All Things All Things

CRU - Buttocks

Wayne Boothe (Boothe) — Mon, 14 Feb 2022 13:24:00 -0500

Favorite rapper The Mighty Ha has brought me back to blogging. (Though most likely a one-off)

Chadio has been active on Instagram sharing many audio goodies including tracks from their unfinished second album Madagascar. Highlighting this one because it's heavy on Ha toasting, and declaring many times over his love of buttocks.

Chadio's Insagram can be found here

ICM - Live Wire (Pre-Black Sheep Dres)

Wayne Boothe (Boothe) — Fri, 7 Aug 2015 20:42:00 -0400

Oh yeah, I have a blog.

My man Mellow Mike, a local keyboardist and musician, produced a song I was on back in 1985, and it was called 'Live Wire.' I don't even think there was a group name on the record. It was some real local, local stuff - Dres

Mellow Mike did the music and he put my name on it, but I didn't actually do anything on it. - Lawnge

Quotes from Brian Coleman's Check the Technique Volume 2

A (Very) Brief Conversation: Posdnuos

Wayne Boothe (Boothe) — Thu, 30 Oct 2014 21:52:00 -0400

The members of De La Soul clearly have respect and reverence for hip hop pioneers. If you pay close attention to their lyrics, you'll hear reference, and homages to artists and songs of yesteryear.

Hobo Scratch came up on the shuffle recently, and when the 'world tour...' line dropped, I thought about De La Soul and wondered to myself:

"Did they come up with the idea for using this line on A Tribe Called Quest's Award Tour?"

"I mean, Dave did do the hook, so it wouldn't surprise me."

"Actually, I'm willing to bet they did."

So, I put it out there:

Got a reply today from Pos:

So, there it is.

Thanks for reading.

Rich Nichols

Wayne Boothe (Boothe) — Thu, 17 Jul 2014 12:41:00 -0400

I won't pretend I know much about him outside of liner notes, and his sometimes overpowering presence in Questlove's memoirs, but The Roots have managed to stay successful for a very long time, managing to somehow find a way to stay relevant through changing landscape of the music industry, since their debut (yeah, I know), in 1994. He was a very passionate and intelligent brother, and I'm sure he was no small part of their ability to survive and adapt.

Here's an old post from the message board Okayplayer, where Rich addresses some fans who thought The Roots were not doing enough to promote their 2008 release, Rising Down.

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Come on adrian, stop being the sensitive type (what are you 22
years old or
something?). As you can see, I don't post here on any regular
basis so,
I can hardly be charged with driving dedicated okayplayers
away
(but a nigga can wish). 

Couple of points.

I'm not bitter nor do I have a chip on my virtual shoulders
but,
I will respond aggressively when individuals come at us on
some 
cybergressive steez. Flexing and saying things that they
wouldn't 
say if not for their anonymity, or lack of proximity. 

Anyone who has met me is aware that I'm consistent, that my
on-line persona doesn't vary from my real world one and that
I stay on the  "eye for an eye".

As for me being an asshole, that's industry rule number one.
Be an asshole. You can't survive this shit without being an
asshole.
I have met every label head in the business. They are all
assholes. Lyor Cohen...definitive-asshole, Jimmy Iovine
....supreme-asshole,
Clive Davis... historic-asshole. Let's not talk about the
niggas of the industry.
Puff, Dame, Irv, Jay, Suge, Benny.  These guys could give less
than a fuck about 
your touchy feeley  sentiments. They're assholes.  It's their
vocation.
While I'm hardly in that echelon of shit cutters, I must
admit, I'm an asshole
as well. 

My aggression isn't directed at the supportive fans that have
constructive criticism, the ones that make known their
opinions, wishes, disappointments etc. and then respectfully
fall back. These supporters, like minded artists, aspiring
writers, musicians, business types, general well wishers and
kindred spirits that we encounter in cyberspace or in general
population, are our lifeblood and we respect them. We
certainly wouldn't have survived for 16 years plus as one of
the only Black touring bands, not respecting them, our
psychographic base, our living breathing demographic.

