[[ IMPULSE TRAVELS w/ DJ LIL TIGER + EMPANADAMN ]]
on WHCR 90.3fm The Voice of Harlem
and Traklife Radio
every WEDNESDAY from 8-10pm Eastern Time

DJ Lil Tiger returns to the radiowaves with a brand new international music show featuring styles and sounds from across the globe, broadcast live from Harlem to the world. The show airs every Wednesday night from 8-10pm. Empanadamn guest hosts.

You can peep the live stream at: www.whcr.org or at Traklife Radio

Please join the Impulse Travels Radio Show facebook page as well to get updates and audio from the show.

You can also check out the playlists from each week’s show at www.impulsetravels.org.

I’ll be rocking nearby where Dick Clark’s balls drop at Highbar in Midtown Manhattan. Still wondering what tune to drop at the stroke of midnight. Unfortunately, this will most likely not be a GURU / Gangstarr / Teena Marie type of crowd, but I can hope. If you’re looking for a posh spot to drop a grip of money for an open bar, food, feverous dancing to bad (and good) music played well, I’ve got the spot for YOU.

Friday, December 31st | New Years Eve

empanadamn
at Highbar
251 West 48th St.
between 7th & 8th Ave.
8PM – 2AM

$295/person +
$45 after 12:30AM

This week at SOUNDLIB, buhbOmp’s EMPANADAMN steps in again to hold down the fort in my absence. He’ll be serving up choice selections of Hip-Hop, R&B, Disco, Reggae and some classic good shit all night long. As always, the party is FREE and it starts and ends EARLY (9pm-1am), so we won’t keep you out too late.

Sound Liberation Front + buhbOmp + The BRMG + Rappers I Know present:

[[ SOUNDLIB WEDNESDAYS ]]

WEDNESDAY | 29 SEP 2010 | 9p-1a | NO COVER | No dress code

@ Moe’s
80 Lafayette Ave
Fort Greene, Brooklyn, NY, 11217
718.797.9536

C to Lafayette Ave / G to Fulton St
Also within walking distance from the Atlantic Ave station (B-Q-2-3-4-5 trains)

maps: google | hopstop

featuring:

[[ EMPANADAMN ]]
( –=(] buhbOmp [)=– )

+ facebook event page
+ going.com: www.going.com/soundlib_sep29
+ eventful: bit.ly/cw1KBh
+ culturemob: bit.ly/bk6FB8
+ upcoming: bit.ly/ckUHgB

This week at SOUNDLIB, we’re bringing back buhbOmp-mate EMPANADAMN to fill in for me while I’m out of town. The last two times EMPANADAMN spun at SOUNDLIB he really rocked the place, so you won’t want to miss it this week. He’ll be serving up choice selections of Hip-Hop, R&B, Disco, Reggae and some classic good shit all night long.

As always, the party is FREE. The party starts and ends EARLY (9pm-1am), so we won’t keep you out too late. Hope to see you there. …

Sound Liberation Front + buhbOmp + The BRMG + Rappers I Know present:

[[ SOUNDLIB WEDNESDAYS ]]

WEDNESDAY | 14 JUL 2010 | 9p-1a | NO COVER | No dress code

@ Moe’s
80 Lafayette Ave
Fort Greene, Brooklyn, NY, 11217
718.797.9536

C to Lafayette Ave / G to Fulton St
Also within walking distance from the Atlantic Ave station (B-Q-2-3-4-5 trains)

maps: google | hopstop

featuring:

[[ EMPANADAMN ]]
( –=(] buhbOmp [)=– )

+ facebook event page
+ going.com: www.going.com/soundlib_jul14
+ eventful: bit.ly/a6ZZdg
+ culturemob: bit.ly/cDas8T
+ upcoming: bit.ly/au0gNU
+ coopr8: bit.ly/afoCnz

This week, we’ll be hosting a special CINCO DE MAYO edition of SOUNDLIB featuring the return of our favorite West Texas Chicano, buhbOmp’s own EMPANADAMN. We’ll be serving up a bunch of good Hip-Hop, R&B, Disco, Reggae and other classic good shit all night long.

As always, the party is FREE, and starts at 9pm. Hope to see you there.

