..:|:Ladybug Mecca:|:..

"Sista of Conciousness Ladybug Mecca has been through a lot since the days of Blowout Comb, and now reappears with an evolved and deeply thoughtful pastiche of new gems. Many of the tracks have a real airiness about them, though we do hear the more familiar Ladybug/Mecca of yesteryear on at least a couple of tracks. Musical arrangements: impeccable. Creativity: way outside the box. Singing: ethereal."

~Nia Maishani

Ladybug Mecca - Trip The Light Fantastic [2005]

1. Dark Matter

2. Don't Disturb The Peace

3. Children Say

4. Ladybug Come Outside

5. Show The World

6. Mr. Mayor

7. Dogg Starr

8. Leave It All Behing

9. Sexual Alchemy

10. Centre Of Nowhere 

11. Please Don't

12. Last Train

13. Sweet & Polite

14. Suicidethol [Killufast Capsules] 100/mg

15. You Never Get Over It

16. Remember When?

17. Oh Poor You

18. Step Up Wise

..:|:Janelle Monae:|:..

Janelle Monáe is a Grammy Award-nominated American urban/alternative singer, songwriter, and performer. She is currently signed to the Wondaland Arts Society, and Bad Boy/Atlantic Records. Janelle Monáe is nothing short of a musical breath of fresh air, combining the very best of R&B, funk, hip hop, and rock into a sound all her own.

Janelle Monáe - Metroplois: The Chase Suite [Special Edition 2008]

1. The March Of The Wolfmasters
2. Violet Stars Happy Hunting! [feat. The Skunks]
3. Many Moons
4. Cybertronic Purgatory
5. Sincerely Jane
6. Mr. President
7. Smile

..:|:Emiliana Torrini:|:..

Emilíana Torrini is an Icelandic singer, best known for her 1999 album Love in the Time of Science and for performing "Gollum's Song", during the ending credits of Peter Jackson's film The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers. Her music embraces elements of folk, electronica, pop/rock, and trip-hop.

Emiliana Torrini - Me And Armini [2008]

1. Fireheads
2. Me And Armini
3. Birds
4. Heard It All Before
5. Ha Ha
6. Big Jumps
7. Jungle Drum
8. Hold Heart
9. Gun
10. Beggar's Prayer
11. Dead Duck
12. Bleeder

Emiliana Torrini - Fisherman's Wife [2005]


1. Nothing Brings Me Down
2. Sunny Road
3. Snow
4. Lifesaver
5. Honeymoon Child
6. Todat Has Been OK
7. Next Time Around
8. Heartstopper
9. At Least It Was
10. Fisgerman's Woman
11. Thinking Out Loud
12. Serenade

Emiliana Torrini - Love In The Time Of Science [1999]

1. To Be Free
2. Wednesday's Child
3. Baby Blue
4. Dead Things
5. Unemployed In Summertime
6. Easy
7. Fingertips
8. Telepathy
9. Tuna Fish
10. Summerbreeze
11. Sea People

..:|:Immortal Technique:|:..

Felipe Andres Coronel, better known by the stage name Immortal Technique, is an American hip hop artist and political activist. He was born in Lima, Peru and raised in Harlem, New York. Most of his lyrics focus on political issues. The views expressed in his lyrics are largely a mixture of commentary on issues such as politics, poverty, religion, social class and racism.

He has been offered a deal with a Sony development plan and Def Jam Records, but he has never signed any. Immortal Technique has voiced a desire to keep control over his production, and has stated in his music that record companies, not artists themselves, profit the most from mass production and marketing of music. The success of his decision to produce music independently can be measured by his strong and loyal fanbase, as well as claims of selling close to 200 000 units of his 3 official releases.

Technique is, hands down, my favorite, most obnoxious, politically astute hip-hop artist!!!

Immortal Technique - The 3rd World [2008]

1. Death March

2. That's What It Is

3. Gulpa de Estada [feat. Temperemento y Veneno]

4. Harlem Renaissance

5. Lickshot [feat. Crooked I and Chin XL]

6. Apocrypha

7. The 3rd World

8. Driveby [feat. Psycorealm and Sick Symphonies]

9. Reverse Pimpology [feat. Mojo]

10. Open Your Eyes

11. Payback [feat. Diabolic and Ras Kass]

12. Adios Uncle Tom [Skit]

13. Grip [feat. Poison Pen and Suave Sevah]

14. Mistakes

15. Parole [Evil Genius Mix]

16. Crimes Of The Heart [feat. Maya Azucena]

Immortal Technique - Revolutionary Vol.2 [2003]

1. Intro

2. The Point Of No Return

3. Peruvian Cocaine

4. Harlem Streets

5. Obnoxious

6. The Message And The Money

7. Industrial Revolution

8. Crossing The boundary

9. Sierra Maestra

10. The 4th Branch

11. Internally Bleeding

12. Homeland And Hip-Hop [feat. Mumia Abu Jamal]

13. The Cause Of death

14. Freedom Of Speech

15. Leaving The Past

16.  Truth's Razors

17. You Never Know [feat. Jean Grae]

18. One [Remix feat. Akir]

Immortal Technique - Revolutionary Vol.1 [2001]

