October Spotify Playlist - Hip Hop

I'm publishing my October playlist by the skin of its teeth... better late than never ay?

This month is dedicated to hip hop. I moved to London in May 2006 and when i arrived fresh off the welsh boat i knew little-to-nothing about the genre (apart from what i'd heard on MTV or at my local cheesy club) being here has opened my ear pipes to so many wonderful artists, producers and DJs I wonder how I ever coped before.

i'm on a constant quest to find new (and old) material so get in touch if you hear anything that makes your head nod.

Here are just a few tracks i can listen to on repeat. I could have gone on forever with this list; it was so much fun to make i had to stop myself at 15 tracks. I'll definately be revisiting my top rated iTunes to create a few more hip hop favourites playlists from Spotify.

It's a damn shame that one of my all time favourite albums wasn't available on Spotify: Souls of Mischief - 93 til Infinity because this track definately would've got pride of place:




Anyway - back to the matter at hand... this month's track list.
E N J O Y !

1. Da Royce 5'9" - Boom
2. Wu-Tang Clan - C.R.E.A.M
3. A Tribe Called Quest - Electric Relaxation
4. Black Star - Definition
5. Common - I Used to Love H.E.R
6. Q-Tip - Let's Ride
7. Onyx - Slam
8. The Pharcyde - Runnin'
9. Pete Rock & C.L Smooth - They Reminisce Over You
10. Slum Village & Phat Kat - Zoom
11. Black Sheep - The Choice is Yours
12. Gang Starr - Mass Appeal
13. J Dilla - Lightworks
14. The Roots - Do You Want More?!!!??!
15. Lootpack - Hityawitdat

Grimey 2 week challenge 50% complete

the shirt is now kicking up a bit of a stink, but i'm still focused.



Only 4 more days til this bad boy is mine.... I hear we're having a heat wave this week, which is a shame because I'll have to sit under the aircon to avoid any BO problems. No lunchtime sunbathing for me.

The things I do for garms.

Resolutions

I have many. probably too many and therefore am doomed to fail. Lets pretend otherwise for a minute; just listen up...


1. REFUSAL TO SUCCUMB TO THE PRE-MIDDLE AGED SPREAD
it happens to the best of us but there's no way I'm replacing all my jeans because Matthew wants to go for a gin after work every day. i WILL go to the gym and get my 6 pack back.

Target = my H&M Madonna skinnies



2. SPRING CLEAN MY LIFE
so i hoard things... what wrong with that? Shut up, I'll tell you what's wrong with it - my bedroom looks like a student halls of residence hovel. yes i know its boring but I'm going to buy some proper storage goddammit because Joanne was quite right in saying that its simply unacceptable to have a Hula Hoops box on top of my wardrobe filled with old work documents circa 2006, some magnetic rocks, a wind up snail and a disused ant farm.

Target = something that resembles a 29 year old woman's boudoir.





3. GO TO JAPAN
My esteemed colleague Robert is teaching English in Japan until September and i'm determined to visit him, taking Matthew with me. I'm in horrendous debt but see this as a once in a lifetime opportunity not to be passed up. I'm still paying for an extremely frivolous and spontaneous trip to Mexico last year so this will require some hardcore saving. No credit cards will be harmed in the funding of this trip.





4. DRAW MORE
I drew one portrait in 2008. It was a picture of Tiger Woods for Kash as a Valentine's gift to her boyf. This is not good enough. As a result of this creative juice absence, I've completely lost my mojo and even my handwriting looks shit.
The first portrait i draw will be of Sarah and Tayte - a present I'd promised for her birthday in August 2008. (must put "no more procrastinating" in my list of resolutions)