my top 100 albums in no particular order
1. Sly Stone, “Fresh”
2. Murcof, “Remembranza”
3. Eliades Ochoa, “Sublime Illusion”
4. Tower of Power, “Back to Oakland”
5. The Meters, “Look Ka Py Py”
6. Air, “Premiers Symptomes”
7. The Wild Tchoupitoulas, “The Wild Tchoupitoulas”
8. Biosphere, “Dropsconde”
9. Cachaito Lopez, “Cachaito”
10. Cheb I Sabbah, “La Kahena”
11. John Coltrane, “A Love Supreme”
12. Miles Davis, “Kind of Blue”
13. Miles Davis, “Bitches Brew”
14. Dabrye, “One/Three”
15. DJ Shadow, “Endtroducing”
16. Eminem, “The Marshall Mathers LP”
17. Herbie Hancock, “Thrust”
18. Herbie Hancock, “Flood”
19. Herbie Hancock, “Maiden Voyage”
20. Icarus, “Fijaka”
21. John Patton, “Let Em’ Roll”
22. King Tubby, “100% Dub”
23. Donald Byrd, “Kofi”
24. Koop, “Waltz for Koop”
25. Joao Donato, “Lugar Comum”
26. Dudley Perkins/Madlib, “A Lil’ Light (Instrumentals)”
27. Mark Farina, “Mushroom Jazz 2”
28. McCoy Tyner, “Extensions”
29. Medeski, Martin and Wood, “Friday Afternoon in the Universe”
30. Medeski, Martin and Wood, “Shack-Man”
31. Marcos Suzano, “Sambatown”
32. Airto, “Fingers”
33. Batacumbele, “Con Un Poco De Songo”
34. Tim Sparks, “At The Rebbe’s Table”
35. Tim Sparks, “Neshamah”
36. Cyro Baptista, “Cyro Baptista Plays the Music of Villa Lobos”
37. Guillermo Portabales, “El Carretero”
38. Quantic, “Mishaps Happening”
39. Squarepusher, “Go Plastic”
40. Stereolab, “Dots and Loops”
41. Steve Coleman, “Def Trance Beat (Modalities of Rhythm)”
42. Steve Reich, “Music for 18 Musicians”
43. Ray Barretto, “Live”
44. Ray Barretto, “Indestructible”
45. Eddie Palmieri, “Unfinished Masterpiece”
46. Eddie Palmieri, “Gold 73”
47. Eddie Palmieri, “Live at Sing Sing”
48. Cal Tjader, “Amazonas”
49. Cal Tjader, “Primo”
50. Escola de Samba de Padre Miguel, “Batucada #3”
51. Digable Planets, “Blowout Comb”
52. Digable Planets, “Reachin”
53. Run DMC, “Raising Hell”
54. A Tribe Called Quest, “Midnight Marauders”
55. A Tribe Called Quest, “The Low End Theory”
56. A Tribe Called Quest, “People’s Instinctive Travels & the Paths of Rhythm”
57. The Beastie Boys, “Check Your Head”
58. Mongo Santamaria, “Mongo 70”
59. James Brown, “Sex Machine”
60. James Brown, “Love Power Peace”
61. Paul Simon, “Rhythm of the Saints”
62. Nana Vasconcelos, “Saudades”
63. Egberto Gismonti, “Danca Das Cabecas”
64. Egberto Gismonti, “Duas Vozes”
65. Hermeto Pascoal, “Slaves Mass”
66. Quarteto Novo, “Quarteto Novo”
67. Lou Donaldson, “Aligator Bogaloo”
68. Lonnie Smith, “Lonnie Smith Live at Club Mozambique”
69. Lonnie Liston Smith, “Expansions”
70. Grant Green, “Ain’t it Funky Now”
71. Grant Green, “Matador”
72. De La Soul, “Three Feet High and Rising”
73. De La Soul, “Buhloone Mindstate”
74. Tito Puente, “Top Percussion”
75. Les McCann, “Layers”
76. Grupo Folklorico & Experimental Nuevayorquino, “Cocepts in Unity”
77. Joao Gilberto, “Getz/Gilberto”
78. Dr. John, “Dr. John’s Gumbo”
79. Stevie Wonder, “Innervisions”
80. Stevie Wonder, “Songs in the Key of Life”
81. Lauryn Hill, “The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill”
82. Santana, “Caravanserai”
83. Santana, “Lotus”
84. D’Angelo, “Brown Sugar”
85. D’Angelo, “Voodoo”
86. King Sunny Ade, “Juju Music”
87. Michael Spiro and Mark Lamion, “Bata Ketu”
88. Jimmy McGriff, “Greatest Hits”
89. Oliver Nelson, “Blues and The Abstract Truth”
