SUNNY SIDE OF THE STREET: JAD FAIR AND KRAMER

http://www.4shared.com/mp3/jLLYTeT0/Sunny_Side_of_the_Street.html

Remember Half Japanese? Remember Bongwater? This is how music sounded before computers. Creative people that weren't very good at playing real instruments sounded like this.....nobody danced but we still had a great time.

DUCKTAPE AND ROPE: A BMORE CLUB MINI MIXTAPE by DJ Plan

http://www.4shared.com/mp3/F92unspn/dj_plan_ducktape_and_rope_bmor.html 

I don't know when I did this but obviously I did.....I don't think its on my podomatic or soundcloud pages so here it is.....hard as hell. Good for when you're on viagra and crack but not quite ready for that cardiac episode yet.....who's on here?  Shucks. I don't know exactly. Some of the biggies.....legends of Baltimore Club: Scotty B, Rod Lee, Johnny Blaze, KW Griff, DJ Class,as well as Emynd, Sliiiink and Jon Kwest.....prolly someone else. I could figure out if you really wanna know.

DEGENERATE PLANET RE-UPS: BACK FROM THE PAD BY Kool Keith

http://www.4shared.com/mp3/5M5tEeFX/Back_From_The_Pad.html

Thought I'd bring this one back. Keith still my favourite rapper, even if he's not putting out anything that interesting lately....

DEGENERATE PLANET RE-UPS: FREEKITONIA (V.Smoove & Serge Sniper Remix)

Freekitonia at 4 shared

This is a good one. Reggaeton is gonna make a comeback this summer cause  we are all tired of that twerky moombahton high pitched noise but we need something slow to get laid to.....Serge Sniper mentioned you can get all their stuff at www.clubbangaz.com/mp3 so show some support people.

DEGENERATE PLANET RE-UPS: IF Y'ALL DON'T GIVE A FUCK by Crooklyn Clan

http://www.4shared.com/mp3/2iUCIETs/If_Yall_dont_give_a_Fuck.html

Another super popular track on Degenerate planet, and I live to give the people what they want. But make sure to support the Crooklyn Clan family. They have tons of new stuff all the time. http://www.crooklynclan.net/

DEGENERATE PLANET RE-UPS: SHAKE DAT ASS by Mister Cee

http://www.4shared.com/mp3/6ltvpP79/Shake_Dat_Ass_Girl.html

I'm gonna put the most popular tracks on 4 shared since mediafire went squirrely.  This was definitely one of the most downloaded and for me, an essential dancefloor killer....even if Hot 97 DJ Mister Cee was arrested while getting blown by a dude, he still has my support.....for christ sakes, he was Big Daddy Kanes DJ.

Whoa, I wonder if the dude that blew him was Kane.....I just threw up in my mouth a little.

BOOK OF THE MONTH: GUN, WITH OCCASIONAL MUSIC by Jonathan Lethem

I was gonna talk about Lethems new book: The Ecstasy of Influence but I got half way through before the library took it back, and frankly, unless you're a hardcore fan, the essays and short blurbs might be a bit heady.....
Not having the new book, I decided to re-read an old one: GUN, WITH OCCASIONAL MUSIC.This is Lethems first published novel (which is being made into a movie!). It's so fun. It's a hardboiled detective novel (in the voice of Raymond Chandler) in a distopian science fiction world. Animals have been genetically engineered into a more evolved state and act as servants and lower level employees, babies growth is rapidly sped up so that they are independant in the first year( which leads to them being drunks and cynics). Pretty much everyone has their own personalized state sponsored drug blend for snorting. All media has become non-linear, TV is more like the itunes visualizer and the news is expressed with a soundtrack rather than words. But the best thing about the book is the protaganist, Conrad Metcalf, a classic private dick. Just like Marlowe or Sam Spade. His metaphors and descriptions are hilarious,
“Some people have things written all over their faces; the big guy had a couple of words misspelled in crayon on his.”
Reading this I was reminded how much I love most of Lethems work and how broad his styles are, I recommend almost anything he's written, especially Fortressof Solitude, Girl in Landscape and Chronic City......