I’m putting the finishing touches on my newest creation, it’s an eBook titled Songs to Galvanize Your Mind – A List of Songs for a Strong Mind and a Stronger Purpose. I’m going to give it as a free gift to all my readers. A great way to have fun and feel powerful.
Galvanize Your Mind is a 19-page music list that’s broken down into various categories. Here’s a sneak-peek at the table of contents:
Page 4 – Galvanize Your Mind Soundtrack
Page 5 – Moods
Page 5 – Dare to be Authentic and Have Fun
Page 7 – Get Pumped Up
Page 8 – Get to Feelin’ Groovy
Page 10 – Blow Off Steam
Page 11 – Favorite Albums
Page 12 – Favorite Artists
Page 13 – Alphabetized Song List
Page 18 – Misc./Bonus
*Recommended Downloads
*All Engines are Burning Workout Playlist
*Songs not on iTunes at the date this was published but worth checking out
*Completely obscure but appreciated
Page 19 – Final Thoughts
To get your free copy, stay tuned to this blog. I’ll post the sign up form shortly.
This week’s song is colorful and flavorful and has a video to match. It’s a new release from Duck Sauce, a project featuring Armand Van Helden & A-TRAK.
The song of the week is brought to you by Michael Zampelli, former owner of Southern California punk rock icon, Zed Records. For almost 30 years, this mecca of punk and alternative music kept Southern California enthusiasts adequately supplied with unique, original and innovative music.
Currently, Zampelli manages a hockey fan message boards at www.letsgokings.com with thousands of subscribers. He takes photos for the LAist and the LA Derby Dolls. Each week he will contribute a song with a theme, a message and a beat. Enjoy and stay tuned.
The new Tongue ‘N’ Cheek LP by Dizzee Rascal blends old school hip hop and trip hop influences and lays them on top of boomin’ drum and bass beats.
Vapors of Prince and Bob Marley pass by now and again along with memories of 70’s funkmasters.
This is a release for fun-loving party people who like to live life with a heavy pulse.
Dizzee Rascal released the Tongue “N” Cheek LP on September 21 in the UK, It is not currently available on iTunes so I’m not sure if it’s available in the US but CDNow.com seems to have some in stock.
The 11 track release has a strong flavor of Basement Jaxx mixed with Groove Armada. If you liked Wild Cherry, KC and the Sunshine Band or Groove is in the Heart by Dee Lite, you should like this just fine.
Track list includes:
1. Bonkers (Produced by Armand Van Helden)
2. Road Rage (Produced by Aaron Lacrate and Samir)
3. Dance Wiv Me (Produced by Calvin Harris and Cage)
4. Freaky Freaky (Produced by Cage)
5. Can’t Tek No More (Produced by Shy FX)
6. Chillin’ Wiv Da Man Dem (Produced by Cage)
7. Dirtee Cash (Produced by Cage)
8. Money, Money (Produced by Dizzee Rascal and Cage)
9. Leisure (Produced by Cage and Footsie)
10. Holiday (Produced by Calvin Harris)
11. Bad Behavior (Produced by Tiesto)
In the meantime, watch this video and get excited because Tongue ‘N’ Cheek is almost here.
Tour dates:
06 Oct: Newcastle, O2 Academy
07 Oct: Manchester, Apollo
09 Oct: Cambridge, Corn Exchange
10 Oct: Exeter, University Great Hall
11 Oct: Bristol, O2 Academy
12 Oct: Nottingham, Rock City
14 Oct: Bournemouth, Opera House
16 Oct: Norwich, UEA
17 Oct: Birmingham, O2 Academy
24 Oct: Liverpool, University
25 Oct: Sheffield, O2 Academy
26 Oct: Leeds, O2 Academy
27 Oct: Brighton, Dome
This week’s ’song’ is a medley of Beastie Boys tunes featuring guest appearances from P. Diddy and Q-Tip. On July 20 the Beastie Boys released a video on YouTube announcing that they would need to delay their tour and the release of their new record (Hot Sauce Committee Part 1) because Adam “MCA” Yauch discovered that he had a form of cancer in his parotid gland and needed surgery. Here’s to well wishes for a complete and speedy recovery.
