Dahlak » Fela Kuti http://www.thisisdahlak.com/blog Just another WordPress site Tue, 15 May 2012 04:53:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Friday Funk: The i(nfluence)B4the1 http://www.thisisdahlak.com/blog/2009/11/21/friday-funk-the-influenceb4the1/ http://www.thisisdahlak.com/blog/2009/11/21/friday-funk-the-influenceb4the1/#comments Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:04:49 +0000 Dahlak http://thisisdahlak.com/blog/?p=488 The “post-album-release” time is always a very special part of my process. I listen to feedback, re-listen to my songs with new insights, critique my weaknesses, focus on my strengths, and then begin planning a method to improve my music. But before going forward (here comes the cliche) I must always look back – to understand my motives, to check my impressionability, and to evaluate how well (or poorly) I’ve converted life into art.

So on this funky Friday, I figured it would only be appropriate to share the sounds that have funked our eardrums and birthed the first chapter of iB4the1.

Fela Kuti “Water No Get Enemy” + The Price Is Right = “Gentleman’s Kool-Aid”

fela

bob-barker

De La Soul “Trying People”+ Tilt = “The HereNow”

dela1

tiltcans

OutKast “Da Art of Storytelling pt.2” + Drizzletron’s sanity (or lack thereof) = “Finding Emo”

Outkast-6

drizzle

Black Eyed Peas “Alive” x Micheal Jackson’s passing = “Circus Nights”

the-black-eyed-peas

michael-jackson

therefore, =

ib4wtf

And that’s just the production. What say YA’LL, Drizz? N.I.C.? Ada?

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