The Okayplayers that I do have a problem with are the
aggressive, dissatisfied
(to the point of being hateful), frustrated, narcissistic ones
(there is also a
passive aggressive/narcissistic variation of this archetype).
These bitter, third wave Okayplayers are usually (or
unusually) frustrated artists,
producers, journalists and bloggers who have yet to see their
work acknowledged in a way they feel is meaningful. Most of
these people have no way of nuancing their social 
selves and are largely unknown outside the message boards of a
select number of online communities or the heads of their
bitter progeny. They're the backseat drivers, the
armchair quarterbacks, couch potato A&R's who won't shut
the fuck up. 
Their refrains go something like this: "Yall gonna catch
a brick", "That's why
yall went wood", "The Roots are meh", " I
stopped listening to them 
after Illadelph", "Thought is
boring"....yada.... yada...fucking yada.
It would be cool if these lames said that shit twenty times
and disappeared into 
the hip hop abyss that is the comment section of rival sites. 
Instead for these fucks, Okayplayer has become some weird part
of their 
"Primal Scream Therapy".  They are drawn here hour
after hour, day after day, year after year, to clear their
fucked conscience. For them, I pray and pray for their
downfall. They are the worst elements, lowering the bar of
support to the point that a regular fan feels comfortable
saying semi-foul shit. Yet we should grin and take it right?

(That's why you (Adrian) feel like you can say some shit like,
us "okayplayers are all you got", rattle off some
bullshit about a "clear conscience" and feel
justified. How bout this.....FUCK YOUR CONSCIENCE. Now do we
still "got" you?  Or is it bye bye to your trouble
and your spirit?  Yes,I'm an asshole). 

Anyway, back to this elusive casual buyer that Trouble, High
Volt and, nut ass Bialystoker allude to...Who are these casual
buyers? What artists do they support? 

Coke rappers...Jeezy,Rick Ross,TI, Jay Z. Lil Wayne.
Tween rap.... Soulja Boy, Bow Wow (in decline), Hurricane
Chris (ringtone only)
Huge artists in decline 50, Luda, Snoop, Outkast 

For the most part hip hop is a singles market. Singles for the
most part are lifestyle driven.
Lifestyle meaning crack, club, bitches, guns all that boots
with fur shit.
Does this sound like something that the Roots could traffic
in.

There is Kanye, a winner but a very specific type, post ironic
and non committal.
A lil backpack, a lot of dizzy dazzle. The self professed Dear
Moma-ing, Louis 
Vuitton Don. Spends 10 million plus making and marketing his
albums. That
can create lots of casual buyer awareness (for the record I
think the boy is dope).
Can we traffic like that?

There is Common/Lupe.

Casual buyer appeal.
Lupe a  young newcomer with a Kanye association, a fresh face,
a skate boarder,
nerd, etc., a kid  who resonates with kids (his first outing
sold just 350k btw) and, has only been around for two albums.
His label outspent Def Jam two to one on marketing.  

There is Common, clearly the lone winner (gold plus) on this
side of
the left of center divide, thanks once again to the Kanye
associated buzz (fyi, Kanye isn't intersested in producing,
cameo-ing or, touring with anything Roots...we have asked).
More recently casual buyer awareness by films and Oprah
appearance.
Geffen outspent Def jam three to one marketing his last
project relative to The Roots.
  
Believe it or not for all "the Roots only go wood
talk" Do You Want More Is gold,
Illadelph is 475K, Things Fall Apart 900k, Phrenology 700k,
Tipping Point 470k....
Game Theory did 200k which -if you check any recent  soundscan
you will discover 
that this-is pretty much the new hip hop reality (with the
exception of the 
aforementioned lifestyle artists and the Kanye bubble). 
But now I got hear about the casual buyer from people who have
never sold one 
record in their entire life (or received per diem for that
matter).

Given the shape of the industry in general (google any label
and layoffs)
and Def Jam specifically we expect diminishing returns (name
one act selling 
more than a fraction of what they sold just two years ago). We
accept
the industry's new reality along with possibility of becoming
more niche than 
mainstream. So, exactly where does the casual buyer fit into
this equation?  
Are casual buyers at the core of niche artists sales? 


In closing, the Roots have done over 100 interviews in the
last month.
Including  The New York times, Vanity Fair ,Spin, Blender,
Urb, Fader,
Rolling Stone (a six page feature), XXL. THe Source, Vibe,
Essence, The 
Washington Post,USA Today,etc. etc. We tour constantly.  Check
our dates.
Just this week we appeared on Night of Too Many Stars and, as
discussed,
Colbert. We are headlining DC's Green Apple Festival at the
National Mall 
in front of 100,000 people on April 20th. We have Letterman on
April 28th.
VH1 Soul Stage at the beginning of May. We got the cover of
Urb, a six page 
feature in Rolling Stone and a feature in the New York Times. 


