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DJ Premier – “Diplo And Friends Guest Mix” (Mixtape)
September 16, 2014
Hit play now! If you don’t know, you’re slow. Catch up…with DJ Premier…coming at you with a mix from across the water! UK broadcaster BBC Radio 1 with something 1xtra special! An hour of the Premier DJ from the states. Always cool when a blends with the source cuts (y’all felt Jigga and Biz getting ready to drop at the start, didn’t you?)… Smorgasbord of good music across several genres. An hour strong on quality DJ’ing on deck for you. Diplo and Friends welcome DJ Premier!
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Tags: BBC, BBC Radio 1, BBC Radio 1Xtra, DIPLO AND FRIENDS, DJ Premier | 
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DJ Kemit – “Soul Makossa” (September 2014) [Promo Mixtape]
September 7, 2014
Held every First Friday of the month, our homie & superior sound selector DJ Kemit’s event – Soul Makossa – is where the cool & sexy music lovers are. Simple. If you are there every month, congrats. If not, get over to Sound Table over on Edgewood (downtown Atlanta, Georgia, USA) for the next one… your friends will already be there (old and new)! Oh, we got Kemit’s latest hour-strong promo mix on that below. HOT! We’re sure the Dominican portion of Jayforce’s DNA is definitely digging this joint right here!
Just uploaded “DJ Kemit presents Soul Makossa September 2014 PROMO Mix” as a Cloudcast to @mixcloud http://t.co/C2m6SFx6wa Listen up!
— DJ Kemit (@DJKemit) September 4, 2014
Janelle Monae Surprises New York Based Band & Fans In The Park (Video)
September 1, 2014
McCarren Park, Brooklyn, NY. There’s this street band there, The Drumadics, rocks! Worth seeing alone. But what if Janelle Monáe surprised them during one of their shows at the park? Dopeness through the roof! Well…
Janelle Monae surprises New York City’s most talented street musicians: The Drumadics at McCarren Park in Brooklyn. They put on an incredible performance that captivated an unsuspecting audience.
Posted in Celebrity, Funk, Performance, R&B, Videos | Tags: Drumadics, Janelle Monae, McCarren Park | No Comments »
Prince – “Clouds” featuring 3rdEyeGirl
August 31, 2014
His name is Prince. And he is funky. AND…he is dropping two plates this year (on September 29, 2014) – “Art Official Age” and “Plectrum Electrum” – because he can! Check out the dope artwork and this single he leaked entitled “Clouds” (featuring 3rdEyeGirl, his collaborator on “Plectrum Electrum”). Click that play button above and be amazed again by the Purple Rocker!
Raekwon – “Give Me Your Love” (Remix)
July 26, 2014
Well, when you’re onto something… keep it up! This is like… the sixth… R&B throwback jawn jumped on by Wu-Tang’s Raekwon. This time he touches on Sylvia Striplin… um… her classic song. Check out his “Give Me Your Love†(Remix).
Posted in Funk, Hip-Hop, Music, R&B, Series | Tags: Give Me Your Love, Raekwon, Sylvia Striplin, tbt, tbt Remix | No Comments »
ALife Sessions: Ghostface Killah x Bad Bad Not Good Live Performance (Video)
June 28, 2014
Ghostface Killah emceeing and Bad Bad Not Good punk-jazz’ing on stage and on point for this installment of The ALife Sessions; a series from the street-wear biz’s biz. GFK and BBNG rock the packed intimate ALife venue/surroundings and talk a bit about the collab and such.
Posted in Funk, Hip-Hop, Jazz, Performance | Tags: ALife, ALife Sessions, Bad Bad Not Good, Ghostface Killah | No Comments »
Unsung: Nile Rodgers & CHIC (Video)
March 30, 2014
Let us tell all you jive turkeys out there something: Nile Rodgers was the man in the 1970s… and he is still doing it like he did back then! Daft Punk recruited the man for that purpose. Amazing what can learn on TVOne’s Unsung. Watch.
Posted in Dance, Funk, History, Series, Television, Videos | Tags: CHIC, Nile Rodgers, TV ONE, Unsung | No Comments »
Dam Funk x Snoop Dogg – “Do My Thang” (Video)
March 5, 2014
Dam Funk + Snoop Dogg = 7 Days Of Funk. 7 Days Of Funk + a bunch of sexy models + some beautiful smoke = visual perfection (aka the music video for “Do My Thang”). Get that self-titled album from the funky friends right here.
