70s and 80s Soul Music
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4 Brothers Beats. This is a tribute to all the original music that built hip-hop – the best beats in soul, funk & jazz collected by four brothers. An amazing collection of out-of-print releases from the 70s and 80s.
Syreeta!
Narada has certainly manufactured a magnificent pile of cheese, though. Eek.
posted by Wolof at 2:10 AM on September 21, 2007
Narada has certainly manufactured a magnificent pile of cheese, though. Eek.
posted by Wolof at 2:10 AM on September 21, 2007
I'm an old skool DJ and people love it when i mix in some
70's funk/jazz/soul. Shuggie Otis and Ritchie Havens with a
slice of Taj Mahal.
posted by doctorschlock at 4:17 AM on September 21, 2007
70's funk/jazz/soul. Shuggie Otis and Ritchie Havens with a
slice of Taj Mahal.
posted by doctorschlock at 4:17 AM on September 21, 2007
Oh yes. Oh yes. This very good blog. This very good post. KevinSkomsvold in one fell swoop just became one of my favoritist FPPers.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 5:13 AM on September 21, 2007
posted by flapjax at midnite at 5:13 AM on September 21, 2007
Excellent. Can't wait to get home and snag some of this stuff.
posted by tommasz at 6:26 AM on September 21, 2007
posted by tommasz at 6:26 AM on September 21, 2007
I you like this, I HIGHLY recomend Ego Trip's Book of Rap lists. Funny. INformative. Fun.
posted by fatcatslimslim at 6:29 AM on September 21, 2007
posted by fatcatslimslim at 6:29 AM on September 21, 2007
Totally digging on Earth Wind and Fire's first album. Wow.
posted by KevinSkomsvold at 6:39 AM on September 21, 2007
posted by KevinSkomsvold at 6:39 AM on September 21, 2007
On a side note (meant to include this in my post), I really like the writing on this blog. I know next to nothing about hip-hop but find myself fascinated by nuggets like this:
One album, two breaks – and you've got yourself some hiphop history! This is the Emotions "Untouched" from 1972 – impossible to pick up on vinyl since anyone who owns it would never put it up for sale! All because the album contains two breaks crucial to the evolution of hiphop. "Blind Alley" has one of the most recognizable breaks in the business – everyone's used it, but probably best known for being the backbone on Big Daddy Kane's "Ain't No Half-Steppin". The other break is from "If You Think It" – best used on RZA's great cut "Verbal Intercourse".
Here they describe something I experience often (albeit with different types of music):
The problem with having a lot of music around you (CD's, vinyls and various digital storage medias) is that you sometimes actually forget about certain albums that you really love – but, man, is it satisfying when discovering them again!
That's exactly what happend over the weekend, when I stumbled across Karma's "Celebration" album from 1976! It was like re-uniting with an old lost friend – and just as rewarding! This just the kind of rare jazz funk that we all search for – groovy, funky and fantastic.
posted by KevinSkomsvold at 6:50 AM on September 21, 2007
One album, two breaks – and you've got yourself some hiphop history! This is the Emotions "Untouched" from 1972 – impossible to pick up on vinyl since anyone who owns it would never put it up for sale! All because the album contains two breaks crucial to the evolution of hiphop. "Blind Alley" has one of the most recognizable breaks in the business – everyone's used it, but probably best known for being the backbone on Big Daddy Kane's "Ain't No Half-Steppin". The other break is from "If You Think It" – best used on RZA's great cut "Verbal Intercourse".
Here they describe something I experience often (albeit with different types of music):
The problem with having a lot of music around you (CD's, vinyls and various digital storage medias) is that you sometimes actually forget about certain albums that you really love – but, man, is it satisfying when discovering them again!
That's exactly what happend over the weekend, when I stumbled across Karma's "Celebration" album from 1976! It was like re-uniting with an old lost friend – and just as rewarding! This just the kind of rare jazz funk that we all search for – groovy, funky and fantastic.
posted by KevinSkomsvold at 6:50 AM on September 21, 2007
Thanks, I've got the following music blogs on my RSS reader, some of them previously linked on MeFi:
Flea Market Funk
Fufu Stew
Funky 16 Corners
This is Tomorrow
Wake Your Daughter Up (hip hop)
WEFUNK Radio
posted by furtive at 6:52 AM on September 21, 2007 [3 favorites]
Flea Market Funk
Fufu Stew
Funky 16 Corners
This is Tomorrow
Wake Your Daughter Up (hip hop)
WEFUNK Radio
posted by furtive at 6:52 AM on September 21, 2007 [3 favorites]
Thank you Kev. With this and the Mark Vidler, I've been filling my hard drive with a shovel.
posted by MinPin at 8:15 AM on September 21, 2007
posted by MinPin at 8:15 AM on September 21, 2007
The thing I hate about crate diggers is the enormous amount of Jazz-Funk that they tend to offer up. Now I don't mind Jazz, and I love me the funk, but when you put the two together, somehow you get less rather than more. Neither funky jazz, nor jazzy funk but all too often a bunch of jazzers trying to cash in on music they don't seem to like or appreciate.
Some great Philly up there though. O'Jays, Eddie Kendricks, etc.
posted by PeterMcDermott at 9:28 AM on September 21, 2007
Some great Philly up there though. O'Jays, Eddie Kendricks, etc.
posted by PeterMcDermott at 9:28 AM on September 21, 2007
Don't miss this Skull Snaps album though. I've got a few of the 45's, but I've never even seen a copy of the album.
posted by PeterMcDermott at 9:46 AM on September 21, 2007
posted by PeterMcDermott at 9:46 AM on September 21, 2007
Oh my, can't thank you enough... this is probably the best site I've ever seen...like a dream come true really... where do I start? ... I'll have the Leo's Sunshipp... 6 Leroy Hutson... the classic James Mason to save me from ripping the vinyl]... I'll try the 3 very obscure Placebo... and wow! Mancunian Jazz from the Pedddlers... must...get....it.....all.....before...i...wake...up.
posted by niceness at 10:33 AM on September 21, 2007
posted by niceness at 10:33 AM on September 21, 2007
The internet proves to be amazing again.
I have never seen the video to Junior's wonderful
"mama used to say"
What a great song! What a great video!
posted by wittgenstein at 11:50 AM on September 21, 2007
I have never seen the video to Junior's wonderful
"mama used to say"
What a great song! What a great video!
posted by wittgenstein at 11:50 AM on September 21, 2007
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