Morebounce Mixtape: Songs About Nothing

I think it’s been well-established in this blog that >bounce publishers deeply dislike music that requires thinking. Oh, sure, every in a while we notice a message in between our Roger Rabbitting, but for the most part, we’re just here to dance or make out. Keep your manifestos for the poetry slam, thank you.

And lately, we’ve been listening to some particularly vapid lovelies. They remind us of 1984, when you just needed a drum machine and a shit-talker from the neighborhood to cut a record. In fact, a couple of these have no melody at all - their whole purpose is to bounce that ass. So get it warmed up:

Detroit Grand Pubahs
Sandwiches
12″, 2000
Paris the Black Fu was a DJ friend back in my old dusty days in Detroit. He used to write crazy deep poetry with serious illustrations. But he also used to make his own jewelry out of found wire, clear the dance floor with his high kicks, and wear his hair like a pineapple. (Not unlike one of my other favorite crazies!) So I’m glad he didn’t turn out to be a thoughtful emo producer. He makes music about asses.

Def Cut
Street Level (Original Tokyo Mix)
Street Level: Remixes EP, 2002
This song is really electro, pretty house-y, and has nothing more than a Doobie Brothers sample. I don’t really know why that guy keeps saying “That’s My MAN Throwin’ Down!” but maybe it’s a European thing. Crazy Swiss.

I:Cube Feat. RZA
Can You Deal With That?
12″, 2003
This beat is straight filthy 1983, and I’ve never heard RZA sound so laid back. I was so excited when I discovered this song, I made it my ringtone.

Twista Feat. Pharrell
Give It Up
12″, 2007
You can be sure that anybody who wears an angry ice cream cone t-shirt is gonna write some dumb rhymes. But the thing is, if that person is Pharrell, it’ll also be over a beat so hot, it could make you consider stopping to pop your ass on your walk to work. What. Nobody saw me.