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Monday, April 26, 2010

last week's silence... GURU RIP

You may, or may not, have noticed the lack of any posts last week. There are two reasons behind the silence (1) I was just insanely busy and more importantly (2) with Guru's passing I honestly wasn't sure what to post. I didn't want to post all the samples from Gang Starr as I've already posted a ton of them here and on FB and frankly that speaks more to Premo vs. Guru. I also didn't want to just post my favorite GS tracks or Guru (non Premo) tracks as everyone was already doing that. I wanted to avoid a long angry rant around #fucksolar and the Guru brainwashing that lead to the death of Gang Starr and the GS Foundation years ago continuing through his death.

So I'll chalk it up to a long moment of silence out of respect. Respect due. RIP Gifted Unlimited Rhymes Universal.

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Friday, April 16, 2010

P Funk All Stars - "Pumpin'it up" (1983)

Funky Friday People....

Thursday, April 15, 2010

Afro Cuban Band "Something's Gotta Give" 1979

Sampled in:
Kid Capri - Soundtrack to the streets ft. Nas - released in '98 not sure when it was recorded...

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Clifford Brown With Strings "Yesterday Memory of You" 1955

KRS-ONE "MC's Act Like They Don't Know" 1995 produced by Premo and a bunch of Cameos in the vid:

DJ Jazzy Jeff Live in Charlotte, NC

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

BROTHERS JOHNSON "strawberry letter 23" 1977

Sampled in:

DJ Quick "Safe and Sound" 1995

DAS EFX "Whut goes around" 1998

OutKast's "Ms. Jackson" 2000

Monday, April 12, 2010

Harvey Scales "Dancing Room Only" (1979)

One of the songs sampled by the Beastie Boys in "Shake Your Rump"(1989)

Nick Javas reppin Jersey & Rutgers down with Premo's label

Premo signed Nick Javas (a white dude from Jersey who went to Rutgers) to his independent label Year Round Records. I think this cat will get some props from the hip-hop community with Premo backing him. What do you think?

Promo#1 from COO Year Round Records on Vimeo.

PROMO#2 from COO Year Round Records on Vimeo.

Year Round G'z DJ Premier Nick Javas Koln Germany from COO Year Round Records on Vimeo.

Friday, April 9, 2010

Ike Turner & The Kings Of Rhythm "Funky Mule" 1969

It's Funky Friday and me being busy & lazy I just pulled another Ike song since he was the subject of yesterday's post. Enjoy this gem...there are other tracks by this group worth hunting down, or hit me up and I can hook you up. Enjoy:

Ike Turner & The Kings Of Rhythm "Funky Mule" 1969

Thursday, April 8, 2010

Ike Turner & the Kings of Rhythm "Gettin Nasty" 1969

Ike Turner & the Kings of Rhythm "Gettin Nasty" '69

sampled by:

Jurassic 5 "Concrete School Yard" '98

Main Source "Snake Eyes" '91

GZA "Liquid Swords" '95

Wednesday, April 7, 2010

The Bar-Kays "Holy Ghost" 1978

The Bar-Kays "Holy Ghost" '78

Sampled in:
Afrika Bambaataa and Soulsonic Force "Who You Funkin' With" '86

M.A.R.R.S. - "Pump Up The Volume" '87 (I have this vinyl)

Kid 'N Play "Gittin' Funky" '88

Beastie Boys "Hey Ladies" '89

Monday, April 5, 2010

Hamilton Bohannon "Stop and Go" '72

Just got put onto this artist and track the other day via a Large Professor interview done by Crate Kings http://www.cratekings.com/ (great website) where LP was asked what's his favorite record. His response was it's impossible to answer but at the very moment I'm gonna say Bohannon "Stop and Go". So I dug it up, listened to it, liked it and now I'm sharing it with you. Thanks to Crate Kings and The LP. Enjoy...