Kurtis Blow - The Breaks - Universal
Johnny Pate - Shaft In Africa - ABC
Mighty Ryeders - Evil Vibrations - Alpha Omega
Breakwater - Release The Beast - Arista
Parliament - Knee Deep - Casablanca
Justin Timberlake - My Love - Jive
Hot Chip - Over And Over - EMI
Archie - Over And Over - RCA
Laid Back - White Horse - Sire
Grandmaster Flash - White Lines - Sugarhill
Melly Mel from 'Fresh Air' - Interview Mar 3rd - NPR Radio
Talking Heads - Girlfriend Is Better - Warner
CSS - Lets Make Love... (Spank Rock remix) - Sub Pop
Box Tops - I'm Your Puppet - Kory
Spanky Wilson - Sunshine Of Your Love - BGP
The Ronnettes - Be My Baby - Phillies
Ronnie Spector from 'Fresh Air' - Interview Mar 3rd - NPR
KW Griff - Good Man - Morphius
The Shadows - Apache - Columbia
Sugarhill Gang - Apache - Sugarhill
Switch - A Bit Patchy - Data
Bonde Do Role - Melo De... (XXXChange mix) - Mad Decent
Pink Floyd - Money - EMI
Jackie Mittoo - Last Train To Skaville - Soul Jazz
Santana - Jingo - Colombia
Dennis Brown - Money In My Pocket - Amalgamated
Zongamin - Bongo Song - XL
Incredible Bongo Band - Bongo Rock - Drive In Music
Flying Lizards - Sex Machine - Virgin
Uffie - Hot Chickz (Feadz Edit/Devlin Clean Fix) - Ed Banger
Diplo - Touch it - Mad Decent
Fleetwood Mac - Riannon - Reprise
Chicken Lips - He Not In - King Size
Simian Mobile Disco - Hustler - Wichita
Yello - Daily Disco - Universal
Yello - Bostich - Universal
Yello - Downtown Samba - Universal
Yello - She's Got A Gun - Universal
Hammer Bangs from 'The Cable Guy'
Terri Gross from 'Fresh Air' - Interview Mar 3rd - NPR
Dominatrix - The Dominatrix Sleeps Tonight - Streetwise
Steinski - Outtake from 'Scratch' DVD - Palm Pictures
The Meters - Hand Clapping Song - Jay Gee
Shirley Ellis - The Clapping Song - Congress
Kano - I'm Ready - Antibe Music
Tom Tom Club - Wordy Rappinghood - Rhapsody
Rod Lee - Puttin' It Down - Baltimore Breakbeat
Rod Lee - Feel Me - Baltimore Breakbeat
Chipset/Rockswell - 50 Ways - Flaminhotz
Collosseum - Elegy - Unknown
Metro Area - Orange Alert (DFA remix) - Source
SR Devlin - Manda Dub - Crabtops
Mr Oizo - Nazis (Justice mix) - Ed Banger
BBC Soundsystem - Race Riot On The Dancefloor - Crabtops
BBC Soundsystem - Race Riot..(XXXChange mix) - Crabtops
Sam Cooke - Shake - RCA
The Contours - Do You Love Me - Motown
Sam Cooke - Twistin - SAR
Shirley And Lee - Let The Good Times Roll - Decca
Barret Strong - Money - Tamla
Tigara - Money (Speed Dub Mix) - Universal
Peter, Bjorn And John - Young Folks - Wichita
Fiona Apple - Fast As You Can - Colombia
Kudu - Magic Touch - Nublu
Devin The Dude - Ah Ha - Rap-A-Lot
LTD - Love To The World - A&M
Train Wreck Mix
Spank Rock
Big Dada, Boys Noize Rec., Baltimore
2006 saw the emergence of Spank Rock, the name plastered on every magazine cover, lighting up every blog and gracing many end-of-year charts. Their debut 'YoYoYoYoYo' caught the ear of just about anyone, well, anyone with an ear, and left everyone and their media dog panting to find out more about these boys. Yes, these boys. Boys who had created an imaginative, artistic sound that no one else could quite touch: combining hip hop with the bass-driven sound of Baltimore house, filtering filthy raps into deep electro and furiously quick BPMs, and the odd guilty pleasure to boot. Despite all the hype, they still have a rare, down to earth charisma and the addictive enthusiasm of four starry-eyed boys from Baltimore, completely in awe of their position and unaware of just how much they've wowed the world. Flash back to 2000, when fun-loving DJ Chris Devlin's (aka Chris Rockswell) apartment 320 was often found heaving with rowdy parties, bubbling with the likes of introspective producer and RBMA alumnus Alex Epton (Armani XXXchange), quick-tongued and filthy-minded MC Naeem Juwan (MC Spank Rock), and rambunctious battle DJ Ronnie Darko. The four collectively formed Spank Rock organically, with Chris Devlin and his apartment being the centre point. While attending high school together, Chris DJed in Naeem's first hip hop band with a guitarist named Chip. Alex, who lived down the street from Chris, got introduced to Naeem at one of Chris' graffiti art exhibitions. Aspiring DJs, Chris and Ronnie met randomly in Music Liberated, where Ronnie was flyering for one of his parties. Then, through no effort of their own, Alex and Naeem's little studio projects suddenly got whipped up by Big Dada, after their mate Wes (aka Diplo) had secretly passed on their demo... The insanity of years in between apparently culminated in sheer excitement as the title of their 2011 follow-up album, 'Everything Is Boring And Everyone Is A Fucking Liar' suggests. Six years didn't mean a loss of momentum but rather an opportunity to make new friends such as Kylie Minogue and Boys Noize, who flipped a bit of Can for Spank Rock's single 'Energy'. Seems just like bass-rap trapped in dirty minds and skinny jeans actually did develop a longevity most folks didn't expect back in the big hipster rap paranoia of 2006.
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