Sound Liberation Front + buhbOmp + The BRMG + Rappers I Know present:

[[ SOUNDLIB WEDNESDAYS ]]

WEDNESDAY | 05 MAY 2010 | 9p-1a | NO COVER | No dress code

@ Moe’s
80 Lafayette Ave
Fort Greene, Brooklyn, NY, 11217
718.797.9536

C to Lafayette Ave / G to Fulton St
Also within walking distance from the Atlantic Ave station (B-Q-2-3-4-5 trains)

maps: google | hopstop

featuring special guests:

[[ EMPANADAMN ]]
( –=(] buhbOmp [)=– )

and resident:

[[ DJ LIL TIGER ]]
( –=(] buhbOmp [)=–, Sound Liberation Front, touch&feel:radio, Soular Grooves )

+ facebook event page
+ going.com: www.going.com/soundlib_may5
+ eventful: bit.ly/9i09XX
+ culturemob: bit.ly/c9sxOM
+ upcoming: bit.ly/dg6VQa

This week at SOUNDLIB, special guest and buhbOmp-mate EMPANADAMN takes over the decks while Lil Tiger and Q are out on the road. Empanadamn, a veteran of the New York DJ scene for the past decade, will be serving up choice selections of Hip-Hop, R&B, Disco, Reggae and some classic good shit all night long.

Sound Liberation Front + buhbOmp + The BRMG + Rappers I Know present:

[[ SOUNDLIB ]]

WEDNESDAY | 17 MAR 2010
9p-1a | FREE | No dress code

@ Moe’s
80 Lafayette Ave
Fort Greene, Brooklyn, NY, 11217
718.797.9536

C to Lafayette Ave / G to Fulton St
Also within walking distance from the Atlantic Ave station (B-Q-2-3-4-5 trains)

featuring special guest:

[[ EMPANADAMN ]]
( –=(] buhbOmp [)=– )

+ facebook event page
+ going.com: www.going.com/soundlib_mar17
+ eventful: bit.ly/9t2tPp
+ culturemob: bit.ly/bVBIhz
+ upcoming: bit.ly/cvX9J9

maps: google | hopstop

I’m DJing a birthday rave for the homie Moe Choi (Choimatic) Friday night ’til dawn (forreal). Also playing will be $mall ¢hange, J-Zone, DJ Rumor & Erik The Red. Craziness is to be expected.

And in traditional rave steez gone 2010, you’ll have to email this contact for the secret coordinates. Yes, it’s like that.

It’s officially fall, and we’re falling behind schedule as usual. But, we’ve got some great selections from Empanadamn and DJ Lil Tiger to atone for the delays. Got some big projects in the works from now through the end of the year, so stay tuned. For now, Happy Belated Welfare.

(Click the song names to take you to the off-site sharing pages where you can download the tunes. For detailed instructions on how to navigate the sharing sites where we host our files, we’ve got instructions at the end of this post)

empanadamn | Awwwdamn, it’s autumn / Fawk, it’s fall.

Coldcut “Autumn Leaves” (Feat. Janis Alexander)
A joint to reverse jump-start the season to a slowing slumber. This track is by one of London’s most relevant & long-standing producer / DJ duo known as Coldcut.

Goldie “State Of Mind”
The only non-jungle, smoothed out joint on Goldie’s classic release Timeless.

Change “Searching” (Feat. Luther Vandross)
Breakthrough song for Luther’s R&B solo career that for which he’s recognized today.

Raekwon “Broken Safety” (Feat. Jadakiss & Styles P)
My favorite cut off of OB4CLP2. Gruuufffff!!!

X-Ecutioners “Raida’s Theme”
Roc Raida, Rest In Peace. If you’re in NYC, please come through and celebrate the legacy of Grand Master Roc Raida on Thursday, October 22nd at B.B. King’s presented by Tableturns. The line-up features all your turntable greats such as the X-Men / X-Executioners, The World Famous Beat Junkies, The Allies, 5th Platoon and more. Proceeds going to Roc’s family.

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dj lil tiger | fall back, summer

Brigadier Jerry – Jamaica Jamaica
After seeing Briggy himself perform this with the legendary King Stur Gav at this event this past weekend, I haven’t been able to stop listening to this tune. I hope you have the same problem. You’re welcome (and also, your welcmoe). Foundation stays winning. Bonus: Here’s a clip of The General doing his thing back in 1986.

