Mix of the Decade: Front Bumbaclot

As the 00 decade winds down, I thought I'd share my most favorite mix I made in the decade. In 2005, I completed my Front Bumbaclot Mixtape, a dancehall oriented mashup mix before the days of Ableton & Serato (actually recorded in pro tools and final scratch 1). I was back in Boston finishing up my final semester in college after taking a year and half off from school "co-opin'"with MystiQuintet. While writing my last set of papers, I literally went through my entire vinyl collection and recorded my favorite riffs, acapellas, and movie quotes and threw them into one huge pot of gold! 114 continuous remixes in a 74 minute mix! Technically prolly still my most meticulous recording project to date...This was originally posted on my myspace account, when myspace first came out, but has since been lost due to file sharing deletions..most of my friends reading this prolly have a copy of it somewhere, but in case you lost it, here it is again with the full tracklisting! Happy Twenty-Tens Everyone! I guarantee Front Bumbabclot 2 will be made at somepoint this decade, although not yet sure if it's gonna be a sequel or a prequel yet..haha!

Kingspin- Front Bumbaclot

1. Kingspintro feat. Forrest Oates, George Takei, Natalie Portman, and the midget from the movie Ray
2. En Vogue- Back 2 Life b/w Boyz 2 Men- Motown Philly
3. Beastie Boys- Root Down b/w Jurassic 5- Influence
4. Kid & Play- We're Gettin' Funky w/ Beatnuts- No Escapin' This
5. Nice & Smooth- Hip Hop Junkies
6. Doug E Fresh & Shyheim- Life of a Shortee
7. Black Eyed Peas- Clap Yo' Hands
8. Sean Paul- Make 'em Clap
9. Beenie Man- Romie
10. Ms. Thing- Dude
11. Shabba Ranks- Ting-a-Ling
12. Chevelle Franklin- Dancehall Queen
13. Susanne Vega- Tom's Diner
14. Kingspin- "Milkshake" scratch
15. Rascals- Northern Touch
16. Notorious BIG- Nasty Boy b/w Duran Duran- Notorious
17. Janis Joplin- Mercedez Benz
18. The Cars- Let the Good Times Roll
19. Nate Dogg- I Got Love
20. Blue Cantrall- Hit'em up Style
21. Ol' Dirty Bastard- I Got Yo Money
22. Mr. Vegas- Hands up b/w George Michaels- Faith
23. Only the Strong- Panana Way
24. Vybz Kartel- Picture This b/w Bubba Sparks- Deliverance
25. Dixie Cups- Iko Iko
26. Kingspin- "Unsuccessful Pick up Line" scratch
27. Diana King- Shy Guy
28. Drifters- Under the Bordwalk
29. Mr. Easy- Pull Up b/w Z-Trip- I Want You Back
30. Jackson 5- I Want You Back b/w Weezer- Island in the Sun
31. Michael Jackson- Remember the Time b/w Aim- The Force
32. Grandmaster Flash- The Message b/w Vicious- Freak
33. MC Lyte- Cold Rock the Party b/w ??-Battle Without Honor or Humanity
34. Elephant Man- City Lock b/w Shy FX- Shake Ur Body
35. Elephant Man- Give her the Goo
36. Mr Vegas- Under Mi Sensi b/w Punjabi MC- Beware of the Dogs
37. Prince- 1999 b/w Lorna- Papi Chulo
38. Opus III- It's a Fine Day b/w Kevin Little- Turn Me On
39. Method Man- Release Yo' Def b/w Bernard Herman- Twisted Nerve
40. Wendy Rene- After Laughter
41. Tanya Stephens- Goggle b/w Busta Rhymes- Put Your hands where my eyes can see
42. Black Eyed Peas- Shut Up b/w Kumbia Kings- Insomnia
43. Redman & Beenie Man- Love Me Now
44. Ricky General- Skittle boom
45. Missy Elliot- Work It
46. Christina Aguilera- Geenie in a Bottle b/w White Stripes- Seven Nation Army
