(Potential) JOTW - "Weapon of Choice" - Fatboy Slim

After a long day of hitting the books, I came home and hit the trees. I then took a straight shot to the couch, sat down with my room mate and began to watch Denzel's Man on Fire. What I didn't realize is that not only is Denzel Washington in it, but so is Christopher Walken. I chuckled to myself and then had a sudden urge to post the following video as the JAM of the Week. I would like to take this time to apologize to my fellow still.grimey contributor JAM for swagger jacking his steeze. With that being said, this is certainly in contention for one of the best music videos ever made. Enjoy Kids.

"Trap or Die gave 'em hope, They waitin' on a sequel"

So I'm super late on this, but whatever, I was gone for minute now I'm back with the jump off. This video makes me really happy. Hate all you want, but Jeezy is the fucking man, and for those of you who aren't convinced, maybe you should peep this interview that Complex dropped with dude (click).

And then last Tuesday the first track off of Trap or Die 2 dropped:
Click here to download Young Jeezy's "Greatest Trapper Alive!"

If the rest of the mixtape sounds as good as the aforementioned track, I'll be fucking pumped. And even if it doesn't, chances are I'll be letting that shit bang out regardless.
Hopefully, this tape is gearing all of us up for the highly anticipated release of Jeezy's upcoming Thug Motivation 103 album release.
In the meantime, while we wait for Trap or Die 2 and TM 103, why don't we all marinate on the first Trap or Die mixtape:
Click here to download Young Jeezy's Trap or Die

Heroes Get Remembered, but Legends Never Die: still.grimey Remembers Keith "Guru" Elam

Rest In Peace Keith Elam
July 17, 1961- April 19, 2010
y.g note: This just dropped-- Click Here to download the official DJ Premier Keith "Guru" Elam Mix



The Ownerz: The late Guru with DJ Premier, together the two made up Gang Starr

I don't want to contribute another summation of Guru's life work and greatness to the mass that is already on every blog across the internets. Not because I'm lazy, but because I don't think that I could do him the justice that DJ Premier, his brother, or Jeff Weiss could do, the justice that he deserves. What I will say is that I'll always remember the day that I got Gang Starr's Full Clip: A Decade of Gang Starr (of which I'm currently bumping while writing this verse) in 8th grade from my homie Ben Bucy. I listened to that shit non stop. I listened to it so frequently I had to continuously make copies of it to pop into my Sony Discman for the bus ride back and forth from school because I kept fucking up the copies.
Bosting one of the greatest lyrical repertoires, most recognizable voices, and legendary cadences, Guru (which stands for Gifted Unlimited Rhymes Universal) will be greatly missed for his contributions to the music community as a whole. And Keith Elam will be greatly missed for his contributions to the world.

What do you think?

I made this the other night, you like? Thinking about making it into postcards. Would you send your aunt one?

JOTW

This week, I feel it is necessary to address the recent release of The Wu Massacre, brought to you by Method Man, Raekwon and Ghostface Killa. Although I can't say it compares to Only Built 4 Cuban Linx 2, it is definitely of a higher caliber than Ghostface's Ghostdeini: the Wizard of Poetry. As a side note, I plan on naming my firstborn child Ghostdeini regardless of its gender. If, in the most probable of the scenarios following this suggestion, that proposition is denied I will petition the old lady that we rename the dog as a compromise. Back to the matter at hand, this weeks jam is "Our Dreams," which is, in my opinion, the illest cut on the album. The video is a continuation of the Wu-Massacre promo videos, which were inspired by the murders committed in the movie Seven, in which Rae, Ghost and Meth take over for Kevin Spacey's character.

JOTW

Following the current trend of world music, I'm going to hit you with some dope shit that I encountered a few years ago. It's from a documentary called Genghis Blues about a blind blues singer, Paul Pena, that goes to Mongolia to compete in a Tuvan throat singing contest. If you haven't heard of Pena before, he wrote the song Big Old Jet Airliner which Steve Miller made famous. The Jam of the Week is actually a song he put out in 1973 from his album New Train, but I'll provide a link to some of his blues-throat singing work too so you can get a feel for it. I highly recommend the movie, it is one of my all time favorites.

Paul Pena-I'm Gonna Move

Here is a taste of his ill Tuvan shit.

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This week's JOTW is pretty unorthodox, so get ready to stretch your minds a little bit, and, as Nas and T-Boz did in Belly, go back to Africa. Tinariwen is a musical group from Mali that gets down with filthy electric guitar work and some tribal rhythms that are vaguely reminiscent of a different era about 20-30,000 years ago, when everybody was just trying to find some animals to eat and doing their best not to freeze their tits off. If you like this song, called Toumast, I would recommend getting acquainted with Ali Farka Touré, a fellow Malian, whom I know from his work with Ry Cooder on their collabo album, Talking Timbuktu. His influences included John Lee Hooker, a legendary blues man known for his simple grinding rhythms and dense guitar solos, and traditional Malian bard music. Rock and Blues are reflected in the music from which they evolved, and the mixture is about as unique and fascinating as it can get. If you like this shit as much as I do, get your documentary on, and check out Throw Down Your Heart; it's a movie about an American banjo player who travels around Africa and searches for the banjo's roots in several different regions.

Here it is- Tinariwen, off the album Aman Iman, Toumast.