90. Ezekiel Honig and Morgan Packard, “Early Morning Migration”
91. Jimmy Smith, “Root Down”
92. Carlos Malta, “Carlos Malta e Pife Muderno”
93. Robert Miles and Trilok Gurtu, “Miles Gurtu”
94. Amon Tobin, “Bricolage”
95. Sergio Mendes, “Brasileiro”
96. Sergio Mendes, “Primal Roots”
97. Walter Wanderley, “Batucada”
98. Jesus Alemany, “Cubanisimo!”
99. Cachao, “Cuban Jam Session In Miniature -- Descargas Vol 2”
100. Norah Jones, “Come Away With Me”
2. Murcof, “Remembranza”
3. Eliades Ochoa, “Sublime Illusion”
4. Tower of Power, “Back to Oakland”
5. The Meters, “Look Ka Py Py”
6. Air, “Premiers Symptomes”
7. The Wild Tchoupitoulas, “The Wild Tchoupitoulas”
8. Biosphere, “Dropsconde”
9. Cachaito Lopez, “Cachaito”
10. Cheb I Sabbah, “La Kahena”
11. John Coltrane, “A Love Supreme”
12. Miles Davis, “Kind of Blue”
13. Miles Davis, “Bitches Brew”
14. Dabrye, “One/Three”
15. DJ Shadow, “Endtroducing”
16. Eminem, “The Marshall Mathers LP”
17. Herbie Hancock, “Thrust”
18. Herbie Hancock, “Flood”
19. Herbie Hancock, “Maiden Voyage”
20. Icarus, “Fijaka”
21. John Patton, “Let Em’ Roll”
22. King Tubby, “100% Dub”
23. Donald Byrd, “Kofi”
24. Koop, “Waltz for Koop”
25. Joao Donato, “Lugar Comum”
26. Dudley Perkins/Madlib, “A Lil’ Light (Instrumentals)”
27. Mark Farina, “Mushroom Jazz 2”
28. McCoy Tyner, “Extensions”
29. Medeski, Martin and Wood, “Friday Afternoon in the Universe”
30. Medeski, Martin and Wood, “Shack-Man”
31. Marcos Suzano, “Sambatown”
32. Airto, “Fingers”
33. Batacumbele, “Con Un Poco De Songo”
34. Tim Sparks, “At The Rebbe’s Table”
35. Tim Sparks, “Neshamah”
36. Cyro Baptista, “Cyro Baptista Plays the Music of Villa Lobos”
37. Guillermo Portabales, “El Carretero”
38. Quantic, “Mishaps Happening”
39. Squarepusher, “Go Plastic”
40. Stereolab, “Dots and Loops”
41. Steve Coleman, “Def Trance Beat (Modalities of Rhythm)”
42. Steve Reich, “Music for 18 Musicians”
43. Ray Barretto, “Live”
44. Ray Barretto, “Indestructible”
45. Eddie Palmieri, “Unfinished Masterpiece”
46. Eddie Palmieri, “Gold 73”
47. Eddie Palmieri, “Live at Sing Sing”
48. Cal Tjader, “Amazonas”
49. Cal Tjader, “Primo”
50. Escola de Samba de Padre Miguel, “Batucada #3”
51. Digable Planets, “Blowout Comb”
52. Digable Planets, “Reachin”
53. Run DMC, “Raising Hell”
54. A Tribe Called Quest, “Midnight Marauders”
55. A Tribe Called Quest, “The Low End Theory”
56. A Tribe Called Quest, “People’s Instinctive Travels & the Paths of Rhythm”
57. The Beastie Boys, “Check Your Head”
58. Mongo Santamaria, “Mongo 70”
59. James Brown, “Sex Machine”
60. James Brown, “Love Power Peace”
61. Paul Simon, “Rhythm of the Saints”
62. Nana Vasconcelos, “Saudades”
63. Egberto Gismonti, “Danca Das Cabecas”
64. Egberto Gismonti, “Duas Vozes”
65. Hermeto Pascoal, “Slaves Mass”
66. Quarteto Novo, “Quarteto Novo”
67. Lou Donaldson, “Aligator Bogaloo”
68. Lonnie Smith, “Lonnie Smith Live at Club Mozambique”
69. Lonnie Liston Smith, “Expansions”
70. Grant Green, “Ain’t it Funky Now”
71. Grant Green, “Matador”
72. De La Soul, “Three Feet High and Rising”
73. De La Soul, “Buhloone Mindstate”
74. Tito Puente, “Top Percussion”
75. Les McCann, “Layers”
76. Grupo Folklorico & Experimental Nuevayorquino, “Cocepts in Unity”
77. Joao Gilberto, “Getz/Gilberto”
78. Dr. John, “Dr. John’s Gumbo”
79. Stevie Wonder, “Innervisions”
80. Stevie Wonder, “Songs in the Key of Life”
