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Melvin Burkhart (1907–2001) was a sideshow performer known as the Human Blockhead for driving a large steel spike up his nose with a hammer. He was also known as Melvin the Two-Faced Man, due to his ability to wear different facial expressions on the two sides of his face, and as Melvin the Anatomical Wonder for his abilities as a contortionist.
Chaz Kangas of Spectrum Culture wrote, "Blockhead's production is layered, textured and tailor made for Illogic's mood, and Illogic knows how to accentuate the environment Blockhead's planted him in by weaving his flow through his rhyme choices like a lantern through the deep woods." [6] HipHopDX included it on the "Top 25 Albums of 2013" list. [8]
Uncle Tony's Coloring Book is the third solo studio album by American hip hop producer Blockhead. It was released on August 14, 2007. [ 1 ] The vinyl edition of the album was later released on Young Heavy Souls.
Blockhead tells Us that he spoke with Woods about putting together an ensemble album, adding, “We just took it from there. He helped me wrangle some rappers – I wrangled some myself.
"Reasons to Be Cheerful, Part 3" is a song and single by Ian Dury and the Blockheads, initially released as the single "Reasons to be Cheerful, Part 3 / Common as Muck" on 27 July 1979, which reached number 3 in the UK singles chart the following month. [3] It is the last single to be released by the band in their original line-up.
In 1982 Ian Dury & The Blockheads disbanded and were not to play together again until 1987, when they went out to Japan in June to play three shows in four days, disbanding again until 1990, when the death of Charles in September of that year re-united them to play two Benefit gigs at The Forum, Camden Town, in aid of Charles' family.
Music by Cavelight came about when Mush Records, for whom Blockhead had already produced a breakbeat album, asked him to produce an album. [4] After Mush Records stopped returning his phone calls, he and his manager sent the demos around other labels before Ninja Tune, having received a copy through Warp Records, offered to release the album.
Laughter is the third studio album by Ian Dury and the Blockheads; released in 1980, it was the last studio album Dury made for Stiff Records.It was also the last studio album he made with the Blockheads, until 1998's Mr. Love Pants, though a live album Warts 'n' Audience was produced in 1991.