Greetings, and happy old school new year! I was still on holiday last week, so I thought I'd greet my first OSM opportunity the way I have for the last few years: by posting a bunch of awesome songs from 20 years ago. Yes, the title and your undoubtedly excellent math skills, have revealed that the songs we're posting are from 1992. That would put us just part the middle of hip hop's Golden Age (I know, I know, you have your own definition for the Golden Age, but for OSM purposes I've always [...]
Lovebirds is predominately a funky house producer however every so often he tries his hand at something a little slower. Last year he hit the nail on the head with this deep and dreamy summer... High quality download and some links hidden from RSS feed, click through to http://www.feelmybicep.com for full download
Remember Profile Records? Northern Cali's N2Deep? While I know 98% of the population sees/hears the name "N2Deep" and thinks " Back 2 The Hotel ," with its signature jack of Lafayette Afro Rock Band's "Show 'Em Whatcha Got" sax riff, I'm on the other side that remembers being young & loving "The Weekend." Why? Because when you were young, the weekend meant something. Hustle money matched with allowance, matching joint for joint with your cronies and the only worry you had was if your gear matched. Download - [...]
Time to give a shoutout to my homies in V-town. Straight goin' donkey. N2Deep - Back To The Hotel from Back To The Hotel ( insound / amazon CD / amazon mp3 / itunes ) (guess what these guys are doing now!) Mandatory Christmas Content - Feigning Joy And Surprise At The Gifts We Despise, Over Mulled Wine [...]
A little late 'cause it's a busy week, but I aim to make it up to you! This week is a little different, in that it's light on bios and banter, but heavy on mixtape bangin'-ery. So here's the idea , I've collected some favorites from 1991-1994 that were played-the-hell-out-of on the radio in their day, but are very far off the beaten path today. This collection might be a little west-coast-centric, but don't hate, that's just the extent that my little boombox would tune to growing up in L.A. Play it [...]
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Feel my Bicep
The Smoking Section
Hello Vegetables
MISSINGTOOF
Music Singles Chart #109
I’ll Just Leave This Here #161
Florence + The Machine – Spectrum (Calvin Harris Remix)
