Ten Great Songs

1. Quadron - "Favorite Star" 2013  *It's a ***** happy song.




2. General Elektriks - "Frost On Your Sunglasses" 2005  *This is off the Cliquety Kliqk album, I also love "Tu M'intriques."




3. Declaime feat. Georgia Anne Muldrow - "Mages Sages II" (Produced by Flying Lotus) 2010  *Next level jam.



4. James Blake feat. RZA - "Take A Fall For Me" 2013  *Not surprising that a James Blake and RZA would make a song this amazing.




5. Portugal. The Man feat. Danny Brown - "Evil Friends (Jake One Remix)" 2013  *This is the first song I contributed to Reign City, and it's awesome.




6. King Krule - "Foreign 2" 2013  *King Krule will be playing at Barboza on December 14. I'm so there.




7. Glass Candy - "Candy Castle" 2007  *I would love to see a Glass Candy and Chromatics show someday.



8. Barry Adamson - "Something Wicked This Way Comes" 1997  *I originally found this song on the Lost Highway Soundtrack, which had some serious gems.

9. Deltron 3030 - "3030" 2000   *Deltron 3030 is coming to The Crocodile on November 17. They have a new album called Deltron 3030: Event II. Dan The Automator's discography is truly amazing.



10. The XX - "Angels" (Budo Remix) 2013  *"Angels" seems like it was made to be remixed. Budo's incredible new album is best described in this guy's Tumblr page review.

Ten Music Videos featuring Dice

1. Kingdom Crumbs - "Red Cups" 2013 (SEATTLE)  *This is a great band, I would have loved to see them play the Sasquatch Festival this weekend. Only one member of this band (Jarv Dee) made the questionable XXL list 15 Seattle Rappers You Should Know. I believe that not being on this list can be seen as a good thing. The list might be an indicator of perceived commercial viability, not artistic talent. Some of the rappers who did make the list are not that great. That said, congratulations to those who did make the list!

2. Warren G and Nate Dogg - "Regulate" 1994  *Nineties MTV heavy rotation Hip Hop.

3. Danny Brown - "Monopoly" 2011  *Warning! Danny Brown is not for everyone.

4. Funkdoobiest - "Dedicated" 1995  *I had never heard a Funkdoobiest song that wasn't "Bow Wow Wow", this one is pretty good, the beat anyway.

5. Cypress Hill - "Hand On The Pump" 1991  *An upbeat song about killing people?

6. Capital STEEZ - "Vibe Ratings" 2012  *This is one of my favorite Capital STEEZ songs.

7. The Notorious B.I.G. - "Warning" 1994  *Biggie eats Peanut Butter Crunch in this video, in case you were wondering.

8. Group Home (Produced by DJ Premier) - "Supa Star" 1995  *This is from a DJ Premier produced album, so it's worth a listen.

9. The Stepkids - "Suburban Dream" 2011  *This song is mostly good. This band is one of the not exactly Hip Hop artists on Stones Throw.

10. Ice Cube - "It Was A Good Day" 1993  *This is one of those songs that was on heavy rotation on MTV in my formative years. I love how in 2012 someone figured out which specific day he was talking about (January 20, 1992).

 

Ten More Music Videos featuring Special Effects

1. En Vogue - "Adventure" 1998  En Vogue does Sesame Street. They are teaching the kids to make up crazy stories that could never be true (in the nineties anyway).

2. Level 42 - "Something About You" 1986  This is one of those great eighties songs that I didn't know the artist until now.




3. Danny Brown - "Radio Song" 2012  There are tons of Danny Browns in this video. Even though he says some offensive shit sometimes, I still like him.




4. Bonobo - "Cirrus" 2013  This video starts off with some old footage and then develops into so much more.




5. Divine Styler - "Ain't Sayin' Nothin'" 1988  This video would have been a star in the rotating heads category, damn.

6. Bambu - "Lean" 2013  Usually people do their costume changes off-camera. He is one of the most likable dudes ever.

7. MC Lyte - "Cappucino" 1989  This is from before cappuccinos got huge.

8. Grizzly Bear - "Two Weeks" 2009  Their eyes are not blinking at the same time and they are blinking in slow motion, it is kind of freaking me out a little bit.

9. Wyclef Jean - "PJ's" 2002  This beat sounds the best when heard through real speakers.

10. Soundgarden - "Black Hole Sun" 1994  This video is kind of scary and painful, yet, I still like it.

Ten Politically Inspired Music Videos

1. Evil Nine feat. Danny Brown - "Black Brad Pitt" 2013

2. Capital STEEZ - "Free The Robots" 2012

3. Killer Mike - "Reagan" 2012

4. Queen Latifah feat. Monie Love - "Ladies First" 1989

5. Heems - "Soup Boys" 2013

6. Brother Ali - "Uncle Sam Goddamn" 2007

7. Ab-Soul feat. Danny Brown and Jhene Aiko - "Terrorist Threats" 2012

8. Scorpions - "Winds Of Change" 1991

9. Bambu and Rocky Rivera - "Rent Money" 2012

10. Rage Against The Machine - "Freedom" 1994

Ten Music Videos featuring Rotating Heads

YouTube Playlist w/ all 20 Rotating Head videos is here.

