Murfocakes
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I swear it’s the current reissue of Monster that’s responsible for my screeching tinnitus.
May 2020 Record Challenge Thread (PRIZE RAFFLE AT THE END!)
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I swear it’s the current reissue of Monster that’s responsible for my screeching tinnitus.
Murfocakes
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Rated M for Mature
Prince - Dirty Mind
I’m so used to this album that I often forget how filthy the lyrics are. See Head and Sister particularly.
Prince - Dirty Mind
I’m so used to this album that I often forget how filthy the lyrics are. See Head and Sister particularly.
Poly-Rythmo
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Day 14 - mature
Afrosound of Colombia
A fantastic compilation of some of the more obscure songs from Discos Fuentes by one of my favourite small labels, Vampi Soul from Madrid, with a strong focus on the genius that is Fruko. Some of the songs get a little bit, well, pornographic, which I guess is in keeping with the often v cheesecake covers on these albums. I thought my girlfriend and daughter had left this morning but they hadn't so had to swipe this off when they burst back in...
Afrosound of Colombia
A fantastic compilation of some of the more obscure songs from Discos Fuentes by one of my favourite small labels, Vampi Soul from Madrid, with a strong focus on the genius that is Fruko. Some of the songs get a little bit, well, pornographic, which I guess is in keeping with the often v cheesecake covers on these albums. I thought my girlfriend and daughter had left this morning but they hadn't so had to swipe this off when they burst back in...
Murfocakes
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Yes this is an album that took me ages to fully appreciate. Hard to grasp what they were going for if you’re 15 I guess. No disrespect for 15year old listeners, for me albums like Aja, Hejira and this are decidedly adult albums in tone and lyrical content
Day 14: Rated M for mature
Prince - Purple Rain
Filth, purest filth, and that’s why we love him!
And I know, it’s a picture disc, stop wittering, we were all young and foolish once and this actually sounds really good.
PS: It seems me and @Murfocakes has similar thoughts today. I’d better go find a psychiatrist...
PPS: There is no difference between side A and B looks wise so I just played side B first
Prince - Purple Rain
Filth, purest filth, and that’s why we love him!
And I know, it’s a picture disc, stop wittering, we were all young and foolish once and this actually sounds really good.
PS: It seems me and @Murfocakes has similar thoughts today. I’d better go find a psychiatrist...
PPS: There is no difference between side A and B looks wise so I just played side B first
Murfocakes
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My kids are in next door so they’re not hearing Head at the minute thankfully. Sometimes I’ll be driving in the car with them and then have to start talking loudly as I realise the next bit has smutty talk. I’m constantly talking about Bowie and Prince so the kids I teach even know I’m obsessed with them. This was my 40th birthday cake
haha yeah! Prince is definitely not kiddie friendly. Was it not Darling Nikki that enraged Tipper Gore so and led to the daft sticker that just made me want albums I otherwise wouldn’t have when I was a kid.
I listened to loads of unfiltered Bowie as a kid though and I turned out just fine......
LOVE that cake though, well played!
Yer Ol' Uncle D
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Day 14: Rated M for mature
Some vintage belly rubbin' music from the 1930's...
Various - Copulatin' Blues Volume 1
Some vintage belly rubbin' music from the 1930's...
Various - Copulatin' Blues Volume 1
Ponman2003
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Day 14 - Dirty Version
Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
RowBearToe
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Day 14 - Rated M for mature
Mos Def - Black on Both Sides
I chose this one for several reasons. First and foremost because it's one of my favorite hip hop albums of all time, but also because it fits this theme in several ways. Obviously the lyrics are rated M, so no listening to this one with the kids around. But compared to other hip hop being released in '99, this "conscious hip hop" album is much more mature in it's themes and lyrics. Lastly, this has got to be the biggest parental advisory sticker I've ever seen on a record haha
Mos Def - Black on Both Sides
I chose this one for several reasons. First and foremost because it's one of my favorite hip hop albums of all time, but also because it fits this theme in several ways. Obviously the lyrics are rated M, so no listening to this one with the kids around. But compared to other hip hop being released in '99, this "conscious hip hop" album is much more mature in it's themes and lyrics. Lastly, this has got to be the biggest parental advisory sticker I've ever seen on a record haha
TrainFan73
Frothy
Day 14 - Grown Ass
not too long ago on NPR I heard an interview with a black transexual male. To be honest, I don’t remember what the piece was about but something stuck out to me. This man who is clearly on the margins of society as a whole, who couldn’t possibly fit the definition of “other” more completely, talked about having to check his privilege. I’ve been chewing on that for a bit now. It even lead to a less than pleasant (for me) exchange in the COVID thread here because I’ve been grappling with how powerful a representation that statement is in regards to exactly how divided our world has become...
