An Eargasmic Triad

Hold it up high.

Nothin Fake / The Ultimate [Feat. Del the Funkee Homosapien & Pep Love]
A Plus
My Last Good Deed
Hieroglyphics : 2007
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Off the Grid
Beastie Boys
The Mix Up
Capitol : 2007
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Hello I Love You [Adam Freeland's Fabric mix]
The Doors
Hello I Love You: Adam Freeland Mix
Wea Int'l : 2007
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The weekend is afoot and a little birdie told me you might need a tune up.

A Plus, also known as Adam Carter, one of the starting members of a little phenomenon known as the Souls of Mischief - you might have heard of them - is back with an excellent solo effort that dropped back in May. With guests like Del the Funkee Homosapien and more, I'd hardly call this a solo effort - I'd be more inclined to call it an incredibly solid hip-hop album. I'm riding very high on 'Nothin Fake / The Ultimate' at the moment. I only wish that (1) this two-tracks-in-one was separated into two tracks and (2) that they were both longer. They are so damn tasty that I've gotta have it on repeat about 4 times in a row just to get my morning fix walking to the subway. Excellent beat, and the piano is absolute hotness.

The Beastie Boys are back with another FINE instrumental album - if you didn't hear their first one, go pick up In Sound From The Way Out right now - this isn't the kind of Beastie Boys that ya'll are used to - there's ZERO lyrics here. The trio have a hidden talent of rockin it out, and very well I might add, on the instrumentals. And we're not talking samples here - I'd go as far as comparing this album to stuff by Medeski Martin & Wood. It's perfect for drinking whiskey and chillin'. The album drops June 26th. Very much worth your cash then, and worth your ears now. I'm going to call it right now and say that this is going to be one of the best chillin' albums of the summer.

If only all musicians could belt it out like Jim Morrison. But if you can't do the belting yourself then it's good at least to have a healthy obsession with that sound. Sure, we've all heard 'Hello I Love You' the Nth time - but not like this. Adam Freeland [of "Fear is the mind K-Killer" fame - something that Codec loves to bust my balls over...] has reworked this classic track into a true dance floor banger. Jim, nor Adam haven't sounded so good in a while. Adam has a forthcoming Global Underground mix that drops on June 19th - I'm actually very surprised that this track is not making an appearance on that mix. He's worth your ear time and hard earned cash.

And for the comic relief, well I just couldn't help posting this video of Jamiroquai's Virtual Insanity - the Toilet Version...all I have to say here is WOW and thanks to Gallo for popping this one up on my screen.


Have a great weekend & stay tuned...
-- Silent K