R. Stevie Moore and Frank Balesteri - Oil (1991)

Edited by Nuno Monteiro 2006. Filmed by RSM NJ 1988. Driver: Frank Balesteri

R. Stevie Moore feat. Frank Balesteri (aka Vanilla Bean, legendary WFMU DJ) - Oil (1991)

Available in "Contact Risk". BUY IT NOW at: http://www.rsteviemoore.com/cd/contact.html

"The spellbinding "Oil," an eight and a half-minute collaboration with Frank Balesteri, a close friend from Moore's days at the freeform radio station WFMU (where Balesteri was better known as the on-air personality Vanilla Bean) that's a shockingly effective example of cultural cross-pollination: a woozy, rhythmically challenging piece of politically-charged hip-hop (lyrics and vocals by Balesteri, music and production by Moore) that not only doesn't sound like the work of a pair of white guys in their 30s, but stands up next to most of the then-emergent underground/alternative hip-hop releases." - Stewart Mason (AMG)

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video in memory
of Frank Balesteri
(1960/2001)

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[captainDcadaver]

"Think for yourself and question authority." Sounds like Timothy L3@ry to me.

[rsmko]

sharrup, getch yore ayss off this side of town. and start supper already, willye? jodee whatlee???

[Theaterkunst]

Great video for it being DIY. Great song! LOVE THE BEAT......... From a friend of The Stovekens!

[QueenBee611]

What The Fuck Is This Bullshit! This Has To Be The Whackest Song In History!

[dsimonen122]

RIP FRANK BALLESTERI

Absolutely a core part of what made FMU worth listening to in the early 1980s...