this leads me to playing this album today. There’s one of them damn Tipper Gore by way of Prince Explicit Labels marring what is a powerful image. So check in what I am sure is the intent of the day’s theme.
but... this record is more... it’s a non binary black male coming to terms with his experience. The violence and hate of a society directed towards him. It is at times graphic and alarming. All the while he rejects the idea of otherness. He refuse to accept what society deems as masculine. He will not be defined by a society that refuses to accept his simple humanity.
however, as has been the case with his work under the Blood Orange moniker, Devonte Hynes continues a theme of creating community through out the album. It’s even there in the complex movement between soulful tracks to ambient tracks to songs that will light up a dance floor.
I admire the maturity of Hynes and his commitment despite all the ugly he has experienced and unfortunately probably will experience. He is an important and in my opinion, woefully under appreciated voice.
Blood Orange - Negro Swan
not too long ago on NPR I heard an interview with a black transexual male. To be honest, I don’t remember what the piece was about but something stuck out to me. This man who is clearly on the margins of society as a whole, who couldn’t possibly fit the definition of “other” more completely, talked about having to check his privilege. I’ve been chewing on that for a bit now. It even lead to a less than pleasant (for me) exchange in the COVID thread here because I’ve been grappling with how powerful a representation that statement is in regards to exactly how divided our world has become...
this leads me to playing this album today. There’s one of them damn Tipper Gore by way of Prince Explicit Labels marring what is a powerful image. So check in what I am sure is the intent of the day’s theme.
but... this record is more... it’s a non binary black male coming to terms with his experience. The violence and hate of a society directed towards him. It is at times graphic and alarming. All the while he rejects the idea of otherness. He refuse to accept what society deems as masculine. He will not be defined by a society that refuses to accept his simple humanity.
however, as has been the case with his work under the Blood Orange moniker, Devonte Hynes continues a theme of creating community through out the album. It’s even there in the complex movement between soulful tracks to ambient tracks to songs that will light up a dance floor.
I admire the maturity of Hynes and his commitment despite all the ugly he has experienced and unfortunately probably will experience. He is an important and in my opinion, woefully under appreciated voice.
Blood Orange - Negro Swan
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TrainFan73
Frothy
Almost everything I said about the Blood Orange album applies here as well.
BjorgenFjorgen
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Day 13: An album that feels conversational
Cat Stevens - Tea for the Tillerman
This album reaches its zenith during "Father and Son", an imagined conversation between the two characters, but several other tunes, like the warnings/pleadings of "Wild World" and the song-to-myself "Miles From Nowhere", also feel like really intimate conversations.
Cat Stevens - Tea for the Tillerman
This album reaches its zenith during "Father and Son", an imagined conversation between the two characters, but several other tunes, like the warnings/pleadings of "Wild World" and the song-to-myself "Miles From Nowhere", also feel like really intimate conversations.
Gavaxeman
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From what I remember the warning stickers actually increased sales
Hell yeah , I pretty much bought every tape/cd that had on on in the 90’s. If I remember the one 1st was 2 live crew. At the time they were trying to ban a lot these albums altogether
Selaws
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Day 14: Rated M For Mature
Digital Underground – Sex Packets (BCM Records, 1990 First Pressing)
I decided to go for a bit of a rap-comedy album today. Digital Underground was an American alternative hip hop group from Oakland, California that would change their line-up with the release of each album. Famously they launched the career of member Tupac Shakur, who appeared on their 'Same Song' track. 'Sex Packets' is their debut album, released in 1990, and was successful mainly due to some hit singles emerging from it, including 'The Humpty Dance' which peaked at No.11 on the Billboard top 100 chart. One of the group leaders, Shock G, used an alter ego 'Humpty Hump' and used humorous but X-rated lyrics which rhymed incredibly well. It's certainly an oddity and arguably an album which isn't to be taken seriously (as they didn't take themselves seriously either).
Digital Underground – Sex Packets (BCM Records, 1990 First Pressing)
I decided to go for a bit of a rap-comedy album today. Digital Underground was an American alternative hip hop group from Oakland, California that would change their line-up with the release of each album. Famously they launched the career of member Tupac Shakur, who appeared on their 'Same Song' track. 'Sex Packets' is their debut album, released in 1990, and was successful mainly due to some hit singles emerging from it, including 'The Humpty Dance' which peaked at No.11 on the Billboard top 100 chart. One of the group leaders, Shock G, used an alter ego 'Humpty Hump' and used humorous but X-rated lyrics which rhymed incredibly well. It's certainly an oddity and arguably an album which isn't to be taken seriously (as they didn't take themselves seriously either).