I don’t know really anything about Robert Gretch but you gotta hand it to the guy Guitarrissimo is a pretty good name for a record. Unfortunately the title is better then the music. Most of the songs I wouldn’t sit around and listen to but I could see how some could be used for background music. My two favorites from this record is “Navajos” and “Via Alpha” so I’ll share “Navajos” for MP2000 Monday and throw up the other in the future.

Robert Gretch “Navajos”

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Also MP2000 fans don’t forget to check out the MP2000 Super Posts 1,2 & 3 for lots of more info and goodness

For Free Album Friday it’s an album put together by Squeek Boogie called Dillmatic. By that title (if you are a hiphop fan) you should be able to guess he takes the beats of Dilla and the rhymes of Nas. Not all the Nas stuff is from Illmatic but it makes a good title. Overall its pretty solid, towards the end I started skipping tracks but certainly worth a download. Before this album I’ve never heard of Squeek Boogie before but he is a producer from Phoenix hit up his links below for more info and download the album here

Squeek Boogie – Myspace / Twitter

This Wacky Wednesday song comes from Bruce Lee’s younger brother, Robert. The album came out in 1975 and is titled Robert Lee Sings The Ballad Of Bruce Lee. The song “The Ballad of Bruce Lee” is one of the few songs that Robert wrote on the album. Robert sings other songs written by Keith Barbour and Flemming Rasmussen and the album also features him covering The Beattles song “This Boy”.

This MP2000 Monday is another Nilovic song but this time it’s under his Andy Loore alias. The song is “Tremplin Olympique” from his Water Show album. The album is solid it has a few nice songs like this one but it has quite a few songs I skip as well.

Eric Framond “Amelioration”

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Also MP2000 fans don’t forget to check out the MP2000 Super Posts 1,2 & 3 for lots of more info and goodness

I think every label regardless of what kind of music you put out should take notes on how Rhymesayers Entertainment handles business. The packaging of the anticipated Stimulus Package is another example. If you don’t know Stimulus Package is a colab album between producer Jake One and rapper Freeway. In the video below (you can skip to around 1:15) it shows you the album which comes in a wallet like case and features a card to download the instrumentals.

If that wasnt enough if you pre order it from Fifth Element online (Rhymesayers store) you get a lot of treats

• Entered into a drawing for 1 of 5 $100 CASH prizes!
• Receive a Fifth Element Stimulus Check signed by Freeway & Jake One, your check will be good for 15% off a future purchase online.
• Receive both The Beat Made Me Do It mixtape & Freelapse mixtape.
• Instant digital download of the leaked track You Know What I Mean 320 kbps. In the download you will get the explicit, edited and instrumental version of the song.

Quite a good deal. Note I don’t get anything if you do order it from Fifth Element actually if you ordered it from Amazon I would get a little something so when the preorder goodies go away feel free to do that. But you got to hand it to Rhymesayers crew they are really doing things right.

Todays MP2000 Monday song is “Amelioration” from the Eric Framond album Puzzle. I’m a big fan of his Univers 2000 album but this album only has a couple songs I like.

Eric Framond “Amelioration”

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Also MP2000 fans don’t forget to check out the MP2000 Super Posts 1,2 & 3 for lots of more info and goodness

Count Bass D and DJ Pocket recently put out a free album that features straight loops for beats and I thought it might as well throw it up for Free Album Friday. Now to be honest I’m pretty underwhelmed by this release I like Count (especially Begborrowsteel) but overall I think this album misses the mark. There are a few songs I like (like “Everyday Ritual” below) and its free so whatever. I don’t have a problem with loops I just don’t like the sample material they took the loops from it’s like 80s R&B sounding junk. But peace to Count Bass D he makes good music. You can download In the Loop here

This Friday Favorites is a cover song by Peaches. I don’t like Peaches I just happened to hear this and instantly loved it. It was originally an Iggy Pop and the Stooges song from their influential 1973 album Raw Power. “Search and Destroy” was written by Iggy Pop and James Williamson so they are to thank for the words. But I prefer the music of the Peaches cover its more synthy and sinister. I’m sure a lot of people prefer the original. The Peaches version is from the album War Child Presents Heroes where various artists did a song on and the proceeds went to charity to benefit war torn areas.

For this weeks Maybe You Missed It its a song from Animals Talking a little known group from London that consists of Oscar Scheller, Si Dhanak, John Sheil and Matt James. I’m not sure how I came across the few Animal Talking songs I have but I got them in 2008. I like “It Was” but know almost nothing about the group and I don’t think they have officially released any singles/albums. To hear some other songs you can visit their Myspace page.

For this Wacky Wednesday I turn to the great Stax label and the very Jackson 5 sounding The Newcomers. The Newcomers released a handful of singles from the late 60s to the mid 70s. “The Martian Hop” came out in 1973 with “Humpty Dumpty” on the flip side. The members of The Newcomers were Terry Bartlett, William Sumlin, and Bertram Brown. Eventually they left Stax and added another member, Vince Williams, and changed their name to Kwick