” Gas Station Sushi “
2019 has been a year stacked with an avalanche of releases…Green Llama reppers DECAY & TONE LIV connected earlier this year for the “Gas Station Sushi” album…
PEEP-
1.Arrival (Intro) 00:41
2.Deathsport feat. Defcee 03:36
3.Cloudy Days 01:51
4.Ahead 03:59
5.Spectacular 02:16
6.Never Lose Hope 02:26
7.Spearmint 02:59
8.Interlude 02:59
9.Lock & Key 02:20
10.Money 03:31
11.Beware feat. Miilkbone 03:18
” Donald Fagen Speaks “
When I think about the diverse palate of music I was subjected to in my household growing up, I feel extremely lucky….One day my father could be deeply submerged into Reggae tunes…The following day he could be rocking some off the wall Jazz fusion shit..
I vividly remember analyzing Steely Dan album covers in my living room…Whenever he would play one of their selections I can a recall a heavy feeling of melancholy rush over me…Something about their material always reflected deep sadness and reflection to my ears….
After all these years of being a fan of the group I have never heard Donald Fagan speak until now (Grabbed his book Eminent Hipsters a few years back, go track that down if you know what’s best for you)….I highly recommend that you peep the legend delve into all types of jewelry for 45 minutes….RIP Walter Becker.
” Vitamin D : Mama’s Basement “
I miss the days when people would actually take time out to absorb an album before critiquing it and giving their little two cents…I’m well aware that with new technological developments most people are in full blown multi-tasking mode- which makes it somewhat difficult to focus on one thing for an extended period of time…
But I truly believe great records unveil different jewels with repeated listening…After giving Vitamin D’s latest record “Mama’s Basement” some decent burn front to back, I have to give the triple threat from Seattle the two thumbs up treatment….
*Wish he would of kept the singing / sanging off certain tracks which is a personal pet peeve of mine..HA!
“This album is a tribute to my old neighborhood (The CD) & a description of how it was when I lived in my mom’s basement. I employed a lot of the production methods that I used in the late 80’s when I 1st started messing around with records & samplers. You may notice skips,clips,things going off time or the fact that most of this stuff is not on a tempo grid. This is intentional. I allowed the same mistakes I made when I was 1st learning how to do this. Even used a hand held on a couple songs. It felt good to be this free. I hope you can feel the love”. Enjoy! – TallHomey
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