{"id":30279,"date":"2020-06-28T11:09:12","date_gmt":"2020-06-28T15:09:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/?p=30279"},"modified":"2020-06-28T15:22:38","modified_gmt":"2020-06-28T19:22:38","slug":"listening-to-55","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/?p=30279","title":{"rendered":"Listening To&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been over a year since the last time I did one of these? Really?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Quasimoto &#8211; The Unseen<\/strong>. Quasimoto is a collaboration between hip-hop producer Madlib and his alter ego Lord Quas. It&#8217;s got a strong stoner vibe, heavy on odd\/kitschy spoken-word samples, smart and funny lyrics and smooth jazzy beats. It&#8217;s not far from Madlib&#8217;s other project, MF-Doom, which I&#8217;ve liked for a while. So, this was a nice discovery.<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper fourthree\" title=\"Quasimoto - Jazz Cats Pt. 1\" style=\"width:640px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_WRlOJvFioak\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/WRlOJvFioak\/hqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WRlOJvFioak\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2M44S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2014-07-13T09:57:00Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_WRlOJvFioak\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/WRlOJvFioak\/hqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Quasimoto - Jazz Cats Pt. 1<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/WRlOJvFioak\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/WRlOJvFioak\/0.jpg\" alt=\"Quasimoto - Jazz Cats Pt. 1\" width=\"640\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Quasimoto - Jazz Cats Pt. 1\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:640px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p><strong>DJ Spooky &#8211; Songs Of A Dead Dreamer<\/strong>. Spacey, old-school record-spinning stoner hip-hop with lots of fun samples and occasional guest rappers. This and Quasimoto turned up on a few of the best-of lists I found when I was searching for &#8216;alternative&#8217; hip-hop \/ turntablists.<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper fourthree\" title=\"DJ Spooky- 04 Galactic Funk (Tau Ceti Mix)\" style=\"width:640px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_kvAVFoWS0JQ\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/kvAVFoWS0JQ\/hqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kvAVFoWS0JQ\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT6M49S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2013-02-03T06:17:01Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_kvAVFoWS0JQ\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/kvAVFoWS0JQ\/hqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">DJ Spooky- 04 Galactic Funk (Tau Ceti Mix)<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/kvAVFoWS0JQ\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/kvAVFoWS0JQ\/0.jpg\" alt=\"DJ Spooky- 04 Galactic Funk (Tau Ceti Mix)\" width=\"640\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Songs Of A Dead Dreamer\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:640px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p><strong>Fiona Apple &#8211; Fetch The Bolt Cutters.<\/strong> I&#8217;m finding this much tougher to get into than her previous stuff. I think I need to sit down and really listen, because it&#8217;s just not grabbing me. It&#8217;s dense. There&#8217;s a lot of repetition in the songs, almost mechanical. And when it&#8217;s not repeating, it&#8217;s taking hard, sharp turns and big leaps. So, a very up-to-date record. But, everything else she&#8217;s done I&#8217;ve liked, so I&#8217;m going to give this some more time.<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper fourthree\" title=\"Fiona Apple - Shameika (Official Audio)\" style=\"width:640px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_MbkugCPqxQY\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/MbkugCPqxQY\/hqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MbkugCPqxQY\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT4M11S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2020-04-17T04:00:06Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_MbkugCPqxQY\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/MbkugCPqxQY\/hqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Fiona Apple - Shameika (Official Audio)<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/MbkugCPqxQY\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/MbkugCPqxQY\/0.jpg\" alt=\"Fiona Apple - Shameika (Official Audio)\" width=\"640\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Official audio for \u201cShameika\u201d by Fiona Apple off her new album Fetch the Bolt Cutters Fetch the Bolt Cutters available at: https:\/\/FionaApple.lnk.to\/FetchTheBoltCutters Listen to Fiona Apple: https:\/\/FionaApple.lnk.to\/listenYD &quot;Shameika&quot; Official Music Video: https:\/\/FionaApple.lnk.to\/Shameika Subscribe to the official YouTube channel: https:\/\/FionaApple.lnk.to\/subscribeYD Watch more videos by Fiona Apple: https:\/\/FionaApple.lnk.to\/listenYC\/youtube Follow Fiona Apple: Facebook: https:\/\/FionaApple.lnk.to\/followFI Spotify: https:\/\/FionaApple.lnk.to\/followSI #FionaApple #Shameika #FetchTheBoltCutters (C) 2020 Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:640px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tame Impala &#8211; The Slow Rush.