blog.craiga.id.au — posts about hip hop

Wednesday,
22nd October 2008

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Played 0 time(s).

Deception by Blackalicious. People need to respect Blackalicious’s Nia album.

Tuesday,
28th October 2008

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Played 9 time(s).

KAMIKAZE 108 (酉年mix) by Teriyaki Boyz.

Quan of Regurgitator to Drop Solo Album “The Amateur”

Wednesday,
29th October 2008

Quan's The Amateur album cover

Just happened to log into MySpace for the first time since forever last night to see this tidbit:

Quan is a short extract from a love letter, an Amateur (from the latin ‘Amator’-‘Lover’, from Amare ‘to love’) ineptly following the natural course of things since forever.

Apparently a photon that begins it’s life in the centre of the sun spends on average about 10 and a half million light years zigzaging to and fro as it slowly works it’s way to the surface, a distance that if traveled in a straight line would take a mere 2.5 seconds. It then takes a further 8.5 minutes to reach the earth.

Furthermore our Sun Converts Five Million tones of Mass (about the equivalent of a million elephants) into pure energy every second.

These factoids remind me of two things: 1. The virtue of patience and 2. That the immolation of a human heart pales in comparison to that of a Star’s. (Or is it the other way round?)

Is this a foundation for Hip Hop? Yes.

Quan Yeomans from Regurgitator finally delivers his 4 year labour of love on again off again requiem to those heady amateur days. Recorded in Sydney, London, Hong Kong, flight lounges, bus stops, doorways… and now making as many music videos as he can. Features The One, Gimme Gimme, And this is what she said…, Year of the Jerk and more. Touring in 2009.

Is this the beat you been looking for?

QUAN THE AMATEUR out now on Valve/MGM. … www.quantheamateur.com

Fuck yes.

The quantheamateur.com domain is currently showing a parked page, but this whois record tends to indicate it’s legit.

UPDATE: Apparently this has been out for weeks.

Wednesday,
29th October 2008

OK, looks like I got a little excited when I posted about the new album from Regurgitator’s Quan Yeomans. Apparently this has been out for weeks.

Guess I’m out of touch.

Thursday,
30th October 2008

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Lōc’ed After Dark by Tone Lōc

Thursday,
6th November 2008

Paint The White House Black by George Clinton (feat. Ice Cube, Dr.Dre, Yo-Yo, MC Breed, Kam, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Public Enemy, Shock G & Pupa Curly) from 1993. Listen to the real Clinton.

Tuesday,
18th November 2008

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Robyn Turns 26 by Pavement from At Home With The Groovebox, a compilation featuring an impressively broad range of artists from Sonic Youth to Dick Hyman presenting songs put together solely on a Roland MC-505 Groovebox. Put out back in the day on the Beastie Boys’ now defunct Grand Royal label, and well worth a listen.

Tuesday,
25th November 2008

Move by Q-Tip from his new The Renaissance LP. Can’t shake this song from my head. Like the homage to MJ, too.

P.S. Fuck you, Universal Records. By cutting off legit channels to watch your music videos or listen to your music for users outside of the US, you just piss us off. It’s almost as if you’re daring us to use legally dubious methods to get what we want.

Monday,
8th December 2008

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Watch Out from Atmosphere’s 2004 LP You Can’t Imagine How Much Fun We’re Having. Because their latest LP was so very, very disappointing.

Tuesday,
3rd February 2009

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So What’cha Want (Soul Assasin Remix) by the Beastie Boys. The Beasties meet Cypress Hill for what has to be one of the best remixes ever.

Paul's Boutique Remastered for its 20th Birthday

Friday,
6th February 2009

Paul’s Boutique is easily my favourite album of the 1980s, and it’s right up there with my favourite albums of all time.

They’re selling a number of different packages, most of which include lossless downloads, but can also come with 180 gram vinyl, a t-shirt and a giant 8 foot poster.

Friday,
3rd April 2009

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今夜はバギーパンツ (Baggy Pants Tonight) by Teriyaki Boyz. A nonsensical mash of Japanese and English.

Tuesday,
16th June 2009

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That’s That from MF DOOM’s latest LP, Born Like This.

Friday,
10th July 2009

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Just 3 Minutes by Blox, a collaboration between Regurgitator frontman Quan and Spod is this rock-the-fuck-out-Friday’s cut. I can’t think of too many other songs that use the word “fuck” so many times within a minute and include a killer line like “and fuck profanity because it’s overused.”

Fuck yeah.

Friday,
24th July 2009

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Continuing the trend of posts featuring superfluous swearing, this rock-the-fuck-out Friday’s track is Wu-Tang Clan Ain’t Nuthing Ta F’ Wit, one of those anthemic choruses guaranteed to get my party started.

That understated bass line, the unhinged vocals … I fucking love this song.

About Craig Anderson

By day, he works for 99des­igns as a web dev­el­oper and wri­ter. By night, he plays bass gui­tar in Look Who's Tox­ic. There are plen­ty of other things he should be doing, but most of the time he's dream­ing of what he'll do when he grows up while watch­ing bad Star Trek spin-offs.