MAYER HAWTHORNE & THE COUNTY

Stones Throw Records just picked up a new artist, and it sounds like they got in the DeLorean to sign him.  His name is Mayer Hawthorne, a 29 year old from Ann Arbor (a city outside of Detroit which is also home to producers Dabrye and Samiyam) with no formal training in music, you wouldnt guess he leads the vocals. What's even crazier is that Peanut Butter Wolf signed Mayer after hearing two tracks! He just released a heartshaped 7" with the label, limited to 1000 copies.  I'm gonna try n get my hands on that! Mayer Hawthorne & The County are currently recording their first debut album. Can't wait to cop that shit. Below is his first single, "Just Ain't Gonna Work Out".

PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA

The Sylvers - Only One Can Win

STONES THROW PODCAST 39: 2099 SAMPLER MIXED BY J ROCC

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MADLIB THE BEAT KONDUCTA

Madlib... man where do I start? This dude has been makin beats for somethin like a decade now. His parents were musicians and his younger brother's even signed to the same label (Stones Throw Records). He's released a number of albums under various aliases (Yesterdays New Quintet, Quasimoto, DJ Rels) as well as a collaboration album with both MF DOOM (as MADVILLAIN) and with the great late J Dilla of Slum Village (as Jaylib).  He's produced entire albums for some artists, dropped a remix of the Blue Note catalogue (Shades of Blue) and even released solo EPs as each of the 'members' of YNQ.  There's a bunch of projects I'm leaving out, but the reason I'm makin this post is cause he just put out 3 new albums in the past like, 2 months? He collab'ed with J Rocc to put together Beat Konducta Volumes 5 & 6 (a tribute to Dilla) and they do not disappoint. In between the 5th and 6th volume releases he also dropped WLIB King of the Wigflip (Madlib on the beats featuring artists such as Guilty Simpson, Defari, Prince Po and more) Give these tracks a listen n go n cop all three albums.

Madlib - Two For Pay Jay (No Dough, No Show)

Madlib - Suffer (Concentration)

Throw a lil bonus in there, this is the first Madlib beat I ever heard.  It was used by some local kids from the city in their skate video like 5 or 6 years ago?

Madlib - Jazzy (Goodbye!)

WHO REMEMBERS THIS SHIT?

This had to be one of my favorite shows to watch as a kid, amongst many other great cartoon shows from the 70s 80s n 90s like Thundercats, Transformers, Duck Tales, and shit I didnt even know til now, but Ronin Warriors got played on Toonami. I used to wake up maaaad early to catch it on basic tv. I miss bein a kid so much.. anyway peep this episode:

PORK SODA

So, why's the blog named "cure for the wounded knee" you ask? Well, long story short: I have a banged up left knee, n when shit's got me down, I smoke a blunt n listen to music to take my mind off it. Primus played after I listened to Onra yesterday and so thats how I got the name for the blog. Yup, just like that.

Primus - Wounded Knee

Primus (also known for their single "DMV" as well as the theme for Comedy Central's South Park) is led by bass guitarist Les Claypool.  He also did the theme for Seinfeld.

DOO DOO DOO DOO DOO! THATS A AUDIO DAILY DOUBLE

Tom Waits - Singapore

Last night while I was on The Berrics I heard a sample for a track I planned on using in a video myself: Word A' Mouth - Famous Last Words off of Lyricist Lounge Vol. 2 (2000). Damn I love stumbling across samples.