Nothing much happening in music land these days. Hope you had a good break.
The latest Nike ad with Lebron James and directed by Mark Romanek uses Cornershop's "Candyman" from When I Was Born For the Seventh Time. That 1997 album is one of the most unappreciated albums from that decade. You have a wonderful menagerie of 60s British psychedelia, Asian pop and modern hip-hop beats.
Besides "Candyman," you obviously get Brimful of Asha, "Good to Be on the Road Back Home" with Paula Frazier of Tarnation, "Good Shit" (or "Good Stuff" for Target) and "Funky Days Are Back Again". "Candyman" features the rapping of Justin Warfield, now of She Wants Revenge (for awful this band is).
This all begs the question, where the hell is Cornershop ... ? A quick peak at their website and myspace page features a teaser music from a new album with no release date at this time. It would be their first album since 2002's Handcream for a Generation. As a whole that album wasn't close to the perfection of When I Was Born, but had some fun poppy tracks like "Staging the Plaguing of the Raised Platform" and "Lessons Learned from Rocky I to Rocky III".
As for the stylish Nike Ad, you'll see an appearance of rapper and conviction-pending felon Lil Wayne. As long as you buy those kicks, you don't need to be reminded that he has a few run-ins with the 5-0. Lebron hangs with Lil Wayne, he's got street cred!
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