Funk
DaM-FunK – “Believer”
May 15, 2016
DâM-Funk’s got “DJ-Kicks” dropping May 27, 2016. Right around the corner; but not close enough for you to under-smell the futuristic funk he’s cooking up and putting down. So, here is a sample for all you mother FUNKIN’ lovers out there entitled “Believer.” Listen and become one if you aren’t already.
RIP Prince
April 21, 2016
BREAKING: Publicist: Pop music superstar Prince has died at his home in suburban Minneapolis.
— The Associated Press (@AP) April 21, 2016
The Rock Soul R&B Funk Pop music world was rocked to its mantle and core today as news of the passing of a legend spread: The Purple Rocker, Prince, suddenly left this earthly plane today. Details are still being revealed, and we certainly need the time to process the information and our feelings; but we have the gist. We know, sadly, the mourning can begin.
Only now can we truly know what it will be like to hear ‘that’ Prince song/album/collection, knowing that he is no longer with us. At least with Prince… He knew… he HAD to know… that he was and will forever be loved & admired by millions; and acclaimed at every strata of the industry – casual listener to sternest critic. Hit the jump to see sentiments to that effect expressed across the Interwebs honoring and bidding farewell to the 57-year-old Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame performer.
Prince Rogers Nelson of Minneapolis, Minnesota. Born to make music, make a ruckus, and make history. What a life! You did that and lived that, Sire. Thank you blessing and bringing us along all these years. And now Your Royal Badness, rest in peace.
Posted in Celebrity, Dance, Funk, R&B, Rock, Soul | 
Tags: in memory of, memoriam, Prince, Prince Rogers Nelson, Purple Rocker, Rest In Peace, Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame | 
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Dam-Funk Does Some Crate Digging And Tells Us “What’s In My Bag?” (Video)
January 14, 2016
Damn, Dam-Funk, you sure got yourself a healthy stack of wax to talk about on this episode of “What’s In My Bag?” He talks about his picks in the clip above. See his entire list of digs here.
Posted in Celebrity, Funk, Interview, Lifestyle, Series, Videos | Tags: Crate Digging, dam Funk, What's In My Bag | No Comments »
Various Artists – “Autumn In Jakarta” (Compilation Album)
November 28, 2015
Jakarta Records already dropped “Summer In Jakarta” and “Winter In Jakarta” in this its 10th year as a label. How about another seasonal compilation album? “Autumn In Jakarta” is 15 unreleased tracks from Jakarta artists and others they consider ‘friends of the label’ or just plain ol’ dope!
Posted in Album, Alternative, Funk, Hip-Hop, Instrumental, Jazz, Music, R&B, Soul | Tags: Autumn In Jakarta, Barney Artist, Benny Sings, Blu, C2C, D1, Dalton, DJ Greem, Dude26, Fadaul, Fadoul, FloFilz, Habibi Funk, IAMNOBODI, ILL CAMILLE, Ivan Ave, Jakarta, Jakarta Records, Juju Rodgers, JuJu Rogers, K.Chozen, Mndsgn, Mura Masa, Oddisee, Rascal, Sam Baker, Serious Klein, Suff Daddy, Summer In Jakarta, Ta-Ku, Winter in Jakarta | No Comments »
Dam-Funk Digs Into His Crates To Pull Off A ‘Boiler Room’ Party Mix (Video)
November 19, 2015
Funk, boogie, breaks… LPs and 45s… Dam-Funk is taking us on a near hour-and-a-half musical genre journey. With very little intro (by a cute little slimmie), we get right into the needle-dropping. What is pretty much an intimate listening party doesn’t stop until the end; only pausing for commentary or spontaneous crooning. Check out the video above. Nice!
Posted in Celebrity, Dance, Funk, Performance, Producers, Videos | Tags: Boiler Room, Crate Digging, Crates, dam Funk, Digging, records, Wax | No Comments »
Pete Rock x Madlib – “Adventures In Stereo” (Madlib Carnival Special)
November 10, 2015
Take us there… to party… and all the way home, gentleman. It’s a two-hour ride across lotsa cool genres. Hosted by J.Rocc, Adventures In Stereo brings us this “Madlib Carnival Special” – which was the dopeness that came from a Madlib x Pete Rock team-up.
