STEVO - PAY THE PRICE!!!

Nice little disco/funk 45 arrived in the mail.

I first heard this record on a Kon & Amir mixtape (the one they did for 101 apparel) and just had to had it. When Kon was in town I hit him up and was like I need to know what 2 tracks of that mix are, He told me this one and another that was so rare he only knew one other guy with the 45.

the track is by the US BAND and is called "you did it to me" if anyone has this please hook a brother up.

I don't know anything about Stevo but I do know that tommy stewart is playing horns on this track.

That is Tommy (bump n' hustle music) stewart.

this is the 45 rip but there is an extended 12" mix available on TK records 1979.

peep the Dl below

http://www.divshare.com/download/15643950-1df

New Mix tape

so I'm a bit sick of people telling me

"Hip Hop Sucks These Days" I'll admit

theres a lot of garbage out there but

if you look and listen you'll find the good

shit.

So this is a mix of brand new hip hop

even got a few of the homies on there,

Kid Tsunami (watch out for this kid),

RuCL & Taku.

1. hassaan mackey/ apollo brown - volume
2. elzhi - detroit state of mind
3. pete rock & smiff n wessun - monumental ft tyler woods
4. marcus - I shine ft royce da 5'9, justis & kid vishis
5.Thurz - riot ft black thought
6. taku - hey kids
7. kid tsunami - catch wreck ft o.c
8. RuCL - driving me crazy
9. j. cole - who dat
10 . Pharoahe monch - shine ft Mela Machinko
11. jay z & kanye west - welcome to the jungle
12. Termanology - welcoome to the jungle freestlye
13. Ghostfunk - dem back
14. Dynas - it's my turn
15. Trek Life as the world turns ft oliver day soul
16. Common & Nas - ghetto dreams

peep the dl here

http://soundcloud.com/charlie-bucket/just-listen-new-hip-hop-mix

R.I.P NICK ASHFORD

We say goodbye to another legend of soul music today as "Nick Ashford" from husband and wife duo "Ashford and Simpson" has passed away from complications with throat Cancer.

Ashford's input into Soul music, disco and his influence in Modern forms of dance music is undeniable. From the early days of writing hits for Motown with his partner in crime "Valerie Simpson", The duo were responsible for such hits as "Aint no mountain high enough" (Marvin gaye & tammi terrell & "Cry like a baby" (Aretha Franklin).

To the proto disco sounds of "Chaka Khan", "Diana Ross" & "Teddy pendergrass".

In 1974 Ashford & Simpson got married and continued their career as a duo with the Warner bros album "Gimme something real" Followed by the hit singles "Don't cost you nothing", "It seems to hang on", "Is it still good to ya", and one of my personal favourites "Street corner".

I have been playing "Ashford & Simpson" records regularly for about 10 years and most likely always will. You will be missed "Nick Ashford" R.I.P

http://www.divshare.com/download/15585927-13c

Sample Nerds On The 23rd

A bit of mid tempo funk from Sly Stone. This was the first record he did without 'The Family Stone' attached to the end of his name and it came during the most off-his-face period of his career. His previously sizeabe musical influence was on the wane and he was getting heavier and heavier into cocaine. I heard a story that for the front cover they wanted to have a photo of him jumping in the air. When they got to the shoot though he was just too high (apparently no 'on you' either) and they couldn't even get him on his feet, let alone jumping. The solution was to get a sheet of thick glass, lay him on it and shoot from underneath. Look at his eyes and tell me that isn't true!


Sly Stone - Crossword Puzzle 320kbps mediafire dl



Now I don't really think I need to post up Hall & Oates flip but I will include the guitar that Prince Paul sped up and looped nicely. I'm a massive Prince Paul fan and would have him in my Top 10 producers ever, easy. I just love the way he crams all those layers in and even when they feel bumpy, they feel right. I supported him once and can say that he is not only a great party DJ but also a real top bloke. Anyways this was a 1972 Westbound release from The Detroit Emeralds. Speaking of record covers too, how good is this one? Can never go wrong with a fur coat, a caddy and a fine lady in hot pants!


