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  • MC Breed (1972-2008)

    It was reported over the weekend that rapper MC Breed (Eric Breed), most famous for the song Ain’t No Future in Yo Frontin’, passed away from what I believe to be injuries related to kidney failure. He was in the hospital earlier in September of this year after collapsing because of kidney failure.

    Rapreviews.com has a statement up from Breed’s family and management.

    We are saddened by our great loss. More than just an artist, we mourn the loss of a beloved father, son, brother and friend. We are overwhelmed by the tremendous outpouring of love and support during this difficult time. We are thankful and blessed to have been in his presence and want him to be remembered for his creative, caring, talented and hard-working spirit.

    Personally, I remember 106.1 KMEL (San Francisco) playing Ain’t No Future in Yo Frontin’ like crazy and it really became an anthem at the time. You couldn’t go anywhere without hearing that song. Gotta Get Mine came out a couple years later and featured Tupac Shakur right as he was really blowing up. The latter song reached a new audience in 2002 when it was featured on Eminem’s second soundtrack to his movie 8 Mile. It’s the third track on More Music From 8 Mile which also featured music by some heavy hitters of early 90s rap.

    I’ve included the videos to both songs.

    Ain’t No Future in Yo Frontin’

    Gotta Get Mine

  • Miley Cyrus And “The Great” John Travolta – I Thought I Lost You

    I took the kids to the movies this weekend to see Disney’s new animated film Bolt. It was a very fun film and though it wasn’t quite Pixar-esque, it was close.

    After the movie was done and the credits were rolling, a song played. I could tell it was a Miley Cyrus (who voices Penny) song but then a male voice erupted in the chorus. It was none other than John Travolta, who voices Bolt the dog. I turned to my kids and told them that it was none other than “The Great” John Travolta, but they didn’t care. But one of the mom’s to my left, after overhearing from me that it was indeed “The Great” John Travolta, became very excited.

    Here’s the video to I Thought I Lost You so that you believe me.

  • Album Review: The Fireman is Paul McCartney – Electric Arguments

    Our boss, Mike, always finds things to live blog.  I’m going to suck up to him and try to live blog a CD review.  I have had the CD for almost two weeks but I have only listened to it while sharpening pencils or ignoring my ringing phone so it’s almost fresh.  It’s 10:45pm.  Mrs. Rock just went to bed. I’ll write a little background and then review the CD as I listen to it.  There will be no second impressions, but that’s OK because I know a lot of Beatles fans will buy this and only listen to it once anyway.  I’m not saying they shouldn’t.  I just know how they are.

    Let’s remind ourselves what The Fireman is.  The Fireman is Paul McCartney and a British producer who calls himself Youth.  In addition to his production experience, Youth brings knowledge of electronica and dub to the collaboration.  Bass is really important in dub music, so it’s going to be pretty interesting to hear what he does with a bass player of Paul’s caliber.  Paul is known to be a fan of reggae music (not just ganja), so if you think of dub as an offshoot of reggae, maybe Paul knows something about dub himself.  The Fireman released two albums in the 1990s.  They made a half-hearted attempt to hide their identities first time around.  Now, I wouldn’t be surprised to find Electric Arguments filed under M in my local record store.

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