Blog: MVSW

Ice Cube ~ " It Was a Good Day " Click here to view the embedded video. Today was a good day. Samples Isley Brothers ~ " Footsteps in the Dark " Click here to view the embedded video. The Moments ~ " Come On Sexy Mama " [...]

Ludacris ~ " Rollout (My Business) " Click here to view the embedded video. circa 2001. Beats by Timbaland, words by Ludacris. Now that's ol school: "Playstation 2 up in the ride..." Samples Yay Boy ~ " Africando " Click here to view the embedded video. Ice Cube ~ " No Vaseline " [...]

Scarface ~ " Smile " Click here to view the embedded video. circa 1997 Lyrics [Intro: 2Pac] There's gon' be some stuff you gon' see that's gon' make it hard to smile in the future. But through whatever you see, through all the rain and the pain, you gotta keep your sense of humor. You gotta be able to smile through all this bullsh*t. [...]

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Parliament ~ " Give Up The Funk (Tear The Roof Off The Sucker) " Click here to view the embedded video. So I figured I should bring in something upbeat for New Years, and why not drop a clip from 1976 by one of the groups that is often sampled by everyone else! Lyrics Tear the roof off, we're gonna tear the roof off the mother, sucker Tear the roof [...]

Run DMC ~ " Christmas In Hollis " Click here to view the embedded video. Nothing like spreading a little holiday cheer via Run DMC ! Happy Holidays Y'all!!! Samples Clarence Carter ~ " Back Door Santa " Click here to view the embedded video. Lyrics [...]

Jay-Z ~ " Big Pimpin' " Click here to view the embedded video. Big Pimpin' from back in 2000. I saw Jay-Z and Kanye on the Watch the Throne show at the Staples Center on Monday. Those guys have a big catalog of hits. Samples Baligh Hamdi ~ " Khosara " Click here to view the [...]

Major Lazer ~ " Original Don " Click here to view the embedded video. Also check the Crookers remix:

• Major Lazer - Original Don (Crookers Remix)

Wreckx-n-Effect ~ " Rump Shaker " Click here to view the embedded video. Check baby Check Baby one two three All I wanna do is... "Rump Shaker" from back in 1992. Samples: Debarge ~ " I Like It " Click here to view the embedded video. The Emotions [...]

Outkast ft. Slick Rick ~ " Da Art of Storytellin " Click here to view the embedded video. Outkast and Rick the Ruler rhyming on da track! It's crazy to realize that this song was released over 13 years ago. Lyrics [Verse One: Big Boi] Yea.. Somebody hit me the other day, for a rendezvous Was [...]

Fat Boys ~ " All You Can Eat " Click here to view the embedded video. From Krush Groove to an Old School Wednesday tradition the day before Thanksgiving. Lyrics (Chorus 2x): All you can eat! (Verse 1): (Prince Markie D): $3.99 for all you can eat? Well, I'm a stuff my face to a funki beat! (Kool Rock Ski): We're gonna walk inside, and guess [...]

Ol' Dirty Bastard ~ " Got Your Money " Click here to view the embedded video. Gotta love this ODB joint featuring Kelis and produced by The Neptunes ( Pharrell & Chad Hugo ) from back in '99. ODB was born on Nov. 15th, 1968 and died of an accidental drug overdose two days short of his 36th birthday. I was lucky enough to catch ODB and the rest of Wu-Tang back in [...]

Heavy D & The Boyz ~ " Gyrlz, They Love Me " Click here to view the embedded video. It sucked to hear that Heavy D passed away yesterday. I used to bump Big Tyme on repeat when it first came out in 1989. What I liked was that no matter if he was rhyming quick or dropping it slow his delivery was always smooth. Oh yeah, Heavy D [...]

KMD ~ " Peach Fuzz " Click here to view the embedded video. So here's the story. KMD was originally a New York based hip hop trio with a "conscious" style similar to Brand Nubian with a comedic element similar to 3rd Bass (both bands KMD performed with). The real part of the KMD story comes when they were preparing their second album, Black Bastards . During the making of the album, [...]

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The Black Keys ~ " Lonely Boy " Click here to view the embedded video. views: 302 New song from The Black Keys , with a video of some guy doing the Carlton for 3 minutes. Sweet! Their new album, El Camino , is out Dec 6th.

Geto Boys ~ " Mind Playing Tricks On Me " Click here to view the embedded video. This is always one of my favorite Old School Wednesday posts. Geto Boys from back in 1991. Bushwick Bill 's verse makes this a Halloween joint, even though it wasn't even close to Halloween… Samples Isaac Hayes ~ " Hung Up on My Baby " [...]

Ahmad ~ " Back In The Day " Click here to view the embedded video. Old School joint from 1994 about reminiscing about the good ol' days. Samples Teddy Pendergrass ~ " Love T.K.O. " Click here to view the embedded video. Delegation ~ " Oh Honey " [...]

Dilated Peoples ~ " Work The Angles " Click here to view the embedded video. Dilated Peoples from 2000. Samples Mahavishnu Orchestra ~ " Resolution " Click here to view the embedded video. Joseph Koo and Wang Fu Ling ~ " The Big Boss " [...]

Phantogram ~ "Don't Move" ( mp3 via herre ) Phantogram is back with a new EP, Nightlife , set to drop Nov 1st. Hopefully the other 5 tracks are as cool as "Don't Move". The duo will also be playing the Music Box on November 4th!

• Phantogram - Don't Move