Friday Jams (Untouchable Edition)

Some mornings are really rough. Today is one of them--and it's not even hangover related if you can believe it--making the positive mode I woke up on hard to keep, but I'm persisting. Got all my work for the day done before ten am, so all I gotta do is make it till 3 when I leave work. Today, I bring you the untouchable jams... those that it's impossible to not smile while listening to. Peep Blackalicious' Swan Lake and check the ill sleepy beat by DJ Shadow (if you got good headphones, use them here):

I'm feeling so steezed out, I don't even care that I'm re-posting this jam... peep People Under the Stairs' Suite For a Beaver pt. 1:

This funky-slow piano brought to you courtesy of Kero One's In All the Wrong Places:

Lastly, here's DJ Mark Farina with Piano Grand:

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Monday Wake Up Joint (Tardy Tuesday Edition)

After Hunter and I got offstage on Sunday, someone I know from the library and recovery room passed me a burnt CD with the full tracklisting written on a sleeve. Been a long time since someone did that and I actually liked the CD. Homeboy had been telling me about Tanya Morgan (hip-hop group out of Brooklyn) for a little while. I guess he got tired of me not doing my own research, so he gave me a copy. I like it for the most part. Got some good songs. Keep in mind while listening, this is a demo (and the song I'm posting is EQd really shitty) so it's rough. Click here to check Tanya Morgan's Alleye Need.

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I Wanna be Friends With Bernard Purdie

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Punch Out On the Wii!

My roommate Matt put me on to this. Here's an intro video:

And here's Doc (aka Clay "Sheeeeeeiiiiiiiittt" Davis from the Wire) showing you how to play:


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Friday Jams (More Rare Shit)

Last week's Friday jams post was very well-received, so I figured I'd post more remixes and rarities this week. If you're still sleepy this morning, DJ Eclipse is gonna perk your ears up with the illy intro, then kick you in the face when the drums and bass come in on his remix of OC's Time's Up. Peep:

And the sleepy DJ Premier remix of Fat Joe (back in his DITC days in the 90's) The Shit is Real:

Evil Dee making that SP1200 do work on his remix of Black Moon's Act Like You Want It. For serious. Check that bass line:

Pete Rock drops the hard remix of Jeru the Damaja's classic joint Can't Stop the Prophet:

Lastly, here's Buckwild (of DITC) hitting you with his remix of Channel Live and KRS-One's Mad Izm:

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Steez Update

Things have been pretty hectic lately. I've been trying to save money so I can get a new shipment of records. Usually, Hunter and I buy records with the money we get from shows, but we haven't done a show together since Walter's birthday party at Recovery Room, and I haven't done a show since Kulture Klash IV. All that changes this weekend when we play at the Pour House on Maybank Road (I'm not sure if that's technically James Island or John's Island) on Sunday. We're opening for a band called Telepath. It should be a lot of fun. We are planning a more danceable set than usual to get the crowd moving their feet. Hope to see you there.

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Monday Wake Up Joint(s)

On dreary/rainy days, I tend to put my head down and walk fast on my way into work. Here's a great soundtrack for that; Company Flow's End to End Burners:

And as a bonus, here's Ill Bill's Gangsta Rap:

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