Christmas Came Early: Part 1

Happy Holidays, y'all.

I bought Christmas presents for my fam today, so I suppose I'm in the giving mood. Remember when I told you last week about  Zo's new shit? Well, I wasn't allowed to share anything because everything was too "young, fresh, and new" and I wasn't allowed access to any mp3s, though I did hear them. 

Zo! and Phonte of Little Brother are working on a cover project titled "Zo! and Tigallo Love the 80s," and if you go to Zo!'s MySpace page, you can listen to  (and download) a few of the tracks for free. 

This new song, however, is sans Phonte. It's a wonderful instrumental cover of Don Blackman's 1982 ballad, "Loving You, Holding You." Peep the original and Zo!'s version, "Holding You, Loving You" below:

Don Blackman "Loving You, Holding You" (5.5 MB)

Zo! "Holding You, Loving You" (6.4 MB)

Part 2 coming soon!

12.4.07: The Pictures

(Top L to R): Eric, Nathan, Zo!, jben.ok, Nyadenya

(Bottom, the one and only): The Great White Mark

12.4.07: Zo! and Special Guests

Tonight we're on live from 8-10 pm and it's The Great White Mark's final show. 

The 8 pm slot will see our first appearance from hip-hop producer Zo!, who has produced for Little Brother, Median, and Slum Village. He'll be live in-studio and hopefully he'll bring along some goodies, including some material from his project with Phonte of Little Brother.

The 9 pm slot, well, I'm not really sure what to expect. Mark is bringing some special guests down from New York, so I have no idea what's going down. 

It being Mark's last show, I'm almost positive he'll handle both interviews, so you may only hear my voice once or twice. Oh, and with Mark's departure comes the arrival of two of my good friends, Eric and Nathan, who have yet to develop solid on-air monikers. I'm sure Eric will come up with something soon, as you can expect a few posts from him on this very site. 

Be sure to listen LIVE at gwradio.com tonight from 8-10 pm

And I'll leave you with a cut from the Zo! and Phonte project, and a tremendous cover of Aha's Take On Me: