Friday, May 28, 2010

Manchild Meditation



















MJB delivered an homage to his friends from his youth as well as dropping some clever rhymes over this Mysterio production. Moog bass snaps gently as warm keys and flutes come in out over a subtle wah-wah guitar. J.O.B.'s snacking gets a nod on this song just as on many songs from this period.

NOTABLE QUOTES:
"I wanted to join the X-Men so I tried/ But my application came back with the stamp overqualified" - MJB

"So beam me up Scotty, I can't find intelligent life/ Just idiots being trife disregarding human life"

"Watch my style when I do it, fluid all the way to Munich/ Get an emcee more frustrated than a nymphomaniac eunich"

Caught On Tape




















Fat Cat















Funny little track with Cise talking to one of his girls on the phone over a smooth Mysterio track. Just some spontaneous shite.

Monday, May 24, 2010

F*cking Up Da West Coast



















DJ Meathooks crafted these two loc'd out tracks for those wacky gangsta rappers Automatic and Static. An ode to their idol Dr. Dre with his hook sunk into the two tracks "Like Luther Vandross I'm fucking up the West Coast".

There were never photographs taken of the two emcees but then again they concealed their identities at great extent. Heads covered in black hoodies with dark sunglasses and black jeans they came into the studio twice and then were never seen again.

Some say they were on the run eating, others say they caught some bodies and heading south of the border. Who knows. Anyhow they left these two songs in their wake.


NOTABLE QUOTES:
"I gets tired of busting caps at the cops/ So I unload on my moms and my pops" - Automatic

"I was born a straight gangsta - a fucking G/ And everywhere I go the honey's they be fucking me" - Static

"Roll to the studio and drop verses/ After I'm done I'm out to snatch purses/ Then I jet back to the crib to think of what I did/ But I don't give a shit" - Automatic


Sunday, May 23, 2010

Torture (Live in 1995)



















This is the live version of the classic song created by E.N.S., J.O.B. and Claw with T-Booth, and Mayhem delivering back ups and Mysterio on the cuts. The bass was so deep it almost felt like the speakers would blow out at the time. More detail will be given on the studio track but the live version speaks for itself.

Friday, May 21, 2010

Crystal Links















Fury

















You might call him Kwotetradamous. All the lyrics in this song are poignant and extremely relevant to the days and times we are living in. Will all end in 2012? I doubt it but I remember something Fred Dogs told me years ago "It's like you are on a beach and throwing a firework out at the ocean and a wave comes in and smashes you to bits - a little payback from Mother Earth".

I won't go into a tangent on the constant abuse we put onto this planet so I will let the music speak for me.

Mysterio and Claw came up with this track. Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy from the BBC radio series makes another apperance on a Universal Sounds song. The horns and vibes are menacing setting the tone for the conceptual song. Sound effects from the Mysterio archives enhance the lyrics as Cise does with his background vocals.

NOTABLE QUOTES:
"Claiming lives by the thousands/ No one is safe/ Cyclone movers/ Marina drowns boat consumers/ Titantic capture/ And decomposed by natural disasters/ No laughter/ As you stand in amazement/ Witness the disaster/ The earth has consumed more lives than it has created/ War and peace/ Death and Birth/ Observe" - Kwote