Forgotten Treasure: Chaka Khan “What You Did”
Forgotten Treasures

Forgotten Treasure: Chaka Khan “What You Did” (1980)

Wow, talk about a dope A-side B-side combo right here. “What you did” came out in 1980 as a B-side to “Clouds” by Ashford & Simpson. Both tracks are just a perfect mix of the soul, disco and boogie sound. Something that could only have come out in the late …

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Future Classic: Jose James “Trouble”
Future Classics

Future Classic: Jose James “Trouble”

It’s no secret that we at MIMS have always had major love from Jose James. James is one of the freshest voices to hit the jazz and soul scene for a long long time and in addition to being ridiculously talented the guy is really prolific. Since he hit the …

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Forgotten Treasure: Ray Parker Jr. & Raydio “Still in The Groove”
Forgotten Treasures

Forgotten Treasure: Ray Parker Jr. & Raydio “Still in The Groove” (1981)

This one is from my secret stash. I’ve been playing this track at pretty much every opportunity ever since Montreal homie Dj Kobal told me about it 5-6 years ago. What’s great about it is that it’s not rare at all. It’s a pretty common early 80’s record from Ray …

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Forgotten Treasure: Nina Simone “Four Women”

Forgotten Treasure: Nina Simone “Four Women” (Live)

After reading a great article on Nina Simone who is on the cover of the latest issue of Wax Poetics I did some digging around for some live footage. I found this pretty amazing live concert at Harlem Cultural Festival in 1969! I also found this footage of the Priestess …

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Brownswood Bubblers Volume 7

Brownswood Bubblers Volume 7

Brownswood Bubblers is back with their 7th edition, providing a platform for unsung heroes and emerging talent from the Worldwide underground. The series distills the stream of exciting new artists that have become semi-permanent fixtures in Gilles Peterson‘s playlists and DJ sets of late to create a suite of perfect …

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Freddie Hubbard - Love Connection
Forgotten Treasures

Forgotten Treasure: Freddie Hubbard “Sunflower” (1980)

I like hunting for obscure samples but I also like when more obvious samples are used by a bunch of different producers in different genres: the “Amen Brother” drum break, the keys from Donald Byrd‘s “Think Twice”, pretty much all the Bob James records on CTI. My own personal story …

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Forgotten Treasure: Jackie Beavers “Mr. Bump Man”
Forgotten Treasures

Forgotten Treasure: Jackie Beavers “Mr. Bump Man” (1975)

Since I was talked about the CD release of the awesome collection of edits from Detroit’s Theo Parrish called “UGLY Edits” I figured i’d post at least one original version of one of those refixes. I didn’t know about this track before Christian Pronovost played it this summer at a …

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Free Download: Dam-Funk “InnaFocusedDaze” EP

Free Download: Dam-Funk “InnaFocusedDaze” EP

via Stones Throw: Dam-Funk teamed up with Scion AV for the release of this new EP and the October tour. 10″ vinyl release coming soon, but you can download it for free below. Hard to improve on the write-up Weiss posted, so we’ll just quote … “Is there anything better than a new free …

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Theo Parrish “Slices DVD Feature”
Future Classics

Future Classic: Theo Parrish “Ugly Edits” (2CD Compilation)

When I used to work at Inbeat Records a few years ago, these Theo Parrish “UGLY Edits” on those mysterious white labels would come in a leave the shop in about a day. In fact most of them probably never made it to the floor because owner Christian Pronovost would …

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Frank Ocean “Swim Good” (Video)
Music Documentaries

Frank Ocean “Swim Good” (Video)

Dope video for one of Frank Ocean‘s best tracks off of his “Nostalgia, Ultra” mixtape which came out in February I think… I can’t say I’m always a fan of the new wave of r&b like The Weeknd and Frank Ocean but this one I like a lot and once …

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Future Classic: Toro Y Moi “Freaking Out” EP
Future Classics

Future Classic: Toro Y Moi “Freaking Out” EP

You probably thought Toro Y Moi was a band we would leave for Pitchfork and the likes but hey, if it’s dope (and it is) then it’s a more than welcome addition to MIMS! Often labeled as “chill wave” (yes, it’s an actual genre apparently) I’ve been onto Toro Y …

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Phil Sparkz – “69ers : Breakadelic Lullabies Part 1″
Dj Mixes

Phil Sparkz – “69ers : Breakadelic Lullabies Part 1”

69ers is a collection of trippy songs that all have one thing in common, their release year. I tried to explore every aspect of 1969 with a worldwide perspective. At that time, a lot of psychedelic bands were coming out of Argentina, France, Korea and pretty much everywhere. In Germany, …

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