Audio Gumbo is a supporter and fan of The Remix on WRFG 89.3 FM, so it was an absolute honor to be asked to provide the soundtrack for the #BrittanyWhitneyTakeover segment from 12-2am. Co-host Brittany brought me on to share some Audio Gumbo flava and feed her listeners some sonic goodness. As always with AG, the goal is to expose, entertain and hip y’all to some dope, funky shit. Listen to the exclusive playlist below and download the full episode of The Remix here!
Stooges Brass Band
I’m excited to announce our new Audio Gumbo weekly feature, Throw it in the Pot. A strictly sonic version of the website, TiitP will showcase a blend of genres all over the indie scene. Make sure you like Audio Gumbo on Facebook for updates on downloading the podcasts! The first episode is dedicated to the sounds and culture of New Orleans. Since it’s Fat Tuesday, today just makes sense to drop this mix. The music in New Orleans is rich in culture and soul–jazz and blues, brass bands, second line parades, bounce music–and it all derives from the retention of African tradition, music and fellowship found in the historical Congo Square. The tracks on this episode are wide-ranging but all reflective of a city that’s booming in the spirit of good times. The artists featured throughout are New Orleans natives and transplants, influencers and admirers. Enjoy and leave feedback! (more…)
20 years is a mighty long time to share yourself with someone. I know. I’ve been close with my best friend since kindergarten, over 20 years. She’s seen me at my most pathetic and she’s witnessed my most rewarding moments. Hell, we’re past friends. We’re family. That’s the connection I feel with y’all. To call myself a fan would diminish the kinship I feel when I ingest your rhymes. To liken my two decades long support to some groupie shit would deprave the sincere admiration I hold for y’all. I consider myself kin. Like a distant cousin. I know y’all, but I still don’t know y’all. But what I do know is that despite the proximity of our kinship, the pride I have for ‘Kast is unfaltering. I give thanks for y’all every time I slide Aquemini in my CD player and turn the volume up on Liberation, the first song to bring me to an emotional revelation. I give thanks every time I hear Player’s Ball during the Christmas season and recollect on my introduction to southernplayalisticadillacmuzik. I give thanks for two dope boys in a Cadillac when I press play on ATLiens and smile as my son chills in the backseat hollering “Hootie hoooo!”
Outkast is one of the reasons I grew up to be me. I grew up to have an authentic, unapologetic sense of self because y’all showed me that is was cool to be southern, creative, original and funky. Not to be ashamed of my slight country twang and laidback pronunciation of thangs. Opening Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik and first, feeling complete shock that my young eyes were taking in a naked, brown body with fierce afro puffs on the CD, then experiencing a sense of pride because I understood that her body was being celebrated, worshipped. Do you understand how dichotomous it is to be a Black woman who loves Southern hip hop? I’m talmbout, bouncing my ass to bass music but giving the screwface to the misogynistic lyrics? It’s tiring. Now, I won’t pretend that y’all have never spit a questionable line, but I can say that you’ve never shamed my womanhood. The Pimp and the Poet. The two of you spoke to the many facets of my growth as a woman. From Jazzy Belle to SpottieOttieDopaliscious to Slum Beautiful, I appreciated the stories you told of the women you knew. They were multidimensional: dynamic, sexy, bold, struggling and sweeter than a plate of yams with extra syrup. Those women were women that I could identify with as I matured. Thank you for that.
Thank you for giving the world dope, intelligent Southern folk. Thank you for being unfuckwittable. Stank you.
Lawd have mercy, I’m on a Mannie Fresh beat. -Yasiin Bey
Yes, that’s right. Yasiin Bey fka Mos Def has teamed up with New Orleans hitmaker Mannie Fresh. Quite unexpected but nonetheless anticipated, the Brooklynite has made a new home in the Crescent City and put it in his mind to go ahead and make some new music there as well. Befittingly so, he’s linked up with Mannie Fresh, Cash Money alumni and consummate New Orleans dj. Bey seems to have a soft heart when it comes to N.O. culture. He, along with a host of others, lent his talents to Mark Ronson’s interpretation of New Orleans jazz with “A La Modeliste.”
From the videos below, the Bey/Fresh project, titled “OMFGODBKNOLA,” looks like it’s about to stir some shit up.
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Keep up with the project at http://www.omfgodbknola.com/
Spotted at Okayplayer
Members of Hyundai’s RE:GENERATION movement performed the funky jazz tune “A La Modeliste” on David Letterman. Produced by Mark Ronson, led by Erykah Badu and backed up by Ziggaboo Modeliste and few a Dap Kings, the artists did a great job representing classic New Orleans music. Great set. Where were Yasiin Bey and Trombone Shorty though? Check out the performance below.
Check out the trailer for RE:GENERATION Music Project under the cut…
“all that we are, all that we got, make up the pieces, put it in a pot”
Not too many things compare to the feeling of hearing a good tune. Music that evokes a myriad of emotions–whether from a low-end or a high-end–has always had a place in my consciousness. As you’ll come to realize (hopefully *smile*), my tastes in music is ever-changing, but my love is unconditional. “Audio Gumbo” is the brewing of all the sounds I’ve grown to care for. If you’ve ever had good gumbo, you know it’s a mixture of many delicious ingredients, blended with love and meticulous care. That’s what music is to me. Hip hop, soul, funk, jazz, R&B, reggae, zydeco and all that’s slid in-between, I embrace them with understanding, openness and vulnerability.
Below, there waits a sample of the “gumbo” of many of the genres I really dig. So, again, thanks for stopping by. Funk it out, y’all.
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