tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-97518272011-12-11T04:10:30.108ZA musical journey into funk, soul, hip hop and pretentious music..http://www.blogger.com/profile/04449158956752517077noreply@blogger.comBlogger401100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9751827.post-1110124130601038602005-03-06T15:44:00.000Z2005-03-07T07:20:46.650Z

So, first off thanks for all the feedback, nice to know people appreciated what I was doing.Let start with the bad news, Evigan Funk is being closed down for good, I just don't have the time anymore to update this site often enough to make it worthwhile for you guys to read.Now the good news, I've joined the excellent writing staff at the really rather good Ear Fuzz. It's a blog with similar

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Well maybe, maybe not. Basically I'm looking around for a good cheap deal on webhosting as even I'm sick of Rapidshare and I only have to use it to upload tracks. Add to this the fact that I'm having trouble juggling work, a relationship, a social life and posting here so at the very least I think I'll have to reduce the number of posts.If I can discover an easy solution to hosting and get some

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Gals and Pals - Blue On BlueRoyksopp - So EasyA real quickie today from Swedish vocal group Gals and Pals. I've been unable to find out anything about them apart from that they were most prominent in the sixties and apparently did a mean cover of Sandie Shaw's Always Something There To Remind Me.This track, a cover of the Bobby Vinton classic, first came to my attention thanks to the Royksopp

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Richard "Groove" Holmes - Flyjack When you've been labeled with a nickname like "groove" then you had better be extremely funky and this man more than satisfies all requirements.A Hammond organist like Dr. Lonnie Smith, Holmes was less interested in the jazzy side and much more concerned with making records that were insanely funky. "Groove" started his career as a jazz bassist and apparently

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Gravediggaz - 1-800 Suicide Gravediggaz - Pass The Shovel So back to 1994 and the supergroup The Gravediggaz. The brainchild of the godlike Prince Paul, the group was made up of the Prince, RZA (then known as Prince Rakeem), Frukwan (from Stetasonic) and Too Poetic (now sadly passed away). They released their debut album 6 Feet Deep which was amazingly mainly slept on by the public before being

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Nina Simone - Sinner ManTalib Kweli - Just To Get ByNina Simone - Funkier Than A Mosquito's TweeterSome music from the great lady herself today. Nina Simone first came to light in the music business in the mid 50's when, having trained as a classical pianist, she was told she had to sing as well as play. This introduced the world to one of the most unique voices in Jazz, a voice that has got

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Spinning Wheel - Lonnie SmithSo, mixing it up again a bit this week as I dip my toe in the waters of Jazz/Funk fusion. What better way to start it off than with an absolute classic and a song that's had it's beats sampled so many times you'd think it was in the hiphop producers starter pack.First things first, this is not the legendary Lonnie Liston Smith despite the similarity in names. Dr

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Curtis Mayfield - The UndergroundPatti Jo - Make Me Believe In YouAfter Noz's guest post on Soulsides the other day it occurred to me that while I put up some Curtis produced Five Stairsteps I haven't really touched on the man himself.However, I'm rectifying that today with one funky track by the man himself and another track that has his production stamped all over it.What can I say about Curtis

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Roots Manuva - Movements Roots Manuva - Juggle Tings Proper Going back to my limey roots today with a couple of choice cuts from Roots Manuva's debut album, Brand New Second Hand. Thought it was an appropriate time to post some Manuva due to his third album, Awfully Deep, having just been released and proof that he is maintaining the quality of his output.I was originally planning to post a

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Al Green - I'm Glad You're Mine Al Green - I Wish You Were Here Ok ok, I know it keeps on switching but bear with me people, we're now back using Rapidshare for downloads. This is due to their unlimited download option so you all get a share of the music. Files will be available for seven days from posting and I've also reposted Rasputin Stash and Detroit Emeralds with this.So, after the couple

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Bessie Banks - Go Now (Link 1) Bessie Banks - Go Now (Link 2) When I was growing up I was always under the impressions that The Moody Blues version of Go Now was the definitive article, the original and best version. Then one day I came across a collection of soul music entitled Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures and my eyes were opened as I heard this, the real original version of the song.Dave

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Detroit Emeralds - You're Getting A Little Too Smart Rasputin Stash - The Devil Made Me Do It No real link between these two groups except they're both master of funk.The Detroit Emeralds are rightly regarded as a classic funk combo and here's one of the reasons why, You're Getting A Little Too Smart from their 1973 album I'm In Love With You. You can read a full biography of the group hereThis

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Omar - To The Top Omar - Syleste Excuse the shit title please. Am breaking with tradition today by posting music that's only 5 years old but I believe sometimes rules need to be broken when music like this is being ignored. Omar rode the wave of acid jazz that blew up in the early nineties and scored one absolutely massive hit with the song There's Nothing Like This. After hitting the big

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Don Covay - What's In The Headlines I promised to make a change from the funk today though how long this will last is a matter of doubt. Anyway today I give you another great example of music with a message. Don Covay had been around a hell of a long time already when he released this beautiful folk/blues tune. Starting his career in the 50's in doo-wop groups he slowly moved through soul

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Eldridge Holmes - Pop, Popcorn Children (New Link) Betty Harris - There's A Break In The Road (New Link) It's Friday and it's time for The Meters. After all I am a blog who specializes in funk and soul so it had to happen sooner or later. However, rather than list some of their excellent own music I thought I'd put up two songs where they were the backing band. Both songs have The Meters

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High kicking funk Sly & The Family Stone - If You Want Me To Stay Sly & The Family Stone - Skin I'm In Ok now we're delving into the classics but I just had to post some Sly today. The groups early albums There's A Riot Goin On and Stand are rightly regarded as classics but I've always had a soft spot for their 1973 album Fresh. Take a look at that front cover and tell me that isn't

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Awesome front cover, awesome album. Eugene McDaniel - Supermarket Blues There is more killer funk later in the week, but due to me currently suffering the after effects of a night out we're going to explore a more thoughtful world today, the world of Eugene McDaniels. Eugene started his career way back in the 50's as an r'n'b artist and had a couple of top ten hits in the early to mid 60's.

