forever

Dario Franchitti (Car 10) - Lady Antebellum - Need You Now

Ryan Briscoe (Car 6) - Rihanna - Rude Boy

Alex Tagliani (Car 77) - George Strait - Gotta Get To You

Scott Dixon (Car 9) - 3OH!3 ft Kesha - My First Kiss

Graham Rahal (Car 30) - Jamie Foxx ft Justin Timberlake & T.I. - Winner

Ed Carpenter (Car 20) - Black Eyed Peas - Imma Be

Hideki Mutoh (Car 06) - Alicia Keys - Unthinkable (I'm Ready)

Townsend Bell (Car 99) - Theory Of A Deadman - All Or Nothing

Justin Wilson (Car 22) - Travie McCoy ft Bruno Mars - Billionaire

Raphael Matos (Car 2) - Usher ft Will.i.am - OMG

Mario Moraes (Car 32) - Usher ft Plies - Hey Daddy (Daddy's Home)

Davey Hamilton (Car 21) - Kesha - Tik Tok

Mike Conway (Car 24) - Adam Lambert - Whataya Want From Me

Marco Andretti (Car 26) - Trey Songz ft Fabolous - Say Aah

Ryan Hunter-Reay (Car 37) - Lady Antebellum - American Honey

Dan Wheldon (Car 4) - Taio Cruz ft Ludacris - Break Your Heart

E.J Viso (Car 8) - Kesha - Your Love Is My Drug

Tomas Scheckter (Car 23) - La Roux - Bulletproof

Ana Beatriz (Car 25) - Kevin Rudolf ft Birdman, Jay Sean & Lil Wayne - I Made It (Cash Money Heroes)

Simona De Silvestro (Car 78) - Lil Wayne ft Eminem - Drop The World

Danica Patrick (Car 7) - Train - Hey Soul Sister

Bertrand Baguette (Car 36) - Black Eyed Peas - Rock That Body

Bruno Junqueira (Car 33) - Miranda Lambert - The House That Built Me

Alex Lloyd (Car 19) - The Script - Breakeven

Mario Romancini (Car 34) - Drake - Find Your Love

John Andretti (Car 43) - DJ Khaled ft T-Pain, Ludacris, Snoop Dogg & Rick Ross - All I Do Is Win

Sarah Fisher (Car 67) - Usher - There Goes My Baby

Vitor Meira (Car 14) - Lady Gaga ft Beyonce - Telephone

Takuma Sato (Car 5) - B.O.B ft Hayley Williams - Airplanes

Sebastian Saavedra (Car 29) - OneRepublic - All The Right Moves

Tony Kanaan (Car 11) - Lady Gaga - Alejandro

All added to this playlist

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Check out the 2025 TasPride Summer Festival program

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Check out the 2025 TasPride Summer Festival program

The TasPride Summer Festival is back for 2025, running from February 1 to March 2. 

Tasmania’s premier LGBTIQ+ cultural festival will bring together the community in a month-long celebration of love, diversity, and queer culture.

With a jam-packed line-up of performances, queer history, dance parties, family-friendly events, and much more, this year’s festival promises to be bigger and bolder than ever.

2025 TasPride Summer Festival Headline Events

Flag Raising Ceremony Friday 31 January | 12:30pm Celebrate the official opening of the festival with the Flag Raising Ceremony at Hobart Town Hall. Watch as the rainbow flag is raised in front of the historic venue, followed by speeches and refreshments in the Lord Mayor’s Court. Free to attend – register online.

Opening Cocktail Party Friday 31 January | 6:00pm-8:30pm Kick off the festivities in style at Battery Point Community Hall, enjoy live music, delicious food, and queer-themed cocktails. Tickets start at $20 for TasPride members.

Pride Parade & Party in the Park / Fair Day Saturday 1 February | 12:00pm – 4:00pm The TasPride Pride Parade is back, bringing the streets of Hobart alive with vibrant floats, costumes, and the iconic giant rainbow flag. The parade will march down Elizabeth Street to Franklin Square, where the Party in the Park continues with live entertainment, food trucks, and community stalls.

Free to attend – registration for parade participants and stallholders required.

