Apr
22nd
On Point: Chester French - Love the Future
By Afolabi
If you peep this space regularly this group shouldn't be foreign to you. Here is the genre bending/breaking/defying sound of Chester French, on their debut album, Love the Future...
Apr
21st
the man in the plastic tuxedo
By Afolabi
He was a simple man...
Klaus Nomi - Lightning Strikes
Klaus Nomi - Lightning Strikes
Apr
9th
Lou Christie - Lightning Strikes
By Afolabi
We're getting into the rainy season, and this seemed fitting.
Also, this goes out to the city of Pittsburgh as it pulls itself
together after a harrowing weekend. Here is Pittsburgh's own,
Lou Christie - Lightning Strikes (Live)
Mar
5th
the jumpoff 03.04.09
By Afolabi
It's March people, and spring is approaching. In case you
didn't already know Daylight Savings is this weekend, so spring
your clocks forward on Sunday. Welcome to The Jumpoff!
A-Side
Lily Allen's first album, as far as i'm concerned, is one of the best albums front to back of the current decade. So many good songs! And so it was pleasure to accidentally stumble on one of the songs sampled for the album. The original song is by a New Orleans blues/jazz singer and pianist, Professor Longhair, and with Mardi Gras just behind us it seemed fitting. Professor Longhair/ Lily Allen - Big Chief Pt.1/ Knock em out
B-Side
For the sake of balance i can't leave Lily to be the only voice heard today. Especially considering the subject matter of the last song. This next song, is brand new from a Minneapolis based artist and his live band. But don't be fooled, it's very much hiphop. He recently dropped a DJ Benzi & Don Cannon produced mixtape, A Matter of Time, from which this song is taken. The mixtape is really good as far as beat, but awesome in terms of content. I'll share the whole thing soon. And since we started the day speaking of samples, this track samples the classic ELO song and adds some extra electricity to it. Mike Posner & The Brain Trust - Evil Woman
That's it today boys and girls. Stay cool. Until next time, be easy.
Afolabi
A-Side
Lily Allen's first album, as far as i'm concerned, is one of the best albums front to back of the current decade. So many good songs! And so it was pleasure to accidentally stumble on one of the songs sampled for the album. The original song is by a New Orleans blues/jazz singer and pianist, Professor Longhair, and with Mardi Gras just behind us it seemed fitting. Professor Longhair/ Lily Allen - Big Chief Pt.1/ Knock em out
B-Side
For the sake of balance i can't leave Lily to be the only voice heard today. Especially considering the subject matter of the last song. This next song, is brand new from a Minneapolis based artist and his live band. But don't be fooled, it's very much hiphop. He recently dropped a DJ Benzi & Don Cannon produced mixtape, A Matter of Time, from which this song is taken. The mixtape is really good as far as beat, but awesome in terms of content. I'll share the whole thing soon. And since we started the day speaking of samples, this track samples the classic ELO song and adds some extra electricity to it. Mike Posner & The Brain Trust - Evil Woman
That's it today boys and girls. Stay cool. Until next time, be easy.
Afolabi
Mar
5th
the jumpoff 03.05.09
By Afolabi
Back again. Hope your day is going smoothly, and organically
gliding toward the weekend. Today we're all about
originality. Welcome to The Jumpoff!
A-Side
MTV has been pumping this guy alot lately. Which typically pretty much guarantees that i won't care. But he happened to be in the bean on Sunday, and a friend had an extra ticket. So i figure, why not? Overall, there's some songs he played that i still don't really care for, but in general he won me over. I appreciated his authenticity and honesty. And, how many Somalians do you know? Talk less of how many Somalians you know that are 'famous' (whatever that means). More power to him. I was also informed that his latest album, Troubadour, where this song is from, is his second. And apparently the first album is a little different than his current fare. So i've got some research to do, but that's a good thing for him. Regardless, this is one of my favorites of his so far. K'Naan - Fire in Freetown
B-Side
Elvis Costello has a show on Sundance called Spectacle. It's a simple concept, get to know cool people who are into music, not necessarily recording artists either. The first three episodes were with Elton John, Lou Reed, and Bill Clinton. They play some music, talk about music, and then play some more music. Simple. The latest episode i saw featured some younger songwriters, She & Him, Jenny Lewis, and Jakob Dylan. Nothing necessarily out of the ordinary, but one of them stuck out to me. Possibly because her demeanor, background, and personal sense of style really resonated with me. Who knows. Anyway, this next song isn't the one she sang on the show, but from the looks of the video it's the encore closer of a recent show she did. It also happened to be on the same day as mi madre's bday, which makes it even cooler. Jenny Lewis - Fernando
And that's it today. Until next time, be easy.
