Owusu & Hannibal - Living With Owusu & Hannibal 80's new-wave-feeling mixed with nu-soul vocals, production influenced by jay dee, tons of vintage synths, great melodies and enough weirdness to keep you interested = my pick for numero uno
I would say it's more of a mix of groups like the free design, steely dan, prince, & sa-ra. (HOLY HYPERBOLE). Good shit either way.
DAMN! That sounds like a perfect combo! Is it really that good?
1. Clipse ??? Hell Hath no Fury 2. J DILLA (JAY DEE) - Donuts 3. CAT POWER ??? The Greatest 4. Love is all ??? 9 songs the same 5. Sonic youth ??? Rather ripped 6. Ghostface- Fishscale 7. TV ON THE RADIO ??? Return to Cookie Mt. 8. Various Artists - Chrome children
Owusu & Hannibal - Living With Owusu & Hannibal 80's new-wave-feeling mixed with nu-soul vocals, production influenced by jay dee, tons of vintage synths, great melodies and enough weirdness to keep you interested = my pick for numero uno
I would say it's more of a mix of groups like the free design, steely dan, prince, & sa-ra. (HOLY HYPERBOLE). Good shit either way.
Hey! Those are my boys from Copenhagen. Philip Owusu and Robin Hannibal. Good to see them get a mention here, they deserve a little light. Great album. One of my faves this year, and I'm not saying that just because I know them (well maybe a little ).
loved this and the TOm Moulton- but I dont think comps count.
HarveyCanal"a distraction from my main thesis." 13,234 Posts
Trae - Restless Jay Dee - Donuts TI - King San Quinn - The Rock Ryno - They Call Me No Baboon - Baboon Vybz Kartel - JMT Anthony Hamilton - Ain't Nobody Worryin' The Coup - Pick a Bigger Weapon Slumplordz - Sav City
GhostFace Killa - Fishscale T.I. - King Murs - The second 9th Wonder collabo Sadat X - Experience and Education Lord Jamar - The 5% Album DJ Quik - Greatest Hits Live @ The House Of Blues Omar - Sing(if you want it) Beyonce - B'Day Ice Cube - Laugh Now, Cry Later Kool Keith - Lost Masters Part 2
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Corinne Bailey Rae
True Corinne Bailey-Rae story.
My girl does a bit of work for her management company, and tells me that "Connie" is completely free of any airs, graces or diva 'tude. So, she was touring the US recently, doing great business wherever she went. At an aftershow for one of her gigs - I think it was in LA - she was introduced to Stevie Wonder, who was full of praise for her album. Anyway, they talked for a while, exchanged maybe-we-should-work-together-sometimes and see-ya-laters, and continued on with their respective evenings. A few minutes later, Stevie was talking with someone else and suddenly cut short the conversation. "Who's crying?" he says, "I can hear a woman crying". Turns out that Corinne Bailey-Rae was stood in a corner of the room in tears, completely overwhelmed not only at having met one of her idols, but having had him talk to her on the same level. Not all that interesting in itself, but still kinda sweet.
My girl does a bit of work for her management company, and tells me that "Connie" is completely free of any airs, graces or diva 'tude. So, she was touring the US recently, doing great business wherever she went. At an aftershow for one of her gigs - I think it was in LA - she was introduced to Stevie Wonder, who was full of praise for her album. Anyway, they talked for a while, exchanged maybe-we-should-work-together-sometimes and see-ya-laters, and continued on with their respective evenings. A few minutes later, Stevie was talking with someone else and suddenly cut short the conversation. "Who's crying?" he says, "I can hear a woman crying". Turns out that Corinne Bailey-Rae was stood in a corner of the room in tears, completely overwhelmed not only at having met one of her idols, but having had him talk to her on the same level. Not all that interesting in itself, but still kinda sweet.
Did Pick A Bigger Weapon come out this year? That album is GREAT!
Yeah, 2006, and that shit is HOT. I saw them @ the Casbah when they toured for it, and their band tore it the FUCK up. They've played with a band for many years, but I think they finally got the right one. Shit was crazy.
Was that Cursive good? Do they still have that string player? I heard a song off of it that i wasn't big on and didn't get a chance to hear more.
I loved it. They replaced the strings with horns, which sounds kinda iffy, but works real well. I like many of their records, but this one probably had the most immediate appeal. I really wish I had been able to catch their show when they came through.