Our records have been serviced but, no significant play (Flex
dropped bombs
on Get Busy so I know he has it). Our video (no real budgets)
has been serviced
(Get Busy) no significant play. Def Jam is having internal
problems as are 
all labels.  Hip hop has been losing almost 30% of its market
share every passing year
and the industry overall is in decline (Soundscan anyone?).

I wish y'all would do some homework before y'all start
yapping, that's if you care.

If you don't care ...shut the fuck up.

If you don't care and still want to yap ...yap this dick in
your mouth.

RIP Rich Nichols.

No It U Lover by Hazel Newlevant

Wayne Boothe (Boothe) — Sun, 25 May 2014 09:41:00 -0400

The story of Wendy Melvoin and Lisa Coleman (whom I love), told in comic book form.

You can read the complete story, and get details of its physical release on Hazel's Tumblr site, here: NEWLEVANT

No It U Lover = Revolution (backwards).

The UMCs Unleashed Hardcore Before 'Unleashed'

Wayne Boothe (Boothe) — Fri, 2 May 2014 10:00:00 -0400

But you weren't paying attention.

Ok, it wasn't exactly hardcore, but there was definitely expressed frustration on how they were perceived by Hip Hop following the release of their debut album Fruits of Nature.

Peep these b-side remixes from their second and third singles:

Swing It To The Area (Side Show Bob Recreation)

Never Never Land (Remix)

I also remember hearing stories about some of their shows between albums, where their frustrations were on display as well.

Similar with what happened with Souls of Mischief when they released their second album, people were surprised, offended, or humored by the duo's (Kim especially) more aggressive approach. The response wasn't entirely surprising, as I'm guessing that many grew attached to the feel and messaging from their debut album. Maybe not the Children's Television Workshop visuals of Blue Cheese, but definitely the wonder and optimism present in tracks like One To Grow On, and Never Never Land.

Their second album was a departure, but the hardcore-ness of it never offended me. Yes, it was aggressive, but there was a familiarity with their wordplay that often referenced music, cartoons, or games from childhood; much like their Shaolin brethren, the Wu-Tang Clan. Of course many of us didn't know about their label and financial situation at the time, but in hindsight, darker tracks like Evil Ways, and Some Speak Ill Thoughts make more sense given their reality, and the changing landscape of Hip Hop.

Anyway, that's all in the past. Now that we're clear that The UMCs can be both a new way of being, and a new way to wreck, we can move on. The reason why I made this post is because The UMCs are recording together again, and released a new track earlier in the week. NYOIL (Kim) takes vocal duties on the track produced by Fantom of the Beat (Hass). Good or bad, I'm always going to champion artists that were around when I loved Hip Hop most. In this case I'm digging the track, and I look forward to hearing more from them.

Follow The UMCs on Twitter: NYOIL | Fantom of the Beat

Ras Kass - Nature of the Threat

Wayne Boothe (Boothe) — Fri, 25 Apr 2014 13:44:00 -0400

Hadn't listened to this song in a while, but it occurred to me that it's a little more interesting today because of the large amount of information available to the listener. If one wanted to fact check this song, and write a piece on the accuracy of Mr. Austin's work, only a lack of desire would stop them.

...

Don't look at me; I'm too lazy.

Accurate or not, I always thought the track was an ambitious undertaking. Somehow it works, in spite of being an almost 8 minute rant.

