• Hip Hop,  Ickmix

    Ickmusic’s Old School Mix

    I’ve been itchin’ for a while to put together a nice little collection of my old school favorites. In the mid 80’s, I was in my mid teens when I became obsessed with a. Prince and b. the rap/hip-hop of the day. These are some of the songs I came of age with.

    Now, some of my favorites included some not so PG material. In fact, some of it was downright foul. Too Short’s “Freaky Tales” is the biggest offender here, followed closely by that 2 Live Crew classic “We Want Some P***y”. But hey, I gotta keep it real, people!

    Enjoy…

    Ickmusic’s Old School Mix (mp3 – about 71MB)

    Playlist:

    Run D.M.C. – “Peter Piper” (from Raising Hell)
    LL Cool J – “Rock the Bells” (from Radio)
    Whodini – “Funky Beat” (from Back in Black)
    Public Enemy – “Public Enemy Number 1” (from Yo! Bum Rush the Show)
    Doug E. Fresh & Slick Rick – “La Di Da Di” (from The Show / La-Di-Da-Di)
    Schoolly D – “Saturday Night” (from The Best of Schoolly D)
    Eric B. & Rakim – “I Know You Got Soul” (from Paid in Full)
    UTFO – “Roxanne Roxanne” (from UTFO)
    Too Short – “Freaky Tales” (from Born to Mack)
    Beastie Boys – “Hold It Now, Hit It” (from Licensed to Ill)
    2 Live Crew – “We Want Some P***y” (from 2 Live Crew Is What We Are)

  • Soul

    The Stylistics and the Wonders of VHS

    Arguably one of the finest love songs ever made, an offering to you and yours on this Valentine’s Day 2007.

    So I hooked up the old VCR tonight and threw in a random tape circa 1986. What I found was a surprisingly good quality tape of old BET shows Video Vibrations and Video Soul (Donnie Simpson!), and an old Night Flight too. Right now it’s Whodini’s “Growing Up” (with Laurence Fishburne as a drug dealer: “How much can you stand little brother, how much can you stand?”). Followed by Boogie Boys’ “Dealing with Life”, EU’s “Do Your Thing”, and best of all, “The Wiggle” by Rapper’s Convention! Somebody email me with a tutorial on how to YouTube this stuff. Do I need to buy a $120 video card? Say no.

    Jeeps, why did I tape a Geraldo Rivera special? Time to switch tapes…