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2 Awesome AZ Blends

steadybloggin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:07:28 +0000

Sometimes instead of doing work at the day job I aimlessly sift through youtube dregs, occasionally stumbling onto loose gold. This is one of those times.

First, AZ blended over the ‘One In A Million’ beat

Second, AZ + Ghost + Rae over a buttery Womack & Womack version of TKO

Both of these by HowlingMad123

Tut-Piece – Gold Jury (Beat Tape)

steadybloggin — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:28:28 +0000

Sulty instrumentals sourced entirely from 80s soul samples. As yacht rap as it gets. Would kill to hear a Curren$y & Fiend duet on any one of these.

DOWNLOAD: Tut-Piece – Gold Jury

The Collegiates – All She Wrote (Prod.Kamonster)

steadybloggin — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:30:19 +0000

I’m a sucker for this sample, especially when it’s flipped in midnight funk fashion complimentary to Eddie Holman’s original.

Lee Fields – Moonlight Mile (Rolling Stones Cover)

steadybloggin — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:38:50 +0000

New song taken from this MOJO compilation of soul covers of Rolling Stones songs.

DOWNLOAD: Lee Fields – Moonlight Mile (Rolling Stones Cover)

The Darling Dears & Funky Heavy – And I Love You

steadybloggin — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:59:10 +0000

Now-Again launches New York funk/soul researcher and archivist David Griffith’s Orivious Records with a masterpiece: the sole document of a lost and unlikely teenage “sweet-funk” collaboration between Rochester, NY vocalists The Darling Dears and backing band Funky Heavy. Originally issued in 1972, the record never made it beyond city’s west side. Today, this rare and exquisite blend of fragile female harmony atop an unexpected bed of raw, plodding funk commands four figures at auction when it appears in its original form.

The juxtaposition of the falsetto (?) vocals against the slow deep funk background on this is incredible.

DOWNLOAD: The Darling Dears & Funky Heavy – And I Love You

via Now-Again records

DJ Burn One – Where There’s Smoke (Instrumental Mixtape)

steadybloggin — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:52:43 +0000

Mandatory download, just look at that tracklist.

DOWNLOAD: DJ Burn One – Where There’s Smoke (Instrumental Mixtape)

via THEFADER

VIDEO: Dam-Funk & Master Blazer – Songs From Scratch

steadybloggin — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:53:25 +0000

Dam-Funk & Master Blazter “Songs from Scratch” from Yours Truly on Vimeo.

Live improv jam recorded shortly before J-1′s tragic untimely passing.

via YT

VIDEO: Frankie P – Hallway Music / Dykman Street 4:01AM

steadybloggin — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 23:19:28 +0000

Another classy video for one of the best and most underrated instrumental albums in recent memory. Directed by Nelson Noel Salcedo

Just a thought… an ASAP Rocky + Frankie P collaboration could kick-start another Harlem Renaissance or some such.

via Uptown Collective

Adrian Younge Presents Venice Dawn – Lovely Lady ft. Dennis Coffey

steadybloggin — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 20:35:00 +0000

Video for one of the tracks from the excellent Something About April album, featuring some of the most amazing hair pieces caught on film since the last Dix promo photo. Also, note how well this video rides the delicate balance between genuine sentiment and tounge-in-cheek asides.

iNDEED – Black Tears (Prod. By DJ Burn One)

steadybloggin — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 19:05:08 +0000

The first single from iNDEED’s upcoming debut EP. Pretty much everything I like about these guys as a band is neatly showcased by what happens to the beat after the 2:42 mark.

DOWNLOAD: iNDEED – Black Tears (Prod. By DJ Burn One)

via DGB