Produced by Skatemaster Tate here is “Lesson One” by “The Stone Cold Boners”
Jazz Q&A session.
Lesson One - The Stone Cold Boners
January 27th, 2008
steve miller band - fly like an eagle
November 18th, 2007
More classic break action from the love unlimited crates. Released in 1976 here is the wonderfully cosmic “fly like an eagle” by the Steve Miller Band.
labi siffre - I got the…
November 18th, 2007
Everyone love’s a list don’t they?
Here’s what I played during my first slot at the pre-party for Credit to the Edit with Greg Wilson & Maurice Fulton.
1. Runnin’ - Pharcyde (Delicious Vinyl)
2. Youre The Man - Marvin Gaye feat Snoop Dogg (white)
3. Music Feel The Soul - Marvin Gaye Project (Choonz Inc)
4. Lickshots - Missy Elliott V Roy Davis Jnr (white)
5. I Got The.. - Labi Siffre (Stateside)
6. Sunshine of Your Love - Spanky Wilson (Fat City)
7. I Know You Got Soul - Bobby Byrd (School Yard Breaks)
8. Education Wrap - Community People (Delmar International)
9. Wicked Funk - Kwanza Posse (Fat City)
10. Random House Party - El Jay (white)
Sampled by Eminem for its killer break here is I Got The… by Labi Siffre.
james brown - too funky in here
September 13th, 2007
Bobby Byrd sadly passed away yesterday, 12th September 2007. He is well known for his long standing relationship with the Godfather Mr. James Brown. Bobby actually discovered James.
His most famous solo outing was “I know you got soul” (1971) a track sampled by Eric B & Rakim, Public Enemy, LL (Ladies Love) Cool J, Tribe Called Quest & Ice Cube and many, many more.
RIP
mtume - so you wanna be a star
September 9th, 2007
Think of Mtume (pronounced Em-Too-May) & usually the first track that springs to mind is the slick “juicy”(1983) sampled so much in hip-hop by so many performers.
From the band Reggie Lucas and James Mtume provided their magic touch to Stephanie Mills including the Grammy winning single “Never Knew Love Like This Before” (1979). Reggie Lucas also produced the majority of Madonna’s first album.
“So you wanna be a star”, is in the same vein as the massive “Bourgie Bourgie” penned by Ashford & Simpson and subsequently released by Gladys Knight & John Davis.
From the start this tracks a winner, it just builds-&-builds…it’s got the strings, deep-deep lyrics, spacey keys & killler horns. Disco Heaven.
Enjoy
brick - dazz
September 7th, 2007
From Atlanta Brick scored a big hit with this funky little number “dazz” released in 1976, a real fusion of funk, disco & jazz.
Large elements were sampled by hip-house hero Doug Lazy on the brilliant “lets go to work” from his 1990 LP “doug lazy gettin’ crazy”
Jazz, Dazz, Disco Jazz…
editions disco - rubber band aka the trammps
August 6th, 2007
The Trammps, based in Philadelphia are remembered as a disco band. Often seen as part of the disco overground, most likely a result of ‘Disco Inferno’ being included on the massively popular Saturday Night Fever soundtrack in 1977.
In the same year the Trammps released the song ‘The Night the Lights Went Out’ to commemorate the electrical blackout that affected New York on 13 July 1977. This song was housed-up by the Black Science Orchestra, as the basis for their debut single ‘Where Were You’ released on Junior Boy’s Own.
Prior to their disco fame the Trammps released Rubber Band as a single in 1973 on Buddah a real soul gem that has featured on more than one occassion in modern hip-hop.
It was sampled as the basis for the Game’s release ‘Hate It Or Love It’ getting re-worked & chopped-up by the legendary production team of Cool & Dr.Dre. J Dilla (rip) used it for ‘Dilla Says Go’ from Donuts.
Yet another re-working here we have the editions disco edit of rubber band. a real fave at love unlimited towers.
night trains - miles away
August 6th, 2007
Hugh Brooker’s Night Trains were signed to Acid Jazz & BGP Beat Goes Public.
Many of their releases had hip-hop leanings featuring cartoon cut-ups, breaks, cinema samples & scratching.
Here is Miles Away taken from the Checkmate LP released on BGP - a track constructed from a trumpet solo (Miles) and some programming - simple & effective.
dread flimstone - from the ghetto
July 29th, 2007
Over the years licensing deals between record labels have thrown-up some tasty results.
When Eddie Pillar & Acid Jazz hooked up with LA based label Delicious Vinyl the brand new heavies benefited from heavy US promotion & dj remixes - check the lunar dub & eclipse mixes of stay this way by Dave Morales.
Eddie got the likes of Skate Master Tate & Dread Flimstone - from the early 90’s bass-heavy party business…revival pressure
Joes Jam - Skatemaster Tate
July 27th, 2007
Hailing from LA Skatemaster Tate was a TV presenter, skater & DJ. This is a rolling funk instrumental that echoes the JB’s jamming in the studio complete with lazy horn riffs and sharp keys.
Sounding good again, 17 years after its original release.
