I’ll admit it: I’m not a big fan of hip-hop. This is probably my own fault though, since the only hip-hop I ever get to listen to comes from dodgy radio stations and those mainstream music video shows and it always sounds rather junky. So it’s just as well I was listening to some indie radio station at like 2AM because I happened on some rather delightful hip-hop.

Wax Tailor is a French artist who samples a huge range of old recordings to build up his music. The recordings usually consist of old radio broadcasts, voice samples of long past and goodness knows what other material. It produces a nice “old record” sound, which is then underlined with a smooth beat and some other interesting things. Kinda reminds me of a toned down version of Frontier Psychiatrist, by the Avalanches (a tune I highly recommend).

So, if you like your hip-hop interesting, warming (at times) and just a teensy bit strange, then load up some Wax Tailor! If you don’t, then load him up anyway, as he does do some of the more traditional hip-hop sounds.

From Tales of the Forgotten Melodies:
Que Sera – (MP3 Sample, 681 KB)
Between Fellows – (MP3 Sample, 294 KB)
Am I Free? – (MP3 Sample, 710 KB)

If you want the more traditional hip-hop:

From Tales of the Forgotten Melodies:
Damn That Music Made My Day – (MP3 Sample, 475 KB)
Where My Heart’s At – (MP3 sample, 713 KB)

If you can brave the Flash, then there is a bunch of other tunes from this album and his other ones to take a look at. Or perhaps you could click here, but I might get in trouble.

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I haven’t posted about any folk artists lately, and supposedly, this is a good thing. So while I plan a folk invasion that will put all of you to sleep, here is some Scream Club to wake you up. While there isn’t any screaming to be found on this album, hip-hop is always something of a club, with songs featuring artists here and there. This particular album has guest appearances from Mirah and Beth Ditto of The Gossip. One thing which I find quite amusing about this band is the lyrics; if Scream Club didn’t consist of two ladies, some of their lyrics would be seen as quite misogynist. For instance, “I wake in the morning, take off your britches, dress you like a French maid and watch you do the dishes!” Ah well! So long as I can laugh at that without being called a chauvinist asshole, then I am happy. Also, this is our 100th post! Woohoo.

From The Scissors To The Metal Remix
And You Belong (Ben Adorable Remix) – (MP3, 6 MB)
Dead Wrong featuring Mirah (Ben Adorable Remix) – (MP3, 2.8 MB)
If You Want It featuring Beth Ditto (Ben Adorable Remix) (MP3, 4.7 MB)

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To Ant’s chagrin, it is time for rap! I had to create the rap category just for this song, can you believe it? Me neither. Anyhoo, on my most recent blog whoring expedition, I found some Aussie rap on songs: illinois and decided to get it because it’s a genre that I hardly pay attention to anymore. Fortunately for me, Macromantics is not part of the cRap sub-genre that turned me off to the main genre in the first place. And though I can’t profess to understand a good chunk of what she is rapping, I find that hardly relevant because, as she raps in this very song, the track is gorgeous.

From Moments In Movement
Scorch – (MP3, 3.8 MB)

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