I bought two pre-autographed copies of her record last week. The last red record I had (or ebony had) was Salt N Peppa’s ‘Push It’ single. Although it was more burgundy than red if i remember correctly. The record player is a little thing i found on ebay this past Friday.
oh, while i’m here, i guess i could use this forum to complain about her official Many Moons video not being posted online in higher quality i.e. HD resolution. I’m extremely upset at that. She has done such a great job with her visuals and to present her first video in some janky youtube/onsmash set up is all the way wrong. I can’t see any reason why it wouldn’t or can’t be done. Please, someone close to the wondaland camp mention this to her or set me straight and tell me why that is an impossible thing to do. Thanks
Janelle Monae - Many Moons
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The Exchange 009 | No Sleep Til Brooklyn. New mix up on Muxtape & also available for download at Zshare.
Panama | Brooklyn Zoo - Ol Dirty Bastard
Cye | Return of the Crooklyn Dodgers - Chubb Rock, OC, Jeru The Damaja
OJ | Jockin’ Jay-Z (Dope Boy Fresh) - Jay-Z
Eyejammy | We Live In Brooklyn, Baby - Roy Ayers
Ouxu | BK Anthem - Foxy Brown
Jen | Brooklyn Sky - Digable Planets
BK | Brooklyn - Mos Def
Sam | Murda, Murda - Jay-Z feat. Memphis Bleek & Geda K
Liz | Hello Brooklyn - Jay-Z feat. Lil Wayne
George | The Boogie Man Song - Mos Def
Marcia | The Stoop - Little Jackie
My third choice (yeah, eyejammy beat me to the Roy Ayers track) would have been this classic big and pac live track:
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post script: If you move to harlem jen, i’m deleting this and banning you from any further stoop sessions unless, of course, you provide gallons of boom juice
Me and a few internet connects put together a mix tape based on a theme. This week’s is Summertime. And I must say, it’s effing dope.
Muxtape & also available for download at Zshare.
The Tracklist:
George | Summertime - DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince
Ouxu | What They Do - The Roots
OJ | Steady Mobbin’ - Ice Cube
Eyejammy | Walking Into Sunshine - Central Line
BK | Move Ya Body - Mad Skillz
Kate | Summersend - Misha
Cye | Everyone Falls in Love Sometimes - Tanto Metro & Devonte
Marcia | Summer Wind - Madeleine Peyroux
Liz | Motown Philly - Boyz II Men
Jen | Here Comes the Sun - The Beatles
About my pick:
Move Ya Body - Mad Skills off the From Where??? album
This dropped in ‘96 i believe. I must have caught the video on Rap City once and it just stuck in my head. It has that slow hot summertime groove to it.