The song of the week is brought to you by Michael Zampelli, former owner of Southern California punk rock icon, Zed Records. For almost 30 years, this mecca of punk and alternative music kept Southern California enthusiasts adequately supplied with unique, original and innovative music.
Currently, Zampelli manages a hockey fan message boards at www.letsgokings.com with thousands of subscribers. He takes photos for the LAist and the LA Derby Dolls. Each week he will contribute a song with a theme, a message and a beat. Enjoy and stay tuned.
It’s a great story of how persistence and determination paid off for Shanté. Despite the fact that the record company tried to stiff her out of all her royalties, they couldn’t find a way to deny the clause in her contract that stated they would pay for her education for life.
The result, Shanté got a PhD in Psychology at Cornell to the price tag of $217,000 and now she’s using her education and rapping/hip hop skills to help urban African-American’s express their angst through non-traditional counseling methods. She helps clients to “unleash their inner MC and shout out exactly what’s on their mind”.
The song of the week is brought to you by Michael Zampelli, former owner of Southern California punk rock icon, Zed Records. For almost 30 years, this mecca of punk and alternative music kept Southern California enthusiasts adequately supplied with unique, original and innovative music.
Currently, Zampelli manages a hockey fan message boards at www.letsgokings.com with thousands of subscribers. He takes photos for the LAist and the LA Derby Dolls. Each week he will contribute a song with a theme, a message and a beat. Enjoy and stay tuned.
This week’s song is about rising above obstacles from self and others and daring to dream.
All The Above by Maino feat. T-Pain Lyrics
Tell me what do you see
When you looking at me
(woooahhhh)
On a mission to be
What I’m destined to be
(woooahhhh)
I done been through the pain and the sorrow
The struggle is nothing but love (nothing but love)
I’m a soldier, a rider, a ghetto survivor
And all the above
All the above (x7)
Verse 1 [Maino]:
Listen
Really what do you see
When you looking at me?
See me come up from nothing,
To me living my dreams
I done been to the bottom,
I done suffered a lot,
I deserve to be rich,
Headed straight to the top
Look how I ride for the block,
Look how I rep for the hood,
I get nothing but love now
When I come through the hood
Getting this fortune and fame
Money ain’t going to shame
The new benz is all white,
Call it John McCain
How the hell could you stop me?
Why in the world would you try?
I go hard forever,
That’s just how I’m designed,
That’s just how I was built
See the look in my eyes?
You take all of this from me,
And I’m still gon’ survive
You get truth from me,
But these rappers gon’ lie
I’m a part of these streets
Till the day that I die
I wave hi to the haters,
Mad that I finally done made it
Take a look and you can tell
That I’m destined for greatness
(Chorus)
Tell me what do you see
When you looking at me
(woooahhhh)
On a mission to be
What I’m destined to be
(woooahhhh)
I done been through the pain and the sorrow
The struggle is nothing but love (nothing but love)
I’m a soldier, a rider, a ghetto survivor
And all the above
All the above (x7)
Verse 2: [Maino]
It’s easy to hate,
It’s harder to love me
Ya’ll don’t understand,
Ya’ll quickly to judge me
Put your foot in my Nikes,
Picture you livin’ my life,
Picture you stuck in a cell,
Picture you wasting your life,
Picture you facing a charge,
Picture you beating the odds,
Picture you willing to bleed,
Picture you wearing the scar
Thank you for making me struggle,
Thank you for making me grind
I perfected my hustle,
Tell me the world ain’t mine
You’ve been seein’ me lately,
I’m a miracle baby
I refuse to lose
This what the ghetto done made me
I put that on my father
Tryna hope for tomorrow
When I think that I can’t,
I envision Obama,
I envision the diamonds,
I envision Ferraris
If the world was perfect,
All my niggas behind me
Ain’t you happy I made it?
