Beautiful Swimmers - O Yea...Music Video!

Beautiful Swimmers - O Yea
Video by Aurora Halal & Ashiq Khonder

Big ups to all of the Philly friends who made it out this past Saturday to see DC's Beautiful Swimmers in action at Kung Fu Necktie. It's always nice to see what a different crew from a different region likes to pack. Lots of weird beard disco, forgotten proto-house relics, TRAXX anthems, and a touch of booty bass. If you were there, you know what I mean.

The real treat for me was hearing their original material, just released to 12" on Max D's label, Future Times. Think deep drum machines chugging along in a stoned discotheque of future's past, drenched in all types of SLEAZE (e.g. reverberated saxophones). In a beautiful dance floor moment, Shawn Ryan turned to me and exclaimed, "Wait...this is one of THEIRS?" and proceeded to storm the booth.

I'm not going to rip the 12" because all you bamas should buy a copy.

Strings

New Video from two of your favorite DBJers! Stainless Steele and DJ Image...check out the video for "Strings (live at the Chameleon Club)"

Strings by Stainless Steele & DJ Image from ananumuss productions on Vimeo

www.myspace.com/steeleandimage

Hey Baltimore...

I'm gonna be all up in you this Thursday! Like the flyer says, disco, post-punk and more. Apparently the place has good friend chicken too!

And now here are some completely unrelated mp3s...


I just found this track in my collection today and it's the jam.

Dave "Baby" Cortez - Summertime | Zshare | YSI | 320 kbps


Fans of rap music take note, DJ Cable just posted a nice blend of Missy Elliott and Souls of Mischief.

WTF is This?

OK, just gripped up THIS record and ripped this nice little tropical house jam and accapella. However, it's unattributed and I can't find any solid info on what it might be. Based on the drum patterning and general sound my guess would be DJ Gregory or maybe DJ Spen but based on what I've found on the interwebs, I can't call it. I get the feeling the name of the track is incorrect because my high school French training tells me that the grammar is incorrect.

anyways, here's the track and the accapella in exchange for a little help folks -

???? - Tour D'Amour + Acc
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Anybody know?

Nasteeeeee...

I don't have a good rip of this but thought this was such a good DBJ vibe, I'll work on posting it for download...lazy post.

Hot Date

Quality 80s funk/soul jam from hyper-talented West Philly Music School grad Billy Paul, best known for his early 70s hit Me And Mrs. Jones. This is the only uptempo cut from Paul's first album after the end of his relationship with Philly International Records- this is from Total Experience.

Sorry about the dirty-sounding record.

Billy Paul - Hot Date
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Holler at Billy Paul's myspace while you're at it!

All Night Long

The OG is a certified classic. The instrumental was actually released as the b-side to their following single, "Boys," which I just scored from Beautiful World's dollar bin today. As icing on the cake, I've included a rare Danger Mouse blend Ed Blammo put me on to at Tequila Sunrise last summer. Version away selectah brothas...

Mary Jane Girls - All Night Long
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Mary Jane Girls - All Night Long (Instrumental)
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Erick Sermon - Music (Danger Mouse Mix) with Marvin Gaye
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ps - Rick James produced this. OHY!

PSK

Man it feels good to be back in West Philly - home of the world's first gangsta rap song.

Schooly D - PSK (What Does It Mean)
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(If you want a rip of Gucci Time, you're gonna have to go dig that shit up)

March Metropolis Pics

Yet another total rager. Sorry the Philadelphyinz had to miss it!













Photos by the homegirl Alison Shildt.

Holy Ghost

This 12" is amazing - 2 sides of pure fire.

Bar-Kays - Holy Ghost | Zshare | YSI | 320 kbps

Bar-Kays - Monster | Zshare | YSI | 320 kbps

Flaco Ritmo

I'm not positive, but I think this translates to "skinny rhythm." Great Chicago-style house with some light acid touches.


Ralphi Rosario - Flaco Ritmo (Long Mix) | Divshare | YSI | 320 kbps

Strictly for the Beardos: Nacht Und Nebel - Ready To Dance (DARKLORD Dub)

Do you wanna, do you wanna, do you wanna know,
What I'm gonna, what I'm gonna do?
I'm ready for dubbing, I'm ready to dub

I've been sitting on this track for a few years, unsure what to do with it. No disrespect meant to the late Patrick Nebel, but the vocals aren't exactly floor-filler material. The break at the end, however, is an absolute MONSTER and demands to be heard. So, with the help of Shawn Ryan, I assembled instrumental moments of this obscure Belgian post-punk/dance tune and created a dark and drippy dub.

