Colour Me Gold

"Pretty girl, beware of his heart of gold..." The last installment in this series, as I have plain run out of colours, has got the Midas touch all over it. Postpunk legends Magazine go 007, country pioneer Hank Snow buys a one way ticket, and soul saviour Terry Callier mourns a love affair gone bad. Former Swell Map Nikki Sudden finds his pockets all empty, Britpoppers the Wonder Stuff use a golden banjo, and hiphoppers EPMD fall into a trap. "Oh you big big dummy..." Good stuff? Go buy some of the featured albums, ok?

Magazine - Goldfinger MP3

Hank Snow - The Golden Rocket MP3

Terry Callier - Golden Circle MP3

Nikki Sudden - All The Gold MP3

The Wonder Stuff - Golden Green MP3

EPMD - Gold Digger MP3

Da Bomb

Yo, homies... Here´s another summer tenpack comin´ at ya, straight from the boon dox this time. Which means it´s the For The Sake Of The Beats edition tonight, with a fine selection of HipHop tunes I think are da bomb. And as it just dawned on me that most of this stuff is really rather old, wouldn´t it be nice if any readers of this blog could recommend me some more recent HipHop in the same vein as the tracks below? Much obliged.

Gang Starr - Suckas Need Bodyguards MP3

Genius/GZA - Cold World MP3

Nas - N.Y. State Of Mind MP3

EPMD - Boon Dox MP3

Boogie Down Productions - My Philosophy MP3

Raekwon - Criminology MP3

Paris - Break The Grip Of Shame MP3

Jeru The Damaja - Brooklyn Took It MP3

Dr. Octagon - 3000 MP3

Common - Payback Is A Grandmother MP3