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As I’m about to expand my mixes-for-purchase catalog (a new Aretha mix and Deep Covers 3!), I’d also like to offer up free mixes from the past, beginning with this trio. I’ll likely add at least 1 or 2 more mixes to this page over the next week.
 Polyrhythmatic (1998). Hip-hop, indie-heavy. Probably my favorite hip-hop mix from that era…I just had great songs to use and I spent the most time on (basic) scratching and other segue tricks.
 Double Flip (1999/2000). This was a “double album” – [...]
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Gabor Szabo and the California Dreamers: San Franciscan Nights
From WInd, SKy and Diamonds (Impulse, 1967)
“The above song is dedicated to the city and people of San Francisco” (decked out in red and gold…and not just for the Year of the Dragon).
Just a random observation/thought but music and sports are, of course, intensely personal but they’re also appreciated even better when others around you are just as passionate about it. So this past few weeks have been fun as hell, with almost everyone I know in the [...]
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Charles Wright and the Watts 103rd St. Rhythm Band: What Can You Bring Me?
From You’re So Beautiful (Warner Brothers, 1971)
Craig G: Take the Bait
From Now, That’s More Like It (Atlantic, 1991)
A Tribe Called Quest: Rock Rock Ya’ll
From The Love Movement (Jive, 1998)
(Dec. 2011: This is another repost/resurrection. First posted in 2007 but original comments were lost. Since I just wrote about this Wright/Watts 103rd song for the Oxford American, it also seemed totally apropos to bring it back. –O.W.)
Original post from ’07: The original song [...]
Continue reading MARLEY MARL/CRAIG G VS. ATCQ: WHO FLIPPED IT BETTER
Bobbi Humphrey: Blacks and Blues
From Blacks and Blues (Blue Note, 1974)
KMD: Plumskinzz
From 12″ (B-side of “Nitty Gritty”) (Elektra, 1991)1
Eric B. and Rakim: Keep the Beat
From Don’t Sweat the Technique (MCA, 1992)
(This was originally posted four years ago but because of how my commenting system has changed since then, I lost all the original comments about it and that seemed like a shame. As it was, I was listening to “Plumskinz” again – I never can get enough of this song – and I figured, “hell, why [...]
Continue reading KMD vs. Eric. B and Rakim: Who Flipped It Better?
Ralph MacDonald just passed away. He wasn’t always as well known as a solo artist since the most prolific part of his career came as a percussionist for hire, but in that regard, he was world-class and one of the most important percussionists for countless 1970s and early ’80s jazz and R&B artists. He was also a highly undersung songwriter, having penned several absolutely classics alongside his writing partner William Salter.
I wanted to whip together a personal list of favorites that MacDonald helped craft. If you’re like me, you might very well [...]
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As promised, here’s part two of our interview with Thes One (recorded in August). If you haven’t peeped part one yet, please do!
And don’t forget that the new PUTS album, Highlighter is now out.
The Sidebar #20: Thes One, Part Deux
Music used in this episode:(All instrumentals available on the forthcoming Ten Years of Thes One *except when noted.)
Acid Raindrops (vocal version) *Target (from Lifestyle Marketing) *Duralcha: Ghet-To Funk The Dig (vocal version) Breakdown (vocal version) Brownout (vocal version) The Fun (vocal version) Gamin On Ya (vocal version) The [...]
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In the latest edition of our Soul Sides / Sliced side project, Joseph Schloss breaks down one of the all-time funk (and sampling) classics, “Sing a Simple Song” by Sly and the Family Stone. Schloss focuses on Stone’s innovative use of stereo panning effects that later hip-hop producers learned to use to their own advantage.
Other updates: part 2 of our podcast with Thes One coming very soon (later this week). Meanwhile, PUTS’s newest album, Highlighter is out. For digital heads, peep out the 24-bit HD version! If you don’t know what that means…Thes breaks it down [...]
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Wish I had seen this prior to putting up the podcast with SFJ but it’s very cool that there’s a video for “Rocket In the Pocket.”
Here’s a few more:
Thanks to Soulstrut for the links.
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