That I’m making a statement?
Take a look and you can tell
That I’m destined for greatness
Verse 3 [T-Pain]:
Now if you come to the spot (spot)
All the way from out on the block (block)
I hustle hard cause it’s all the same
And you know that grind don’t stop
Just ’cause I rose to the top
And everybody knows my name
Still grindin (still grindin),
Still hustlin (still hustlin)
No more pain (no more pain),
No more sufferin (no more sufferin)
To my ladies and my shorties and my thugs,
Just start dancing and shine in the love
The song of the week is brought to you by Michael Zampelli, former owner of Southern California punk rock icon, Zed Records. For almost 30 years, this mecca of punk and alternative music kept Southern California enthusiasts adequately supplied with unique, original and innovative music.
Currently, Zampelli manages a hockey fan message boards at www.letsgokings.com with thousands of subscribers. He takes photos for the LAist and the LA Derby Dolls. Each week he will contribute a song with a theme, a message and a beat. Enjoy and stay tuned.
The song of the week is brought to you by Michael Zampelli, former owner of Southern California punk rock icon, Zed Records. For almost 30 years, this mecca of punk and alternative music kept Southern California enthusiasts adequately supplied with unique, original and innovative music.
Currently, Zampelli manages a hockey fan message boards at www.letsgokings.com with thousands of subscribers. He takes photos for the LAist and the LA Derby Dolls. Each week he will contribute a song with a theme, a message and a beat. Enjoy and stay tuned.
One Tri…
One Tri…
One Tribe, One Time, One Planet, One Race
Its all one blood, don’t care about your face
The color of your eye
Or the tone of your skin
Don’t care where you are
Don’t care where you been
Cause where we gonna go
Is where we wanna be
The place where the little language is unity
And the continent is called Pangaea
And the main ideas are connected like a spear
No propaganda, They tried to upper hand us
Cause man I’m loving this peace
Man, man, I’m loving this peace
Man, man, I’m loving this peace
I don’t need no leader
That’s gonna force feed a
Concept that make me think I need to
Fear my brother and fear my sister
And shoot my neighbor
Or my big missile
If I had an enemy to [enemy]
If I had an enemy to [enemy]
If I had an enemy
Then my enemy is gonna try to come and kill me
Cause I’m his enemy
There’s one tribe ya’ll
One tribe ya’ll
One tribe ya’ll
One tribe ya’ll
We are one people
Let’s cast amnesia, forget about all that evil
Forget about all that evil, that evil that they feed ya
Let’s cast amnesia, forget about all that evil
That evil that they feed ya
Remember that we’re one people
We are one people
One people, one people [One People]
One people, one people [One People]
One people, one people [One People]
One tribe, one tribe
One tribe, one time, one planet, one [race]
Race, one love, one people, one [and]
Too many things that’s causing one [to]
Forget about the main cause
Connecting, uniting
But the evil is seen and alive in us
So our weapons are colliding
And our peace is sinking like Poseidon
But, we know that the one [one]
The evil one is threatened by the sum [sum]
So he’ll come and try and separate the sum
But he dumb, he didn’t know we had a way to overcome
Rejuvenated by the beating of the drum
Come together by the cycle of the hum
Freedom when all become one [one]
Forever
One tribe ya’ll
One tribe ya’ll
One tribe ya’ll
We are one people
Let’s cast amnesia
Forget about all that evil [evil]
Forget about all that evil [evil]
That evil that they feed ya
Let’s cast amnesia
Forget about all that evil [evil]
That evil, that they feed ya [feed ya]
Remember that we’re one people
We are one people
One people, one people [One People]
One people, one people [One People]
One people, one people [One People]
One love, one blood, one people
One heart, one beat, we equal
Connected like the internet
United that’s how we do
Lets break walls, so we see through
Let love and peace lead you
We could overcome the complication cause we need to
Help each other, make these changes
