Welcome to the Party Life

Technically, we don't need any more Jay-Z mashup/concept albums (you'll notice we declined to mention Jaydiohead a few months ago), but dope is dope. Umatic's Amsterdam Gangster kicks open with a hanging Hammond riff (courtesy of Meters progeny/funk collective Lefties Soul Connection) while Hove hovers on the lip.


Jay's Soul Connection - Frank's Party Life (from Amsterdam Gangster, buy it here)



Every Weird Tapes song is decadent, yet sleazy, like eating a Senior McFlurry on the hallway floor in your tux. This particular joint teases just the tip of The Isley Brothers' Footsteps in the Dark around 2:05, which is kind of sick (see McFlurry reference above). So Ice Cube borrowed his beat from the brothers and his flow from this chart.


Weird Tapes - Party Trash (from Get Religion, grab their first two EPs here)

(thanks to sexy people for the epic wall balloon/half-filled balloon pix)

Related:
Memory Cassette - Asleep at a Party
Ween - Your Party
Misc. Butter Team Party Pixx
Notorious BIG - Party & Bullshit (Ratatat rmx)
Sorry I Missed Your Party

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Ratatat @ Sonar 10/5

Our TaxLo homeys are offering one Bmore BT reader a guest list spot + 1 to Ratatat at Sonar next Sunday, 10/5. Just email us to enter.


Ratatat - Falcon Jab (Copy remix)


Ratatat - Live on KEXP (2007)

Don't sleep on this.

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Butter Team Weekend Beats Vol. 4 and 5

After last week's hiatus we are literally knee deep in the beats people. Prepare to pop, lock and roll for the dangerous digitals coming your way this weekend. This first gem is by Best Fwends, remixed by Charm City's own Spank Rock and featured on Fabriclive 33, which you can sample and buy here. Sounds like they've got booty rock for days.


Best Fwends -M.Y.S.E.L.F. (Xxxchange Remix)

And a few more pregame incinerators from our Hell's Kitchen correspondent:

Bjork - Innocence
Beck - Scarecrow (El-P Remix)
Los Campesinos - You! Me! Dancing!
Mylo - Drop the Pressure
Notorious BIG - Party and Bullshit (Ratatat remix)
The Mules - We're Good People (CSS Remix)
Rocky Soundtrack - Going The Distance

Lastly, a seemingly innocent game of girl-on-girl "telephone" goes horribly, horribly wrong:

Simian Mobile Disco - Hustler

Note after the fact: this video was definitely not suitable for our younger viewers, particularly the chaps/chappetes at Butterfield Preparatory School in Lombard, IL. If Kathy (principal) or anyone from the Butterfield PTA would like us to remove the video, just give us a shout. You guys are the future!

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Ratatat Live on KEXP

Dropping a free live set by Ratatat on us is just how KEXP do, man. Not a big deal. But if your first instinct is to release years of file-sharing guilt by hitting up their donation station to drop cheese for a worthy cause, do it. Just imagine the respect the hipster chick at Starbucks will now give you while sporting a KEXP messenger bag. You might get a single full eyebrow raise.

Ratatat - Live on KEXP

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