That's Not Gangster

In case you missed it when I posted late last night, a new mix/podcast for the heavy beat heads. Recorded on-the-fly, live in the lab. Listen to/grab a copy of the mix here. Tracklisting: Leon Thomas - The Creator Has a Master Plan Gary Bartz NTU Troop - Drinking Song Gangstarr - Just to Get a Rep (Madlib Remix) DJ Spinna - Untitled Composition Diamond D - Check One, Check Two Weldon Irvine - Mr. Clean Grover Washington Jr. - Black Frost Organized Konfusion -The Rough Side of Time (Southside) The Beatnuts - Reign of the Tec Idris Muhammad - Say What Nas - Dr. Knockboots Lonnie Liston Smith - Expansions Bohannon - Moving Fast Slum Village - Get Dis Money (f. J Dilla) Soul Supreme - Queen (f. Pete Rock, AG) Jackson 5 - All I Do is Think of You View Larger

In case you missed it when I posted late last night, a new mix/podcast for the heavy beat heads. Recorded on-the-fly, live in the lab.

Listen to/grab a copy of the mix here.

Tracklisting:

  1. Leon Thomas - The Creator Has a Master Plan
  2. Gary Bartz NTU Troop - Drinking Song
  3. Gangstarr - Just to Get a Rep (Madlib Remix)
  4. DJ Spinna - Untitled Composition
  5. Diamond D - Check One, Check Two
  6. Weldon Irvine - Mr. Clean
  7. Grover Washington Jr. - Black Frost
  8. Organized Konfusion -The Rough Side of Time (Southside)
  9. The Beatnuts - Reign of the Tec
  10. Idris Muhammad - Say What
  11. Nas - Dr. Knockboots
  12. Lonnie Liston Smith - Expansions
  13. Bohannon - Moving Fast
  14. Slum Village - Get Dis Money (f. J Dilla)
  15. Soul Supreme - Queen (f. Pete Rock, AG)
  16. Jackson 5 - All I Do is Think of You

# leon thomas gary bartz ntu troop gangstarr madlib dj spinna weldon irvine diamond d ditc beatnuts bohannon organized konfusions slum village j dilla grover washington jr kudu records flying dutchman vinyl hip-hop mix pete rock

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Last night I played a few hot weather records while enjoying the prospect of the first real day off in a long time. I pressed record, and the result is hear for your listening pleasure. Recommended for hot pavement and slow days. All vinyl as always. Click here to listen* *now hosted on pod-o-matic for better listening and downloading. Tracklisting: Idris Muhammad | Loran’s Dance (Kudu) Barrabas | Mellow Blow (Atco) Gabor Szabo | Keep Smilin’ (Mercury) Jeff Lorber Fusion | Rain Dance (Arista) Grover Washington Jr. | Knuckleheads (Kudu) Harlem River Drive | Idle Hands (Roulette) Ray Barretto | Together (Fania) Fania All Stars | Smoke (Fania) Mandrill | Hagalo (Polydor) DJ Shadow | Why Hip-Hop Sucks in ‘96 (Mo’ Wax) Fathers Children | Dirt and Grime (Numero) The LTG Exchange | A Young Mother’s Love (Fania) Bobbi Humphrey | San Francisco Lights (Blue Note) View Larger

Last night I played a few hot weather records while enjoying the prospect of the first real day off in a long time. I pressed record, and the result is hear for your listening pleasure. Recommended for hot pavement and slow days. All vinyl as always.

Click here to listen*

*now hosted on pod-o-matic for better listening and downloading.

