Quantcast
Retroselective: The Best of June 2009
July 3, 2009 – 9:15 pm | No Comment

Though all other stories this month were rightfully set aside by the upsetting news of Michael Jackson’s death, there were still many highlights to better help remember June in a more positive light. Here are 10 of the best as chosen by Culture Bully.

Read the full story »
Album Reviews

Unique perspectives and opinions on new and recent releases

Concert Photos/Reviews

Recapping and reviewing the musical goings-on around the Twin Cities

Interviews

Engaging discussions with local and national artists

Music News

News, notes and updates on bands, labels, and concerts

Spotlight

Highlighting songs and bands, old and new

Home » Spotlight

N.A.S.A. “Spacious Thoughts”

Submitted by Jon Behm on January 6, 2009 – 10:00 am2 Comments

nasa-group-promo-shot

First he collaborates with Atmosphere on last year’s When Life Gives you Lemons… and now Tom Waits is lending his growl to N.A.S.A.’s “Spacious Thoughts,” (alongside Kool Keith no less). How long before we can expect a full length Hip Hop record from the old man? You gotta hand it to him though, he knows how to pick em’. N.A.S.A. (North America/South America) is the partnership of soon-to-be superstars American DJ Squeak E. Clean (Sam Spiegel) and Brazilian DJ Zegon (Ze Gonzales). The duo utilizes a shared love of old school Brazilian funk to create masterfully crafted hip hop beats, and have partnered with a huge number of serious talents for their upcoming record. “Spacious Thoughts” presents a meeting of two of America’s most eccentric musical personalities in Waits and Keith. The union proves that not only does Dr. Dooom still have it, but Tom Waits can actually rap (sort of). He mostly grumbles/sings through his parts in his typical style (but come on, no one really wants to hear Tom Waits yes y’alling and shouting out to his homies). The backing beat is a pretty funky brass jam, but really only window dressing for Waits and Keith doing what they do best: being oddball geniuses.

N.A.S.A. feat. Tom Waits & Kool Keith “Spacious Thoughts” (mp3)

MySpace

Also: (N.A.S.A. 2009 Tour Dates | Triple Rock March 6)

Bookmark and Share

culture bully subscribe

2 Comments »

  • Chris DeLine says:

    I’m probably wrong, and correct me if I am, but I think things started to turn towards hip hop for Waits’ on ‘Real Gone’ when he had his son Casey join in, offering scratches and other turntablism to a few tracks.

  • el guante says:

    tom waits sounds like batman.

    this is pretty ridiculous though.

Leave a comment!

Add your comment below, or trackback from your own site. You can also subscribe to these comments via RSS.

Be nice. Keep it clean. Stay on topic. No spam.

You can use these tags:
<a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <strike> <strong>

This is a Gravatar-enabled weblog. To get your own globally-recognized-avatar, please register at Gravatar.