cover for The Root Down’s the Who Stole the Sole? mix by j3ph
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Friday the 13th Part III in 3D at The Nat Bookstore, Amarillo, TX | 02/13/09 @ 9PM | flyer by j3
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Per Owen’s request, here’s a little getdown mix as we go into the holiday season (I’ve got a Christmas mix on deck, but it’s a ton of material) to use at your office party. Office parties can be such a drag, man. Funny how people, at office parties, do everything they can to not talk business and then find out that they really can’t talk about anything else intelligently. Well, this mix fills in those awkward silences and pauses between discussions of how some cat’s bowel movements stink up the whole west side of the building. Remember, though, it’s an office party and these are your co-workers so watch those hands. You might have Human Resources at your desk come Monday.
This mix features the soft sounds of the Emotions, Rufus’ “Chicken,” a timely run at the Honeydrippers’ “Impeach the President,” T-Connection and Pat Lundy’s explosive “Work Song.” Yep, this is the illness right here..
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The mix brings together both rap, rock, film, funk and Tom Brokaw in celebration of the genre that blew the whole game up: Gangsta Rap. I’ve always been reluctant to use such a term only because I always found it as a horrible stereotype and oversight because, over time, media channels were just lumping any rapper with a parental advisory sticker on the front a “gangsta rapper” when you could put on any rock record back then and hear worse (i.e. Appetite for Destruction). But I wanted the mix to, firstly, be dope and listenable and, secondly, either parody the mass misconceptions of the genre or simply exploit them. As to say, “You thought “Cop Killer” was bad? Try this.” This ain’t your little brother’s mix. This is for the adults. This is for the aging hip hop head. This is for the dude that complains about nothing being dope anymore. This is for that cat that fell out of love with hip hop. This is for you if you haven’t heard “New Jack Hustler” in ages.
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And, then, after checking out the specs on the new Acuras and Hondas, I was inspired to create this design featuring the tag line up top, “Advanced Engineering for Optimum Performance.” I was also considering simply “Powered by The Root Down Technology.” Any suggestions are greatly appreciated. The winning design will be available for purchase at http://www.cafepress.com/therootdown for some incredibly reasonable price. Holla atcha boy.
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So, anyhow, onto the designs. I was working within a motor motif this morning. You know, cars, automotive, horsepower. Firstly, there’s this loc’ed out design that I call “Slow and Low” featuring the ultimate in versatility, the El Camino. It’s a truck, it’s a car–it’s both. The Old English treatment on the text. Here it is, “Slow and Low.”