Umi Marcano – In Front of Me
Nice mid-tempo soca number from Trinidad’s Umi Marcano.

Mr. V vs. Elvis Crespo – Suave Drink Down (J-Boogie RMX)
J-Boogie mashes Mr. V’s major “Put Your Drink Down” with the Elvis Crespo merengue classic. This is a floor smasher, for real. From the latest batch of Leftism edits unleashed by J-Boogie and Sake One

Dip-N-Steam – Do The Hustle (Vx)
Dope Hip-Hop from Atlanta’s Dip-N-Steam, with Daz-I-Kue working his percussive magic on the boards.

(This is an AIFF file, which means it’s in full CD quality. You can convert it to mp3 in iTunes or something similar after you download it, if that’s what you prefer. Click on the down arrow on the right, or click on the red-linked song title above to download.)

Clyde & Capitol A – Serve It Up ( Galaxy Group Remix )
A bruk classic: In Capitol A‘s words:

a nice AFRO BRUK version ( for those that know about the ORIGINAL I did with CLYDE on MANTIS RECORDS , IT WAS A BIG TUNE ) ……….. this rerub still gets the dance rockin’ so cop it if you missed out on it DJ’S ………

(This is an AIFF file, which means it’s in full CD quality. You can convert it to mp3 in iTunes or something similar after you download it, if that’s what you prefer. Click on the down arrow on the right, or click on the red-linked song title above to download.)

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Don’t forget to check out our Welfare archives.

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** INSTRUCTIONS FOR DOWNLOADING **
We host all our Welfare downloads off-site, so what you need to do to download them is to click on the song name in the post, and then look for a download link on the page that that takes you to.

We mostly use divShare, so for divShare follow these steps to download the songs:

– Click on the name of the song. That will take you to a divShare page.

– On the divShare page, look for the black circle with an arrow pointing down. Below that arrow is a link that says “Download original”. Click that link and after a few seconds, the download should start automatically.

That should do it.

If the file is hosted on some other site besides divShare (like ZShare or MediaFire or something) then just look for a link on that site’s page that says download. When you click on the download link, it will probably do something similar to divShare and make you wait a handful of seconds before it starts the download (or offers a specific link to the download).

Hit us up in the comments if you need further instruction. We’re here to help. Thanks.

Sailing into the sunset one last time this season.

Come join us this labor day weekend. We’re helping jump off Blue Room Group’s introduction of The Funky Brunch at littlefield. Look out for that meshing of music + food happening on Sundays.

Smooth Move is the perfect post-brunch / pre-party springboard to celebrate summer, with DJs mixing a throwback soundtrack that encompasses yacht rock, soft rock, AM gold, quiet storm cuts and everything in between. Expect food on the grill, drinks at the bar, and basking in the outdoor courtyard.

FREE! No cover.

Saturday July 25th, 3-9PM at littlefield
622 Degraw St. b/w 3rd & 4th Ave.
in The Gowanus, Brooklyn
M/R to Union (closest route)
or F/G to Carroll (12 minute walk)

*SPECIAL BONUS*
Soul Korea’s “Mellow Yellow” Mix

There’s a lot of memory-lane action in this month’s Welfare handout. Empanadamn and Lil Tiger caught a couple of cases of The Nostalgia, and it’s definitely contagious. Thankfully, it’s not lethal. Enjoy the tunes and the memories as we all ride out these dog days of Summer.

(Click the song names to take you to the off-site sharing pages where you can download the tunes. For detailed instructions on how to navigate the sharing sites where we host our files, we’ve got instructions at the end of this post)

empanadamn | All For One, Some For Y’all | Serato-ready
These next few come in support of this month’s upcoming Sound Liberation Front Festival 2009 that the homie lil’ tiger sank his paws into.

Brand Nubian “All For One”
This was the song that set it off for me. As soon as I heard it, I told my one friend who always had money (thanks to his loving, out-of-state living aunt & grandparents) that he had to buy it. Then I proceeded to make a copy of the cassette. Check the rhymes from Sadat (Derek) X: “Don’t play possum / Watch me and I’ll blossom like a rose, and get some new clothes…” Interesting choice in words given the controversial terms used in “Punks Jump Up”.

