Friday Five : \'frī-(,)dā,-dē 'fīv\ : On the sixth day of every week, I hit the shuffle button on my iTunes, then share the first five tracks and thought for each track. Sometimes there is a playlist involved, occasionally we'll have a guest, but most of the time it's just me. The rest is up to you, our friends and readers! Fire up your media player of choice and share the first five random track of your shuffle in the comments. The Five: " N.T., Parts 1 & 2 " by [...]
Space Jam anybody?.. It's Sunday Throw Back foolies!!
Not really my type of music but I shot this concert with an open mind. Kittie, Coolio, Kottonmouth Kings and ICP played along with wrestling and the spraying of the Faygo....yuck. Here are some shots.
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I called this one last week , but when I stumbled upon Monk Higgins while doing last week's OSM, I was surprised I'd never heard of a dude with a name that awesome who has been sampled as much as Monk has. Chuck in the fact that Monk's most sampled track ( One Man Band ) was on an album called Dance to the Disco Sax (!), it became a done deal that Monk-sampling songs were going to be featured in this week's OSM. Now I don't have [...]
happy 48th bgay to the COOLIO . the he-rapper, with 1.5 hit singles, was born this way August 1st 1953. wotyougot
This Friday night, old school hip hop and new school bounce music collide inside Webster Hall for Girls & Boys, as New Orleans bounce provocateur Rusty Lazer will be joining hip hop legends Coolio (yup) and the godfather of the scratch, Grandmaster Flash . Opening up will no doubt be the G&B residents, RekLES and Alex English . Friends of the program, if you're over 21 years of age, just drop your name here and get in easy breezy for the discounted price of $5--before midnight. Under 21 or a [...]
This Friday night, old school hip hop and new school bounce music collide inside Webster Hall for Girls & Boys, as New Orleans bounce provocateur Rusty Lazer will be joining hip hop legends Coolio (yup) and the godfather of the scratch, Grandmaster Flash . Opening up will no doubt be the G&B residents, RekLES and Alex English . Friends of the program, if you're over 21 years of age, just drop your name here and get in easy breezy for the discounted price of $5--before midnight. Under 21 or a [...]
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As a kid at the age of single digit years, I was a fan of anything and everything that was Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls. To scratch the surface of my obsession, my room was painted bright red, I had several posters hung every which way and my little iron-on #23 jersey was so beat up it looked like something right out of a dumpster. It found its way to my back too much, but every time I put it on, I wore that b*tch proudly. When Space Jam came out, it was like a dream come [...]
Bawitdablog : Revisiting '90s jamz with as few Kid Rock references as possible ( title notwithstanding ). A few weeks after " Wonderwall " had captivated listeners in the UK, Coolio returned with a flow back in your ear. One of Coolio's greatest assets was that you didn't have to be a rap connoisseur to get down with the man's music back in the '90s; much like the Spin Doctors , I think that some of Coolio's songs still hold a place in hearts of music fans everywhere, regardless of whether or not they'd ever [...]
Note: This piece comes from new contributor UFOROMANTIC, which AFIN is very pleased to have on board! Rap has gotten a raw deal since it has caught on as a mainstream style, and has lyrics that are sometimes alienating as they deal with subject matter that is less than identifiable with the vast majority of people. It comes largely from the same place as punk, from an ideological standpoint: anger, and the need to express one's self with a big FUCK [...]
"Gangsta's Paradise" - Coolio // 1995 "why are we so blind to see that the ones we hurt are you and me?"
Well it's December, so for all the Southern Hemisphere readers out there, summer is in full swing. And if you're in the North Hemisphere, join me and reminisce over a season come and gone, with a bunch of nifty songs to listen to as you cruise through your long summer days. Sushi - Kyle Andrews Download "Sushi" The keyboard in this is just so happy. Summer is a happy time, this song is happy, therefore this song is a good summer song. Case closed! [...]
Well it's December, so for all the Southern Hemisphere readers out there, summer is in full swing. And if you're in the North Hemisphere, join me and reminisce over a season come and gone, with a bunch of nifty songs to listen to as you cruise through your long summer days. Sushi - Kyle Andrews Download "Sushi" The keyboard in this is just so happy. Summer is a happy time, this song is happy, therefore this song is a good summer song. Case closed! [...]
Filed under: The Hit List Strangely, the song that is most identified with AIDS had nothing to do with the disease. In 1985, Dionne Warwick & Friends covered the Rod Stewart tune as a fundraiser for AIDS research, forever changing its association. It also opened the floodgate for other songs -- written both on a personal and epidemic level -- about [...]
[There is a video that cannot be displayed in this feed. Visit the blog entry to see the video.] This was how collabo's were done back in the day. Biggie, Coolio, Redman, Busta, Buckshot, and Bone Thugs . There were a couple different versions of this song but I think this is the best. I memba, you memba?
Every now and then when I check the message filter to see who we're censoring and who's getting through, I'll find a few comments about our temporarily-closed-for-re-mode ling 100 Greatest Rappers of All-Time series. While this is an exercise that's currently on pause, it's hilarious to see jerkoffs come through with their own know-nothing lists. This one below is pretty hilarious - namely in how he has groups listed, in how Coolio made the cut, and how these are clearly the only 20 hip-hop acts he's ever heard of. Nonetheless, the [...]
Rihanna wants everyone on the planet to know how much of a "flower rebel" she is! She tattoo'd the words in cursive, " Rebelle Fleur " on her neck. There's only one problem, she meant to say "rebel flower". Doh! In addition to showing off that bright red hair, she's also sporting some new ink. Pop Eater reports that the singer's new tattoo is actually a typo : Whoops! Looks [...]
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