This is the new ish from two of QC’s most prolific beatmakers VLOOPER & KENLO. I mean, by the time I finish this post, Kenlo’s gonna have 3 more beats finished.
Strongly recommended. Check it. Like… now.
Download linzink : Kenlo & VLooper “BULLESBUBBLES II2II”
For those who aren’t from Quebec, let me explain real quick who Jean Leloup is. Is our kind of folk / gypsy answer to a mix of Beck and Ol’ Dirty Bastard. I say ODB cause Leloup likes to use akas too… John The Wolf, Massoud Al-Rachid, Jean Leclerc and so on.
When I was a wee lad growing up in my neighborhood called Plateau I used to see Leloup on the regular at the convenience store, he would come to buy milk and stuff in his bare feet. So needless to say i’ve liked the dude since. Oh, and musically, he probably has been the most interesting and true artist in the past 20 years here…
There’s also this other guy who you should know by now… my partner in crime from fridays at Blizzarts mr. SEVDEE. He just finished an entire REMIX album from some of Leloup’s dopest tracks. C’est le REEEEMIX!
I’m not going to try and say anything that hasn’t been mentionned already. Quite simply, MJ was without a doubt the most talented and complete entertainer of our generation.
We are not here to judge the man on his off the stage persona, because A) none of us know the facts B) imagine what it must have been like being in the spotlight from the age of 6-7 years. So I think all of us should focus on his legacy which is the countless timeless jams!
A lot of people have been reminiscing and listing their favorite songs, with good reason of course… but I thought i’d give you something different and post my favorite Remixes & Edits (and one cover just for the hell of it)
“Rock my World” (spacey, jazz treatment by Banzai Republic)
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“Human Nature” (flipped by Jay Dee)
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“Rock with You” (ultimate tear jerker intro by Frankie Knuckles)
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“I can’t help it” (masterful edit by Todd Terje)
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“Don’t Stop” (nu-disco-fied by DFA’s T&T)
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“You Rock My World” (street cred added by Jay-Z)
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“I Want You Back” (classic motown vibe touch up by Z-Trip)
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FAVORITE MJ COVER
“Billie Jean” (Jamaica-fied by Shinehead)
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I was doing my weekly rounds of the dope blogs out there and one of my first stops was Moovmnt.com from the Netherlands; always a must for dope next level niceness.
My mans uncovered some early Aloe Blacc tracks, before he was signed to Stones Throw, when he went under the name Nathaniel. Welll…. to keep a story short this officially a contender for one of the best “between the sheets” type tracks! It has now overtaken “Freak Me” by Silk and “You Remind me” by R Kelly in the overly cheesy but awesome category!!!
oh yeah, and lets not forget “Pony” by Ginuwine…. anyways, turn off the lights, put on the silk bathrobe and enjoy
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For those who don’t know, the very thought of transferring a record collection to digital is a major pain. Sometimes I grab a stack and do a few but it takes an hour and you’ve got like 6 done… it sucks
But… i’ve come up with the idea of doing one a week and picking some of my favorites records that most peeps have never heard of. Don’t worry i’m not going for that whole this was on a Mexican pressing and there are only 2 in the world. Prince has the other one… No no, just dope shit I have lying around.
First of all I remember paying like 20$ for this record when it came out… and its got one song on it! Damn, thats pre-Internet when you could get anything for 20 cents. Well, it was worth it… cause I own this mysterious Michael Jackson Edit, in all its dubbed out, midtempo, jazzy glory. (you have to wait til’ minute 3 for the gorgeous beat drop)
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(if you reaaaaally want the track, let me know and i’ll send it to you)
Thats all I have to say.
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I met him through Scott C at the Goods and my weekly night at Blizzarts. I’ve had him rock the spot a couple times at “THE BRIDGE” a couple times too. A couple weeks ago he hands me a copy of his new project. An absolutely gorgeous package with 5 mix CDs full of hand made drawings and little notes. You can just feel the attention and love that he put into it.
I will be uploading the rest of the series and showing you pictures of the awesomeness of the homemade packaged box set.
