If you want to know what the Off The
Hook Soundsystem are feeling at the moment this is the place to find out
- from favourite records to favourite sauces and condiments.
 Gidges's
August Top 5
- Pheonix Black - Bling Bling
- Vikter Duplaix - Stimulation EP
- Atjazz - Put it on
- Roisin Boot - Sow into U
- Sergio Mendes - Mas Que Nada (MAW Remix)
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 J
Squared's August Hotter than Hot Joints
- J Period. The Best of the Isley Brothers.
Mix CD
J Period continues to be totally dope... Man where did this come from
?? this is crazy... continues to make totally dope and original tapes..
Love the way he doesnt have to go over the top with stupid wuggering
as well too make his ish sound tight.. probably the hottest tape maker
out there right now...
- De La Soul. Impossible Mission Mix CD
Whoa!!!! - this is incredible!! - for those that dont know this is a
mix cd now De La dont have a label of a load of new ish + more importantly
loads of off cuts that didnt make their first coupla LPs - this is Hip
Hop Gold!!!
- KRS One. Questions and answers (Pal Joey Rmx)
Ok - so i still dont have this on vinyl but at least I own this on MP3
and this is incredible, I have been after this for over ten years so
I'm pleased as punch!! - Looping up Bob James never really fails but
this is probably one of the best exponents from our Pal Joey...
- Saxondale. BBC
Man this has taken a while to grow on me but as it comes to an end,
I'm gonna miss it... not Partridge.... never gonna be but still clever,
funny and a real good watch..
- DJ Shadow. This Time. Island
Man this new Shadow LP is odd.... a real mish mash of crud.... Hyphy,
some noodly crap, some joint that sounds like Coldplay....ooooooh...
- was gonna give up until I heard this tune which is awesome... catchy
and just a real good pop record...
- Kon + Amir & Dj Muro. The Kings of Diggin.
BBE
Knew this would be dope and it is!!! - Highlights include the break
to The Christina Premo produced joint and bananas off the wall covers
of "Soul Limbo" and "Dazz".. essential!!!
- LTD. Love to the World
Avoid the dodgy LTD Lp's (if they are wearing capes on the cover then
lop it back in the quid bin..) and grab this.... hot buttered soul!!!
- Lupe Fiasco. I gotcha. Atlantic records
Another dope 12" from Lupe!!! - I love this!! He has also recorded
us some dope shouts for our radio show so now I love him even more than
I did before!!!
- Preseason Premiership friendlies
Come on - lets admit it - the results of these matter!!! - the 100%
win record of my beloved spurs has cheered me up no end. Dont care we
lost the world cup now....
- Seu Jorge. Carolina.
Watch out! - some Seu Jorge Lp's are rubbish!! - I found that out -
but this is what u want!! - he leaves the acoustic MOR shit to that
side and funks out on this one!! killer!!
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 Gonorsteins
Top 10 Joints That Never (But Should Have) Made The Soul Crate
- Massive Attack – "Any Love"
(1988)
This is a cover of the Chaka khan classic over the Daisy Lady break
- original dancefloor pressure way before all there introspective shit.
- Loose Ends – "Love's got me"
(1990)
How this didn't make the CD I don't know. This up-tempo banger is perfect
to practice the running man too in your polka dot shirt and pin roll
Chipies.
- Sounds of blackness – "Optimistic"
(1991)
The perfect smoothed out cross over track with purely righteous lyrics
too.
- Jody Watley & Rakim – "Friends"
(1989)
This one's definitely on the pop tip - but with a Sly Johnson drum break
and Rakim on the vocals you cant front"
- Courtney Buchanan – "R U Consious"
(1993)
Stevie Wonderish vocals over Joe Williams' "Get out my life woman",
way before Jamie Cullam rinsed the same beat.
- Diana Brown & Barry K Sharpe – "The
Master plan" (1990)
A street soul classic - big in the Acid Jazz clubs of the early 90's.