Let freedom ring with a buckshot, but not just yet
First we need to truly understand the nature of the threat
And a pale man walks in the threshold of darkness
Roughly 20,000 years ago the first humans evolved
with the phenotypical trait, genetic recessive
Blue eyes, blonde hair and white skin
Albinism apparently was a sin to the original man, Africans
So the mutants traveled North of the equator
Called Europeans later, the first race haters
So here's the Devil's alpha to the beta
Cause history's best qualified to teach one
Quoting German philosopher Schopenhauer
"Every white man is a faded or a bleached one"
Migration created further mutation
Genetic drifts, evolution through recombination
Adaptation to the climate
As the Caucus Mountain man reverted to that of a primate
Savage Neanderthals, until the late Paleolithic age
That's when the Black Grimaldi man came
With the symbol of the dragon, fire and art
Check cave paintings in France and Spain to the Venus of Willendorf
Around 2000 B.C. Southern Russians migrate in small units
Those who travel West populated Europe
Those who went East settled in Iran, known as Aryans
1500 B.C. some crossed the Khyber Pass into India and
created Hinduism, the first caste system, the origins of racism
A white dot on the forehead meant elite
The black dot - defeat; untrustable, untouchables
They wrote the holy Vedas in Sanskrit
That's the language that created Greek, German, Latin and English
Now the Minoans around 2000 B.C.
Starts on the island of Crete, in the Agean Sea
The Greek culture begins Western Civilization
But "Western Civilization" means "White Domination"
Myceneans learned from Kemet, called Egypt in Greek
It existed since at least 3000 B.C.
Creatin geometry and astronomy
This knowledge influenced Plato, Socrates and Hippocrates
Cause Imhotep, the real real father of medicine
Was worshiped in Greece and Rome in the form of a Black African
The word Africa comes from the Greek "Aphrike"
meaning "without cold"; the word philosophy means "love of knowledge"
Stole from first man, Greek power expands
The first Greek fraternities band
The word gymnasium is Greek for "naked"
This was the place where adolescent boys were educated, and molested
This was accepted because Greek culture was homosexual
For example, Sappho trained girls on the island of Lesbos
Hence, the word lesbian (Ay let these dumb motherfuckers know)
December 25th, the birth of Saturn
A homosexual god, now check the historical pattern
December 25, now thought the birth of Christ
Was Saturnalia, when men got drunk,
fucked each other then beat their wife
Fact is, it was still practiced, til they called it Christmas
So put a gerbil on your Christmas list
The Hellenistic Era, Alexander the Great
Conquers all the way to India leavin four successor states
By the Fifth century B.C., R.O.M.E.
succeeds to be the conqueror of Egypt and Greece
But had the threat of the Black Phoenicians in Sicily
The Punic Wars began 264 B.C.
The Black general Hannibal and Carthaginian Peace
In 146 B.C. Carthage fell after a six-month siege
Rome sold every citizen to slavery
The first genocide of history
And more bisexuality in sight; Julius Caesar was known as
"every woman's husband and every man's wife" (BEOTCH!)
Spartacus Revolt, a slave rebellion that lost
Where 6,000 slaves was nailed on a cross
Cross? Aw, shit! Jesus Christ! Time for some-act-right
Christians get your facts right
Cause Christ was not his name
That's Greek for "One who is anointed"
Yoshua Ben Yosef was his name, do Christians know this?
So who do you praise, do you know his name?
Or do you do this in vain?
Accepting the religion they gave slaves to behave
Peep the description of historian Josephus
"Short, dark, with an underdeveloped beard was Jesus"
He had the Romans fearing revolution
The solution was to take him to court and falsely accuse him
After being murdered by Pilate how can it be
these same white Romans established Christianity
Constantine would later see the cross in a dream
In his vision, it read "En Hawk Signo Wonka":
"In this sign we conquer" - Manifest Destiny
In 325 he convened the Nicean Creed
And separated god into three
Decided Jesus was born on December 25th
and raised then on the third day is a myth
Plus to deceive us
Commissioned Michelangelo to paint white pictures of Jesus
He used his aunt, uncle, and nephew
Subconsciously that affects you
It makes you put white people closer to God
(Yo, 'The Man' got game like a motherfucker!)
True indeed, fuck it, Jihad
In the eight century Muslims conquered
Spain, Portugal and France and controlled it for 700 years
They never mention this in history class
cause o'fays are threatened when you get the real lesson
Moors from Baghdad, Turkey threatened European Christians
Meaning, the white way of life; hence the Crusades for Christ
On November 25th, 1491
Santiago defeats the last Muslim stronghold, Grenada
King Ferdinand gave thanks to God for victory
And the Pope of Rome and declared this date to forever be
A day of "Thanksgiving" for all European Christians
.. Now listen, when you celebrate "Thanksgiving"
What you are actually celebratin
is the proclamation of the Pope of Rome
Who later, in league with Queen Isabella
sent Cardinal Ximenos to Spain
to murder any blacks that resisted Christianity
These Moors, these black men and women
were from Baghdad, Turkey
And today, you eat the turkey, for your "Thanksgiving" day
as the European Powers destroyed the Turkeys
Who were the forefathers of your mothers and fathers
Now fight the power, you bitch-ass niggaz!
Now around this time, Whites started callings us Negroes
That's Spanish for black object meaning we're not really people
but profit, and the triangle trade begins - they seize us
Queen Elizabeth sends the first slaves on a ship named Jesus
Stealin land from the indigenous natives
Gave them alcohol to keep the Red Man intoxicated
Whites claim they had to civilize these pagan animals
But up until 1848 there's documented cases
of whites bein the savage cannibals, eatin Indians
In 1992, it's Jeffery Dahmer
They slaughtered a whole race with guns
Drugs, priests and nuns
1763, the first demonic tactic of biological warfare
As tokens of peace, Sir Jeffery Amherst
passed out clothin and blankets to the Indian community
Infested with small pox, knowin they had no immunity
Today it's AIDS, you best believe it's man made
Cause ain't a damn thing changed.. let me explain
Now since people of color are genetically dominant
and Caucasoids are genetically recessive
and Whites expect to be predominant, meaning survive as a race then
they simply must, take precautions
That's why they're worried about their future now
'cause by 2050, almost all the Earth's population
will be brown, then black, so understandin that, whites counterreact
(I'm sayin.. man.. them fools
ain't nothin but a teaspoon of milk in the world color majority)
So they created a system
to force blacks into an unnatural position
That re-enforces the position of natural inferiority
In addition, created guns and developed the ethnocentric view
that God justifies every fuckin thing they do
Condition people to perceive whites' culture as civilized
and every other culture considered primitive - not true!
Racism is the system of racial subjugation against nonwhites
in every areas of human relation
Entertainment, education, labor, politics
Law, religion, sex, war and economics
See blacks were 3/5ths of a man with tax purposes intended
You think you're Afro-American?
You're a 14th amendment and a good nigga
Jews don't salute the fuckin swastika
but niggaz pledge allegiance to the flag that accosted ya
They never teach about the break of islands like Jamaica
But before slaves came here whites would take a
pregnant women, hang her from a tree by her toes
Slice her stomach with a knife
and let the unborn baby fall to the flo'
And stop an unborn child in front of all the slaves
to inbreed fear, so they'd be scared and behave
and not rebel more
Understand all whites must be perceived as potential predators
I paraphrase historian Ishakamusa Barashango
"Understand that regardless of the lofty ideas ingraved on paper
in such documents as the Constitution or Declaration
the basic nature.. of the European American white man
remains virtually unchanged".. so check
This is the nature of the threat

