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Ever since Sonific launched the cool playlist tool I have been making my own 'favorite' lists - I guess you could call them Channels since now I can basically publish up to 25 tracks this way. Sonific will be be expanding on this Channel concept very soon.. stay tuned. And get your own, free, fully customizable playlists at Sonific!
Listen to my UK's best Channel - just hit the button below. Here is the tracklist, too
Qualo formerly known as Qualoheem, West- side Chicago hip-hop crew Qualo formed on the campus of the city's Lane Tech High School. According to Bob Mehr's profile in the August 26, 2005, edition of the Chicago Reader, founders Chicago Shawn (born Shawndell Lewis), Shala Esquire (Olusola Akintunde), Preast G (Trevell Ruffer), and Ken Winz (Kenneth Bayliss) were lifelong friends who spent their childhoods immersed in rap, honing their skills at local talent shows and street corner battles. After first appearing on a series of underground mixtapes, in 2000 Qualo issued its own compilation, Movementality, in addition to opening gigs in support of KRS-One and DMX. Their 2003 mix, Chi Bangin': The Movement Catalog, sold in excess of 10,000 copies, guaranteeing an installed fan base prior to the mid-2004 release of their debut LP, Believe. In the summer of 2005 Qualo signed to Universal, just prior to the release of Preast G's indie-label solo debut, Fear God, Tell the Truth and Make Money. This group is known for their diversity in the hip-hop world. Their sound has been classified as “political” or “alternative” rap. They’ve also worked with many Chicago- based artists such as Lupe Fiasco, Kanye West, Twista and influential producers The Molemen.
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Now, we all agree that Hotel California is THE best song ever written. Maybe so, or maybe it's just one of those magical tracks, but it is without any doubt the most played song in radio, ever. It's been voted as the best song ever by numerous radio stations and their audiences through out the years. It's kind of funny, because the song is very far from the basic formula of radio friendly pop music. First of all, it's way too long to be played in radio. The full lenght of the song is six minutes and thirty seconds. That's twice as much as the average radio hit. The song starts out with a looong intro, and goes out with a tremendous guitar solo, with lot's of high notes & bends. The word is that the song contains no less than eight guitar parts, from which 2 are played in unison harmonies right through the song from the first verse to the crescendo at the end of the solo. The text is far from your everyday pop "boy meets girl gets into relationship, maybe" -lyrics, containing a lot metaphors and giving some food for thought for those (and they are many) who try to understand the true meaning of it. And finally, the artists themselves, The Eagles was never your smiling popgroup from the cover of the teeny magazine, they were and are serious musicians who make great music without compromises.
I give you a version of Hotel California, with some alternative lyrics and instrumentation: take it away!
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