“Happy Birthday Marc” MJF Mix

August 25, 2011 Bauce Sauce 6 comments

August 25, 1987: the day JUICE was created, manliness was reinvented, and the the world started to make sense. It is the womb expulsion anniversary of Mr. Marcus aka Jamarcus fka “One Take” Jamarcus bka Marc. The founder of MJF and personal gigolo of Zoya turns 24. Hurts when breathe, I’m sure. We can all attest that this blog holds a certain place in our lives and in the subcockle regions of our hearts. For the writers, it gives us a creative outlet and a way to flex our love of music and pop culture. For music junkies, it allows them to keep abreast of new music worth listening to. And for all of us, it allows us the opportunity to engage with MJF/Marc on Twitter and Facebook, which, unless you are someone like this guy, usually leaves you with a smile on your face, a flutter in your heart and a half-chub. NO FUCKING HOMO THOUGH. We originally tried to get a Happy Birthday song written by Michael Jackson and have perfect-pitch contributor LoneXionc perform it, but then we learned MJ gone… our albino dead. So, The Black Kevin Arnold came up with the idea to pay homage to El Jefe by having each contributor pick a song that embodies Marc (Entire mix is downloadable at the bottom plus a bonus, unreleased “One Take Jamarcus” freestyle). We thought this would bring a happy note to the otherwise fact that his life is essentially over.

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meet the talent: Ben aka DJ Threat

August 19, 2010 marc No comments yet

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what was the first CD or tape that you ever bought?

-Don’t think it was the first but the most memorable would definitely have to be Jay-Z’s The Blueprint. Between the rhymes and the production on that album it has to be my favorite Jay album. I think a lot of the best Jay songs aren’t even released as singles so when I go back and listen to “Never Change” and “Hola Hovito” its dope to reminisce about one of my first purchases.

what was the most recent CD you purchased?

Kanye’s “Graduation.” One of my favorite Hip-Hop albums of all time. The man just understands music. I don’t know a handful of Hip-Hop producers or artists that bring full orchestras into the studio to record and album. Favorite track on there would have to either be “I Wonder” or “Good Morning”.

describe your most memorable concert experience.

The most memorable would definitely have to be being front row for Jay-Z’s Blueprint 3 Tour this past March. He came up from under the stage, the setlist was ridiculous and he put on a crazy show, with Jeezy and Trey Songz as the openers. My favorite, most unique show ive ever been to would have to be Kanye’s Glow in the Dark Tour in Chicago after Graduation dropped. He came out on a spaceship, he and his band dressed in spacesuits and the stage and sets were unreal.

what is your biggest musical guilty pleasure (something you’d be embarrassed to have come up on shuffle but secretly love)

-Every once in a while, there’ll be some girl pop that I get into. I like some of Colbie Caillat’s music. I can’t help but get excited when I hear Waka Flocka Flame’s “O Lets Do It”. The song’s crunk as hell. Just sayin…

do you have a favorite song, artist or CD?

Rap: Jay-Z, Biggie, Kanye West, Wiz Khalifa and Big Sean (not my top 5 just my favorites)
Indie: Elliott Smith
Electronic/Electro: Daft Punk, Justice and A Trak
Rock/Pop: Red Hot Chili Peppers (Blood Sugar Sex Magik is greaat), The Strokes, Vampire Weekend

Meet Stuart, MJF’s Secret Weapon

July 19, 2010 marc 1 comment

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what was the first CD or tape that you ever bought?

The first tape I remember my parents buying for me was Michael Jackson Thriller in like 2nd grade. I was all about MJ. BUT the first tape I remember buying with my own money was at the Walgreens on 38th St in the Nappy Nap and that tape was…Country Grammar, the single by Nelly. That was the illest shit. My dad did not enjoy it as we bumped it on the way home.

what was the most recent CD you purchased?

The most recent CD that I physically went and bought was Vampire Weekend Contra. What an ill CD. Shout out to Ezra.

describe your most memorable concert experience.