Letterboxd

Wayne Boothe (Boothe) — Sat, 12 Apr 2014 11:08:00 -0400

I signed up for this site to keep a log of the films I've been watching, and to get recommendations on ones I might enjoy. No reviews though, and definitely no stared or numerical ratings. I mean, look at this:

Where did that .47 come from?

I don't put much stock in these rating systems because they feel so arbitrary, and at times the numbers are effected by what similar or related films might have received (if that got this, then this should get that). When anyone brings a Rotten Tomatoes score into a conversation my response is usually something to the effect of "Well isn't that wonderful."

If you want to *conversate about film, then let's conversate.

I'm right here.

* yes, I know...

The Parachute Club - At The Feet of the Moon (1984)

Wayne Boothe (Boothe) — Sun, 23 Mar 2014 21:30:00 -0400

*80s Pop Music Warning*

Growing up, I always assumed that all music came from some magical land of music. Well, not the Brits, they had accents, so they have to have been from somewhere different. It wasn't until all of the Live Aid type music dropped that I realized that Canada had its own musicians, and that there were musicians from Toronto. (Imagine that.)

This song recently popped into my head and inspired this post. I always liked the scatting(?) at 3:12, and the proto-Kid 'n Play (just kidding, Hip Hop) dancing that follows.

George Michael, Morrissey, Tony Blackburn - 8 Days A Week (1984)

Wayne Boothe (Boothe) — Sat, 15 Mar 2014 06:00:00 -0400

Discussing music (Everything but the Girl, and Atlantic reissues), film (Breakin'), and literature (Joy Division/New Order book "An Ideal for Living) .

George comes off well here. Found myself relating to him most. Morrissey is Morrissey, and Tony Blackburn likes Lucinda Dickey's bum.

I Met Kanye West

Wayne Boothe (Boothe) — Fri, 31 Jan 2014 11:25:00 -0500

...

No I didn't.

But I did walk past him on N Cahuenga Blvd in Hollywood. I posted this on Facebook a few weeks ago, but for those who didn't see it...

Walked by Fatlip (The Pharcyde) just outside of Amoeba in Hollywood. Exchanged pounds and kept it moving.

A few blocks later while I was thinking to myself how awkward that encounter was, I see Kanye West walking towards me.

Time slows down as he gets closer. He's yapping on a phone, but I look him in the eyes, wondering if I'm gonna get a nod of recognition from Yeezy. Nope. He walks by, and I keep it moving; mind blown.

