Hip Hop in Heels Blew My Speakers
So a month or so ago I had a major relapse and had some profound realisations about myself. After hallucinating for a night I broke the wall of silence about the depth of my transgender feelings to one of my best friends.
I cried on the way home listening to my iPod on shuffle because he had been so supportive about it and I never expected that. I cried at home and then slept.
The next day I decided to get all dolled up and spin some vinyl to cheer myself up. If you have ever wondered what kind of hip hop a transgender person listens to then read on. I call this set “Hip Hop in Heels” It was a 100% vinyl mix mostly off 12” singles.
During the mix I had a tragic accident that resulted in a broken turntable lid, a fault with one of my cartridges and a blown speaker. They are being repaired at the moment as long as my insurance people sort it out and pay up. There are some dangers in mixing in heels luckily though my footwear wasn’t damaged.
Note that there are probably only two female artists in this mix. Personally I don’t find much music that speaks from my (female) voice and prefer to delight in everyone’s expression. Plus I have a crush on MANY rappers, did you know Big Daddy Kane did a photo shoot for Playgirl? I bet you didn’t *giggle* I think more rappers should follow suit!
I was still quite ill and felt the power of the music even stronger than normal. I also had a delusion that my best friends were trying to share my experience by tripping on acid in the neighbours garden. I was playing loud enough for the whole street to hear to be honest.
Hip Hop in Heels:
Flying Lotus - 1984 (not sure which track)
Diamond and the Psychotic Neurotics - Sally got a one track Mind
De La Soul - Stakes is High
DJ Day - Got to get it right (not sure what track)
Pete Rock - Back on the Block (DJ Krush RMX)
Invisible - Streets be testing you
Large Pro - The Beginning
Lords of the Underground - Flow On (New Symphony) Pete Rock Remix
De La Soul - Pressure
Jaylib - Strip Club
Flying Lotus Feat Declaim - Whole Wide World
Stetsasonic - Talking all that Jazz (Extended Vocal)
A Tribe Called Quest - Jazz (we’ve got) (re-recording)
Common - The Game
Bahambadia - Commonwealth (Cheap Chicks)
Pete Rock and C. L. Smooth - Lots of Lovin
Chubb Rock - Lost in the Storm (Marley’s Hip Hop Remix)
Grand Puba - Ya Know How it Goes
Big Daddy Kane - I’ll Take You There
Pete Rock and C. L. Smooth - They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y)
The Roots - The Seed
Big L - Street Struck
Black Star - Twice inna Lifetime
Jay Dee - Fuck the Police
Oh No - Beware feat. Cali Agents (DJ Mitsu the Beats Remix)
Atmosphere - They All Get Mad at You <—- tragic accident here
Blacksheep - The Choice is Yours (Revisited)
Nightmares on Wax - 70s 80s (The Scientist Remix 1)
Five Deez - Fugg That
Heralds of Change feat. Oddisee - Show You (or b side)
Kazi - A.V.E.R.A.G.E
The Pharcyde - Runnin’ (Jay Dee Estended Mix)
Quasimoto - Basic Instinct
Kev Brown - Always
Kidz in the Hall - Wheelz Fall Off
Black Milk - Shut it Down
If I ever buy all these tracks on mp3 (I can’t be bothered to rip them all I will put the mix on 8tracks.com in the mean time if anyone wants to take a crack at doing it for me then feel free. Some of the tracks are quite hard to find so be warned.