Posted in Album, Funk, Hip-Hop, Videos | Tags: 7 Days Of Funk, dam Funk, Do My Thang, Snoop, Snoop Dogg, Snoop Lion, Snoop Zilla, Snoopzilla | No Comments »
Dam Funk x Snoop Dogg – “I’ll Be There 4 U” (Video)
January 20, 2014
Visuals for another one from that Dam Funk and Snoopzilla album “7 Days Of Funk” (out now) entitled “I’ll Be There 4 U.” Full of fine funk, smoke and honeys… of course!
Posted in Album, Funk, Hip-Hop, Videos | Tags: 7 Days Of Funk, dam Funk, I'll Be There 4U, I’ll Be There 4 U, Snoop, Snoop Dogg, Snoop Lion, Snoopzilla | No Comments »
DJ Rasta Root – “Face Off Fridays Mix” (January 2014)
January 14, 2014
We’re just getting started with the week. DJ Rasta Root is just really getting started with the year though. But good things come to those who wait. Good things like this “Face Off Fridays Mix” running all kinds of music from the likes of The Internet, The LOX, Common, Dewle, BIGREC and more! Get it here for the FREE.99 right here.
Posted in Funk, Hip-Hop, Mixtapes, Music, Producers, R&B, Series | Tags: DJ RASTA ROOT, Face Off Fridays, Face Off Fridays Mix, January 2014 | No Comments »
Bootsy Collins – “Peyton Manning’s Passing Your Way” (Video)
December 20, 2013
Hahaa! This is a creative flip of the Christmas classic “Santa Claus Is Coming To Town” by maestro de funk Bootsy.
Funk legend Bootsy Collins performs a new holiday classic from the December issue of Sports Illustrated Kids.
– SI Kids
Kanye West – “Black Skinhead” (Flying Lotus & Thundercat Remix)
December 17, 2013
The original Yeezy production – “Black Skinhead” – already went out of bounds (BOUND!) and crossed genres (and lines) on its own. Now… let Flying Lotus get in there with an instrumental, and Thundercat clown on it. Seems like we ought to call it more than a remix. Let’s call it damn good and get to playing and replaying it instead of wasting time trying to describe the indescribable, alright?
KANYE WEST – BLACK SKINHEAD (FLYING LOTUS & THUNDERCAT REMIX)
Posted in Funk, Hip-Hop, Music, Rock | Tags: Black Skinhead, Flying Lotus, Kanye West, Remix, Thundercat | No Comments »
7 Days Of Funk (Dam-Funk x Snoop Dogg) – “Hit Da Pavement” (Prod. By Champion & King) [Video]
December 16, 2013
Dam-Funk and Snoop Dogg, collectively known as “7 Days Of Funk,” dropped the video for the opening track off the self-titled debut album. The track (produced by Champion & King) is entitled “Hit Da Pavement.” The LP is out now on iTunes.
Posted in Album, Funk, Hip-Hop, Videos | Tags: 7 Days Of Funk, dam Funk, Hit Da Pavement, Snoop Dogg | 2 Comments »
DJ Rasta Root & Jah Prince Spin At The Last ‘Faceoff Fridays’ Of 2013 (Event)
December 13, 2013
A-T-L! Stand up… and get dressed and come out to MJQ Concourse for what continues to be the city of Atlanta’s longest running monthly Hip-Hop (and Reggae and Funk, but mainly Hip-Hop) DJ party. Check out what goes down at ‘Faceoff Fridays’ above. That was October (and yes, that’s Phife Dawg from A Tribe Called Quest rocking the mic)… imagine what’ll go down tonight. In fact, don’t. Come through and experience it live with your host Goldie!
Posted in EVENTS, Funk, Hip-Hop, Performance, Reggae, Videos | Tags: DJ RASTA ROOT, Faceoff Fridays, Jah Prince, MJQ, MJQ Concourse, Rasta Root | No Comments »
7 Days Of Funk (Dam-Funk x Snoopzilla) – “Faden Away” (Video)
November 7, 2013
Snoop getting his Roger Zapp T-Pain thang going in this one. ‘Lead and background vocals by Snoop‘ make him a Snoopzilla on the track. In the video, we see him and Dam-Funk at home in the smoke… rocking a nightclub bathed in beauties. The homies are “Faden Away” in the loveliest way… on a natural high (yup, all ‘natural’ we’re sure) …with lovely sights and sounds orchestrated by 7 Days Of Funk. Self-titled project from them on the way (due out December 10, 2013).
