Old School Jams: Mtume

This will be the first of a regular Wednesday feature, conceived because it's usually the time when I'm distracted by comics and back-to-back Law & Orders. Still wanting to keep up the once-a-day post but not by writing something meaningless, I've decided why not go with music? Just a note of warning, the old school in OSJ includes turn of the 20th century. That's how I roll, yo :P

It was an easy decision picking up this first jam. It's a sexy, slinky beat endlessly repeated in R&B and sampled in countless rap songs. Most recently, it made a showing in Keyshia Cole's Let It Go. But nothing, nothing can surpass the original:

Juicy Fruit, Mtume

Real Life: Good Dog

I wasn't planning on posting tonight, but that's life for ya.

Shortly after 10.30am I saw a strange grey blur in the middle of the road. I quickly parked the car and jumped out, waving my arms and yelling. The dog started and bolted up the pavement, narrowly missing a four-door turning into a parking lot. Before I could cross the space between us, a black-and-white appeared, blocking the dog's way.

( She'll be fine, sweetie... )