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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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Free the Funk – Jazz Not Jazz

February 23, 2009

More House not House courtesy of Eight Ball Records NYC, similar in style to the recent “Huh” by Jazzy Grooves post, with its jazz-funk leanings. “Free the Funk” by Jazz not Jazz. Originally released as a 12 and features on the Jazz not Jazz Volume 1 compilation released in 1993.
The track is based on a [...]

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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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Stargard – What You Waitin For

August 1, 2008

Always more disco for your dollar at the love unlimited…
Stargard hailed from Los Angeles, California and are probably best known for their disco hit ‘Wear it Out’, for your listening pleasure we feature this little cowbell groover ‘What You Waitin For’ released in 1978 on MCA records.
Some well known samples for the spotters and relatively [...]

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Rick James – Fool On The Street

May 10, 2008

Rick James makes his debut appearance at the Love Unlimited with “Fool On The Street” released via Gordy in 1979 on the long player “Bustin’ Out Of L Seven” & as a 7″ single.
A great sounding crossover tune that was big on the Bank Holiday Do’s of yesteryear. To read more about Rick’s life & [...]

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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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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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The Aloof – Never Get Out of the Boat

July 27, 2007

What with all the Biblical rain this month there is always the temptation to post Date with the Rain, but instead here we have the slow groover Never Get Out the Boat by the Aloof released in 1991.
So many samples on this including snippets from Apocolypse Now, Tribal chants, Dylan the Rabbitt from the Magic [...]

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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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