It's been a while since I cover a popular track for Sample Sundays... today I decided to uncover some of the samples that were used to produce Jay-Z's Dead Presidents single which he released to promote his debut album Reasonable Debt . There is a huge misconception regarding this single. A lot of people think that Dead Presidents was not a single and is actually just another track in his Reasonable Debt album. If you know the slightest bit about hip hop then you probably know that the track that appears on [...]
Down To The Bone's groove gets harder, funkier and juicier. Their music encompasses all that is funky, soulful and jazzy. As founder and producer of the band , Stuart Wade states that 'it's all about the groove....that is what gets people dancing, their toes tapping and their heads nodding.' 'Wade formed the band several years ago, where previous musical and business projects such as 'Internal Bass Records' and ' Think Twice ' had given him the necessary experience to reach his musical goals. In 2001 Wade decided to go solo with the band [...]
Download audio file (10-Jazz-Cats-Pt.-1.mp3) We appreciate all of you who download our individual compilations as well as our tag team joints. So 1nce again, Maiya & I tag teamed to bring the 2nd installment of our 3 part All That Jazz series. Tracklist & DL after the after. Partake, eNjOy & stay TUNEd. MAIYA AND NO PRESENT…ALL THAT JAZZ VOL.2 | DOWNLOAD
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"When you're Asian–this isn't so PC–you can go the 'white way,' or the 'black way,'" Chaz Bundwick explained to writer Nandini Nessa of Brooklyn Bodega , "You always get picked on in school when you're brown and you like 'white people music.' People are so closed-minded about that kind of stuff, but people that try to go both ways are the ones that break the stereotypes." Chaz Bundwick, more widely known as Toro Y Moi, grew up in Colombia, South Carolina, the descent of a Filipino mother and African American father. After speaking with Bundwick over the phone, it [...]
Dotmatic-It's Yours Download audio file (Its-Yours.mp3) Despite the fact that most of the country is still dressed in boots and coats, spring has arrived. It's a time for physical, mental and audible rejuvenation. These songs make me feel like I'm inhaling a breath of fresh air, so I decided to share them with you. You have no idea how much I enjoy putting these together each month. Blind I faithfuls keep us going. Enjoy. [...]
"Expansions" fait partie de ces titres qui nous sont extrêmement familiers et qui par leur mélange de grooves nous procurent à chaque fois un plaisir renouvelé. Il est issu de l'album éponyme Expansions de Lonnie Liston Smith and The Cosmic Echoes sorti au début des années 70. Lonnie est issu d'une famille de musiciens, son père chanteur de gospel à Richemont en Virginie lui donne le tempo et le sens de la soul. À force de travail et de persévérance il rejoint ses idoles sur la scène et les clubs [...]
4Hero-Naima (Remix) Download audio file (Naima-Remix.mp3) Whenever people reference Blind I, or the kind of music we post, especially in our monthly compilations, the word "taste" comes up a lot. Individually and collectively we all have a very specific ear and that's what draws you in to either hate or love it. Sometimes when I put mine together, I try to switch things up a bit to reach and satisfy different tastes, but this month, it's just [...]
Fresh off the press today is a nice little package of instrumental, vibey beats from a London-based gentleman by the name of BUG. Our man BUG is a bit of a triple threat by the sound of things, possessing skills as a keyboardist, song writer and producer. He puts all three to good use on his brand spanking new single, released earlier this week by Jus Like Music Records . Combining the best of hip hop and soul, BUG has created a solid two-track package, featuring cuts entitled 'Cosmic Lab' and '20 Winks'. Early feedback [...]
Lonnie has message for you, seeped in more cosmic goo - taken from the 1974 LP of the same name . [...]
Happy New Year Blind I Faithful. I feel like it has been a while since I've posted an Innervisions mix. If you're new to this thing, these compilations usually have a smooth vibe with lots of old soul music which is one of my favorite things to play when I unwind. And they took time on these songs back in the day so don't rush through the intros of George Duke and Jimmy Castro. The switch up is worth the wait. Tracks and links after the jump. [...]
Sometimes we've done seasonal compilations that have been more literal, but to me these songs just take me to that place. The leaves are falling and the temperature is lowering. Old memories are phasing out to create room for new experiences. Tracks/link next door. Download Maiya Presents...Seasons [Mediafire]
HEALING SONG Pharaoh Sanders Live at the East Impulse : 1972 PS, tenor sax; Joseph Bonner, piano, harmonium; Lonnie Liston Smith, piano, flute, percussion; Marvin Peterson, trumpet; Carlos Garnett, flute, vocals; Harold Vick, vocals, sax; Stanley Clarke, bass; Cecil McBee, bass; Lawrence Killian, congas and bailophone; William Hart, drums. Maybe it's the encroaching winter, maybe it's the crappy economy, but these days we find ourselves fighting off the doldrums. Supposing that maybe you could use [...]
Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes: Summer Days It doesn't feel like summer anymore, not today anyways, but that doesn't mean we can't enjoy this. Off of 1974's Expansions . Summer Days is a kind of hymn to New York. "When I'm travelling," Lonnie explains, "I always look forward to coming back to New York because there's always so much going on here. And there's such variety in New York. You can really see it in the summertime -- so many different [...]
Dan Love , the man behind Oh Word's epic de-construction of Illmatic , returns with a sequel worthy of hoverboards and Gray's Sports Alamanac. A tip of the tilted brim to Hip-Hop is Read, for aiding and abetting the sample collection. Despite a plethora of highly acclaimed and commercially successful albums over a nearly two-decade career, there's little doubt that for fans of that New York boom-bap, Jay-Z's solo debut, Reasonable Doubt , remains his creative zenith. With his newly constructed Mafioso persona devastatingly realised [...]
Lonnie on piano & brother Donald on the flute, giving this track a light, airy feel. Lonnie Liston Smith - Space Lady Previously Posted - Your Daily Funk - "Psychedelic Pi"
image: under-sexposure™ Aside from looping 1901 all day, I've been listening to a lot of classics. Real classics. Not blog houze hits from 2005. I'm talking 1975 Lonnie Liston Smith. Unfortunately this isn't what I'm posting today. I mention Lonnie because I just copped a fun ass track of The Constellations which Death Metal Disco Scene remixed and turned the mellow vibe into a FUNK BEAST. I know they dipped their fingers into the classic jazz/funk pool for this one. [...]
This one is almost guaranteed to elicit a two-step from the hardest of the hard rocks. Blue Note funk for Sunday morning. Lonnie Liston Smith - Psychedelic Pi
Curtis Mayfield: We Got to Have Peace Idealistic anthems were the norm in 1971, but leave it to Curtis to make it something special. Get it on Roots . Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes: A Chance For Peace Smooth, funky soul-jazz with a message. Get it on 1975's Visions of a New World .
Here's some classix from the jazz-funk era. It's that kind of day. Expansions - Lonnie Liston Smith Put It Where You Want It - The Crusaders School Days - Stanley Clarke Harlem River Drive - Bobbi Humphrey Miles Runs The Voodoo Down - Miles Davis [...]
When you start something like ' Under the Influence ' you know that you are gonna get to hear some great new tunes and hear about artist's influences. A bonus of doing this is that you also get to be exposed to the passion that people have for music. All I can say is that if anyone in this world has passion for music it is the one and only Dubble D ! It is infectious. When I emailed him a few weeks ago, to ask if he'd be into contributing, I wasn't expecting a response in all honesty [...]
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