Music to help the part-time work go by

My employment at the moment is somewhat vague - I'm leading a double life as a freelance table-waiter and interior decorator, while also searching for a way to get employed as a market research consultant. The soundtrack to my life since I've been back in London has been as follows.

Music for y'all:


A Side

General Patton - Big Boi
Epic. Big Boi's new solo album is so good - the military parade-esque production on this track is incredible. I'm going to let this youtube comment here speak for me - 'Oh good lord this beat blew my fucking cock off.' Word.



BTSTU - Jai Paul 
"Don't fuck with me, Don't fuck with me...' 
This song is so friggin good. The guy is from London and seems to be just starting out - he has a GIANT mullet & bowie make-up...
http://www.myspace.com/jaipaulmusic


Classic - MED, Madlib & Talib Kweli 
Madlib has been one of the best hip-hop & rap producers around in the last 10 years or so - he's done stuff with Mos Def, Ghostface Killah, Talib Kweli, MF Doom & J Dilla. He also recently produced several tracks on Erykah Badu's album, and may have contributed his production to several of the tracks on Kanye West's new album. He's generally a bit of a badass - well worth checking out his other stuff & the people he's worked with if you like this.



Blue Blood - Foals 
I've never really clicked with Foals before, but this song is pretty great.
I can't get a video but here's the mp3 - http://hypem.com/#/track/1129405/Foals+-+Blue+Blood


Michael Jackson - Remember The Time (SLEEPER Remix) 
I realise how creepy this song sounds at the beginning - but it's worth putting up with (or editing out) for the rest of the song. MJ gets ANGRY and sings his own drumbeat!! 

B Side

Tonight - Sibylle 
Really smooth bassy female vocals & sombre instrumental backing - lovely

Halving the Compass - Helios
One of my music neighbors on Last.fm very kindly said that she liked my music taste - I looked at her top artists & gave Helios and Bonobo a listen - they kick-ass. Really chilled out lo-fi tunes for relaxing in the heat.



Chinatown - Do Make Say Think 
Do Make Say Think are another pretty awesome lo-fi group, hailing from Toronto (BRAP BRAP BRAP!). The bass starts out on this track a bit intensely, but layers get progressively added.


Promises - Sun Kil Moon 
Nice track - chilled out acoustic guitar & solo vocals.

Untitled - D'Angelo
The video that was released with this song is so fucking hilarious. It got him a lot of fans at the time, but he wanted to be taken seriously as an artist (which is fair enough, he's an amazing singer). He gave up his music career because nobody turned up at his gigs for the music - it was mainly ladies and gay guys screaming at him to take his clothes off. Apparently he is now fat, but hopefully more happy than this photo suggests! - http://madnews.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/wow.jpg.