‘Imagine’ speaks from the heart evoking powerful emotions of unity and love; this comic strip joyfully animates this feeling perfectly.
Pablo Stanley masterfully captures the intent and love behind John Lennon’s now iconic song.
The loving thoughts that led to this song’s creation are beginning to take shape in today’s society. As technology and communication expand and unify our consciousness, connections we make pave the way for massive changes in the way we live and interact together.
John Lennon Imagine Comic Strip
John Lennon Imagine Live
Enjoy this live version of Imagine and check out the work of Pablo Stanley
Piñata is a collaborative album by Freddie Gibbs and Madlib. Entirely produced by Madlib, the 17-track LP features Raekwon, Danny Brown, Domo Genesis, Ab-Soul, Casey Veggies, and more.
Piñata is “a gangster Blaxploitation film on wax”. I will show you my flaws, I’ll show you what I’ve done wrong and what I’ve fucked up at. I don’t regret shit, but I’ll show you the things I’m not proud of. I’m about to show niggas how to rap again. – Freddie Gibbs
Freddie Gibbs & Madlib – Harold’s
Freddie Gibbs & Madlib – Thuggin’
Madlib, self-aware of his style as a producer, has said that Gibbs is one of few rappers who could handle a complete project produced by him:
My stuff, it ain’t fully quantized… it has more of a human feel, so it might slow down or speed up. So you have to be the type of rapper, like MF Doom or Freddie, who can catch that, or else you’ll be sounding crazy.
Gibbs admits it was a challenge rapping over beats with chops and changes as unpredictable as the man who created them, but says with confidence “I think I did it to perfection.”
Freddie Gibbs & Madlib ft. Danny Brown – High
Freddie Gibbs & Madlib ft. Danny Brown – Shame
Freddie Gibbs – BFK
This track was produced by M-80 but it’s one of Gibbs’ best so we had to include it.
#10- Hey You
#9- Dogs
#8- Us And Them
#7- Time
#6- Echos
#5- Shine On You Crazy Diamond
#4- Money
#3- Another Brick In The Wall Part 2
#2- Comfortably Numb
#1- Wish You Were Here
Gorillaz D Sides is a 2007 compilation album by Gorillaz. The album contains B-sides and remixes from singles and bonus tracks for the band’s second studio album Demon Days.
The Gorillaz have a psychedelic style that’s built into their animated presentation and surreal sounds. Eat a cap, smoke a bowl and let the music take control of your psychedelic adventures.
Thai musical congregation Khun Narin Phin Sing, from the Phetchabun Province, conjures up some mystical psychedelic vibes in their indescribably beautiful psychedelia.
Google translates the song title and YouTube uploader quite trippingly as “Khun Narin Racing Harp” posted by “Melting The Drug.”
The spacey guitar sound is emanating from a phin, which is a type of two to three-stringed lute popular in Thailand and Laos.
The electric funky sounds of Daft Punk send pulses through your body making you groove and get down. Daft Punk has been doing it for over a decade now, and these 17 tracks are comprised of some of their hottest jams from their career.
Maybe you feel like getting down or maybe you have robot ears that need to listen to some “Robot Rock”, either way hit play and jam out.
Daft Punk Playlist
If I’ve missed any tracks you really enjoy from Daft Punk let me know in the comments section below, and I’ll do my best to add it to the playlist.
Lovage is a studio supergroup featuring Dan the Automator (Gorillaz, Deltron 3030) producing, Mike Patton and Jennifer Charles on vocals, Kid Koala on the turntables, Brandon Arnovick (as Astacio the Nudist) on guitar, Daniels Spillson keyboards and SweetP on harpsichord & noseflute.
For their debut album Music to Make Love to Your Old Lady By, Dan the Automator provides trip hop beats while the vocals mostly consist of Mike Patton and Jennifer Charles engaging in sultry and provocative dialogue.
Nevertheless, the overall tone of the album is tongue-in-cheek. The album cover is a homage to Serge Gainsbourg’s second album. The album features many references to Alfred Hitchcock with re-dubbed excerpts and the album title itself refers to an album Hitchcock appeared on in 1956 titled Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Music to Be Murdered By.
Lovage – Sex (I’m A)
This track was originally written and performed by 1980s New Wave band Berlin. The Lovage version differs significantly from the original.
The Beatles – Strawberry Fields
Joe Tex – Papa was Too
Lee Dorsey – Get out of my life woman
Cypress Hill – Hits from the bong
B.O.B. w/ Bruno Mars – Nothing On You
Wu Tang Clan – Aint Nothing to Fuck With
The Mohawks – The Champ
KRS ONE – Step INto a World (Rapture’s Delight)
Eric B. & Rakim – Eric B Is President
Onyx – Slam
The Beatles – Revolution 9
The Winstons – Amen Brother
N.W.A. – Straight Out of Compton
Snow – Informer
Apache Indian – Original Nuttah
The Ganja Kru – Super Sharp Shooter
James Brown – Funky Drummer
Public Enemy – Fight The Power
De La Soul – The Magic Number
Dr Dre – Let Me ride
LL Cool J – Mumma Said Knock You Out
The JBs – The Grunt
Public Enemy – Rebel Without a Pause
Wu-Tang Clan – Protect Ya Neck
Kool and the Gang – N.T.
