Category Archives: iLike

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Feb 10 2012

Jay-Z & Kanye West – N*ggas In Paris x Videojacking Graffiti Guys

Do I really need to introduce this? No.

Do I give a fuck if you like it? No.

Do I care for your astronomical expectations? No.

Do I care if you don’t get that they’d rather invest in innovative ways to be creative and simply intricate rather than be tacky and vulgar? No.

Do I give a fuck if you think I’m posting this just for traffic? No.

If you thought the questions which preceded this sentence were anything but rhetorical, you are a DICK.

These two are my IDOLS. They represent two prominent polarities at opposite sides of the Rap spectrum. Their partnership has propelled Hip Hop culture to dizzying heights. They are an absolute partnership in both business and creativity. If you think otherwise, you can shut the fuck up and piss off because I’ve listened to Rap since my conception in the winter of 1984 whilst a bunch of you discovered it a few years ago. I’ve seen many come and go. Yes I know I’m babbling but fuck it. I can write what I feel and I will because you really didn’t have to read this far, did you?

I personally love the way they kept it quintessentially about the live show and energy to keep it simple with sprinkles of luxury i.e the panthers and lions, but kept it archaic with the kaleidoscope.

I FUCKING LOVE THIS!!! … But did you see this one?

Ghost.

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Sep 5 2011

Lundi Musica #1: LCMDF – Take Me To The Mountains

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Two Helsinki sisters smouldering with more Smash Hits factor than Neneh Cherry‘s Top Trumps card and more giddy, skewed hooklines than an Ace of Base boxset that’s been left out in the sun too long. At a time when the popsphere feels a cooler habitat than it has been in fifty years, this formidable twosome of Kemppainens – Emma (22) and Mia (20) – are here to remind people that while cool is fine an’ol, deranged fun is just the best.

‘Take Me To The Mountains’ propulsive parps and squelches find a barmy middle ground in between booty-bass and Hanna-Barbera soundtracks. “It’s an escapist song, I guess,” ponders Mia. “It’s about loving being in a band but wanting to escape all the bad bits and just have the fun of making music.” It’s another irresistible off-kilter chant of hookline, which sets our heroines amidst a jello mountain range with tub-thumping beat-downs and warp-speed disco cowbells.

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  • 29/09/11 – Hoxton Bar and Grill, London
  • 30/09/11 – Koko, London

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Jul 31 2011

Throwback Album – N*E*R*D: In Search Of…

These are some of my all time favourite songs off of one of my all time favourite albums from one of my all time favourite bands who influenced and worked with practically everyone in the world of pop music and beyond apart from Michael Jackson and Stevie Wonder but channeled what they learnt from studying the music of the greats into creating a signature space infused futuristic nostalgic innovative sound. I fucking love these guys and I also wonder if you ‘clocked’ what I did with the previous sentence without using any commas and full stops… Follow?

2002 rerelease

Tape You

I admire the sleazeeee… Its delivered so politely because doesn’t say

Ayo bitch! Suck my dick and kiss on her boobs while I record you getting naaaastaay!

Nah… No fucking waaaay!!! He’s opened up by saying that its ok to be a bit freaky, whilst reassuring her that she’ll always be the priority before and after -the other girl being gold but she, his wifey, being platinum, and emphasising the fact that its purely his fantasy. It’s genius because for all we know it could be a conversation with his missus explaining the fantasy… Who knows?

Run To The Sun

This song is sweet, it’s one I listen to when I’m feeling kinda moshi -probably the perfect song to send/play/email to the lady you’re loving.

Provider

This song is practically the story of my life, not in the sense that I have any kids to feed but the conflict between taking the moral high road over the ills of fast easy money. Growing up in the area where I’m from its easy to get caught up in a whole lot of fuckry but this song is an optimistic account of that troubled journey over a balancing beam.

Lapdance

I love this song, always have, the adlibs are jokes but yeaaa there’s hella tits and asssss on display! … Well the XXX one that came on late at night in the early noughties haaaa!

When I got this album in 2004, I got the rerelease from 2002 where all the electronic backing was replaced by backing from the Spy-Mob, a 60′s power pop band, giving it a slightly more futuristic and rocky edge. I’m glad I copped the rerelease because when I heard the album from 2001 I made the ‘unimpressed’ face because it sounded quite flat. There’s so many more gems to be found on this album so I recommend giving it a listen because it’s not quite Hip Hop, Rock, Pop… It’s got elements of everything for everyone. I think the greatest musical piece is the part after ‘Bobby James’, that synth led instrumental is simply beautiful to the ears.

This is a great album, it’s not quite any genre but more amalgamatic-equilibrial-futurism…

No exaggeration, this album was simply ahead of itself.

K O

Jul 21 2011

Craving: Custard Creams

Before one proceeds I’d just like to state that:

If there is anyone amongst you who does not share a mutual admiration for the holiest of all biscuits, the Custard Creme de la Creme -a la Custard Cream, can you please shut the fuck up. Obrigado! (Portuguese for thank you)

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As far as biscuits go, there’s no contest for this divine offering from the confectionary gods on Mt. Biscus. Structured as a biscuit sandwich with a vanilla fondant centre, stamped with an elaborate baroque design on either side of its exterior, the Custard Creme is the most regal of all biscuits. There are strawberry, orange, and coffee creams but none come close to their predecessor, the número uno of the brood, the one true comte of the biscuit tin…

Custard Creams I salute you and after I finish my shift I shall waltz into Marks & Spencer and purchase a pack so I can return home and av a lil dunk with my afternoon tea.

