Off The Ball

I'm sure Thomas Gravesen could tell you a thing or two about what to do when you're off the ball. Unfortunately, I don't know him or anyone else who is willing to discuss the intricacies and delicacies of being off the ball.

For now I'd rather be on it.




Which is why it kind of pissed me off that I didn't know that Madlib had released an album with Talib Kweli that was only available in the first week of January.

Furthermore, the shit was free (I love free shit).

Furthermore, shit was digital only (I love digital only).

Furthermore, shit was on Stonesthrow (I love Stonesthrow)

So how I missed this, God only knows. Either way, got it now, natch.



You're either on the ball, or you're munching the ball.

So. Madlib and Kweli's offering, 'Liberation', has been written about all over the joint but all the pesky mp3 bloggers do is post and eat artist p*ssy (see above).

They think they're on the ball, but in fact they just gobbling up the little ball like the rest of y'all.

Which isn't what we do here at Would You Sign This Shite now is it?

We listen, sometimes a few days later than preferable, then discredit to varying degrees.

So. The beats are all fairly dope (in my Madlibophile opinion) but 'What Can I Do?' is the only genuinely good song on Liberation. Time is Right is fairly good, Funny Money's okay, as is The Show. Allow the rest unless you're big into one or t'other of the parties involved.

And ladies, do as the man says and free that ass.

Talib Kweli & Madlib - What Can I Do (mp3 - zshare)

Talib Kweli & Madlib - Time is Right (mp3 - zshare)

Money Monday

Would you guys mind keeping it down in here, you're making it hard for me to keep from lashing out.



I saw Shakes supporting Professor Green (unexpectedly hilarious, and actually rather good at rapping too) and the popular CSS at London's 93 Feet East when Adventures Close To Home held their fun-packed night there (emphasis on packed).

Good fun it was too, except, as CSS themselves testify, 'CSS Suxxx'.

My boss got a CDR with 'Shakes First Single' written on it in indelible ink and I presumed it wasn't these guys on hearing this CDR's sexy shaky fayre. By shaky I mean good music, slightly boring vocals. By sexy I mean I would want to sex to this tune if the man-howling weren't so offputting. Really, you're killing the boner dude. My advice: less vocals, more music.

Shakes are from The Isle of Wight. Enjoy responsibly.

Shakes - Sister Self Doubt (alternate version) (mp3 - z-share)

Shantih Shantih Shantih

Welcome to Would You Sign This Shite (WYSTS) where I intend to bitch about promos I steal from my place of work, somewhere in The Music Industry. In time, I hope to be joined by friends who themselves lurk in similarly low echelons of their chosen line of work, and they too will talk about things they have stolen from their place of occupation. I particularly look forward to my friend the policeman's entries. Equally, my friend the primary school teacher. Ooh, and what of my friend the jeweller? Or the philosopher? I can't wait to devour their entries.

In the meantime, it's just me and a bumbag full of the week's unreleased promotional (and often watermarked, oooh scared!) CDs. And if I get a sacking for my ransacking? Good! I hate this stinking office and it's poisonous morals! Let's see what happens when a little cleansing oxygen gets to the precious, untarnished skin of the newly-signed act eager to preserve the mystical aura of the untouched and much anticipated! Let us touch and once we've touched, grope, grope the freshly mastered product and when we are sate, toss it aside like the day's soiled undergarments. Disgusted we will holler out loud 'Would YOU sign this SHITE??', what the f*ck were those imbeciles thinking? It will be exactly like this:

So, the first poor soul to be plucked from the sack is the much-hyped Jamie T. I used to like this guy, until he serially ignored my attempts to give him a remix I had done of one of his tunes (a song which, ironically enough, hasn't even made it onto his debut) and so I now have a deep-seated suspicion about his taste, skill and interests. All entirely unjustified, but here is the Panic Prevention album version of 'Ike and Tina', which is good in places, especially where he says runnyrunrunny. The question that I suppose comes to mind is whether everyone in their early twenties upwards has been as greatly informed on a variety of engaging, and sometimes disturbing topics by the film 'What's Love Got To Do With It?' as I have. Do be Jamie's friend, or send off for his stuff or something.

Jamie T - Ike and Tina (mp3 - zshare)

If this wasn't my first entry, and I didn't fear unilateral jibes of chronic egomania which would surely be levelled at me if I did, I would have posted my sexy remix of Jamie's moany 'NWA (not without apology)'. That will have to wait until you and I are both more at ease with this whole shit.