Heavy Bongos & Monster Rhythms @ 94 BPM

Nacht Und Nebel - Ready To Dance (DARKLORD Dub)
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Philadelphyinz at SXSW - Come Together

Philadelphyinz fam is getting ready to journey to the Lone Star State for SXSW - nationwide Philadelphyinz fam that is.

THURSDAY, MARCH 19th



This is our showcase, which we're putting on with Detroit's Frankie Bank$. We're featuring some of our favorite collaborators from across the country including:

Repping Philly

DJ Sega (Brick Bandits / Mad Decent / Ol Head)
Dirty South Joe (Brick Bandits / Mad Decent / Ol Head)
DJ Apt One (Philadelphyinz / RCMP)

Repping NYC

Sammy Bananas (Fools Gold)
Cousin Cole (Flagrant Fowl)
Skinny Friedman (Philadelphyinz)

Repping Detroit

DJ Graffiti (A Side)
Frankie Bank$ (Levagood)

Hosted by iCON the Mic King (Philly)

Then on Saturday we're at the Okay Player and Frank 151 showcase



Here's a sweet disco jam that is right on the one with how I'm feeling right now.

Rocket - Come Together | Zshare | YSI | 320 kbps

Tonight - Philadelphyinz f. Edgar Um

Hey Dollar Bin Jammers, if you're in Philly tonight, you won't want to miss Edgar Um's surefire set at Philadelphyinz. Bangers and rarities galore! The man does an all-vinyl night called ItaloDiscoBoogie and moved to Pittsburgh so he could be near Jerry's records. What's not to love?

So get ye to Medusa Lounge - 21st and Chestnut!

TO ALL OF MY DJ FRIENDS...

DOWNLOAD THIS TRACK. LOVE THIS TRACK. PLAY THIS TRACK.

Big shout out to Beat Electric for the hook-up. Smashing work guys!

Zalmac - What's In It For Me (Cut And Paste)
Download at Beat Electric

Tourette's Syndrome

An incurable psychiatric disorder!!! Our insurance doesn't cover it!!!

Pulsallama - The Devil Lives In My Husband's Body
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Sinnamon - Thanks To You

Hello?

Yeah, it's me.

What's up?

Just calling to let you know I won't be needing your loving services any longer.

Oh really?

Yeah. Just figured I'd clue you in on a few things.

Sinnamon - Thanks To You | Zshare | YSI | 320 kbps

Nas is Dead

Aiight this is my last Nas post unless this sparks something that calls for a continuation, hence Nas is Dead. "Take it in Blood" is my shit and i love to be able to say i can recite all three verses word for word from the original song. Recently I've stumbled upon part 2. Nas f%#$ing kills part 2 but I cannot find any version except this mixtape cut with the DJ hollerin all over it. However I did try to polish up the levels and some clean compression. This should be the best version of Part 2 on the net. RIP Stainless Steele's Nas Series...maybe.

Nas - Take it in Blood Pt 2
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Nas - Take it in Blood
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Nas + Premier = Some of my Favorite ishhh

This is basically a reply to my last post with the "Nas is Like" video I figured I should post something you all can download and enjoy, another Nas and Premier banger definitely the best cuts from I AM.

Nas - NY State of Mind Pt 2
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"sooner or later we'll all see who the prophet is"

I bugged the first time I saw this video, I was faded...

All I Can Tell You Is This...

I'm making a track right now with the dude who played bass on this:

The Parliaments - (I Wanna) Testify
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Plus other P-Funk members. The track we're doing uses tapes of a lost analog 4-track jam session from back in the day. I've basically been peeing my pants about this news for about 48 hours.

The "Ones" According to Nas Pt II

This shit is butter and never came out, maybe a couple white label 12" versions...

Nas and Large Professor - One Plus One
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TV On The Radio remix

Been sittin on this one. New bassline. I made a version that kept more of the vocals in but it didn't really sound right.

You may remember Snoop's red dress cognac bottle from his appearance on Martha Stewart Living. FTW, of course.

TV On The Radio - Red Dress (Skinny Friedman remix)
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