Hawthorne sent us this one yesterday, a second remix of "Just Aint Gonna Work Out" by Astronote. Download it right here. A Strange Arrangement is out this week on iTunes, and on CD/LP over the next couple weeks everywhere else in the world.


The Remix:
Just Aint Gonna Work Out (Astronote El Camino Remix)

The Album:
A Strange Arrangement

The Man:
Mayer Hawthorne

The Madlib/Strong Arm Steady collaboration album Stoney Jackson came together in a flurry of creative energy over recent months. Prompted by Madlib’s stalwart DJ J.Rocc, who supplied SAS with 14 new Madlib beats CD, this album’s conception and delivery bear resemblance to the trajectory took by 2003’s Jaylib with J Dilla and 2004’s Madvillain with DOOM.

The SAS had previously rapped over Madlib’s music on their mixtape/album Deep Hearted and on the Talib Kweli/Madlib album Liberation.

The Stoney Jackson album unfolds over sixteen tracks and is a brisk, exciting hip hop record. Krondon and Phil The Agony supply the majority of the vocals with the third SAS member Mitchy Slick; guest appearances include Talib Kweli, Guilty Simpson, Little Brother’s Phonte, Planet Asia and a host of underground Los Angeles’s emerging rap talent.

Stoney Jackson represents Madlib’s return to the hip-hop fold and sets the scene for the OJ Simpson collaboration he’s finishing with Guilty Simpson.

MP3:
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Peanut Butter Wolf's Straight To Tape: 1990-1992 CD will be available on the 999 tour. Read More: Straight to Tape: 1990-1992 | PBW's 999 

Not so sure about anything with these songs except for the fact that I made them while living with my mom in the early 90’s and almost all were recorded with the rappers rapping through headphones plugged straight into the DJ mixer. My original idea with this comp was to put stuff I did throughout the 90’s in honor of the 999 shows I’m doing, but I just discovered SO MANY songs from this 3-year period that I made that the focus. I didn’t use compression on anyone’s voice nor did I know what that was back then. That’s why the vocals are all over the place. Most songs didn’t have effects on the voices either. A lot of adding loops on top of other loops live, which made it sloppy.

At this point in my “rap music career”, my goal was to make a “Marley Mahl In Control Of Things” type comp with all the rappers in San Jose I was meeting at the time. My situation was a lot different than Marley’s though, mainly because he established a crew of rappers that all worked together (before Wutang) and most of the rappers I worked with never even met each other.

The fact that I put out a record with Lyrical Prophecy (Quiz One and Deshee) in 1989, made it easy for me to find MCs to record in San Jose. I was known as the “kid with the record out”, even though it didn’t really sell. I was also the only kid with a sampler besides King Shameek, but Shameek moved to New York. None of these “songs” were really finished and definitely none were polished. They were all rough draft versions with the intention of going into a proper studio to re-record. The only rappers I really finished songs with and took to the studio back then were Quiz One and Charizma, but none of those songs are on here.

I think at that time, if I made a beat that a rapper liked and he had lyrics, I’d record him over it to hear what it sounded like. Some of the beats were chosen by more than one group or artist, and I’d try different guys over the same track. My idea to do this comp back in 1990 quickly got scrapped as I found myself working with Charizma more than anyone else and decided that he was the one I worked best with. We both had that slightly warped sense of humor. Plus, we both liked the Whirlwind pinball machine, so that sealed the deal.

 

Getting into the spirit of PBW's 999 , we've got a bunch of CDs from the Stones Throw vaults posted on our web store at $9.99 USD, from now til 9/9/09.

Madvillain - Madvillainy (Madlib)
Lootpack - Soundpieces: Da Antidote (Madlib)
Yesterdays New Quintet - Angles Without Edges (Madlib)
Yesterdays New Quintet - Stevie (Madlib)
DJ Rels Madlib: - Theme For A Broken Soul (Madlib)
Monk Hughes Madlib: - A Tribute To Brother Weldon (Madlib)
Quasimoto - The Further Adventures of Lord Quas (Madlib)
Sound Directions - The Funky Side of Life (Madlib)
Dudley Perkins - A Lil' Light (Madlib)
Percee P - Perseverance (Madlib)
Percee P - Perseverance: The Madlib: Remix (Madlib)
Breakestra - The Live Mix Part 2
Stark Reality - Now
Wildchild - Secondary Protocol
Charizma & Peanut Butter Wolf - Big Shots
Gary Wilson - Mary Had Brown Hair
Oh No - The Disrupt
Koushik - Be With
MED - Push Comes To Shove
Baron Zen - At The Mall
Baron Zen - At The Mall Remixes
Madlib: - Beat Konducta: Movie Scenes, Vol. 1-2
Dudley Perkins - Expressions
Roc C - All Questions Answered

