Blog: Mixtape Maestro

MJ. Prince. Parliament/ Funkadelic. Rick James. The Gap Band. The Time. Robert Palmer. Hall & Oates. Cameo: These are just a few of the names that enter the brain when immersed in the slick, '80's-era White boy funk/ R&B of Pink and Purple , the newest release from Brooklyn singer/ songwriter/ producer Alan Wilkes . Sounding as if Chromeo had been brainwashed into spending a couple weeks watching nothing but early-era BET video playlists, this continuously entertaining six-song EP fits in perfectly with music's obsession with all things '80's [...]

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