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Tommy “TNT” Brenneck’s song “Make the Road by Walking”, released on 7″ by Dunham Records (a Daptone subsidiary) and recorded in his bedroom studio, was recently sampled almost in its entirety by Jay-Z for the popular song, “Roc Boys (And the WInner Is)”. Brenneck is a guitarist with Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings, El Michels Affair, and the Budos Band, and has been recording some amazing dark soul tracks in his apartment, both instrumentals and with incredible vocalist Charles Bradley. The songs, including the one sampled on the Jay-Z track, are on the Dunham records myspace page (http://www.myspace.com/dunhamrecords) and is some really innovative and powerful soul. Charles Bradley has an amazing voice, the song “World is Going Up in Flames” is mind-blowing.
Tommy’s take on the Jay-Z business is here: http://www.spinner.com/2008/01/16/jay-z-riffs-off-brooklyns-mehanan-street-band/
Here is the Jay-Z music video:
Bjork is one crazy chick. Her music videos always leave me feeling a bit disturbed, something about her eerily porcelain child-alien features and spastic moves. Her video for “Wanderlust” has a Where the Wild Things Are vibe, and the part where she flips around with the creature man in her backpack tickles me, half amusement, half horror. I love the old school feel they achieve with 3d animation, and the costume designing process is just incredible–check it out in the making of video. spotted via shape+color