My favorite concert of all time was when I saw George Clinton and the Parliament Funkadelic in AMSTERDAM. No joke, I was 17, my mind was free, I was on many-a substance and it was George Clinton’s fucking birthday. Amazing.

what is your biggest musical guilty pleasure (something you’d be embarrassed to have come up on shuffle but secretly love)

Well, I just checked my top 25 most played and Jesse McCartney’s Leavin’ is up on that shit and I have to admit, I do love that song. But also in constant rotation is Spice Girls, O-town and a bunch of other super embarrassing, yet extremely catchy, hits

do you have a favorite song, artist or CD?

Favorite Song: Hard to pick but I’d say Donovan-Atlantis, Bob Marley-Stir it up, and Crimson and Clover all tie.

Favorite Artist: Vampire Weekend, for sure.

Favorite CD: Hmmmm, Probably this band from Kansas who never blew up (but did party at my house in Bloomington) Fourth of July- On the Plains. In fact, I’ll blog their shit later

when Stuart isn’t busy working as an NBC Page at 30 Rock or with his lovely girlfriend in the Garden State, he’s in the lab making hits as part of the Fresh Boy All-Stars working with world renown producer G. Steel

get to know Collin

June 13, 2010 Collin No comments yet

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what was the first CD or tape that you ever bought?
First CD ever bought for me was the ‘Dangerous Minds’ OST, featuring Coolio’s “Gangsta’s Paradise” of course, though my favorite track of the album was and has always been Rappin 4-Tay’s “Message for your Mind.” First CD I ever bought myself was Michael Jackson’s ‘HIStory: Past, Present & Future.” What can I say – I grew up listening to MJ.

what was the most recent CD you purchased?
As in physically bought at a store? Bloc Party’s ‘Silent Alarm’, back in 2005. If I buy anything, I buy it in digital form. Last album purchased digitally: Electric President’s ‘The Violent Blue.’

describe your most memorable concert experience.
FACT: I’ve never been to a concert.
[editors note: will someone take collin to a show? that's ridiculous!]

what is your biggest musical guilty pleasure?
A healthy percentage of my music. Hard to choose, but any of the following: the arcade-trance assault of Emotional Joystick’s “Ignite”, pretty much the entire Nappy Roots’ ‘Humdinger’ album, “Snails” by The Format and other related “cute” music, The New Amsterdams’ “Idaho” because it encourages me to sing along and, of course, all my 90s music.

do you have a favorite song/artist/cd?
Bear Colony, Electric President and Kyle Andrews are always in rotation.

if you could hang out with any recording artist (dead or alive) who would you choose and why?
Justin Bieber obviously. For Twitter followers and the opportunity to parlay my own auto-tuned godliness into sex icon status.

snitzy???

June 6, 2010 dsnitz 2 comments

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what was the first CD or tape that you ever bought?
proud to say the first CD i purchased with my own funds (lil bro and i actually pooled our allowance to pull this off, karma used to be on some $16.99 per CD shit, pre best buy days) was dr.dre’s the chronic. this was in early 92 or early 93 so i was about 10 or 11. mom fought us over this purchase but given the fact that it was our money and she had no clue what “chronic” meant we were allowed to buy. we went straight home and wore that album out on our cheap ass sony boom box. as far as tapes go, i have no idea. i remember getting mc hammer tapes and vanilla ice tapes for xmas and i used to keep paperboys (of the ditty fame) tape in my sock drawer.

what was the most recent CD you purchased?
the last CD i purchased was elliott smith’s self titled album or radiohead’s hail to the thief. i wanted some physical copies of these two albums as they are two of my all time favs. but it was probably 3 years ago when i purchased them. is that bad? now i just pray for music and it magically appears on my external hard drive.

describe your most memorable concert experience.
i’ve been a concert junkie the past few years. tons of shows and almost all of them have been good. just a few letdowns. it’s tough to pick the most memorable but i would have to go with lollapalooza in 2003 back when it was still a traveling festival. i attended the show with my late great best friend (who passed away 2 months later) and i remember it started storming during incubus’s set, show was delayed, we were allowed pass outs to the parking lot to go chug more beverages, storm slowed, they finished it and it was a party in the rain type moment. later another friend literally took a running start and sort of tackled his ford explorer, shattering the window. pretty memorable.

