TIL: In 2019, a lawyer and a software developer brute force copyrighted every possible melody and entered them into public domain to insulate musicians from ‘stolen melody’ lawsuits. [Source]

We continue with 1985 in my project #50yearsofhiphop
One of the most classic Hip Hop tracks was released back then. And once again Beatboxing elements are an important part. We're talking about the artists Doug E. Fresh & The Get Fresh Crew, featuring Rapper Slick Rick. The Song is called "The Show".
https://open.spotify.com/track/44iLnduItRWVrAy2zELmgx?si=WD2pVLVkTyOhh03zVIo6lQ
On the B-Side of the single "La Di Da Di" can be found. The song became one of the most sampled in music history by artists ranging from Snopp Dogg over Nas, Beastie Boys, Miley Cyrus and many others. Slick Ricks music itself was sampled over 1000 times to this day.
https://open.spotify.com/track/6omRH0lQVGINWfOFOSsspl?si=m-SkEt_MS3SFyzGO50_TLQ

A forgotten classic is the debut album of Mantronix. Songs like "Fresh is the Word", "Needle to the Groove" and especially the lead single "Bassline" with lots of electro-induced bass. https://open.spotify.com/track/4iuO0dinw5Bm18pXbZok8w?si=EF_W4eqOSpeHZw-e_rwbgQ

Another (battle) Rapper that released in 1985 was Roxanne Shante. Just like her legendary track "Roxanne's Revenge" a year earlier, "Queen of Rox" was completely freestyled. As part of Marley Marl's Juice Crew, she was the first female MC to leave a big mark on the game. Probably her best song in 1985 was this one, though: https://youtu.be/FP74jcBwvQo?feature=shared
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Honorable mentions for this year go out to one of the first songs by the Beastie Boys ("She's on it") and Ice T ("Killers"). LL Cool J released his debut album "Radio" with classics like "Rock the Bells" and of course "I can't live without my Radio". Run-D.M.C's lead track from their 2nd album "King of Rock" had huge crossover appeal: https://open.spotify.com/track/7sDrsnfBNBCmUpuXXJEK0l?si=Ee3TMql7Su-bBzQ-6c8NFA
Other memorable songs in 1985 came from Westcoast pioneer and pimp Rapper Too $hort https://open.spotify.com/track/7nSqjc1qrrep2hZRMmr3o0?si=sYlFJQIATpeJdvbjDSmFXg
and Schooly D's "P.S.K. -What does it mean?" was one of the first tracks labelled Gangsta Rap. https://open.spotify.com/track/3StKzbpR9dRZB8epDx4KDW?si=A-51InpUTZGL5JoQ50muyA
His "Gucci Time" moreover established a long lasting tradition of Rappers naming their songs after (fashion) brands. This phenomenon of hypercapitalist topics in Hip Hop alone would be worth a long essay.
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Der *neoliberale Schweizer Think-Tank Avenir Suisse wieder mal...es ist Wahlkampf in der Schweiz.

Song of the day 🗽🚔: https://open.spotify.com/track/7vbv1mNw1fhMCaqbJ5haAT?si=iyEWw-LrToCU81SNdir3uw

I post so much Mr. Waits would be very disappointed 😂

Vorerst fallen 3000 Stellen weg. Es könnten aber auch 30'000 Stellen abgebaut werden.
https://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/die-neue-grossbank-die-wichtigsten-fragen-und-antworten-zum-ubs-deal-669643926731

Song of the day 🗽🦍: https://open.spotify.com/track/5TMiDIESljV4K7yCBE9U4y?si=NGQkJqrCT7as-_1QbG6n2g

TIL: That during the Apollo 11 moon landing, Neil Armstrong was the only one operating the Hasselbad camera and almost all pictures he took were of Buzz Aldrin, NASA could only find 1 picture of Armstrong taken by Aldrin (who was busy with experiments) on that fateful day [Source]