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Erykah’s A Child Of The FunkWhen you’re done listening to that incredible piece on Dilla, I suggest you take another 2 hours. Just sit back, relax and get ready to listen to miss Erykah Badu who gave a lecture a few days ago at the Red Bull Music Academy in Madrid. Very interesting interview done by Egon from Stones Throw. Enjoy this one!
A Tribute To Dilla:Yesterday the BBC aired an incredible show called “BBC Radio 1Xtra Stories: Gone Too Soon” about the legend known as J Dilla presented by Benji B. An amazing hour full of facts about Dilla, Slum Village and much much more with guest appearances from De La Soul, Erykah Badu, Mos Def, Questlove, Common, Dwele, etc. You have got to see this!! Go and check it out right NOW, right HERE..
14 Karat Life:After winning last year’s Red Bull Big Tune, Detroit’s 14KT was awarded with the chance to record a track with his favorite artist. As it turns out he picked none other than UGK’s Bun B. The result is a solid track called “The Life”. XXL has some footage of the recording process, and if you haven’t already check out 14KT’s “14Killatape” to hear some of the beats he won that prestigious Big Tune with. Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
Black Power, Brown Pride:Man I love waking up Saturday morning with video’s like these. I guess it kinda reminds me of Yo MTV Raps! MED‘s “Blaxican” was produced by Madlib and is taken from the “Classic” album dropping November 1st. The video was director by Mochilla’s Eric Coleman and shot in LA as you can see.
Dego & Face Are Powerful:Fresh off the release of his solo LP “A Wha Him Deh Pon?”, Dego is back at it again. This time blessing us with the third in his “Freeness” downloads, consisting of two unreleased tracks. The first being a typical Dego uptempo instrumental entitled “As Is”. The second one is a track I’ve been trying to get my hands on ever since I heard it on Phil Asher’s Restless Soul show a few months back. “Nothing More Powerful” features longtime collaborator Face, and is very reminiscent of the lovely sound Dego co-created with Silhouette Brown. Head over to the 2000Black website to get your “Freeness” Vol. 3 now! Dego & Face – Nothing More Powerful [left click] Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
In The Mood For Evil:Soulection is doing their thang with already their 5th release. It’s Evil Needle‘s turn who drops his “Mood” album on the world this Monday. We’ve been steadily feeding his French cuisine, so be now you should be used to his soulful instrumentations. In case you are not…enjoy some of that “Mood Music”. Oh and don’t forget to head over to the Soulection Bandcamp page first thing Monday morning! Evil Needle – Mood Music [128kbps] Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
Badu On Which Producer To Work With:This year’s Red Bull Music Academy is in full effect again. Participants such as Full Crate and Salva are probably having the time of their lives as we speak in Madrid. Yesterday miss Erykah Badu was a guest at the academy and gave a lecture. To give you guys a small preview, check out this teaser video and be on the look out for footage of MF Doom’s lecture as well. More video footage will be shared soon, don’t you worry.
Beat Maker Funk:BeatMakerBeat aka WayneTweed should be no stranger to our average visitor. In case you haven’t heard of this Russian producer, he goes by many names. BeatMakerBeat, Spacekid or WayneTweed. You also might remember our “The Future of Funk” mix from a few months ago. We threw some of his funk in there and also gave away “Lead-Bleep” as a free download on the site! So now BMB is back with his brand new “GP-FUNK” EP which is available on his Bandcamp page. Enjoy the funk and check it out. BMB aka WayneTweed – Amore Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
Salva’s Obsession:Salva has been dropping nothing but major releases all over this year. Not everything was my style, I admit, but gotta hand it to Paul for really taking the bull by the horns. His latest “Yellobone” EP will be released next month on FoF Music. I remember meeting Paul last summer in Frisco and he seemed like a quite guy. This year he’s participating in the Red Bull Music Academy. Thanks to FoF for leaking the best song on the EP and making it available as a free download! Grab some Salva & B. Bravo funk while it lasts.. Salva – Obsession Ft. B. Bravo [left click] Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
Picture Perfect Funk…Freeze That!:Last weekend Deluge and me met Amalia and Opolopo for the first time at their debut gig in Amsterdam. We were baffled to hear that miss Amalia actually has this beautiful voice in real life as well and wasn’t singing off key at all. Not every artist can hold their own when it comes to live performances, but this lady sure can. During diner yesterday I discovered Opolopo likes to be picked up by men and Amalia loves food and taking pictures. Both were pretty satisfied after a good Indonesian meal and are now of to another part of the world. Peep the new “Freeze That!” video, which is crackalackin’.. |
