Finger 5 Was J-Pop’s Sugary Sweet Answer to The Jackson 5

 

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[Press-N-Play®] Elvis Presley - 'I Got a Feelin' in My Body (Take 1)'

That time back in the '70s when Elvis got soooper funky. "I Got A Feelin' in My Body," featured on the 1973 album Elvis at Stax (yep, that Stax). 

You're welcome. 

Wild Style Revisited: My graffiti art records covers joint deserved better, so...

Credit: Animal Records

After some seven years (or so) of an older piece that I wasn't totally satisfied with just eating at me, I finally gave the work the 'level up' it deserved. 

The original version of this record cover art listicle (2016) was one of my earliest attempts at exploring the then new direction of online content creation: listicles. 

And I had a lot to learn. 

This promptly became apparent when I started writing for MoviePilot (and then CBR), which taught me the fine art of listicle making and gave my online writing the creative boost that I was looking for. 

So...without any further delay or ado, the revised, remixed, and remastered version of an older blog post that ya didn't know ya needed. 

Enjoy. (Click here)

Italian pop singer Sabrina Salerno's 1987 music video is, like…so totally TITANIC

Sabrina - Boys (Summertime Love) 12" Single, Ibiza Records, 1987

"According to Internet number crunchers, Sabrina Salerno's 1987 music video for 'Boys (Summertime Love)' is one of the all-time most downloaded videos on the web."

To read all about it, click here.

16 Times Comic Book Artists Totally Rocked Rock Music Album Cover Art [Hot Linked]

Artist: Todd McFarlane • Image Credit: Epic Records, Marvel Comics 

The long wait for a new post is finally over, kids! Exhaustively curated here for your viewing pleasure is a new spine-tingling listicle revealing 16 times comic book artists rocked rock music cover art.

Kissed the Girls and Made Them Cry

That moment when you discover – a bajillion years after the fact – that Eric Benet’s gorgeous duet with Faith Evans, “Georgy Porgy” (1999), was a cover. And not only that, but that rapper MC Lyte’s “Poor Georgie” (1991) sampled the song that Benet later covered–a soulful 1978 rock song by Toto. And you friggin' love Toto, but never knew about their OG version until stumbling across it on YouTube just now.
I mean, what the hell? What other musical mysteries are out there waitin' to bamboozle me? I've strived to know...well, pretty much everything. But now I'm feelin' like I don't know up from down! How do people live like this?!?! 😅😭🤣
Updated: While listening to the original version again (about an hour after posting this), it occurred to me that the sista singing the chorus sounded really familiar. Something about her voice and the way she sings made me think of R&B songstress Cheryl Lynn ("To Be Real," 1978). Sure enough, looking up the song credit's for "Georgy Porgy," Lynn's name is right there!
Ah, the balance is restored. 🤓

[Press-N-Play™] “Respect Mine” by OBVIOUS is Wu-Tang Chillout/Shaolin Lounge Music

Che Guevara once wrote: “A man must harden himself, but without ever losing his tenderness.” I’m somehow reminded of that as I listen–on repeat–to the lo-fi hip-hop track “Respect Mine” by OBVIOUS, which strikes a strangely similar balance between both hardness and tenderness. It does it by way of a gritty-voiced sample from a Wu-Tang classic (C.R.E.A.M.) coupled with multiple layers of seductive synth chords, delicate piano licks, and faithful beats and bass lines. The hypnotic end result, I think, makes this track the perfect addition to YouTube playlists curated for long and solitary night drives through dreaming cityscapes. – YourKungFuSucks

16 Times Comic Book Artists Absolutely Rocked Hip-Hop Album Cover Art [Hot Linked]

Image Credit: Def Jam, Marvel Comics

"Exhaustively curated here for your viewing pleasure is a senses-shattering listicle showing 16 times comic book artists rocked hip-hop music cover art."

[Press-N-Play®] Bun B & Statik Selektah - Basquiat (Feat. Fat Joe & Smoke DZA)

Shout out to the homie DJ Darrell D for hookin' your boy up with this jazzy-fat-nasty new track from Bun B & Statik Selektah. 

This one's called "Basquiat," y'all, featurin' Fat Joe & Smoke DZA. Since I clicked on the link D sent me (posted above), this joint has been in heavy rotation. Truly dope...on so many levels.

Horn Players by Jean-Michel Basquiat, Collection of the Broad Art Foundation

Video On Demand: Around the Way Girl

Meanwhile On Facebook: 'The Real Reason No One Ever Leaves Latveria'

"Dr. Doom is a FANTASTIC DJ."

[Press-N-Play™] Ghostface Killah - Winter Warz

[Press-N-Play®] James Brown – Get Up, Get Into It, Get Involved (Stereo Mix)

[Destroy All Headphones™] Pharoahe Monch & Professor XXL - Big G's Revenge

I wanted badly to have the instrumental track of Pharoahe Monch's "Simon Says" featured in a playlist that I've put together for an upcoming project. As monstrous as the vocal version of this rap track is, the instrumental–much to my surprise–was somewhat on the...repetitive side. If I was gonna use it, the track was gonna need some variations in its sound. So, I imported the track into Garage Band™, grabbed all of my Godzilla and related Toho film soundtracks, and worked a wee bit of magic; my first proper remix, made especially for hip-hop and kaiju film soundtrack lovers like me (and you).

