Album Badd Santa
posted by on December 18 at 12:49 PM
Megan (and er…Fits) seem to be keeping on top of the Xmas Advent Calendar. So I thought I’d review some fresh new albums and singles this week on the Xmas music scene.
Badd Santa - A Stones Throw Records Xmas
Peanut Butter Wolf has compiled a selection of Xmas tracks old and new for your hip-hop inclined party. The old tracks are rarities like 69 Boys and the Quad City DJs Miami bass rap “What I Want For Christmas” and the 80’s funk of Busy Boys “Funky Fresh Christmas”, thrown in are some semi-classics like James Brown and Vince Guaraldi as well as a kooky Free Design track called “Close Your Mouth (It’s Christmas)”. Nothing says Xmas like vocal pop!
New tracks from Stones Throw artists include James Pants “This Christmas Girl” with its funky electro Beck-ian beats, the somewhat forgettable “Kwanzaa Song” by new signee Georgia Anne Muldrow and a lovely vocoder xmas ditty by Bruce Haack called “I Like Christmas”. That is on super extended replay at my house this year.
The whole album flows well, and went down the bomb while we my son and I decorated the xmas tree. Although adding tracks by Guaraldi and Brown seem like Peanut Butter ran out of ideas, it actually mixes together fairly well. As far as Xmas albums with rap go, I can definitely see listening to this year after year (much better material than that horrible Roots track “Millie Pulled A Pistol On Santa”)
Unfortunately the only place in America selling the CD is Urban Outfitters, but if your a vinyl junkie like myself there are a number of online stores that are well equiped this Xmas.
Check it out! Samples of course are HERE!
I actually like the Georgia Anne Muldrow track, though Wolf used it in a Christmas mix a few years ago. Also, that Quad City DJs and 69 Boyz song kills. By the way, Pants lives in Spokane (and lived in Seattle for a while), so it's nice to see a Northwest DJ on a label as solid as ST. (Full disclosure: I played guitar on the James Pants track)
"Millie" is a De La Soul track--and yeah, it's a bit of a bummer.
actual conversation i had with a customer:
"yeah there is a pretty sweet james brown song on there."
"i dont know who jim brown is."
"oh uhh its james brown."
"oh!! oh. ... yeah i dont know who that is either."
I was underwhelmed by the whole, but I did note that the Scoopy track is the only Christmas song I've ever heard that included the word "motherfucker".
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