Saturday, August 4, 2007

okey dokey.

Pino D'Angio. What a guy. If you like Twista, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony or pre-Reasonable Doubt era Jay-Z, as well as that Gary Low number that I posted, then you're in luck.

He was the best of both worlds in 1980. Like Sugar Hill Gang produced by Cerrone. Except that rappers weren't particularly fast in '80 and Cerrone wasn't really fucking with italo. With these two factors coming into play, (but not with each other) our ingeniously bold pal Pino decided to meld the two together and bang out some certified classics.

The best way to describe his formula would be:

Talking Fast eventually leads to Rapping Fast
+
Disco
eventually finds its way to Italy
=
Jams
to the effect of Ma Quale Idea

...or the following limber-tongued (pause!) Italo classic:

Pino D'Angio - Okey Okey

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