47. Mary J Blige- Family Affair b/w Aim- Let the Funk Ride
48. Audio Two- Top Billin'
49. KRS-One- Sound of the Police
50. Wrecks N Effect- Rump Shaker
51. Slick Rick- Lodi Dodi
52. Undisputed Truth- Smiling Faces
53. Marvin Gaye- Turn up Some Music b/w Gabin- Sweet Sadness
54. Sharkey- Snobird
55. Cutty Ranks- Limb by Limb b/w Marky- LK
56. Tenor Saw- Champion Sound b/w Mr Scruff- Do What you Want
57. Sean Paul & Beyonce- Baby Boy b/w TC Izlam- Ill type Sound
58. Supercat- Girltown
59. Capleton- Everybody
60. Shaggy- Ready Fi Mi Gal b/w Talib Kweli- Get by
61. Alicia Keys- Karma b/w Gangstarr- Code to the Streets
62. Kingspin selecta scratch b/w Atmosphere- Trying to Find a Balance
63. Red Fox & Naturalee- The Girl is Mine b/w Willie Bobo- Fried Neck Bones and Home Fries
64. Mr. Vegas- Fire Fire
65. Esthero- Wikkid Lil' Girls
66. Shaggy- It Wasn't Me b/w Krafty Kuts- Party in Central
67. Lumidee- Uh Oh b/w Zhane- Groove Thang
68. Moby- Honey
69. Wayne Marshall- Feelin'it b/w Quannum- I Changed My Mind
70. Buju Banton- Walk Like a Champion b/w Sean Paul- Top of the Game
71. Yes- Leave It b/w Total Science- Champion Sound
72. Queen- We Will Rock You- White Snake- Eye of the Tiger
73. Kingspin Tiger scratch
74. Sweeet Pussy Pauline meets Jackie Pack interlude
75. Akon- Mr. Lonely
76. Jack Black- Legend of the Rent b/w Reprazent- Brown Paper Pag
77. Beatles- Because b/w Sean Paul- Baby Boy
78. Buju Banton- Circumstance
79. Barrington Levy- Here I Come
80. Kosheen- Hide U b/w Luniz- I Got 5 On It
81. Sublime & Mad Lion- Do'in time b/w Lost Boyz Renee
82. Bone Thugs n Harmony- 1st of the Month b/w Cocoa Tea- Go Homeboy Soundboy
83. Jurassic 5- Quality Control b/w Dawn Penn- No, No, No
84. Chuck Fender- I Swear b/w Meters Just Kissed My Baaby
85. Capleton- Killing the Sound b/w Laurie Anderson- From the Air
86. Mr. Vegas- I Love you Mama b/w RJD2- Ghostwriter
87. Nitty Kutchie- Man a Bad Man b/w Dilated Peoples- Worst Comes to Worst
88. Lady Saw- Ninja Bike b/w Digable Planets- Jettin'
89. Red Rat- Shelly Ann b/w Mos Def- Freaky Black Greeting
90. Sean Paul- Inflitrate b/e Shy FX- Feel it
91. Shabba Ranks- Original Woman b/w John B- Salsa
92. KRS-One- Step into a World
93. Tanya Stephen- It's a Pity b/w Nickodemus & Osirus- Mariposa
94. Beenie Man & Arp- Committed b/w Digable Planets- Cool Like That
95. Maroon 5- This Love
96. Blendcrafters- Melody
97. Lords of the Underground- Tic Toc b/w DJ SS- Lighter
98. Digable Planets- Slicker this Year b/w Red Hot Chilli Peppers- Under the Bridge (gleet club mix)
99. Lauryn Hill- If I Ruled the World b/w Deflonics- Ready or Not
100. Fernanda Porto- Sambaism
101. EZ Rollers- Paradise b/w Truby Trio- A Go Go
102. Lady Lee- Situation b/w Nu-Tone- Expresso
103. Capleton- Wings of Morning b/w Moving Fusion- Chilli Pepper
104. Shelly- Kuff b/w EZ Rollers- Tough at the Top
105. Man Cobra- Big Long John
106. Chroniche- Two Sounds b/w Congo Natty
107. Rose Royce-Wishing on a Star b/w Adam F- Circles
108. Ronny Jordan- Brighter Day b/w Max De Castro- Carnaval
109. Mos Def- Travellin Man
110. Green Day- Time of Your Life
111. Kingspin- "Word Up People" scratch
112. Spearhead & Michael Franti- Pray Today
113. Controls- Key to Nord
114. In Deep- Last Night a DJ Saved My Life b/w Esthero- That Girl

