Music blog Rappamelo have put together a mini playlist of some of the samples used by A Tribe Called Quest. A Tribe Called Quest were known for their lyricism and choice of samples and Rappamelo have clearly thought about the latter as they have put together a playlist of some of their samples. The likes …
Brainfeeder bassist Thundercat announces his new album with Flying Lotus as executive producer. He’s also put a cut from the LP on Soundcloud. When it comes to anything Flying Lotus-related, the internet becomes a foaming frenzy of activity. That was still the case when Thundercat announced the release of his upcoming album, Apocalypse, which FlyLo …
Shiro Schwarz are back on their synthesizers for the funky and free, All My L.O.V.E. A track made almost entirely with a vintage Yamaha PSS-570 synthesizer? WE’RE THERE! Of course, it’s Shiro Schwarz behind the keys and All My L.O.V.E. is their creation in question. Much like the rest of their output, it sounds like an …
Not many free downloads left, so grab Buscrates’ funky remix of Tom’s Diner by Suzanne Vega. I can’t even say we’re that late on this because it was uploaded to Soundcloud just under 24 hours ago but regardless, there are less than 50 downloads left. Back in 2008, Buscrates did this remix of Suzanne Vega’s …
The wonderful Georgia Anne Muldrow is offering a free track as part of Mello Music Group’s 7″ Series. Georgia Anne Muldrow’s Seeds was one of my favourite albums of last year and not wanting to slow things down, she is contributing to Mello Music Group’s 7″ Series with 2 brand spanking new tracks. Entitled Akosua and In My Heart, …
The periodic table just got funky thanks to David Newman and his ode to the elements.
Lakim delivers a dope flip of an already dope Jamiroquai track.
Mexican funk masters Shiro Schwarz join up with Jose Fernandez on a new track. Meet Shiro Schwarz, a Mexican funk duo comprising of Pammela Rojas and Rafael Marfil. Originally starting out as PRRM, the pair have been together since 2009 with Pammela constructing the visuals and vocal samples and Rafael performing music and audio clips. …
Filipino beatmaster Suhnraw shows us why he’s a Beat Addict with a brand new beat tape. It’s weird how we perceive the times between album releases nowadays. Back in the 80s and 90s, Michael Jackson would go about four years between albums but with the way things are now, if you go more than two …
We watch Jamiroquai keeping it live and funky in 1995 on this week’s Throwback Thursday. It was Jamiroquai front man Jay Kay’s birthday a couple of weeks ago and at the age of 43, he’s still going strong with the band who are currently working on a new album. For this week’s Throwback Thursday, we …
Cheesy TV album commercials are the best is but it’s our Throwback Thursday this week. If you have cable, you may have seen a really long commercial with some black couples talking about their favourite love songs and selling this love songs box set (if anyone remembers it and can find the video somewhere, I …
We wish the late Roger Troutman a very happy birthday! Let’s get one thing straight before we proceed – a Talkbox is NOT the same as Autotune. The former is awesome, the latter is overused and contributes to 99% of all T-Pain sales. One of the most well known “Talkboxers” was a man named Roger …
