Chi Chi Says...: 08.12

Sunday, August 19

classy sunday...

whysowhite (lmfao) is a 7-piece funk band out of chicago that i came across thru someone else's tweets and i'm sure glad i did!

members are as follows:

nick mcmillan aka "big nick": lead vocals
charlie moonbeam aka "charlie moonbeam": vocals and keys
davis haines aka "d-pop fantastic": vocals, congas, and apparently sex appeal?
charlie dwyer aka "uncle funk": rhythm guitar
chris miller aka "danger miller": lead guitar
dave sumberg aka "custom sumberg": bass
andrew abramowitz aka "brahmz": drums

the first song i heard was "the approach" and if you click that and listen you'll want to hear more. it kinda makes me wanna pour myself a glass of vino and nibble on some cubes of smelly cheese and seasoned crackers, right? snap my fingers too...

anyways, just click here for a few videos.

now it's sunday, i'm going back to watching reruns of some shitty show.

Monday, August 6

still all about frank ocean...

disregard the fact that my last post was on 3/25.

point is, i wanna start this thing up again so i've changed some things around, added a currently-on-rotation section, and would like my "return-post" to be about the artist referenced...

@RobMarkman tweeted the link to an unofficial video for frank ocean's "lost" via @bamupdates and in between segments of my guilty pleasure "love and hip hop: atlanta" i decided to watch. pretty jiggy, make sure you click that link. but my favorite part was actually what is written below the video. the first few sentences couldn't express how i feel about channel orange any clearer.

"...what i found most beautiful about this project was the absence of limitation in the creative process. at its foundation, this project is for me an un-tainted form of art..."

currently on rotation...

FRANK OCEAN
Channel Orange

1. "start"
2. "thinkin bout you"
3. "fertilizer"
4. "sierra leone"
5. "sweet life"
6. "not just money"
7. "super rich kids" feat. earl sweatshirt
8. "pilot jones"
9. "crack rock"
10. "pyramids"
11. "lost"
12. "white" feat. john mayer
13. "monks"
14. "bad religion"
15. "pink matter" feat. andré 3000
16. "forrest gump"
17. "end"

MY FAVE TRACKS:
2. "thinkin bout you"
5. "sweet life"
9. "crack rock"
10. "pyramids"
11. "lost"
14. "bad religion"
16. "forrest gump"

WHAT I THINK...
boy does this guy deliver. before i get into channel orange, i have to admit i didn't listen to ALL of nostalgia, ultra until i had channel orange in my hands.
i was obsessed with "we all try", i loved "love crimes", and "swim good" and "novacane" had radio play so of course i heard them. after hearing the whole mixtape tho, i was more excited to switch CDs and play channel orange...
1st run thru, "lost" was my absolute favorite. it took 3, 4, or 7 plays all the way thru for me to find something i wasn't exactly fond of... and that would be "pink matter". it upsets me, cuz boy do i love me some 3 stacks, but i just can't with that song.
back to the songs i DO like tho, the more i listened to the album leading up to his show at terminal 5, the more favorites i found. even the interludes are dope as sheeeeeet.
"sweet life", "crack rock", and "bad religion" tend to be on repeat when my computer is on, and "pyramids" became a favorite after i saw him perform it live.
the lyrical content and production is phenomenal. frank ocean just knows how to tell a story... this is an artist.
PLEASE buy a physical copy of this and listen. grab a glass of your favorite poison, throw some headphones on, and relaxxxxx. i don't see how you could be dissapointed.