Sunday Music Sessions

This Sunday’s playlist is a culmination of what I have been bouncing around to most of the week (I just took a look at my Last.fm playlist – and although I haven’t scrobbled all the tracks yet – there has been a definite flavour to this week).

One of the first albums I ever owned was Power by Ice-T.
This was NOT an album that my mother appreciated me playing loud.  But I loved it.  I still do!  In fact there is a soft spot in my heart for original gangster rap.
And I mean original – late 80’s / early 90’s …

Power wasn’t the first album that Ice-T put out.  And funnily enough Law and Order wasn’t the first time he acted either.
Before his album was out, Ice played a DJ in the movie “Breakin” – which I have actually seen!  He got more attention as a rapper than a D-J and then he gave us this little gem.
He also had a part on “Fame”.  Yup – Fame.

I’ve had quite a bit of documentation to do this week and yesterday I wrote a (boring) configuration file.
Bopping around in my chair got me through.  And it makes me feel totally bad ass to be singing along in my head.

My favourite Ice-T track – it’s got to be “The Syndicate”

For a while, my rap tastes mellowed out a little.
We bounced around to Cypress Hill and the Beastie Boys (who like to think of themselves as gangsters) – and then there came Method Man.

Method Man is one of the more recognisable members of the Wu-Tang Clan>
He has also been putting out solo albums since 1994 – as well as working with Redman.  Signed to the Def Jam label – there was this track that I love produced with Busta Rhymes

Now you might wonder what a very very white Kiwi chick likes about gangster rap – well I don’t get caught up in the words.
Its all about the beat and the bass.  And when you break it down – these guys are talented!!!