The Detroit Emeralds - Baby Let Me Take You In My Arms 320kbps mediafire dl


Of course I could post up the track that sampled these two but jeez, surely you own De La Soul's '3 Feet High & Rising', everybody does. Don't they? So instead let's just check the first promo clip that De La did for the track





Bonus:

Sly in form



Sly out of form. But still awesome

You can catch myself and Chris down at this...

Melbourne people take note, this will be killer!

Ivan 'Boogaloo Joe' Jones - Right On Brother

Was wandering down Gertrude St with my daughter today and stuck my head in to say what's up to Chris at Northside Records. I saw this little baby on the wall and man... I just had to go home, lay the monkey down for a nap and listen to it again immediately. I'm such a sucker for 70's Prestige jazz records, I could listen to Funk Inc, Charles Kynard, Gene Ammons et al for days. All those crazy jazz muso's (the absolute A-team of Pretty Purdie, Charles Earland, Rusty Bryant and Jimmy Lewis join him on this one) exploring the emerging funk sound but all still retaining their own flavour of jazz. All different and all so damn fine in their own right. This one is no exception. This one is unbelieveably the 5th solo record he layed down in a three year period and it features some fieriest funk guitar work you will ever hear. I love how you can hear it all in his sound in this track; blues, jazz and soul combining and hitting it so hard for the dancefloor. If you hurry it might still be on that wall!


Ivan 'Boogaloo Joe' Jones - Brown Bag (Prestige LP 1970, 'Right On Brother')320kbps mediafire dl

Leon Haywood

Time for a dancefloor jam




Leon Haywood - Don't Push It, Don't Force It (20th Century 12", 1980) mediafire dl 320kbps

MC 1/6

My man MC 1/6, a fellow member of The Public Opinion Afro Orchestra, has been killing it of late. One dope solo EP out and another set to drop anytime now; his supports shows for the likes Mos Def, MF Doom and Del Tha Funky Homosapien (amongst many others) have been slaying them. Now Del has also chosen of his tracks for a mixtape he put together... check it out!



link to Del's Funky Leak Pack Aug. 2011 @ bandcamp







Check out his solo EP 'Inbox' on his own bandcamp page:
oneslashsixmusic.bandcamp.​com






Keep an eye out for his upcoming release 'Electronic Mail' too... I'll let you know for sure!

Soul-A-Go-Go

Don't forget about this on Saturday night either gang - the finest funk party in the southern hemispere if not the world!! Get down early because we are always full by about 10.30... it's going to be a stormer.

I Can't Write Left Handed

Fuck me, how good is this?





We do like comments here too by the way!

Some Sharp Indictor Siblings

Alright... that was a reeeeaaaal fun weekend and it's pretty much taken me until know to recover. Nothing but drinking and top-notch wax for 54 hours straight and then back to my side of the continent. For those who don't know that's the best part of a 3400km trip but there was a whole lotta fun had by all so big ups to my main man Charlie Bucket for hooking a brother up.

Now for some music.

So I was at the record store (Northside Records, where I work) and I came across this Pointer Sisters record from 1977 that I'd never seen before. It was only a fiver and to be honest I didn't really hold a lot of hope for it's quality. But The Sisters did some great stuff in the '70's so on it went and out popped a couple of dope jams. Jams like this!


The Pointer Sisters - Don't Drive You Crazy (Blue Thumb LP 'Having A Party', 1977) mediafire download 320kbps


Apparently it was the least successful record they ever did but I real dig the laidback, slightly spacey disco vibe and so much better than the cheesey nonsense the became known for later. Gadson on the skins never hurts either! So this would be the most recent Pointer Sisters track I heard but the first one I ever heard would still have to rate as my favourite...


The Pointer Sisters - Pinball Number Count (DJ Food Re-edit) mediafire download 320kbps







I'll be returning to the airwaves tomorrow afternoon on PBS 106.7FM in Melbourne but you can stream it live or indeed at time by hitting www.pbsfm.org.au... Plenty of killer funk, african and latin to be heard so tune in!

THE GENTLEMEN OF LEISURE RTRFM

So last weekend Manchild joined in perth for some killer shows and a very special radio show on the 30th of july.

If you dig afro restream this show here

http://www.rtrfm.com.au/shows/globalrhythmpot

nothing but super rare afro being dropped from our personal collections including an exclusive unreleased public opinion afro beat orchestra joint, and a record so rare its the only copy in Oz.