Classic Time #11

Beginning Of The End's tribute to the Bahamas, Funky Nassau, was one of the ultimate 70's crossover funk hits. After two albums with the group lead vocalist Ray Munnings went solo and recorded two singles for U.K.'s Tammi label. One of them is an incredible remake of Funky Nassau. The track's been comped once by Norman Jay, but to this day there's no real reissue of it. I got mine back in the day from Stockholm's famous Snickars Records for what seemed like a lot back then, but really wasn't.

Ray Munnings: Funky Nassau

DJ Low B at Mashmarket.com

When Low Budget of Hollertronix fame was in town a few weeks back he did an interview for the Mashmarket zine. It's now online.

New Jack Swing #1

My first ever new jack swing mix is out this week on CD. 80 minutes of timeless classics with a few forgotten gems in between, just in time for the summer..

DJ Anonymous: New Jack Swing #1

N.E. Intro
After 7: I Can't Stop
Samuelle: So You Like What You See
Ralph Tresvant: Sensitivity
Jody Watley featuring Eric B & Rakim: Friends
Christopher Williams: Every Little Thing Remix
Intro: Love Thang
Today: Him Or Me
Guy: Groove Me
Teddy Riley featuring Tammy Lucas: Is It Good To You?
TLC: Get It Up
Johnny Gill: Rub You The Right Way
Bobby Brown: Humpin Around
Mint Condition: Are You Free?
Keisha Jackson: Hot Little Love Affair
Al B Sure featuring Slick Rick: If I'm Not Your Lover
Basic Black: What Ever It Takes
Colin England: I Got What You Need
Teddy Riley featuring Guy: My Fantasy
Bel Biv Devoe: Poison
4-Fun: You Can't Play Me
Johnny Kemp: Just Got Paid
Boyz II Men: Motownphilly
Today: I Got The Feeling

Listen to snippets of the mix here!

In Helsinki the CD will be available at all the usual stores, for international orders holler at AnonymousHKI at gmail com.

45s to 320s Part 2

Six more personal reggae faves...

Freddie McKay: Picture On The Wall
Blank: Sing A Simple Song
Winston Wright & The Upsetters: Jam #1 (Extended Intro)
Lord Tanamo: Keep On Grooving
Hot Shot All Stars: Guns In The Ghetto
Herman & Augustus Pablo: East Of The River Nile

Btw, shout outit Bommi-Tommile, Henrikille ja kumppaneille - Kompostin eilinen sunnuntai AKA out in the streets they call it Redrum oli kingi.

The Biz Never Sleeps

Ya'll gonna have to check this brand new blog solely dedicated to the man and the funny stories about him.

Late 80's Rap

Now I was planning to post an ancient mix I did back in 1996, but couldn't get the tape ripped yet so I decided to post my late 80's rap mix from last fall instead. The CD's are almost gone anyway. The mix has some 25 tracks on it including a few turntable remixes I did myself. Some of the songs are common, some rare, all were chosen because I felt they deserved wider recognition. Enjoy...

Btw, if anyone wants a CD with full cover artwork get at me ASAP.

Going Back To My Roots

Intro
Sirocalot: Sirocalot
J.V.C. Force: Stylin' Lyrics
D.J. Ace & Daquan: Hard To The Core
Strictly Bizness: Call It What You Want
The Heartbeat Brothers: Time 2 Get Paid (Anonymous Remix)
Antoinette: I Got An Attitude (Anonymous Remix)
Too Fresh: Hitten' Harder
Priority One: I Can't Go For That
Lightnin Lee & Poppy P: Big Time Chillin
D.J. Scratch & G-O-D: The Party Is Jumpin
Kings Of Swing: Stop Jockin' James
Dr. Luv & Kev-Ski: Overdose
Aaron Dee & C-Nice: Disassemble The Beat
D. Moet & X-Calibur: Dance To The Excalibur
M.C. Sugar Ray & Stranger D: If It Ain't Rough It Ain't Right
T.D.S. Mob: Dope For The Folks
Live N' Effect Posse: We Got A Message In Our Music
J.V.C. Force: A Force Thing
D.J. Miz & M.C. Ludicrous: Trouble
Take 6: Spread Love (Anonymous Remix)
Bid Daddy Kane: Ain't No Half Steppin Marley Marl Remix

Digger's Delight #26

Give Da DJ A Break

Back in mid to late 90's I used to buy just about every party record AV8, Nervous and Nubian Crackers put out. At one point I did long sets of nothing but party breaks. Obviously that got tired real quick, but after 10 years I still enjoy playing some of them. Below you'll find a few big AV8's, all from 1996. A few people here call the DJ Eclipse joint "The Worldwide Song", named after a club night we used to do. It was played every single time for years and years.

DJ Eclipse: Dedication
Crooklyn Clan: Juice+Gin
Davey Dex: Bounce

45s to 320s

Some of my all time favourite reggae 45's...

