Waxpoetics

The fight for Internet Radio moves to Congress

2007-05-15T16:38:00.001-07:00

A new rule concerning a massive increase in fees paid by Internet radio webcasters could force thousands of independent and noncommercial Internet radio operators off the Web. The ruling will go into effect on July 15 unless we act now and urge Congress to rescue Internet radio:

Rescue Internet Radio: Take Action Now

After intense lobbying from the recording industry, the Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) ignored a massive public outcry and ruled to dramatically increase the rates webcasters must pay every time they stream a song.

These draconian rules will shut down many noncommercial and independent Internet radio outlets, leaving the Web with the same cookie-cutter music formats that have destroyed commercial broadcast radio.

Independent musicians, independent labels, webcasters, media reformers and thousands of Internet radio listeners have joined forces with members of Congress to reverse this bad decision. The bipartisan "Internet Radio Equality Act of 2007" has been introduced in the House by Reps. Jay Inslee (D-Wash.) and Donald Manzullo (R-Ill.) and in the Senate by Sens. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Sam Brownback (R-Kan.). The legislation would reverse the CRB decision in favor of a balanced structure that supports artists without putting webcasters out of business.

Rescue Internet Radio: Support the Internet Radio Equality Act

Musicians must be compensated for their work. But the new regulations would silence many outlets that play independent artists and musical genres that just can't be found on the radio dial. And nonprofit NPR, Pacifica and community radio stations would be forced to take down most of their online musical programming for fear of unmanageable royalty fees.

The bills introduced in the House and Senate would allow artists and musicians to thrive on Internet radio. Help pass the "Internet Radio Equality Act of 2007" by telling all your friends to take action now:

Tell Your Friends to Help Rescue Internet Radio

Industry-wide consolidation has destroyed musical diversity on commercial broadcast radio. We must not let this happen to the Internet.

This is really important!!!! Don't let them control what we want to listen to!!

New Blog!

2007-03-29T15:41:00.001-07:00

So I'm working with Sleepy Wilson (KCSB) on a new and audio blog. Check it out at Here: Soul Children Blog

Contrary to popular belief

2007-01-14T20:45:00.000-08:00

This blog is not dead. updates soon..

Benefit Show this Saturday June 3rd!

2006-06-01T23:07:00.000-07:00

GRASSROOTS COMMUNITY FUNDRAISER!

In collaboration with...
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and VOZ ALTA

SATURDAY JUNE 3RD
8PM to Midnight

Featuring...

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HOSTILE COMB-OVER

Come out and show your support for three of San Diego's
most active grassroots art and activism organizations. The evening will include great music, light refreshments and some crazy dancing. Your hard earned dollars will help fund IndyMedia's media activism, radioActive Radio's community broadcasting and Voz Alta's engaging art space.

$6-$10 sliding scale (no one turned away)
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1544 Broadway,
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**corner of 16th and Broadway**

For more info call (619) 269-4693 or (619) 230-1869.
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Waxpoetics 5/10 with DJ Beatnick

2006-06-01T22:49:00.000-07:00

Wednesday, May 10, 2006

Posting my show on radioActive

Todays show featured special guest DJ Beatnick from the hear the sounds collective playing sweet sounds for san diego. Check out his selections and his myspace page at http://www.myspace.com/djbeatnick

You can download an MP3 of the show HERE

Darondo - How I got Over
Four Tet - Rivers become Oceans
Hamid Baroudi - Arabica (DJ Krush Remix)
UNKLE - Unreal
DJ Shadow - Dark Days (main theme)
Sylk 130 f/Capitol A - Swings
Scarface - I seen a man die (4 Hero Remix)
-----air break-----
Koushik - Be
Dwele - Right Here (DJ Mitsu Remix)
Cee Lo Green - Livin Again
-----air break-----
Blu Bizness - Sacred Stance f/Harmony MC
Lupe Fiasco - Steady Mobbin
-----air break-----
Sway - Products
Strange Fruit Project - Special (produced by 9th wonder)
-----air break-----
DJ Beatnick - exclusive mix

You can catch the show live every monday from 5-6:30pm on http://www.radioactiveradio.org or on Pirate 106.9FM in San Diego.

