May 17th, 1999 – Jean Chrétien was Prime Minister, Mark Messier was captain of the Vancouver Canucks, and Moby had just released his 5th album Play. I remember driving around East Van with my dad listening to this record on his car’s 5 CD changer. The one where you would have to open your trunk to change CD’s…
The song “Bodyrock” really stood out to me, maybe it’s because my older siblings loved hip-hop. Years later I would learn the main beat and lyrics were sampled from rappers Spoonie Gee’s song “Love Rap“.