The Heptones: Ain't No Woman
Freddie McGregor: Natural Collie
Keith Rowe: Groovy Situation
Karime Kendra: 90% Of Me Is You
Jacob Miller: Baby I Love You
Donna Corbett: No More Bang Bang (Version)

3 X G Rap

Kool G Rap is a legend in his own right. He'll be in town in June and even if I generally don't feel like seeing most of the 90's stars touring Europe I just might go and see him. Here are 3 of my favorite G Rap classics. Of all the X rated raps ever recorded I honestly think Talk Like Sex still takes the cake.

Kool G Rap & DJ Polo: Talk Like Sex
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo featuring Large Professor, Freddie Foxxx & Anton: Money In The Bank
Kool G Rap featuring Nas: Fast Life (Norfside Mix)

Streetculturemusik

All you aspiring remix dudes need to check this if you haven't yet.

2 Edits

Here's two edits I did this morning. Both songs are from the mid 80's and although somewhat obscure they still have that classy club R&B sound of the era. You just gotta love it.
Shout outs to my man Soul-Sami who hooked me up with both of these.

Kee: You Turn Me Out (Anonymous Edit)
Timeless Legend: You're The One (Anonymous Edit)

6575 Volume 2

Tää on vuorostaan pyörinyt duunissa päiviä putkeen, huomattavan paljon on herättänyt kiinnostusta joten tässä linkki olkaa hyvä.

6575 Volume 2 "The Classics" (2004)

FONTELLA BASS: TALKING ABOUT FREEDOM
SYL JOHNSON: IS IT BECAUSE I'M BLACK
TRININKAS: REMEMBER ME
SYMPHONIC 4: WHO DO YOU THINK YOU'RE FOOLING
KOOL & THE GANG: RATED X
S.O.U.L: BURNING SPEAR
JAMES MOODY: UNCHAINED
THE LYMAN WOODARD ORGANIZATION: CREATIVE MUSICIANS
THE ORGANISATION: SMOKEY FEELING
BEGINNING OF THE END: WHEN SHE MADE ME PROMISE
MICKEY & THE SOUL GENERATION: IRON LEG
SOUL PATROL: SWEETER ON THE OTHER SIDE
LOU COURTNEY: HOT BUTTER N ALL
LEE MOSES: REACH OUT
ERNIE & THE TOP NOTES: DAP WALK
MARTH REEVES & THE MARVELETTES: I WANT YOU BACK
GENE FAITH: FAMILY MAN
EDDIE BO: HOOK N SLING
JIMMY ROBINS ORCH: TRUST YOUR CHILD
SYL JOHNSON: DIFFERENT STROKES
BILLY SUGAR BILLY GARNER: I GOT SOME
STEVIE WONDER: HEY LOVE
TOUSSAINT MCCALL: NOTHING TAKES THE PLACE OF YOU

Chevy Star

Now I don't even own a car cause where I'm from you just don't need one. Still I'm here posting all these car related songs like it ain't no thing (see 6-4 & My Dubz below). And yes here's another one for your collection. You might know B.O.B. as the dude who did Haterz Everywhere (featuring Wes Fif) a few months back. This is brand new and has been on constant rotation for 24 hours now:

Ole E feat B.O.B.: Chevy Stars

Supa Dave's B-More-Chicago-New York-UK House Mix

I really enjoyed this house mix courtesy of Baltimore's Supa Dave. A lot of classics and even more importantly a lot of stuff I feel I should have known but didn't. The mixing is really good too. Check It Out.

Supersessio

Kiitos DJ Supertyylin, Supersession breikki/sample-spesiaali vuodelta 2001 taas täällä:

Radio rip: Supersessio Breaks Special (2001)

Lauantaina Kutoseen!

Friidut 4 euroa ennen puoltayötä! Aikaisin mestoille yo! Nähää...

Just some remixes

Someone at Soulstrut requested the D&D Allstars Remix, I promised to find it and here it finally is for all to enjoy. Classic whitelabel biz from the mid 90's, How High is on the flipside. They both use multiple beats from the artists' earlier hits.

D&D Allstars: 1, 2 Pass It Mighty Mi Remix
Method Man & Redman: How High Stretch Armstrong Remix

Classic Time #10

In 1976 Low Down reached the Top 5 on the club play, black, disco and pop charts. The intro break made it a hip hop classic. In 2007 it sounds fresh as ever.

Boz Skaggs: Low Down

Main Source

The search for unreleased tracks and alternate takes can be real record nerdery at times, but in my world Main Source's debut album Breaking Atoms is up there with the Criminal Mindeds, Illmatics and Ready To Dies so I'm thankful someone unearthed these two gems. P-Vine put them on a Japan-only 12" some time last year, they dried up real quick but I was lucky enough to catch one in Tokyo last fall.

Main Source: Looking At The Front Door (Uncut)
Main Source: Time (Unreleased, supposedly from the Breaking Atoms sessions)

Some Say Yes, Some Say No

This took a while to grow on me, now I'm in love with the Marvin-inspired beat.
Freeway feat Sleepy Brown: Some Say Yes

3 x Texas

Dubz is my favorite jam right now...

Smoke feat Trae: My Dubz
Basswood Lane: Ciabatta Bread
Z-Ro: Going Down In The South