BAD to those that are in the know!
Imagine: it is 1984. Think George Orwell, think the beginning of over-ground Hippity Hop, and the end of the first Reagan administration.
Well, even juicier yet is the end of one of the best relationships in music: Mick Jones gets fired from the Clash by the one and only Joe Strummer. Holy Crap!! But what most people don’t know is that Mick takes a lot of the talent of the Clash and creates something better – Big Audio Dynamite.
Big Audio is primarily a Mick Jones gig, with the cooperation of Don Letts (of the Westway to the World fame.) But even Joe Strummer contributes some really great content to the BAD.
FAVORITES:
NO. 10, Upping Street
This is Big Audio Dynamite
Kid Cudi
I really hate it when I can’t get something I want. I know, that is some selfish shit. But when it comes to music, I don’t take it easy!
A good example of this is the Kid Cudi mixtape. You can’t download it from the filesharing sites anymore. I know that it means that two things happened: either copyright infringement from someone biting or there was nobody downloading. But I really doubt that last scenario.
I really like the Kid Cudi stuff. It is pretty new to me. But more than that, The production is just plain nuts!! You can still listen to the Mixtape here. By the way, if you have been reading these posts, you will know that I highly recommend Audio Hijack Pro to jack this if you can’t download it ;)
So you might remember how the early Neptunes music made you happy and at the same time seemed to impart some intelligent use of samples and synths. Well the Cudi tape does that, but with a feeling like there will not be a chance of sellin’ out. Poor Neptunes, you might say (although I don’t know why you would say that if you thought about how much they sold out for!) But this is really what the Neptunes woulda put out if they didn’t buy that Hollywood crap. And he has a great sense of humor, plus lots of melodies.
