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I was wandering around “on demand” when I discovered the video for Daft Punk’s “Robot Rock”. Well… It’s pretty darn cool. I’ve never heard Daft Punk before but I know their name, in fact I’d always thought they were a late 70’s/early 80’s band. Nope. Regardless, it is a great song! Music that I would think of as Electronica, but performed with drums and guitar… Very fun and exciting, albeit a bit repetitive, but I’ve never minded that. Of course, I grabbed the song from the iTunes store, but I may have to look into more of this.
Can you go wrong with a double-necked guitar and a motorcycle helmet? I don’t think so…
And to continue with the mp3 project, I have held off on doing more Metal… For one, I want to do that stuff as full albums, which is bit more consuming, and second, I tend to trot about with around 600 of those tunes, so I’m set for the moment. Inspired by the KMD post at Thudfactor I decided to do something that I have planned for years, grab those much loved old rap jams off the lp’s and digitize them. It’s a good thing. Since three quarters of my records are in storage (argh!), I have limited pickings, but I think I brought the best ones along so the first picks in this project are From the Funk to the Back by Kokane (Jesus, how this guy never got more notice… This is one of the best ones out there), Me and Jesus the Pimp in a ’79 Granada Last Night and Breathing Apparatus by The Coup, The Boom (Coming from the smoke filled room) by The Goats, Dumpin’ em in ditches by Spice 1 and, yes, the king track of the all… Public Enemy’s You’re Gonna Get Yours (dub/Terminator X Getaway Version) from this dope EP…
Anyway I’m pretty excited about these kinds of things, I just need a longer headphone to RCA cord so I don’t have to keep scooting the computer 4 feet to the left…
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Those song titles crack me up! I gotta loot tha pod, if ya know what I’m sayin. Did I ever tell you that long ago someone broke into my ride and cold macked that one hardest of the hard rap comp you made me on tape? Yeah, well I had left the door unlocked, but all they boosted was a stack of tapes, that one included! Damn!
I’m catching on to rap about a quarter-century later than everyone else, so most of these names are new to me. Time to add them to my playlists…
Kurty… If you never need more, I’m sure I can hook you up. Even on tape, if you like.
Thud… A lot of old Rap is still new to me too, I listened to a lot for about a half dozen years, but of a fairly narrow scope. I really first got into it in 1987 when someone introduced me to the sounds of NWA (I tend towards harsh music)… After that it was “west coast Gangsta” all the way: 415, CMW, ‘Cube, Schoolly D, Ant banks, Above the Law…
A good deal of the other stuff I haven’t heard. And then when 1993-4 rolled around and folks like Wu-Tang (they don’t rap, I call it yelling) and Tupac… I just lost interest… And once Puff showed up. I was really done.