Tracklisting:

Idris Muhammad | Loran’s Dance (Kudu)

Barrabas | Mellow Blow (Atco)
Gabor Szabo | Keep Smilin’ (Mercury)
Jeff Lorber Fusion | Rain Dance (Arista)
Grover Washington Jr. | Knuckleheads (Kudu)
Harlem River Drive | Idle Hands (Roulette)
Ray Barretto | Together (Fania)
Fania All Stars | Smoke (Fania)
Mandrill | Hagalo (Polydor)
DJ Shadow | Why Hip-Hop Sucks in ‘96 (Mo’ Wax)
Fathers Children | Dirt and Grime (Numero)
The LTG Exchange | A Young Mother’s Love (Fania)
Bobbi Humphrey | San Francisco Lights (Blue Note)

# vinyl mix 45s Diggin in the Crates latin soul jazz summer groove

Posted 10 months ago 3 notes
Last night I played a few hot weather records while enjoying the prospect of the first real day off in a long time.  I pressed record, and the result is hear for your listening pleasure.  Recommended for hot pavement and slow days.  Click here to listen*  *pod-o-matic link (fixed) Tracklisting: Idris Muhammad | Loran’s Dance (Kudu) Barrabas | Mellow Blow (Atco) Gabor Szabo | Keep Smilin’ (Mercury) Jeff Lorber Fusion | Rain Dance (Arista) Grover Washington Jr. | Knuckleheads (Kudu) Harlem River Drive | Idle Hands (Roulette) Ray Barretto | Together (Fania) Fania All Stars | Smoke (Fania) Mandrill | Hagalo (Polydor) DJ Shadow | Why Hip-Hop Sucks in ‘96 (Mo’ Wax) Fathers Children | Dirt and Grime (Numero) The LTG Exchange | A Young Mother’s Love (Fania) Bobbi Humphrey | San Francisco Lights (Blue Note) View Larger

Last night I played a few hot weather records while enjoying the prospect of the first real day off in a long time.  I pressed record, and the result is hear for your listening pleasure.  Recommended for hot pavement and slow days. 

Click here to listen* 

*pod-o-matic link (fixed)

Tracklisting:

Idris Muhammad | Loran’s Dance (Kudu)

Barrabas | Mellow Blow (Atco)
Gabor Szabo | Keep Smilin’ (Mercury)
Jeff Lorber Fusion | Rain Dance (Arista)
Grover Washington Jr. | Knuckleheads (Kudu)
Harlem River Drive | Idle Hands (Roulette)
Ray Barretto | Together (Fania)
Fania All Stars | Smoke (Fania)
Mandrill | Hagalo (Polydor)
DJ Shadow | Why Hip-Hop Sucks in ‘96 (Mo’ Wax)
Fathers Children | Dirt and Grime (Numero)
The LTG Exchange | A Young Mother’s Love (Fania)
Bobbi Humphrey | San Francisco Lights (Blue Note)

# mix vinyl 45s latin soul soul jaazz

Posted 10 months ago 7 notes
***Link Fixed With Final Version*** Hey all. A little something to help you ease in to the chilly weekend ahead. Some sweet soul from points south and beyond. This mix is comprised entirely of 45s scavenged from thrift stores across NYC. Some of these were in pretty rough shape. But until recently I was a student and I could not shell out for the shiny, well-preserved slabs of wax on eBay. No cutting or scratching here. To paraphrase Andre 3000 “Let the [record] tell it.” Tracklist: Laura Lee - Dirty Man (Chess Records, 1967) Jeff Dale - A Suffering Pain (Atlantic Records, 1966) Mary Wells - The Doctor (Jubilee Records, 1968) The Sapphires - Gotta Have Your Love (Lost-Night, 19??) Brenda and the Tabulations - Hey Boy (Dionn Records, 1967) Ida Sands - You Came Along to Rescue Me (Chief Records, 196?) Ruby Andrews - You Made a Believer (Out of Me) (Zodiac Records, 1969) Big Maybelle - 96 Tears (Rojac Records, 1967) James Brown and the Famous Flames - Stone Fox (King Records, 1967) Soul Survivors - Expressway (Crimson Records, 1967) Lou Courtney - The Man is Lonely (Riverside Records, 1967) J.J. Jackson - It’s All Right (Calla Records, 1969) Click Here to Download

***Link Fixed With Final Version***

Hey all.

A little something to help you ease in to the chilly weekend ahead. Some sweet soul from points south and beyond.