Yeezus

Also crossed paths with the following:

Micah A. Hauptman (Actor)
Chalk (UK Battle Rapper)
Damon Wayans Jr. (Actor)
Jackie Chain (Rapper)
Ian Cross (Engineer)
Ava DuVernay (Director)
Rob Cesternino (and a bunch of other Survivor contestants)

There's a lot of fake shit out there (Sunset Strip on Grammy weekend...ugh...), but it does feel like a land of opportunity, especially for those with some talent or skill. A lot of people I met did this, that, and the other.

All that aside, I had a great time; a much better time than my first visit.

I could see myself living out there.

Kanye West - DJ Boom Freestyle (I Met Oprah)

My Mayor Is...

Wayne Boothe (Boothe) — Wed, 22 Jan 2014 12:06:00 -0500

Jamaican.

Thug Notes

Wayne Boothe (Boothe) — Wed, 8 Jan 2014 11:11:00 -0500

Classic Literature. Original Gangster

This web series is one of my favorite discoveries of 2013.

I have an interest in the classics, and I've found this series to be a fun and quick way to revisit them. Sure the character of Sparky Sweets, PhD is a...character, but it's all in fun and edumacation. I'm no academic, but the analysis seems pretty solid to me.

Peep the discussion on some of my favorite titles.

Thug Notes: YouTube

Music - 2013

Wayne Boothe (Boothe) — Tue, 7 Jan 2014 09:00:00 -0500

Spent a good portion of the year getting reacquainted with the likes of Prince and TLC, but here are some tracks that dropped during 2013 that I enjoyed.

Feel free to recommend music I missed out on. (I know there was a lot.)

Busta Rhymes - Thank You (Featuring Kanye West, Lil' Wayne, Q-Tip)

Danny Brown - Side A (Old)

Danny Brown - Float On (Featuring Chali XCX)

De La Soul - Get Away (Feat. The Spirit of The Wu)

Da Dogg Pound and Snoop Dogg - L.A. Here's To You

Oscar Issac, Justin Timberlake, Adam Driver - Please Mr. Kennedy

J-Zone - Black Weirdo

Kanye West - New Slaves

Kanye West - On Sight

Kelis - Jerk Ribs

Neko Case - Where Did I Leave The Fire

Proud - You're My Dream

Step Brothers - Nothing To See/Hear

Tears For Fears - Ready To Start

Tyler, The Creator - Bimmer (Featuring Frank Ocean)

Wu-Tang Clan - Family Reunion

YO_urs Truly - Commando (Featuring Mighty Mizu)

Public Enemy - Brothers Gonna Work It Out

Wayne Boothe (Boothe) — Sun, 5 Jan 2014 10:33:00 -0500

Hey, I'm an administrator too!

He follows a lot of people so I don't necessarily feel singled-out or special, but it's still nice to possibly have the ears and eyes of a legend.

Salute to Mr. Chuck.

The Rise and Fall and Rise of Sensational

Wayne Boothe (Boothe) — Fri, 3 Jan 2014 11:20:00 -0500

From Director E.A. Moore, a look into the life of cult rapper Sensational, who you may or may recognize from his contributions (as Torture) to the Jungle Brothers recordings during the Crazy Wisdom Masters/J. Beez Wit The Remedy era. I'm guessing -- and this film may be able to confirm -- that he inspired (at least partly) the very hard left turn the JBs took with their sound.

I've been wanting to see this documentary for some time, and it's now available online, so check it out if you're interested as well. Judging by comments left by Sensational (Colin Bobb), he doesn't seem pleased with its release.

The Rise and Fall and Rise of Sensational: YouTube | Vimeo

Film - (Viewed In) 2013

Wayne Boothe (Boothe) — Thu, 2 Jan 2014 09:00:00 -0500

Still a few 2013 releases I haven't seen yet. Will catch-up during the new year.

