So hip (hop) it hurts
All this talk of graffiti has turned me all hip-hop. I've surgically attached a rucksack to my back, hung my jeans so low my thighs are caught in the wind & rain, and i've fallen off my skateboard 8 times.
But most of all i've been listening to some angry fellas* rhyming some words over some beats.
First on the menu is Brighton's DJ Format, who along with partner in crime Abdominal keeps the old skool spirit alive with unsurpassed verbal dexterity (in the UK at least).
Ch-ch-check out 'Ill Culinary Behaviour' - possibly the most extended metaphor in hip-hop history?
DJ FORMAT - ILL CULINARY BEHAVIOUR
As well as giving that track a listen, you must have a look at 'The Hit Song' - probably Format's finest moment so far. Watch the video here.
Contains the immortal line '(i've got)...more hits than a German surfing a fetish website.'
For the main course, howsabout a track from one of the most eagerly anticipated albums of the year - Dangerdoom's 'The Mouse and The Mask' - the collaboration between MF Doom (Madvillain / King Geedorah) and Danger Mouse ('Ghetto Pop Life' / Gorillaz / 'The Grey Album).
I must admit i'm a little underwhelmed by the album - certainly in comparison to work by the pair i've heard before - however there are plenty of worthwhile tracks on it. My favourite is probably this one, 'Benzi Box', which has both DM & Doom in top form.
DANGERDOOM - BENZI BOX (FEAT. CEE-LO)
This is from last year, but if you've not seen the brilliant video for 'Encore' from Danger Mouse's highly illegal Grey Album, i'll test my bandwidth & post it up here too. It's astonishingly good considering it was a totally illegitimate release. If you want to see Ringo scratching & Lennon breaking - right-click right here. [22MB but completely essential]
Other highly recommended MF Doom / Danger Mouse tracks - 'Fazers' by King Geedorah and 'Ghetto Pop Life' by DM & Jemini.
I could post 'em here if demand is high!
*Yeah, I know. These fellas aren't very angry, but 'contented' didn't sound so good.
Lastly... isn't Ibuprofen the most incredible thing ever invented? 10 minutes ago I was suffering terrible, chronic, throbbing pain from a toothache I should have had seen to a fortnight ago. Against my manly instincts I popped a pill, and now - nothing.
What the hell is in that stuff?
It reminds me of when I finally managed to get hold of one on a 23 hour Bolivian bus journey I endured. I had struggled through 8 hours of unimagineable pain due to a leg infection i'd picked up in the Amazon, after being devoured by sandflies. My leg was twice its normal size. The pain was excruciating. A pissed-up Bolivian was dribbling on me, and several chickens had escaped their owner and were running loose on the floor of the bus. Even if I could walk there was no way off the bus to get to a doctor, and my bag containing the magical nurofen was on the roof - from where despite my pleading the driver wouldn't let me retrieve it.
I had spent an hour seriously considering hacking my leg off with a penknife.
Eventually, at yet another stop, and with tears in my eyes and desperation in my voice I pleaded one last time to get my bag off the roof. Thankfully they gave in and I greedily swallowed a couple of nurofen.
10 minutes later I could have played football.
Unbelieveable.
That bus journey was also remarkable for going up what was supposedly the world's most dangerous road. Thing is, we had two punctures en route. And only one spare tyre.
???
and a driver who survived on no sleep by frantically chewing on coca leaves for the duration.
Think the end of the Italian Job with dirt roads and no barriers.
(and it is a bloody dangerous road - some friends i'd met out there went over the edge in their bus. They were only saved from a fatal tumble down the mountain by some thankfully sturdy trees...)
But most of all i've been listening to some angry fellas* rhyming some words over some beats.
First on the menu is Brighton's DJ Format, who along with partner in crime Abdominal keeps the old skool spirit alive with unsurpassed verbal dexterity (in the UK at least).
Ch-ch-check out 'Ill Culinary Behaviour' - possibly the most extended metaphor in hip-hop history?
DJ FORMAT - ILL CULINARY BEHAVIOUR
As well as giving that track a listen, you must have a look at 'The Hit Song' - probably Format's finest moment so far. Watch the video here.
Contains the immortal line '(i've got)...more hits than a German surfing a fetish website.'
For the main course, howsabout a track from one of the most eagerly anticipated albums of the year - Dangerdoom's 'The Mouse and The Mask' - the collaboration between MF Doom (Madvillain / King Geedorah) and Danger Mouse ('Ghetto Pop Life' / Gorillaz / 'The Grey Album).
I must admit i'm a little underwhelmed by the album - certainly in comparison to work by the pair i've heard before - however there are plenty of worthwhile tracks on it. My favourite is probably this one, 'Benzi Box', which has both DM & Doom in top form.
DANGERDOOM - BENZI BOX (FEAT. CEE-LO)
This is from last year, but if you've not seen the brilliant video for 'Encore' from Danger Mouse's highly illegal Grey Album, i'll test my bandwidth & post it up here too. It's astonishingly good considering it was a totally illegitimate release. If you want to see Ringo scratching & Lennon breaking - right-click right here. [22MB but completely essential]
Other highly recommended MF Doom / Danger Mouse tracks - 'Fazers' by King Geedorah and 'Ghetto Pop Life' by DM & Jemini.
I could post 'em here if demand is high!
*Yeah, I know. These fellas aren't very angry, but 'contented' didn't sound so good.
Lastly... isn't Ibuprofen the most incredible thing ever invented? 10 minutes ago I was suffering terrible, chronic, throbbing pain from a toothache I should have had seen to a fortnight ago. Against my manly instincts I popped a pill, and now - nothing.
What the hell is in that stuff?
It reminds me of when I finally managed to get hold of one on a 23 hour Bolivian bus journey I endured. I had struggled through 8 hours of unimagineable pain due to a leg infection i'd picked up in the Amazon, after being devoured by sandflies. My leg was twice its normal size. The pain was excruciating. A pissed-up Bolivian was dribbling on me, and several chickens had escaped their owner and were running loose on the floor of the bus. Even if I could walk there was no way off the bus to get to a doctor, and my bag containing the magical nurofen was on the roof - from where despite my pleading the driver wouldn't let me retrieve it.
I had spent an hour seriously considering hacking my leg off with a penknife.
Eventually, at yet another stop, and with tears in my eyes and desperation in my voice I pleaded one last time to get my bag off the roof. Thankfully they gave in and I greedily swallowed a couple of nurofen.
10 minutes later I could have played football.
Unbelieveable.
That bus journey was also remarkable for going up what was supposedly the world's most dangerous road. Thing is, we had two punctures en route. And only one spare tyre.
???
and a driver who survived on no sleep by frantically chewing on coca leaves for the duration.
Think the end of the Italian Job with dirt roads and no barriers.
(and it is a bloody dangerous road - some friends i'd met out there went over the edge in their bus. They were only saved from a fatal tumble down the mountain by some thankfully sturdy trees...)
posted by headphonesex @ 12:20 AM
