the pic says it all shawty...

"Eargasms 6"

"Eargasms 6"

"Eargasms 6"

and yeah, catch me going back and forth between here and bobloisland.blogspot.com

fin...

what a week this should be...

just got out of the brainasium, had a pretty cool session today. i laid down another Eargasms joint (which will be number 6) and lemme tell ya...

in addition to some timeless hiphop classics, i got really creative with the blending on this joint. records that i've always wanted to hear in a different context got my "blender" treatment and they came out of it just fine. for the most part, i kept it recognizable since i know that my 90's joint that i did a couple weeks back might've gone over a few heads. understand though, that wasn't intended to be a "best of" type of mix. just some of my personal faves that i always rocked with and i figured if Just Blaze could do one, why can't i?

anyway, so yeah i have two more joints dropping this week. Eargasms 6 and a collaboration mixtape with my favorite blog site (TSS is MAJOR!!!) based on the music and influence of one of hiphop's all-time greatest groups. the mix was done damn near a month ago but i've been sworn to maintain an air of mystery around it until it drops this week (FINALLY, lol). if you need some type of hint, the group has been in the game for 20 years, and it was a task trying to put all of their classics and dope ass album cuts & select soundtrack singles into 79 minutes and 30 seconds. i was up to the challenge though, and i believe that this mix can create new fans of the group, as well as make longtime fans be like "dayummmmmm!!"

that is all for now, gotta head to Cali this week for some equipment maintenance and shows later this week. maybe i'll finally get some Madden time in...

i'm aware that links to a couple of older Eargasms volumes (3 & 4) are dead so i'll be re-upping those shortly.

and Fubu, i heard u loud & clear buddy. the process has been more difficult than you'll ever know shawty. hit me up on the celly and we'll rap...

one last note. i have another blogspot page.

bobloisland.blogspot.com

bobloisland.blogspot.com


you ask why? hit it and find out...

my new single, "Headlights! (adjust them beams)"

i found the intro to this joint a few weeks back while doin' a little diggin and the shit was so hilarious to me that i just had to use it for something. so last Friday night, Apple Jac and I were having a impromptu turntable session and i started cutting the "adjust them beams" phrase and we just kept crackin the fuck up. next thing you know, the MPC was turned on and the result of that is what you now hear.


"Headlights! (Adjust Them Beams)" by The Sheckniculous Scissors Orchestra (Jaycee & Apple Jac)


side note: chick in photo is random, but i sho' would adjust them beams, lol...

Sky High: The Mizell Edition (aka the "Swingtown" edition, lol)

one thing that i will give my father the utmost credit for is very good musical sensibility. in addition to the regular rock & soul most kids gravitate towards, he exposed my young impressionable ears to the sounds of artists like Donald Byrd, Bobbi Humphrey, Hubert Laws, Hugh Masekela, Yusef Lateef, Fela Kuti, and Sadao Watanabe among many others. there was a lotta vinyl around the crib at all times and i used to sit for hours in my room intently reading liner notes, inquisitive about who played what instrument and who produced what. which leads me to mention the 2 guys in the above pic.

Larry & Fonce Mizell.

you're scratching your head "who???" here's their Wikipedia entry (under Mizell Brothers)

The Mizell Brothers were a highly influential production team in the 1970s, consisting of Larry and Alphonzo Mizell.[1]
In the early seventies Larry and Fonce Mizell moved to California to start their own company Sky High Productions. They went on to produce albums for Blue Note with Donald Byrd, Bobbi Humphrey, and Johnny "Hammond" Smith that set the tone for fusion and the era.

The Mizell Brothers often used the same musicians on their albums, including Harvey Mason on drums, Melvin 'Wah Wah' Ragin on guitar, Chuck Rainey on bass and Jerry Peters on piano. Freddy Perren and Chuck Davis were often involved as co-writers or co-producers. Later hits of Sky High Productions include LTD's 'Love Ballad' and A Taste Of Honey's roller-rink anthem 'Boogie, Oogie, Oogie'. Younger brother Rodney Mizell also co-wrote some of their songs.

During the seventies the Mizell Brothers wrote and produced albums by Donald Byrd, Bobbi Humphrey, Johnny Hammond Smith, Gary Bartz, LTD ("Love Ballad"), Rance Allen and Roger Glenn. Most albums featured the same musicians, including Harvey Mason, Sr. on drums, Chuck Rainey or James Jamerson on bass, Melvin "Wah Wah Watson" Ragin on guitar, Jerry Peters on piano and Stephanie Spruill on percussion. At the end of the seventies, the Mizell Brothers discovered A Taste of Honey and produced their first two albums, including the hit single "Boogie Oogie Oogie".

In the 1980s, the Mizell brothers retired from the record industry.

now...

the reason for this post is because after all these years of digging pretty much everything these 2 guys have ever laid down in the studio, i finally decided to make a mix of my favorites. Apple Jac had been getting on me for years to do an all Donald Byrd joint, but the Mizell production touch wasn't exclusive to just him so i included other artists as well.

the mix is basically 70's funk/fusion/Sample Clearance/Jaycee, that's the best way i can explain it and i hope you enjoy. a lotta this stuff should be very recognizable, and if not the music is so good you'll just rock with it anyway.

there are a couple glitches in the matrix, but that kinda adds to the appeal i think. normally i'd scrap it and start from scratch but fuck it, lol...

one more thing: no "Ultimate Breaks & Beats" were used or harmed in the making of this mix...

