DJ FingerSmith

DJ FingerSmith - HyperStyle

This routine is a few years old, but I finally got a camera etup and screen recorder I like, and managed to get it practiced up enough for some good takes. 

The Pretty Lights / Jay-Z remix in the middle is the highlight i think- and I am going to post a clip of just that routine soon. 

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#SongoftheDay #28 - @FreddieGibbs and @Madlib 'Scarface'

The Piñata tape from genius producer Madlib and criminally underrated MC Freddie Gibbs is outstanding, as everyone expected. 

The one disappointment I had is with the opening song, 'Scarface'. It's too short!! I love Madlib's style of short strong songs and creative interludes- copied by many in the years since Madvillain. But this instrumental is so goddamn sweet I want at least 2 more verses. In fact, I want an 8 minute posse cut on this jam.

True to form Gangsta Gibbs is funky and oh so hard simultaneously. He does't waste a bar for basically the entire album. And the rest of the instrumentals…pure butter. On permeant rotation. 

I'm internetting hard today. Got a big time update rendering right now. Something I'm proud of. 

#Songoftheday #27 Armand Hammer - No Roses

I'm back… no apologies.

This album is on heavy rotation at my place and on my headphones. An aggressive but smooth, warm but prickly effort by this NYC super-duo, 'Race Music' rewards multiple listens musically and lyrically. 

No Roses might be my favorite track on the record, largely based on the unbelievably soulful sample. After the intro, you might want/expect it to turn into a Just Blaze banger, but by the end of the first verse this track has paid-off big time. Turn them shits up!

As New York’s police force pulls back from stop-and-frisk tactics, it is pursuing deeper investigations against neighborhood gangs and finding clues in the rap videos they produce.

#SongoftheDay #26 #Mapei - Don't Wait

First song in a long time I've been happy to have stuck in my head. 

2013 Best Of's on the way. 

#SongoftheDay #25 Ring the Alarm by Tenor Saw

Alarm discovered and eradicated. Sweet relief.