PETE ROCK X MADLIB – ADVENTURES IN STEREO (MADLIB CARNIVAL SPECIAL)
ADVENTURES IN STEREO – MADLIB CARNIVAL SPECIAL w/ PETE ROCK & MADLIB by Jrocc on Mixcloud
Posted in Funk, Hip-Hop, House, Jazz, Mixtapes, Music, Radio | Tags: ADVENTURES IN STEREO, J Rocc, KPFK, Madlib, MADLIB CARNIVAL SPECIAL, Pete Rock | No Comments »
Tuxedo – “The Right Time” (Kaytranada Remix) [Video]
October 18, 2015
Man-o-man! What y’all know about spacey funky futuristic psychedelic clay-mation visuals? Well know about ’em because that is the vehicle used for delivering this Kaytranada remix of “The Right Time.” Get this refixxed Tuxedo (Mayer Hawthorne and Jake One) jawn and more on the “Tuxedo Remixes” (linked below).
Posted in EP, Funk, Videos | Tags: Jake One, Kaytranada, Kaytranada Remix, MAYER HAWTHORNE, The Right Time, Tuxedo, Tuxedo Remixes | No Comments »
ROYAL – “Ice Cream Castles” feat. Joi (Video)
September 22, 2015
Ah, funked up The Time’s joint from back in the day. And the hazy vid, kicking it around the hood to the woods. Now that’s how a real couple does it in the ATL – lovey dovey with some heat to it. Might make you wanna “cuff up”… but hold on, Cuffing Season ain’t here yet. Hahaaa! ROYAL’S “Ice Cream Castles” (featuring Joi) is off the #RoyalRemixes LP (stream & download below).
Posted in Album, Funk, Music, Videos | Tags: Devon Lee, Ice Cream Castles, JOI, MikeFlo, Royal, Royal Remixes, RoyalRemixes | No Comments »
The Xtraordinair$ – “Love High” feat. Chromadadata
September 6, 2015
Kansas City’s Xtraordinair$ with another one. FONKAAAAYYY!
A modern take on the classic soul jam, “Riding High” by Faze – O. Chromadadata on vocoder.
– Leonard Dstroy
THE XTRAORDINAIR$ – LOVE HIGH FEAT. CHROMADADATA
PREVIOUS: SLUM VILLAGE – GET DIS MONEY (THE XTRAORDINAIR$ REMIX)
Posted in Funk, Instrumental, Music | Tags: Chromadadata, Dominique Sanders, Leonard Dstroy, Love High, The Xtraordinair$ | No Comments »
Thundercat Performs “Them Changes” On ‘Why?’ With Hannibal Buress (Video)
August 17, 2015
Nice! Looks like Hannibal Buress is stepping to fill a hole left in Comedy Central’s nighttime programming, given the departures of Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert: live performances! Here’s a good ‘un from a fav of ours – Thundercat. Remember that vid for “Them Changes” justed posted here a while back? Well, dude does it live (video embedded above) with Flying Lotus. Dennis Hamm in there doing work on keyboards, too!
One of the baddest bassists in the land… his name is Thundercat!
– Hannibal Buress
THUNDERCAT – THE BEYOND / WHERE THE GIANTS ROAM (LP)
– @ojones1
Thundercat – “Them Changes” (Video)
July 28, 2015
Nobody move. There’s blood on the floor. And I can’t find my heart.
This is craaaazy! Crazy fon-kay, too. This visual meal for “Them Changes” from Thundercat is a mish-mash of hot what-the-funk smothered in some ‘huh?’ sauce. A challenge to fully digest in one sitting, but all served in the most enjoyable way. Please watch, and if you likes…Why not check out the LP stream that link follows for more?
Posted in Funk, Music, Videos | Tags: Flying Lotus, The Beyond, The Beyond / Where The Giants Roam, Them Changes, Thundercat, Where The Giants Roam | 2 Comments »
Dam-Funk – “We Continue” (Video)
July 28, 2015
Now, this is DOPE! Dam-Funk drops some… well… FUNK! In visual form, what we have here is “We Continue” in advance of the release of the “Invite The Light” album (due out September 4, 2015). Pre-order link for the LP below.
Prince – “Baltimore†feat. Eryn Allen Kane (Video)
July 23, 2015
Respect to Eryn Allen Kane for the gumption. Doing the work featuring on the ‘wake up people!’ jawn by Prince entitled “Baltimore” (we posted earlier on here) AND uploading the visuals for it to the Tube to spread the music and message. Check it out above. All about the people and the problem; it’s a tribute video. So, we don’t get the artists in here as much as a presentation of scenes and facts. But that is more than okay. Feels right.
Posted in Funk, Music, Progressive, Videos | Tags: Baltimore, ERYN ALLEN KANE, Prince | No Comments »
Royal – “Crash” feat. Lil John Roberts x Mike Flo (Prod. By Devon Lee) [Video]
June 24, 2015
It’s Punk, Funk, Rock and Hip-Hop. But most important. It is DOPE! Check out this Royal visual blessed by the hand of videographer W. Feagins Jr. Official video for “Crash†(produced by Devon Lee). Lil John Roberts on percussion. Mike Flo on duty as rap maestro on the micro. Single linked below for your convenience.