Thanks for listening!

Waxpoetics 4/25/06

2006-06-01T22:39:00.000-07:00

Tuesday, April 25, 2006

Posting my show on radioActive
You can download an MP3 of the show here

King Britt - A day in the life
Darondo - Sure know how to love me
Shuggie Otis - Strawberry Letter 23 (One Rascal Extended Mix)
The Breakestra - Hiding (Quantic Remix)
Michael Jackson - Aint no sunshine (J rocc - Syndromes II)
Bill Withers - Can we pretend (J Rocc - Syndromes II)
The Electric Prunes - Holy are you (J Rocc - Syndromes II)
Dennis Caffey - Whole lot of love (J Rocc - Syndromes II)
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Mos Def & Diverse - Wylin Out (RJD2 Mix)
Fertile Ground - Sprit World
The Pharcyde - She Said (Mike Caren Remix)
Zion I - Doin my thing
King Britt f/Capitol A - Taggin & Braggin
PUTS - The Dig
One Self - Be Your Own (Amp fiddler Remix)
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Raphael Saadiq f/Teedra Moses - I want you back
Platinum Pied Pipers f/ Tiombe Lockheart - Now or Never
Roots Manuva - Too Cold (Nightmares on Wax remix)
Tremendo - Se Llevarte
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Azeem - Contradictions

You can catch the show live every monday from 5-6:30pm on http://www.radioactiveradio.org or on Pirate 106.9FM in San Diego.

Thanks for listening!

Waxpoetics 4/3/06

2006-06-01T22:33:00.000-07:00

Monday, April 03, 2006

The show didnt record today - but heres the playlist..

DJ Krush f/Boss MC - Candle Chant
Fat Jon - Back Seat Anonymous
Rae & Christian f/The Pharcyde - Ain't Nothin Like
Bonobo - The Plug (Quantic Remix)
Amon Tobin - Popsicle
Hugh Masekela - Mama
-----air break-----
Astrud Gilberto - Who Needs Forever (Thievery Corporation Mix)
The Breakestra - Stand Up
The Matthew Herbert Big Band - The Audience
Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings - This Land is Your Land
-----air break-----
J Live - 9000 Miles
Spacek - Motion Control
Red Astaire/Erykah Badu - Rolling Stone
Zion I f/the Grouch - Silly Puddy
Live Human - Floppy Pockets
-----air break-----
Jneiro Jarel f/Mel Owens - Sun Walkers
Chris Prolific f/Ayo - Confusion
D'Nell - I've Read About

Waxpoetics 3/6/06

2006-03-08T19:22:00.000-08:00

Posting my show from tonight on Radioactive. If you want to download it, click here.

Saul Williams - Not In Our Name
Jali D - Take Ya Back
Digable Planets - Pacifics
Platinum Pied Pipers & Tiombe Lockhart - Stay With Me
Amp Fiddler - Get Yourself Together
Bahamadia & Gangstarr - Respect
Dangermouse and Murs - To a Black Boy
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Jack Wilkins - Red Clay
Plant Life - Bottle of Hope
The Free Design - Umbrellas (Peanutbutter Wolf Remix)
Zion I - Soo Tall
Public Enemy - Shut Em Down (Pete Rock Remix)
Fertile Ground - Artists Prayer
Abstract Rude - Yep
One Self - Be Your Own
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One Self - ?
LA Carnival - Blind Man
Donald Byrd - The Emperor (DJ Cam & Erik Truffax Remix)
Wayne Shorter - Footprints (DJ Mendi Remix)
Blackalicious - Paragraph President
Jean Grae - God's Gift
-----air break-----
Pep Love - Pacific Heights

J Dilla Tribute Show 2.13.06

2006-02-13T21:28:00.000-08:00

Rest in Peace James Yancey a.k.a. Jay Dee, Feb 7 1974-Feb 10 2006.

Posting my show from Monday 2/6 on Radioactive. If you want to download it, click here.