Compilations:
The Funky 16 Corners
Jukebox 45s
Super Duck Breaks: The Saga
Stones Throw: Ten Years
The Third Unheard: Connecticut Hip-Hop 1979-1983

Heliocentrics - Fallen Angeles
(CD, Now-Again)

Fallen Angeles is a collection of singles from Malcolm Catto and the Heliocentrics. Fresh off their Inspiration Information collaboration with Ethiopian jazz legend Mulatu Astatke, the best songs from their their 12” singles are compiled here in limited edition CD. Included are tracks such as the DOOM feature “Distant Star” and Guilty Simpson’s “Before I Die” alongside a multitude of offerings that span from deep jazz, deep funk and deep psychedelia on the title track, “Vibration Of The Fallen Angels”.

The collection is presented in a limited edition “mini LP” package which includes a thick cardboard “tip on” sleeve. This album was made primarily for release in Japan; small quantities are being made available for sale in the North American and European markets.

Converse presents: 9 nights, September 1st - 9th, Peanut Butter Wolf on a 9-night tour of the 9 area codes stretching from Los Angeles, Orange County to the Inland Empire. Each night PB Wolf will do video sets with multiple genres from the 90s.

The first night, at Pomona's Glass House, Sep. 1, will be a Stones Throw showcase with Mayer Hawthorne, Dam-Funk, Rhettmatic and Pase Rock. The final night, Sep, 9th, is a party we'll be announcing in early September.

"999" follows in the tradition of Wolf's 888 and 777 events in the past two years, and an all heavy metal DJ set for 6/6/6 in 2006.

909 Tue 1st: Stones Throw Showcase at Glasshouse, 200 W 2nd St, Pomona CA. ALL AGES.
323 Wed 2nd: Low End Theory at Airliner, 2419 N Broadway, Los Angeles. 18+ $5
562 Thu 3rd: Party Weirdo at Club 149, 149 Linden, Long Beach. 21+ $5
626 Fri 4th: Footwork at The Terrace, 443 E Colorado Blvd, Pasadena. 21+ $9.99
213 Sat 5th: FYF Fest at Los Angeles Historic State, 1245 N. Spring, L.A. ALL AGES $15 A/$20D
949 Sun 6th: Lovemade at Detroit Bar, 843 W 19th St, Costa Mesa, CA. 21+ $5A/$10D
951 Mon 7th: More Fire Mondays at Sevilla, 3252 Mission Inn Ave, Riverside, CA. $10
714 Tue 8th: The Continental Room, 115 W Santa Fe Ave, Fullerton, CA. 21+ FREE
310 Wed 9th: Private Party with special guest DJs to be announced.

PLAYING: Acid Jazz, Backpack hip hop, Big beat, Brit pop, Cheesy R & B, Commercial rock, Country rock, Dancehall reggae, Death metal, Drum and bass, Freestyle, Gangsta rap, G Funk, Goth industrial, Golden age hip hop, Grunge, Hip house, Indie rock, jiggy, Jock Jams, Keep it real hip hop, Miami Bass, Neo soul, New jack swing, Rave, Sexy house, Shoegaze, Southern rap, Speed metal, Skater punk, Ska revival, Swing revival, Techno, Teen pop, Trance, Trip hop, Turntablism, UK Garage. WHAT TO WEAR: How about airbrushed overalls with one side down. Cross Colors. Boy London metal hats. a rayon suit with a turtleneck sweater. Tommy Hilfiger. Phillies Blunt t-shirt. a colorful rugby shirt. Rayon pants. polka dots. a denim button up shirt with a flower print tie and White Sox and X baseball cap. All shirts MUST BE tucked into those stonewashed jeans and show off those belt buckles and high top fades and gumbys. No backwards jeans allowed. There's only one Kris Kross.