This mix is comprised entirely of 45s scavenged from thrift stores across NYC. Some of these were in pretty rough shape. But until recently I was a student and I could not shell out for the shiny, well-preserved slabs of wax on eBay.

No cutting or scratching here. To paraphrase Andre 3000 “Let the [record] tell it.”

Tracklist:

  • Laura Lee - Dirty Man (Chess Records, 1967)
  • Jeff Dale - A Suffering Pain (Atlantic Records, 1966)
  • Mary Wells - The Doctor (Jubilee Records, 1968)
  • The Sapphires - Gotta Have Your Love (Lost-Night, 19??)
  • Brenda and the Tabulations - Hey Boy (Dionn Records, 1967)
  • Ida Sands - You Came Along to Rescue Me (Chief Records, 196?)
  • Ruby Andrews - You Made a Believer (Out of Me) (Zodiac Records, 1969)
  • Big Maybelle - 96 Tears (Rojac Records, 1967)
  • James Brown and the Famous Flames - Stone Fox (King Records, 1967)
  • Soul Survivors - Expressway (Crimson Records, 1967)
  • Lou Courtney - The Man is Lonely (Riverside Records, 1967)
  • J.J. Jackson - It’s All Right (Calla Records, 1969)

Click Here to Download

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Posted 1 year ago 3 notes
Larry Levan: Live From the Paradise Garage, 1979 (via Passion of the Weiss)   Fuck Calvin Harris, Larry Levan invented disco. Yeah, you can credit at least a dozen people with the creation of the relatively ephemeral fad that swept New York and Comiskey Park in the late 70s and early 80s: Giorgio Moroder, Frankie Knuckles, Sal Abatiello, Tony Manero, Disco Stu. But for the purposes of this blog post, we’ll give it to Larry Levan, the DJ mastermind behind New York’s Paradise Garage, the spot that served as the prime incubator for disco, house, and the dance party as we currently conceive it. I’m not sure how I didn’t catch the recording of the Paradise Garage’s second anniversary (1979) when it leaked about six weeks ago, but I finally wrangled it this weekend. Credit goes to Isodisco for dropping gems on us that Mobb Deep would probably loathe. Originally a radio broadcast recorded by Lenny Fontana on his father’s reel, the tape was transferred to DAT in the early 90s and eventually to the slightly muddy MP3 you hear today. Pay no mind, the funk bleeds through all levels of distortion. And don’t get caught in the usual “disco sucks sentiment.” This was pop music at its finest: fun, danceable, soulful, and as organic as Whole Foods in contrast to the normal swill that we currently consume.

Larry Levan: Live From the Paradise Garage, 1979 (via Passion of the Weiss)

 

Fuck Calvin Harris, Larry Levan invented disco. Yeah, you can credit at least a dozen people with the creation of the relatively ephemeral fad that swept New York and Comiskey Park in the late 70s and early 80s: Giorgio Moroder, Frankie Knuckles, Sal Abatiello, Tony Manero, Disco Stu. But for the purposes of this blog post, we’ll give it to Larry Levan, the DJ mastermind behind New York’s Paradise Garage, the spot that served as the prime incubator for disco, house, and the dance party as we currently conceive it.

I’m not sure how I didn’t catch the recording of the Paradise Garage’s second anniversary (1979) when it leaked about six weeks ago, but I finally wrangled it this weekend. Credit goes to Isodisco for dropping gems on us that Mobb Deep would probably loathe. Originally a radio broadcast recorded by Lenny Fontana on his father’s reel, the tape was transferred to DAT in the early 90s and eventually to the slightly muddy MP3 you hear today. Pay no mind, the funk bleeds through all levels of distortion. And don’t get caught in the usual “disco sucks sentiment.” This was pop music at its finest: fun, danceable, soulful, and as organic as Whole Foods in contrast to the normal swill that we currently consume.

# larry levan Paradise Garage disco dance funk beats mix breaks

Posted 1 year ago 16 notes