I’ll admit it. I’m a terrible terrible housekeeper. Left to my own devices Oscar the Grouch’s domicile ain’t got shit on mine. Empty hyphy juice cans line my computer desk, cigarette butts spill out of numerous makeshift ashtrays. Books, records, cds & tapes occupy almost every flat surface.

This lifestyle suits me fine. But, a few months ago I went out and got myself one of them new-fangled gadgets called ‘girlfriends’ that all the kids are into these days, and I tricked her into moving with me. Needless to say, the gf, she is not having it.

Everyday I’m bombarded with pleas to clean up the apartment, but I bob and weave my way through every jab like I was Cassius Clay. During the week I hide out at day job. When I get home from work a well timed ‘not tonight honey, I’ve got a headache’ or ‘oh, my back’! usually keeps my safe from chores way. However, on weekends whilst loafing on the couch, feet resting on old stacks of pizza boxes I’m vulnerable to her barrage of attacks. And to avoid getting my cupcake privileges revoked, I must conform.

Yesterday she gave me the arduous task of organizing the music explosion that has taken over the living room. But while going through the piles of wax & plastic goodness I kept coming across forgotten hit after hit! Two hours into the task the living room looked worse than before, but I found my Brainwash Projects CD which I accused my friend Noah of stealing years ago (sorry Noah). Long story short, my hands won’t be cupping any cakes tonight, but my ipod is showing me nothing but love right now.

Brainwash Projects is hip hop group formed by LA Symphony members Pigeon John and bTwice. The duo released their first album ‘The Rise And Fall Of (Brainwash Projects)’ in 1998. The whole album is amazing from beginning to end, intelligent & fun. Even though this is almost 10 years old it’s still fresher than most hip hop album coming out right now. What the f*ck happened to hip hop?!

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MP3:  Brainwash Projects – Speeding Porsches

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MP3:  Brainwash Projects – The Fight Song

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MP3:  Brainwash Projects – The Daydreamers

I had a hard time deciding which track to up because all are masterpieces. ‘The Daydreamers’ really hits close to home and anyone trying to break in the music biz but still locked into that 9 to 5, this is your anthem!

Pigeon John has announced Brainwash will be releasing a new album in 2007 entitled “Willy Walnuts & The Chocolate Man”. We eagerly await. Until then re-cop the album legendary underground album from Amazon.

I found a gaggle of other hits that need to be upped, but I’ll do that in a different post. I gotta go finish cleaning the apartment now before I get the beat down.

Word out.