Pride Party Saturday 1 February | 4:00pm – late After the parade, join the party at the Cathedral in the Hanging Garden. With fabulous DJs, live drag performances, and queer talent from across the country, the Pride Party is sure to be one of the hottest events of the summer. Tickets from $15.

Hobart Queer History Walk Sunday 2 February | 1:30pm-3:00pm Discover Hobart’s rich queer history with a guided tour by LGBTQIA+ activists Rodney Croome and Martine Delaney. From convict times to the modern-day fight for equality, this walk is a fascinating exploration of Tasmania’s LGBTQIA+ past. Free to attend – registration required.

Out of the Closet Comedy Friday 7 February | 7:00pm Laugh out loud at the Moonah Arts Centre with a queer comedy showcase featuring top LGBTQIA+ comedians. Hosted by Leelyn Double Chin and shining the spotlight on a lineup of incredible lesbian, gay, bi and pan comedians, including Scott Lleonart, Bobbie Park, Jay Sykes, Corey Jake, Sandie La Gore and Samwise Hemmings.Tickets from $20.

King Karaoke Friday 7 February | 6:30pm-10:00pm

King Karaoke is back with a bang in 2025 at the Welcome Swallow Brewery in New Norfolk. Barry Bothways and Gary Snow are ready to celebrate TasPride.

Come along and sing your favourite song or come & watch other people live out their best rock star moments. Either way you are destined to have a blast!

Mel Buttle – Taking My Sunglasses Off to Hear You Better Saturday 8 February | 7:30pm Mel Buttle is a busy bee. From juggling a toddler to sold out shows across the country to appearances on The Project and Taskmaster and keeping her millions of fans online happy.

As the creator behind Australia’s favourite online mum character ‘Lyn’; – she needs a lie down.

Shan Hooper – Valentine’s + Tasty Treats Friday 14 February | 7:00pm-11:00pm Spend Valentine’s Day with Shan Hooper at Pablo’s Cocktails and Dreams for an intimate night of music, sing-alongs, and love song dedications. Tickets from $25.

Moonah Music: Rainbow Edition Saturday 15 February | 12:00pm-2:00pm Celebrate local LGBTQIA+ musical talent at the Moonah Arts Centre’s Rainbow Edition event. Enjoy live music, art exhibitions, and great company in a welcoming space. Free entry.

Drag Bingo Sunday 23 February | 5:00pm-7:00pm

Hosted by Tasmania’s queens, Rosa Rita and Persephone Luxe, expect an afternoon of giggles, glam, and the chance to shout “Bingo!” in the most fabulous way possible (and win some prizes, of course)

 Free entry – bookings essential.

TasPride Family Picnic Sunday 2 March | 12:00pm-4:00pm Bring your picnic rug, snacks, and the whole family (including fur babies) to the TasPride Family Picnic at Parliament Street Reserve. This relaxed, all-ages event will include a pet parade, games, music, and a community BBQ. Free to attend – gold coin donation for BBQ.

Remember Love: Album Preview + Closing Night T-Dance Sunday 2 March | 5:00pm-8:00pm Celebrate the closing night of the festival with Miz Ima Starr’s Remember Love album preview and T-Dance party at Battery Point Community Hall. Tickets include a free digital album download and a bowl of legendary paella.

The full event schedule and ticket information are available at TasPride Website.

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Today in Hip Hop History:

DJ Scott La Rock of Boogie Down Productions was born March 2, 1962

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Events 9.19 (after 1950)