Movin' Up The Line Video

After 5 months of dabbling with After Effects, I finally finished a somewhat final version this... first one experiementing with heavy green screen keying..still need to polish the transitions up, but this is our performance ready live cut!

Shades of Grey- Movin' Up the Line (music video) from Fo Sho & Tell on Vimeo.

Shades of Grey-Shoe Shoe recording for Yo Gabba Gabba!

Got a random email from one of the producer's for the Nick Jr. TV program Yo Gabba Gabba! who loved our Shades of Grey album and wanted us write a song for their show. The topic they gave us was Shoes, so we decided to record one about tying them step by step... After research. Laura's niece & nephew Malia and Leo help out with hook! Here's a video of the session along with demo track itself...also if you peep the video til' the end, there's some pretty funny talkbox b-roll fun!





Shades of Grey- Shoe Shoe (Demo Mix)

Welch Wedding Dance Party Mix

Performed the best wedding dance party of my career in Boston this past weekend for a couple of my closest friends Heather & Greyson! First time ever that a dancefloor had to literally be repaired from excessive swing dancing & conga lining... i cut out the slow jams in these mixes, but here are live mixes for those who wanna re-live the event or those who want to a sample to inquire about my wedding DJ services in the future. haha!

Welch's Wedding Dance Party Mix ZIP

Tracklisting

Part 1
1 Hepcat- Dance Wid Me
2 Duran Duran- Hungry Like a Wolf
3 Go Go's- Our Lips Our Sealed
4 Cyndi Lauper- Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
5 Wang Chung- Everybody Have Fun Tonight
6 Wayne Fontana- Game of Love
7 Roy Orbison- Pretty Woman
8 Zombies- Time of the Season
9 Ronettes- Be My Baby
10 Tommy James & The Shondells- Mony Mony
11 Beatles- Twist and Shout
12 Isley Brothers- Shout
Part 2
13 The Cure- Close To Me
14 Outkast- Hey Ya
15 Christina Aguilera- Candyman
16 Raymo- Swing Medley
17 Sam Cooke- Twistin' the Night Away
18 Capitols- Cool Jerk
19 Contours- Do You Love Me
20 Romantics- What I Like About You
21 Billi Idol- White Wedding
Part 3
22 Otis Redding- Hard to Handle
23 Frankie Valli- Oh What a Night
24 INXS- Need You Tonight
25 Prince- Kiss
26 James Brown- Sex Machine
27 Kool and the Gang- Jungle Boogie
28 Steppenwold- Magic Carpet Ride
29 Christina Aguilera- Lady Marmalade
30 Sugarhill Gang- Rapper's Delight
31 Deee- Lite- Groove is the Heart
32 B52s- Love Shack Funkytown
33 Michael Jackson- Don't Stop til You Get Enough
34 Gloria Estefan- Conga
Part 4
35 Cherry Poppin' Daddies- Zoot Suit Riot
36 Big Bad Voodoo Daddy- Mr. Pinstripe
37 Squirrel Nut Zippers- Hell
38 Sweet- Ballroom Blitz
39 Michael Jackson- Thriller
40 Nu Shooz- I Can't Wait (Raymo Shoes edit)
41 Kenny Loggins- Foot Loose
Part 5
42 Rod Stewart- Do You think I'm Sexy
43 Right Said Fred- I'm Too Sexy
44 Ram Jam- Black Betty
45 Rednex- Cotton Eye Joe
46 New Order- Bizarre Love Triangle
47 Bon Jovi Living on a Prayer
48 Eurythmics- Sweet Dreams
49 Cars- Just What I Needed
50 Gun's n Roses- Sweet Child Of Mine
51 Ben E King- Stand By Me
52 Van Morrison- Brown Eyed Girl
53 Beach Boys- Wouldn't It Be Nice
54 Justin Timberlake- My Holiday Love
55 Madonna- Into the Groove
56 Michael Jackson- Rock With You

