A really good article about Sissy Bounce is the cover story in this weeks’ Gambit Weekly out of the NO. Definitely check it out of you’re at all interested in Bounce music or homosexuality in hip-hop.
Also, if want to hear some actual Sissy Bounce, go download my “Bounce It” mix or my Crossfaded Bacon 2008 Mix!
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Living in Philly can be exasperating if you’re not one of these dudes that’s secretly hoping for the resurrection of “EAST COAST RAP, SON!” The airwaves here are dominated by old head DJs that are much more excited to play a boring ass Jay-Z verse on the hottest new Southern single than they are in big upping what’s actually popping inside of Philly or playing what’s hitting for the young folks (whether it be Club/Party music or whatever). This is only tangentially related to the song I’m posting below because the song has nothing to do with Philly and I only say the above with respect to the below song because I can’t understand why there’s all this hype over that boring ass “Jockin’ Jay-Z” song that sounds like Jay-Z going through the motions from 2002 instead of being excited by a freaking weird ass and awesome song like this. And somehow people are still screaming “WAYNE IS OVERRATED!” OK “The Carter III” wasn’t the opus you were expecting, but that album being disappointing doesn’t mean all the awesome songs he’s done are suddenyl less awesome. I mean, on this song, Wayne actually sounds like he’s sippin’ on syrup. And when I say he “sounds like he’s sippin’ on syrup,” I don’t mean it sounds like he’s leaning (because he always sounds like that), but I mean that this is what I imagine the actual ACT OF SIPPIN ON SYRUP would sound like if that act was personified and became man and started rapping. It’s effing awesome.
Big ups to Noz on the heads up. Somebody give him a job so he’s less miserable to talk to on AIM.
Gorilla Zoe ft Lil Wayne “I’m Lost” (Prod by Drumma Boy):
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Unruly still killing em.
So dope:
DJ Unk vs DJ Scottie B “In Yo Face” Remix:
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A very special interview with a dear friend, DJ Roctkaon.
Enjoy.
emynd: yo let me interview you for the blog real quick
emynd: you ready?
emynd: these questions are on the fly… ready?
roctakon: what blog?
roctakon: cooking bacon with wiggerz
roctakon: shoot
emynd: When’s the last time you rubbed one out on the plane?
roctakon: recently but not that recent, i get so fucking horny on airplanes but recently i’ve been sleeping and trying to cut back on sensless masturbation
emynd: is there such a thing as “non-senseless” masturbation?
roctakon: yes, if you have a gig and some skank rubs her ass all over you it makes sense to masturbate instead of cheating on your girlfriend
emynd: good point and good example
emynd: do you bring your skateboard with you on these trips?
roctakon: no, I have a complete in las vegas and one stashed in la, if im going to be somewhere for more than 48 hours i’ll consider it… i bring my board to north carolina when i go…
emynd: what do you skate down there? durham? isnt there some dope courthouse at durham?
roctakon: charlotte is all i know
roctakon: its fun they have a good shop “blacksheep” with cool heads and a good vibe
emynd: last line you filmed?
roctakon: monday or tuesday..
roctakon: doing Bs lines with the quartersnacks.com crew
emynd: wtf is a bs line? i want specifics of the tricks
roctakon: 360 flip…… nose grind….. kick flip 50 50
roctakon: i was over the kf 50 50 when i got a good tre and nose grind
emynd: meaning you didnt get the line, did you?
roctakon: skating the benches at the natural history museum is exhausting
emynd: you ever skate in shorts?
roctakon: nope, only to the deli for bacon egg and cheese or down ludlow street to see whos at the fish
emynd: haha
emynd: yo king of mash, do you have any more mashes besides roctaguetta?
roctakon: yes
emynd: roctamissy?
emynd: roctaprydz?
roctakon: im going to look in my itunes
roctakon: 1 sec
roctakon: sippin on syrup over the mylo remix of the killers somebody told me, my humps over run dmc its like that, holler back girl over king of the beats…. my first mash
roctakon: also
roctakon: tipsy vrs maroon five
roctakon: soooo dope!
emynd: in the mean time, i’d like you to give this question some thought… what’s the skateboarding equivalent of “mash ups”?
