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Leif remixes Glass Candy’s ‘Geto Boys’, covers Lykke Li & gets remixed by The Touch & Lina, Stay High, & Neon Coyote

leif Leif remixes Glass Candys Geto Boys, covers Lykke Li & gets remixed by The Touch & Lina, Stay High, & Neon Coyote
Photo credit: Patrik Sehlstedt for V Mag

It’s always nice when things we like collide! This is like some MFin’ rainbow sprinkles & butterscotch on my strawberry frogurt right here!

What it is, is, N.Y. posse, Leif (once PalmsOut representer) doing a workover of Glass Candy’s homage to 5th Ward gangsters, Geto Boys, on the track, ‘Geto Boys’. It’s got that Geto Boys ‘Mind Playin’ Tricks on Me’ sample that’s forever fresh.

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MP3: Glass Candy – Geto Boys (Leif Remix) (2009)
[ 10mb | 320kbps cbr | 4:24 | Genre: Electronic ]

And since we haven’t had a wholly Leif-centric post since his ‘Flossy Bounce’ EP years ago, let’s keep good ch00nz coming with these: The track ‘Black Magic’ & remixes from last year’s ‘Black Magic Promo EP’. Nice work in the original & in the remixes from Swedish houser The Touch with the haunting vocals of Swedish singer Lina and the other from fellow New Yorkers, Stay High that takes a fidget/dubstepped approach.

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MP3: Leif – Black Magic (2008)
[ 11mb | 320kbps cbr | 4:40 | Genre: Electronic ]

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MP3: Leif – Black Magic (The Touch & Lina Remix) (2008)
[ 14mb | 320kbps cbr | 6:07 | Genre: Electronic ]

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MP3: Leif – Black Magic (Stay High Remix) (2008)
[ 10mb | 320kbps cbr | 4:30 | Genre: Electronic ]

Keeping the good stuff coming, I must say I’m quite partial to this cover of Stockholm’s finest siren, Lykke Li. Leif’s voice is so far apart from Lykke Li’s—& the vibe is so different—yet it works just the same. An interesting take:

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MP3: Leif – Little Bit (Lykke Li cover) (2007)
[ 7mb | 320kbps cbr | 3:12 | Genre: Electronic ]

And finishing up with another gem that’s been sitting on in the ol’ inbox. One from Brooklyn’s Neon Coyote, a remix of Leif’s ‘Timbs’.

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MP3: Leif – Timbs (Neon Coyote Slow Jam) (2009)
[ 15mb | 320kbps cbr | 6:37 | Genre: Electronic ]

Purchase last year’s ‘Black Magic EP’, the sixth release on blog-gone-label, Palms Out Records, through Beatport.com. And sit tight for Leif’s soon-to-be-released next solo EP, as well as and EP with his band Kids in the Garden, the reincarnation of the late, Aries Noise.

Glass Candy – Geto Boys (Demo)

glass candy Glass Candy   Geto Boys (Demo)

From no-wave rock beginnings to the italo disco sensation that they are today, Glass Candy never ceased to astonish with every release. I’m convinced that Johnny Jewel, the man behind the Glass Candy sound is a genius and Ida No, the woman behind that dreamy voice is an angel.

The duo has been know to close out their live sets by singing one of their songs on top of the Geto Boys‘ ‘Mind Playing Tricks On Me’ beat. Last month they unveiled a new demo track on their myspace titled ‘Geto Boys’ which is Ida covering Cyndi Lauper’s ‘Iko Iko’ on top of the Geto Boys beat. The two songs go together amazingly well.

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MP3:  Glass Candy – Geto Boys (Demo)

Just posting only one Glass Candy track is a bigger tease than my sister was in eighth grade, and I wouldn’t do that to y’all.

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MP3:  Glass Candy – Rolling Down The Hills (Spring Demo)

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MP3:  Glass Candy – Etheric Device (Demo)

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MP3:  Glass Candy – Candy Castle (Demo)

If you’d like to download all of the tour demos that Glass Candy distributed on their tours over the years (complete with artwork) visit the amazing fan site Crystal Migraine. You can pick up a few of Glass Candy’s past releases from here. Remember to check their myspace for tour dates and more new releases.

The wisdom of Bushwick Bill: F*ck a War

2007 03 27 Geto Boys The wisdom of Bushwick Bill: F*ck a War

The US has been at war in Iraq for just over four years now. Chances are you already knew that and you don’t like it. Today, the democrat-led US congress narrowly voted for an end of the war by withdrawal of U.S. combat troops from Iraq by next March. Of course, our scumbag president immediately threatened to veto the Senate’s bill when it reaches him, so I’d call the bill D.O.A. at the White House, but it’s a start and maybe our president with get a F’ing clue. An expanded real journalist account of all of the aforementioned at CNN.com’s article.

Bushwick Bill wrapped up his thoughts about the first Iraq war, which, of course, was led by our current president’s daddy, the first President Geroge W. Bush, in 1991’s protest track ‘Fuck a War’. This track really gets me fired up, although I can’t say Bushwick speaks for us Missingtoofers when he gets on the just-blow-everything-the-fuck-up rant. But, he does have some poignant statements, or if nothing else, we hope you find the track entertaining.

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MP3: Geto Boys – Fuck a War

One of the most under-rated rap groups don’tcha think? Geto Boys were the group that proved that it wasn’t just L.A. and N.Y. that could produce a great and unique hip-hop sound (they’re from Houston, Texas). Here’s one more track off the the same album, their forth release, 1991’s ‘We Can’t Be Stopped’ album. It’s definitely their most popular cut and features the whole group, that being Bushwick Bill, Willie D (n.k.a. Big Mike) and Scarface.

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MP3: Geto Boys – Mind Playing Tricks on Me

And the video:

Music trivia! That album cover pictured above was taken right after Bushwick Bill’s attempted suicide, where he shot himself in the face permanently destroying his right eye vision! Keeping it very real, indeed.

Even more trivia! Geto Boys were the first rap group to be censored, two years earlier than 2 Live Crew or Ice-T. Luckily, Rick Ruben (of Def Jam) saved the day and the rest is hip-hop history and Rick Ruben is a Spank Rock track and Fuck a War and peace out!

Visit Geto Boys on MySpace, Wikipedia and at their record label Rap-A-Lot.

‘We Can’t Be Stopped’ and other early Geto Boys albums were re-released in recent years, to compliment their new records which are still hot. You can find everything on Amazon or your favorite well-stocked retailer. Additionally, Turntablelab.com has some O.G. ‘Mind Playing Tricks on Me’ 12″ singles with an instrumental b-side. Hot!





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