mixtape 1: nineties nostalgia

make it last forever

ok. i've currently been workin on a more work-related, public-education-sucks-balls post, but it's hurting my head. so in lieu of that, here's one inspired by this weekend...


thanks to paloma, i found this dope mixtape website called MIXWIT, where you can make digital mixtapes by browsing through music sources and designing your very own old-skool-lookin', beat up, mixtapes! yee! some of the sources are a tad bit limited, but it's good times nevertheless. and, you can post it to any websites you have, like here!

so why the nineties theme? phatty and i went to the Ladies Night Out Tour, featuring keith sweat, bel biv devoe, and tony toni tone at the paramount in oakland. sad to say, tony toni tone was disappointing and honestly depressing, because they came out without raphael saadiq. they had this random young dude, who could sing, but come on now -- couldn't compare to the one and only saadiq. and, it didn't help that dwayne wiggins didn't have much of a stage presence, and kept messin with different guitars on stage and didn't seem very well-rehearsed. anyhoo, they're at the end of their set, dwayne wiggins says how it's their "anniversary" cuz it's been 20 years since they've come out, but he says, "but it's not quite the same without..." to which i jump out of my seat and scream, as i see this dapper suited, skinny ass dude come out on stage, and yes, its saadiq singing, "dooo youu knowww what to dayy isssss??" yee! super duper hyped, the complete tony toni tone did "anniversary" and "it feels good" to a rousing, standin' crowd. saadiq definitely saved their set, but it was a lil depressing that somebody like tony toni tone were "openers" for a concert like this...

then bel biv devoe comes out -- to some song i don't really remember, but i'm still proud that i can remember the lyrics to all their other songs. i was impressed at their old asses' ability to still do those knee-raising, arm-swinging, jumpin-around dance moves so characteristic of the 90's. ricky bell could sing. bivens was a lil outta shape. and devoe, well, he's still kinda ugly. haha. overall, very entertaining set. and of course, they ended their with "poison." awesome.

then, keith sweat. did he come out all nasal-soundin? yes. but can the motherfucker sing? surprisingly, yes! and, it's crazy how many jams that man has -- "make it last forever, and ever and ever... (i couldn't find that on on mixwit.com!)" he even brought up some ladies on stage, managed to pick up this big ass broad and had this other lady feelin up on herself, as he's singin "nobody." hilarious. keith sweat was actually the surprising fave of the night. awesome again.

last night at poleng lounge in sf, old homie jerome was playin a 90s set full with 90s anthems from tlc, swv, etc, and tonight phatty's spinnin at this 90's house party, so ya know, i'ma get my wannabe dj on too. so many of these songs bring back memories -- from the permed-hair, just-developin-that-adolescent-attitude youngster listening to my mariah carey tape on my walkman, the girl who looked up to her brothers and rapped along to ice cube, pharcyde and fu shnickens (remember them?!), (dare i say it) singing those R&B hooks on people's voice-mails (ha, fuck, i said it!), makin' slow jam tapes for friends and boyfriends, and watchin my brothers in their m.c. hammer pants tryin to dance to bobby brown's "it's my perogative," my elementary school ass tryin to look fly wearing over-sized flannels or sports jerseys with guess jeans and dr. marten boots! hah.

so take a listen, enjoy.

and as an added bonus, for your viewing pleasure, the one and only snow (aka Superb Notorious Outrageous Whiteboy) and another one of my fave female-groups, jade. yee!