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hip-hop

Dope Department – Caveman

April 13, 2009
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UK Hip-Hop crew most famous for the rocking “I’m Ready” cutting-up Jimi Hendrix’ Crosstown Traffic.

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Sun Up Sun Down – Blue Black

April 2, 2009

Spring has sprung, the Sun is shining so here’s some underground independent hip-hop for your listening pleasure.
Ace mid-school styles from 1995, Sun Up Sun Down by Blue Black with slick samples & rhymes. For subs & things check out Real Hip-Hop by Das EFX released in the same year.

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Jungle Brothers – Doing Our Own Dang

October 18, 2008

From 1989 “Doing Our Own Dang” is a slice of disco sampling Hip-Hop thats been on revival pressure of late at love unlimited…with the Jungle Brothers and a who’s who from the native tongues, a coalition of New York Rappers, including De La Soul, Tribe Called Quest, Queen Latifah and Monie Love from the UK [...]

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Lesson One – The Stone Cold Boners

January 27, 2008

Produced by Skatemaster Tate here is “Lesson One” by “The Stone Cold Boners”
Jazz Q&A session.

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steve miller band – fly like an eagle

November 18, 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.

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labi siffre – I got the…

November 18, 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 [...]

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james brown – too funky in here

September 13, 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 [...]

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mtume – so you wanna be a star

September 9, 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 [...]

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brick – dazz

September 7, 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…

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editions disco – rubber band aka the trammps

August 6, 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 [...]

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night trains – miles away

August 6, 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 & [...]

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dread flimstone – from the ghetto

July 29, 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 [...]

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Joes Jam – Skatemaster Tate

July 27, 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.

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George Levin – In Your Car (DJ Spinna remix)

June 27, 2007

DJ Spinna, hails from Brooklyn New York City & is a honoury member of the Love Unlimited Hall of fame, his genre-busting dj sets really are something special (check out his rare radio mixes at www.deephousepages.com).
His productions are right up there too, with tight crisp programming across a variety of beats & pieces from his [...]

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Keymatic – Breakin In Space

June 12, 2007

Another first for Love Unlimited this time it’s on an electro tip. Released in 1984 this party jam shows a musical side of electro with killer horns & keys.

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Golden Flamingo Orchestra – The Guardian Angel Is Watching Over Us

June 2, 2007

Produced by Peter Brown & Patrick Adams with Margo Williams on vocals. A disco-break that makes a dancefloor quake.
For Max

 
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George Clinton – Atomic Dog

May 28, 2007

Bow wow wow wow yippie yo yippie yay – Atomic Dog released in 1982 was number 1 in the US R&B charts but never managed to enter the Top 100 of the Pop Chart.
With a killer bassline Atomic Dog is one of P-Funk’s most heavily sampled songs, appearing in more than 50 songs.
Make my funk [...]

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Ooh Child – The 5 Stairsteps

April 24, 2007

Hailing from the Windy City of Chicago The 5 Stairsteps were dubbed “the First Family of Soul” because of a successful chart run for 5 years, this title was later passed on to the Jackson 5.
A close friend introduced the group to Curtis Mayfield who quickly signed them to his label Windy City. In [...]

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Tower of Power – Brick House

April 21, 2007

Formed in the late sixties and hailing from San Francisco the group Tower of Power have served up some real funk sizzlers during their lenghty career.
Originally penned by the Commodores here is their very tight (check out the horns) cover version of the popular funk tune Brick House.

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Donald Byrd – Onward Til Morning

April 19, 2007

In the early 70s Donald Byrd hooked up with songwriting & producing team Alphonse and Larry Mizell and scored a major hit in 73 with the album Black Byrd (Brilliant LP). Caricatures was the last album after a run of successful Mizell collaborations with Byrd as well as his last album for Blue Note.
The Caricatures [...]

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EPMD – So Watcha Sayin

April 18, 2007

EPMD American rap group hailing from Brentwood, New York, having formed in 1987 to 1999 they became one of the prominent acts in East coast hip hop. The group’s name is an acronym for “Erick and Parrish Making Dollars”, referencing its members: rappers Erick Sermon (“E Double”) and Parrish Smith (“PMD”).  Love Unlimited salute Mr.Sermon [...]

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