<\/strong> Much clubbier than their [his] past records with big beats and thick, lush production. But it&#8217;s still got that classic Tame Impala retro psychedelic thing. Good stuff.<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper fourthree\" title=\"Tame Impala - Let It Happen (Official Video)\" style=\"width:640px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_pFptt7Cargc\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/pFptt7Cargc\/hqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pFptt7Cargc\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT4M17S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2015-08-17T14:05:01Z\" \/><\/div><meta itemprop=\"accessibilityFeature\" content=\"captions\" \/><div id=\"lyte_pFptt7Cargc\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/pFptt7Cargc\/hqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Tame Impala - Let It Happen (Official Video)<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/pFptt7Cargc\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/pFptt7Cargc\/0.jpg\" alt=\"Tame Impala - Let It Happen (Official Video)\" width=\"640\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Listen to &#039;The Slow Rush&#039; now: https:\/\/TameImpala.lnk.to\/TheSlowRushID Listen to more Tame Impala: https:\/\/TameImpala.lnk.to\/TameImpalaID See Tame Impala on Tour: https:\/\/tameimpalalive.com\/ Subscribe to Tame Impala\u2019s YouTube channel: https:\/\/TameImpala.lnk.to\/YouTubeID Follow the Complete Tame Impala Playlist on Spotify: https:\/\/TameImpala.lnk.to\/StreamingID https:\/\/www.tameimpala.com\/ Lyrics [Verse 1] It&#039;s always around me, all this noise But not nearly as loud as the voice saying &quot;Let it happen, let it happen (It&#039;s gonna feel so good) Just let it happen, let it happen&quot; [Chorus 1] All this running around Trying to cover my shadow A notion growing inside Now all the others seem shallow All this running around Bearing down on my shoulders I can hear an alarm It must be morning [Verse 2] I heard about a whirlwind that&#039;s coming &#039;round It&#039;s gonna carry off all that isn&#039;t bound And when it happens, when it happens (I won&#039;t be holding on) So let it happen, let it happen It&#039;s gonna feel so good It&#039;s gonna feel so good [Verse 1] It&#039;s always around me, all this noise But not nearly as loud as the voice saying &quot;Let it happen, let it happen (It&#039;s gonna feel so good) Just let it happen, let it happen&quot; It&#039;s gonna feel so good [Chorus 2] All this running around I can&#039;t fight it much longer Something&#039;s trying to get out And it&#039;s never been closer If my take-off fails Make up some other story But if I never come back Tell my mother I&#039;m sorry [Bridge] (Gibberish) [Outro] Baby, now I&#039;m ready, moving on Oh but maybe I was ready all along Oh I&#039;m ready for the moment and the sound Oh but maybe I was ready all along Baby, now I&#039;m ready, moving on Oh but maybe I was ready all along Oh I&#039;m ready for the moment and the sound Oh but maybe I was ready all along #TameImpala #KevinParker #LetItHappen #Currents #OfficialAudio\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:640px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Daisy Age &#8211; Various<\/strong>. This is a compilation of tunes hip-hop groups from the early 90s, most of whom formed a collective called <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Native_Tongues\">Native Tongues<\/a>. It was originally centered around NYC groups like the Jungle Brothers, De La Soul, Tribe Called Quest, Queen Latifah, etc.. But it eventually included groups from other places, including the UK. They pioneered a jazz-centered, upbeat, playful and positive (and sometimes silly) hip-hop that contrasted strongly with the macho and often violent west-coast &#8216;gangsta&#8217; rap. The style didn&#8217;t last much beyond the mid 90s, but it&#8217;s the one that grabbed me. <\/p>\n<p>Seinfeld&#8217;s latest stand-up show has a joke about how a man&#8217;s casual fashion choices stop keeping up with the times the day he gets married. I got married in 1996.<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper fourthree\" style=\"width:640px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL__Tu-qDHSSZo\"><div id=\"lyte__Tu-qDHSSZo\" data-src=\"\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/_Tu-qDHSSZo\/hqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/_Tu-qDHSSZo\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/_Tu-qDHSSZo\/0.jpg\" alt=\"YouTube video thumbnail\" width=\"640\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:640px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p>You?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been over a year since the last time I did one of these? Really? Quasimoto &#8211; The Unseen. Quasimoto is a collaboration between hip-hop producer Madlib and his alter ego Lord Quas. It&#8217;s got a strong stoner vibe, heavy on odd\/kitschy spoken-word samples, smart and funny lyrics and smooth jazzy beats. It&#8217;s not far [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-listening-to"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30279","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=30279"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30279\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30286,"href":"https:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30279\/revisions\/30286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=30279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=30279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}