Ho Down Throwdown!

Over the weekend, Shades of Grey stopped thru Laura's hometown of Nashville, Tennesse to perform for her niece Malia's birthday. She invited her entire 5th grade class, and it was an afternoon full of line dancin', pie throwin', and backflippin' with no shoes on concrete.. These kids can move y'all, check it the southern fun!

Chairlift- Bruises (Shades of Grey Remix)

Sure by now you've all heard the Chairlift song Bruises on an ipod commercial. Prolly one of the most catchiest tunes of the year...well Laura happened to attend high school with one of the dudes in the group Patrick and was able to cop an acapella of the track and remix it...assisting on the track is one of my ol' MystiQuintet violinists Cody Geil..a bit more uptempo new wavier than the original, but still maintains the overall skeletons of the tune!



Chairlift- Bruises (Shades of Grey Rmx)

Night Before the King Died Mix

The night before Michael Jackson died, I DJ'd a video set for our Shades of Grey LP Release Party at the Hope Lounge in Brooklyn...Here's a live audio recording of it. Unfortunately there was no Michael recorded on the set, but i do recall playing Dancing Machine and They Don't Care About Us at some point in the night, but isn't on the mix.. For those who danced their asses off that night and wanna reminisce the world the night before the King died, here ya go!

Raymo- Night Before the King Died Mix

Tracklisting

1. Gangol & MIT- Breaktime b/w Always Sunny in Philly beatbox
2. NASA- Gifted (Inst) b/w Down By Law Ice Cream chant
3. Anjulie- Boom (Plastic Little mix)
4. Caesars- Jerk It Out b/w Booty Call Quickie Mart Dudes- Lick It
5. Chromeo- Nice N' Clean
6. New Edition- Didja Git It Yet?
7. Chubb Rock- Treat Em' Right
8. Heavy D- We Got Our Own Thang
9. Kid Creole & The Coconuts- Stool Pigeon
10. Grace Jones- Pull Up to The Bumper b/w
11. Boney M- Sunny b/w Gucci Crew- Sally
12. Mr. Oizo- It Takes Two b/w Suzanne Vega- Tom's Diner
13. INXS- Need You Tonight
14. Taking Heads- Girlfriend is Better b/w Free- All Right Now
15. West Phillips- Sucka for a Pretty Face
16. Exodus- Together Forever
17. Man- Birth, School, Work, Death
18. The Flaming Lips- Yeah Yeah Yeah Song
19. Starkillers- Discoteca
20. The Grass Roots- A Million Years
21. The Vogues- 5 o'clock
22. Zombies-Time of the Season
23. Wanda Jackson- Funnel of Love
24. Santogold- My Drive Thru
25. Walter Meego- Girls
26. Le Le- Breakfast
27. Sebastien Tellier- Kilometer
28. ABC- Look of Love
29. Depeche Mode- Just Can't Get Enough
30. Belle Epoque- Bamalama
31. Haircut 100- Boy Meets Girl
32. Flight on the Conchords- Too many dicks
33. T2- Heartbroken/ Spiral Beach- Voodoo
34. Specials- Gangsters
35. Sonseeds- Jesus is My Friend
36. Rocky Fellers- Little Darling

Live @ Suite 79 Grand Opening

Congrats to my hometown brotha M. Scott Whitson for opening his new photo studio in the brand new Piazza in Philadelphia. He's the dopest photographer i know, and also the dude who did my album cover for my Shades of Grey "All They Do Is Dis" LP. We threw a kick ass block party at his spot over the weekend and here's a live mix of some jams I rocked out!

