what do you get when you get two of the most unique, iconic and mysterious artists of the 80s and 90s? pure awesomeness. more on tom waits and kool keith later.
NASA, a collaboration of producers sam spiegel and dj zegon, has a new album. it is really really good. i had my doubts, partially because it's all guest spots and lots of hype and those kinda things usually kinda suck. but this doesn't.
the album is a who's who list of 00s indie and hip hop artists: kanye, santogold, spank rock, MIA, cool kids, lovefoxxx, amanda blank, etc, but also features david byrne [!!] on not one but two tracks. and the talking head delivers [much stronger than his appearance on this year's other superstar-laden guest-spot album by norman cook aka fatboy slim aka the BPA].
I hate using the word rap-- I think of the first time I heard Bone Thugs or Doggystyle. But party hip hip just doesn't have the same zing to it.
Anyway, PackofRats, SQUID, No Body's Child and Jon Thousand, collectively as Plastic Little, have been bangin club speakers all year [perhaps not here in Madison, but some club speakers, somewhere]. And my speakers here at home have sustained some Plastic treatment as well. They are about as close as I can get in my ceaseless quest to quench my Spank Rock thirst. Like Spank, they're from Philly and they also work with my favorite foul-mouthed female emcee Amanda Blank.
That's her on the left, with Naeem Juwan, aka Mr. Spank Rock. As these hipster/ party/ rap kids tend to be the trendsetters so all I have to say is jah fucking help us all if those shorts make a comeback.
Anyword.. Below are a few various tracks from the posse.. spotlighting a couple Plastic Little joints, as well as their Philly brethren Pase Rock. You may remember Pase Rock from this Teiam Player smash hit, where they were teamed up with some Primus.
Word, y'all.
Download Plastic Little - "I'm Not a Thug" Plastic Little - "Jump Off" Plastic Little feat Spank, Amanda, & Ghostface - "Crambodia" Plastic Little feat Spank & Diplo - "Now I'm Holler", featuring a PJ Harvey sample Pase Rock feat Diplo - "The Motherfucking Rave is Over" Aaron Lacrate feat Amanda, Spank - "Blow" Spank & Benny Blanco as Bangers & Cash - "Pu$$y", from Bangers & Cash Spank Rock feat Amanda - "Bump", from Yoyoyoyoyo --skip straight to 4:00 to hear Amanda wax poetic in her best appearance to date Santogold feat Spank - "Shove It" Chromeo feat Pase Rock - "Bonafide Lovin'" [Eli remix]
And go here for a little Eli remix of Britney's "Gimme More" featuring miss Amanda Blank
Buy Plastic Little - She's Mature If you really need to buy any of the other stuff, look first at Turntable Lab.
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On a separate note, Santogold deserves her own post.. I am simply too lazy to go ahead and do it, so instead go to the SantoSpace and go read some other posts that other bloggers have written. Trust me, if you're a fan of the idea of a strange hybridization of M.I.A. and Karen O, then you only owe it to yourself. Have I ever led you astray? Fine, see it here for yourself.
That's Spank Rock who comes out dancing like a crazy twelve year old white boy.