emynd: like a pole jam to 50-50 on a ledge or something?
roctakon: when la dudes
roctakon: do pole jams
emynd: haha
emynd: which skater would you like to see dj? and which dj would you like to see skate?
roctakon: i would like to see a set from…………………………..
roctakon: actualy
roctakon: none
roctakon: skaters are kinda miserable
emynd: yeah that was a stupid question
roctakon: when it comes to music
roctakon: how many times can you play that song from headhunters?
emynd: say something controversial about black skaters
roctakon: “heelflips”
emynd: i thought that was wiggers?
roctakon: well…
roctakon: ok how about…
roctakon: naw….. heel flips
emynd: hahaha
emynd: you had something really offensive typed out and deleted it, right?
roctakon: yes
roctakon: totes!
emynd: if you were conducting this interview, what would you ask yourself?
roctakon: “why are you so full of shit”
emynd: eh… not into it… keep it skatbeoard related
roctakon: oh…
emynd: nobody cares about your musical opinions.. we get it… house, disco, and becky stuff
roctakon: i like rap
roctakon: too
roctakon: i played “put on”
emynd: only if it’s club relevant
roctakon: last night
roctakon: no i like rap
emynd: how much rap do you listen to that you cant play in the club?
roctakon: i like common
roctakon: and stuff
roctakon: LOL
emynd: whoa kufi
roctakon: if i had a car id listen to a shit load more rap
emynd: serious question actually… how much music do you engage that you dont look at as something you could use somehow (i.e. when djing a club or a mix)?
roctakon: this interview is spiraling out of control
emynd: hahaha
roctakon: depends, I was in a rock phase for a few years im kinda over it now, but i like a lot of non club rock
roctakon: and elvis
roctakon: i got into elvis this year
emynd: do you listen to it? or do you just theoretically like it?
roctakon: no elvis i listen to
roctakon: same with morrissey
roctakon: and
roctakon: other stuff
emynd: are you one of these ipod ear bud skaters?
roctakon: echo and the bunny men
roctakon: no
roctakon: skaters with i pods
roctakon: are rude
emynd: yeah im not into that… skating should be social
roctakon: skating is about broing
emynd: jinx!
emynd: can people kickflip on snowboards yet? if so, who cares?
roctakon: bad question
roctakon: snowboarding sucks
roctakon: my parents would not pay for that shit
emynd: haha
emynd: you got siblings?
roctakon: they were to busy yeiing at me about my D’s
roctakon: yea I have an older brother that lives in borum hill
roctakon: brooklyn
emynd: musically inclined?
roctakon: smith bergen on the f
roctakon: no fucking kook inclined
emynd: back to pr0n
emynd: by all accoutns, youre into pr0n
roctakon: yes
roctakon: yes i am
emynd: you know pr0n stars names and stuff
emynd: how did that happen?
emynd: naturally?
roctakon: yes
roctakon: im very picky about what i masturbate too
roctakon: i can not
emynd: like you wer ejust like “this jawn really works it… i need more stuff by her”
roctakon: watch any random porn movie and jack off
roctakon: i get specific with my needs
roctakon: and
roctakon: knowing whos who and where to find them on the web
roctakon: helps
emynd: k back to skateboarding and music
emynd: ima throw a name at you
emynd: and i want you to give me the musical or skateboard equivalent
emynd: so when i say shwayzee… name someone who is the equivalent in skateboarding
emynd: SHWAYZEE!
roctakon: nobody that trife
roctakon: there are people worse
roctakon: like sheckler
roctakon: but
roctakon: most are better
emynd: ok
emynd: David Guetta
roctakon: i mean if your out there ripping no matter how crappy
roctakon: i got love
roctakon: sheckler is not out ripping
roctakon: so…
emynd: DAVID GUETTA!
roctakon: guetta, that would be like,
roctakon: hum
roctakon: chris cole…
roctakon: your boy
emynd: hah my boy
roctakon: he is commercial,
roctakon: but
emynd: definitely, my boy
emynd: Chris is the best
emynd: hi chris!
emynd: ok, Young Jeezy
roctakon: he has a steez and it sells
roctakon: not mad
roctakon: jeezy…
roctakon: thats tough
emynd: come on… this one’s easy
emynd: biebel!
