Souls of Mischief is an alternative hip hop group from Oakland, California, that is also part of the hip hop collective, Hieroglyphics. The Souls of Mischief formed in 1993 and is composed of emcees A-Plus, Opio, Phesto, and Tajai. (continue reading)
Entries Tagged as ‘Electric Relaxation’
December 14, 2008
Sunday Electric Relaxation: Deep Forest – “Madazulu”
Deep Forest is a musical group consisting of two French musicians, Michel Sanchez and Eric Mouquet. They compose a new kind of world music, sometimes called ethnic electronica, mixing ethnic with electronic sounds and dance beats or chillout beats. Their sound has been described as an “ethno-introspective ambient world music”[1]. They [...]
December 7, 2008
Sunday Electric Relaxation: Manu Chao – “Me Gustas Tu”
Updated . . . my bad uploaded the wrong video for most of the day.
Manu Chao sings in the English, Spanish, Galician, Portuguese, French, Arabic and Wolof languages, often mixing them in the same song. His music has many influences: punk, rock, French chanson, Iberoamerican salsa, reggae, ska, and Algerian raï. [...]
November 16, 2008
Sunday Electric Relaxation: The Doveshack “Summertime In The LBC”
Man I love this one.
November 9, 2008
Sunday Electric Relaxation: Lords of the Underground “Chief Rocka”
Can’t you just imagine Obama saying the lyrics in the video instead? Obama the new Chief Rocka of America.
Boom shaka laka yo here comes the Chief Rocka
Rock it down so jump up off the tip you’re not my nucca
For sharper type to battle make the people say ooh [...]
November 2, 2008
Sunday Electric Relaxation: The Roots “What They Do”
So you have to click here, for it, but it’s well worth it.
Keep things real my friends. In life and in politics. My trip to south Philly reminded me that’s what the Obama campaign is about . . . keeping it real.
The McCain camp do what they do, we do what we do.
Enjoy this old [...]
October 26, 2008
Sunday Electric Relaxation: Queen Latifah “Just Another Day”
Just another day my friends . . . just another day
October 20, 2008
Late Sunday Electric Relaxation: Yerba Buena – “Guajira”
Been traveling a lot on weekends. So here’s a very late Sunday Electric Relaxation
Yerba Buena is a Grammy-nominated fusion band based out of New York. The project was started by Venezuelan songwriter, producer and instrumentalist Andres Levin, & Singer, Composer Cucu Diamantes who brought Cuban composer Descemer Bueno to New York. [...]
October 13, 2008
Late Sunday Electric Relaxation Orishas: “537 Cuba”
This is above and beyond one of my all time favorite groups. They helped start the Cuban hip hop revolution. If you don’t know about them you’ve been missing out over the last decade or so.
Orishas is a hip-hop group whose members had emigrated from Cuba. They were first [...]