what is your biggest musical guilty pleasure?
i am having a hard time figuring out what I would be embarrassed by. maybe all the chick stuff i listen to? like feist and cat power, norah jones, lykke li? but i’m not really ashamed of them. i do have a fondness for johnny cash. really despise country except for him and willie nelson. my xm radio has been stuck on the symphony channel as of late, and i listen to books on my zune. currently relistening (did I make up a word right there?) to the universe in a nutshell by stephen hawking. guess that’s sort of embarrassing.

do you have a favorite song/artist/cd?
this is basically impossible to determine these, but i will try. if i could just listen to 3 artists and their catalogue of music (including solo efforts, and b-sides, etc.) I would take radiohead, outkast, and elliott smith, i have played the hell out of all 3 of these artists and listened to about everything they’ve ever done and although i take breaks from them i don’t go very long without going back. these would be the 3 artists I would take albums from if i were told i was going to be lost on an island (minus polar bears, smoke monsters, hatches, and what not) and could only have a few albums to listen to for my remaining days there. i give them all big points on replay value. my all time favorite song may be “god” by john lennon. so simple but so profound and in line with my personal beliefs in its message.

if you could hang out with any recording artist (dead or alive) who would you choose and why?

i would really like to pick the brains of some of these people more so than “hang” with them. but i would go with john lennon, elliott smith, and thom yorke. i think all 3 of these dudes were/are their own person in every way. seems they led more than followed and weren’t afraid to speak their mind on things, even when it didn’t agree with the popular opinion. and not too mention i consider all 3 straight genius in their respective musical areas of expertise.

dr spaceman dr spaceman. earth to kevin kyle

June 4, 2010 marc 2 comments

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what was the first CD or tape that you ever bought?
The first tape I ever bought was defiantly the Lion King. That ish was so sick back in the day; I listened to non-stop. Circle of Life, I Just Can’t Wait to be King, Hakuna Matata, and Can You Feel the Love Tonight!!!! I even made copies of it using my dual cassette boombox.

what was the most recent CD you purchased?
The most recent CD I bought was Gonjasurfi: A Surfi and A Killer, from Landlocked Records in Bloomington. The Gaslamp Killer with some crazy psychedelic production. I’m too lazy to buy an AUX cord for my car so i’m a pretty frequent CD buyer.

describe your most memorable concert experience.
So many crazy concerts! So little I remember… I guess last summer at Lollapalooza takes the cake. After a long and intense afternoon filled with frightening images and crazy thoughts of dehydration, I found myself musically frustrated. Other than Atmosphere there was nothing around that I was really felling. During a down point we decided to find some shade by Perry’s Stage. Within minutes my newfound love for Electronic music was born. All thanks to LA Riots, Diplo and Bassnectar. I pretty much lost my mind and instantly fell in love with heavy bass and mechanical noises. The most memorable part of the madness was the multiple times when Diplo would raise his finger in the air signaling to thousands of people when they are and are not allowed to dance. I wanna have that power! Everything else is just an amazing dream like blur of great music and lots of raging. It changed my life and now I’ma robot named Kyle! Ha.

what is your biggest musical guilty pleasure?
I like that Owl City song… I don’t know why, but for some reason I can’t stop listening when it comes on. I can’t believe I telling y’all that.

I have tooo many favorites … I’ll break it down by genre. (Completely un-necessary but I can’t decide on just one or two)

Hip-hop:
Zumbi from Zion I ~ artist
Illmatic: Nas ~ CD
Can I Kick it: A tribe Called Quest ~ song

Alt Rock:
Ratatat ~ artist
Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots: The Flaming Lips ~ CD
In the Morning of the Magicians- The Flaming Lips ~ song

R&B:
Boyz II Men ~ artist
All John Legend ~ CD
No diggity- Blackstreet ~ song

Electronic:
Diplo ~ artist
Drift: Nosaj Thing ~ CD
Lights (Eyes Dubstep Remix)- Ellie Goulding & Warp 1.9- The Bloody Beetroots ~ Songs

Reggae:
Bob Marley ~ artist
Gunz don’t kill people Lazers… Do: Major Lazer ~ CD
Brothers & Sisters- SOJA ~song

Honorable Mentions: haha told you I have a lot of favorites
Mux Mool
Rusko
Kavasrave
Joker
The Cool Kids
Flying Lotus
& many more..