Raymo- Live @ Suite 79 Grand Opening

Tracklisting

1. Glass Candy- Geto Boys
2. Bernard Wright- Haboglabotribin
3. Gigolette- Games People Play
4. Essence- Lyrics to the Rhythm
5. Sharon Green- US Girls
6. MJ- They Don't Care About Us
7. The Knife- We Share Muthas
8. SOG- Definition Ammunition
9. Q- Voice of Q
10. Whispers- Rock Steady
11. Kurtis Blow- Gimme the Breaks
12. De La Soul- Saturday
13. Mighty Ryders- Evil Vibrations
14. Michael Jackson- PYT
15. Belle Epoque- Miss Broadway
16. Warp 9- Nunk
17. West Phillips- Sucka For a Pretty Face
18. Boney M- Felicidad
19. Shannon- Let the Music Play
20. Baby's Gang- Happy Song
21. Death Above 79- Sexy Results
22. The Sounds- Hurt You
23. Eddy Grant- Electric Avenue
24. Sister Nancy- Bam Bam
25. Santigold- Shove It
26. Dimitri from PAris- I Got Enough- Caddyshack clp
27. Master Dance and Shake- Roll the Joint
28. Diplo- Must be the Devil
29. Eddie Murphy- Party all the Time
30. Time & Eric- Petite Feet
31 Mos Def- Jam On It
32. JJ Fad- Supersonic
33. MC Shy D- Shake It
34. Modjo- Lady

Movin' Up The Line & Short Story Video Shoots

So here are some green shots for the next couple Shades of Grey videos....I sported my dad's old pimp suits from the 70s... Laura styled in some pirate-gypsy attire along as well as this spring-booty thing we found at the costume shop. ha!

The Rocky Fellers- Look at Killer Joe Go!

So when hangin' out with my dad the other day I showed this youtube link that my boy JR posted of a 60's Filipino twee group called The Rocky Fellers. They were known for their mega Billboard hit Killer Joe, and my dad was like "oy! i tink i hab dat byenal in di garaje!" So low and behold, after diggin' through a stack of his tagalog record collection, i found their entire 33 track masterpiece on wax! If you are fan of fun music reminiscent of a Frankie Lymon/ Jackson 5/ Foster Sylver/ 3 Stars, then cop this badboy...it may take 30 minutes or so to download cause it's a pretty huge ZIP of shit. But the juice is worth the squeeze my friend!



The Rocky Fellers- Look a Killer Joe Go! ZIP

Tracklisting:
1. Killer Joe
2. Like The Big Guys Do
3. Teddy Bear
4. South Pacific Twist
5. Don't Sit Down
6. Hey Little Donkey
7. Two Guys From Trinidad
8. School Bells Are Ringing
9. Twist and Shout
10. Ching A Ling Baby
11. She Makes Me Wanna Dance
12. Don't Throw My Toys Away
13. EVerybody Wants to be a Tiger
14. Standing On the Corner
15. The Beachcomber Song
16. Lonely Teardrops
17. 2 Step Downstairs in the Basement
18. We Got Love
19. When the Kids Grow Up
20. Nina
21. Will You Love Me Tommorrow?
22. Foolish Little Boy
23. My Prayer
24. Runaway
25. Long Tally Sally
26. Better Let Her Go
27. Rented Tuxedo
28. Man With the Blue Guitar
29. Bye Bye Baby
30. Great Big World
31. Jeannie Mensak
32. Little Darlin'
33. Santa Santa