Albums:

Nashville -- Josh Rouse

MM. . .Food -- MF Doom

Guero -- Beck

The Remixes 1997-2000 -- Jazzanova

Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic -- Prince :



Songs:

"1 Thing" -- Amerie

"Tonight (King Britt's Sexy Mix)" -- H Foundation

"Song" -- Lewis Taylor

"Flowers" -- Ghostface Killah

"The Corner" -- Common

"Ya Know How It Goes" -- Grand Puba (ill beat and nice rhymes)
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:::EARLY MAY and the jams therein...



::from l to r, 1. Alana Davis - Surrender Dorothy (2005) The Reaper, Right There, Create 2. Level 42 - Level Best (1989) Something About You, Running In The Family, The Sun Goes Down (Living It Up*!), Children Say (Remix) 3. Gary Numan - The Pleasure Principle (1979) Me*! I Disconnect From You, Remember I Was Vapour, Metal 4. Group Home - Livin' Proof (1995) Serious Rap Sh*t, Tha Realness, 4 Give My Sins ::bottom row, 5. Emma - Free Me (2005) I'll Be There, Crickets Sing For Anamaria, Who The Hell Are You? 6. Grand National - Kicking The National Habit (2004) Talk Amongst Yourselves, Boner, Cherry Tree 7. Esthero - We R in need of a musical ReVoLuTIoN*! (2004) Title track, Everyday Is A Holiday (With You) (feat. Sean Lennon) 8. Brooke Valentine - Chain Letter (2005) Pass Us By, Playa (feat. Jermaine Dupri), Tell Me Why? (You Don't Love Me)

I've been meaning to get Meshell Ndegeocello's Dance of the Infidel for some time now. I heard there's a domestic release pending.

CinisterCee said:

Hey are you having trouble finding those CDs in your sig?

Mariah Carey - The Emancipation of...
Jody Watley - Midnight Lounge
EBTG - Adapt or Die
Incubus - Morning View
4Hero - Two Pages

...

I've been on a classic post-punk/indie-pop trip lately.Listening to CDs by Section 25, Crispy Ambulance,A Certain Ratio, & the Blue Orchids.But I've been playing this particular CD daily since I bought it this past Monday:



The Field Mice-For Keeps

allmusic.com review:

Review by Ned Raggett
What turned out to be the only full studio album the Field Mice released was also nothing less than a quietly triumphant masterpiece. Building on the strength of its string of great singles while keeping its own particular character and mood, For Keeps — a sly and sharp title, given how many of the band's songs reflected both love's creation and dissolution — found the five piece full of gently impassioned creativity. It could be the subtle funk wah-wah guitars on the opening "Five Moments" or the blissout psych droning of "Tilting at Windmills," but writing the Field Mice off as simple twee pop types would be a hard task for anyone after a listen to this album. In the end, the group stood apart from all the early '90s scenes swirling around it to make its own mark. Davies' softly cool vocals, winsome without being cloying, brought both greater variety and range of emotion to the songs. Wratten's still in fine voice, and together their duets work perfectly, almost defining the form that many other bands clearly inspired by them would take. On his own Wratten experiments with his voice, adding flanging to the just-epic-enough guitar build of "This Is Not Here" and elsewhere piling on the echo and other tricks for fine variety. The subtle musical nods all over the map fit the band's impressive range of influences, while avoiding drowning in them. There's the hint of late-'50s/early-'60s tearjerker drama in "Star of David," for instance, heightened by the sharp growl of the guitars against the slow, building punch of the drums. In the end it's the Field Mice, but it's a much more accomplished and intriguing Field Mice than the band's detractors (and possibly many of its followers) would ever give it real credit for.

This album has come back into high rotation, for some reason:

CinisterCee said:

Hey, is she a part of the Young Hustlaz click?

JANFAN4L said:

:::draws a blank:::

Just bought these two and have been giving them some time....



These have been getting a lot of play still....

CinisterCee said:

Reason I say that is because I have a Teedra Moses promo CD with the words "Young Hustlaz" emblazoned on the imprint.

JANFAN4L said:

There's nothing on her liner notes about this associated posse.

Sounds gangsta.

Early May "jams" in rotation:

David Fuzinski/John Medeski - "Lunar Crush"
Jean Paul Borrelly - "Catharic Spirits"
Miles Davis/ "Big Fun"
"Power Of Soul"/tribute to Jimi-mixed artists.
Sly - "Riot-Fresh"
Shuggie Otis - "Inspiration/Information"
Donna Summer - homemade mix compilation (don't laugh)
John 5 - "Vertigo"
P-Funk - 4 CD set-1972-1993

VinnyM27 said:

SPYZFAN1 said:

What's on there....what does that sound like. Donna fans would like to now.

Hotlegs said:

This we can agree on.

VinnyM27 said:

"...We never ever argue, never calculate the currency we've spent --
I love you, you pay my rent.
I love you. You pay my rent..."

---> <---

VinnyM27 said:

Don't ask me why, but I can't seem to get enough of 2 of the best British Soul/Funk groups of the 80's:




Imagination

&



Central Line

JANFAN4L said:

I've been listening to the "Actually" verison of that a lot lately. I like the way toward the end he sings...."I love you..." and then it goes into, "It's easy, it's so easy...". I have the rematered verison with the second disc. About $12.99....definately worth it (all of them where although I still don't have "Please", which the remastered verison of is rare).

NWF said:

really dig a cut by this group called Illusion. It's still my jam.
[Edited 5/5/05 0:21am]

VinnyM27 said:

Oh, man. I'm playing the "Please" LP as I type this (::"Why Don't We Live Together":. You DEFINITELY need to get their debut. It's one of my favorite '80s albums. This is great music made for big city apartment dwellers.

NWF said:

Walking Into Sunshine was my Cut!!





...

Livin' The Luxury Brown -- Mint Condition

Gaucho -- Steely Dan

CinisterCee said:

Hey, does this album have "Da Bomb" on it?

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[Edited 5/5/05 13:33pm]

JANFAN4L said:

Does it ever! I Kenny Dope.

01. The Bomb! (These Sounds Fall Into My Mind) (Radio Edit) 3:22
02. Sayin' Dope 6:05
03. Got Myself Together 5:25 --- sample: "Movin" Brass Construction
04. Whew! 5:26
05. I Wanna Know 4:05
06. Come And Be Gone 5:45
07. Just Plain Funky 6:50
08. Time And Space 5:12
09. You're A Runaway 4:30 --- sample: "Runaway Love" Linda Clifford
10. The Bomb! (Original Henry St. Mix) 14:57

CinisterCee said:

Alright, dat's a fierce album righ there.

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[Edited 5/5/05 13:53pm]

JANFAN4L said:

Yeah, besides "The Bomb", there's a few other house classics on there!