Forgive me the moderate delay in posting a mix for this month, and just know that the delay is solely due to indecision rather than procrastination. Not sure if others will identify with these tracks as much as I do - many are familiar to me after use as hip-hop samples, and a good deal of credit for the selections should go to Hip Hop Is Read and This Is Hip Hop for the coursework. I don't think I've posted any of these artists on any other mixes, but then again, I don't think I've had [...]
Going through my records and clearing out the BS I found my Billy Stewart LP and I figured I would share a tune with you. Back at Chess in the early 1960s, Stewart began working with A&R man Billy Davis. He cut a song called "Fat Boy". Showing additional promise with his recordings of "Reap What You Sow" and "Strange Feeling", major chart success was not far away. Stewart hit both the pop and R&B charts big in 1965 with the songs, "I Do Love You" and "Sitting in the Park." His improvisational technique of doubling-up, scatting his [...]
I remember walking into Buckwild's studio one night late last year just to bullshit with the master himself and talk music, and I asked as I always do "Anything been coming out that you're feeling?" He asked "You heard that new Jay Electronica?" I had not - so he put me on. Just Blaze flipped the sample into something that sounded classic yet brand new, and the lyrics had me stuck on each word. I hear a lot of new records on a day to day, but there was no doubt that this one stood out. In an unorthodox release [...]
Billy Stewart: Sitting In The Park and I Do Love You Available on: I Do Love You [Chess, 1965] Ok, no breaks here today, no outrageous fuzzy funk or wild and crazy rap, just some plain old sublime and gorgeous soul music for your ears. I've been meaning to post up something about Billy Stewart for what seems like forever but, as with so many things I plan with the best intentions, it's sat collecting dust in the to do [...]
Back in 95 when Skee-Lo's infectious wish that he was a " a little bit taller " was flying up the charts, I couldn't help but think if he actually was he might quickly wish to be diminutive once more. It's true that at gigs being 6ft 63 means unless Magic Johnson's up the front you can pretty much see from wherever you choose to stand. The downside (apart from the guilt when someone 5ft stands behind you) is its difficult to blend in. And so it proved at Jay Electronica's first UK gig since [...]
With the Jay Elec-steria going on, that dude Suave had me playing this one back-to-back. Billy Stewart 1967 track setting the example for the Just Blaze's "Exhibit C" sample.
If you're anything like me and have been waking up with Jay Electronica's "Exhibit C" in your head every morning since the CDQ leaked, you've probably wondered what the sample source was for Just Blaze's brilliant beat. Since we here at Passion of the Weiss aim to solve your problems of head, heart and podiatry, the answer is "Cross Your Heart," a 1967 single from the rotund Chess recording artist, Billy Stewart, a former confederate of Bo Diddley who died at the untimely age of 32 when the car he was driving plunged into the Neuse River in North Carolina. [...]
December ? Already? Damn. 2009 has been pretty damn dope for us, I suppose that's why it flew the fuck by! Anyways, today was a dope day for dope music and therefore, I shall bless you with my favorites to set your holiday season off right! I'm talking about new shit from Alicia Keys, Lupe Fiasco, Clipse ......man I'm not even gonna go in like that I'll just let you check out the track listing after the jump. But before you do all that, partake! Blind I Says GO! December 2009 [...]
Sports jackets, dookie chains, ball caps, and acid-washed jeans 2 Live Crew in the basics. Young Black Teenagers First True Love Affair Jimmy Ross First True Love Affair Tag Team Whoomp! (There It Is) Kano I'm Ready (Spank Rock Edit, Fabriclive 33) 2 [...]
Billy Stewart, "Summertime"
It's a big week here at Cover Me: our one-year birthday. Not only that, but today is yours truly's birthday (though I'm older than one). So though it's been a rough week for cover bloggers, with bowhowdy getting his files taken down and Fong getting a cease-and-desist letter, let's celebrate these two birthdays with some tunes. I was going to do a theme on birthdays or celebrations, but thought, this is a special week that deserves special treatment. So for the first time ever, I'm saying to hell with a theme. [...]
-This post's a few days late cause I realized I accidentally posted it at my other blog Monday. Whoops!- As the weather's heating up, it seemed about time for a seasonal post. Billy Stewart – Summertime (George Gershwin) Stewart's version of this classic – wikipedia says there are more than 2,600 known covers – is always in the running as one of my favorite covers ever. If you haven't heard it yet, this version trumps other excellent renditions by everyone from Janis Joplin to Angelique Kidjo. [...]
As the weather's heating up, it seemed about time for a seasonal post. Billy Stewart – Summertime (George Gershwin) Stewart's version of this classic – wikipedia says there are more than 2,600 known covers – is always in the running as one of my favorite covers ever. If you haven't heard it yet, this version trumps other excellent renditions by everyone from Janis Joplin to Angelique Kidjo. And even if you had, check out this mp3 – it features introductory notes from Bob Dylan! [...]
As we have done in the past, SVB has teamed up with my music loving pals over at The Late Greats and I Am Fuel You Are Friends for another collaborative post - and what a time to do it as we celebrate the official start of the summer. You can find 10 more delicious tunes compliments of Heather and The Duke over at their blogs. So, enjoy the music, enjoy the summer, and remember: Wear sunscreen. Here Comes The Summer - [...]
CAN U KEEP A SECRET De La Soul 3 Feet High and Rising Tommy Boy : 1989 [Buy It] I HAVE A SECRET Half Japanese Sing No Evil Drag City : 1984 [Buy It] SECRET LOVE Billy Stewart 1967 Available on : 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection MCA : 2000 [Buy It] YOUR SECRET'S SAFE WITH ME [...]
Song: Onipa Nse Hwee by Nana Ampadu Album: Greatest Hits by Nana Ampadu Song: Fat Boy by Billy Stewart Song: Sitting in the Park by Billy Stewart Album: One More Time: The Chess Years by Billy Stewart Song: Adjoa by Super Sweet Talks International [...]
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