Tag: hip-hop
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Bob James on those that sampled him
Ian Fondue directed me to this video with legend Bob James – creator of classic and much-sampled tracks like Nautilus, Angela, Westchester Lady, Take Me To The Mardi Gras – those RunDMC bells and many others. It’s an advert for a sample clearing service Tracklib but fascinating having him talk about these samples – and…
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RIP MF DOOM
Sad to hear of the death of MF DOOM aka Daniel Dumile – announced on New Year’s Eve but following the weirdness of 2020 he actually died on Halloween. I have to admit I never really ‘got’ his work even as a hip-hop fan – yes I tried many times. Maybe it’s the comic book…
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Ballroom remastered
An Xmas Eve treat – a remastered lossless version of DJNoNo’s 2015 Ballroom EP, my silly concept ‘album’ mixing big band jazz, exotica, latin jazz, easy listening, bossa nova, cha cha, samba, swing, space age etc with hip-hop and rhythm and blues. It was supposed to be the first DJNoNo album but never really worked…
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Dead Poet’s Society
DEAD POETS SOCIETY by Beets This came up randomly I think during a Bandcamp trawl, it’s by BEETS and Dead Poet’s Society is a concept album of those who burned out too young, leaving their music. Fallen rappers, singers, comics, musicians all together, from Nick Drake to Biggie, Elliott Smith to Bill Hicks, ODB to…
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DJNoNo’s First Album – Accordion Hero
DJNoNo – Accordion Hero (Hisstory 2004-2020) by DJNoNo DJNoNo’s First Album – Accordion Hero! (well if you don’t count Ballroom as an album, it is more like mini-album or long EP…that will be posted after this for the full DJNo ‘experience’). 16 years in the making it covers the best and a little of the…
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MC Hammersmith
Sick rhymes from MC Hammersmith and he’s got skills. via Acid House Experience