and now for something completely different

'tijuana bass' by nortec collective



oh yeah - in case you don't know what nortec means:
the invariable wikipedia link nortec defintion

i happened to see these guys last summer here at ill-dot's harbourfront centre and there were cowboots and big buckled dudes dancing along club kids who would have been just as happy waving glo-sticks to dj keoki so cross cultural relations were fostered all around.

and folks have the nerve to wonder why i love this city so much.
hmph.

mystic's 'the life (dj habit remix)'

well. i don't have much to say about this except that i'm very protective of songs that mean a lot to me and while mystic's entire album comes close to being a perfect piece of cd for me (especially 'ok alright' which has gotten me through more dark days than anyone should have to go through) this song was the first and the remis is very reverential.

ghetto lullaby

old/new song from mystic who reports on her blog that the 'ghetto lullaby' song she wanted on 'cuts for luck and scars for freedom' cd but it never made it.





apparently she's on a european tour so wishing her the best out there.





while you're over on her myspace page - check out 'current events' which remains probably my favourite b-girl braggadacio rap since mc lyte's 'i am the lyte'.

nico vega - 'bang bang'

nice song here.
reminds me a lot of early mary's danish work.

shadk

if you go back through the archives on my myspace page (note it's myspace residence) you'll find that i interviewed the artist on the link below.

i have to say that there are very few artists these days that i ache to see hit the big time more than shad k. his modestness and humble attitude give proof that a lot of the times the dude with the most skill is the one over in the corner generally getting ignored.

recently, shad k opened for lupe fiasco here in ill-dot and his label earwaks.com managed to get a nice documentary out of it.

shad k documentary

drive by - new jack style

how drive bys carry the internet via buses and motorcycles in remote parts of india, cambodia, and paraquay.

new jack drive by

baba strikes again

not sure what to say other than only baba could reference derrida in a rhyme.
bric-o-lage