Brother, sister, rearrange this
The way I’m thinking that we can change this bad condition
Wait, use you mind and not your greed
Let’s connect and then proceed
This is something I believe
We are one, we’re all just people
One tribe ya’ll
One tribe ya’ll
One tribe ya’ll
We are one people
Let’s cast amnesia
Forget about all that evil
Forget about all that evil, that evil that they feed ya
Let’s cast amnesia
Let’s cast amnesia, forget about all that evil
That evil, that they feed ya We’re one tribe ya’ll
We people, we people
One tribe ya’ll
One people, one people [One People]
One people, one people [One People]
One people, one people [One People]
One people, one people [One People]
One people, one people [One People]
One people, one people [One People]
Let’s, let’s cast amnesia
Lord help me out
Trying to figure out what its all about [what its all about]
Cause we’re one in the same [one in the same]
Same joy, same pain
And I hope that you’re there when I need ya
Cause maybe we need amnesia
And I don’t wanna sound like a preacher
But we need to be one
One world, one love, one passion
One tribe, one understanding
Cause you and me can become one.
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I couldn’t resist, a couple of pictures of me with the BEP in 1998 before they made it big, they were very gracious and excited that we were diggin’ their music. If the lyrics of the song are any indication, it seems that even with all this big time fame they still have the same loving, peaceful hearts. So refreshing.
The song of the week is brought to you by Michael Zampelli, former owner of Southern California punk rock icon, Zed Records. For almost 30 years, this mecca of punk and alternative music kept Southern California enthusiasts adequately supplied with unique, original and innovative music.
Currently, Zampelli manages a hockey fan message boards at www.letsgokings.com with thousands of subscribers. He takes photos for the LAist and the LA Derby Dolls. Each week he will contribute a song with a theme, a message and a beat. Enjoy and stay tuned.
Check out this new video from Scripts ‘N Screwz, directed by John Hill. Unique music mix and fun video, reminds me of old 70’s cartoons like Fat Albert and Josie and the Pussycats. Check out their website at scriptsnscrewz.com and download their Sound Cinema mixtape.
Few groups achieve the unique chemistry that is shared by E. St. Louis natives Scripts ‘N Screwz. The pairing of their distinctly different styles makes them a force to be reckoned with in today’s repetitive rap world. While many M.C.’s recycle the same cliche subject matter, these two perfer to explore a rage of different musical possibilities. The group’s resident producer, Loose Screwz, has spent years perfecting his trademark eccentric sound. His lyrics have an almost cinematic, story-telling quality, and his versatile production makes it hard to predict his next musical move.
Meanwhile, diehard wordsmith Scripts adds an edgier element to the equation. His vivid wordplay and crushing punchlines keep your attention, while his wide ranging of subject matter can appeal to almost any Hip Hop fan. These two have been making music together for close to a decade, and with their unique blend of experimental innovation mixed with a mastery of Hip Hop fundamentals, Scripts ‘N Screwz are poised to take the music world by storm. I hope you packed an umbrella.
The song of the week is brought to you by Michael Zampelli, former owner of Southern California punk rock icon, Zed Records. For almost 30 years, this mecca of punk and alternative music kept Southern California enthusiasts adequately supplied with unique, original and innovative music.
Currently, Zampelli manages a hockey fan message boards at www.letsgokings.com with thousands of subscribers. He takes photos for the LAist and the LA Derby Dolls. Each week he will contribute a song with a theme, a message and a beat. Enjoy and stay tuned.
The new Tongue ‘N’ Cheek LP by Dizzee Rascal blends old school hip hop and trip hop influences and lays them on top of boomin’ drum and bass beats. 
Remember that we’re one people
We’re one tribe ya’ll
