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I consider myself an appreciator of the freak arts; I love early Animal Collective, These Are Powers and lots of other sounds that I hear a lot of smack about. It’s been a long time since I’ve uttered these words, but I do not understand Emily Wells’ cover of “Juicy.” I just sorta wish she said “nigga,” but feel free to form your own opinion.
I found this related video, a ukulele cover of “Juicy” that I’m totally down with. Take a lesson Emily, smile and have a good time when you dance with Biggie! And yes…this girl says nigga.
So I’ve given a shout out to the alt girls and a shout out to the ukulele, but what about the bros? Here’s a cover of “Big Poppa” that you may or may not want to forget three-and-a-half minutes from now. Isn’t this the lead singer from Crazy Town?
I DJ’d in Bed Stuy last night, and appropriately this is the track that I closed my set on.
Notorious B.I.G. & Frank Sinatra: Juicy – New York, New York
And these are completely irrelevant to the post, but hey…Juicy.
Rafter – Juicy (highly rec’d)
Panda, No Panda – The Juicy
[ODB and Biggie]
I was surfing Youtube and came across some interesting videos. The first being Ol’ Dirty Bastard with Biggie. It’s just so great to see them in the same shot holding mics. The second video is ODB interrupting the Grammy awards after finding out that Wu-Tang lost to Puffy. In his defense, it did look like he bought an expensive suit. Catch a pretty drunk ODB freestyle right here. Awesome 25-second clip of The Roots performing ODB’s “Shimmy Shimmy Ya” and A Tribe Called Quest’s “Award Tour” here. Longer version of “SSY” at VH1’s Hip-Hop honors is here. Ukelele cover of “Got Your Money” here from Dave Atell’s Gong Show. Finally, my personal favorite, “Shimmy Shimmy Ya” on a Disney toy here.
[interrupting Grammys]
And possibly the best way to ever end, start or cuten your day…a small child singing “C.R.E.A.M.”
As you know, Notorious came out last week. With the release of the soundtrack comes three unreleased Biggie songs which you can hear via Vibe. Check it out and love on some Notorious.
