Name: Flip Delegate - "Livest of Men" by Nameles
Duration: 4 min 15 s
Description: Flip Delegate is one of my favorite emcees that no one's ever heard of. He rocked this beat to the point it gave me chills. He showed up to the lab that day and had me blown away as I sat there behind the boards. This is definitely one of my favorite pieces I've had the pleasure of producing.

Flip Delegate, Jo Saint, DJ Handprints, and yours truly combined to make Main Ingredients, a group based out of the California's San Fernando Valley in the early 2000s. This was a theme track we did called "Kung-Fu," an ode to all the horrible martial arts flicks we used to watch. Now I write about and cover mixed martial arts as a reporter. I guess the song was a sign.

Kung Fu (Main Ingredients)

Budz ft. Westside Gunn & Conway (Produced by Alchemist)

Flip Delegate is one of my favorite emcees that no one's ever heard of. He rocked this beat to the point it gave me chills. He showed up to the lab that day and had me blown away as I sat there behind the boards. This is definitely one of my favorite pieces I've had the pleasure of producing.

Flip Delegate - "Livest of Men"

Glowing new review on Dec. 11, '20: "Grab some spiked egg nog, a bong, and a huge bowl of Gingerbread Cookies and kick back with this greWVee slice of Christmas chill.  Canadian artist Spinman Finn's HavaVery greWVee Christmas, has you covered. With a really nice laid back fusion of Blues, Funk, Hip-Hop, & Psychedelic Rock, that recalls classic fusion and sampler happy rock artists like Beck and Fun Lovin' Criminals, this track is a nice hypnotic throwback to a time when pop music was more experimental. The lyrics are a hilariously simple call for a new drum kit for Christmas. The track hazily rolls along without ever meandering, keeping the listener interested throughout the entire song. The backing Gospel vocals are a really nice and classy touch, and the choice of samples works really well with the overall Christmas vibe of the song. All aboard, the greWVee train!


Strongest Point(s): 
A very pleasing variety of textures. As mentioned above, the song never meanders and continuously introduces new sonic elements, all of which are engaging and create a fun listening experience. Also, it's great that I can't tell what is a real instrument, and what is being sampled. That shows really strong mixing.


Target Audience Appeal: 
Fans of jam bands, Alternative Hip-Hop, Psych Rock, Funk and Stoner Rock would totally dig this track. Definitely try and appeal to the 90's Alternative/Funk/Ska revival fans. This is right up there alley too. Fun, non-obnoxious Christmas songs are rare, so it's always good to find more of them and a lot of people appreciate coming across unique holiday songs. Anyone into more experimental pop would probably at the very least appreciate the originality and laid back nature of this song. 


Artist target suggestions: 
The Avalanches, Beck, Fun Lovin Criminals, Butthole Surfers, Alabama 3, Big Audio Dynamite, Seasick Steve, Consolidated, Prince, Stereo MC's, Pop Will Eat Itself, etc.



About the Reviewer:
Joshua A. Pfeiffer is a music nerd who spends countless hours researching music, and creating public playlists and DJ mixes, to spread awareness of surfacing musicians and to highlight the wonderful world of music history. He has a deep affection for most genres and eras of music, is an active, professional, award-winning DJ (DJ FACT.50 - Best of the Bay 2019 ~ SF Weekly), twitch streamer, amateur audio engineer and working musician. As founder, lead singer, and co-songwriter of the band; Vernian Process, he has over 15 years of experience in the music industry. And for nearly a decade, he was the owner and head writer for the online community post-punk.com.

PREPARE~ yo, ho, ho;  fellow artists, dm me here with a link to your Christmas track and i'll add it to my Holiday playlist.   Meanwhile, enjoy our latest remix from the Spinman Finn f. Feloniou$ Munks classic, greWVee Train!

music written/recorded by Orme / Krain
except Lead Guitar courtesy;  Tod Salin
Vocals: Lisa & Gregory Lindo / Wakefield Brewster & Finnbrad Orme
scratches/arrangements/Production from Spinman Finn
©2018-19, Urban Must Music (SOCAN).
direct inquiries to spinmanfinn@gmail.com
very followable on Twitter @SpinmanFinn #Death2theLoop
for sonic inspirations search Spinman Finnlist on youtube.com
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Lyrics:
Time we start that December mantra/be good to me, good ol' Santa, by the fireplace- stuff the socks, if nuthin' else, for the way i rocks... Goldilocks dreams of sugar plums while all i want's a new set of drums, Ludwig, to be specific, but hey- Monsieur Kringle, Pearl would still be terrific....

but more than anything, Santa Claus, if i could get some peace on this Earth, i would be the happiest boy in town... i know i'm askin' for a lot- but tha's juss me.

Flip Delegate - "Livest of Men"

Nameles

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