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Also check out this mix from 2008 which was already featured on MIMS. Basement Soul - Keeping it real
The new MOS record is coming out and tracks have started surfacing here and there. I am only giving you one. I was 15 seconds into and starting looking for stuff to break in my house! Mos Def recycled one of my favorite Madlib beats from his Beatkonducta India series (which I played in pod #003 I think). Ouch!!!!
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Fat Freddy’s Drop is by far one of the bands that I’ve pushed the most in Dj sets, I swear that half the time I’ve played one of their tracks people come to ask me what’s playing. Their last full LP came out in 2005 and sadly they haven’t been really putting out anything since. Even the lead singer Joe Dukie hasn’t really been doing a ton of outside collaborations.
At last here it is, “Dr. Boondigga & The Big BW“, the long awaited return of the masters of New Zealand dub-soul-ragga.
Audio Previews right here
Linkage :
fatfreddysdrop.com
myspace.com/fatfreddysdropnz
youtube.com/user/fatfreddysdroptv
Any self-respecting music nerd knows about the monthly Wax Poetics magazine. After 2-3 weeks you start expecting the new one. Then around 25 days you start asking your magazine shops if they’ve received it, then you find on the net who are the lead features for this months’ issue. And then boom, the fix is in your hands!
I’ve been hooked on Wax Po for about 3 years and religiously collect every issue (like George’s dad collects the TV Guide in Seinfeld). If you haven’t heard about this magazine and you like soul, funk, jazz, hip-hop and whatever else in between do yourself a favor and check it out.
This month the feature is Roger Troutman, lord of the talkbox… if it wasn’t for Zapp & Roger “Nothing but a G Thang” wouldn’t exist and T-Pain would have never gotten on that boat.
Linkage: Wax Poetics
I’m a big fan of the Resident Advisor website, especially their podcasts. They usually have a pretty dope blend of electronic music, anything from tech, abstract, dubby and and so on…
I’m also a big fan of Moonstarr, our favorite 6′6″ adopted Montrealer. Purveyor of dope beats, mr. Moon is one of the nicest guys in town…
Nice pod with a Quebec flavoured intro too…
Linkage RIGHT HERE
Thought i’d hook you up with a track I sort of mashed together in my last podcast. The track called “Stand on the Word” is a gospel track from the mid-80s that was remixed by Larry Levan, one of NYC’s legendary DJs. The track was updated with a dub version from a producer called Hot Coins but the original track is just such an uplifting track that I though what could be better than slapping Obama’s victory speech in Chicago on there…
Kind of the same idea as when Mr.Fingers added MLK’s “I have a dream” speech on his classic “Can you feel it”. So enjoy, download, rip, burn… Hopefully a lot of my DJ friends will play it. The question is: what do you play after???!
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(artwork by Gene Pendon, HVW8 crew)
I discovered a super bad remix of an 80s groove track I didn’t know before. Floating Points from the UK kills it. I’m going to be playing the hell out of this.
REAL TO REEL “Love me like this” (live on Soul Train)
… peep the intro from Don Cornelius!
FLOATING POINTS “Love me like this”
Ok, i’m not gonna front and pretend to be a big expert on the subject but lately i’ve been checking out a lot of Arthur Russell’s works. First off, before even going into the music he does have a very unique background. Classically trained cellist and composer from the corn fields in Iowa moves to SF and NYC and starts collaborating with avant-garde musicians like Phillip Glass and David Byrne. Then goes on to be a fixture in the New York disco scene collaborating with Nicky Siano, Larry Levan, Francois K. His disco productions are raw, skewed and definetly more cerebral than most dance music.
I’m just starting to get into some of his solo stuff and it is some of the most haunting, personal, abstract shit i’ve ever heard.
Arthur Russell - This is how we walk on the moon
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Loose Joints (Arthur Russell prod.) – Is it all over my face?
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Arthur Russell – In the light of the miracle
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Check out this interview of moi for Focused Mag. It should give you some very good insight on the myth behind the man behind the pretentious douche. Lexis!
