So much is right and so much is wrong with this mixtape, guess it depends from which side of the table you’re sitting. Bobby wants to put out an album, label won’t let him without a *proper* campaign, so here’s his eff-you to Atlantic. I will be treating this as B.o.B.’s actual debut, I suggest you follow suit.
Mick Boogie is putting together Re-Living Thing, a *legit* remix LP from Peter Bjorn and John. If you’ve heard Kanye’s remix to “Young Folks” or Drake’s version of “Let’s Call It Off” on So Far Gone, this is for you. Click here for a full article, and see below for the tentative tracklisting:
» J. Cole & GZA – “The Feeling” (remixed by Marco Polo)
» Kardinal Offishall, Donnis & Heno – “It Just Don’t Move Me” (remixed by Jet Audio)
» Big Sean & Black Milk – “Just The Past” (remixed by nVMe)
» Wale, Young Chris & Rhymefest – “Nothing To Worry About” (remixed by The Kickdrums)
» Bun B – “Losing My Mind” (remixed by 6th Sense)
» Freebass 808 & Amanda Blank – “Living Thing” (remixed by Apple Juice Kid)
» Talib Kweli – “I Want You” (remixed by William Russell / Good Life Mike)
» Three Six Mafia and Trouble Andrew – “Lay It Down” (remixed by The Kickdrums)
» Big Pooh, Chaundon and Phil Nash – “Stay This Way” (remixed by Jazzy Jeff)
» Naledge & Mickey Factz – “Blue Period Picasso” (remixed by nVMe)
» 88 Keys, Outasight & 6th Sense – “4 Out Of 5″ (remixed by 6th Sense)
» U-N-I – “Last Night” (remixed by Remot)
I’m spending the night in Bangkok tonight and heading to Phuket in the morning. Thought it fitting to post this video from the musical CHESS.
“One Night in Bangkok” is a song originally sung by Murray Head on the 1984 concept album for the musical Chess. Its music was composed by former ABBA members Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson, with lyrics written by Tim Rice. The song was released by Byte Records.
The release topped the charts in many countries, including West Germany, Switzerland and Australia. It peaked at #3 in both Canada and the United States, and at #12 in the UK.
The song is mainly a pop song, though at the time it could also have been classed as belonging to the dance music genre. The choruses (variations on the phrase “One night in Bangkok…”) were sung by Swedish artist Anders Glenmark. The verses could be described as a spoken rap by Head, a sarcastic, tongue-in-cheek denunciation of the city’s moral corruption and comparative glorification of the intellectual purity of chess: e.g., “the queens we use would not excite you.”
The song’s lyrics contain a number of Bangkok-related references, among them the “muddy old river” (the Chao Phraya River), the “reclining Buddha” (the Wat Pho statue) and Yul Brynner (who played the King of Siam in The King and I).
Lyrics after the jump (more…)
The dude abides.
This new mixtape pays tribute to music legends Fela Kuti, Bob Marley, and Bob Dylan. It’s not out quite yet, but here’s a sampler with three of its tracks:
1. Let’s Start (Fela Kuti Tribute)
2. Belly Full (Bob Marley Tribute) feat. Kardinal Offishall, General Steele (Smif’N'Wessun) and Baja (Dry Eye Crew)
3. Relationships Lay (Bob Dylan Tribute)
