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dj omni “Late Love”
o:{there is explicit content in this mix. apologies in advance.}

I’m a little late for the lovey-dovey vibe, but I can see that the love bug has had a hand in this mix. Some of that love is directed at my city. I spent a night in the Akwaaba Mansion, a black-owned Bed & Breakfast in the heart of Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn. It’s around the corner from the Lewis Avenue that Big Daddy Kane rapped about on his albums. It is also the setting for the video of “History” by Mos Def featuring Talib Kweli.

Tracklist:
1 Ammoncontact f. Prince Po, Yusef Lateef, & Dwight Tribble – Beautiful Flowers
2 Courtney Pine f. Cassandra Wilson – “Don’t ‘Xplain”
3 D’Angelo w/ Pino & ?uesto – “Ex To The Next”
4 Donovan – “Get Thy Bearings”
5 Fink – “Q & A”
6 Jazzanova f. Phonte – “So Far From Home”
7 Ty & Kory – “Flyin Away”
8 Tony Toni Toné – “That’s All I Ask Of You”
9 The Roots f. JazzyFatNastees – “You Got Me (Me Tienes Remix)
10 Tin Hat Trio – “The Longest Night”
11 Vampire Weekend – “Diplomat’s Son”
12 Ta’Raach – “Baaaby”
13 Skillz f. Freeway – “Don’t Act Like You Don’t Know”
14 RJD2 – “Work It Out”
15 Prefuse 73 f. Aesop Rock – “Sabbatical With Options”
16 Pete Rock f. CL Smooth – “Back On the Block”
17 Miguel Atwood-Ferguson and his 40-piece orchestra – “Hoc ‘n Pucky”
18 Jay Electronica – “Retro Electro”

An amazing documentary about a music legend. I really got into hip-hop off of Big Daddy Kane‘s “Ain’t No Half Steppin’”.
I have memories of LL rockin’ bells and begged my father for Dana Dane’s “Nightmares” 12″ but it was really the album “It’s a Big Daddy Thing” (and later Tribe’s …Instinctive Travels…”) that cemented hip-hop as my music of choice.

This is an amazing documentary that really
(and finally) gives the man his due.

Wiki:”Ice-T refers to Kane in his song “Midnight“:
“The sound’s up loud/ To attract attention/ …/
Bumping Big Daddy/ The nigga was definitely flowing”.
It is uncommon in hip hop recordings of that time for
one rapper to display such admiration for another.”

word.

D-Nice Presents True Hip-Hop Stories: Monie Love from D-Nice on Vimeo.

Monie Love explains “Monie in the Middle (apparently she’s talking about Kane and Scrap Lova!) and life after hip hop (4kids!).

Props to D-Nice. His “True Hip Hop Stories” and photography have made his site a regular stop on my web travels.