Afolabi
A-Side
MTV has been pumping this guy alot lately. Which typically pretty much guarantees that i won't care. But he happened to be in the bean on Sunday, and a friend had an extra ticket. So i figure, why not? Overall, there's some songs he played that i still don't really care for, but in general he won me over. I appreciated his authenticity and honesty. And, how many Somalians do you know? Talk less of how many Somalians you know that are 'famous' (whatever that means). More power to him. I was also informed that his latest album, Troubadour, where this song is from, is his second. And apparently the first album is a little different than his current fare. So i've got some research to do, but that's a good thing for him. Regardless, this is one of my favorites of his so far. K'Naan - Fire in Freetown
B-Side
Elvis Costello has a show on Sundance called Spectacle. It's a simple concept, get to know cool people who are into music, not necessarily recording artists either. The first three episodes were with Elton John, Lou Reed, and Bill Clinton. They play some music, talk about music, and then play some more music. Simple. The latest episode i saw featured some younger songwriters, She & Him, Jenny Lewis, and Jakob Dylan. Nothing necessarily out of the ordinary, but one of them stuck out to me. Possibly because her demeanor, background, and personal sense of style really resonated with me. Who knows. Anyway, this next song isn't the one she sang on the show, but from the looks of the video it's the encore closer of a recent show she did. It also happened to be on the same day as mi madre's bday, which makes it even cooler. Jenny Lewis - Fernando
And that's it today. Until next time, be easy.
Afolabi
Feb
27th
the jumpoff 02.27.09
By Afolabi
Hey hey, it's Friday! Thank goodness. I couldn't settle
on two tracks to share today, so i'm sharing all of them.
I've been in a bit of a nostalgic mood lately, so some of these
songs reflect that. Phil Collins, high
school. DJ
Assault, Duke. Busta Rhymes and
Spankrock,
college and beyond. Yeah, this set has a certain 'feel' to
it. But i chalk that up to adolescence. Now it's your
turn to break out your inner teenager; unless if you are one, then
just do what you do. Just like Spankrock & Benny Blanco
preach it, "shake that a** bi@#$, and let me see what you
got!!!" Welcome to The Jumpoff!
Friday Jump
So that will do it for the transmission today. Hope you rock it out this weekend. Until next time, be easy.
Afolabi
Friday Jump
So that will do it for the transmission today. Hope you rock it out this weekend. Until next time, be easy.
Afolabi
Feb
20th
the jumpoff 02.20.09
By Afolabi
Happy Friday y'all!! I've been semi-slacking on my jumpoff's
this week, but what do we do when we're behind? Catch up and then
some. Welcome to The Jumpoff!
No sides today. I figure i've missed 2 days, so you're getting at least 3 days worth of jumpoff love today. This mix starts with a song i've been trying to remember to share for too long, so with what i believe is his jumpoff debut, Jason Mraz sets the table. Followed by Colin Munroe. You may not remember, but I put up another song of his last year. This year, mark my words, you'll remember him. The rest of the mix features two artists that released albums this month, Ryan Leslie, and Lily Allen. Then we have Danish and Australian electro party purveyors, Private, and The Avalanches to close out the set. So here's to celebrating good music, and more importantly good times!
Afolabi
No sides today. I figure i've missed 2 days, so you're getting at least 3 days worth of jumpoff love today. This mix starts with a song i've been trying to remember to share for too long, so with what i believe is his jumpoff debut, Jason Mraz sets the table. Followed by Colin Munroe. You may not remember, but I put up another song of his last year. This year, mark my words, you'll remember him. The rest of the mix features two artists that released albums this month, Ryan Leslie, and Lily Allen. Then we have Danish and Australian electro party purveyors, Private, and The Avalanches to close out the set. So here's to celebrating good music, and more importantly good times!
Stay cool. Until next time, be easy.
Afolabi
Feb
18th
the jumpoff 02.17.09
By Afolabi
Greetings from the other side of the long weekend, or the beginning
of the short week, whichever you like better. I spent the
weekend working on mastering the art of getting down, and i figure
i should tranfer that into the sound today. Welcome to The
Jumpoff!
A-Side
I always seem to be behind on music videos; entire albums, individual songs, not so much, but music videos, very different story. If you regularly read this little piece of the interweb, you're well aware of my love for these guys. So i was pleasantly surprised to find this today. The Roots - Get Busy
B-Side
Another recommendation from a co-worker. This was sent with the disclaimer that it would be "my new guilty pleasure (and yours)". So what else do you need to know about these guys? They're from Denmark, and they have some sweet dance moves (i've tried 'em). This is... Private - Secret Lover
If you like that, check out their other song "We've got some breaking up to do". And that's going to do it today. Until next time, be easy.
Afolabi
A-Side
I always seem to be behind on music videos; entire albums, individual songs, not so much, but music videos, very different story. If you regularly read this little piece of the interweb, you're well aware of my love for these guys. So i was pleasantly surprised to find this today. The Roots - Get Busy
B-Side
Another recommendation from a co-worker. This was sent with the disclaimer that it would be "my new guilty pleasure (and yours)". So what else do you need to know about these guys? They're from Denmark, and they have some sweet dance moves (i've tried 'em). This is... Private - Secret Lover
If you like that, check out their other song "We've got some breaking up to do". And that's going to do it today. Until next time, be easy.
Afolabi
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