1. Flying Lotus feat. Thundercat - "MmmHmm" 2010  *This video is rad.

2. Soul Coughing - "Circles" 1998  *A sweater was harmed in the making of this video.

3. Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Breaking The Girl" 1992  *Flea kind of looks like Princess Leia with a flower on his ear.

4. Enigma - "Sadeness (Part I)" 1990  *I'm pretty sure this is the only song with chanting that I like.

5. Suzanne Vega - "Tom's Diner" 1987 

6. Jaden Smith - "The Coolest" 2012  *He has a smooth, stony teenager flow.

7. Oasis - "Champagne Supernova" 1996  *I'm not sure that this song really needed to be seven and a half minutes long.

8. Danny Brown and J Dilla - "Jay Dee's Revenge" 2012  *From the Rebirth of Detroit album.

9. Earl Sweatshirt - "Chum" 2012  *Earl is awesome.

10. Cyndi Lauper - "Girls Just Want To Have Fun" 1983  *I also love the movie with this same name.

Ten Music Videos featuring Kids

1. Another Bad Creation - "Iesha" 1990

2. The Black Keys - "Tighten Up" 2010

3. Danny Brown - "Grown Up" 2012

4. Beni feat. Sam Sparro - "Maximus" 2009

5. The Boys - "Dial My Heart" 1988

6. Ohmega Watts feat. Jneiro Jarel - "Eyes and Ears" 2008

7. Bon Iver - "Holocene" 2011

8. Bad Religion - "21st Century Digital Boy" 1990

9. Sade - "King Of Sorrow" 2001

10. Nas - "I Can" 2003

Ten Music Videos Featuring Food

I compiled a bunch more Food Music Videos for you to #YouTubeNchill to.

1. They Live! - "Weed Murder" 2009 (Donuts and Bacon Wrapped Hot Dogs)



2. Mr. Muthafuckin eXquire feat. Despot, Das Racist, Danny Brown, and EL-P - "The Last Huzzah" 2011 (Lucky Charms)



3. Dirty Dike - "Pork Pie" 2011 (Pork Pies)



4. Illa J - "R U Listenin'" 2008  (Spaghetti @ 1:07)



5. Mayer Hawthorne - "Just Ain't Gonna Work Out" 2009 (Picnic Lunches and Drumsticks)



6. The Beastie Boys - "Fight For Your Right (To Party)" 1986 (Pies)



7. Beach House - "Lazuli" 2012 (Eggs, Marshmallows, and more)



8. Kelis - "Milkshake" 2003 (Milkshakes)



9. De La Soul - "Itsoweezee (HOT)" 1996 (JELLO)



10. Glass Candy - "Digital Versicolor" 2007 (Ice Cream +)

Danny Brown

Danny Brown is killin' it.

Greedhead Music

Das Racist


Since I heard Das Racist for the first time, I've been wanting to hear more of what these guys have to offer. The album I first heard was Sit Down, Man, which was great because I had to listen to the whole album because I wanted to hear what they would say next. Usually, I don't pay much attention to what the rappers are saying (which is slowly fading) but they were so funny, I had to keep listening. I wish they would have made a video for "Fashion Story", it would have been hilarious.



Here is another song from this Sit Down, Man, I like this song and video because I like watching these guys. There is something very sexy about smiling rappers, just sayin'.



Then I found this "Huzzah Remix" song which is like a Greedhead posse cut, not surprisingly, I like the Das Racist part the most but the whole thing is worth watching, if only for great chair dancing.



The first single from Das Racist's newer album Relax was "Michael Jackson" which is entertaining but I can't stand actually listening to it. I do love the song and video for "Brand New Dance" because the video is more focused on them instead of being crazy theatrical like their first single.



Another great reason to love Das Racist is because they had a part in getting one of Seattle's most talented bands to their label.

Don't Talk To The Cops



Don't Talk To The Cops is DJ BlesOne AKA Bruce Illest, Emecks,and Larry Mizell Jr. I have mentioned most of these guys in this blog before so I won't gush too much about how great they are but I do think that Emecks is a great addition to the group because she is talented and cool as f*%k. These guys deserve all the success I hope is coming their way, they have been making music for awhile and are an essential part of the Seattle Music Scene. Here are a few examples of their music.