On another day I'll post some Chicago Bears related songs in celebration of them making the Super Bowl, but for now I'll start this rodeo off by talking about the famed "hype DJ" from New York.
I am a person who hates MTV (and note that "they hardly play music videos anymore" is only a small part of it) and how they turned into a network that appears to only appeal to 16 year old girls. Deeper than that, though, is how they seem to perpetuate a way of life that promotes a mindless mindset, much disrespect, and a culture that centers itself on material issues, instant gratification, and a "you have to be rich" attitude. Look at how they have us gawk at all the rich people on MTV Cribs, or how we have to see a bunch of teenagers live to excesses in My Super Sweet 16.
To me, MSS16 is great trainwreck television. Even if they only rent those extravagant cars for their bratty kids and they actually drive a Civic and they pay people to cause trouble at the parties (charges that are allegedly true, but don't even get me started on how "reality" TV shows are anything but) and even if the kids just "play it up for the camera", it's still a great source of unintentional humor. How ungrateful they act towards their parents is depressing, but it's still a source of much hilarity seeing how bratty they act when these Paris Hilton's in training don't have things go their way. You always have to love it when all the rich and successful people fall flat on their face and fuck up in front of everyone (that's why tabloids are so popular), even if they are kiddies you only get to know for a half hour. Some of them are worse than others, of course; Sophie in particular is a hateful pigwoman who would make a great pro wrestling heel as they just have something to them that makes you want to hate them (when she opens her mouth it would seal the deal). The girl who's going to be on the show next looks to be Sophie 2.0; I can't wait.
But, then there's some girls who seem to be pretty nice, especially in comparison to the worst ones. The dame I will bring up does have something to do with the 3 songs I will post here in a moment. She is Meleny of Long Island. Besides the fact that she's pretty hot and she's having a Sweet 18 party and thus you can ogle her without feeling like someone who needs to have Chris Hansen from Dateline bust in on them with cameras (I have a feeling that "perverts" make up a good size of the MSS16 audience), she seems to be a nice person. The overprotective father thing is always a minus, but that's beside the point. She's Persian so her father must follow the old country way (no, not THAT country way, Iron Sheik fans, although I would still like to… oh nevermind). She cares about her family and wasn't particularly mean to them which is nice and more than what you can say about some of the snotty "princesses" that you tend to see on there. I also liked the bit of cockiness and brashness she had. Say what you will, but I didn't mind too much that she liked to brag often that she was filthy rich or that with the sunroof of the BMW 7 series car she wanted, she could "wave goodbye to those that wish they were driving this car"… that's great. The 7 series is more something that her parents would want rather than the hipper 5 or 3 series, but maybe she just wants the spacious backseat room for a late night tryst with her lover, I don't know. Even better, when you look at the show's website and the videos where the ladies (and two dudes) from the previous season meet up with each other in New York (hey, shut up, stop snickering) you see Mel and her sister walking to the building and she says that she wants to be the villain amongst the group and then she and her sis diss the most annoying girls-and those girls WERE irritating, so good call there. It's a funny thing to do when the other people from the season could see her make those comments, but that makes it all the more amusing. Not so much was her falling flat on her face (literally, from her high heels, I have to guess), but those are the breaks.
The thing about her that actually applies to the downloads I'm offering up is that not only does she like DJ Skribble and had him invited to play at the party, but she also brought in Fatman Scoop*. As I've said in other places, Fatman Scoop can make any song better. Really, I can't come up with any reason why he would be *hated* by anyone. I'm glad he got some recognition with "Lose Control" and "It's Like That".
* Of course, when the party is shown they feature only the two other guests, which are the lesser known Vic Latino and Lucas Prata; typical MTV logic for ya. If you look at the other videos MTV has on their page for the show, you'll see Scoop at the party, and his rather unwise decision to take off his shirt.
Note: With these files you need to have a program to unzip them, but it only takes a few minutes to download a program like Winzip or something else, so I couldn't possibly imagine it being an issue for most people in this day and age.
Crooklyn Clan w/ Fatman Scoop, "Get Your Hands Up", from the Save the Last Dance soundtrack.
This was the first song I ever heard from Scoop, and I fell in love right away. It was on a random radio station in Tennessee while I was driving from Illinois to Florida. This is a very good way of introducing yourself to him if you haven't heard his hype man style before.
http://www.bigupload.com/d=3E97F8A2 (4.97 MB, 192 K bits/second)
Miri Ben-Ari, w/ Fatman Scoop and Vicious, "Jump & Spread Out".
Ari is known as "The Hip-Hop Violinist," due to her playing on such cuts as "Jesus Walks" and "Overnight Celebrity." On her own album, she has various guest stars sing songs. On this song you hear that a fast tempo song that features a violin can work.
http://www.bigupload.com/d=FDB72CBD (4.67 MB, 160 K bits/second)
Sasha w/ Fatman Scoop, "Coca-Cola Shape (Dat Sexy Body Remix)".
Sasha is a reggaeton DJ, so you know what to expect before downloading. Fatman explains that he prefers girls whose "ass is better than your waist", thus explaining why he likes girls that are shaped like a Coca-Cola bottle (but a cute face is important too, according to him).
http://www.bigupload.com/d=491159B9 (6.28 MB, 192 K bits/second)
I hope you enjoy these tunes. I'll be back on another day to post a new song (there's no set limit on how many songs I'll have per post, but I shouldn't post more than once a day). I'll try to do this on a frequent basis but it depends on my schedule and all those other factors.
I don't mean for this to be a hip-hop centric site, but really, it's just what I feel like putting up at any random moment. You never know what to expect. I do know, though, that if I put up one of these on Tuesday, it will be of a rather unique hyphy song. Just to be on the safe side, check out this blog on a daily basis. Hey, no harm could come from it...
Oh yeah, and to find CD's from these artists, click on these links:
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Coca-Cola Shape: Reggae Gold 2005
Miri Ben Ari
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