slug

felt - marvin gaye
felt - dirty girl
atmosphere - sunshine
here

jack and diane went to the movies...

some songs i have been loping to.

waap you waa - the upsetters
miles from nowhere - cat stevens
what do you know - murs
eden is burning - john cougar mellencamp
come on eileen - dexys midnight runners
watching the detectives - elvis costello
misunderstood - common

here

re-ups

henstrumentals vol 1 is back up. if youve missed any previous posts that have bad links let me know so i can refresh them.

a few tracks ive recently run into.
Alchemist feat. nas - My will
Statik Selektah feat. Styles P., Termanology, Q-Tip - stop look listen
Azymuth - Morning(PBW)
DJ Mehdi feat. Chromeo - I am Somebody
here

july

here is my first big summer post. everything and anything.

henstrumentals vol. 2
xenophobia - blue scholars
northwestern bell - thes one...another track from thes ones solo venture
barbie doll - metaform
chain gang - pbw
dinner with blockhead - aesop rock
peach extract - metal fingers
alice - pogo...composed of mostly samples from alice and wonderland..check the video
davis and lovelace - memo
interlude 3 - pseudo slang
fenugreek - metal fingers
since we last spoke - rjd2...hard hitting track...mix

here are a few hip hop tracks i dig.
take me home - brother ali
groupie therapy - the pharcyde
the distance - blue scholars...xenophobia from above runs into this track very nicely
cant hold on - MED aka Medaphoar..off stones throw
testin me - dudley perkins...also off stones throw. love it. click here.

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im set free - the velvet underground
oh sweet nuthin - the velvet underground
and you and i - yes
cadillac jack - andre williams
here

best of the northwest

heres some jazzy sample based tracks that are oh so bumpable from the northwest. play it loud.

common market - g'dang diggy
common market - connect four
blue scholars - butter&guns (loyalty 2)
abyssinian creole - abyssinian creole
common market - refresh
gabriel teodros - no label remix
blue scholars - 27

here.

june special: artwork

Some of my favorite album art with one or two tracks from each. enjoy.Arrested Development - Mr. Wendal
Arrested Development - People Everyday
Arrested Development- United Front
Camp Lo - Luchini
Camp Lo - Coolie High
Kalyani & Anandji - My Guru
The Meters - Liver Splash
Pharoah Sanders - Thembi...sampled in It Sounded Like Rock! - KMD
Yesterday's New Quintet - Too High...madlib project
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth - Lots of Lovin (Remix)
13th Floor Elevators - Splash 1
13th Floor Elevators - Dont Fall Down
Nightmares on Wax - Passion
Ohmega Watts - Stay Tuned
The Roots - Distortion to Static
Zion I - Target Practice
Ben Harper - Both Sides of The Gun
Blackalicious - Blazing Arrow
Blackalicious - Aural Pleasure
Al Green - So Tired of Being Lonely

for the collection click on al.

grab bag 2

Original Samples
johnnie taylor - love in the streets
de la soul - 3 Days later

i cant help it - michael jackson
de la soul - breakadawn

teddy pendergrass - love tko
the pharcyde - back in the day

isley brothers - footsteps in the dark(parts 1 and 2)
ice cube - it was a good day

hereJazzy Rap
Back Porch (Remix) - Pseudo Slang
From The Concrete - A.D.O.R.
Fresh Rhymes - Sound Providers
Push On - Surreal & The Sound Providers
N.T. - Q Tip & Busta Rhymes
Cold Turkey - J. Rawls
Get Down - Sound Providers
Saku Koivu Rides Again - Pseudo Slang
Priceless - Soul Posistion
I Dont Know - Slum Village
Let It All Hang Out - A.D.O.R.
For Old Times Sake - Sound Providers
here


Rainy Grooves
In a Sentimental Mood - Duke Ellington & John Coltrane
Tema Da Desilusao Garota De Ipanema - Tom Jobim(Antonio Jobim) E Orchestra
Like It Is, Like It Was - James Brown
Ready or Not - The Fugees
Rainy Day - Pigeon John
Simply Beautiful - Al Green
Tracks of My of My Tears - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
herethis came out today...ill be picking it up very soon. check this track from the album.

a few more tracks that i have been enjoying lately
little willie john - im shakin
nightmares on wax - flip ya lid
gang starr - check the technique...cool sample
james brown - paid the cost to be the boss...nas samples in get down off gods son
gang starr - above the clouds...play it really loud
al brown - love and happiness
here

blunted in the bomb shelter

a mix by madlib of the trojan catalog
here

henstrumentals vol. 1

a mix of my favorite instrumental tracks to kick it to. this goes out to my hens: phife, hedwig(above), pip, and chewbacca.

F&f Daily C - Thes One...cant go wrong with thes.
Myrtle Leaf - Metal Fingers...MF DOOM on the synth.
Dont Talk - Buillon...beach boys and dilla
Coffee Table 2005 - Damu The Fudgemunk
Lavender Buds - Metal Fingers
Pacific Vibrations - Sound Providers...jazzy
You Wish - Nightmares on Wax...nice sample also used in Players Club by eazy e
1976 -RJD2
Autumns Evening Breeze - Sound Providers...makes you wish it is a late summer dusk
Robot Snares Got No Cadence or Balance - Prefuse 73...electronic sound masters
Ethnic Majority - Nightmares on Wax
Canto De Ossanha - Jurrasic 5...a little latin flavor
Jazz at The Cove - Sound Providers
Caroline, No - Buillon
Lemon Grass - Metal Fingers
mix is back up

new york shit...

this post is a mix of my favorites from new york(excluding doom). since tribe is from new york im gonna hold back from posting their entire discography...and so is de la...and pete rock...turn up the stereo and enjoy.