Did Pick A Bigger Weapon come out this year? That album is GREAT!
Yeah, 2006, and that shit is HOT. I saw them @ the Casbah when they toured for it, and their band tore it the FUCK up. They've played with a band for many years, but I think they finally got the right one. Shit was crazy.
Hey Still, shit forgot about the Coup album - definitely enjoyed that one (particularly from about a third of the way in when I feel the album really starts coming together). I can only imagine how good this would be live with a real band.
yeah, they pretty much stomped it. And Boots was cool as a motherfucker on-stage. Like he's done this for long enough that he just has it down at this point.
My girl does a bit of work for her management company, and tells me that "Connie" is completely free of any airs, graces or diva 'tude. So, she was touring the US recently, doing great business wherever she went. At an aftershow for one of her gigs - I think it was in LA - she was introduced to Stevie Wonder, who was full of praise for her album. Anyway, they talked for a while, exchanged maybe-we-should-work-together-sometimes and see-ya-laters, and continued on with their respective evenings. A few minutes later, Stevie was talking with someone else and suddenly cut short the conversation. "Who's crying?" he says, "I can hear a woman crying". Turns out that Corinne Bailey-Rae was stood in a corner of the room in tears, completely overwhelmed not only at having met one of her idols, but having had him talk to her on the same level. Not all that interesting in itself, but still kinda sweet.
Another completely fascinating thing about Donuts is how perfectly syncopated and in the pocket all of the details are. And I think somebody mentioned this during an initial thread about the album, but there are also crazy subtle changes and layers constantly circling in the music.
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DAMN! That sounds like a perfect combo! Is it really that good?
How's the DJ Mehdi record?
1. Clipse ??? Hell Hath no Fury
2. J DILLA (JAY DEE) - Donuts
3. CAT POWER ??? The Greatest
4. Love is all ??? 9 songs the same
5. Sonic youth ??? Rather ripped
6. Ghostface- Fishscale
7. TV ON THE RADIO ??? Return to Cookie Mt.
8. Various Artists - Chrome children
can only come up with 8?
not many great "albums" to me this year
Hey! Those are my boys from Copenhagen. Philip Owusu and Robin Hannibal. Good to see them get a mention here, they deserve a little light. Great album. One of my faves this year, and I'm not saying that just because I know them (well maybe a little
ghost - fishscale
dilla - donuts
lullabye arkestra - ampgrave
om - conference of the birds
ti - king
various - good god!
catpower - the greatest
i have high hopes for More Fish...
loved this and the TOm Moulton- but I dont think comps count.
Jay Dee - Donuts
TI - King
San Quinn - The Rock
Ryno - They Call Me No
Baboon - Baboon
Vybz Kartel - JMT
Anthony Hamilton - Ain't Nobody Worryin'
The Coup - Pick a Bigger Weapon
Slumplordz - Sav City
GhostFace Killa - Fishscale
T.I. - King
Murs - The second 9th Wonder collabo
Sadat X - Experience and Education
Lord Jamar - The 5% Album
DJ Quik - Greatest Hits Live @ The House Of Blues
Omar - Sing(if you want it)
Beyonce - B'Day
Ice Cube - Laugh Now, Cry Later
Kool Keith - Lost Masters Part 2
True Corinne Bailey-Rae story.
My girl does a bit of work for her management company, and tells me that "Connie" is completely free of any airs, graces or diva 'tude. So, she was touring the US recently, doing great business wherever she went. At an aftershow for one of her gigs - I think it was in LA - she was introduced to Stevie Wonder, who was full of praise for her album. Anyway, they talked for a while, exchanged maybe-we-should-work-together-sometimes and see-ya-laters, and continued on with their respective evenings. A few minutes later, Stevie was talking with someone else and suddenly cut short the conversation. "Who's crying?" he says, "I can hear a woman crying". Turns out that Corinne Bailey-Rae was stood in a corner of the room in tears, completely overwhelmed not only at having met one of her idols, but having had him talk to her on the same level. Not all that interesting in itself, but still kinda sweet.
Cool story!
does this cownt?
Hey Still, shit forgot about the Coup album - definitely enjoyed that one (particularly from about a third of the way in when I feel the album really starts coming together). I can only imagine how good this would be live with a real band.
This is the kind of woman I need in my life.
b/w
Terry, have you listened to Donuts again yet?