Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings rehearsing the James Brown medley they performed at the Apollo Theatre October 6th. Featuring Lee Fields. Also included above is an interview on WNYC's Studio 360.
One of the forefathers of Hip Hop, Bobby Byrd, passed away. Do some reading and listening on the man if you're not familiar. Without Mr. Byrd there would not have been a James Brown, and without James Brown arguable there wouldn't have been a Hip Hop, or Michael Jackson, etc. etc. etc.
Sidenote :: Spending a week at home with the 'Rents reminds me why I'm so happy to be a Mac user now.
James Brown is dead. You know this and it's sad, but have you ever heard the song James Brown Is Dead released 10 years ago? One of my favorite old school hardcore electronica/dance tracks. Obviously Dutch produced. Download below.
I recently got a chance to put together some questions to interview DMC of the famed Run DMC. He opened up about his personal life as a foster child, modern day hip hop, and more. Read the interview over at BrooklynVegan.
Speaking of BV I've made a top 10 list of my favorite Hip Hop Albumsjust appeared here. I didn't attempt to make an overall non-genre specific list because I can't focus on a group of records that big. However, what I can say is that Timbaland probably produced the majority on my favorite pop songs of 2006. He did some amazing things on the Nelly Furtado album (who I previously couldn't stand) and of course on the Justin Timberlake album. My Love gets all the love but my favorite song on the record is actually the second vignette of Lovestoned/I Think She Knows. Download below. Read someone else's opinion here
Now for those interested in Morrissey, there's a wonderful 4 part documentary on YouTube (God Bless YouTube) that I discovered through SneakMove. It includes Noel Gallagher, JK Rowling, Bono, Christie Hynde, Nancy Sinatra, Bowie and personal friends and family of the Moz. See below.
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covered with velvet / With hip-hop guidelines I state I never liked authority When sales control stats I place no faith in the majority / Inhale deep like the words of my breath I never sleep, 'cause sleep is the cousin of death / The skies over your head 'aint safe no more And hip-hop ain't your home And if it is, then you fuckin' up the crib, son /