This Weeks show was dedicated to the memory and career of James Yancey aka Jay Dee/J dilla.

Funeral services for Detroit rapper/producer J Dilla, who died Friday (Feb. 10) of complications from lupus, will take place this week in Los Angeles. He was 32. J Dilla, also known as "Jay Dee," was a founding member of the rap trio Slum Village. He left the group in 2003 to pursue a solo career and has produced tracks for Common, Erykah Badu, Tribe Called Quest + many others. Check out Stonesthrow.com for more a full discography and more information on Jay Dee.

All songs this week were either produced by, remixed by, or featured J Dilla.

Platinum Pied Pipers f/Jay Dee - Shotgun intro
The Pharcyde - Runnin
Jay Dee - Fuck the Police
Mad Skills - The Jam
Masta Ace - Sitting on the Chrome (Ummah Mix)
Mood - Secrets of the Sand (Jay Dee Remix)
Natives of the Underground - Just Don't Know (Ummah Mix)
1st Down - A Day with the Homies
Ummah - 4 Moms
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Spacek - Let the dolla circulate (Jay Dee Remix)
Jameroquai - Black Capricorn (Jay Dee Remix)
Natives of the Underground - Pack Da House
Bahamadia - One 4 Teen (Jay Dee Remix)
-----air break-----
Common - LoveIs
Erykah Badu - Didn't cha know
Slum Village - Fall in Love
Wale Oyejide - There's a War Going on
A Tribe Called Quest - Mardi Gras (Jay Dilla remix)
Keith Murray - The Rhyme (Slum Village remix)
Da Enna C - Now
-----air break-----
J Dilla - The Last Donut

Waxpoetics 2/6/06

2006-02-06T22:02:00.000-08:00

Posting my show from Monday 2/6 on Radioactive. If you want to download it, click here.

Oscar Sulley - Bukom Mashie
Gift of Gab & Lateef the Truth Speaker - Kalakuta Show
Femi Kuti - Zombi
Miriam Makeba - Samba
Quantic Soul Orchestra - En Focus
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Zap Mama - Bandy Bandy (Carl Craig Remix)
Damian Marley - The Master Has Come Back
Les Nubians - Demain (Jazz)
Cesaria Evora - Angola (Carl Craig Remix)
Femi Kuti & Common - Missing Link
Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra - Big Man
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D'Angelo, Macy Gray, Soultronics - Water Got No Enemy
Femi Kuti & Jaguar Wright - Fight to Win
Letta Mbulu - Mahlalela

Waxpoetics Radio 1/16/06

2006-01-20T09:08:00.000-08:00

Posting my show from Monday 1/16 on Radioactive. If you want to download it, click here.

The Roots - Melting Pot
Roisin Murphy - Slow Into You
The Breakestra - Hiding
Soul Vibrations - The Dump
The Isley Brothers - Ohio
Jimmy Smith - Who's afraid of Virginia Wolfe
Common - The Corner
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Three4 - Love Poem
Nostalgic Progression - Just Another Crew Song
Beanfield - Close to You (Maurice Fulton Rmx)
LAL - B.E.W. Epilogue (Murr Long Edit)
Franky Boissy f/Roland Clark - Black Music (DJ Language Rmx)
The Pharcyde - Y (Jay Dee Rmx)
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Amp Fiddler - I Believe in You
Lizz Fields - All My Mistakes
Stereo MC's - Two Horse Town
Bobby Hughes - Clive the Runner
Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings - This Land is Your Land
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RJD2 - Work

Waxpoetics Radio 1/9/06

2006-01-09T20:46:00.000-08:00

Posting my show from tonight on Radioactive. If you want to download it, click here.

