Not too G for Valentines..still a G though..

Prince knows.

So I'll let him say everything for me.

Only Prince..

Happy Valentines to my sweet, sweet man, DanDan..and Happy Valentines to you all.

This will be the day, that you will hear me say

That I will never run away

I am here for you, love is meant for two

Now tell me what you're gonna do

If I gave you diamonds and pearls

Would you be a happy boy or a girl

If I could I would give you the world

But all I can do is just offer you my love

Which one of us is right, if we always fight

Why can't we just let love decide

Am I the weaker man because I understand

That love must be the master plan

If I gave you diamonds and pearls

Would you be a happy boy or a girl

If I could I would give you the world

But all I can do is just offer you my love

D to the I to the A to the M

O to the N to the D to the pearls of love

D to the I to the A to the M

O to the N to the D to the pearls of love

There will come a time, when love will blow your mind

And everything you'll look for you'll find

That will be the time, that everything will shine

So bright it makes you colorblind

If I gave you diamonds and pearls

Would you be a happy boy or a girl

If I could I would give you the world

All I can do is just offer you my love

If I gave you diamonds and pearls

Would you be a happy boy or a girl

If I could I would give you the world

All I can do is just offer you my love

If I gave you diamonds and pearls

Would you be, would you, would you

Would you, would you, would you be happy, little baby

If I could I would give you the world

Share you love songs.

And don't get political about it. Valentines is awesome!

K

TURN IT UP: Rest in Beats Dilla Dawg.

It's Dilla Day.

On this day 40 years ago, a legend was born.
Today, 8 years after his untimely death, we celebrate the Incredible James Dewitt Yancey, aka, J Dilla.

I won't even begin to speak about how much the man's work means to me because it is overwhelming.

I will say this, Dilla was spirit, excellence and bad ass, all rolled into one.

We were lucky enough to hear his work in our lifetime. Let us make sure he is never forgotten.

Here is my favourite Dilla jam. Please share yours. PLEASE. lol. My twitter is @KaRingaRinga_. Also facebook page ndio hii.

And today, let those Dilla Drums play all day long.

K.

God Bless the YouTube. God Bless The Ummah. Thanks.

Do you guys remember when Channel O was on KTN in the afternoons?

If you were pre-pubescent or adolescent in the late 90s to the mid 2000s, you probably do. I was. I have to admit that I got a lot of my musical schooling from Channel O. I’m not sure that’s necessarily a good thing.

Not me. I was way cooler. Promise. :)

Anyway, they had a whole bunch of shows that were hosted by VJs (remember them?), one of which was called “Lurv jams”. Lol.

Lurv Jams was an RnB show. Very urban and the selection was not so bad. I first heard Dionne Farris’ “Hopeless” on there, which as you probably know is a gem. (And is that Randy Jackson on the bass?)

Another song which almost always featured on the playlist was Musiq’s (who I could swear was called Musiq Soulchild) “Half Crazy”. It was a classic. I had so many feelings for this song and felt like I related, even though I was prolly 12 or something. I was a weird kid.

Remember how it started with the sweetest, saddest little chord progression on acoustic guitar? Well I stumbled upon that progression on a random song I clicked on, on YouTube this morning (YouTube is seriously the best technological invention EVER, after, of course, the Roland TR-808). This was the track.

It’s by an Australian dude (who I believe is of Asian heritage) called Ta-Ku.

Ta-Ku lost in thought. Nice side profile.

Isn’t it just lovely?

The sample is from of Charlie Byrd’s “Vivre pour Vivre” which is an interpolation of a Francis Lai compostion. (Wikipedia. No Shame.)

I'm a sucker for a good sample and this was no exception. However, I would be keen to hear someone lace this track. I felt like it was a little too bare because towards the end, the repetition was starting to get to me.

Still, it's such a pretty song. And sad.

That’s cause it’s off of an album called Songs to break up to. YouTube has the whole album. Praise God.

Ta-Ku, who has been called a disciple of The Ummah (Blessed are their beats), remixes famous break up songs using sparse, heavy drums, lots of reverb and the saddest synths you’ve ever heard L

Blessed are their Beats

It’s what most people would call “Post-hip-hop” (have no idea what that is, nor do I want to know) but I would call it “James-Blake-that-doesn’t-give-you-a-slight-headache”.

I love it. And so does the world apparently. Homie is an alum of The Red Bull Music Academy and is in quite a bit of demand.

Have a listen to his sound cloud and see if you like.

Then…

Y’all aren’t sharing your finds. Woishe. L

I really want to hear the stuff you are stumbling on or that you’ve always loved. So don’t be shy.

Please.

K.