33 1/3 Cents a Pound Episode 16 SUMMER BREEZE

This special Summertime theme show edition of Thirty Three and a Third Cents a Pound comes just in time for Memorial Day weekend and the official kickoff to cookout season! I highly recommend this episode for your picnics, parties, road trips, and barbecues. It will make the trees sway and the heads bob. Listen here or on Mixcloud. Please leave a comment and let me know what you think!

33 1/3 Cents A Pound Ep. 16 Summer Breeze by Joesoheady on Mixcloud

Peter Sarstedt -- Frozen Orange Juice
The Dove Shack -- Summertime in the LBC >>>
Nate Dogg featuring Shade Sheist and Kurrupt -- Where I Wanna Be
Edward Sharpe And The Magnetic Zeros -- In the Summer
Commodore’s -- High on Sunshine
De La Soul -- Sunshine >>>
Nas and Lauryn Hill -- If I Ruled the World
War -- Summer
Donovan -- Sunshine Superman
Ice Cube -- It Was a Good Day >>>
Sublime -- Doin’ Time (Original Mix)
Sly and the Family Stone -- Hot Fun in the Summertime
The Isley Brothers -- Summer Breeze
2Pac -- I Get Around >>>
Naughty By Nature -- Down with OPP >>>
DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince -- Summertime
Cliff Richard And The Shadows -- Summer Holiday
Billy Stewart -- Summertime (and the Livin’ is Easy)
The Motels -- Suddenly Last Summer >>>
Katy Perry & Snoop Dogg -- California Girls >>>
Fat Boys & The Beach Boys -- Wipeout >>>
Chad & Jeremy -- A Summer Song
Morecambe Wise -- Bring Me Sunshine
A Tribe Called Quest -- Electric Relaxation >>>
Zhane -- Hey Mr. DJ >>>
Lady Gaga -- Summerboy

 >>> denotes a mix segue

Back to Album a Day

Snoop reps the Burgh

Oops. I totally slacked on an album a day, but with a good reason. Sports and sports talk have fueled the last week, from the Penguins struggling against the Islanders and yanking Marc-Andre Fleury, to all the second round NBA playoff games splitting 1-1, to my softball-softball-kickball 3 days in a row this week. I've been watching sports at home, at friends' houses, at Lot 17 around the corner, listening to sports talk on the radio, and hardly playing any music at all.

So today I threw on an old classic, Tha Doggfather, by Snoop Doog, his second studio album, released in 1996, and representing some deep gangsta funk. Oh, hah, I forgot he did Vapors on this album, a la covering La Di Da Di (Lodi Dodi) on his first album! Sick. 

In pro sports some modern players know all the old school guys, all the stats, all the history of the game they play, and they revere the legends. Snoop is this kind of modern rapper. He totally respects the canon and you gotta respect that.

Ok, two thirds of the way through this album, FYI, it's goooood. This is one of the bounciest albums ever. I mean, I tend to associate this album exclusively with "Snoop's Upside Ya Head," which I always thought sounded corny and overly mainstream -- good in the generic Snoop style, but not elite. Calvin does show a little bit of range, though, and the pure g-funk synthesizer melodies sound ... I don't know ... more evolved than those early 90's melodies.

Listening to this album has inspired a Gangsta Funk Mix. It will steady bounce at about 92 BPM and feature Snoop, Warren G, Tha Dogg Pound, etc.