Be Like Mike: Black Mamba Halloween Mix

Happy Birthday, Dick Miller

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Daily Operation 10.7.2021

Daily Operation.
Remember this feature of the site? Back at it. Gonna try to stay consistent with this and, yes, post on Hip Hop Is Read... EVERY. DAY.

Comment Section.
You may have noticed the comment section on new posts has disappeared. I've removed this feature of the site for a couple of reasons: 1. It's difficult for me to moderate comments. This site has been up since 2007(!) and I forever receive lots of spammy comments on posts, new and old. It's a headache I wanna rid myself of entirely. 2. With that said, I'd like to move any/all discussion over to Mixcloud. At least we'll see how that goes... Mixcloud has been good to me over the years, allowing me to share music without having to worry about DMCA takedowns, spam, deletions, re-ups, other bs. What I have in mind is for conversations to move over to Mixcloud. Wanna leave a message? Do it on my latest Mixcloud uploads. (The site also allows you to message me directly.) So feel free to say hi over @ The Tape Deck #478...

The Tape Deck #478.
Cover art inspired by my own little Robert Mitchum film marathon I enjoyed in the beginning of lockdown (April/May 2020). Nineteen tracks. All new/2021 music. Enjoy... and turn it up!!

SIDE A:
1. Heatbylawrence - Heed My Warning (feat. Rome Streetz, Bunchy Cartier & Cutsupreme)
2. Zilla Rocca - Merv Griffin Enterprises (feat. Alaska & Curly Castro)
3. AZ - Ritual (feat. Conway The Machine & Lil Wayne)
4. Scrooge Owens - Smoke and... (feat. Ras Kass & A-F-R-O)
5. The HeavyTrackerz - Run It Up (feat. Agent Sasco (Assassin) & Stove God Cooks)
6. DJ Muggs & Hologram - Colors (feat. Action Bronson & Meyhem Lauren)
7. Guilty Simpson & Gensu Dean - Don't Pull
8. Young McFly & Webbz - Multifaceted (feat. Boldy James)
9. Damu The Fudgemunk - Reporting

SIDE B:
10. Rahim Samad & Skyzoo - 8th Wonder
11. 50 Cent & Snoop Dogg - Wish Me Luck (feat. Charlie Wilson)
12. SGM SOS - 40 for 40 (feat. Benny The Butcher)
13. Jeru the Damaja - Monopoly (feat. Ill Bill)
14. Nick Blast - AT THE TOP (feat. Sadat X)
15. Bud Lyfe - Invite Only (feat. Nems)
16. Dom Kennedy - Rollin Papers
17. Phife Dawg - French Kiss Trois (feat. Redman & Illa J)
18. Vince Mendoza & Czech National Symphony Orchestra - Freedom over Everything (feat. Black Thought) (James Poyser & Stro Elliot Remix)
19. Lil Fame, Fredro Starr & Meeco - Mentality (feat. DJ Access)

Downloads.
What happened to downloads??? Stay tuned...

Album of the Day.
Zilla Rocca - Vegas Vic (2021)




Polish poster for The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973)

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"Government Shutdown"

Yeezus Got Me Feeling Like... (Pt. 3)

Yeezus Got Me Feeling Like... (Pt. 2)

Finally Listened to Chance The Rapper's Acid Rap

Ironman: Movie Samples

SNL Ripped Off MADtv...

Quentin Tarantino Kicks Facts on Wax

A note about the condition of the older recordings I am using on this soundtrack – a lot of these came from my personal vinyl collection. Instead of having the record companies give me new digitally cleaned up versions of these recordings from the 60’s and 70’s. I wanted to use the vinyl I’ve been listening to for years – complete with all the pops and cracks. I even kept the sound of the needle being put down on the record. Basically because I wanted people’s experience to be the same as mine when they hear the soundtrack for the first time.

- from the Django Unchained OST liner notes

TV Segment/Documentary About Sampling (1988)

Great documentary about sampling made by an Aussie T.V station back in 1988 before the laws we're changed to regulate the practice.

