Mike Rizzy

Somebody told me I need to give a little background to each of my posts so yeah I decided that might be a good idea. I decided to start off by doing a Neptunes mix for one because I am from Virginia, and two because they really had a huge impact on radio. The first song I probably heard from the neptunes was “Use Your Heart” by SWV. That song is still one of my favorites by them today. The crazy thing about that song is that there’s actually a sample on that and as you can tell from most of their work they don’t usually sample. Everybody knows their whole catalog but there are two pieces of work by them that will always stick out in my mind. One of them was the “Kaleidescope” (think thats how you spell it) by Kelis. This album came out around 99 and to me it was just ahead of its time. Songs like Roller Rink, No Turning Back, Game Show, etc were like nothing i’ve ever heard before. That album still gets plenty of burn in my ipod so yeah go check that out. The other album i liked was the original NERD album “In Search Of..” without the live instruments. That album to me was just exactly what i liked about them and thats hard hitting drums, deep bass, and lush arrangements. I always felt like that album didn’t get the promotion it deserved but I guess the labels had a hard time figuring out which demographic to cater to because if you think about it, it wasn’t exactly just hip hop or rock. But yeah if you have a favorite feel free to tell me about it here or add me on myspace (myspace.com/mikerizzyktp). I love talking music all the time so get at me. Thanks again for checking this out. I’m not sure which post i’m gonna do next but in the near future i plan to definitely do a J Dilla Mix, 80’s Mix, Classic Dancehall, maybe a Nas one or who knows what else so stay tuned. Much love and respect to everybody.

- Rizzy

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