A.Skillz + Lyn Collins - Think (It takes two) [ mp3 SoundCloud] A.Skillz rework of the classic Lyn Collins track Think (about it) famously sampled by Rob Base and Dj E-Z Rock
Another banger from the legendary A Skillz...
Every so often, my fellow Grumpy Old Man With A Beard brethren Zen pops out of the woodwork with some music recommendations. And when he does, I tend to listen. So when a link to a blog post from a good five years ago landed in my inbox courtesy of my good man this afternoon, I did just that. I listened, and listened, and then wondered why I'd never heard of Prince of Ballards before. I don't know much about the good Prince (pictured - I think?), but I now know he makes [...]
3OOm! If you've been keeping up to date with 3LAU recently you'd know that his course is accelerating immensely, as this so clearly demonstrates. Collaborating with R3hab himself on his current bootleg, 3LAU takes the infamous Heaven by DJ Sammy and throws it for a ride. Including: R3HAB Feat. Robyn & Rye Rye - Never Be Mine (Instrumental) | Dev - In The Dark | Tyga - Rack City | DJ Sammy - Heaven | DHT - Listen To Your Heart | Lyn Collins - Think (About It)
It’s the feeling, it’s the moment.. it’s the new found moments created. IT IS the ageless and undying funk that originates across many styles ... We continue. THE INCREDIBLE BONGO BAND - Dueling Bongos FUNKADELIC – Standing On The Verge Of Getting It On THE ISLEY BROTHERS – Work To Do OHIO PLAYERS – Who’d She Coo? * * * * LYN COLLINS – Think (About [...]
It’s the feeling, it’s the moment.. it’s the new found moments created. IT IS the ageless and undying funk that originates across many styles ... We continue. THE INCREDIBLE BONGO BAND - Dueling Bongos FUNKADELIC – Standing On The Verge ... Continue reading
In this instalment in the Covered With Soul series we have a second selection of soul songs covered by soul acts. We have met most of the featured artists before, perhaps none more so than Erma Franklin. Here we have Erma covering a song originally performed by her bigger sister, Aretha Franklin (whose 70th birthday we have just celebrated). One act here is quite unlike any of the others we have heard in this series: Una Valli was not only white (as were the Flaming Embers), but also South African, having some local success as a soul singer in the [...]
Every Saturday we take a look at some quality funk, soul and disco here at the Labs. Wether it be old or new, we're into it and want to share it with yourselves. My first tune of this new feature has always been a personal favourite. Lyn Collins began her career as a 14 year old and in 1972 had her biggest hit with todays tunes. Not only is at an amazing tune, its contains 5 original breaks that have been widely used in both hip hop and drum & bass. Who can [...]
James Brown: Down and Out in New York City [ purchase ] 1. In 1973 James Brown records "Down and Out in New York City" among other funky tracks for the soundtrack to the blaxploitation film Black Caesar . His backing vocalist, "funky soul siren" Lyn Collins, sings lead on another track, "Mama Soul". Lyn Collins: Think (About It) [ purchase ] 2. A year earlier, Lyn Collins --nicknamed [...]
Photos by: Andy ‘Moses’ Vermeulen of the infamous Hobo Gestapo I had a bit of a love hate relationship with the band. Bombs Over Baghdad for instances - not necessary. I just want to hear that kicking, crisp electronic production rather than a wall of noise through which it was sometimes difficult to make out the song. However, on the other hand, Spottieottiedopalicious played with the help of two horn players in matching green Adidas tracksuits - stooooopid fresh to the power of infinity plus one. Oh did anybody [...]
SOUL SOURCE - You mean Dr Dre didn't write any of that stuff? Well.....no, not really. Download audio file (04-Think-About-It.mp3) Lyn Collins - Think About It
I must confess that I find it hard to mourn the death of Amy Winehouse. Don’t think of me as a man possessed of a callous heart. Of course the death of a young, talented woman is a cause for sadness. But Ms Winehouse did not die in a tragic accident, as Otis Redding did, nor did a dread disease claim her, as it did Minnie Riperton. Amy Winehouse was a victim of her own excess; she lived a self-destructive lifestyle which first wounded her talent and then (as it appears) ended her life. My empathy is directed at her [...]
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The fifth instalment in the Covered With Soul series departs from the custom of the previous four which featured mostly covers of non-soul originals. This mix consists of soul covers of soul songs. One would imagine that soul covers of soul songs would be more frequent than those of non-soul tracks in the genre’s repertoire of the late 1960s and ’70s, but I’ve found that this is not necessarily so, at least not as far as reasonably well-known tracks are concerned, and if one ignores the Motown custom of its roster all recording the same songs. [...]
Download audio file (03-Santa-Claus-Go-Straight-To -The-Ghetto.mp3) I'm going to be honest with you kids, Christmas isn't really one of my favorite holidays. Outside of the whole family aspect (and Jesus. GP are ya wit me!) I could really do without it. But unlike the cover art may suggest (props to the big homie NO for coming correct btw) this comp is not a Bah-Humbug-a-thon. It's actually a dedication comp. For December 25, 2010 marks the fourth anniversary of the passing of one of the most influential figures in modern day music - and one of my absolute favorite [...]
Far, far away, in a galaxy long ago, long before Jarvis Cocker and his friends were reminising about their first time... Ch-ch-ch-ch-check it out! “ This is the story of out first teacher ,” crooned those Caledonian Casanovas The Proclaimers . “ Shetland made her jumpers and the devil made her features .” This Is The Story was The Proclaimers first album, released way back in 1987 and taken from it, the solidly swinging Over And Done With [...]
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy 1. Dark Fantasy - Mike Oldfield - In High Places 2. Gorgeous - The Turtles - You Showed Me 3. Power - Continent Number 6 - Afromerica - Cold Grits - It's Your Thing - King Crimson - 21st [...]
Summer of '89. It was virtually impossible to get into a car or a club without hearing the infamous Lyn Collins sample 'It takes two to make a thing go right! It takes two to make it outta sight!!!' blaring from the speakers (hefty doses due mostly to Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock). While her James Brown produced classic Think (About It) was a product of 722, twenty years and some change later, no 90s hip-hop track worth it's Africa Medallion was without it. Todays covers to think [...]
Remember that poster in your elementary school music room that said "If you can talk, you can sing?" It was wrong. Everyone can talk, most people can't sing. I belong to the wish-I-could-but-can't group. (And of all the things I wish I could do- dunk a basketball, speak French, avoid every mosquito on the plant- singing tops my list. Maybe that's why I'm a sucker for good vocals. [...]
Creo que fue un pintor surrealista de principios del siglo pasado el que dijo "El hombre no inventa nada, está todo ahí". Qué sería del arte -en cualquiera de sus expresiones- si no fuera por el trabajo que le ha antecedido. Por eso, en este tercer Jueves de Safari, vamos a explorar el mundo del sampleo, esas bases musicales que uno oye cantar hoy, con la extraña sensación de haber escuchado esa melodía en otra parte, en otro tiempo. Una selección de notables samples, que incluso han llegado [...]
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