or: “There´s nothing wrong with a little shooting as long as the right people get shot” (just had to squeeze that quote from the new De Niro / Pacino flick in, check Animal NYC for the full story.).

Anyway: I got an email from Australia today asking me to put up the new “Get Nice” mix from Bashment Jack on this blog. And as there´s nothing wrong with a nice mixture of dancehall, disco and dolly, I´m happy to do so. Get over to ZShare to download it for free and check Get Nice for the tracklist.

In other news, German magazine “Dummy” - a quite brilliant mono-thematic quarterly getting art directed by a different agency from issue to issue - recently released #03/08: the “Black People” issue (e. g. talking about Sarotti chocolate, black models and hip hop album sleeves).
Originally, it was supposed to be called “Negroes” before a politically correct comment storm hit the mags´ blog. While I of course agree that a magazine mainly put together by white people like me should very careful with using those kind of terms, I guess that 90% of the people complaining about the title, never actually had to do with black people and should therefore just shut the freak (I guess they use that kind of expressions) up. My advice for the rest: Buy Dummy. If you don´t speak German, learn it - I mean, even Kanye gives props to cultural goods from my damn nation these days.

Wow. Too much text that was. Go watch some videos from Ward 21, Janelle Monaé and Nike:

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We finally have the third edition of Shook Magazine #03 in our shelves. Coming in bright red, the Summer volume e. g. has the following stories:

- Mexico Olympics - The Action That Wasn´t Televised

- Summer of Love - Aciiieeed Comes To London

- El Cantante - The Hector Lavoe Story

- Junot Diaz - Dominican Tales of Geekdom

- Zoot Suit City - Kid Creole Goes Town

- No Sleep - Golen Era Boom Bap

- Young Disciples - Road To Freedom

- Old Rare New - Independent Record Stores

- …

Guess I don´t need to mention the incredible Heatwave column and the dope layout anymore… Get yours or die trying.

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While some foolish white people try to get brown like Foxy by spending all the money they haven´t spent on jeans with holes for going to tanning booths (and end up orange), some black people dream of a lighter complexion and keep rubbing their face with bleaching cream. These are the fucking days…

(via Wayne & Wax)

P. S. Speaking of which: Tim Turbo has a nice little post on the man of the moment - Busy Signal. Welcome to his world.

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SoulJazz announced the return of their Dynamite party series. Diplo unvealed that “Favela On Blast” will premier in Rio on October 3rd. All blogs are featuring Diesel´s SFW XXX viral video. The Fader has the director´s cut of their interview with Busy Signal as well as a Ghetto Palms episode dedicated to him. Still, Tim Turbo´s “Message Is Love” while Selektor upped tons of soundsystem special effects. Peter Fox´s album will drop tomorrow (new video is out already). And seen. finally made it on Twitter.

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Read the Jamaican Star´s article on protecting dance moves as intellectual property:

When THE STAR made checks, it was discovered that according to copyright laws, dancers can protect and gain money from creating dance moves.

Buy Cutacombo a.k.a. Katakombot a.k.a. Switzerland´s finest mash-up crew´s new mix “Oll Styles”

Gemixt wird immer noch vom Feinsten, aber mittlerweile sind wir bei Mash Ups ohne Genregrenzen angekommen. Hier trifft Michael Jackson auf den Wu Tang Clan, Dr. Alban auf M.I.A. und Method Man, Men At Work aud O.D.B. oder etwa Falco auf Snoop Dogg.

Hört sich vielleicht erstmal komisch an, läuft aber perfekt durch und wer die Idee hinter dem Mix versteht wird das Tape lieben.

Look forward to Beth Lesser´s photobook “The Rise of Jamaican Dancehall Culture” (Soul Jazz)

Lesser’s book is a vibrant anthology of all that mattered: the soundsystems, studios, producers, singers, DJs and, yes, the idlers.

as well as for Bruno Natal´s documentary “Dub Echoes”

Directed, shot and produced by: Bruno Natal.

And: listen to Gilles Peterson World Wide Show from September 18th

Nas – ‘Queens Get The Money’ (Def Jam)
Cool Kids – ‘Jingling’ (XL Recordings)
Busta Rhymes – ‘I Got Bass’ (Universal)
Lil Wayne – ‘A Milli’ (Cash Money Records)
Benga Vs Marcus Belgrave – ‘Space Odyssey’ (Dubplate)
Black Pocket – ‘Ure A Star (Martyn Remix)’ (Fat City)
Geiom ft Marita – ‘Reminiscin’ (Kode 9 Remix)’ (Berkane Sol).

You can make it.

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Jazzy Joyce, Walshy Fire and Skerrit Bwoy present: “The Most Expensive Mix CD Ever”. Download the 99$ mix for free here - a recommendation by 77Klash.

tunes for every one
tunes ya know from earlier this year
tunes that a beat ya now
tunes that never gonna get released
& tunes wha go get release ina 2009
suppin fe every body.

with a big endrsement from Borac Odrama

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