SOUNDTRACK: BUDDY & KENT JAMZ-Tiny Desk (Home) Concert #25 (May 22, 2020)
It’s fascinating to learn that there’s an artist (or two) who are apparently well-known enough to not need an introduction that you have not heard of.
Or that you have not only heard of one of them, but even posted about his Tiny Desk Concert just five months ago and since then you have completely forgotten about him.
Such is the case with Buddy, who had a Tiny Desk in January, although I don’t think that Kent was there. All I remember about that Tiny Desk (after looking it up) is that Buddy wanted to smoke a joint in the office. And maybe that’s all I needed to take away.
Buddy and Kent Jamz aren’t just the life of the party, they’re the last two to leave. … So in the vein of Method Man and Redman, Cheech and Chong, and other mischievous pairings, they bring us the after-afterparty. For their Tiny Desk home session, or Jank session as they put it, they mirror the cover of their new project, Janktape Vol. 1: seated on a couch, red cups and bottles scattered, with the 1990s cult classic cartoon Bebe’s Kids projecting on the wall behind them. From their quarantine quarters in Los Angeles, they trade melodic bars and hooks from Janktape, with a little help from socially distanced Brody Brown on bass and keys.
I was surprised to see that this set was only 11 minutes long. The songs flow together pretty seamlessly. Their rapping and singing is chill and they are clearly enjoying themselves. I enjoyed some of the lyrics
“She Think” has this fun intro
She saw me on TV and she think she falling in love
she smoke up all my weed and she think she falling in love
Kent says this is by Axel Foley who I know is an Eddie Murphy character, so is that the name of a rapper or are they just messing?
“For The Ladies” has a cool retro dance sound. I wonder if the songs are more than just a loop when properly played without just Brody Brown (appropriately masked) playing everything. Obviously this song is for the ladies. This verse made me smile
one time for the groupies
two times for the hoochies
hop in the Jacuzzi
this is gonna be a doozy
Pretty much the entire lyric of “Inconsistent” is “she says I’m inconsistent.” But “Terrified” has a bouncy melody. I guess like an after party, this is nice to hear but easily forgotten.
[READ: May 20, 2020] Five Years #7
There’s not much left in this story, so how can Terry Moore spend an entire issue where nothing (really) happens?
Because this issue is wonderful.
There’s some great art, an amazing flashback and a fascinating action sequence.
Katchoo flies to Russia and in the voice over she says she’s never been there before (which is surprising) and doesn’t know the language.
Tambi got her a room so she doesn’t have to worry about that. It’s no Marriott, thats’ for sure.
She hasn’t slept lately and she is miserable. But when she opens up the window and stares outside she sees how beautiful Moscow is.
Just as things seem to look up, someone shoves her out the window (she’s five flights up). Luckily it has been snowing a lot.
The cover of this issue shows Katchoo with David. I totally forgot about David and had to look up who he was in the story. Well, I remembered who he was but forgot how his story ended. He is the (deceased) father of Koo and Ashley.
She is so happy to see him, they have a tender reunion. But he is there for an important reason. To wake her the hell up.
When she comes to, the woman who tried to kill her is pretty surprised, but she’s got a gun so its no big deal.
The end of the issue looks bad. Until someone I don’t recognize offers Katchoo a friendly hand.
So not much happened here, bit it was a great issue.
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