NOW THATS WHAT I CALL POWERFUL MUSIC II

the past week in jams:

Kid Sister (ft. David Banner - Family Reunion

Sounds Like: Nu Shooz, Fun, Rollerskating, Summertime
Apparent, first single from the Kid Sister full length. I called Kid Sister as the truth a hot minute ago, and then homegirl kinda went M.I.A for a minute and word on the album was kinda non existent. Then this joint with the beat by Diplo drops and it is kinda an amazing summertime jam, which I totally co-sign especially as were firmly into jacket weather.


Go! With Fourteen O - Made A Gun With My Fingers And Shot At My Friends

Sounds Like: Someone having an epileptic seizure with Battletoads for NES on pause in the background, I Shot The Duck Hunt Dog, Horse The Band, IAMERROR.
NintendoCore as it's called is kinda a tough sell. It presupposes that you can tolerate high pitched yelling and that you have a more than passing fancy with 8-bit orchestration. Truthfully most of the genre is complete shit with the practitioners knowing little about electronic music or grind. But, Go! With Fourteen O somehow has managed to make an EP of really catchy lil' numbers that are easily hummable and work because of (or in spite of) its completely anachronistic formula.



MF DOOM (as Viktor Vaughn) - Vaudeville Villain

Sounds Like: MF DOOM, Madvillain, DangerDoom, King Gheedorah, the ramblings of a schizophrenic rap nerd hobo.
I went to the back catalog of MF DOOM after hearing that he has a new album coming out later this month, and if you enjoy nerdy comic books, b-movies, late night TV trivia and obscure reference making rap that somehow manages to avoid poindexter-ism check out the Metal Faced Villain.
Memorable Line: "burnt out, but gettin' every edgy penny/then he hit him straight to the head like Reggie Denny/call him back when you need some more yak, Horschach/...doing 80 down the Van Wyck on horseback"


Young Jeezy - Who Dat

Sounds Like: The scene in Transformers: The Movie when Starscream elects himself king of the Decepticons, only to have his coronation broken up by Megatron, whom has a new body with an even bigger gun for an arm. you know what scene I'm talking about.

...AND JUSTICE FOR ALL

So, the other day I came across the trailer for the new Justice live DVD.
And as I watch this clip filled with crowd surfing, boobs, fights, guns, drinking, drunks, more boobs and homeless dudes rapping I couldn't help but think back to the OG rockstar stupidity caught on live video band; PANTERA.



While Pantera's home videos were decidedly more redneck, i still feel like they had some sort of influence on Justice's recent cinematic output. In fact, Justice have always come across to me as kids who wanted to be in a metal band but instead made synth music.

If you think about it, they dress like fucking Black Sabbath which is never ever a bad thing.

They have a rack of fucking Marshall stacks with a huge glowing cross on it like they were goddamn Cradle Of Filth or something.

They open their album with a Godzilla inspired doom riff.

These dudes are straight up an electronic metal band. Who are also in love with Michael Jackson. As we all know MJ is the farthest thing from metal, besides his weird forest creature ramblings on the beginning of "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough ". I can totally dig that as someone with an affinity for Sepultura and New Edition. Im very interested to see the full length home video of their techno-tronik metal even though I'd have no interest in seeing these guys in a live situation because while watching them turn knobs to make D.A.N.C.E blast ouf stack is kinda boring too me, if we mix boobs and bum fights in im totally with it.

IS LIKE WHAT YOU MIGHT PUT ON MOVIE FOOD... UM WHAT IS JALAPENO? GET IT LIKE A WHOOPIN WHEN YOU HOLLER AT YOUR SENIORS

Over the years I've been aware of Greedy Genius as purveyor of kicks and frankly I've never really been too impressed. their stock isn't bad but just never quite reached the level or refined freshness that I'd spend my money on. But then this season they dropped the Avalanche Cool Breeze and I found myself smitten. The Cool Breeze is a sleek silhouette reminiscent of a Nike Blazer or Puma Sky II High but with enough extra flair so it doesn't feel as though its a straight up bite of the aforementioned shoes. The Avalanche though is really sold on its color combination. the white is powerful on such a minimalist pair of kicks and the black laces just jump out as a great accent.


At this point I'd totally be willing to part with cash for 'em but then you turn the shoe around and see the houndstooth pattern on the heel and realize the shoe just elevated like Vince Carter in the '00 olympics. Houndstooth was really done to death last winter/fall but this kinda subtle integration really makes me reevaluate its place in my rogues gallery of patterns.


Lastly, the joints are patent leather, it really demands a certain personal flair to rock 90% white patent leather kicks in the winter. In summer white kicks are the order of the day but in the winter when the sun goes down at 5 it takes a lil balls because we all known white kicks at night (especially patent leather ones) tend to glow a bit. And when you've got that glow the rest of your ensemble is totally under scrutiny, any questionable decisions will be grounds for people to bust on you [||].
However, on the up side with some Mr.Clean Magic Erasers and some Jason Markk Shoe Cleaner patent leather will stay fresh way longer than any other white material.
In any event if you can find these, and that's a HUGE if, you should definitely cop 'em if youre up for the scrutiny.