Your Daily Song Fix

The last song on In Rainbows, the latest from Radiohead, is a tear-jerker.  It is written from the point of view of someone who has passed along to the great blogosphere in the sky if you catch my drift.  Slow, somber, totally Thom Yorke.  In fact, Thom wanted the track to be the first on the album.  What a weirdo.  This AmpLive remix, however, puts a whole new spin on a relatively new song.  As a matter of fact, Del the Funky Homosapien undoubtedly makes hip-hop history on this track, spitting the first  rap ever recorded to reference the ever so popular Quicktime video format.  What a G.  AmpLive, faced madd legal turmoil regarding the Rainydayz remix album from which this track is from.  Big, fancy lawyers making big, fancy claims about how this album wasn’t pre-approved.  Blah, Blah Blah.  Luckily, the information superhighway patrol AmpLive acrued fought the good fight, and the album was released for free here.  Way to stick it to the man, AmpLive.

This song was created by Talib Kweli and Hi-Tek, the duo who signed to upstart underground hip hop label Rawkus Records in 1997. A lot of highly acclaimed music came out of Rawkus Records including the album Black Star by Mos Def & Talib Kweli, and the awesome hip hop compilations – Soundbombing, Soundbombing II, and Soundbombing III.

“Cut Chemist Suite” is off of Ozomatli’s first album released in 1998. I feel a little out of the hip-hop loop for not hearing of these guys before considering MC Chali 2na and turntablist Cut Chemist were part of the group before focusing their efforts on Jurassic 5.

( @OjosdeBrujo ) Ojos de Brujo is Flamenco/Hip-Hop band from Barcelona Spain. “Mana” has more Flamenco and mid-eastern influences than hip-hop. Check out Saltanas De Merkaillo to hear an Ojos de Brujo song with a little more Hip-Hop influence. Shout out to Laini for the recommendation.

Some funky hip hop to pump up your Monday. This one features Chali 2Na from Jurassic 5 and Double K.