i just got done listening to colbert’s i am america and its pretty damn funny, not surprisingly. it was awesome hearing him talk all sexy and shit about how the ladies like nothing better than a “big sack” but actually referring to “something a cartoon bandit would carry out of a bank.” the entire sex and upbringing/sports chapters were, at times, tear inducing funny. the only chapter that was kind of a bore was that on religion, but thats my own hang up cause i typically find any discussion on religion to be rather pointless. even colbert couldn’t breathe life into the tired and boring arguments. definitely recommended.
anyone going to band of horses at the park tavern on sunday and/or the echo festival? i will not be attending the echo but will be in attendance, sans wife, at the horses show. so, if you seem some guy, most likely with a white sox hat on, stop on over and say hello or go fuck yourself. its all the same to me.
i think the first swear i ever heard in a song was run dmc’s “peter piper” off raising hell. i was in junior high. so you could imagine how elated and giddy i was when i heard such profanity coming through my cheap boombox speakers. it was the greatest thing i have ever heard in my life, at the time. i didnt know shit, of course, cause all i cared about was showing off to my friends that i had a tape that the guys said shit, dick, fuck, etc. yeah, they were impressed but thats not the point. little did i know i was listening to one of the best hip hop records ever created. to this day it stands as such.
here they are playing at the apollo in 1985. its an fm broadcast so you will hear some pretty funny dj inter and outerludes. thanks to the guy on dime for unearthing this gem.
3. my adidas
4. rock box
8. hollis crew
10. raising hell
11. hit it run
12. peter piper
13. king of rock
i think i was in 4th or 5th grade the 1st time i heard someone curse on record. it was probably the same record! that or eddie murphy’s raw.
to this day i dont think i have ever listened to or seen raw. even though i hear its hilarious. i figure its way too far in the game to even bother now.
your site is the best. the concerts you post are second to none.
rap, all rap i’ve ever heard, though, is sorry and tired and repetitive, monotonous, empty, devoid of anything original. hollow bellowing from insecurity (non)complexes…
like they used to say, “there’s a reason they call it “dope.” there’s an equal reason they call it (c)rap…
firstly thanks, 555-5555. i appreciate the kid words.
secondly, i would have to agree with you regarding 98 percent of the rap out there, but of course there are exceptions. in fact, when a rap record is good its typically really fuckin great. i couldnt recommend to you enough the likes of early public enemy, boogie down productions, del the funkee homosapian, aesop rock, el-p, or actually the entire def jux label, a tribe called quest, de la soul, and bands of the like. shit, even the first two or three cool j records were awesome.
the same could be said about rock too. you really have to dig below the surface, or left of the dial as westerberg would say, to find anything worthwhile. i say give at least it takes a nation of millions or fear of a black planet - both public enemy records - a try and get back to me. or something more recent, check out aesop rocks’ new record none shall pass - its definitely one of my favorites of the year.
fantastic man, hearing these guys live is amazing i wish i was around when these guys were at the top of their game.
well done for finding these they really are awsome.
cool, man gald you dig it.