** indicates a re-watch.

Searching For Sugar Man: Trailer

Zero Dark Thirty: Trailer

This Is Not a Film: Trailer

Style Wars: Trailer

The Grey: Trailer
Amour: Trailer

Silver Linings Playbook: Trailer

Prometheus: Trailer

The Queen of Versailles: Trailer

Before Sunrise: Trailer

Indie Game: The Movie: Trailer

Raiders of the Lost Ark: Trailer

The Place Beyond the Pines: Trailer

Il Posto: Trailer

Brewster's Millions: Trailer
The Searchers: Trailer

Bad 25: Trailer

Overnight: Ebert & Roeper Review

Dawn of the Dead: Trailer

Cruel Intentions: Trailer

Starship Troopers: Trailer

Breakfast at Tiffany's: Trailer
Before Sunset: Trailer
Roshomon: Trailer
Titan A.E.: Trailer
Barton Fink: Trailer

Vertigo: Trailer

**Love Jones: Trailer

Man of Steel: Trailer

Edward Scissorhands: Trailer

Broadcast News: Trailer

Sharknado: Trailer

We Steal Secrets: The Story of Wikileaks: Trailer

Only God Forgives: Trailer

Frances Ha: Link

The Goonies: Trailer

Monsters Inc.: Trailer

Manhattan: Trailer

Bad Santa: Trailer

Blue Jasmine: Trailer

**No Country For Old Men: Trailer
The Hudsucker Proxy: Trailer

Of Mice and Men: Stream Movie

Thank You For Smoking: Trailer

Kiki's Delivery Service: Trailer

Dumbo: Trailer

**There Will Be Blood: Trailer

**Melancholia: Trailer

Dangerous Liasons: Trailer

Prisoners: Trailer

30 for 30: Big Shot: Trailer

CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story: Trailer

Husbands and Wives: Trailer

Herb and Dorothy: Trailer

Halloween: Trailer

Gravity: Trailer

Much Ado About Nothing: Trailer

Before Midnight: Trailer

Captain Phillips: Trailer

Blackfish: Trailer

Lawrence of Arabia: Trailer

Everybody Street: Trailer

Inside Llewyn Davis: Trailer

Mud: Trailer

A Band Called Death: Trailer

12 Years a Slave: Trailer

Favorite Posts - 2013

Wayne Boothe (Boothe) — Wed, 1 Jan 2014 09:00:00 -0500

Not a lot of posts this past year, but here are my favorite shares

Mic Teluxe: Link

The Hedrush: Episode 43 - L.A. Hip Hop Appreciation Pt. 2, Featuring DJ Mark Luv: Link
EPMD - Crossover (White Label Remix): Link
Boogiemonsters - Ali & The Devil (Demo): Link
Elisabeth Moss: Link
The Legend of Sora: Link
Akinyele _ I Luh Hur: Link
JAY Z - Picasso Baby: A Performance Art Film/MCHG: Link
The AuteurCast on Amy Adams (The Master): Link
A Tribe Called Quest - Check The Rhime: Link

Thanks again for reading.

Bobby Lyle - Good Inside

Wayne Boothe (Boothe) — Mon, 30 Dec 2013 12:56:00 -0500

Extra Prolific - Jump On It

Books - (Read In) 2013

Wayne Boothe (Boothe) — Thu, 26 Dec 2013 07:30:00 -0500

** Re-read

The Diary of a Young Girl - Anne Frank
Lionel Asbo: State of London - Martin Amis
Thirty-Eight Witnesses: The Kitty Genovese Case - A.M. Rosenthal
Sugar Blues - William Duffy
Vampires in the Lemon Grove - Karen Russell
Winnie-the-Pooh - A.A. Milne
The Midwich Cuckoos - John Wyndham
The Walking Dead Compendium 1 - Robert Kirkman, Charlie Adlard, Cliff Rathburn, Tony Moore
Breakfast at Tiffany's - Truman Capote
Kick-Ass - Mark Millar, John Romita Jr.
Shopgirl - Steve Martin
Mo' Meta Blues: The World According to Questlove - Amir "Questlove" Thompson
Blood Meridian, or the Evening Redness in the West - Cormac McCarthy
The Walking Dead Compendium 2 - Robert Kirkman, Charlie Adlard
Salt, Sugar, Fat - Michael Moss
You Are All Sanpaku - George Ohsawa
The Little Prince - Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Things Fall Apart - Chinua Achebe
Steve Jobs - Walter Isaacson
How to Win Friends & Influence People (In the Digital Age) - Dale Carnegie
Impossible Odds: The Kidnapping of Jessica Buchanan and Her Dramatic Rescue by SEAL Team Six - Jessica Buchanan, Erik Landemalm, Anthony Flacco
Gone Girl - Gillian Flynn
The Time Machine - H.G. Wells**
Levels of Life - Julian Barnes
The Good Lord Bird - James McBride
The Stranger - Albert Camus

Some notes:

Steve Jobs will confound you. You'll hate him when he treats people like shit; and then be amazed and inspired by vision and passion for quality and design. This back and forth made Walter Isaacson's biography my favorite read of the year. I'm a slow reader, but I got through this book (656 pages) in about two and a half days. You've probably heard a lot about this book already, but read it anyway -- it will make you think you can do anything.

