For his latest album, the pledge-funded Stellar Motel, singer/songwriter Mike Doughty decided to go in a direction far different than he’s ever done before. Though he’s cut his teeth on a brand of “acousticky singer/songwriter” material, Doughty has now taken to hip-hop, with the assistance of Stellar Motel producer Good Goose. To say the least, the collaboration resulted in some colorful tunes.
A particularly noteworthy one of these tunes is the Beastie Boys-indebted “Oh My God Yeah Fuck It”. As the song’s title more than implies, it’s a kinetic, effervescent number that shows Doughty’s playful take on hip-hop. For this tune, he’s joined by the sax-and-drums trio Moon Hooch and rapper Miss Eaves.
Here’s what Doughty had to say to PopMatters about the song: “‘Oh My God Yeah Fuck It’ is a chant I wrote for another artist, who didn’t like it, so I had to find another place for it. Moon Hooch are a pretty crazy party band, and I wanted to collaborate with them, so I just took it there. Miss Eaves is a great rapper that I met that I was just determined to get on a song — and this is what happened to be what my producer Good Goose were working on.”
Check out the zany and off-the-wall video for “Oh My God Yeah Fuck It” below:
You can catch Mike Doughty at any of the following tour dates:
Oct 8 — St. Louis, MO — Duck Room at Blueberry Hill
Oct 9 — Lawrence, KS — The Bottleneck
Oct 10 — Denver, CO — Walnut Room (2 shows)
Oct 11 — Salt Lake City, UT — Kilby Court
Oct 12 — Boise, ID — Neurolux
Oct 14 — Vancouver, BC — Biltmore Cabaret
Oct 15 — Seattle, WA — Triple Door
Oct 17 — San Francisco, CA — The Chapel
Oct 18 — Los Angeles, CA — The Mint
Oct 19 — Las Vegas, NV — Bunkhouse Saloon
Oct 20 — Phoenix, AZ — Musical Instrument Museum
Oct 22 — Austin, TX — Cactus Cafe
Oct 23 — Dallas, TX — Lola’s
Oct 24 — Houston, TX — Warehouse Live Studio
Oct 25 — New Orleans, LA — Gasa Gasa
Oct 26 — Pensacola, FL — The Handlebar
Oct 28 — Tampa, FL — Crowbar
Oct 29 — St. Augustine, FL — The Original Cafe Eleven
Oct 30 — Atlanta, GA — Eddie’s Attic (2 shows)
Nov 1 — Nashville, TN — City Winery
Nov 12 — Providence, RI — Columbus Theatre
Nov 13 — Portland, ME — One Longfellow Square
Nov 14 — Burlington, VT — Higher Ground
Nov 15 — Rochester, NY — Water Street Music Hall
Nov 16 — Cleveland, OH — Music Box Supper Club
Nov 18 — Columbus, OH — Rumba Cafe
Nov 19 — Ann Arbor, MI — The Ark
Nov 20 — Chicago, IL — City Winery
Nov 21 — Milwaukee, WI — Shank Hall
Nov 22 — Minneapolis, MN — Dakota Jazz Club (2 shows)
Nov 24 — Pittsburgh, PA — Club Cafe
Nov 25 — Washington, DC — Jammin’ Java
Nov 26 — Philadelphia, PA — Tin Angel
Nov 28 — Boston, MA — Johnny D’s
Nov 29 — New York, NY — City Winery
Dec 6 — Woodstock, NY — Bearsville Theatre