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If you’ve never had the pleasure of tasting the holiest of all Mt. Biscus offerings, I suggest you get to your local store tell the shopkeeper that Khalism sent you -also mention that it’s a ‘Craving’ recommendation and you may get a discount… I gas but you might can blag some extra points at Tesco if you get a pack of PG tips to dunk the custies into.

Peace

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Apr 15 2011

The Playaz Guide To 90′s TV

This is the playaz guide to children’s television brought to you by none other than the casanovice himself Count Calvaine.

The Flintstones is an animated, prime-time American television sitcom that ran from September 30, 1960 to April 1, 1966, on ABC. Produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions, The Flintstones was about a working-class Stone-Age man’s life with his family and his next-door neighbor and best friend. It has since been re-released on both DVD and VHS. The show celebrated its 50th anniversary on September 30, 2010. (Wiki)

Wilma Flintstone & Betty Rubble

The Count says:

Betty was always a hottie although Wilma was aiiight too… Tough childhood choices. I’d clump both of them at the same time because I’m Count Calvaine Caveman Shabba!

*His take on the Mr Loverman song by Shabba Ranks

Clarissa Explains It All is an American situation comedy television series from Nickelodeon starring Melissa Joan Hart. It was created by Mitchell Kriegman, encompassing 65 episodes shown during five seasons. The teen sitcom ran from March 23, 1991, to October 1, 1994, and then went into reruns. In the series, Clarissa Darling, a teen girl, breaks the fourth wall and describes the things that are happening in her life (dealing with typical preadolescent concerns such as school, boys, pimples and an annoying little brother) to her television audience. (Wiki)

The Count says:

Man like Sam shudda been beating Clarissa if he’s always at her window and the parents know. Swear down famalamadingbat! I would of been up that ladder and through the window to tear it down and put the smack down on that ya gemme!

*Who’s dumber: The Parents for allowing a boy to climb up a ladder to their daughters room or Sam for never cutting a slice?

Scooby-Doo is a media franchise based around several animated television series and related works produced from 1969 to the present day. The original series, Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!, was created for Hanna-Barbera Productions by writers Joe Ruby and Ken Spearsas a Saturday morning cartoon series in 1969. (Wiki)

Velma, Shaggy, Scooby-Doo, Fred, Daphne

The Count Says:

Man like Freddie is nuts! I rate man for pulling Daphne because she was the boojis catch but Velma had the backoff. Since man like Shaggs was on a layage he shudda been slicing both. Sweardown! I think he was ya na.

*Boojis; pretty, prestige, eloquent basically a catch on all levels.

Sister, Sister is an Emmy Award-winning American television sitcom about identical twin girls Tia Landry and Tamera Campbell (Tiaand Tamera Mowry), who were separated and adopted at birth, when one day they come face-to-face after 14 years apart. (Wiki)

Tia and Tamera

The Count Says:

Man like Roger weren’t rogering Tia or Tamera, he shudda just jogged on to a next yard or rolled up with skuds and juice to hit the twins because that combo never fails in the hood.

Moesha is an American sitcom series that aired on the UPN network from January 23, 1996 to May 14, 2001. The series stars R&B singerBrandy Norwood as Moesha Mitchell, a high school student living with her family in Los Angeles. (Wiki)

The Count Says:

Man like Hakeem is a nutcase! Manaman shudda been popping cherries from morning! Telling me he’s up in the yard for three meals a day and he ain’t cutting piece off none o dem!?!? Fam… He could of had Moesha, Kim, and Niecie but he petted. He ended up getting Q’s scraps EEEEdiat… Wasteman!

The Powerpuff Girls is an American animated television series about three kindergarten-aged girls who have superpowers. Created byanimator Craig McCracken, the program was produced by Hanna–Barbera until 2001 when Cartoon Network Studios took over production for Cartoon Network. The show has been nominated for an Emmy Award five times, in the category Outstanding Achievement in Animation. The series premiered in 1998 and ended production run episodes in 2005. (Wiki)

Buttercup, Blossom, Bubbles

The Count Says:

Certain man did time for lashing the powerpuff girls! Them man there got no shame! None whatsoever… SMH! SNM!

Dexter’s Laboratory (commonly abbreviated as Dexter’s Lab) is an American animated series created by Genndy Tartakovsky and produced by Cartoon Network Studios (also co-produced with Hanna-Barbera in 1996-2001). The show was about a boy named Dexter who had an enormous secret laboratory filled with an endless collection of his inventions. The series premiered in the United States onCartoon Network on April 28, 1996 and ended on November 21, 2003. As of 2006, Cartoon Network’s sister channel Boomerang now reruns the show. The show returned to Cartoon Network in reruns on November 8, 2010 until March 4, 2011. (Wiki)

Mandark, Dexter, DiDi

The Count Says:

Dexter is my dawg still but shiiiiiieeeet I would tumped up DiDi cah she fucked up a lot. I lenged down Mandark for trying a ting but still I was him I’d move on DiDi, non frontage!

 *There’s plenty more that could of added but since our guest Count Calvaine’s BBM was blowing up, he had to dash off to -as he put it- ‘link some beanage for some sleazage’. I hope you enjoyed our guest contributer, part two soon come…