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Forgotten Treasure: James Mason “I Want Your Love” (1977)

I’ve been meaning to write about this one for a little while now. Even after 30+ years, “I Want Your Love” from James Mason remains a mythical track amongst funk & soul heads (and the 100$+ price tag on hi...
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Forgotten Treasure: Le Mystere Jazz De Tombouctou

This is the second reissue from the Mali Kunkan label on Kindred Spirits. One of the rarest (that we know about) Malian records ‘Le Mystère Jazz de Tombouctou’ gets its first ever re-issue, with re-mastered audio and resto...
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Forgotten Treasure: Jamiroquai “Emergency on Planet Earth” (1993)

The first album I ever owned was Jamiroquai’s ‘Travelling without moving’, which was like the coolest thing an eight-year old could own in 1996. I remember pumping that album everyday after school thinking I was clearly t...
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Forgotten Treasure: Barbershop MC’s “Music, Money & Women” (1999)

“Everyone has their own “musical trajectory”, and this track represents for me a pivotal moment in my journey… But first, allow me to explain and tell you just what the hell I mean with this coinage̷...
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Forgotten Treasure: Channel Live “In Your Are Freestyle” (Awesome 2 Radio)

I re-discovered this joint this morning on my way to work. I always load up the Ipod with about 200 songs and I scan through old stuff or new stuff. That’s usually how I come up with these future classics or forgotten tre...
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Forgotten Treasure: Brother Ali “Rites of Passage” (2000)

Being an ’88 baby is a funny thing sometimes cause a lot of my favorite music acts were well established by the time I was of age to seek them out. Often I find myself curious of their humble beginning, which usually ends wit...
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Forgotten Treasure: Mobb Deep “Trife Life” (1995)

Ok, Mobb Deep isn’t the most “forgotten treasures” pick type of rap groups but you know sometimes I use that section just for overlooked / slept on joints. For some reason, walking and listening to music in th...
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Forgotten Treasure: Slum Village “Tainted” (2002)

Yeah, I know. It’s not the most “forgotten” of Slum Village tracks but I’m sharing this because I had never seen the video for some reason until my homie and great producer Elaquent shared it today. This...
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Forgotten Treasure: The Streets “Original Pirate Material” (2002)

It’s early January and the notion of being in 2012 still hasn’t really registered. I just got my moment earlier tonight when I was cleaning and found a promo mixtape sent by Locked On, my favorite UK Garage label ba...
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Forgotten Treasure: Jill Scott “He Loves Me” (Chris Lum & Jay J Remix)

Since we are on the Jill Scott remixes subject (I just posted a project called “Still Jill” from BamaLoveSoul) I figured i’d throw at least one of my favorite Jill remixes not included in their collection. Thi...
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Forgotten Treasure: Next “Wifey” (2000)

Post-christmas Boxing week is going strong, which for me means crate digging at one of Montreal’s best record shops, DeathOfVinyl. It’s very rare that I ever come out of there feeling like at least one of my purchases suppo...
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Forgotten Treasure: Zed Bias & MC Juiceman – My Sound (Al Brown Remix)

The sound of flute. Do we hear that in songs anymore? It’s definitely one of the signature instruments for Disco, Italo, and sometimes yes – old school Garage. I’m really loving this 1999 UK Garage classic by Zed Bias and...
by Michelle White
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