I should read more children's books. Authors are able to do some amazing things with words when they bring their thoughts and words down to the level of a child. I laughed loudly several times reading Winnie-the-Pooh, and The Little Prince (this is a children's book, right?) is a beautiful tale.

Was very happy that Karen Russell received a Genius Grant from the MacArthur Foundation. She's extremely imaginative and some of her short stories are amazing, in particular the one about the silk factory (felt Miyazaki-esque), and the one about horses.

I powered through some books I hated (Kick-Ass, Shopgirl, Gone Girl). Never again.

I teared up while reading a book for the first time. Didn't know a thing about Captain Phillips before I read Jessica Buchanan's story, so the kidnapping experience was entirely fresh to me. It frightened me; made me lose hope; and finally exhausted me by the end of the book. The rescue by SEAL Team Six is absolutely amazing.

Blood Meridian is by far the bloodiest and bleakest book I have ever read. There were times I asked myself "What is the point of all of this?"

I love this book cover. I'd also like to see an on-screen update of this story. (1960|1995)

Things Fall Apart made me very angry. Religion...

Matt and I exchanged emails on the Questlove book. We didn't get to finish our conversation because he had some real life things to deal with, but I might share some of our thoughts in a future post.

Looking forward to another year of reading. If you have any suggestions, feel free to suggest.

Prince - Wonderful Ass

Wayne Boothe (Boothe) — Tue, 24 Dec 2013 12:48:00 -0500

"The Revolution will be heard."

During the past month, I've been exposed to a lot of Prince's unreleased material from the 80s, and this particular title stands out to me as a favorite.

From The Prince Vault:

Wonderful Ass is an unreleased track recorded in early 1983 at Prince's Kiowa Trail Home Studio, Chanhassen, MN, USA. The track is a pop-funk track with synth lead lines, a drum machine beat and rhythm guitar. The track's lyrics were supposedly inspired by Vanity. One section of the song is a list of verbs rhyming with "...ate": "educate", "tolerate", "negotiate", "communicate" etc. This was likely inspired by fellow Minnesota singer-songwriter Bob Dylan's song Subterranean Homesick Blues (from Bringing It All Back Home, 1965, also released as a single in 1965). It is unknown if Wonderful Ass was intended for any project at the time of recording.

Lisa Coleman and Wendy Melvoin worked on the track further in early 1986, most likely at Sunset Sound, Hollywood, CA, USA, adding vocals and other instrumentation. Again, it it not known if this song was intended for any project at the time of additional recording.

The track was later planned for inclusion on the Prince and the Revolution album Roadhouse Garden album worked on in 1998-9, but the album remains unreleased.

During Prince: A Celebration in June, 2000, computer screens at Paisley Park Studios offered names of a selection of tracks which users could vote on for inclusion on Crystal Ball Volume II, and while Wonderful Ass was chosen by fans, the project was ultimately abandoned. The song remains unreleased.

I've heard a couple of theories as to why he disbanded The Revolution (needing to challenge himself, wanting a better trained band), all which seem pretty reasonable, but I always enjoyed his collaborative work with Wendy & Lisa. It hit that right spot of creativity and pop sensibilities.

Here's hoping they'll work together again in a meaningful way.

Vanity - Video Soul Interview (1984)

Wayne Boothe (Boothe) — Tue, 3 Dec 2013 09:00:00 -0500

My man Donnie is sweating.

Good on him though for mostly keeping it together because...yeah...

Some have speculated that she might have been on that Rob Ford in this video.

Rapper of the Year: Kendrick Lamar - GQ Magazine

Wayne Boothe (Boothe) — Wed, 13 Nov 2013 16:02:00 -0500

Freestyle: Solid
Suits: Dope

Bobbi Humphrey - Baby's Gone

Wayne Boothe (Boothe) — Tue, 5 Nov 2013 10:00:00 -0500

Nothing better than tripping over a sample source, especially when it was used on a favorite by one of your favorite artists. (#9 on my unpublished list of 10 essential Extra Prolific songs)

1:37 - 1:43 was sampled by Extra Prolific on the track Having Fun.

Tyler, The Creator and 9th Wonder were mentioned in the YouTube comments, so I'm assuming they sampled it too.

My Mayor Is...

Wayne Boothe (Boothe) — Fri, 1 Nov 2013 10:00:00 -0400