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Fred Wesley & The J.B.'s: “Blow Your Head” (1974, 1989)
Taken from his second album Damn Right I Am Somebody (1974), “Blow Your Head” was made as its own single 15 years after the fact. It was funky enough that it was sampled for many golden-era artists and hits such as Schoolly D's "Gangster Boogie" ('89), Digable Planet's "Rebirth Of Slick (Cool like Dat)" ('92), Tha Alkaholiks "Make Room" ('93), Almighty RSO's "Revenge Of Da Badd Boyz" ('94), and more. Many fans will want to hear that brass and lots of hot-steppin’, but what I felt stole the show was that sick stomach-turning squelch from point A to point B. There’s no way you could miss it.
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“All The Way Around” podcast makes its grand debut premiering Hip-Hop Icon Schoolly D
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“All The Way Around” podcast makes its grand debut premiering Hip-Hop Icon Schoolly D
‘All The Way Around’ podcast! In this inaugural episode, we embark on a remarkable journey alongside an icon who needs no introduction – Schoolly D. Hailing from the vibrant streets of Philadelphia, PA, Schoolly D is a true Hip Hop trailblazer, and our conversation with him takes us deep into the heart of his…
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"All The Way Around"| "Schoolly D" | @ATWAPodcast
“All The Way Around” podcast makes its grand debut premiering Hip-Hop Icon Schoolly D
‘All The Way Around’ podcast! In this inaugural episode, we embark on a remarkable journey alongside an icon who needs no introduction – Schoolly D. Hailing from the vibrant streets of Philadelphia, PA, Schoolly D is a true Hip Hop trailblazer, and our conversation with him takes us deep into the heart of his…
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"All The Way Around"| "Schoolly D" | @ATWAPodcast
“All The Way Around” podcast makes its grand debut premiering Hip-Hop Icon Schoolly D
‘All The Way Around’ podcast! In this inaugural episode, we embark on a remarkable journey alongside an icon who needs no introduction – Schoolly D. Hailing from the vibrant streets of Philadelphia, PA, Schoolly D is a true Hip Hop trailblazer, and our conversation with him takes us deep into the heart of his…
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"All The Way Around"| "Schoolly D" | @ATWAPodcast
“All The Way Around” podcast makes its grand debut premiering Hip-Hop Icon Schoolly D
‘All The Way Around’ podcast! In this inaugural episode, we embark on a remarkable journey alongside an icon who needs no introduction – Schoolly D. Hailing from the vibrant streets of Philadelphia, PA, Schoolly D is a true Hip Hop trailblazer, and our conversation with him takes us deep into the heart of his…
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“All The Way Around” podcast makes its grand debut premiering Hip-Hop Icon Schoolly D
‘All The Way Around’ podcast! In this inaugural episode, we embark on a remarkable journey alongside an icon who needs no introduction – Schoolly D. Hailing from the vibrant streets of Philadelphia, PA, Schoolly D is a true Hip Hop trailblazer, and our conversation with him takes us deep into the heart of his…
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Listed: Son of Dribble
Son of Dribble, from Columbus, Ohio, recently had their second album receive the vinyl treatment by the Minimum Table Stacks label, following its digital release last year. “The band’s fuzzy yet morose Velvets-meets-Joy Division garage rock clamor practically screams out for a wider audience and a more robust pressing,” Dusted’s Bryon Hayes wrote in his review of Son of Drib Against the Wind, “so it’s great that the label took the bait.” Since the album’s initial release, the trio of vocalist Andy Clager, guitarist Darren Latanick and drummer Vicky Mahnke, welcomed second guitarist Mike Nosan into the fold and have been busy playing shows and plotting its follow-up. But not so busy that they couldn’t take a moment of their time to share with Dusted readers a list of things that inspire them musically, lyrically and otherwise. Enjoy!
The Mekons
Cosmic auntie/uncle vibes. They’re like gypsies who created their own world, exploring and expanding at their leisure. Mekons are a band with guts.
Mummenschanz
How can mime-adjacent performance for children be funny, kind, and sublime all in the same moment? Deep dive into the comps — especially the 1970s and 1980s stuff. Are we all just blobs trying to get up a ramp? Are we the blob? Or are we the ramp?
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
A real wizard. He had a hauntingly beautiful vision that cut to the heart of the human condition. A great actor as well (Kamikaze 89, Baal). An early reference for our song “Candy Boy” was “disco song for a Fassbinder film.”
Norman McLaren
Early minimalist psychedelia. It’s really fun to get lost in his work. They used to have a DVD compilation at the library. They don’t have it anymore, maybe somebody stole it.
Teenage Fanclub
Just look at that guitarist playing with leather gloves on.
Jean Dubuffet
Art brut is for the people, it reminds you that you should cut your own hair. His series Pisseurs is several drawings of people peeing in alleys. Our song “J & Dubuffet” was inspired by Andy taking his kid to the local museum, but it’s mostly about just doing what you want while you can.
ELO songs that don’t get radio play
That moment when you realize that something incredible has been right in front of you the whole time. Listen to “Starlight” (1977), “Midnight Blue” (1979), “Don't Walk Away” (1980), and “Another Heart Breaks” (1981). It's a wild ride of space travel and heartbreak (and robot backup singers).
Donald Barthelme
He could write very poignantly and then quickly melt everything into absurdity, sort of throwing things out the window. Great technique.
Schoolly D
A child finds a copy of the first tape (Schoolly D, 1985). They look at the artwork and think it is the coolest, rawest thing they’ve ever seen. They then listen to it, and it is the coolest, rawest thing they’ve ever heard. “P.S.K., What Does It Mean?” sounds like it was recorded in a room full of fog.
Scott Walker
Before recording the album, Andy took a pilgrimage to Walker’s hometown of Hamilton, Ohio (just north of Cincinnati). Checked out the local sculpture park and then found the house that he grew up in. Dug some dirt out of the yard, mixed it into a strawberry milkshake and drank it in an attempt to consume some sort of spirit. A true poet.
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“P” for the people who can’t understand
How one homeboy became a man.
“S” for the way we scream and shout -
One by one I’m knocking you out.
“K” for the way my DJ kuttin’;
Other MC’s, man you ain’t saying nothin’.
Schoolly D - P.S.K. What Does It Mean?
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