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This is part two of our Legend series. Hip Hop legend Guru (formally of Gang Star) joins forces with Super Producer Solar as co owners of 7 Grand Records. Guru and Solar have worked with some of the biggest names in Jazz, Hip Hop, Funk & Soul. It is recognized that Guru is one of the founding pioneers of the Hip Hop Jazz component of Nu Jazz fusion. Check out the audio interview below.
1. “Plenty” Guru Featuring Eryka Badu
2. “I’m Jazzy” Guru Featuring Slum Village
3. “Power Money Influence” Guru Featuring Jean Grae & Talib Kwali
4. “Real Life” Guru Featuring B. Real.
5. “Step in the Arena 2 ” Guru Featuring Doo Wo
6. “Lift Your Fist” Guru Featuring The Roots
Showbiz focuses on iTunes music reviews and IMDb movie and film reviews. This is part of the Beneath the Beat Showbiz and Entertainment Reviews Podcast.
When I listened to “Earth Intruders” It hit me like a scene straight out of a Spiderman Trailer – visually its appetizing like those SILENT 360º panoramic in-your-face CG moments aurally suspending your senses in amniotic verbal textures. This track has a rabble-rouser edge like “Army of Me” and evokes atmospheres and wails found in songs like “Human Behavior” and “Cvalda.” Her voice is persuasive like a siren rippling her aquatic thoughts through your headphones convincing you to loop the track. I lust it because it features her signature operetta echoey vocals weaving in and out of unrelenting tribal drums over an 80s hip-pop electronic melody. My iTunes player suggests that I’ve played it 18 times since I first downloaded it. The moment “Volta” goes on sale and after a few listens I’ll be sure to podcast and blog about it.
EarGASM 101: is that chill down your spine you get when listening to amazing music. Join Bendrix as he recommends edgy quality music from a range of bands, artists N producers.
EarGASM 101: is that chill down your spine you get when listening to amazing music. Join Bendrix as he recommends edgy quality music from a range of bands, artists N producers.
EarGASM 101: is that chill down your spine you get when listening to amazing music. Join Bendrix as he recommends edgy quality music from a range of bands, artists N producers.
EarGASM 101: is that chill down your spine you get when listening to amazing music. Join Bendrix as he recommends edgy quality music from a range of bands, artists N producers.
EarGASM 101: is that chill down your spine you get when listening to amazing music. Join Bendrix as he recommends edgy quality music from a range of bands, artists N producers.
Today Feb 14th Blippers from all over the world have been bliping non stop (similar to a non stop broadcast), asking listeners to donate. The effort is in aid for the Children of Gaza. The money pledged will be going to help the kids of the Gaza strip. If you want to help and want more information please visit http://blipathon.com.
EarGASM 101: is that chill down your spine you get when listening to amazing music. Join Bendrix as he recommends edgy quality music from a range of bands, artists N producers.
EarGASM 101: is that chill down your spine you get when listening to amazing music. Join Bendrix as he recommends edgy quality music from a range of bands, artists N producers.
Beneath The Beat: Hip Hop explores the authentic essence of hip hop culture. We offer an independent voice, free from record label and big business imperatives.
This is part two of our Legend series. Hip Hop legend Guru (formally of Gang Star) joins forces with Super Producer Solar as co owners of 7 Grand Records. Guru and Solar have worked with some of the biggest names in Jazz, Hip Hop, Funk & Soul. It is recognized that Guru is one of the founding pioneers of the Hip Hop Jazz component of Nu Jazz fusion. Check out the audio interview below.
In the audio segment above features the following artists:
1. “Down the Back Streets” Guru Featuring Lonnie Liston Smith
2. “Feel the Music” Guru Featuring Baybe And Paul Ferguson
3. “Talk to Me” Guru Featuring Jaguar Wright
4. “State of Clarity” Guru Featuring Common and Bob James.
ABOUT: Röyksopp is Torbjorn Brundtland and Svein Berge, a dynamic electronica duo from Tromso, Norway. The Norwegian translation for “røyksopp” translates literally as “smoke mushroom”. The track “What Else Is There?” was released on their second album “The Understanding” which sells both as a 12 track album and as a two disk 17 track Deluxe edition released in 2005. Karin Dreijer Andersson ( from the electronica Swedish group The Knife) lends her vocals on the track. “What Else Is There?” feels like a haunting combination of Hall N Oats meets Danny Elfman meets trip hop with Spanish guitar – it has a rolling credits cinematic quality. Karen’s epic vocals remind me of a harmonious synergy of Bjork and Cindy Lauper. The The song was used in the film Cashback in 2006 and in 2008 it was featured on an O2 television advert in both the Czech Republic and Slovak Republic and it appeared again in the film Meet Bill. I have been following Royksopp since 2001, but North Americans would know about them because their hit song “Remind Me” was part of a highly successful Geico Caveman TV campaign in 2006.
SIGNIFICANCE: Tailgating on the success of the “Remind Me” track “What Else Is There?” has entered the mainstream commercial consciousness. I would like to echo that commercial appeal does not translate to success, but it does bring to the forefront a highly dynamic group that can seamlessly serve both mainstream and underground heads alike.
ABOUT: Télépopmusik is a French electronic music group with three members. The track “Breathe” was featured on their debut album “Genetic World” in 2001. Its a Chill Electronica House type of track – the kind you can dance or lounge to. Angela McCluskey’s husky yet dreamy vocals remind me of Eryka Badu or Amy Whinehouse under a slight echo voice filter. Angela was the co-writer and guest vocalist on the track, she is a member of the group Wild Colonials. I first heard “Breathe” on internet radio in 2001 and forgot all about it and then it resurfaced again in 2003 in a Mitsubishi ad. The song became a big hit and actually was nominated for a Grammy in 2004 – Kyle Minogue somehow managed to beat them out for Best Dance track. I think Kyle is legit but the Grammy’s truly are not.
SIGNIFICANCE: This is one of if not the very first of the great contemporary Electronica Dance tracks to make it to a mainstream American commercial. Not that its important, but it certainly helped to make it one of the more memorable tracks in this genre.
Beneath the Beat makes its presence known on iTunes. We are doing Beneath the Beat music reviews on the artists and entertainers that we appreciate featured in iTunes. Please come by and check out what we have to say. Our most recent reviews: Bjork’s “Earth Intruders” 2007 Single, Mos Def’s “The New Danger,” Bjork’s “Debut” 1993 Album.
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March 5, 2009 7:39 am | 
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