1. Creation and Destruction

2. Dominant Species

3. Positive Balance

4. The Getaway

5. Beef and Broccoli

6. No Me Importa

7. Top Of The Food Chain [Remix]

8. The Poverty Of Philosophy

9. Revolutionary

10. Spend Some Time [Remix]

11. Dance With The Devil

12. The Prophecy

13. Understand Why

14. No Mercy

15. The Illest

16. Speak Your Mind

Immortal Technique - The 13 Amendments Mixtape

1. Bin Laden [feat. Chuck D & KRS One]

2. The People R Shit [feat. Chuggo]

3. Field Nigga Boogie [feat. Paris - XLR8R Remix]

4. Coast Control [Produced by Da Riffs]

5. Genesis [feat. Soul Mechanix]

6. Never Know Why [feat. Cunninlynguists]

7. Change Gon Come [feat. Black McCloud & War Mixby]

8. Treason [feat. Akir - Dirty As Fuck]

9. Beyond Visual [feat. Ike Eyez]

10. Standstill [feat. Killah Priest & Bloodsport]

11. Grenades [feat. Pumpkinhead]

12. Harlem Streets

13. The Belly Of The Beast [feat. El Mesejero & JP - Rare]

..:|:Dawn Silva:|:..

For those of you who still crave the funk rhythms dropped by George Clinton and his cosmic stable of funk acts (Parliament, Funkadelic, The Brides, Bootsy, etc. etc. etc.), you will not want to miss Silva's "All My Funky Friends". A former Bride, Silva and producer D'LaVance carry on the P-Funk tradition in grand style. Best tracks include "As Long As It's On the One", "Break Me Off", the title cut, and the fierce remake of "Disco to Go". This sh*t is funky wit a capital F.U.N.K.Y.!

Dawn Silva - All My Funky Friends [2000]

1. As Long As It's On The One [Intro]
2. Break Me Off
3. Red Light District
4. Close To You
5. Shake It Down
6. I'd Rather Be With You
7. Whole Lotta Game
8. All My Funky Friends
9. Disco To Go
10. Calling Out Your Name
11. Do You Remember Them [Live]
12. On The One [Outro]

..:|:Concha Buika:|:..

Concha Buika is a critically acclaimed flamenco fusion vocalist from Spain. Born in 1972 in Palma de Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain, she is the daughter of political refugees from the African nation of Equatorial Guinea.

Concha Buika - Niña de Fuego [2008]

1. La Falsa Moneda
2. Culpa Mia
3. Mienteme Bien
4. La Niña De Fuego
5. Arboles De Agua
6. La Niebla
7. No Habra Nadia En El Mundo
8. Volver Volver
9. Volveras
10. Mentirosa
11. Hay En La Luz

Concha Buika - Mi Niña Lola [2006]

1. Mi Niña Lola
2. Ojos Verdes
3. Te Camelo
4. Ay De Mi Primavera
5. A Mi Manera
6. Nostalgias
7. Triunfo
8. Buleria Alegre
9. Love
10. Loca
11. Jodida Pero Contenta

Concha Buika - Buika [2005]

1. New Afro Spanish Generation
2. Little Freaky girl
3. Jodida Pero Contenta
4. Echate A Mi Vera
5. Que Pasa
6. Talk To Me [Habla]
7. Se Me Escapan las Calabras
8. Tu Caramelo
9. Solea de Libertad
10. Niña de Fiesta + Bailando Mi Pena
11. Nostalgias

..:|:A Fine Frenzy:|:..

"Songwriter Alison Sudol spent most of her life in Los Angeles, having moved there with her mother when she was five years old. She began playing piano as a teenager, with bands like Coldplay and Keane inspiring her whimsical, pop-minded music. After recording several compositions and sending out the resulting demo, the singer received an immediate response from Capitol Record's Jason Flom, who came to Sudol's house to hear her play and soon signed her to a record contract. Following a South by Southwest appearance in March 2007, Sudol -- who chose the name A Fine Frenzy (taken from a line in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream) as the moniker for her musical efforts -- released the full-length debut album One Cell in the Sea.
Sudol widened her audience by opening shows for Rufus Wainwright that summer. Her tastes expanded while on the road, and by the time A Fine Frenzy returned home, Sudol had become intrigued by the songbooks of Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, and the Talking Heads. Such varied influences convinced her to take more risks with her songwriting, and Sudol issued her sophomore effort, Bomb in the Birdcage, in mid-2009, embracing a wider palette of sounds in the process."

~ Marisa Brown, All Music Guide

I have one criticism of this album, that is the tendency of some of the songs to resemble each other musically. However, since I seldom, if ever, listen to an album from beginning to end -preferring to set my player to shuffle and jump from genre to genre - I can handle the similarities, especially since Sudol is one of my favorite lyricists.

A Fine Frenzy - Bomb In A Birdcage [2009]

1. What I Wouldn't Do
2. New Heights
3. Electric twist
4. Blow Away
5. Happier
6. Swan Song
7. Elements
8. World Without
9. Bird Of The Summer
10. Stood Up
11. Beacon

A Fine Frenzy - One Cell In The Sea [2007]

1. Come On, Come Out
2. The Minnow & The Trout
3. Whisper
4. You Picked Me
5. Rangers
6. Almost Lover
7. Think Of You
8. Ashes And Wine
9. Liar, Liar
10. Last Of Days
11. Lifesize
12. Near To You
13. Hope For The Hopeless
14. Borrowed Time