Focused Mag – Interviewski
I’m not usually a big fan of freestyling but Wiley is just ridiculous. He’s the kind of MC that’s actually better in freestyles than on records. Daaauuumn!
Onra is definetly a major player in the new wave of upcoming producers à la Flying Lotus, Hudson Mohawke, Samiyam, Bullion and so on. I do find that he has a bit more versatility than most of these producers though. Onra can definetly bust some neck snapping electronic hiphop / future funk schizo beats but at the same time he does have quite a few productions that are more organic and touch on the whole disco vibe more in the vibe of Truss’Me, Pilooski and others. Anyways, if you didn’t know yet… Now you know fool! Onra son!
“My Comet”
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“Come Closer”
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QTip, Busta Rhymes, Raekwon and Lil’Wayne bring back the grand old tradition of the possee track!
Heard this yesterday for the first time and i’m on listen #23 already. This is another reason why the “internet era” can be so empowering for music. 10 years ago you would have had to wait a couple months for this to come out, tape it off the radio or something (although I miss doing that) or have this one friend who just came back from NYC so all you have is the shitty version with Dj Clue on top of it screaming “Wooohooo, new shit!!! Clueee!!!”
Nowadays, the guys probably emailed each others’ verses yesterday and it’s out today… it’s a beautiful time.
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Picking one record out of all the timeless ones is pretty close to mission impossible. It becomes more a question of which is the one record which means the most to you, helped you get over heart-break, awkwardness of your teenage years and so on… I’ll start with the runner-up: listening to A Tribe Called Quest’s “Low End Theory” (cassette of course) as a 13 year old pretty much defined what musical path I would take after. So, that’s definetly my teenage years defining record.
The overwhelming winner however is and always will be the soundtrack to “The Harder They Come” (1972 – Island Records). It is pretty much the first record I remember listening to as a kid and if that doesn’t steer you on the right path musically, I don’t know what will. My uncle made me listen to this record when I was about 8 and it’s all I would listen to in this giant walkman that weighed about 15 pounds and was about half my leg.
The album has 12 tracks (but 2 of them are there twice! always found that hillarious) and pretty much 8 of the 10 tracks are stone cold classics! 2 of the Jimmy Cliff tracks (“Many rivers to cross” and “The Harder they come“) are the kind of songs you send into space and hope that someone green finds it. Its pretty damn close to some of the best things the human race can come up with. (Apart from the pyramids and hmm… Corn Dogs!) After that you have some of the most classic roots reggae and ska tracks out there, “Draw your breaks” (Scotty), “Rivers of Babylon” (The Melodians), “Shanty Town” (Desmond Dekker), “Pressure Drop” (Toots & the Maytals).
So come to think of it picking my favorite record of all time was pretty damn easy. The Harder they come, hands down. Big time credit is due to my uncle for introducing me to it…
For those who listened to my last pod and loved the first track (how can you not??), check out this slick little edit from ASTRONOTE.
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This is a super bad remix by mr. Toast Dawg (aka Dj Naes, aka Payz Play, aka Atach Tatuq) who’s been my dawg since 2nd grade yo… Le Plateau High School what!? Check it out… don’t worry there’s 5 seconds of silence at the beginning, its only to build suspence before the goodness. Bo!
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Personal request from miss Brandi Dennis who asked me to hook her up with the sample from Biggie’s classic “Who Shot Ya” track… One of my favorite all-time beats hands down. The original track from 1971 is on some vintage gangster soul soundtrack vibe.
D.Porter – “I’m afraid the masquerade is over”
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Got a little treat in the Inbox this morning from the funkyest of all Luxembourgers (it’s citizen of Luxembourg people!… not some kind of luxuriours burger). Anywhoo, my man Blueprint (The Thisistomorrow blog) has put together yet another slamming beat tape. This time taking Sun Ra’s cosmic jazz classic “Sunology” through the MPC blender. Go and download the whole thing, its free… for now.