Brand Nubian “Punks Jump Up To Get Beat Down”
In wake of Grand Puba leaving the group to pursue a solo career with Reel To Reel, Brand Nubian released In God We Trust. “Punks Jump Up” was definitely the stand-out track from the album, resonating as the riggiddy-raw credo among many at the time, perfectly chimed with the Rocky Theme. Posted is the clean, radio version because Sadat X’s raps are nicer to people.

Mary J. Blige “What’s The 411?” (Feat. Grand Puba)
Grand Puba puts it down on the queen of hip-hop soul blonde amazon’s debut album. Big kid style.

Jean Carn “Don’t Let It Go To Your Head”
Sampled 70s tune for the Foundation album.

Akinelye & Sadat X “Loud Hangover”
Promotional single in support of the Loud label coming into its own, this track later appeared on Funkmaster Flex’s 60 Minutes of Funk, Volume 1. Lucky for you, this is without all the signature FMF yellin’.

*Did you know?: The homie DJ Tahleim, who also DJs at White Rabbit (Saturdays), was once a back-up dancer for Brand Nubian.
**Bonus attempt: I tried looking for the Sprite commercial with Grand Puba, but the man took it off YouTube. That commercial alone is the reason why I choose to drink Sprite over 7-Up or Sierra Mist. Aight?

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dj lil tiger | where’d you get your khakis at?

The Uniques – Queen Majesty
I don’t really have much to say about this one. It speaks for itself — The Uniques with their rocksteady, classic interpolation of Curtis Mayfield. The Queen Majesty riddim stays timeless and keeps on giving.

Likwid Biskit – Life Is Like A Samba
I can be accused of talking about this dude too much, but I’m okay with that. IG Culture is a fucking genius. Deal. Here’s a track from 10 years ago that he released under the Likwid Biskit monicker with fellow innovator and keyboard savant Kaidi Tatham, who shines his light all over this lovely tune. As always, ride this one all the way through and peep how IG flips the track.

Candi Staton – I’m Just a Prisoner (Of Your Good Lovin’)
An early gem from soul and gospel legend Candi Staton, off of her I’m Just a Prisoner LP released in 1969.

American Analog Set – Gone To Earth
I recently had an indie rock time warp when I went to see Versus and Superchunk do a free show at the South Street Seaport. While I was there, I met up with my friend DRM (of Bastard Jazz fame), and AmAnSet worked its way into our conversation. Since then, I’ve been revisiting them and remembering why they were so awesome. This tune, off The Fun of Watching Fireworks LP was always one of my favorites. It’s kind of perfect, especially how it comes together so brilliantly after the change.

Lorelei – Newsprint
Since we’re taking a trip back, here’s another favorite from my indie/twee/shoegaze days. I first came across Lorelei (not to be confused with either of my beloved Gilmores [yeah, I just went there] ) when I picked up their Asleep 7″ and ended up falling in love with a tune called “Mostly I Sleep.” I was elated when they put out an album called Everyone Must Touch the Stove, and this tune quickly became one of my favorites. I love the energy and all the change-ups, especially the beautiful instrumental shift about three-and-a-half minutes in.

Bonus cut: Mad Kap – Dickie’s Emporium
This actually should have been called Khaki’s Emporium, but who cares? This shit still makes me laugh. Oh, Mad Kap.

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Don’t forget to check out our Welfare archives.

—————

** INSTRUCTIONS FOR DOWNLOADING **
We host all our Welfare downloads off-site, so what you need to do to download them is to click on the song name in the post, and then look for a download link on the page that that takes you to.

We mostly use divShare, so for divShare follow these steps to download the songs:

– Click on the name of the song. That will take you to a divShare page.

– On the divShare page, look for the black circle with an arrow pointing down. Below that arrow is a link that says “Download original”. Click that link and after a few seconds, the download should start automatically.

That should do it.

If the file is hosted on some other site besides divShare (like ZShare or MediaFire or something) then just look for a link on that site’s page that says download. When you click on the download link, it will probably do something similar to divShare and make you wait a handful of seconds before it starts the download (or offers a specific link to the download).

Hit us up in the comments if you need further instruction. We’re here to help. Thanks.