VALENTINE'S DAY MASSACRE

The 13.7 billion a year corporation known as Valentine’s has recently been destroyed. Analyst are still trying to figure out the cause of this sudden tradegy. All I know is the February 13th thoughts of “what do I get her/him” shall now be a distant memory. The single and separated can now parade around free on that day without any feeling of exclusion from society. To put it you blunt there will be no need to settle in January for fear of being alone in February. People of the world we have now been liberated. Awakening me from this blissful state is an update which filters through on the radio. It seems they have found the assailants responsible for this well needed or vicious attack, depending on which side of the fence you sit. The group of all things is calling themselves T.L.C a.k.a the True Love Committee. Without thinking I start uncontrollably laughing at the irony of the situation. You see it makes perfect sense, the committee will no doubt plead self defense and explain that it’s actually the corporation who’s been secretly trying to kill them for years. “We had no choice it was either us or them” they’ll say. Well enough of the wishful thinking I got a blog to write.

It’s Valentine’s Day and western civilization says as men we should be celebrating those wonderful estrogen filled bodies of mostly water which fill our world with so much joy. Now my defense to that may be “how the hell do you expect me to celebrate such a pagan holiday brought forth by a pedophile who rightfully received his gross & tragic end”. (Do your research people) Unfortunately my girl may not be as concerned with the origins of this particular holiday. So without any further a due, here’s our weekly top 5- valentine’s edition. And by the way I'm definetly a big fan of those estrogen filled bodies of mostly water which fill our world with so much joy.




WEEKLY TOP 5 - VALENTINE'S EDITION
1) WHEN A MAN'S IN LOVE - YAMI BOLO
Recorded on the famous Stalag riddim produced by Winston Riley(same riddim as sister nancy's "bam bam") when he was only 13yrs old. This was olso sampled by KRS 1 for Mad Lion's hit "take it easy."
Without a doubt my favourite reggae riddim of all time.
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=H36O4C2Q



2) MAHAGONY - ERIC B & RAKIM
I'll never take anything away from Slick Rick's ability to write great stories, that goes without saying. The thing with Rakim though was he was able to paint pictures, no scratch that, he was able to paint masterpieces in your head. This is a brilliant example of his artistry at work.
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=9BZZGA7U



3) I'M GLAD YOU'RE MINE - AL GREEN
This song has been sampled numerous times including the above mentioned tune. What can ya say when the drums are knockin' like that, but if you can make your way pass the breakbeat you'll come face to face with one truly soulful song.
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=7OE9U71R



4) YOU'RE THE ONE FOR ME - D-TRAIN
My uncle used to kill the hell outta this joint. It's cool how in the 80's you could get on some uptempo club sh!t without sounding like you talking to some chick at the strip club. Not that there anything wrong with stripping at the club, especially with the price of tuition nowadays.
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=BZINYCKO



5) LOVE, LOVE, LOVE - DONNY HATHAWAY
I was kinda torn between upping this or Ectasy by Ohio Players. I finally decided on this joint taken from the "Extensions Of A Man" lp because I just love faultless vocals. One can only imagine what would drive such a talented artist to take his own life at the upswing of his career. Regardless his memory and music still live on to this day.
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=5GZIQ4W8

ONE GIANT STEP FOR MANKIND

NEIL ARMSTRONG is a dj with the 5th Platoon, a group of turntablist from the NYC consisting of Daddy Dog, Kuttin Kandi, Vinroc, Do Boy, Roli Rho and I.Emerge. The Platoon has been around since the mid 90's where they started off as battle dj's. Since then they'd moved on to more showcase type dj's, who aside from rockin' shows have put out some quality material in the form of mixed CD's. More notably is the work of Neil Armstrong whose craftsmanship is bar none. With that said i'm a little embarrassed to admit that unitl around a year ago I was totally unaware of the CD's he has put out. So in keeping with the whole Valentine's theme I have decided to up these two from his All Out King series. The beats, vocals as well as movie snippets all combine to tell one cohesive story.

BITTERSWEET

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=V50EQYRB

WARMFUZZY

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=YE53ALMH