Disco Volante - One For All

MP3: Disco Volante - All For One (Right-Click-Save-As)

Ok true hip-hop fans, because you demanded it, here is old school mix number two, featuring Brand Nubian!

In the early '90's, MC's Grand Puba Maxwell, Lord Jamar, Derek (Sadat) X and DJ Alamo were New Rochele New York's finest hip-hop crew, Brand Nubian, known for their deep jazz samples and rhymes infused with the philosophies of the Five Percent Nation of Islam. I have to say, when I was in high shool and picked up their debut album, One For All, it was a revelation, and remains to this day one of my all time favorite rap albums. All For One is the first track off that record and the first on this week's playlist. Enjoy!

Oh, and check out Roxanne Shante's 'Live On Stage' at the end, remember that one? I had to look all over for it! For some reason, it's one of my favorites. Peace!

1. Brand Nubian - All For One (Explicit LP Version) (4:54)2. Diamond D - Sally Got A One Track Mind (3:43)3. Black Sheep - Flavor Of The Month (4:19)4. Leaders of the New School - Sobb Story (4:39)5. Das EFX - Jussumen (Pete Rock Remix) (4:45)6. Main Source - Live at the Barbecue feat. Nas, Fatal & Akinyele (4:34)7. Pete Rock & CL Smooth - The Creator (Slide To The Side Rmx) (3:42)8. Chubb Rock & Howie Tee - Caught Up [Remix] (6:14)9. De La Soul - Buddy-Remix feat. A Tribe Called Quest-Jungle Brothers-Queen Latifah-Monie Love (7:14)10. Tuff Crew - My Part of Town (4:34)11. Afrika Bambaata - Looking For The Perfect Beat (6:51)12. Roxanne Shante - Live On Stage (Original Mix) (3:56)

Disco Volante - Mudra

Greetings True Believers, this week's playlist is very much a trip down memory lane, most of the music being stuff I was listening to back in the '90's, with a few exceptions. And who better to head such a list than one of our absolute favorites, those Gallic titans of indie-rock, the nearly perpetual Stereolab.

Though currently on "hiatus," the Groop, as they are affectionately known by rabid fans, remain our personal superheroes around here. After almost twenty years of live performance, touring, fourteen stuido albums, and endless b-sides, compilations and rarities, I can't think of a band more fearlessly experimental, effortlessly brilliant or more deserving of a vacation. Let's hope they enjoy the time off and get back to work quick.

The baffling Mudra is exceptionally weird, even for them, and comes from the cute-as-a-button and totally awesome Dimension Mix compilation from 2005.

Enjoy!

MP3: Disco Volante - Mudra (Right-Click-Save-As)

1. Stereolab - Mudra (6:44) 2. Yoko Ono - O'oh (1:31) 3. Yo La Tengo - Moby Octopad (5:47) 4. The Silver Jews - Smith & Jones Forever (3:18) 5. Lush - De-Luxe (3:31) 6. Vivian Girls - Where Do You Run To? (3:14) 7. Pavement - Shoot The Singer (1 Sick Verse) (3:15) 8. Swervedriver - Rave Down (5:06) 9. Cornelius - New Music Machine (3:52) 10. Cornershop - Free Love (5:37) 11. De La Soul - Long Island Degrees (3:29) 12. Wu-Tang Clan - Tearz (4:17) 13. Talking Heads - Sax and Violins (5:18) 14. Harry Nilsson - Put the Lime in the Coconut (3:51)