Crib Notes

For this edition of Roll Call, we call out Thomasan of Proton.

Who are you?
Thomasan; a Chicago born writer, rapper, and producer.

Describe yourself in three words.
Tsk, tsk, tsk.

Who — dead or alive — would most you like to meet?
Quincy Jones

Who would you most like to slap in the face?
M. Night Shyamalan

What song do you wish you had written?
“The Alphabet Song”

Lil Wayne or Little Richard?
How about Lil Wayne and Little Richard together at an awards presentation. Lil Wayne says to Little Richard, “Pleased to meet you, no homo,” and Little Richard says, “Shut Up!”

LP, CD or MP3?
LP if adding to my collection, CD if in the car, MP3 if on the computer.

If you could start one trend, what would it be?
Vintage ghetto couture

If you could end one trend, what would it be?
I would end the fairly recent “bad is good” music phenomenon. Ignorance is contagious, and equally as infectious.

With whom would you most like to play a game of spin the bottle?
How about the models from Italian Vogue’s “All Black” issue?

Proton with Stanza, Spree Wilson and Colin Munroe. $10. 9 p.m. Sat., Dec. 6. Lenny’s Bar, 486 Decatur St. 678-760-9152.

(Photo courtesy Hannibal Matthews)

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Canadian artist/producer Colin Munroe released a video for his unofficial remix of Kanye West’s “Flashing Lights.” He doesn’t just sing over the track, like most remixes, but adds new sounds and moves the samples a bit. Finally, we see a hip-hop artist get one of their tracks snatched and redone. Hip-hop artists do it all the time, and it’s funny to see it happen in the reverse — and done so well. Kanye must not mind. He posted it on his blog.

Munroe’s album Don’t Think Less of Me will be released with support from Dallas Austin’s Rowdy Records.

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