Elson Trinidad (elson@westworld.com)
Sat, 16 Oct 1999 12:13:39 -0700
At 11:05 AM 10/16/99 -0700, you wrote:
>Is it just me or has there been a lack of discussion about this disc? I
>picked it up last week on Loosegroove Records (Pearl Jam's Stone Gossard's
>label) and it's a tight tight
>compilation of hip-hop, DJ tracks, funk and soulful singing from the likes
>of Cut Chemist, Aceyalone, Divine Styler, Jurassic 5, Styles of Beyond,
>Ozomatli, and more. There is not a weak track among the 15 or so here. And
>what's better is that the record is to raise money for music education in
>public schools in California. This is a shining example of hip-hop activism
>and something we should support. Good beats and a good cause! You can get
>more info on it from www.nomayo.org
I don't have it yet, but found a sampler cassette of it at a recent
Basement Jaxx show. All the acts come from the Los Angeles area (all of
whom know each other in some way) and I've seen some of these groups
perform around town. Though, it mentions "unreleased" tracks yet I can't
explain why the J5 track is exactly the same version on their J5 EP. But
yeah, otherwise, it's cool. Interesting cause, I support it wholeheartedly,
more and more schools are cutting back their music programs, if they have
one at all.
I know for a fact that some of the members of the bands in that compilation
are fulltime or substitute public school teachers themselves, so they know
how it goes firsthand.
A good music education program is also an investment; for example all that
Acid Jazz action out of the Bay Area earlier this decade was partly because
of the music programs in the Berkeley school district in the 70s and 80s.
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