Jukistory

DJ Clent, DJ Slugo, and a few other OG juke legends were kind enough to scan a few hundred old Chicago flyers, CD covers and colored cassettes for those of us who are geeky enough to want to look through them. I don't know how many people that is, but I'm one of them. This is a seriously important bit of Chicago history. My favorites are DJ Milton's mix CD that says "unauthorized duplication will get your ass beat", the Playground Productionz food drive, and the above. See them all here.

i-i-i-i-i

Throwback video from artist Claire Chanel that I stumbled onto again yesterday. You can still get her super screwed versions of Ciara on her site, but I don't see much recent activity in her resume. This is pretty much the same thing I was doing in 2005, and it being the Robitussin version isn't the only thing reminding me of high school. Maybe a gallery in Germany will want to screen my Sippin on Some Syrup edit too?

Ghetto Facsimiles

Not the greatest photo, but a view of Jim Jones' Harlem Bodega recreation "art installation" in the building of his studio in NYC. It also includes blown up photos of his block, and soon to include real concrete sidewalks.

Thanks Lil B (a few more blurry camera phone pics over at Basedworld).

Lets!

Making a Young Mess

Messy Marv - Ask Yourself (from Prices on My Head, Thug Money on your Family vol 2 2009)

Some awesome Welsh dude took the time to create an archive of important events throughout history in which Messy Marv was present. The "Any Picture Can Be Improved by Adding Messy Marv to it" project depicts Young Mess at high school dances, in a tsunami, and destroying the Death Star with his eyes. He has witnessed the fall of Saddam, Bobby Kennedy's assassination, and the Hindenburg incident. Who would have thought?

Thanks to the great Nation of Thizzlam.

Race for the Weirdest Mixtape Art 2009 #3

Weezy is on some like, Attack of the Killer Tomatoes shit.

Contemporary Masters of Mixtape Art

Young Jeezy - Trap Flies (from Trappin' Ain't Dead 2009)

OK, so Gucci the Glacier has a rather grim contender for best mixtape cover of 2009. There is definitely some scary shit going on on this track, like Jeezy seeing ghosts in the pyrex smoke. Re-up on the 1st and again on 15th, and again on the 31st when it's October.

Wu-Note

Old Dirty Bastard - Return to the 36 Chambers Instrumentals 1995

Other People have already thrown these up but fuck it, I love them. A lot more productive than me in 7th grade with a stolen copy of Photoshop changing logos to make my friends giggle. More Wu-Tang meets Blue Note covers over at creator Logan Walters' own site. In celebration of these wonderful things I am throwing up all the instrumentals from my favorite clan record that I recently found a zip file of. The instrumental to Snakes is in there, a song so dear to my heart and the first track I ever threw up on this page. Already been working on a remix, if only more Freeloadin' Rusty a capellas existed.