81. Lauryn Hill, “The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill”
82. Santana, “Caravanserai”
83. Santana, “Lotus”
84. D’Angelo, “Brown Sugar”
85. D’Angelo, “Voodoo”
86. King Sunny Ade, “Juju Music”
87. Michael Spiro and Mark Lamion, “Bata Ketu”
88. Jimmy McGriff, “Greatest Hits”
89. Oliver Nelson, “Blues and The Abstract Truth”
90. Ezekiel Honig and Morgan Packard, “Early Morning Migration”
91. Jimmy Smith, “Root Down”
92. Carlos Malta, “Carlos Malta e Pife Muderno”
93. Robert Miles and Trilok Gurtu, “Miles Gurtu”
94. Amon Tobin, “Bricolage”
95. Sergio Mendes, “Brasileiro”
96. Sergio Mendes, “Primal Roots”
97. Walter Wanderley, “Batucada”
98. Jesus Alemany, “Cubanisimo!”
99. Cachao, “Cuban Jam Session In Miniature -- Descargas Vol 2”
100. Norah Jones, “Come Away With Me”
posted by Justin at 3:35 PM
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What about "Bill Mayfield - Live at the New New New Vegas Lounge?"
I actually wrote about the Vegas in my autobiographic final paper for my Digital Performance class.
51. Digable Planets, “Blowout Comb”
52. Digable Planets, “Reachin”
53. Run DMC, “Raising Hell”
54. A Tribe Called Quest, “Midnight Marauders”
55. A Tribe Called Quest, “The Low End Theory”
56. A Tribe Called Quest, “People’s Instinctive Travels & the Paths of Rhythm”
57. The Beastie Boys, “Check Your Head”
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72. De La Soul, “Three Feet High and Rising”
73. De La Soul, “Buhloone Mindstate”
Performing my role as the Amazon.com/Netflix recommendations algorithm, if you are into the albums above (I also love all of them), I am guessing that you might also like:
MF DOOM (also appears as Madvillain, Dangerdoom, Victor Vaughn, King Geedorah)
J. Dilla (esp. his final album, “Donuts”)
The Roots (esp. “Phrenology”, “Illadelph Halflife”)
Pete Rock (“Petestrumentals” is very nice, and you may be into it if you like DJ Shadow)
The Pharcyde (esp. "LabcabinCalifornia" -- I'm just representing L.A. here -- although, the vibe on Labcabin is very similar to the feel of De La/Tribe/Digable Planets)
Ghostface Killah (esp. his most recent “Fishscales”, with production from J. Dilla, Pete Rock, and MF DOOM)
MIA (sort of random here, but her beats are partially/largely inspired by American hip hop)
Boards of Canada (we are drifting completely away from hip hop here, but there’s something about this electronica group that bears a strong affinity with the vibe you get off of a mellow DJ Shadow/Tribe Called Quest/Digable Planets track. Check out “Music Has the Right to Children” or “Geogaddi”)
I know I'm forgetting some here . . . .
I think we have similar tastes here, Octopus. I'm down with J Dilla (you know he just died, right?), The Roots, Pharcyde and Boards of Canada. I've had Petestrumentals recommended to me before - will check out the other stuff, too. You, my friend, should check out the albums I have listed for Quantic, Murcof, Bioshere and Amon Tobin.
Was the punchline worth it?
I actually like the album, but it's getting bump when I revise the list.
Where can I buy Batacumbele's Con Un Poco De Songo?
Descarga.com is an excellent source for Latin music - here's that album:
http://www.descarga.com/cgi-bin/db/10610.10?ekjwukZ7;;62
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