roctakon: skaters are not that trill
roctakon: no way
roctakon: biebel is a pot head attention freak
roctakon: no jeezy
emynd: haha
roctakon: Carroll is more Jeezy
roctakon: that bibes
emynd: ok what about Wayne?
roctakon: hum,
roctakon: good question
emynd: (this interview is effing awesome by the way)
roctakon: one of those kids that can do anything
roctakon: what interview?
emynd: hahah
roctakon: this is AIM!
emynd: it’s being posted on a blog, son!
roctakon: oh my flight is gonna board after all!
roctakon: who is the wayne of this shit…
roctakon: danny renaud
emynd: i have no idea
roctakon: he is fucking nuts
roctakon: and super sick
emynd: im stuck in skating from like 5 years ago
emynd: is salabanzi any good anymore?
roctakon: but a kook
roctakon: was he ever?
roctakon: he skated to the black eyed pees
emynd: um yeah… kickflip front board down like 12 stairs
roctakon: dj primer produced song
emynd: he’s french
roctakon: true
emynd: they love that “true school” crap
roctakon: black dudes from europe
emynd: in his defense, the way the bep talk, it sounds like theyre speaking french
roctakon: playing the im black card all over the E U
emynd: haha
roctakon: scoring white pussy
roctakon: i lve em
roctakon: love em
emynd: ok, now music equivalents of skaters
emynd: harold hunter
roctakon: johnny thunders
roctakon: sorry greko
roctakon: but hunter was more thunders than u!
emynd: i have no idea who johnny thunders is dude
emynd: what about koston?
roctakon: Rod stewart
emynd: BAHAH
roctakon: Still killing it after all thee years
roctakon: Stewart rules and so dose koston
roctakon: Fully flared is my favorite koston part
roctakon: And mouse I like when he’s not the star
roctakon: He dose best when he’s not the star
emynd: ok… um… tom penny
roctakon: Any number of bands that you think are great but end up never doing shit…. and just smoking cigarettes acting cool
roctakon: I just bought jett blue 1 dollar headphones so I would bnot have to take mine out my dj bad
emynd: WOW YOURE RICH!
emynd: what you gonna listen to?
roctakon: Got money, and you know it, take it out your pocket and ttttttttt throw it
roctakon: Ima watch tv
roctakon: I don’t have an I pod I lose them constantly
roctakon: Actually
roctakon: I might check out some dj mixs I downloaded
roctakon: Dave nada for 1
emynd: really?
roctakon: No, but I did get my laptop and headphones out cause I have some mixes
roctakon: I do want to check out
emynd: what mixes?
roctakon: Marshal jefferson mix someone posted, and my boy sent me some new hood shit that’s popping in miami, new khaled and stuff
roctakon: So I want to check those songs out
emynd: does it really behoove you to stay ahead of the curve on rap?
roctakon: Smashable girl sitting next to me on this flight
roctakon: J O might be in order
roctakon: And yea it dose
roctakon: I need to always have that shit in my computer
roctakon: I like some of it
roctakon: I check the atl radio playlists for new southern stuff
emynd: well let’s close this interview on the JO note so we’ve gone full circle
emynd: my work day’s over anyway
roctakon: And try to stay up on ny shit a little
emynd: THANKS FOR YOUR TIME DJ ROCTAKON!
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Kenny Meez from the untouchable Federation Sound camp (RIP DISCO D!) leaked the Federation Gutterball riddem and it’s effing massive. Put all your weird electro house MP3s away and play some grimey uptempo dancehall ish. Peep “Excellent Hole” below and if you’re feeling it, scoop the whole riddem just beneath that.
Demarco “Excellent Hole (Gutterball Riddem)”
FEDERATION “GUTTERBALL” RIDDEM PACK (Zip File)
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South Philly (and North Philly?) representative Meek Mill just got signed by Grand Hustle. Hopefully good things will come of this. Congratulations, my dude. Philly stand up! Youtube below, and “In My Bag” and remix for download below.
