Digital Underground. The name means so many different things to different people. “The Humpty Dance” resonates with just about any ol’ rap fan but whisper Sex Packets in a crowded room and it’ll separate the Top 40 downloaders from the ones who were caught up in Read the rest of this entry »
In an effort to lure out Punxsutawney Phil, better known as LC, to write something, I slipped her this Biz Markie commercial for Radio Shack. See, I know she’s a big fan of Radio Shack. Although I forget a lot, I remembered her twoother posts about the store so I figured she’d be happy they had a small budget, or at least enough to shoot a commercial now.
That was December 3rd.
She told me it was old and, even worse, that it was “corny.” I told her she just didn’t like to see Biz getting money and that she watches too much TV anyways. Ol’Bitter Barbara.
Ever since December 3rd, I’ve been walking around saying “Oh snap!” at the most random of things.
And I think I want a new point and shoot in my stocking come Christmas time.
By now, you’re well aware of recent affinity for borderline obnoxious color combos when it comes to sneakers (In fact, Contra™ called me “eccentric” when all this time I thought my preferences were quite normal). And yes, I have been preoccupied with NB’s…but I understand now that it’s partially to blame on Biz Markie. Read the rest of this entry »
A few things happened to led us here to this point.
1. Some how, me & Suave (actually Suave & I but fuck formalities) got into a spirited discussion about how smooth & heavily sampled this Aaron Neville track is. In the end, I started doing digging & listening on my own, checking other Allen Toussaint productions. Read the rest of this entry »