Quantic Soul Orchestra f/Alice Russell - Hold it Down
Colossus f/Capitol A - Inner City
Digable Planets - Three Slim's Dynamite
David McCallum - House of Mirrors #1
Aceyalone - Makeba
Letta Mbulu - Paula Yetla
Tribe Called Quest - Check the Rhime
J-Live - Walkman Music
D'Nell - I've read about (Mixed by DJ Language)
Nas & Salaam Remi - War (Mixed by DJ Language)
Pete Rock & CL Smooth - Appreciate (Mixed by DJ Language)
Jazzanova f/Ursula Rucker - Keep Falling
DJ Krush f/Zap Mama - Danger of Love
The Deadbeats - Funky for you (Spacehopper mix)
Outkast - Spottieottiedopaliscious
The Free Design - Where do I go (Madlib remix)
Quarteto em Cy - Tudo que você podia ser
Jaime e Nair - Sob o Mar
Bebel Gilberto - Simplesmente (Tom Middleton Remix)
Lou Rawls - Lifetime Monologue
Lou Rawls - You've made me so very happy

Waxpoetics Radio

2005-12-20T09:11:00.000-08:00

Hey guys

I do a radioshow on the ultra dope radioActive San Diego every Monday from 5-6:30pm. I finally figured how to upload the show on MP3 format so I'm posting it for anyone who would like to check it out. You can click Here to download the show in MP3 format.

Tracklisting: 12/19/05

DJ Shadow - Walkie Talkie (The Private Press: 2002)
Dilated Peoples - Marathon (Go Go's Beatdown Mixed by DJ Riff Raff: 200?)
The Large Professor - For my People (Go Go's Beatdown Mixed by DJ Riff Raff: 200?)
Hi Fidel f/ Crucial - Bonus Burn (Go Go's Beatdown Mixed by DJ Riff Raff: 200?)
Jigmastas - Don't Get it Twisted(Go Go's Beatdown Mixed by DJ Riff Raff: 200?)
Akrobatic- Remind My Soul (Balance: 2003)
People Under the Stairs - LA Song [Sensitive rmx](OST: 2003 )
Dr. Oop - 6 Months (Mad Hue Man Disease:2002)
Roosevelt Franklin - New Jack City (Something Gotta Give: 2003)
Assistant Green - So Many people (KDVS Hip Hop Mixtape: 2004)
Azeem & VU - Yes We Can! (Mayhem Mystics: 2004)
Ali Shaheed Muhammed f/Kay - Family (Shaheedullah and Stereotypes: 2004)
The Bush Babees - Gravity (Gravity: 1996)
Tony Allen - Every Season (Home Cooking: 2003)
Ty - Wait a Minute (Simply Good Music Vol 1: 2004)
Colossus f/ Roots Manuva - The Tribute [rmx] (West Oaktown: 2005)
Tremendo - Se LLevarte (Vidalogia: 2004)
Little Brother - The Get Up (The Listening: 2003)
Spearhead - Skin on the Drum [bassnectar rmx](Recline: 2002)
The Platinum Pied Pipers - 50 Ways to leave your lover (Triple P: 2005)

Sleepy Wilson - 2005 Breakdown

2005-12-10T17:27:00.000-08:00

This Week, Sleepy Wilson from KDVS 90.3 FM in Davis, CA is stepping in to hit us up with some sweet soul.. The following songs are from his year in review installment which appears in the winter edition of KDVIATIONAS. Check out Elevate your Soul with Sleepy Wilson and Mr. Glass every Wednesday night/Thursday morning from 12am-2pm.

Download:
Steve Spacek - Slave
From Space Shift: Sound in Color Records 2005

This is some of the smoothest soul music I’ve heard in a long time. It’s the perfect blend of soul, electronic, hip-hop, and everything else that’s good. This is what Curtis Mayfield might have sounded like in 2005. At least I know he would approve.

Download:
Jneiro Jarel - Sun Walkers f/Mel Owens
From Three Piece Puzzle: Rope a Dope Records: 2005

Three Piece Puzzle is one of the best hip-hop albums I’ve heard in a long time, but it’s hard to put it into one genera. This album spans the whole spectrum, from hip hop, to soul, to electronic, and he does it all well. Don’t get me wrong, it’s 100% hip-hop, but Jneiro is expanding the boundaries of that music we call hip-hop.

