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Celebration Rap

What do you get when you put together an 80's drum machine/keyboard, samples of We Are Family by Sister Sledge, Celebration by Kool and the Gang, Holiday by Madonna and a riff on Summer Holiday by Cliff Richard, some very primitive beat boxing and two super white dutch emcees? Two absolutely fun and infectious (and yes corny) rap singles from from 1986 by MC Miker G & DJ Sven, Celebration Rap and Holiday Rap. Whether you listen to the isolated vocals or instrumental there is no doubt that these songs are from the 80's but damn are they exquisite. Years ago I saw the music video for Holiday Rap on Much Music (yes, back when Music was still uttered after Much) and it always stuck with me. A couple weeks ago I was paroozing Recordland in Calgary looking for Solitair's Easy to Slip single (dope song) and I stumbled into the MC Miker G section marker. How is there a full section for a one hit wonder you ask? Because it's not all about the hits man. So I picked up Holiday, Celebration and a 90's dance single from Miker G (no Sven) Show M the Bass (not as good as his work with Sven). And was pleasantly surprised that the duo brought the fire with all their '86 output (including the Bsides Play it Loud and Whimsical Touch). Sometimes one just wants to turn off their brain and dance..this is the music to do that to.

Anyway, recently a fellow chip (from what I understand, specifically tortilla) enthusiast was on a holiday and she very thoughtfully brought me back a bag of Tostitos Salsa Verde (Preparalos A Tu Gusto [which is on the front of the bag but doesn't really have anything to do with the flavour {but on the back of the bag there's a picture of a taco in a bag suggestion with I think a list of the suggested toppings?}]) from Mexico (thanks C.). The picture on the front of the bag consists of a couple round yellowish Tostitos with a sliced jalapeno, a green tomato and some cilantro on the front. I cracked the bag open and they sort of smelled like salted peanuts. Tossed one in my mouth..fairly recognizable corn flavour that's a mid to slightly over-mid weight yellow tortilla (unlike the bleached tortillas we typically get in Canada) chip. The seasoning is light with fairly even distribution throughout the bag. I could taste the green tomato seasoning with a minor kick at the end (some chips had more of a straight up salsa flavouring than others [I didn't taste much of the cilantro pictured on the front of the bag]). The kick built slightly the more that I consumed, but no forehead sweats ensued. The corn flavour of the chips is complimented very well by the seasoning. They're on the lighter side of the spicy spectrum. Quite an enjoyable 70g bag of chips. 

Stay hydrated,
Marc

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