FatQuills

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noreply@blogger.com (FatQuills) — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 04:26:00 +0000

two great albums.

noreply@blogger.com (FatQuills) — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 02:35:00 +0000

Besides the cover, what makes this album so good to me is the story behind it. From wikipedia:

"By 1976, the relationship between Marvin Gaye and his first wife, Anna Gordy, had become estranged and was far from being repaired. Marvin, who was now carrying on an open relationship with singer Janis Hunter, and Anna often accused each other of infidelity over the years before his relationship with Hunter. Shortly after Marvin and Janis welcomed the second of their two children, Frankie, in November 1975, Anna filed for divorce. At this time, Marvin was running low on money because of an extravagant spending habit to support his lifestyle which included, among other things, a fleet of cars, several homes in and outside the country, and an increasing cocaine habit. Marvin's spending habits had made it impossible for the singer to pay Anna money for alimony and child support for the couple's only son, Marvin III. Marvin's attorney Curtis Shaw came up with a solution to Marvin to give Anna half the royalties he would earn from his next project to Anna."

Hope you like it.

This album is also awesome. Characteristic of Gil Scott-Heron, there is definitely a political bent to this it, with some spoken word sprinkled in. Hope you like it.

noreply@blogger.com (FatQuills) — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 03:43:00 +0000

Me - "Have you ever seen the Bob Saget stand-up special? It's hilarious."

Some blonde girl - "No. Why is it so special, is he really tall or something?"

Sunz of Man - The Last Shall be First.

New Murs and 9th Wonder.

noreply@blogger.com (FatQuills) — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 05:47:00 +0000

One more quick post- free internet album from Murs and 9th Wonder in anticipation of Murs' new album Murs for President. The deal is if you listen to this you have to buy future releases. Enjoy-

Murs and 9th Wonder- Sweet Lord

Kay and Nicolay- Timeline

noreply@blogger.com (FatQuills) — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 05:23:00 +0000

Sometimes the iTunes shuffle option can be really annoying, playing every rap skit ever recorded in a row. Other times, it reveals great music that had somehow slipped below my 'Recently Played' radar. The latest shuffle power play to happen on my computer was when it brought up this album. Great album, no skippables at all:

Nicolay and Kay- Timeline

A lot of good music coming out recently

noreply@blogger.com (FatQuills) — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 21:56:00 +0000

Here's another good album to come out recently-

He goes in on a bunch of 9th wonder beats, I recognize some of them but not all (finally someone else took that Memphis Bleek beat). Take a listen-

NYOIL- 9 Wonders

the mixtape about nothing

noreply@blogger.com (FatQuills) — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 18:46:00 +0000

this is a mixtape i've been feeling a lot recently. there are pretty much no skippables, and is loosely based on Seinfeld.

The Opening Title Sequence

The Perfect Plan

The Crazy

The Artistic Integrity

Talk of the Town

noreply@blogger.com (FatQuills) — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:42:00 +0000

Mass-as-a-Nation - 15 minutes of Boston MCs

Design of a Decade.

noreply@blogger.com (FatQuills) — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 05:27:00 +0000

Another mixtape that came out relatively recently that I'm really feeling. This time, Skillz goes in on classic after classic 90's beat. Check it out:

Skillz - Design of a Decade Vol. 1.

Syl Johnson - Is it because I'm Black?

noreply@blogger.com (FatQuills) — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 21:18:00 +0000

Great album, I highly recommend it.

Syl Johnson - Is It Because I'm Black

For the Summer

noreply@blogger.com (FatQuills) — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 18:08:00 +0000

New Jeezy-

Young Jeezy- The Prime Minister

88-Keys - Adam's Case Files.

noreply@blogger.com (FatQuills) — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 23:03:00 +0000

From the Okay Player website-

I'm a fan so far, he's worked with Blackstar (Thieves in the Night), and i can't think where else i remember his name from but it sounds pretty familiar.

88 Keys - Adam's Case Files

Watch How It Go Down.

noreply@blogger.com (FatQuills) — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 22:05:00 +0000