Meek Mill “In My Bag”
Meek Mill “In My Bag Remix ft Cassidy and Gillie”
My “Philly 2 Bmore” EP on Unruly Records is available as WAV over at the inimitable Turntable Lab right HERE. They give me a nice lil’ review as well:
Six new heat-seeking club tracks from Philly’s Emynd… on the one and only Unruly Records! (Congrats, homie!) Expect lots of hard, clackalackin’ Bmore drums, finely diced Lil Jon shouts and sinister bass that hits you like a punch in the gut. Emil shouts out his two favorite cities on “Philly 2 Bmore,” gets real aggro with “To All My Haters,” and even lets a little bit of label head Scottie B’s obsession with the British middle class into his life for “Smalltown Chavy Boy.” Includes instrumentals for “Haters” and “Chavy Boy,” plus a clean version of “Haters” and the useful “Urgent Party Break.” Recommended.
If you haven’t bought it, yet, WHAT’RE YOU WAITING FOR?!
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Super fun times in San Francisco DJing this past weekend at Lookout Weekend and Face Down Ass Up. Big ups to Gary, Serg, Stef, Shane, Audrey, and everyone that came out to see me rock. I got to play a toooon of stuff that I don’t get to play very often from random obscure Bass records to a shitload of NOLA Bounce (including an incredible Bounce remix my manPeacachoo did for my upcoming solo EP). Pics coming soon. In the meantime, download my Bounce mix or my Bass mix with 4 AM Jess “Shake Whut Ya Got!”
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I’m DJing Serg‘s Bass party FACE DOWN ASS UP this Saturday and I made a Bass mix with my favorite Floridian 4 AM Jess (aka Jess Jubilee). This shit is just the raunchiest, hardest, filthiest Bass jams from Florida and Georgia. If you don’t know much about Bass, you’re probably gonna have your wig blown back. This is some of the most energetic, well produced music youre even gonna here. Anyway, I’m super hype on this mix and hope y’all enjoy listening to it as much as I do!
(Click for NSFW Cover and Back Cover)
Emynd & 4 AM Jess
SHAKE WHUT YA GOT!:
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Tracklisting:
01. DJ Laz “Bass Groove”
02. DJ Nasty “My Cadillac (Got Bass)”
03. JT Money & The Poison Clan “Dance All Night”
04. JT Money & The Poison Clan “Shake Whatcha Mama Gave Ya”
05. MC Shy D “Shake It”
06. Anquette “Shake It (Do The 61st)”
07. Danny D & DJ Wiz “Shake It All Night”
08. Half Pint “One Leg Up”
09. Big Ace “Lick It Down”
10. Splack Pack “Scrub Da Ground”
11. Splack Pack “Tip For The Strip”
12. 12 Guage “Donkey Butt”
13. Uncle Luke “It’s Your Birthday”
14. Unlce Luke “Raise The Roof”
15. Uncle Al ft Luke and Trick Daddy “Scarred”
16. Uncle Al ft Luke “Get Rowdy”
17. Gucci Crew “Sally That Girl”
18. Gucci Crew & Two Forty Shorty “Shake It”
19. Bad Behavior “To My House”
20. Dimples T “Jealous Fellas”
21. JDC “Jealous Girls”
22. The Dogs “Where Is Disco Rick At?”
23. Disco Rick “Nasty Dance”
24. The Dogs “Your Momma’s On Crack Rock”
25. The Puppies “Funky Y2C”
26. The Puppies “Slam It”
27. Disco Rick “Wiggle Wiggle”
28. 2 Live Crew “Back At Your Ass”
29. DJ Laz “Hey You!”
30. DJ Laz “Esa Moreno”
31. DJ Laz “Get Your Ass Off The Stage”
32. DJ Laz “Red Alert”
33. DJ Laz “Red Alert 98”
34. DJ Laz “Basstronic”
35. DJ Laz “Journey Into Bass”
36. DJ Laz “STick Out Your Butt”
37. DJ Laz “Mami El Negro”
38. A-Town Players “Wassup, Wassup!”
39. Playa Poncho, LA Snow, and A-Town Players “Whatz Up, Whatz Up!”
40. Get Money Girls “Show Me The Money”
41. Quad City DJ “Work Baby Work”
42. 69 Boyz “Woof Woof”
43. 95 South “Wet N Wild (DJ Laz Booty Bounce)”
44. City Boyz “City Boy Bounce”
45. Playa Poncho “Koochie Kutterz”
46. The Bassorcist “Woofer Terror Upper”
Thanks to Senari and Cullen, here’s a live mix by the legendary K-Swift. RIP and shouts out to the Unruly family.
