As I opt to periodically do - when I have no other viable or unviable ideas - it's time to pull up an old Billboard magazine Hot 100 chart and note the songs that debuted that week. I nicked the concept from Chris at 702s Music Mayhem who uses the format with far greater attention to detail as he works his way through the '70s. The first few years of the '80s was when pop radio provided much of the music for me and Casey Kasem's [...]
In more ways than one, Charlie Wilson doesn't get old. For decades, as both a solo artist and the founding front man for The Gap Band, this legendary crooner has [...]
As the rainy season began to subside, April came and went: ushering in the next few months of warmth, sunligh, and barbeque weather. The gloomy skies have been replaced with [...]
When I was a little kid, I'm Gonna Git You Sucka was one of my favorite movies of all-time. That's right, the R-rated spoof of blaxploitation films was the favorite movie of nine-year-old me. Allow me to explain how something like this happens. My father opened a video store in 1983, when I was just four years old. For much of the 80s my parents were divorced, and it came time for me to visit my dad I would spend much of the dayin the store watching movies, from when I got [...]
With nothing of use in my head, it's a good time to pull up a Billboard magazine Hot 100 chart from the early '80s - a period of my initial infatuation with music and radio - and check out the debut songs. So, here are the seven songs which were making their first appearance on the chart during this week in 1982... John Schneider - In The Driver's Seat from Quiet Man (debuted #90, peaked #72, 6 [...]
Toro Y Moi has announced his latest EP, Freaking Out, which is currently being scheduled for a September 13th. The EP is said to draw a lot of influence from groups like Gap Band, Mtume, Teddy Riley and he even covers Alexander O'Neill & Cherrell's "Saturday Love". A classic song I remember hearing a lot [...]
Alright here is another #latepass guys! Tyler, The Creator put this summertime mix together and tweeted about it. I already knew it would be filled with N.E.R.D., since he's a self-proclaimed stan, and I was right. But there's also hella other goodness (see: Toro y Moi, Grizzly Bear, James Pants, Stevie Wonder) on here that definitely sounds and feels like summertime. You can play this in your car or while you work or whatever. Get into it. The mp3 is too large to stream, but here's a track from the mix. Full listing after the jump. [...]
It's that time again y'all.. around the same time last year Jazzy Jeff & Mick Boogie joined forces for UNDRCRWN to lay down their soundtrack to Summer 2010, a giant mashup of the sunshine jawns... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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Tweet Something about summer always gets me thinking about songs that sound like summer, but I'm not the only one. Earlier today Tyler the Creator dropped his Summer Camp Mix on the Odd Future web site. The mix is full of tunes that just feel like heat rays beating down on you while you're chilling on your backyard patio with a 40 and your chillest buds, with the rest filled in with Tyler under the moniker DJ Stank Daddy bringing in the usual Odd [...]
Every time Uncle Charlie and his fam-band pop up in rotation with "Wednesday Lover," my mind is both eased by the Oklahoma trio's contemporary class and completely confused by why Wednesday - of all days - was picked. Does hump day seem like an off selection to anyone else? The Gap Band - "Wednesday Lover"
The Gap Band and there video's are priceless, not to mention there Fashion! In the 80s tons of African American males adopted the western ways of the Cowboys and totally flipped the Urban Cowboy Look. No other group took to this fashion more serious than the Gap Band. Here is a collection of music video where music is not the only king, the fashion is too...
Indie singer songwriter Mark Lesseraux demands that you dance to his new concept cover album 'Get Your Back Up Off The Wall!' Okay, so he's not demanding, but rather suggesting that you think about dancing. While you think about it, you just might find yourself cutting a rug.
Bicep pal Aldo Morro dropped us a taster from his new project 'Frankie Goes Deep', in the form of a rather tasty re-make of disco classic 'Outstanding' by The Gap Band. Summer... DOWNLOAD/ STREAM http://www.feelmybicep.com
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Nice! Some of you young 'uns might only knw the name Charlie Wilson as the government name for Uncle Charlie , a frequent recent collaborator of Kanye West on his recently acclaimed My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy album and G.O.O.D. Fridays series of free tracks. But before that, this veteran performer had a long legacy of great funk/R&B music with the Gap Band that has been well-appreciated and sampled by the hip hop community as this DJ Synapse mixtape ably demonstrates. Peep game: Track List: [...]
If you don't know who Charlie Wilson is, get some knowledge here with the help of DJ Synapse . And KYS. "The influence of Uncle Charlie Wilson on r&b and hip-hop is extraordinary. From being the main force in the legendary Gap Band, who's classic songs "Yearnin For Your Love", "Outstanding" and "Dropped A Bomb On Me" have been sampled in countless hip-hop, r&b and pop songs, to being featured on many newer artist's current songs. Join DJ Synapse, who [...]
Trackstar pulled my coat to this pretty tough mix by NYC's DJ Synapse . "The influence of Uncle Charlie Wilson on R&B & Hip-Hop is extraordinary. From being the main force in the legendary Gap Band, who's classic songs "Yearnin For Your Love", "Outstanding" and "Dropped A Bomb On Me" have been sampled in countless Hip-Hop, R&B and Pop songs, to being featured on many newer artist's current songs. Join DJ Synapse, who takes listeners through some of the greatest Charlie Wilson compositions and Gap Band songs, and the [...]
This is a DJ Synapse mix for Mr. Charlie Wilson. It's still great for people like the homie DJ Synapse acknowledging such a legend on a solo tip and as well in the legendary band. With the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
The influence of Charlie Wilson and The Gap Band on R&B and Hip-Hop is extraordinary. Check out this ultimate collection of the Gap Band's greatest hits and how their work has been used and sampled in some of today's biggest hits!
Our friend DJ Synapse has dropped one of the illest mixes I've heard in a bit. First off, props to him for working on this project with the legendary Charlie Wilson of The Gap Band. That's big right there folks. The mix is one amazing blend. Basically kids, this shit is an education and it's [...]
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