Classic Time #41

Shabba Ranks: Respect (1993)
A massive tune on the Hot Milk riddim best known for Barrington's timeless Murderer. Shabba's pretty damn convincing schooling the younger stars and shouting out foundation deejays.
It's a 45 rip and sounds just like it too lol.

I Don't Want To Be The Last To Know

Somewhat forgotten slow jam by one of Solar's biggest acts... Just the right kind of smooth for this winter night. Female lead by Jody Watley, of course.
Shalamar: I Don't Want To Be The Last To Know (1983)

A Brand New Blog

By our favorite frenchman, Arthur King. There'll be edits and stuff in the near future, but he promised to concentrate on "mostly stupid stuffs I think :-)"

So Twitter told me...

... that Q-Tip's Renaissance Rap Remix feat Raekwon, Weezy and Busta will be out today. I haven't seen it yet, though... Anyone else?

Meanwhile, here's a useful little edit of one of Tip's finest moments
A Tribe Called Quest: What (B.Cause Intro And Outro Edit)

Saab 900 Convertible

I remember seeing this beauty in some rap videos and/or photo shoots back in 90-91, but which ones??? Tim Dog? Help me out here.

Sunday Song #2

Raheem DeVaughn: Guess Who Loves You More (2004)
This smooth little jam never really went anywhere on the charts, but I liked it a lot. The snappy beat is by Kenny Dope.

It's About Time

OMG, Lil Jon on a club song, in a non-sampled form. Go get the brand new DJ Class I'm The Ish Remix from Crossfadedbacon and say what's up to Emynd and Bo while you're there...

Deep In Brooklyn

From rap to dancehall to house, all in all Big Beat was a real solid label through most of the 1990's. Some of my favorite things are the handful of party breaks they put out and as far as I'm concerned the Deep In Brooklyn mix of Kenny Dope's Supa is still one of the dopest in the genre. Dancehall vocals over rap beats always work for me and the Louie Rankin loop here is especially addictive.
Kenny Dope presents The Mad Racket: Supa (Deep In Brooklyn Mix)(1991)

Mike B in HKI!

Yeah It's about time too. I guess we gonna have to bring Blu Jemz here next.

Runaway

Brooklyn Club Jam was definitely one of last year's house highlights. Here's a 128kbps preview of Runaway's new jam, out now on Wurst Edits label.
Direct link courtesy of Discobelle.

The Best Inauguration Video

Right here.

Reach Out

In addition to the all-time disco classic I Want You For Myself George Duke has a few other jams from the era. Someone put this catchy little edit on a 12" a few years back...
George Duke: Reach Out (Barna Soundmachine Remix)(1983/2006)

Sinden In HKI this Friday

This WILL be sold out, so act like you know. And no, that doesn't mean calling me for guest list.

Drive By Bangers Volume 2

L.A. homie Mike B in the mix again...

I'm out the door

...any minute now, on my way to Germany (again). I'll leave you with a little something from last night's 45 ripping spree. This used to be the jam 10 years ago.
Spaghetti Head: Funky Axe (1975)
My Deutsch peoples, if you in the area you can catch me at Studio 672 in Cologne on Friday and at Seeblick in Frankfurt on Saturday.

That Feelin Pt 2

Dreamer G: I Got That Feeling (Original Extended Mix)
As promised, the original and best version of Kerri Chandler's 1992 masterpiece.

Words Of Wisdom pt 2

This is the latest installment in D-Nice's excellent True Hip-Hop Stories series, if you missed the earlier episodes make sure to check them out as well.

discoedits.com

Tons of useful stuff here. The direct links make browsing a breeze too.

Champion (Nick Cathdubs Jeep Mix)

Sharebee

600 Posts

Once again it's that time. Another 100 posts, another 10 classic jams. And since we just welcomed '09, let's go all the way back to '89 for a minute...









This is no "best of" list by any means, just 10 timeless jams I happened to rip lately. I feel they all deserved their own post even, but for now they are here in one zip for your convenience. The link won't stay up forever, so act like you know...
1989 zip / 12" versions @320

Funk Dat 2009

Oh snap, Oh Snap's revisited version of the Sagat classic is actually kind of hilarious. Here's a DL link courtesy of the man himself, with both MP3 & WAV versions. Thanks to Emynd for the heads up.

Temperature's Rising

Whoa I've been busy, mostly doing nothing more than playing records and just hangin out. Anyway...here's an oldie I've been meaning to post for a while, but never got around to until someone just requested it. So here we go again.
This is the first original version of Temperature's Rising that never made it to the regular 12" (featuring two Q-Tip reworks) or The Infamous due to the sample not clearing.
Mobb Deep: Temperature's Rising (Original Version)(1995)
BONUS:
Quincy Jones: Body Heat (1974)