Been busy… Here’s the shows…
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The Fat Beat Diet, May 21st 2012 (mp3 – 80Mb)
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For background, read the New Yorker piece from Sasha Frere-Jones and then read Oliver Wang’s piece at NPR. Wang writes:
Listening to the Beastie Boys for the next quarter century, I mostly thought of them as a group package rather than an assortment of distinct MCs. Their telltale style was a three-man, tag team weave, where each rapper – Adam “MCA” Yauch, Adam “Ad Rock” Horovitz and Michael “Mike D” Diamond – often finished each other’s sentences.
I never thought much of the beasties individually until Yauch’s passing, and now with him gone his deep voice speaks out to me from all of their songs. It’s hard to think of the group without him, and that saddens me a lot… more than I expected, in fact.
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Related article you should also read: Adam Yauch’s Work in Tibet More Important Than Ever.
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Tune in tonight as we pay tribute a little tribute to Adam ‘MCA’ Yauch of the Beastie Boys.
How is it that I’ve only just found out about Ebo Taylor? Ah well, better late than never I guess. This new discovery led me to kick off the show in an African mood. Speaking of the rhythms of Africa, have you seen the latest video from Chris ‘Daddy’ Dave?
Dave initially caught my ear as a drummer for the Robert Glasper Trio, whose jazz Dilla covers I’ve played before on the show. He totally wrecks this Fela Kuti joint, and I mean that in the best of ways.
Anyways, Africa quickly leads to Latin America, which then leads to funk then hip hop. I’m super stoked about the recent announcement that Rakim is coming to town. Then after a small detour through Acid Jazz, we’re back into hip hop. Don’t sleep on that Clams Casino production stuff either, it’s making my ears bleed these days because I’m playing it so loud and often. I had someone request a biggie song via facebook (Have you like us there yet?) so we played a bit of that too. I was just checking the request quickly on my phone, so I didn’t actually listen to the track at all before playing it so I wasn’t really sure which version was requested. To cover my bases, I played two versions but as it turns out, neither of them were the right one, lol. Ah well, better luck next time.
Finally, some recent Calgary fire by way of longtime mc Bedroc Ox. If you’ve been to a hip hop show in town, odds are you’ve heard him spit on a mic. Go cop his new track track Smash here:
So enjoy the show: I’m really happy with how it all turned out.
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This Monday was an absolutely beautiful day in Calgary, so I was inspired to play a bunch of tunes with a summer type vibe. Kickin’ it off in a reggae and dancehall kind of way, we then moved in to hip hop for the rest of the show. Had some nice phone calls and requests and in the end, I really like the feel of this show. Hope you do too.
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Here at the Fat Beat Diet, we’re not the biggest tokers – we’re a little too mellow by default. But it’s hard to deny the herb’s influence on hip hop. Here’s a few favourites.
Ricca Razor Sharp’s new project, Blades of Steel is part of a special 4/20 show down at the Blind Beggar’s pub here in town this weekend. They’re latest video for H.E.M.P. is not to be missed.
PUTS rock a party (rhyme) like no other, and even go so far as to call out their so-called smoker brethren on ‘C’Mon let’s get high’.
Possibly one of my favourite weed-flavoured tracks
Yeah… like i’d leave these guys out of this…
Starting it out in a soulful mood before dropping into a few turntablism tracks. Then mostly hip hop for a little bit before dropping back into the funk with a few tracks that feature my favourite trombonist, the one and only Fred Wesley.
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Tokyo Eyepatch asked me to fill in for him while he was out of town, and this is the result – my take on left field bass music.
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Nice varied show tonight, with some reggae to kick things off before dropping into some nice dancefloor classics. Then some new dancefloor inspired stuff, although clearly with a left field bent, and then some hip hop to end it off.
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