Preview track “In A Pleasant Mood”
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Download the whole thang here… Blueprint does SunRa
My mans 7D has finally sent me the nugget I was waiting for (I was bugging him every friday at Blizzarts). This is a retrospect on his best productions and remixes. I won’t leave it on my site forever because this is worth some serious coin so get it while you can. This is Montreal at its finest…
Link (right click and save as:) SevDee – The Art of the Lion
Linkage:
SevDee.com
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh….. (Relief)
“Shaka”
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“Manwomanboogie”
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“Official”
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Always have been a big fan of the Mushroom Jazz series by Mark Farina (OM Records). Have all of them on wax and when I started djing I would play vol. 1-4 non stop in loungy gigs… it was like an easy sure shot way to fill an hour. But enough about me… Check this if you are into downtempo loungy shit with actual substance. None of the Budhha bar nonsense here… Bo!
(Oh! and props to my boy Dave Allison to making it onto the comp… last track too!)
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Tracklist
1.The Jazzual Suspects – This Beat
2. Smooth Current – Fools Competition
3. Ta’Raach – Baaaby
4. Kero One – Groovin’
5. Jamal – Jamal 141
6. Colossus – Dopebeatz
7. Brawdcast – Calm Down (Instrumental)
8. J-Boogie’s Dubtronic Science – Alive (Instrumental)
9. Gagle – Scene #2 (Instrumental)
10. Uneaq – Just Checkin’ (J’s Stripped Down Instrumental)
11. Colossus feat. G-off & The Whooligan – The What?
12. Rubberoom – Bodysnatchin’ (On the Isle)
13. Flash – Wasn’t Really Worth My Time
14. Mark Farina – Life
15. The Jazzual Suspects – Ba Dada
16. Super Smoky Soul – Untitled 005
17. Choice37 – Way Back When
18. Colossus – Transit
19. J-Boogie’s Dubtronic Science – Day at the Beach
20. Dave Allison – Reflections
The Goods Radio Show
with Andy Williams and Scott C
Ahhhhh… goddamn, I missed the last Goods night with Dam Funk and I don’t think i’ll ever forgive myself. On the following sunday, Andy concocted a radio show inspired by the previous night. 2 hours of blazing Boogie Funk gems!
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Tracklisting:
1.Zapp – Be Alright
2.Speedometer – The Real me
3.Denise LaSalle – Get up off my mind
4.Chocolate Milk – Action speaks louder than words
5.Slave – Slide
6.Parliament – Star Child
7.Ohio Players – Funk-O-Nots
8.Fatback Band – Let’s Do it Again
9.Locksmith – Unlock the Funk
10.Bootsy Collins – Stretchin’ Out
11.Jambalaise – chains on the mind
12.Chocolate Milk – Hey Lover
13.Peter Brown – Dance with me
14.Hamilton Bohannon – South African Man
15.Chariot Riders – Do it nice & easy
16.Denroy Morgan – I’ll do anything for you
17.Sweat Band – Freak to Freak
18.The Reddings – Remote Control
19.Rafael Cameron – Funktown USA
20.Instant Funk – I got my mind made up
21.Syreeta – Quick Slick
22.Althea Forest & Togetherness – Hey Mister
23.T-Connection – Do what you wanna do
24.Disco Tex & The Sex-o-letters – Get Dancin’
25. Foster Sylvers – Misdemeanor
26.Twennytynne & Lenny White – Kids Stuff
27.The Time – Get it up
28.King Tutt & The Untouchables – Let’s keep on junkin’
29.Dynamic Concept – La Da Da
30.Fellowship – Funky Fever
31.Jenny’s Daughters – Dirty Feet
32.The Quickest Way Out – Tick Tock Baby
33.Betty Wright – Slip & Do it
34.The Fatback Band – Keep on steppin’
35.Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd St. Band – What can you bring me
36.MIAMI – Chicken Yellow
37.Esperanto- Night of the Wolf
38.Juggy Murray Jones – Inside of America
39.FOXY – Get Off your AHHH ! & Dance
Soul Patrol Radio Show
by Lemon (Bulgaria)
Just discovered Lemon on Myspace and the tracklist of his show immediately caught my attention. Its that Future Soul, Broken, Jazzy Underground vibe that Europe does so well. Check it out!