"Sky High: The Mizell Edition" (rapidshare)

"Sky High: The Mizell Edition" (divshare)


"Sky High: The Mizell Edition" (zshare)


"Sky High: The Mizell Edition" (megaupload)

perfect "mood" music: Kissin' In The Crates Vol.1 thru 4, get em' NOW!!!

before "Babies Making Babies", there was "Kissin' In The Crates", a 4 volume set of soulful gems compiled by my homeskillet Apple Jac. these compilations were recorded between 2001 & 2002 and for those of you who may be like "where have i heard the name Apple Jac before?", i posted a dope mix of his entitled "Obscurely Familiar" around these parts earlier this year.

some of these joints may be familiar to us because they've been sampled by some of our faves recently, and some haven't but all and all, this is good quality music that we can all get down with point blank period.

Volume 1

Volume 2

Volume 3

Volume 4

Director's Cut

(the director's cut contains songs that didn't make the transfer from the original 90min cassette version to 74 minute cd's.)


enjoy, and give the homie a holla at myspace.com/applejac, let him know what you think.

and FYI, that's not a shot at the homie ?uestlove and his "Babies Making Babies" series on BBE. just tryin to help spread some more really good "mood" music around, that's all...

peace...

not for everybody...

we all have things that only we laugh at and others look at us like "wtf?" cause i'll admit, sometimes i'm amused by the most inane shit. allow me to share a few things that instantly crack me the FUCK up.

more Eva pics...

man listen...

about fuckin' time...

now i guess this means that i can go ahead and ahem, do a mixtape with Tip now eh?

(smh) riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight...

anyway, Ludacris feat. TI "Wish You Would" produced by DJ Toomp, from the upcoming "Theater Of The Mind" album dropping on October 21st...

Dirty: http://www.zshare.net/audio/1668622172bfdf93/

Dirty: http://www.mediafire.com/?kadn0bryawj

Clean: http://www.zshare.net/audio/166860741026bd8b/

Clean: http://www.mediafire.com/?rmwbgls5wg0

Eva!!! in black & white...

been digging her since meeting at the 2Fast 2Furious premiere years back. absolutely gorgeous, she could get it 50 ways til' Sunday haha...

on the real...

how do i feel about this?

not quite sure.

on the one hand, hearing a muhfucka randomly say (insert name here) "gives head!!!" is kinda hilarious as all get out.

but then having a muhfucka just as randomly blurt out "NIGGER!!" upon seeing any black person is equal parts disturbing as well as potentially dangerous because if said around the WRONG niggro, all types of wrongness could happen.

speak on it...

"fuck a title, it's DOPE!!!" (that's all that matters)

this mix features some of my favorite 90's joints by Diamond, De La Soul, EPMD, Onyx, The Beatnuts, King Sun, Pete Rock & CL Smooth, X-Clan, Grand Daddy I.U., Low Profile, Da King & I, Ice Cube, Ultramagnetic, A Tribe Called Quest, Grand Puba, Showtime, Redman, and many many more. peep the tracklisting...

sike!!! u know better than that, get your listening skills up...

"Fuck A Title, it's DOPE!!! (that's all that matters) link 1 (rapidshare)

"Fuck A Title, it's DOPE!!! (that's all that matters) link 2 (sendspace)

"Fuck A Title, it's DOPE!!! (that's all that matters) link 3 (zshare)

"Fuck A Title, it's DOPE!!! (that's all that matters) link 4 (divshare)

2 new mixtapes coming by week's end...

1. untitled as of yet and with about 12 minutes to complete on it, this is basically a foray into some of my favorite 90's hiphop joints. it isn't the "definitive BEST of the 90's" type of mix, but if you're a hiphop head as i am, you'll definitely be familiar with the joints i'm using. the intro may throw you for a loop for a sec because i'm using "Public Service Announcement" in the intro, but as it progresses it makes total sense. you'll see what i mean as you listen. if you don't hear one of YOUR faves on the first installment, don't fret. there will definitely be more volumes to come...

2. a collaboration mixtape with my favorite blog site based on the music and influence of one of hiphop's all-time greatest groups. the mix was done 2 weeks ago but i've been sworn to maintain an air of mystery around it until it drops this weekend. if you need some type of hint, the group has been in the game for 20 years, and it was a task trying to put all of their classics and dope ass album cuts & select soundtrack singles into 79 minutes and 30 seconds. i was up to the challenge though, and i believe that this mix can create new fans of the group, as well as make longtime fans be like "dayummmmmm!!"

that is all for now, back to the brainasium i go...

my current most hottest song in the whole world ever this week...

is "How We Rock" by Termanology feat. Bun B produced by the one and only DJ Premier.

first off, Term's verses are pretty cool but GODDAMMIT Bun B WENT IN!!! he sounds like he's been working with Primo for years but this is the first time the Texas natives have ever worked together. here's hoping that they do more shit in the future.

see how good he sounds over production that he isn't normally accustomed to??? it's because he's willing to try something different and challenge himself as an MC, something that i've been trying (ahem...ahem) to tell someone that i work with for the past few years with no luck. not about to try and beat niggaz in the head with shit they should already know...

and last but certainly not least, you gotta give super props to the man on the MPC cause this beat is HARD AS FUCK!!! to quote myself from an interview i did earlier this year "how do Jay and Nas shit on Premier beats and then turn around and accept Swizz Beats?" like i understand the need to have a variety of tracks on an album but there should be a LAW stating that any rapper with any type of worthwhile lyrical dexterity should have a Premier track on their album.

imagine Ludacris spitting some ill shit on one of these type joints...

yeah exactly. in the meantime, check out my current most hottest song in the whole world ever this week...

Termanology featuring Bun B "How We Rock" produced by DJ Premier