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Go Ghana!

07.02.2010 – 4:02 pm

Those that know me well know that I’m rooting for the geopolitical underdogs to win the FIFA World Cup (I can’t shed politics, yo! And how thrilling would it be to see a European nation get their asses whooped by a country from the Global South?). So what does soccer have to do with music? [...]

By MissRuckus | Posted in Afro, MissRuckus, Other mixes, Politics, Tropical Funk, World, Worldbeat | Also tagged Akoya Afrobeat, alhaji k. frimpong, Beyondjazz, Bugz In The Attic, Chico Mann, D’Angelo, Etoile de Dakar, femi kuti, FIFA, Franck Biyong, Gasper-Lawal, Geraldo Pino, ghana, heliocentrics, Hugh Masekela, hypnotic brass ensemble, k'naan, Kaleta, Konono No. 1, Langa Traditional Singers, Lekan Babalola, Macy Gray, Manu Dibango, mulatu astatke, Nomo, Ogyatanaa Show Band, Oscar Sulley, Spoek Mathambo, Super Eagles, The Ashantis, The Funkees, Tony Allen, Wale Oyejide, William Onyeabor, World Cup | Comments (0)

MissRuckus' Top 25 Albums, 2000-2009

01.09.2010 – 3:54 am

How have 10 years gone by so fast? Wasn’t it just last week that we were stashing away emergency rations in our basements, getting all ready for the apocalypse (aka Y2K)? This past decade was an interesting one for me because 2000 marked the actual year that I really began my increasing transition from guitars [...]

By MissRuckus | Posted in Afro, Dubstep/Bass, Electronic, Funk, Hip Hop, House, Indie, Jazz, Leftfield, MissRuckus, Techno, Tropical Funk, World | Also tagged akufen, aloe blacc, amon tobin, arcade fire, best albums, best of decade, blonde redhead, blue note, bonobo, budos band, burial, cedric brooks, deadbeat, deepchord, echospace, four tet, hood, hypnotic brass ensemble, j dilla, light of saba, M.I.A., madlib, madvillain, metro area, moodymann, mulatu astatke, outkast, poets of rhythm, prefuse 73, quannum, quantic, rhythm & sound, RJD2, solesides, the avalanches, the postal service, the roots, theo parrish, top albums, up bustle and out | Comments (7)