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Released in 1979, Uncle Jam is often seen as a more "militant" sequel to One Nation Under a Groove(1978). Consider the Huey P. Newton-esque portrait of George on the cover a fair warning of the album's "call to arms" intention. Attempting to rescue dance music from disco, Uncle Jam birthed the last Billboard hit for our beloved funk army - "(Not Just) Knee Deep." Perhaps not their strongest work, I think this album has some shining moments from the crew, with the help of ex-Spinners lead vocalist Philippe Wynne.
TRACKLISTING:
1. "Freak of the Week" 2. "(Not Just) Knee Deep" 3. "Uncle Jam" 4. "Field Maneuvers" 5. "Holly Wants to Go to California" 6. "Foot Soldiers (Star Spangled Funky)"
Zach De La Rocha (Rage Against the Machine) on keys and vocals and Jon Theodore (The Mars Volta) on drums.
Produced by Mario C. (Beastie Boys producer during the Check Your Head days)
Named after the black and white grafitti photograph taken by Chicano photographer George Rodriguez in 1970 with a caption reading "it's better to live one day as a lion, than a thousand years as a lamb."
Big Jim Sullivan a.k.a. Lord Sitar a.k.a. James George Thompkins was a British Pop Musician and U.K. Session Guitarist and eventually would be regarded as a Guitar Hero. He was friends with Elvis. He toured with Tom Jones. And he put out a sitar album or two. Last I heard he was touring with the Big Jim Sullivan Band. Seems appropriate. Anyway, when he was doing the sitar thing, he learned from one of the greats - Vilayat Khan. In the fashion of the times, the Lord Sitar album (1968) is a compilation of popular songs of that era done with a sitar. Not terribly original, but fun nonetheless.
TRACKLISTING:
1. If I Were a Rich Man 2. Emerald City 3. Tomorrow's People 4. Daydream Believer 5. Like Nobody Else 6. I Am the Walrus 7. In a Dream 8. Eleanor Rigby 9. I Can See for Miles 10. Blue Jay Way 11. Black Is Black
I have to admit, I never heard of Wale (pronounced wah-lay) until his guest appearance on the recent Roots album "Rising Down" (he's that cat that said "good rappers ain't eatin they olsen twinnin'"). But, my ignorance aside, this D.C. area rapper has been on the come-up for the last 3 years, known for crossing over Hip-hop with Go-Go music. Inspired by the TV Show "Seinfeld," this mixtape was mixed by Nick Catchdubs and sponsored by the streetwear company 10 Deep. Give it a peep. This very well could be that fresh shit you've been thirsting for.
TRACKLISTING:
1. “The Opening Title Sequence” (produced by Best Kept Secret) 2. “The Roots Song Wale Is On” f. Chrisette Michele (produced by ?uestlove & James Poyser) 3. “The Feature Heavy Song” f. Bun B, Pusha T and Tre from UCB (produced by Best Kept Secret) 4. “The Freestyle (Roc Boys)” 5. “The Perfect Plan” (produced by Best Kept Secret) 6. “The Kramer” (produced by Best Kept Secret) 7. “The Crazy” (produced by Best Kept Secret) 8. “The Vacation From Ourselves” (produced by Best Kept Secret) 9. “The Remake of A Remake (All I Need)” f. Tawiah (produced by Mark Ronson) 10. “The Grown Up” (produced by Best Kept Secret) 11. “The Manipulation” (produced by Best Kept Secret) 12. “The Artistic Integrity” (produced by Best Kept Secret) 13. “The Star” 14. “The Skit (Untz Untz)” 15. “The Cliche Lil Wayne Feature (It’s The Remix baby!)” (produced by Osinachi) 16. “The Bmore Club Slam” (produced by Scottie B) 17. “The Chicago Falcon Remix” f. The Budos Band (produced by Mark Ronson & Eli Escobar) 18. “The Hype” (produced by Best Kept Secret) 19. “The End Credits” (produced by Best Kept Secret)
Over the next couple of weeks there will be some highly anticipated underground Hip Hop coming out. This year has been pretty good to us so far. That new Roots album (Rising Down) is hot. The Gnarles Barkley album (Odd Couple) was no disappointment either. And with Nas (The N - formerly N*gger) and Common (Invincible Summer) about to release new albums soon, 2008 is looking pretty nice. On the underground tip, the game ain't been slackin' neither. Kidz in the Hall (The In Crowd) and 7L and Esoteric (Esoteric vs. Japan: Pterodactyl takes Tokyo) set it off proper. I suggest you go out and support your struggling independent artists and cop them joints early.
The next four weeks or so include some underground shit I've personally been anticipating for a long minute.
First off is J-Live who has a an album entitled Then What Happened? dropping May 27, 2008. J-Live has made this album available to listen to on his myspace page: http://www.myspace.com/jlive. I never been disappointed by any of his releases and it's been a good 3 years since The Hear After, so I'm definitely gonna cop. The album includes guest spots and production from the likes of Jazzy Jeff, DJ Spinna, Posdenous of De La Soul, Chali 2na and DJ Nu-Mark of Jurassic 5, Evil Dee of Da Beatminerz, Nicolay, Marco Polo, Probe DMS, Yallzee, Locsmif, Kenny Keys, Cap D and Usef Dinero. Yeah. Behemoth.
Second, Non-Phixion alum and La Cocka Nostra co-founder, Ill Bill is set to release his second full album since his 2004 album What's Wrong with Bill? on June 17, 2008. It will be called The Hour of Reprisal and will feature B-Real of Cypress Hill, Darryl Jenifer, Everlast and Slaine of La Coka Nostra, H.R., HERO, Howard Jones of Killswitch Engage, Jedi Mind Tricks, Max Cavalera of Soulfly, Mike Shinoda of Fort Minor and Linkin Park, Ill Bill's brother Necro, Raekwon of Wu-Tang Clan, Tech N9ne and Immortal Technique. Sounds like it's gonna be a dark and aggressive album. There are some snippets and videos from his studio while recording the album on his myspace page as well: http://www.myspace.com/illbill
Lastly, Immortal Technique has a new mixtape called The 3rd World. My understanding is that this is NOT to be confused with his ever-being-pushed-back Middle Passage album NOR his follow up to the Revolutionary series, appropriately titled Revolutionary Vol. 3. 3rd World is being released on June 24, 2008 and has DJ Green Lantern at the helm. Here is a a taste:
So be sure and support these cats. PAY for the music. They ain't ballin'. They're busting their ass and scraping by to put out quality music outside of the industry.
Nephew of renowned, classical sitarist Ravi Shankar, Ananda Shankar was known for melding the classic sitar sound with popular western music. After spending some time in Los Angeles with the likes of Jimi Hendrix, Ananda released this debut album which quickly became a classic, featuring sitar covers of Rolling Stone's hit, Jumpin Jack Flash and The Door's Light My Fire. My personal favorite though is Metamorphosis. Enjoy.