1950 – Korean War: An attack by North Korean forces was repelled at the Battle of Nam River. 1957 – Plumbbob Rainier becomes the first nuclear explosion to be entirely contained underground, producing no fallout. 1960 – Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and Pakistani President Ayub Khan sign the Indus Waters Treaty for the control and management of the Indus, Chenab, Jhelum, Ravi, Sutlej and Beas rivers. 1970 – Michael Eavis hosts the first Glastonbury Festival. 1970 – Kostas Georgakis, a Greek student of geology, sets himself ablaze in Matteotti Square in Genoa, Italy, as a protest against the dictatorial regime of Georgios Papadopoulos. 1976 – Turkish Airlines Flight 452 hits the Taurus Mountains, outskirt of Karatepe, Turkey, killing all 154 passengers and crew. 1976 – Two Imperial Iranian Air Force F-4 Phantom II jets fly out to investigate an unidentified flying object. 1978 – The Solomon Islands join the United Nations. 1982 – Scott Fahlman posts the first documented emoticons :-) and :-( on the Carnegie Mellon University bulletin board system. 1983 – Saint Kitts and Nevis gains its independence. 1985 – A strong earthquake kills thousands and destroys about 400 buildings in Mexico City. 1985 – Tipper Gore and other political wives form the Parents Music Resource Center as Frank Zappa, John Denver, and other musicians testify at U.S. Congressional hearings on obscenity in rock music. 1989 – A bomb destroys UTA Flight 772 in mid-air above the Tùnùrù Desert, Niger, killing all 170 passengers and crew. 1991 – Ötzi the Iceman is discovered in the Alps on the border between Italy and Austria. 1995 – The Washington Post and The New York Times publish the Unabomber manifesto. 1997 – The Guelb El-Kebir massacre in Algeria kills 53 people. 2006 – The Thai army stages a coup. The Constitution is revoked and martial law is declared. 2008 – A Learjet 60 carrying musicians Travis Barker and Adam "DJ AM" Goldstein crashes during a rejected takeoff from Colombia Metropolitan Airport in West Columbia, South Carolina, killing four of the six people on board. Barker and Goldstein both survive. 2010 – The leaking oil well in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill is sealed. 2011 – Mariano Rivera of the New York Yankees surpasses Trevor Hoffman to become Major League Baseball's all-time career saves leader with 602. 2016 – In the wake of a manhunt, the suspect in a series of bombings in New York and New Jersey is apprehended after a shootout with police. 2017 – The 2017 Puebla earthquake strikes Mexico, causing 370 deaths and over 6,000 injuries, as well as extensive damage. 2019 – A drone strike by the United States kills 30 civilian farmers in Afghanistan. 2021 – The Cumbre Vieja volcano, on the island of La Palma in the Canary Islands, erupts. The eruption lasts for almost three months, ending on December 13. 2022 – The state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom is held at Westminster Abbey, London.

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Lawrence "Kris" Parker (born August 20, 1965), better known by his stage names KRS-One(standing for Knowledge Reign Supreme 1)and Teacha. He started hip-hop as part of the rap group Boogie Down Productions, which he formed with DJ Scott La Rock in the mid-'80s. After the death of La Rock, KRS-One continued as a solo project. KRS-One kept the message of Boogie Down Productions of being politically active and socially conscious. He also started the Stop the Violence Movement in honor of the death of La Rock. I remember seeing his videos on MTV during the mid-'90s. They played the song" Sound of The Police, "which was thought-provoking when I checked him out, listened to his lyrics and cadence, and made his way to my list. KRS-One is a hip-hop artist who has always been interested in intelligent and deep songs that carry weight and has been caught up in the commercial side of hip-hop. Today, KRS-One still performs and gives lectures on the preservation and history of hip-hop and political topics. KRS-One is one of the game's most essential and thought-provoking rappers. It's 50 years. He is one of my favorite rappers.

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Boogie Down Productions - Criminal Minded

The story of Boogie Down Productions is necessarily a two part story. I'm not sure if the follow up album By All Means Necessary is on this list. It should be. In 1987 only a few months after releasing this album DJ Scott La Rock was killed in a shooting while trying to break up a fight. Criminal Minded is typically seen as the first gangsta rap album. It introduced the exaggerated kayfabe of kids with guns shooting each other over Petty squabbles over which borough is best. BDPs second album By All Means Necessary is a stark stripped down album with serious lyrics about inner city violence and other socially conscious themes. Scott La Rock's fingerprints are all over both albums in very different ways. Criminal Minded is full of camp bravado and the beats are matched to that energy. A little cheesy and a lot of heart La Rock chooses samples that keep the mood light despite the violent subject matter. And both La $ock and KRS-One will often devolve into silly little riffs on completely random songs (Hey Jude by The Beatles and It's Still Rock And Roll To Me by Billy Joel). It's a light and cheesy album that still shows off frank depictions of life in the Bronx while also ahowcasing the talents of KRS-ONE, D Nice, and of course DJ Scott La Rock.

