
I’m a night person, nearly nocturnal, and so you can frequently find me doing what I do (which usually includes playing with torches, various tools, and metals) at 3 AM… I wouldn’t be able to do it if I didn’t have the proper music selection to keep me going through the night.
Making the right choices at 3AM can be difficult. It needs to be something chill, but not boring. It needs to keep me pumped, but definitely not on an off-the-wall partying tip. My choices tend to have some sort of bizarre hypnotic, dream-like quality I can’t really put my finger on, but it breaks up what could otherwise potentially turn into a monotonous stream of music. I’ve found that, in hip-hop, this quality was most prevalent among independent artists in the mid-90’s.
I’m gonna start this up with something off of… Nocturnal! DUH.
Heltah Skeltah: Undastand
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Domino: Sweet Potato Pie
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Smif ‘N’ Wessun: Shinin… Next Shit
I love this entire album so so much… But I’ve probably mentioned that before.
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