week 23: somethin different...

ok it seems like since i started putting music on the site, i've been leaning more towards hip-hop/r&b/jazz influenced sounds. but i know a lot of people, including me, are into a lot more than just those genres. i dont even agree with genres, i just say listen to everything that sounds ill. so this week i'm gonna put up some "rock" (i guess if u want to categorize it). most of it's pretty mellow, but its damn nice music, really chill..

also i found a new server to host the files so i'm gonna test it out and see how it goes, instead of using rapidshare. for these new links just right-click the "download it" link and goto "Save Target As" or "Save Link As", a LOT easier than before.

alrite enjoy this week's music.


OutKast - You May Die (Intro)
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this is the opening track off of OutKast's "ATLiens" album. so mellow, i've been searching for the original sample all day but I can't figure out what it is. someone help me with that, i'll give you a dollar (yea i'm ballin). anyways this track was produced by Organized Noize and has Joi Gilliam singing in this near-hypnotic tone, with an amazing soft instrumental in the background. i NEED to know what was sampled for this song, it was sampled on a couple other songs too like "The City" by Young Buck and a remix of "December 4th" by Jay-Z. definitely a must-download although it's a pretty short track. "you can be sure, some go low to get high, you may hurt til you cry, you may die, keep on tryin, til it's summer in the city, til it's summer in the city..."


The Eagles - Hotel California (Acoustic Live)
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this is a classic. if you don't have this then add it to your collection right now. dirty dirty dirty guitars. that all i have to say. if you don't know this song, or even THIS version of the song, you've been deprived. just download it. "welcome to the hotel california, such a lovely place, such a lovely face..."


Red Hot Chili Peppers - Strip My Mind
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ok so i just got a copy of the new Red Hot Chili Peppers album called "Stadium Arcadium" and i've been listening to it all day, trust me this cd is amazing. it's vintage Chili Peppers for sure, really really good songs on this album that i had to put 2 of them in today's update. this song is really chill and the guitar solo that starts at 3:49 is so crazy. there's so much to be heard in this and all of their songs in terms of lyrics and music. "please dont strip my mind, leave something behind..."


Sixto Rodriguez - Sugar Man
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in last week's update i put up a track by Nas called "You're The Man". that track was produced by Large Professor who sampled this song by Sixto Rodriguez off his 1969 album "Cold Fact". he flipped the vocal saying "sugar man.." into "you're the man" for the Nas song. the original is really dope too though, a psychedelic folk song about drug dealers (yea it aint just rappers that talk about drugs). "sugar man, wont you hurry, coz im tired of these scenes, for a blue coin, wont you bring back, all those colours to my dreams..."


Red Hot Chili Peppers - Desecration Smile
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another track off of the new "Stadium Arcadium" album. classic vibe, really really interesting lyrics in this track, and the instrumentals are nice too, but what i really like is the range in vocals throughout the track, providing contrasts and emphasizing certain phrases in the verses and hooks. definitely grab this track too. "disintegrated by the rising sun, i'm rolling back into oblivion, and I'd like to think that I'm your number one, but i (roll back into oblivion)..."


Incubus - Southern Girl
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this track is really really dope, off the "A Crow Left To The Murder" album. gotta thank the person who gave me this song, coz i listen to it once in a while just to vibe out and relax. really amazing guitar solo at 1:19, i even had that solo as a ringtone haha. but yea, the lyrics are amazing on this track too. hope everyone likes it, this is a must have too. "you're an exception to the rule, you're a bonafide rarity, you're all i ever wanted, southern girl, could you want me..."