K-Live on 92Q at Club Choices:
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Pics from this past weekends “My Crew Be Unruly” party right HERE courtesy of the talented Josh Sisk.
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Club Queen K-Swift passed away last night at the much too younge age of 27. It’s really effing me up. Nice to see the outpouring of love on her myspace page, but this is such horrible news. Word is that it was a drowning accident in her pool at home. I’m not sure of anymore details than that at this point.
Heart broken, lump in my throat, and pit in my stomach.
RIP to the Club Queen.
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South Rakkas Crew “Mad Again (Emynd’s NOLA Bounce Remix)”:
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My Bounce “Mad Again” remix has been available for digital purchase for a while now and I figured if you haven’t bought it by now, you’re probably not going to buy it at all… so here it is for free.
Folks from New Orleans to Finland have showed me a lot of love for this track. If you’re not familiar with Bounce music, definitely download my podcast and peep the write up to get schooled on my favorite music out right now.
Big shouts to my man Peacachoo and his dude Blaza for being the main inspiration for this track.
(Just as a sidenote regarding my “Mad Again (NOLA Bounce Remix)†that I feel necessary to make clear anytime anyone posts about it on the internet, I made a very significant effort to keep it as tradtionally NOLA BOUNCE as possible. Even though I’m not from New Orleans and have had very little interaction with Bounce culture, I felt that making this remix would be a good way for me to hopefully make some people interested in the New Orleans Bounce music that I’ve grown to love over the past couple years. In order to do this with some level of self-respect in tact and to attempt to avoid the cultural imperiliaism I often find myself rallying against, I made a very clear and deliberate effort to make this remix a blatant IMITATION of my favorite Bounce artists and produceers. Not only did I sample the New Orleans Bounce staples (the Triggerman bells, Triggerman breaks, the “WHO!†and the “Alright!†from The Showboys “Drag Rap†as well as the “Rock the Beatâ€/â€Brown Beat†drum break), but I also very deliberatley sampled vocals from Gotty Boi Chris, Dime Gyrl Drell, and De Ja Vu, and imitated the production styles of my favorite Bounce producers: Blaza, Peacachoo, Blaqnmild (aka Blaq Biggi Blaq), and Took. If you’re at all into my Bounce remix, I highly suggest you visit the linked myspace pages above and purchase some of that AUTHENTIC New Orleans Bounce music. Big shouts to Mr.604 as well.)
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Super into this ish. Courtesy of Noz on an IM. Given how often I link stuff dude puts me up on, this may as well be his blog these days (except for all the Bmore ish which he hates with a passion).
From Stefan Glerum’s Blog. Click the link for the whole collection in detail, or here for the overview. Below are some of my faves.
Some of my favorite Sporty T songs to remember his passing. My dude Noz posted a link to an interesting interview that discusses the history of the beef with Cash Money right here. Dope Ninja Crew song over on Noz’s site too. Also, Master P pays respect.
RIP.
Sporty T “Sporty Talkin’ Sporty” (OG ’93 Version)
Sporty T and P-N-C “Nuthin’ But Bounce”
Sporty T “Sporty Talkin’ Sporty 2001”
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More sad news from New Orleans: local rapper Sporty T murdered.
Thanks to Noz for the heads up.
Sporty T was really involved with the early Bounce scene and put out several classic tracks, the most famous of which is probably “Sporty Talkin’ Sporty.” He was part of the “Ninja Crew” along with Gregory D and DJ Baby T (and later, Mannie Fresh). In the early 90s, he put out a lot of great Bounce records and in the late 90’s, he developed beef with Juvenile and Cash Money and spent most of his time dissing them dudes. Even during his Cash Money-obsessed days, he still put out some interesting material. I’ll be posting a couple of my favorite tracks later today as a little tribute. Meanwhile, the excellent Louisian Rap Blog has posted a couple of his albums:
– Sporty T “The Saga Continues”
– Sporty T “Chromed Out”
RIP.
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