- Al B Sure & Slick Rick – "If
I'm not your lover" (1989)
Not strictly a street soul tune - but a definite Teddy Riley signature
beat classic.
- Samuelle – "Do you like what You
see" (1990)
Should do a separate swing chart really - If ever there was a song to
do the splits to in your red, black and green click suit - this is it.
- Orange Juice Jones – "To Be immortal"
- (1988)
Def Jam's OJ Jones drops spoken word logic over the "Once in a
Lifetime" Talking Heads break, slightly before KC Flight did the
same with Planet E.
- One world – "Down on love"
(1990 Original Westwood promo dubplate)
I don't reckon this hyped up disco version ever saw the light of day,
but you can console yourself with the official release on the Soul Crate"
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Gidge
Hotrocks Top 5's FOOLS!!!
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Hudson's Top 5 Cosby Show Guest Spots
 From
1984 to 1992 The Cosby Show was running things (although it did fall off
towards the end). If you're a Cosby fan like Hudson you're probably familiar
with all the guests they had on the show over the years which were shoehorned
into the episode's plot. Here is what he considers his favourites although
episodes that had people in that became famous after being in the show
like Alicia Keys, Adam Sandler and Mos Def are notably absent.
- "A Touch of Wonder" with Stevie
Wonder
This is a pure Cosby classic - Denise gets a car and goes out on the
road with Theo. She crashes into a Limo and who should step out but
Stevie who invites the whole family to the studio (this all happens
off camera - you can't do all that in front of a live studio audience.)
The Huxtables go into Stevie's studio and he's got this pure DOPE beat
going on while he's doing some vocal doodling over the top. Stevie thinks
it needs something extra so he starts sampling the Huxtables and makes
a hot beat out of them. This is probably on YouTube - go and have a
butchers.
- "Play I Again, Russell" with Art
Blakely, Tito Puente, Joe Sample from The Crusaders, Eric Gale, Jimmy
Heath and more
It turns out The Huxtables grandad is a famous jazz musician and he
gets with the old band but finds out he can't play as well as he use
to. With a little encouragement from the family he gets his chops back
and blows the other musicians off the stage with a blistering solo.
Worth checking out for all the jazz greats playing together at the end
of the episode.
- "Mrs. Westlake" with Sonia Braga
You may not know who Sonia Braga is but she's a Brazilian actress that's
been in loads of stuff over the years including a 1970's Brazilian soap
opera called 'Dancin' Days' that used to be on Channel 4 in the 80's
and 'Vila Sesamo' (a Brazilian version of Sesame Street that featured
a robot that looked proper gutter. Also, if you come across the soundtrack
to it pick it up - it's nice and mainly written by Marcos Valle) so
she's on the list.
The premise of this episode is that Theo's got beef with a teacher who's
strict and who he refers to as The Dragon Lady. Heathcliff invites over
for dinner and is suprised to see that Mrs. Westlake is pretty hot.
Needless to say, hilarity ensues.
- Dizzy Gillespie
I don't know what this episode's called and how Dizzy ends up hanging
out with the Huxtables (probably another grandad whose a famous jazz
musician) but in the episode he blows his cheeks out, which is rather
frightening and plays the jew's harp while doing a funky little shuffle.
It's quite a rarity to see hear the funk coming from a jew's harp.
- Danny Kaye
Rudy's friend Peter hides out at the Huxtable residence because he doesn't
want to go to the dentist. They hook Peter up with their dentist who
turns out to be Danny Kaye, the legendary comedy actor, who gets him
to relax with a series of tricks and jokes. I've included this for the
fact that Peter is in it as he was one of the many peripheral characters
that was pretty good like Kenny and Theo's homeboy Cockroach. I could
probably do another list of Top Cockroach moments (the one when he shaves
his head is tip top.)
Coming Soon: Top Desmonds moments (the one where the posh one talks
yard is a highlight.)
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