First, I thought I was the only one was up on that Willie Nelson LP (Mills isn't the only one about to have his first immersion into the 'Nelson experience'... recognize the potential (Blackwell + skilled songwriters = gems).

Second, now that heads in NYC are forcing the man to stand and be counted (peer pressure; works in every millenia), maybe we can induce him to bless us with a handpicked irie set of music... if he can fit it into a 30 minute format by October 1, we might even be able to convince him to drop it here, eh?

(oh, and believe that A to the L has already been informed that he has to submit a few entries... check the category expansion, and bring your A+ multi-track game)

and in a final note, who's up on that V. Smoove / S. Sniper blend of I Wayne's "Can't Satisy Her" over the Shyne/Barrington Levy 'Bad Boys' track? Something about 90-plus degree weather and leaving my vinyl in the trunk of my car has, shall we say, compromised the listening experience with my copy... don't make me have to make my own version...

- E.Nygma (getting prepared for Common/John Legend/De La Soul in 10 hours...)

¶ 11:02 AM //

It seems that Jahah acapellas have a nasty habit of destroying hard drives after they've been remixed, leaving only the folder that THEY'RE in salvageable. So I'd like to thank bill Jahah for ruining my 160GB Western Digital HD that fucked up while I was in a different country. Out of 160GB containing about 6 years worth of rare music, pictures and assorted bullshit, only the folder titled JAHAH REMIXES could be saved. It seems the same has happened to Raj too judging from his post below this one.

And its this post that has sparked me to finally let these remixes out into the wide open. Most of these were done last summer, shortly after the release of "Mama's Only Son", though a couple (marked with a *) were done this morning over tea and toast while unpacking more music from the flight over. (BTW - yes muhfuckas I am back in Florida)

Anyway, have fun with these - feedback, criticism, hatemail etc is always welcome.

Jahah - Everybody Up (Remix)
Jahah - Here We Are Again (Remix)
* Jahah - Here We Are Again (2nd Remix)
Jahah - Its For You (Remix Snippet)
Jahah - Official (Remix)
Jahah - Official (2nd Remix Snippet)
Jahah - Oooh (Remix)
* Jahah - Oooh (2nd Remix)
Jahah - Tonight (Remix Snippet)

btw - Blogger's shite new way of publishing pics may have fucked up the layout for a minute - it ain't my fault... FUCK THAT, check the NEW BLUE FLY SHIT SON!!!! LOOK AT THE THING BEAMING OUT THINGS AT THE TOP! WORD IS BOND, WE KILLING THIS SHIT SON!

or something...

¶ 12:22 PM //

you know, this guy right here, who rolls with these cats... and well, people were kind enough to send us mastered acapellas from the LP... suffice it to say, someone might have made a pact to work on some blends and remixes based on those tracks, before he got tied up with numerous research projects and 'obligations'...

regardless, rumor has it that someone is still working on those blends, and trying to salvage some files that were saved on one of those pieces of storage media that always seem to be unusable at the most inopportune times. But, we did manage to grab a few, and will be posting them for commentary, criticism, and the like in the following days weeks...

here's a sample, keeping in mind that the final mixdown of the background vocals is on another file that is AWOL, but has all manner of panning, filtering, and this lil' choral hall reverb effect that is rather effective...

Jahah - (You Got Me) Sayin' Ooh In Different Keys *

Anyway, I had planned to post tons of things about the BET awards, but since they're still airing about once every 4 hours on a cable station near you, I figured I could wait... besides, I have plenty of running IM conversations to post from the original airing, when I get a chance...

In unrelated news, Prince Paul gives hilarious interviews, great drops, and keeps Mike Jones (who?) and Amerie in his gig crates; Freeway... jury is still out on Mr. 'Where You Been', as he managed to double book himself with studio time and interviews... guess what happened there?

That is all...


* not my idea for the title, but it works... just listen...

¶ 12:12 PM //