[Press-N-Play®] Ice Box Baby – HUTOCCHO MAMA

Judging the CD by its old school influenced cover, the last thing a listener might ever expect to hear mixed into this 10-track album of retro and internationally seasoned pop music from Ice Box Baby (a mid-1990s here-today-and-gone-the-day-after J-Pop group) is a head bobbin' hip-hop track. But the listener's ears are tossed a dizzying curve ball with "Hutoccho Mama," track five on the group's immensely enjoyable 二人の夏曜日(1995). Paying homage to uptempo rap jams like JJ Fad's "Supersonic" and Salt-N-Pepa's "Push It," "Hutoccho Mama" features Ice Box Baby kickin' the back and forth rhyme ballistics over a booming 808 bass line, and doing it like true school queens of rap. Yours truly has absolutely no idea how much play "Hutoccho Mama" got when it was released as a single back in the day, but he hopes that it somehow saw its fair share of pretend 'hootchie mamas' up in the club, moving their lil' rump shakers on the dance floor, and rapping right along with every well placed word.

[Press-N-Play®] Finger 5 – I Want You Back (Jackson 5 cover)

Yes, The download link on the old Finger 5 post on YKFS has been broken for a while, so... "I Want You Back" is being made available again here for a limited time. (Meaning for as long as the free downloads last.) You're welcome.

[Press-N-Play®] Fu-Shnickens – Movie Scene

"My chopstick will drop kick, my chow mein's plain,  I do the tiger, the snake, the Big Daddy Crane!!"– Poc Fu, 'Movie Scene'

[Press-N-Play®] Dezine – My Lover

All songs posted to the Your Kung Fu Sucks! blog are the property of their respective copyright holders.Their use here is strictly intended for promotional and informational purposes only. NOT FOR SALE. Please support the artists featured on the YKFS blog by buying their original CDs and mp3s where and whenever applicable. Any artist who would like to have their music removed from this promotional project may do so by contacting the administrator at stpaco@gmail.com.

[Press-N-Play®] OFouR – PNG Queen

Meant as a 'single' from the Survival 101 mixtape. Cross-continental shout outs to Robby-T and the rest of the team!

All songs posted to the Your Kung Fu Sucks! blog are the property of their respective copyright holders. Their use here is strictly intended for promotional and informational purposes only. NOT FOR SALE. Please support the artists featured on the YKFS blog by buying their original CDs and mp3s where and whenever applicable. Any artist who would like to have their music removed from this promotional project may do so by contacting the administrator at stpaco@gmail.com.

[Destroy All Headphones™] Survival 101 Mixtape: Introduction to Pacific Island Reggae

Your Kung Fu Sucks!® brings you... the Survival 101 mixtape! This blazin' bootleg compilation collects 20 of the best dancehall, roots, and lovers rock reggae hits to rise up from the inviting isles of the South Pacific! That's right, approximately 85 minutes of rock steady riddems that will transport you instantly from your stressed out existence to a tranquil island beach on the other side of the world. We guarantee it! So order your copy of Survival 101 for the low price of free-ninety-nine today, and let the irie vibes of the South Pacific islands whisk you away!

 Survival 101 Mixtape: Introduction to Pacific Island Reggae

01 Freedom – Vanessa Quai  

02 So Much Trouble ft. Mino (Bob Marley Interpolation) – Koran
03 West Papua ft. Ngaiire Joseph – George Telek 
04 Dou Mada Mai  – 1STRIBE
05 Papuan Pride  – Robby T & Metere Crew
06 Ino'mae – Onetox
07 My Island Home  – DMP
08 Island Diver – Pagasa
09 Perfect ft. Jah Boy – Dezine
10 Bolo Visi – Cloud [Trevor]

11 Crying Youths – Syco Don 

12 Sobo Audau Diva ft. Young Davie – Nasio Domoni 

13 Dina Lewa ft. Da Melanezianz – Young Davie 

14 I Won't Give Up (Jason Mraz Cover) – Paddock 

15 Nice Bola ft. Kairi – Teha 

16 Mon Coeur (Kaneka Remix) – Aryelle 

17 PNG Queen ft. Robby T, Sean Rii, Tee, Rini & Ugly B – OFour
18 Shefarian Lady – Shanty Town
19 Hutusa Jazz Lewa ft. Mandre & Livilzman Baka – Sean Rii
20 Vuvusele – Small Jam 

21 Secret Bonus Track 

:::Download:::

All songs posted to the Your Kung Fu Sucks! blog are the property of their respective copyright holders. Their use here is strictly intended for promotional and informational purposes only. NOT FOR SALE. Please support the artists featured on the YKFS blog by buying their original CDs and mp3s where and whenever applicable. Any artist who would like to have their music removed from this promotional project may do so by contacting the administrator at stpaco@gmail.com.