NAS – It Ain’t Hard To Tell
Q Tip – Breathe & Stop
Soul Searchers – Ashley’s Roachclip
Eric B & Rakim – Paid in Full
P M Dawn – Set adrift
Ohio Players – Funky Worm
Kriss Kross – Jump
Lyn Collins – Think (About It)
Rob Base & DJ E-Z ROck – It Takes Two
The Honeydrippers – Impeach The President
Action Bronson – Imported Goods
Notorious B.I.G. – unbelievable
Janet Jackson – That’s the Way Love Goes
The Incredible Bongo Band – Apache
Skull Snaps – It’s A New Day
The Pharcyde – Passin Me By
Lafayette Afro Rock band – HiHache
Melvin Bliss – Synthetic Substitution
Wu Tang Clan – Bring The Ruckus
Ultramagnetic MC’s – Ego Trippin
Barry White – I’m Gonna Love You Just A Little More Baby
Beastie Boys – Time To Get Ill
Daft Punk – Da Funk
Schoolboy Q feat. Kendrick Lamar and CurT@!n$ – Live Again
James Brown – Funky President
Fresh Prince – Summertime
Naughty By Nature – Hip Hop Hooray
Fred Wesley & The JB’s – Blow Your Head
De La Soul – Ooh
Digable Planets – Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)
Public Enemy – Public Enemy Number 1
Bob James – Nautilus
Eric B & Rakim – Follow The Leader
Slick Rirck – Children’s Story
Bob James – Take Me to Mardi Gras
Run DMC – Peter Piper
THe Headhunters – God Make Me Funky
Depeche Mode – Mercy in You
NAS – Hip Hop is Dead
Tone Loc – wild Thing
Van Halen – Jamie’s Cryin
Zapp – More Bounce to the Ounce
Biggie – Going back to Cali
Billy Squier – The Big Beat
Dizzee Rascal – Fix Up, Look Sharp
Alicia Keys – Girl on Fire
A$AP Rocky – Out of this world
Jay Z – 99 Problems
ESG – UFO
Biggie – Parties & Bullshit
Queen & David Bowie – Under Pressure
Vanilla Ice – Ice Ice Baby
AC DC – Flick of the Switch
LL Cool J – Rock The Bells
Beastie Boys – Slow and Low
A video remix journey through the history of sampling taking in some of the most noted breaks and riffs of the decades.
A chronological journey from the Beatles’ use of the Mellotron in the 60s to the sample dense hip hop and dance music of the 80s and 90s.
Each break is represented by a vibrating vinyl soundwave exploding into various tracks that sampled it, each re-use is another chapter in the modern narrative.
Our collection of Soul Train Dance Gifs will have you grooving your arms and moving your feet like a smooth freak. Let these dance experts from the golden era of Soul Train show you how to get down with style.
You’re next in the Soul Train line, can you out-do these funky ass dance moves?
It is well known that Bob Dylan fully turned The Beatles on to cannabis.
In 1964 they were introduced by a mutual friend, the writer Al Aronowitz, at a New York Hotel. Upon arriving at The Beatles’ suite that evening, Dylan asked for cheap wine, and during the wait Dylan suggested they have a smoke.
The Beatles looked at each other apprehensively. “We’ve never smoked marijuana before,” the Beatles manager, Brian Epstein finally admitted.
Dylan looked disbelievingly from face to face. “But what about your song?” he asked. The one about getting high?”
The Beatles were stupefied. “Which song?” John managed to ask.
Dylan said, “You know…” and then he sang, “and when I touch you I get high, I get high…”
John flushed with embarrassment. “Those aren’t the words,” he admitted. “The words are, ‘I can’t hide, I can’t hide, I can’t hide…” – Peter Brown, The Love You Make
After the room was secured, Dylan rolled the first joint and passed it to Lennon. He immediately gave it to Ringo Starr, whom he called “my royal taster”. Not realizing the etiquette was to pass it on, Starr finished the joint and Dylan and Aronowitz rolled more for each of them.
The Beatles spent the next few hours in hilarity, looked upon with amusement by Dylan. Brian Epstein kept saying, “I’m so high I’m on the ceiling. I’m up on the ceiling.”
Paul McCartney, meanwhile, was struck by the profundity of the occasion, telling anyone who would listen that he was “thinking for the first time, really thinking.”
How Cannabis Influenced The Beatles’ Music
By the time they came to make Help! in 1965, The Beatles’ cannabis use had reached a peak. It affected their songwriting, which became mellower and more introspective. During the filming of Help! they were often stoned on set, which caused them to forget their lines.
The Beatles had gone beyond comprehension. We were smoking marijuana for breakfast.
We were well into marijuana and nobody could communicate with us, because we were just glazed eyes, giggling all the time. – John Lennon
Cannabis had a significant effect on The Beatles’ music. It found its way into a number of songs:
The Beatles – Got to Get You Into My Life
Described by Paul McCartney as “an ode to pot”
The Beatles – With a Little Help From My Friends
This track was condemned in some quarters due to its reference to getting high.
The Beatles Push for Weed Freedom
On 24 July 1967 The Beatles and their manager Brian Epstein added their names to an advertisement which appeared in the Times newspaper calling for the legalization of cannabis.
Sponsored by a group called Soma, the advertisement also demanded the release of all people imprisoned due to cannabis possession, and further research into the drug’s medical uses.