Django Unchained at the New Beverly Cinema

Like Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan and many other American Jews, today I practiced the beloved holiday tradition of eating some delicious Chinese food. (Oh, and the Lakers won! How 'bout that!?) Then I saw Django Unchained. Loved it. Spike Lee, c'mon, man... Anyways, I was fortunate enough to catch the film at the New Beverly Cinema, my favorite movie theater. The New Beverly Cinema is arguably the best revival house theater in all of Los Angeles, showing films in 35mm. It was great to finally catch a Tarantino flick over there, particularly because the famed director purchased the theater just a few years back in order to keep it from going out of business. (Props to Q for that. L.A. needs these landmarks to stay up and running.) Like I said before, I loved the film. Highly recommend it. One of the many reasons I love the New Beverly Cinema: they show great, campy old trailers preceding the feature films - perfect for a spaghetti western-inspired film like Django Unchained! Prior to the feature presentation, they showed a series of topical grindhouse trailers. Hilarity ensued. I kept a mental note of the trailers and thought I'd share them with you:

They Reminisce Over You... Jack Klugman

"The bugle and me, 'til death do us part."
- Jack Klugman as Joey Crown (The Twilight Zone)

R.I.P.

Roc Marciano - "Nine Spray" (feat. Ka) | Noirvember

Here's my Noirvember salute to Roc Marciano (go pick up Reloaded!) and my all-time favorite film noir, Billy Wilder's 1944 classic Double Indemnity.

Did I Vote for Barack Obama?

IMDB Top 250 in 2 1/2 Minutes

The Man with the Iron Fists: The Encounter (Animated Short)

The RZA - The Man with the Iron Fists (Deluxe Ultra Pak)

The RZA has announced a very exclusive, limited-edition set of music from "The Man With The Iron Fists". This "Deluxe Ultra Pak", is available exclusively at Ironfistsmusic.com This set includes 5 CDs: The Man With The Iron Fists Soundtrack Album (autographed by the RZA himself), the Score Album, the Soundtrack Instrumental Album and the 2 CD set- "Iron Fists Chronicles", a 24 track compilation of original soul and funk tracks from the vaults of Stax Records that inspired the Score of The Man With The Iron Fists and the classic sound of the Wu-Tang Clan... Plus the Soundtrack album on Double Colored Vinyl with a hand silk-screened cover, a bonus 7" single, an original 18" by 24" film poster and an 11" by 17" tour poster... Plus a Digital Download of the entire 70 track set! This package is strictly limited to 300 sets worldwide.

This is the ULTIMATE collector's set from THE MAN WITH THE IRON FISTS. It includes 5 CDs: 1. The Soundtrack album on CD, personally AUTOGRAPHED by The RZA!!, 2. The Score CD, 3. The Limited Edition Soundtrack Instrumental CD, 4. The 2CD set IRON FIST CHRONICLES, a 24 track, 2CD compilation of original soul and funk tracks that inspired the score to the film and the classic sound of the Wu-Tang Clan. In addition to the 5 CDs you will receive the Super Limited, Hand Silk-Screen Double Colored Vinyl version of the Soundtrack Album, plus a Bonus 7" Vinyl Single! ...plus 2 posters: the Original Film Poster (18"x24") and the Limited Iron Fists Tour Poster (11"x17")! ...and a Digital Download of the entire set... 70 WAV Files! This package is limited to ONLY 300 sets worldwide. Don't Sleep!

Pre-order includes immediate download of 58 tracks in your choice of MP3 320, FLAC, or other formats. A link to the complete album will be emailed to you the moment it’s released.

A Walk Thru the Valley... or Chinatown?

Every time I'd listen to Masta Ace Incorporated's SlaughtaHouse album (a.k.a. "The Yellow Tape"), the intro track would always remind me of a sound I'd heard before. Problem was, I could never quite put my finger on it. Then one day Roman Polanski's 1974 film Chinatown came to mind: specifically, the noirishly sultry orchestral score provided by the masterful Jerry Goldsmith. I'm still not 100% sure I've found a perfect match here, but maybe I'm one step further in the right direction. Listen to the Goldsmith track above (pay attention to the first few seconds) and then do the same with the track below. What do you think?

YOLT > YOLO

Thank you, Nancy Sinatra, Matthew Weiner, Don Draper, and Hologram 2Pac...