VIDEO: Pep Love "Hip Hop My Friend"

VIDEO: Pep Love "Hip Hop My Friend"

Aaaw, baby, this is my jam of the day/week/month! So in love w/this track. Love, love, love the beats ... and Pep just kills it on the lyrics! I mean, comes correct. And to suck me in even more there's this rare soul riff throughout the track. Yeah, this is my kinda vibe.

Oh, and the vid will sit you on yo ass! Nicely produced and complimentary to the track. Btw, Pep's a co-founder of Hieroglyphics, so you should already know.

• Check out this blog post from Prefix on Pep Love's latest release.

Hip hoppers, my friends ... this is for us! kfox.

The Old School Hip Hop Grooves

Image borrowed from the Underground Hip Hop Music Blog

Hey ... are you looking to get your old school hip hop groove on? And at no or low cost? Then this blog, The Underground Hip Hop Music Blog, is right up your alley. It's a blog dedicated to old school hip hop and you can download the goodies. I can only hope that it is all legit. In my preliminary browse, it seems cool and lots of fun. I, personally, have a pretty healthy hip hop collection on cd, but not in the way of digital files, so this is a good find.

You'll find the likes of KRS-One, Brand Nubian, Digable Planets, Gang Starr, Pete Rock and CL Smooth and of course, The Roots.

Do the Erol Flynn or the Smurf, but get yo groove on hip hoppers, get yo groove on ... kfox

It's a New Year - Let's Get Funky

Happy New Year! Welcome 2009! I am lovin it already.

The first thing I'm going to do in this new year is to point you to We Funk Radio - again. I've blogged about them in the past, but what they do can never be championed enough. I have been diggin these guys for years. They are very cool, indeed. This is where I get my hip hop fix infused w/rare soul and old school jams. I'm talking Johnny Guitar Watson, Sly Stone, James Brown, George Duke and many more unknowns.

Here's what's to like about listening to We Funk Radio. They are out of CKUT in Montreal. But their webbie is incredible. Not only can you listen to the steam, but you can check out their deep archives. My fav We Funk Radio show is one where they kick down some JB to start the show off and then they wrap it up w/some Johnny Guitar Watson and Rick James. Of course, there's new and old hip hop all up in there too.

They even go a step further in the archives, by providing track listings. Now that is a big deal to me because nearly every time I listen to a show, I say to myself "Who is that?". But there is even another level to the track listings. Professor Groove and dj Static have created a Learn&Own section and all you have to do is click on the artists name for more information. Very cool, indeed.

Just know that CKUT is a community radio station and they will kindly accept your donations (especially bandwidth donations).

Check out this section of their webbie for all the basic info:

• About We Funk Radio

Okay hip hoppers, you can now start the New Year off right! kfox.

Mick Boogie's "The Honor Roll" Mixtape

So I finally got around to actually seeing the 2008 VH1 Hip Hop Honors. It was cool. Not as hypie as I thought it would be or could be, but I'm always down w/honoring the pioneers. It was funny too because I ended up watching the show @ my parents house. The show came on @ midnight and my mom was still up. She insisted on turning the channel; I insisted that I desperately needed to see this show. She let me have my way and minutes later was seen dancing to Cypress Hill ... whaaaadd? Yeah, apparently my mom gets down like that.

So dj Mick Boogie put together a mixtape in the same spirit as the Hip Hop Honors - The Honor Roll. This is something fly; for real. I did not know what to expect. He'd been teasing it via his Twitter account and on his blog, Press Play Fashion Forward. But that did not give me any indication of what I was in for.

It is a meld of new school meets old - some newer artists taking on the classics and not just musically as you get w/the actual program, no, these folks bring their own bag of lyricism and swagger. I could get down w/this from a issue/volume perspective. Bring it own. I like "The Show" as well as an homage to Too Short. Oh, and it's narrated by MC Serch. What a treat.

I could go on and on, but the good news is that this baby is available for your listening pleasure. And at the ever popular cost of zero dollars and cents (that'd be zero Euros too). Find the love @ his PPFF blog.

So get to downloading hip hoppers, share the love and let me know what you think. kfox.

My Old School Favs

I've been playing around more on Imeem. I did not know that I could build a playlist - duh ... I've only built one and I keep listening to it over and over again (just like back in the day, when my brother and I would wear out a vinyl record on the turntable).

Check it out. If you don't want to sign up for Imeem, just scroll through and check out the list.

The Ten Friends Annual Holiday Extravaganza

We are back - the Ten Friends. We've been hosting this event for several years now. It's a really fun party. Lots of good people and definitely some good music - you can count on some old school and some of that new fangled stuff from our resident dj Mick Boogie.

Join us if you will, but to hang w/friends it will set you back $20 ... yeah, happy holidays to you too! ;-)

What you know about hip hop?

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Originally uploaded by Mel D. ©ole Photography

Do you have to ask?

My Boy Mick Boogie

I think I'd like to say that I am Mick Boogie's biggest fan; actually, I am not his most vocal fan, but he knows that I look out for him ...

Mick is an incredibly talented dj. He knows how to work a crowd. His old school sets are evil; women arrive at parties all cute and sparkly and they leave nearly broke down and heaving from dancing for hours at a time ... it really is a sight to see and a good time. I usually close down a party when Mick is spinnng.

So how about Mick getting some love from someone other than me - oh, other than me and his girl. But how about LRG! That is big! In the hip hop world, endorsing product is a huge move; a power move. It means that you are a mover and a shaker. Yeah, Mick is a mover and a shaker. This is a good look for him.

We Funk Radio

Several years ago I discovered We Funk Radio. It's a ultra cool and slick hip hop and rare soul radio show out of Montreal. The Canadians have this show on lock and it is quite refreshing. I often forget that We Funk Radio is a radio show because north of the border they can air profanity on the airwaves.

What's so cool about this gig? The guys know their stuff. When they pull out the rare soul it is not your mother's records. Heck no. It is your mama's, mama's records. They dust off tracks like the Honeydrippers, Fatback, Lyn Collins and then they manage to mix in the old school hip hop and not just the mainstream classics, but the b-sides as well. Finally, they add the flava of the Canadian tundra!

Oh, the show is on CKUT, a community radio station and is hosted by Professor Groove and and DJ Static.

You've got to check out the webbie. The archive is extensive with lots of options for listening. But seriously, for each and every archive (at least all the ones I've checked out) they provide track listings! Talk about paying attention to details.

Good stuff. Get funky yall ... kfox