Download:
Dwight Trible & The Life Force Trio - Is Music
From Love is the Answer :Ninjatune:2005

Dwight Trible is a veteran Jazz vocalist, well known for his work with Pharaoh Saunders, among many others. But this time he let some of my favorite hip hop producers into the studio with him, and the result is a beautiful fusion of jazz, soul, hip hop, and everything that is good. Not to mention that every song carries a positive message. The spirits of the ancestors are all over this album.

Download:
Colossus f/Roots Manuva - You a Grown Man Now
From West Oaktown :Om Records: 2005

Fred Wesley is an accomplished jazz bass player who has toured with everyone from Roy Ayers to James Brown. For this album he relocated to West Oakland and dropped one of the best combinations of jazz music and hip-hop that I have ever heard. And the best part is that it doesn’t sound like anything else that I’ve ever heard. Oh yeah, and did I mention that the album is title is “West Oaktown”?

Download:
D'Nell - I've Read About
From 1st Magic :BBE Records: 2005

What can I say? I’m feelin' that UK soul sound. Maybe it’s because our UK brethren and sistren work so hard to bring back that real soul sound that started here in the states. And D’Nell really did their homework because this album is incredible from beginning to end. They pay respect to the art form, while making their own contribution. Maybe it’s something about the rainy weather in London that gives the soul music a different sound than if it came out stateside, but I’m obviously feeling it.

SLEEPY WILSON/AKA THE SAGE OF DAVIS PREDICTS TOP ALBUMS TO LOOK OUT FOR IN 2006:

Outkast—New full length Outkast album hopefully out by next fall (besides the movie soundtrack)
Pharell—‘In My Mind’—My man pharell from the Neptunes drops his solo joint
Cee-Lo Green and Dangermouse - You know this one has got to be funky
Bilal—The Sophomore album, more soulful sounds from Philly
Outkast—‘Idlewild’—My life in Idlewild Motion Picture Soundtrack
N’Dambi—‘Weird Kinda Wonderful’
J Dilla (Jay Dee)—‘Donuts’
Goapele—‘Change it all’
Heather Headley—‘Save the date’
V—‘Revelation is now Televised’

All of ya'll keep hopin' and prayin' for that next D'Angelo album to drop cause its gonna happen eventually..but probably not in 2006!!!

Peace and Blessings - Sleepy Wilson

Bebel Gilberto

2005-11-30T19:33:00.000-08:00

Download:
Bebel Gilberto - Samba da Benção
Bebel Gilberto - August Day Song
Bebel Gilberto - Lonely
From Tanto Tempo Six Degrees Records: 2000

Okay, I love Bebel Gilberto. Her voice is absolutely beautiful and she is the daughter of Joao and Astrud Gilberto...so you know she has gotta be dope. Strongly influenced by her famous parents, she began singing at an early age and initially worked with artists such as Arto Lindsay and Towa Tei (of Dee Lite fame). She dropped her first solo album, Tanto Tempo in 2000, and to date, it has become Brasil's most successful musical exports since the 1960's. Initially I was going to post only 2 tracks from Tanto Tempo, but it is such a good album that I decided to post 3 of my favorite tracks. The first track, Samba da Benção is sweet to your ears - it is the kind of song you'd want to wake up to in the morning and lounge around all day to. The second track, August Day Song is a little more uptempo but still has Bebel's signature soft hooks and relaxing vibe. The third track, Lonely is a little darker than the other two - the production is simple, but I think that is what gives the song its charm. I like how the background vocals fade in and out of the track, giving it a colder and more solitary feel than the other tracks.

Download:
Bebel Gilberto - Céu Distante(DJ Spinna Mix)
From Bebel Gilberto Remixed Six Degree Records: 2005

I love DJ Spinna as much as I love Bebel Gilberto, so you can imagine how happy I was when I heard his remix of Céu Distante. This is the first track off of the remixed version of Bebel Gilbertos self titled album, put out by six degrees in 2004. I can forgive her for collaborating with Kenny G (lets never speak of that incident again) because she has redeemed herself by working with Mr. Spinna.. check it out...