Kraftwerk - Trans-Europe Express

By the time Kraftwerk hit the scene electronic music had already existed for decades. But before Kraftwerk it was mainly the realm of experimental mavericks and there was little commercial interest outside of a few oddities. With Trans-Europe Express Kraftwerk found themselves refining their sound in a more ambient and minimal direction. Tracks average six minutes a pop and feature rolling soundscapes of mechanical synths. The songs take more influence from minimalist composers and feature melodic ideas that slowly evolve over a long run time. It's an amazing album although it definitely overshadowed by the follow up album The Man-Machine which makes this one look like a warmup.

Willie Nelson - Red Headed Stranger

This was Willie Nelson's eighteenth album, but the first where he had full creative control. The result is a sparsely arranged concept album about a man trying to get away with the murder of his wife and her lover. The use of perfectly placed covers of country classics interspersed with original numbers to tell a coherent story is incredibly well done. And the stark instrumentation makes every single note feel significant. Every sorrowful guitar solo and walking bass line communicates as much story and emotion as the lyrics themselves. This is one of the greatest masterpieces in all of country music.

Daft Punk - Discovery

Where Daft Punk's debut Homework featured very traditional Chicago style House music Discovery evolved the sound into something completely new. The rigid mechanical grooves are replaced with a new, softer sound influenced by pop and R&B. Naturally fans of their first record hated it. In fact hating the newest Daft Punk record is kind of a tradition in the fandom. The instant commercial hits that were One More Time and Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger are well known but the album is loaded with catchy enjoyable tracks from start to finish. Whether it's the buzzsaw arpeggios of Aerodynamic or the slow balladry of Something About Us, the albums deep.cuts hit just as hard as the hits. Not to mention Too Long, my favorite Daft Punk song, which is a sprawling ten minute prog house epic.

Metallica - s/t (the black album)

After riding high as one of the greatest thrash acts of all time Metallica finally hit the mainstream by putting out one of the most tedious and boring pieces of shit imaginable. Yeah Enter Sandman has a pretty iconic riff, well one good song doesn't make a good album. Literally everything after that sucks and it's the opening track. The album is a slow plodding mess that is constantly on the verge of becoming the thrash metal version of a Cinderella ballad. And let's not forget the overtly libertarian song Don't Tread On Me! Fuck this cringe ass album. I scooped the cat box right after listening to this and I'd rate that as a better experience than listening to the black album.

Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality

Master Of Reality provides the blueprint for all slow, sludge, stoner, and doom metal to come. The guitar and bass are down tuned and the sound is chuggy which hugely influenced later bands looking to make their sound heavier. The opener, Sweet Leaf is the original stoner metal song. And the acoustic interludes, Embryo and Orchid are definitely echoed in the slow acoustic intros to a million death metal songs.

Tori Amos - Little Earthquakes

Tori Amos seems to be working through some emotional baggage here, but my god is it the most overwrought garbage I've ever heard. Plodding piano ballads come one after another only occasionally pausing to become interesting. Little Earthquakes wants to be meaningful so very badly. It wants to be Hounds Of Love so very badly. But where Kate Bush can craft evocative beautiful music and lyrics Tori Amos produces melodramatic piano ballads and lyrics that feel like chatgpt trained on Kate Bush songs. I'm gonna say it again just to be mean: listen to Kate Bush instead.

John Coltrane - Giant Steps

After an iconoc tenure in most of Miles Davis' groups in the 50s saxophone legend John Coltrane set out as a solo artist. Giant Steps wasn't his first outing as a bandleader but it was the one that cemented him as the jazz artist of the 60s. The performances are monstrous here super special credit goes to Paul Chambers on bass for not just being able to keep up but for doing it with flair. The real thing about this album though is the chord changes. Coltrane pioneered a series of chord changes that used third intervals to keep the root of the chords equidistant from each other resulting in a loss of tonal center. The songs rapidly change keys and wind up being famously difficult to improv over, and that's before the frenetic pace of many of the songs comes into play. You may not understand any of what I just said, but trust me your brain can hear the effects. It's beautifully disorienting and you have no choice but to give in to Coltrane's whims, trusting that he knows where it's going