METHOD MAN - Wu Tang Clan...after the one minute ten second long violent intro the song gets sick.
Who Got Da Props - Black Moon...old school chillin
The Line - Louis Logic...a storyteller
Street Struck - Big L...RIP Big L
Glock Nines - Beanie Sigel & Jay-Z...i dont know jigga
Jam - A Tribe Called Quest
M.V.P. - Big L...most valuable poet on the m.i.c.
Couchie Coup - Louis Logic...dirty
Excursions - A Tribe Called Quest...i couldnt resist
Dont Do Drugs - Danger Mouse & Jemini...yall dont do no drugs?
Im Not A Player - Big Pun...RIP Big Pun
Dead Presidents II - Jay-Z...i love the piano
Triumph - Wu Tan Clan...gets me pumped
The Choice is Yours(Revisited) - Black Sheep...engine engine number nine, on the new york transit line
Fakin Jax - Pete Rock & INI
Pass The 40 - Black Sheep
T.R.O.Y. - Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth...classic
Eye Know - De La Soul...old school laid back beat
Mathematics - Mos Def...lyricism
Take You There(remix) - Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth
Can I Kick It? - A Tribe Called Quest...again i couldnt resist
Oooh - De La Soul & Redman...a great song and strange music video
Idiot Gear - Louis Logic
Sunshine - Mos Def
I Feel You(J Dilla beat) - Talib Kweli

mix

no doubt there will be another new york mix...

jay love japan

RIP DILLA.

Jay Love Japan

in the works: metal fingers, the big apple, songs with samples from movies, jazz-hop, album art

mothers day special

on this very special day, mothers day, i inadvertently discovered an amazing sample. cat stevens happened to vibrate out of the speakers and the melody caught my ear instantly. anyways...here it is.

cat stevens: daytime
blue scholars: no rest for the weary

i love that sabzi, the dj for the blue scholars(no doubt will be more of them in my posts), can use cat stevens. all i thought of when i heard cat stevens was Harold and Maude.

the conchords

this stuff is hilarious check em out. its a show on hbo telling the tale of new zealander brother musicians making it in new york. excruciatingly funny. flight of the conchords.

drink drank drunk, my top 15 drinking songs

ive compiled a list of my top 15(i couldnt find 20 that were worthy) songs that have anything to do with drinking or are great to listen to while drinking, or while drunk.

number one: george thorogood & the destroyers - one bourbon, one scotch, one beer
this song is a classic: a story of a man, his landlady, and getting "gassed". i heard it for the first time when sifting through records with my dad, who promptly played the track.

number two: ac/dc - thunderstruck
thunderstruck is a drinking game that nearly killed me. the first person in the circle chugs as soon as "thunderstruck" is sung and until "thunderstruck" is sung again, this continues around the circle. dont get caught with the huge lull, or you'll be done son.

number three: people under the stairs - tales of kidd drunkadelic
the title says it all, plus a catchy beat.

number four: journey - dont stop believing
might be the easiest song to sing while drunk.

number five: billy joel - piano man
might be tied with number four.

number six: peter frampton - baby i love your way
if you say "ooh baby i love your way..." your gonna get a "wanna be with you night and day" back

number seven: paranoid social club - wasted
beerfest

number eight: yes - owner of a lonely heart
perfect for an airband...you got vocals, guitar, drums and of course that cowbell

number nine: reel big fish - beer
for those mid-morning beers at the beach

number ten: journey - when the lights go down in the city
if your from the bay this song will tickle your eardrums...i can never help singing along

number eleven: dropkick murpheys - im shipping up to boston
what are the irish famous for?

number twelve: eazy e - switchez
eazy e saps on 40's all day

number thirteen: j kwon - tipsy
its a horrible song when sober...

number fourteen: flogging molly - whats left of the flag
st pattys day at 10 in the mornin

number fifteen: g love & special sauce - cold beverage
nothings better than an icy cold brew

click here for the mix

two bonus songs that didnt make the cut
mf doom - one beer
dropkick murpheys - kiss me, im shitfaced

thats what love is made of

heres a track that is sampled wonderfully in two of my favorite hip hop songs at the moment.

heres the original: thats what love is made of - the sylvers

heres a jammin track by the blue scholars out of seattle, one of my personal favs: Loyalty

another track by foreign exchange: all that you are


more combos of samples and originals to come

pyschedelic

heres are 10 psychedelic tracks. check them out.
mix

baron

not many people can pull this off

gene harris + nas

today i've got a couple of breaks from gene harris & the three sounds as well as a few nas blends/remixes.

here are the two gene harris tracks:

Put On Train
Sitting Duck

both these tracks are nas vocals mixed over al green beats. very nice.

One Love/Call Me
Made You Look/Love & Happiness

MF DOOM + Nas.

One Love

Biggie + Nas with sample of Nat King Cole.

Cant Forget About You

Aries

for this post, my first, ive got a song that Wildchild of the Lootpack sampled in his track "The Justice." The sample used is Aries by Supertramp off the Indelibly Stamped album.


Aries - Supertramp
The Justice - Wildchild

i suggest you check out rock the bells this coming summer. the lineup is gangbusters. next post coming soon.