Global Hip Hop Part 3: Sweden

2005-11-03T09:04:00.000-08:00

Download:
The Latin Kings - (unknown track.mp3)
From Svenska Hip Hop Hits 90-00.CD. Metronome/Warner: 200?
The Latin Kings - De e knas.
From Mitt Kvarter Virgin: 2000

*Side Note: I'm going to start uploading all my files in MP3 form and not .WMA so mac users can download them. Thanks to Nilo for the heads up.

The Latin Kings are a hip hop group from the municipality of Botkyrka, a southern suburb of Stockholm, Sweden. The group is composed of 3 emcees: Dogge Doggelito (Douglas Léon), and two brothers, Salla and Chepe. They all have roots in Latin America (Venezuela and Chile), hence the name of the group.

In 1994 they released Välkommen till förorten (Welcome to the Suburb), the first rap album entirely in Swedish. They later started their own Swedish hip hop label, Red Line Records.

A lot of their songs are in Rinkeby Swedish, a "multiethnolect language" common in areas comprised of monstly Swedish immigrants. It's basically Swedish with loanwords from Turkish, Syriac, Spanish, Farsi, Arabic and a few other languages.

The first track I am posting is off of a compillation called Svenska Hip Hop Hits 90-00. Unfortunately I don't know the name of the song but it is one of my favorite songs by the Latin Kings. I randomly came across it about 3 years ago, when i was first getting into a lot of international hip hop. The beat is solid - catchy and mellow and the chorus flows really well with the rap. A lot of their songs are reggae influenced, and you hear a slight touch of it in this song about 4:20 into the song. The second song, De e knas off of their album Mitt Kvarter is simple - the beat kinda has an early 90's feel and is equally as good as the first. It's something i'd listen to while driving around by myself..

enjoy!

Hiatus

2005-10-18T08:43:00.000-07:00

Hey all 3 of you who read this: I Won't be posting for a bit - My sister is getting married this weekend! Ill be back with some goodness next week, I promise.

Global Hip Hop Part 2: Deutschland

2005-09-22T18:38:00.000-07:00

Download:
Chima - Release
Chima - Ich leb' das (I live)
From Reine Glaubenssache (A Thing of Pure Faith) CD. EMI Records:
2002

My idea for the Global Hip Hop post series comes from an international hip hop themed radio show that I did about a year ago when I was at KDVS. (ps-go to their website and check out shows by mr. glass, sleepy wilson, and sammy toyon). While preparing for the show I did a lot of research on German Hip Hop and found a bunch of music from an emcee named Chima from Frankfurt, Germany. Originally part of a crew called the Brothers Keepers, Chima has made quite a name for himself in the German Hip Hop sector, releasing his first solo album in 2003 and touring with artists such as Saul Williams.

The two MP3's that I am posting are from his 2002 he release "Reine Glaubenssache" (roughly translated into 'a thing of pure faith') on EMI records. From what I could decipher (by way of the google translation machine) His music deals highly with the afro German experience in a postwar Germany* (although I am not sure of the content of these two songs in particular). This is one of those times I'm gonna have to say just listen to the music for the overall feel..(unless you know German and you can tell me what he is saying).

*Germany is 4th largest market for hip hop after the U.S, U.K. and France. This is due largely in part to the appropriation of hip hop by the large Afro-German population in Frankfurt and Berlin. If you would like to read more on this subject some interesting articles can be found at:

Global Hip Hop Part 1: Spain

2005-09-11T22:10:00.000-07:00

In order to pay tribute to all the dope hip hop from around the world, I'm doing a Global Hip Hop blogging series. Because it is a relatively young, American art form, it sometimes blows my mind to see the extent to which hip hop has rapidly spread across the world. My focus for my first post on this subject is Hip Hop from Spain. As far as hip hop in Europe is concerned, I feel Spanish Hip hop is seriously underrated - and often overshadowed by music from France, the UK, Germany and the Netherlands.