ROYAL – CRASH FEAT. LIL JOHN ROBERTS X MIKE FLO (PROD. BY DEVON LEE)
Posted in Funk, Hip-Hop, Music, Rock, Videos | Tags: Crash, Devon Lee, John Roberts, Lil John Roberts, Mike Flo, Royal, W. Feagins Jr. | No Comments »
DÄM-FunK – “STFU” (FreEP)
June 19, 2015
Jam, jam, JAM to the Dam FunK… ya biissh youuuu! Hahaaaa! For the FREE.99 too? C’mon man. This mini-set is too good not to grab. Instrumental smooth FunK for your player, playa. Link below. Stream above. “STFU” and enjoy yourself. You’re welcome!
DOWNLOAD: DAM-FUNK – STFU
Prince – “Baltimore” feat. Eryn Allen Kane
May 29, 2015
“Peace is more than the absence of war.”
– Prince
Let’s see what the Purple Rocker is dropping. This “Baltimore” (featuring Eryn Allen Kane)… pretty dope and timely. The song cries and cries out for those suffering brutality and injustice in the USA – Baltimore and beyond. Shared in the liner notes for this SoundCloud share:
Please know that all involved in this project never take for granted the privileges we have in this country. Let’s all continue to fight the good fight and confront inhumanity on every level until the day it is no longer.
LAKIM – “I’m Rick James B!tch”
May 11, 2015
Every day people make remixes to classic and not so classic tracks. Â Sometimes the track sounds the same other times completely different. Â With that said sometimes producers are able to take just a little bit of the original track and make it their own while holding to true to what the artists created in the beginning. Â Well LAKIM has done just that with his latest remix track titled “Im Rick James Bitch” where he flips the Rick James classic “Super Freak”. Â I mean he adds some drums and a different baseline and it is a head nodder from start to finish. Â The only problem is it is too short only lasting for under two minutes.
“What did the five fingers Say to the Face? S-L-A-P I’m Cold Bloooooooded”
– Dave Chappelle as Rick James
–ArtByOdell Twitter/SoundCloud
Posted in Funk, Instrumental, Music, R&B, Soul | Tags: Lakim, Remix, Rick James, Soulection, Super Freak | No Comments »
illa J – “Strippers” (Prod. By Potatohead People x Kaytranada)
April 13, 2015
J Dilla’s younger brother ‘Illa J’ is keeping the Yancey family legacy in music alive with some brand new music with this track called ‘Strippers’ produced by Potatohead People & Kaytranada. The Detroit raised & L.A. based emcee released this funky joint in preparation for his forthcoming self-titled solo album, dropping Fall 2015 on Bastard Jazz Recordings.
DOWNLOAD: ILLA J – STRIPPERS (PROD. POTATOHEAD PEOPLE X KAYTRANADA)
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Posted in Funk, Hip-Hop, Honeyz, Music, R&B | Tags: Bastard Jazz Recordings, illa J, Kaytranada, Potatohead People, Slum Village, Strippers | No Comments »
7 Days Of Funk (Snoop x Dam-Funk) – N My System / It’s Not A Secret feat. Daz Dillinger x Shon Lawon
January 12, 2015
Happy New Year from Snoop & Dam-Funk!
A li’l double-up for your first of the first quarter 2015 listening pleasure. 7 Days Of Funk (Snoop and Dam-Funk) hit you in the head with the “N My System” hitter; then bring in Daz Dillinger and Shon Lawon to finish with the “It’s Not A Secret” quitter. Get your funky bag of New Year’s greens (for luck, of course) and really enjoy this maxi-single.
Posted in EP, Funk, Hip-Hop, Music | Tags: 7 Days Of Funk, Daz Dillinger, It's Not A Secret, N My System, Shon Lawon | No Comments »
Lee Fields & The Expressions – “Just Can’t Win” (Marco Polo Remix)
September 21, 2014
Wanna hear Marco Polo boom bap it out over “Just Can’t Win” from Lee Fields & The Expressions? What a coincidence! That’s just what we got for you!
Original version taken from the Truth & Soul Records release: Lee Fields & The Expressions, “Emma Jean.” Remix produced by Marco Polo for Spaghetti Bender Music.
LEE FIELDS & THE EXPRESSIONS – JUST CAN’T WIN (MARCO POLO REMIX)
Posted in Funk, Hip-Hop, Music, Soul | Tags: JUST CAN'T WIN, LEE FIELDS, LEE FIELDS & THE EXPRESSIONS, Marco Polo, Marco Polo Remix, THE EXPRESSIONS | No Comments »
