• old school mix cover
    Hip Hop,  Ickmix

    Ickmusic’s Old School Mix

    / January 23, 2009

    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)

  • Full Force promo photo
    Old School,  R&B

    Full Force Get Busy One Time

    / June 21, 2005

    You mean to tell me I’ve never posted about 80’s R&B / funk masters Full Force? The genius of Bow Legged Lou, Paul Anthony, B-Fine and the rest of the fellas have never been discussed at length on the self-indulgent and hopefully sometimes entertaining- to-others blog named IckMusic? Well, that’s just plain wrong.

    You’ve heard Full Force before. If you’ve heard the beats, backing vocals and instrumentation behind Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam (“I Wonder if I Take You Home”, “All Cried Out”), Samantha Fox (“I Wanna Have Some Fun”, “Naughty Girls (Need Love Too)”), or UTFO’s “Roxanne Roxanne”, you’ve heard Full Force.

    Based out of Brooklyn, the boys in Full Force didn’t really get it going until they wrote and produced Lisa Lisa’s debut in 1985. From there, they released their own debut the next year. Check out a snippet from All Music’s scathing review: “This 1986 debut included the mildly entertaining “Alice, I Want You Just For Me!,” but was mostly either uneventful love tunes, haphazard novelty pieces or unfocused and formulaic quasi-raps.”

    Well color me stupid, I was a fool for their unfocused and formulaic quasi-raps! They released a few more albums in the 80’s and 90’s (as well as one comeback / tribute / greatest hits album in 2001). But they stayed busy as a production team through the years (I lost track of the boys around, oh, 1988).

    I give you two 12″ extended remixes recently pulled from my vinyl collection. One with Full Force in front of the mics, one behind.

    Full Force: Alice, I Want You Just For Me

    U.T.F.O.: Ya Cold Wanna Be With Me – written & produced by Full Force