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It's Friday and we're back with another edition of Foundation Fridays. This time Coalmine Records reached out to the creative geniuses at Monstar Films to help create a visual back drop to the M-Phazes remix of "Midnight Madness" which is a parady of the 1980 cult movie of the same title. The M-Phazes remix is featured on the Midnight Madness Remix EP which is available now on iTunes )along with 5 other remixes). The original Shuko produced version appears on The Foundation, also available on iTunes. Let the madness begin!!
My homie Matt from Coalmine Records sent this over to me, and I thought it was pretty dope, so up it had to go. I'll let Matt explain the deal..... - Trav
The Midnight Madness Remix EP (Coalmine Records)
I just wanna give yall a brief run down of the history behind this remix. Basically, my entire idea behind doing this record from jump was based off the cult 80s movie "Midnight Madness". As a kid, this was one of my favorite movies. I thought the concept was just ill- it revolved around an all night scavenger hunt coined "The Great All-Nighter" spearheaded by this zany ass dude named Leon. This movie also features a young Michael J. Fox making his big screen debut. The game demands that its participants must gather odd objects and decipher riddles to figure out where the finish line is. The first group there, wins. However, the competitors, who consist of geeks, jocks and snobs, just might kill each other before they find a single clue. I always thought it would be ill to make a hip-hop parody based off this movie. I reached out to Heltah Skeltah and explained to them what I was looking for which was basically a real street interpretation of the movie's synopsis from the vantage point of Ruck & Rock.
Although I was very pleased with the original version as featured on The Foundation, I thought it would be dope to drop an EP of remixes that showcase the beat making skill of many up-coming producer's while also delivering their own interpretation of the theme of the record. I first reached out to the homey M-Phazes about this project and my goal here was to expand on the original version by rendering a remix that used elements from the movie. I sent Phazes the movie's theme song and there was this really ominous sound in the very beginning- it didn't even occur to me to sample that (hence why I'm not a producer), but Phazes used that sound as the center piece to his remix. He stamped his signature drums and bassline around the sample and came up with something really dope. From the rhymes to the beat, this remix is a modern day hip-hop parody to one of my favorite child-hood movies.
To make the cipher complete, I had the homey OK Pants hook up the artwork based off of the original movie poster from 1980. I was always a fan of 12" and album covers that were a spin off an earlier body of work of a different genre, ie: Redman's Dare Iz A Darkside & Funkadelic's Maggot Brains or Young Black Teenager's self titled debut & The Beatles Meet The Beatles (debut album). Artwork has always been an integral part of hip-hop culture and similar to how producers have resorted to using samples to provide the framework for a song, artists have drawn inspiration from the works of earlier and different genres to provide the foundation for album art. Hip-hop by and large is an amalgamation of varying cultures and in this digital age much of the culture's essence falls by the wayside. Although it's unfortunate, it's still possible to carry on tradition and maintain the standards of yesteryear...The Midnight Madness Remix EP is my attempt to do just that.
As a product of the "golden era" of hip hop music, Kooley High has always grabbed its inspiration from the greats; De La, Gangstarr, Common, Mos Def, Kweli, and Q Tip just to name a few. Speaking of the abstract, Kooley heard his new single "gettin up" off the new album the renaissance and decided to flip it in their own way. Check it out and spread it around. We appreciate all the love and support for our fans and our friends on the innanets.
After finally finding the time to sit down and watch this new show brought to you by One Time 4 Your Mind (1X4 Your Mind) and Antonio Starr, this is pretty dope. For those of you that miss the Yo! MTV Raps days, this is one of the closer things I've seen as far as a video show in awhile. They are well worth your time and checking out if you are into the old school videos and the such. Titled Nostylegia, the show is, well, just that, a video show focusing on the old school flavor that I know I love, and by the amount of bitching that comes when I post up new material too much, a lot of you do too. So check it out......
Everyone knows that I am the biggest fan of Hip Hop and try my best to school whoever wants to learn about the Golden Era of Hip Hop. Kanye sent a message on Twitter about doing what you loved and while I always have, it’s time for me to take it to another level. From my mind and then to my garage comes the new show NoStyleGia (play on the word Nostalgia) which will be my vehicle of bringing more exclusive content similar to what I have posted on my blog 1x4yourmind.com (which have garnered over 1 million hits around the web). The show will be a throwback concept of the classic Yo! And Rap City episodes from the late 80’s into the mid 90’s. I will be going on location to different spots to shoot shows with some of the pioneers of Hip Hop as well as Dj’s and Producers who helped solidify rap music back then. You will also get that R&B videos like Mona Lisa, Total, Horace Grant and so forth. Trust me the show is going to be dope and it will debut tomorrow 10/16/2008 on my online television stationwww.mogulus.com/uan (had to push date back one day for technical reasons) with a version on Vimeo as well.
New music from BBC. Rock & Ruck back together again. Honestly, I'm not sure what to think of this track. It's kinda......eh, maybe it'll grow on me, or it might just annoy me to no end after a few more listens. It was produced by Illmind, who has been making noise with his production skills for the past year or so. Give it a listen, don't take my word for the truth. It is good to hear the two together again. We'll see what an album brings.