here’s what kyle is listening to lately:

he’s wild, he’s crazy he’s ETHAN

June 4, 2010 marc 2 comments

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Ethan is modest and doesn’t want to self-promote. but he’s in a really great band called The Working Hour

what was the first CD or tape that you ever bought?
The first CD I bought with my own money was Blink182′s “Take Off Your Pants and Jacket,” I think. I didn’t start having my own money for a while, seeing that I believe that album came out when I was in 7th or 8th grade. I’m proud to say, however, that the first CD I ever received was the “Semi-Charmed Life” single (by Third Eye Blind) and the “All For You” single (by Sister Hazel). Do they even sell singles anymore?

what was the most recent CD you purchased?
This is sad, but I can’t remember the last physical CD I purchased. I feel like the last physical copy of CD I bought was probably a present and I probably didn’t dig what I bought, or else I would’ve kept it for myself. According to my Itunes though the last album I purchased was TV On The Radio’s “Dear Science.” Awesome album! But still, maybe I should stop downloading music.

describe your most memorable concert experience.
I’ve been to so many concerts and had too many great experiences! The two that stick out the most were actually at the music festival Lollapalooza. The first one would be when I saw Daft Punk. I swear to god it was a religious experience. I’ve never been around so many happy people at once. It was the most insane thing I have ever witnessed. The other would be when I saw Rage Against The Machine. Now, I have been a Rage fan since I was in 4th grade and was devastated when they broke. I thought I would never get to see them. So when Lolla said they were coming you know I was there. Anyway they started playing and I couldn’t get as close as I wanted so naturally I started crying. Literally just bawling. It was super embarrassing.

what is your biggest musical guilty pleasure?
Pretty much everyone knows this about me, but I have a weird obsession with High School Musical. It has even come to the point where I’m not embarrassed about it anymore simply because most people know. But still, it is hard to explain sometimes when a person I just meet is going to through my Itunes and sees three soundtracks worth of High School Musical music.

if you could hang out with any recording artist (dead or alive) who would you choose and why?
Hands down…Amy Winehouse. She is my favorite recording artist ever. I love everything she comes out with. She is also such a bad ass. Say what you will about her drug abuse, her irrational behavior, and her trashy public appearances…she is still the most talented and well-studied singer alive today. Not saying I condone or encourage the drug use, but doesn’t that sort of make her fit the mold of the rockstar? Sex, Drugs, Rock ‘n’ Roll? What happened to that? And it’s even cooler cause she’s changed it to “Sex, Drugs, Jazz and RnB.” I love Amy!

just the latest addition to the MJF team, meet natalie:

June 4, 2010 marc 6 comments

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what was the first CD or tape that you ever bought?
the first cd i bought myself was The Rebrandts, but i know i had janet and paula tapes, and the first music i really remember listening to other than sharon lois and braham, and disney stuff, is paul simon, the rolling stones, aretha franklin and anita baker (thanks dad)

what was the most recent CD you purchased?
i’m sad to say… i’m pretty sure christina aguilera, justin timberlake and john mayer all had albs come out around my… senior? yr of college. those were the last cd’s i bought. i’m a pirate.

describe your most memorable concert experience.
haven’t been in forever, ashamed again. but i’m going to the xx in 4 days!!! honestly, guster my freshman year of college in the back yard of some frat was so fun and amazing b/c the crowd was so small and no one knew them.

what is your biggest musical guilty pleasure?
i LOVE old pop, bsb, nsync, oh and i love nelly and the st lunatics but im not even ashamed about that.

do you have a favorite song, artist or CD?
my favorite all time song is “Forgot about Dre,” and my second favorite song of all time is “Claire de Lune” by Debussy … weird spread there. favorite cd of all time… ahh, either Enema of the State by blink 182, or living in clip by ani difranco, although i have to give props to the first mixtape dsnitz gave me titled “Water is useless to me,” its the reason why i like cool shit now.

if you could hang out with any recording artist (dead or alive) who would you choose and why?
oooo, donald glover? i mean i just love him right now. hmm mick jagger? jayz? i think mayer hawthorne would be super cool… i would want to hang out with someone that wouldn’t have the desire to serenade me (barf) and would want to just have fun while listening to sweet music. but if i were to work for an artist as a dancer?… janet. for sure. or justin, obviously.