Nice little dusty italo/kosmische beat by Space Ghost, but more importantly this video is exactly what happens when I close my eyes and think of the words ‘space disco’.
BONUS: this dope Space Ghost/Ahyve collab has been on soundcloud without download link for a while now, hopefully it will show up on somebody’s mixtape at some point.
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
Sultry 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
I’m a sucker for this sample, especially when it’s flipped in midnight funk fashion complimentary to Eddie Holman’s original.
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
Mandatory download, just look at that tracklist.
DOWNLOAD: DJ Burn One – Where There’s Smoke (Instrumental Mixtape)
via THEFADER
Dam-Funk & Master Blazter “Songs from Scratch” from Yours Truly on Vimeo.
Live improv jam recorded shortly before J-1′s tragic untimely passing.
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
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.
