Na, schon von dem sperrig klingendem Duo Gnarls Barkley gehört? Nein? Dann wirds Zeit!
Gnarls Barkley ist es nämlich mit “Crazy” zum ersten Mal gelungen, nur durch Downloads Nr. 1 der offiziellen britischen Charts zu werden! Und nicht nur das - der Song hört sich auch verdammt gut an!



Kein Wunder, ist er doch von Danger Mouse produziert, den wir ja schon öfters in Alphabeat vorgestellt haben. Danger Mouse wurde seineszeichens durch das Mixen des White Albums der Beatles mit dem Black Album von Jay-Z bekannt und brachte zuletzt auch gemeinsam mit MF Doom unter dem Namen Dangerdoom das Album “The Mouse & The Mask” heraus.
Das Album “St. Elsewhere”, aus dem die Single “Crazy” stammt, erscheint übrigens im Mai - darauf darf man gespannt sein!

10 reasons why I actually still do love hip hop - I figured that out today!

1 - He’s the DJ - I’m the rapper / DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince (Jive, 1988)

2 - Midnight Marauders / A.T.C.Q (Jive, 1993)

3 - Illmatic / Nas (Columbia, 1994)

4 - Moment of Truth / Gang Starr (Noo Trybe, 1998)

5 - Fantastic Volume II / Slum Village (Wordplay, 1998)

6 - Black on Both Sides / Mos Def ( Rawkus, 1999)

7 - Quality Control / Jurassic 5 (Rawkus, 2000)

8 - Questions in the Form of an Answer / P.U.T.S (Om Records, 2000)

9 - All of the Above / J-Live (Coup d’ État, 2002)

10 - Champion Sound / Jaylib (Stones Throw, 2003)

PEACE, I’m out ’til next week!

When speaking about hip hop made by women we shouldn’t forget about the one and only Lauryn Hill. Here are her greatest musical influences in no particular order:

1 - Nina Simone

2 - Al Green

3 - Stevie Wonder

4 - Aretha Franklin

Look mum, no hip hop! - It’s all about soul baby!

As Andi pointed out the situation of female hip hop artists here comes a very special list about tracks were female rappers battled against their male counterparts:

1 - All men are dogs - Bandit feat. Keisha Black (London 1995)

2 - Domestic Violence - RZA as Bobby Digital feat. Jamie Sommers (Gee Street, 1998)

3 - Extravagant Girls - Extravagant Girls & Symbolic Three (Public, 1986)

4 - Get Money - Junior M.A.F.I.A feat. Notorious B.I.G. (Big Beat, 1995)

5 - How U like it - MAG featuring Gangsta Boo (Relativity, 1998)

6 - I Don’t Know - Kid ‘N Play & Salt-N-Pepa (Select, 1990)

7 - I Got A Man - Positive K featuring his damn self (Island, 1992)

8 - I’m Fly Shanté - Roxanne Shanté feat. Steady B (Pop Art, 1986)

9 - I’m Not Havin’ It - MC Lyte feat. Positive K (First Priority, 1988)

10 - It’s A Man’s World - Ice Cube feat. Yo Yo (Priority, 1990)

found in egotrip’s book of rap lists p. 240

Again some infos & facts about digital music but this time it is about actions against illegal file-sharing.

o 19,400 actions in 17 countries

o settlements (=Vergleiche) averaging $US 3,000

o most uploaders are 20 - 35 year old men

o major networks targeted: Kazaa, WinMX, Gnutella, eDonkey, Direct Connect, Bit Torrent, Bearshare, Warez and also
Soulseek

• Source: IFPI:06 Digital Music Report www.ifpi.org