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Tracklisting:
01. Sam Irl & Dorian Concept – Untitled One (Bonzzaj)
02. Black Gold 360 – Taxes, Death & Trouble (Beluga)
03. Stoika & Stojka – Soul Shavo (Geco)
04. Nicola Conte – The Nubian Queens feat Jose James (Schema)
05. Jose James – Spirit’s Up Above (Simbad’s Cosmic Boogie Mix) (Brownswood)
06. Danny Massure – Corkscrew (South City All Stars RMX) (Spring Strut)
07. Mr Confuse – Going Somewhere (Legere)
08. Chico Mann – Who You Runnin From (Quantic RMX) (Kindred Spirits)
09. Gizelle Smith & The Mighty Mocambos – Working Woman (Old Capital)
10. Zeep – Keep An Eye On Love (Far Out)
11. Honey Drippers – Work Song (Manzen Re-edit) (Sonorama)
12. Part Time Heroes – Ready For Change (Wah Wah 45)
13. Mr Scruff – Whiplash (Ninja Tune)
14. Harmonic 313 – Flashback (Warp)
My homeboy Felix who’s been in China for the past two years put me on to Masia not too long ago and I finally got around to checking it out and wasn’t dissapointed! The first cut on the sampler of her PULAU album (which means ISLANDS in Malaysian) is such a catchy summery nugget. Definetly makes me pissed that summer is actually over and that in a half second itll be -30 in Montreal… damn!!! She told me that the track was actually recorded on the coldest day of last year which is hard to believe.
Keep an ear out for Masia One, a perfect representation of that true global sound…
Masia One “PULAU” (ft. Isis, Lady E & DJ SARASA)
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Linkage: www.myspace.com/masiaone, www.masiaone.com
Jay talks about his influences; Jimi Hendrix, Rakim, Nas, Leave it to beaver, Lassie, Popeye, President Reagan, Jay-Z…
UPFRONT PROMO BIZNESS. I got the album preview with those two tracks on crisp vinyl yesterday at Inbeat Records (yes they don t just have house music). Nothing else to say but enjoy.
Vanessa de Mata – Bau
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Vanessa de Mata – Boa Sorte (with Ben Harper)
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I love the mid-90’s house vibe. Very funky, deep and shuffly. Kerri Chandler, Mood II Swing, Masters at Work, etc… This mix touches on the very beginning of the whole UK Garage movement which eventually evolved into 2Step, Grime, Dubstep and so on. Lots of essential classics on here as well as some I had never heard before!
Tracklisting
1. Gypsy Woman (She’s Homeless) (Strip To The Bone Mix) – Crystal Waters
2. 4U (Mk Mix) – 4th Measure Men
3. The Energy (Original Mix) – Astrotrax
4. Feel My Love (Matt Jam Lamont) – The Jam Experience
5. Saved My Life – Todd Edwards
6. I Can’t Get No Sleep (Mk Mix) (India) – Masters At Work
7. Dreams (Original Mix) (Lyn Eden) – Smokin’ Beats
8. Experience – Tuff & Jam Experience
9. Big Baby (Raf Mix) – Kim Mazelle
10. Reminsce (Dnd Mix) – Mary J. Blige
11. Find The Path – New Horizons
12. To Be Loved – Joey Musaphia
13. Dub Train – DB Selective
14. Never Gonna Let You Go – Tina Moore
15. Together – 24 Hour Experience
16. Cloudy Day – Anthill Mob
17. Funky Groove (Norris’ Bass Mix) – Norris ‘Da Boss’ Windross
18. Stay Together (G Funk Mix) – Barbara Tucker
19. Weakness – Greg Stainer
20. Never Gonna Be The Same (Jazzy Groove Dub Mix) (Mone’) – Northbound
Super exclusive heat from L.A’s finest. 6 tracks on this vinyl only EP. Only 500 copies pressed worldwide… just try and come steal mine all you Japanese collectors… Tryyyyy me!
