On the way from the Town to the City

I was in the City today (City is Bay talk for San Francisco, the Town is Bay talk for Oakland ;) and was coming out of the BART train station there on Powell street, when I heard this cat singing a song on a guitar that sounded familiar, it wasn't until I paid my fare that I realized he was singing a guitar acoustic version of Cali Swag's "Teach Me How to Dougie". I can't front I'm not a fan of the radio/video version, not on some ol hip-hop puritan $hit, but just aint feelin it in a "let me hear the next release you got, cuz this one aint doin it for me" kinda thing...In any event I heard this dude rocking the acoustic version of the song, and it sounded kind of dope. So I dubbed a clip to share with ya'll, and promised to pass the clip along for (an)other(s). Dig it...

sOuL in Bolivia...more to come.

Oakland/The Town/Snapshot pieces

Abacush the dilema: to download or support the obscure reggae dubness...

As an artist you sometimes find the funkiest and most unexpected inspiration from the most random of places. Yesterday I was listening to WeFunk radio episode 620 and tripped on a track they played by some group called Abacush, whose song was of the same title. It's a dope reggae song that turned dub at the end, like so many reggae cuts do, but this one sparked my interest for some reason. Perhaps it was the Cush reference or the obscurity of the group that got me, or the the mighty dubbness of it all towards the end (me and the dub/reggae have a close relationship on a feelin' heart and soul thing) plus the song was dropped in the most obtuse and comfortable of places, after a horace andy cut and before a pharrell from the neptunes/n.e.r.d one - talk about a diverse mix of music....anywho, as I digress I found it to be a bad ass reggae track and wanted to be able to listen to it on the go in the ride, the headphones and what not, so I was at a dilemma: do i dub it right off of the WeFunk site and risk being taken to court by the record industry like that poor lady in Minnesota who had to pay 1.5 million for downloading 24 songs, or do I support the artist by looking for them on amazon or itunes etc and pay the .99cents for the mp3?? I decided to look them up on the web to buy their song thinking they were an obscure group and deserved the dap and support. When I did I found nothing to download, nothing! Site after site, didn't offer anything to purchase but I was able to gather from blogs and youtube that the group was an all female group that did their thing in the 80's, but as far as download?? Nada! Nothing but this YouTube clip. So I'm dubbin it and sharing it with ya'll. If anyone comes across a site selling their stuff please do share! In the mean time, enjoy and lets all celebrate great music!