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R&B/Soul: DJ Rahdu – “Follow Me: D’angelo Flips, Remixes And Tributes” (Mixtape)
October 28, 2013
BamaLoveSoul and DJ Rahdu doing the love… keeping the flame of hope alive with this “Follow Me” flip mix while we wait on the next D’Angelo work of art. Now, this is just the 11-minute sampler. They have a full mix on the way. They cannot “can’t imagine him releasing a bomb” – which is a sentiment many share. This is how you hold your fav artist down while they are out of the spotlight.
“Enjoy Follow Me, our tribute to the fans that have been inspired by and hopefully inspire D’angelo and encourage him to release the next album we’ll be enjoying even 18 years later.”
– BamaLoveSoul
DJ RAHDU – FOLLOW ME: D’ANGELO FLIPS, REMIXES AND TRIBUTES (MIXTAPE)
Posted in Funk, Mixtapes, Music, R&B, Soul | Tags: BamaLoveSoul, D'ANGELO, D'angelo Flips, DJ Rahdu, Follow Me, Remixes and Tributes | No Comments »
Alternative/Funk: Sunni Colón – “Blow/Fantasy” (Produced By Patrick Lukens x Sunni Colòn)
October 1, 2013
Sunni Colòn… You’ll swear you hear Prince on the track, too; but it’s just him. The man drops a two’fer – two tracks in one release – entitled “Blow†and “Fantasy,†respectively. Patrick Lukens aids Sunni in this progressive/rock/funk double-production.
SUNNI COLON – BLOW/FANTASY (PROD. BY PATRICK LUKENS X SUNNI COLON)
Posted in Alternative, Funk, Music, Producers, Rock, Soul | Tags: BLOW, BLOW/FANTASY, FANTASY, PATRICK LUKENS, SUNNI COLON | No Comments »
Twenty Feet From Stardom (Trailer)
September 12, 2013
“When you’re a background singer, it is a springboard. But it can easily become quicksand if that’s not what you want to do.”
Talk about ‘unsung’… Darlene Love, Merry Clayton, Claudia Lennear, Lisa Fischer, and Judith Hill sang some of the greatest songs of our time… in the background! “Twenty Feet From Stardom” spotlights the untold true story of the backup singers behind some of the greatest musical legends of the 20th and 21st centuries. Included: archival footage and intimate interviews with Bruce Springsteen, Stevie Wonder, Mick Jagger and Sting. Here’s the trailer. Shout out to my folks at Bad Magics for the scoop.
– @ojones1
Posted in Dance, Film, Funk, History, Jazz, R&B, Rock, Videos | Tags: background singer, Claudia Lennear, Darlene Love, Judith Hill, Lisa Fischer, Merry Clayton, Twenty Feet From Stardom | No Comments »
Tall Black Guy – “Let Em Ride 124bpm” (Slow Parliament Funk Edit)
September 6, 2013
Okay. We generally want producers to keep the music coming. But if they come out of a break with genius like this… let it slide!
Howdy Folks?? I haven’t uploaded any new music in a while.
Here’s a little ear candy to get you through the work week.
Peace and Thank you for listening.
– Tall Black Guy
Enjoy Tall Black Guy’s instrumental offering – “Let Em Ride 124bpm” – and get your Parliament Funk on. Caution: High ‘nod factor.’
TALL BLACK GUY – LET EM RIDE 124BPM (SLOW PARLIAMENT FUNK EDIT)
Posted in Funk, Hip-Hop, Instrumental, Music | Tags: LET EM RIDE 124BPM, PARLIAMENT FUNK, TALL BLACK GUY | No Comments »
Arsenio Hall Preps His Return to Late Night TV With His New Band (Video)
July 26, 2013
I think Arsenio peeped how successful & integral The Roots are to Jimmy Fallon’s late night talk show that he knew having a good band would be very important in 2013.
“I’ve got an incredible band and they’ll help me, too, (with booking).â€
–Arsenio Hall, in an Interview With Billboard.
Check out this behind the scenes look and photo shoot as Arsenio ramps up for his return to talk TV this September.
Posted in Funk, Hip-Hop, History, Television, Videos | Tags: Arsenio Hall, band, Funk, The Arsenio Hall Show | No Comments »