Preview track! “SHADOWS”
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I remember buying the CASSETTE single to Toni Tony Tone’s “If I had no loot” back in 1992 in Florida when I was like shit, I dunno…. 12? Raphael Saadiq has been one of my favorites ever since. To me’s he’s the R&B equivalent of Q-Tip in hip-hop: they both have such distinct and recognisable voices that if you love them, you’ll like any song they put out. So this is Saadiq’s new LP, out in mid-september… he could be singing the yellow pages for all I care but he probably wont, but it would kick ass.
Preview track! “100 yard dash”
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One more thing: Is it me or does Raphael Saadiq kinda look like Don Cheadle?
Little sample heat right here. Well, actually it’s a little more than a sample use, its a complete A to Z lift. Kayne took Gil Scott-Heron’s “Angel Dust” and didn’t do a whole lot to it but he did press record on Common and The Game’s MICs I guess… No seriously, not to hate on good ol’ Kayne but he does rely a hell of a lot on the use of samples and when he does, I find he doesn’t do a whole lot to it. I know a bunch of producers who could have done better with that track… but they didn’t so I guess thats the whole point.
Geez, enough rambling… I think i’m tired. Point is: the beat is bangin’ ok?!
Gil Scott-Heron “Angel Dust”
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The Game “Angel” ft. Common
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This track will be a smash at my mom’s new years party. She’s gonna act all cool and pretend she discovered it herself without giving her son any credit, yeah… she’s like that. Jusss kidding ma!
Ok, i’m not gonna front, I didn’t know any of Issa Bagayogo’s stuff but this track from his new record on the very big world music label Six Degrees is enough to make me want to hear more. It’s definetly got that Mali vibe (from what I’ve heard from there), an undeniable mix of african music with very subtle electronic undertones…
Heat!
Play – Donu Kan
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Another music legend is gone, R.I.P. Issac Hayes.
Singer, musician, arranger, producer, film score composer, grammy and academy award winner, owner of a basketball team (that was wayyyy before Jay-Z decided to buy the New Jersey Nets), and of course, the voice of South Park’s Chef.
Hayes had a very productive and influential (he did the epic and orchestral 10 minute soul songs a couple of years before Barry White did it) career with close to 30 albums and/or soundtracks released, 3 grammy awards, most of them on the legendary Memphis soul label, Stax Records, home to Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, Wilson Pickett, Booker T & the MG’s and others…
Originally Hayes was the in-house songwriter and producer for most of the Stax hits in the 60’s but following Otis Redding’s tragic plane crash in 1967, he was put forced into the role of the saviour of Stax records.
Click here for a good BBC tribute to Isaac Hayes
Here are a few tracks for your reminiscing pleasure.
“Walk on by” as sampled by Pete Rock, Hooverphonic, 2Pac, BIG, and so on…
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“Do your thing” as sampled by Big Daddy Kane
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“The Look of Love” as sampled by Snoop, Special Ed, Jay-Z, Mary J Blige, etc…
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Yup. It’s true. That’s right. Huh-huh. Q-Tip’s new record is coming out.
You’re an intelligent person so there’s no need for me to tell you how important Q-Tip is a major reason why most of us who grew up in the nineties started listening to hip-hop in the first place. What you do need to know is that the man is still relevant in today’s music landscape and that he’s tired of hearing about A Tribe Called Quest reunions.
Check out the really good SPIN interview that came out a couple weeks ago. The album titled “The Renaissance” features collaborations with D’Angelo, Andre 3000, Norah Jones and Raphael Saadiq.
Play – Getting up
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(courtesy of XXL magazine)
Download… shhhhh!
Back in 2000, me and Senyo teamed up to bring one of the first UKG and 2step radio shows in North America. We held it down weekly on Sweet-ting.com for 2 years.
I remember finishing football practise every wednesday night and grabbing my records and heading out to ghetto but lovely RCA Victor Studios out in St-Henri. (Lots of times we had to throw rocks in the small window of the studio for somehow to open the door because the buzzer was broken). Enjoy this little blast from the past… before Grime, before Dubstep there was… UKG!
Play – SV’n with Lexis & Senyo + Special Guest DR.LOVE
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Play – SV’n with Lexis & Senyo + Special Guest DJ MAUS
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Some pics from the webcam…
