Sample Origins #62

Booker T. & the MGs provided the backbone for Gravediggaz "1-800-Suicide"

Then speed it up and loop it. 

Random Goodness #4

 Here's a little roundup of some lesserknown things you might like:

• The new single by Jean Grae "Me & U & EveryoneWeKnow" popped up on RapRadar today, and it's worth a listen. Production by M-Phazes is expansive and thoroughly jazzed. It takes a minute for her to actually come in because the instrumental just builds. Real music. No word on whether the title is a reference to the Miranda July film of the same name.
• Ever thought the awesomest thing the universe could offer was to see Booker T. & the MGs in a little club in Paris in 1968? You might be right. Aquarium Drunkard found this video as proof. The band just tears it up.
• Drink a lot of coffee? Good has an article explaining why your morning kickstart is about to get more expensive.
• The Iowa Caucuses are tonight. While the mainstream media drools over the political bloodshed, few have actually gone about explaining what the caucuses are (and why their different from other states' primaries). The War On Stupid links to a flowchart that helps explain.

Covers Week #5

Today's installment is a doozy - an epic, slow-building film theme as translated by the Memphis legends Booker T. & the MGs. Their take on the theme from the 1968 Clint Eastwood vehicle (directed by Ted Post) "Hang 'Em High."



Now that we're five days into this little experiment, I just want to let you know that the cover theme is a bit of double entendre. Not only was it something I've been thinking about for awhile, but I've been on vacation for the last few days, making a conscious effort to be unplugged from the computer for a while, and so the covers have been covering for me...