Download:
Tremendo - Se Lo Que Buscas
Tremendo - Se Llevarte
From Vidalogia (CD) De Palo Records: 2004

The first artist I am featuring is Tremendo who is from my favorite city in Spain - Barcelona. My friend Robin hooked me up with this CD after he took a trip to Barcelona earlier this year. The production on Se lo que buscas and Se llevarte is mellow and reminds me somewhat of something 9th wonder would put out. Tremendo jumps on the neo soul vibe with his hooks and keeps a consistent flow throughout both tracks. Check out how both songs switch up after the short intros on each track.

Download:
Gumersindo Ela - Yemaya y Oshum
From Laboratorio de Hip Hop (CD) Universal Music Spain:2003

Gumersindo Ela is a female vocalist and emcee from Spain who I cannot find any info about online! Her song Yemaya y Oshun is off of a 2x CD compilation called Laboratorio de Hip Hop that I picked up while I was living in Granada a couple of years ago. I decided to post this track because I think it is especially nice to see females holding it down for hip hop in Spain. Yemaya y Oshun starts off with a soft hook and smooth baseline but switches up into a rap about 30 seconds into the song. Honestly, I feel this is one of the slight downfalls of the song - I would have preferred a little smoother of a transition from the guitar riffs to rap. Nevertheless, Gumersindo Ela manages to pull the song together nicely a couple of verses later. One thing I really love about her is her accent. I think she may be from Andalucia or Madrid? If anyone has any information lemme know!

Download:
Solo Los Solo - Supra BBoy 2015
Souchi f/Morodo - Noches de Humo
From Hip Hop Solo En Espanol V.2 (x2 CD) Tempo Music: 2002

The last two songs I've decided to post are from a compilation that I picked up in Granada called Hip Hop Solo en Espanol Vol. 2. I bought the compilation because I saw it had some songs from Solo Los Solo, a group that I had heard a lot of good things about. If you listen to Supra Bboy 2015 you'll see that they definitely don't disappoint. The production kind of reminds me of a more soulfull version of the song Virus by Del. Check out the trumpet break that comes in about 4 minutes into the song! The 2nd track, also found on Laboratorio de Hip Hop is by Souchi and features a Spanish hip hop/reggae artist named Morodo on the hooks. This is a laid back song that has a classic hip hop feel. Souchi and Morodo's vocal tones and individual styles complement eachother really well which adds to the overall smoothness of the song. Enjoy!

Files up

2005-09-06T22:00:00.000-07:00

Files are up! Please let me know if you have any problems downloading files.

Bollywood Basics

2005-09-03T20:46:00.000-07:00

Download:
Bollywood Breaks - In the Garden
Bollywood Breaks - Lovers Paradise

Okay so if any of you have ever seen a Bollywood flick, you know one of the most important, if not the most important elements is the music. After sitting through countless movies as a kid, I've definitely come to appreciate "filmy" Indian music - especially when its from the late 60's & 70's. Some of the best music I've ever heard has come from these soundtracks and to prove my point I'm posting two MP3's from the Bollywood Breaks compilation, compiled by DJ's Harv and Suni aka Sutrasonic. Released in 2001 on Outcaste Records (home to artists such as Nitin Sawhney and DJ's Badmarsh & Shri) , the compilation is made up of 8 songs from Bollywood Movies released in the 70's. The tracks were mastered for sampling purposes, but I think they stand fine on their own.

In the Garden and Lovers Paradise are a good representation of the overall vibe of the sampler. The soft female vocals and the drum breaks on In the Garden give this song more of a traditional feel, but the sitar and flute breaks that come in about 3 minutes into the song are what really switch up a beat that could otherwise get redundant. I chose Lover's Paradise because it reminds me of those bollywood warehouse scenes where two bellbottemed desi gangsters are battling it out over the hot vixen woman who ends up taking them both for a ride. Check out the funky flute riffs and the female vocals laced on this track.

The Beginning..

2005-07-23T13:57:00.000-07:00

Welcome to WAXPOETICS. This is an Audioblog I am setting up so I can share music with my friends and whoever else happens to stumple upon this site. Files will be posted for about 10 days. I recently got a program that converts Vinyl into MP3 format so I'm about to get crazy on this blog. If you have any suggestions about songs you think should be included let me know.