Erykah Badu. "Tyrone (Live Version)." Live, Universal Records, Inc., 1997.
Call him.
Fuck Chanel I got Chabanel
Small Talk. "Barrio Rich." Small Talk, forthcoming, 2017.
With production from Los Hamptons, this track just dropped earlier in the week and I'll let you read MIMS' post about "Barrio Rich" because it says so much more than I ever could.
Watch out for these guys dropping their forthcoming album this July. It's gonna be a hot summer in Montréal and I can't wait to be back in La Belle Province in just a couple of months to catch some of it.
All I want to know is what you think about me
Flight Facilities, Emma Louise. "Arty Boy." Arty Boy, Glassnote Entertainment Group LLC, 2017.
Thanks to KCRW's Jason Bentley for putting me onto this new track from the incredible Flight Facilities. If you don't already listen to Morning Becomes Eclectic, now you know.
Through the long lonely nights 'till the dawn
Mariah Carey. "Dreamlover." Music Box, SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT, 1993.
🎶Dreamlover, come rescue me
Take me up, take me down
Take me anywhere you want to baby now
I need you so desperately
Won't you please come around?
'Cause I want to share forever with you, baby, with you, baby 🎶
Kundalini Key on the pyramid
Vado, Chinx Drugs, Prodigy. "Zoo Musik (feat. Vado & Chinx Drugs)." R.I.P. #1, #2, #3, Vodka & Milk LLC, 2016.
RIP to one of the game's greatest, who we lost earlier today.
You can help with research to treat and cure Sickle Cell Disease via the Sickle Cell Disease Association of America, the American Red Cross, the Sickle Cell Society, and the Sickle Cell Foundation.
A bit of something left behind
Bonobo. "The Keeper." Black Sands, Ninja Tune, 2010.
Those xylophone sounds, that bass line. Andreya Triana's smooth vocals.
You don't love me, and I know now
Dawn Penn. "You Don't Love Me (No, No, No) (Extended Mix)." No, No, No, Big Beat, 1994.
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The roughest toughest bumboclat bad man from outta Jamaica
Beenie Man, Lady Saw, Sean Paul. "Bossman (Feat. Lady Saw & Sean Paul)" Tropical Storm, Virgin Records America, Inc., 2002.
🎶 Bossman, Anytime you see me come around
Bossman, Don't take bad man fi clown
Bossman, Glack we move ya head round
Bossman, Dis inna ya own blood ya drown
Bossman, Bad man rule the compound
Bossman, Dis and we bumb down ya town
Bossman, Feel say you can't stick around
Bossman, Man a nuh no clown 🎶
Gyal, me wann fi just squeeze yuh
Very special, really and truly
Wayne Wonder. "No Letting Go." No Letting Go, VP Music Group, Inc, 2003.
Feeling that late 90s / early 2000s Toronto vibe right now and dreaming of Caribana. Listen for those drums off Lumidee's "Never Leave You" (below).
Woah nah nah nah
Beenie Man. "Who Am I." From Kingston To King of the Dancehall: A Collection of Dancehall Favorites, Virgin Records America, Inc. under license from VP Records; All Rights Reserved. Manufactured by Virgin Records America, Inc. 150 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10011. Printed in the USA.
Pass me the keys to my truck.
Right, my yiy just changed
Drake. "Controlla." Views, Cash Money Records, 2016.
The Dubs won last night and Oakland was LIT. So much soca and reggae being played in all of the bars and in the streets.
Also, you should check out my very talented friend Vivek's Bollywood-inspired cover of the track (scroll down, I promise it's worth it).
Playing empty songs when I'm blowing my high
Ludacris, Miguel. "Good Lovin." Ludaversal, Def Jam Recordings, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc., 2015.
Miguel on repeat like woah.
Baby let me know
Busta Rhymes, Ol' Dirty Bastard. "Where's Your Money." The Big Bang, Aftermath Entertainment/Interscope Records, 2005.
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