Yesterday, New Orleans-bred DJ Quickie Mart released the third volume in his smoke-filled series of hip-hop albums, Haze Diaries, with rapper Gotham Green. Quickie Mart produced the beats on 11 of the record’s 18 tracks, as well as providing turntable scratches and recording the entire album. Haze Diaries Vol. 3 provides an ideal sun-soaked soundtrack [...]
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Clearing the Desk: Porter, Simon, Mixtapes and More
July 1, 2010 – 5:23 pm
–Word has been floating around about George Porter, Jr.’s legal issues with his former management, Highsteppin’ Productions. Neither Porter nor his lawyer are talking on the record, so here’s the most complete account of what’s going on so far: Legendary New Orleans bassist George Porter Jr., best known for his work with The Meters, played to [...]
Gypsyphonic Disko, Nola-Phonic, Volume One (mixtape)
March 1, 2010 – 12:01 am
The talk of the town this last month has been unity. The overarching narrative of the Saints saga has been the way in which this Super Bowl season has brought New Orleanians (wherever they are) together across all lines and boundaries, whether economic, geographic, generational, or racial. Even more than during Mardi Gras, the Who [...]
DJ Quickie Mart, Brain Salad Surgery (mixtape)
March 1, 2010 – 12:01 am
Brain Salad Surgery is DJ Quickie Mart’s answer to Girl Talk, and at one level it’s a winner and at another, it’s a swing and a miss. Like Gregg Gillis—Girl Talk’s real name—Quickie Mart melds hundreds of uncleared rock, pop, soul and hip-hop samples into an entertaining mix, mashing up and building new songs out [...]
Mardi Gras Album Reviews: Gypsyphonic Disko & Krewe of Eris
February 12, 2010 – 3:18 pm
Gypsyphonic Disko Nola-Phonic, Volume One (mixtape) The talk of the town these days is unity. The overarching narrative of the Saints saga has been the way in which this Super Bowl season has brought New Orleanians (wherever they are) together across all lines and boundaries, whether economic, geographic, generational, or racial. Even more than during [...]
It’s Not Brain Surgery
November 16, 2009 – 11:37 am
DJ Quickie Mart comes from a family of lawyers. Lucky for him, he stumbled upon turntables when he was a teenager, and he’s never had to come up with a backup plan. Quickie Mart’s new album, Brain Salad Surgery (downloadable here), is an homage to the mashup DJs he’s looked up to for years. “[DJ] [...]
Missing the Point
October 20, 2009 – 11:23 am
Recently, I’ve received two new albums that are clearly inspired by the success of Girl Talk: Torn Up by E-603 and Brain Salad Surgery by DJ Quickie Mart. Both merge hip-hop and a constantly shifting bed of pop and rock hits; E-603′s pop/rock samples skews toward the alternative rock era and later, and Quickie Mart [...]
Various Artists, The Humid Sounds of Media Darling Records (Media Darling Records)
September 1, 2004 – 12:01 am
“Better than most crap,” declares the package of this CD once you take out the disc itself, a not-so-subtle dig at the predictability of the local hip-hop scene. This upstart local label impresses with their packaging—you’d never guess this came from the same town responsible for, say, Master P’s garish covers. But then, that’s the [...]