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Wilson Pickett - Get Me Back On Time (Engine Number 9 pts 1&2) Wilson Pickett - Funky Broadway First of, thanks to Soul Sides for including me in their round up of recommended blogs, nice to be appreciated. Today I'm looking at one of the greats of funk, Wilson Pickett. I'm sure most people know about his classics Mustang Sally and In The Midnight Hour but today I'm going to take you into

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. Lewis Taylor - Lucky Lewis Taylor - Bittersweet So we begin the week with a personal favorite of mine, Mr Lewis Taylor. Lewis came onto the scene in 1996 in the wave of nu-soul led by D'Angelo and Erykah Badu. However, unlike these artists, Lewis chose to steer clear of the laidback grooves and instead head deeply into a more progressive soul including multilayered harmonies, electric

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Timmy Thomas - Sexy Woman This next song goes out to all you lovers out there. Ok, it may be seventies soul of the sleaziest kind but this is a killer tune. Thomas started his career playing accompanist to greats like Donald Byrd. However in the early seventies he went solo and hit the big time with the track Why Can't We Live Together?. That was a blissful keyboard led track, this on the

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Minnie does the ice cream trick 30 years before KelisMinnie Riperton - Reasons Minnie Riperton - Take A Little TripI've been planning a post on Minnie Riperton since I put up a couple of tracks by Syreeta a while back.An extremely talented singer, her music has wrongly been written off as cheesy lounge music. Basically, if you've only ever heard Lovin You then you are really missing out on a

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J-Live - Wax Paper J-Live - Them That's Not So back to the hip hop today and an underground classic, the awesome The Best Part by J-Live. Famous in hip hop circles for the fact that it took 5 years for the album to be released it is also legendary for being a great showcase of J-Live's immense talent as an mc. Recorded in 1996 after the release of two excellent singles, the album then sat

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Back then it was all about the badges Sue Lynne - Don't Pity Me The Metros - Since I Found My Baby Sorry, this isn't about Eric B and Rakim's legendary track, we will return to hip hop later in the week (got some quality J-Live and, just possibly, some quality British 80's hip hop) but I thought I'd turn back the clock today to visit the world of northern soul. Just before I get into it I

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The Pharcyde - On The DL The Pharcyde - Otha Fish It's a new week and a new method of download! That's right, I'm experimenting with something other than You Send It so let me know if it works ok. There may be a slight delay before the song downloads and you may get a pop up but it still looks a lot more reliable.......... Anyway, on to today's selection. As promised we're visiting the

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They just don't make covers like they used to Vaughan Mason & Crew - Bounce, Rock, Skate, Roll After the downtempo mood of yesterday's post I bring you the perfect song for a Friday. So maybe this is verging on being disco rather than funk but it's all about the rollerskating and how can you say no to that? Released in 1980, I know very little about Mr Mason and his crew apart from that this

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Never judge a man by his haircut Galt MacDermot - Coffee Cold Galt MacDermot - Space Ok, a real quickie today I'm afraid as work has suddenly caught up with the blogging. Today I give you two songs by Galt MacDermot. Still probably best known for his work on Hair he has also carved out a nice career making chilled out jazz music on the side. You can read a full biography of the man here.

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How could such clean cut kids be so damn funky? Five Stairsteps - Don't Change Your Love Five Stairsteps - O-o-h Child OK, that's a big boast to make but I think I can back it up........Five Stairsteps were a sixties/seventies soul group more than a little reminiscent of the Jackson 5 with their catchy hooks and well worked harmonies, not to mention the fact that they were all related.

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Roy Ayers - Hummin' Roy Ayers - The Memory So, um, a bit of a delay in getting the records onto the PC but should have it done tonight. In the meantime, lets have a bit of Roy Ayers to start the week. I don't think I really need to tell you anything about this soul legend as his music speaks for him. I've always been a big fan of his music, particularly from the Roy Ayers Music Productions

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If only all reggae artists looked this funky Sly & Robbie - Boops Ok, back to the mid eighties today with a less obscure but by no means lower quality track. This song charted in 1987 but seems to have been lost in the wilderness since and it's about time it got resurrected. Sly & Robbie are most famous for their influence on Reggae in the seventies/eighties. They started out in a band

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Don't twist that knob µ-Ziq! Mike & Rich - Mr Frosty Mike & Rich - Jelly Fish A new day, a change of sound. As a break from the soul and hip hop I've been bringing you I thought I'd post a couple of tracks of electronic funk by Mike & Rich, better known as electronic legends µ-Ziq and Aphex Twin. The album was released in 1996 when both artists were riding high on critical acclaim. The

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Those crazy cats The New Birth - Got To Be A Knutt Melvin Bliss - Synthetic Substitution Well It's back to the sampled songs today. Soul Sides post the other day featuring a De La remix has made me delay my planned De La post for a while. Therefore let me offer instead two songs that were used by Prince Paul in his glory days with the group. Got To Be A Knutt by The New Birth is an

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Marden Hill - Bardot Friends Of Distinction - Lonesome Mood I don't know about you but personally Tuesday is the lowest point of the week for me. The excitement of the weekend's gone but you're still not even half way through the working week. Therefore, allow me to soothe away those post weekend blues by offering up two downtempo masterpieces. The first of these is by a group calling

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The Man himself Lyrics Born - Send Them Latyrx - Burning Hot In Cali On A Saturday Night (Feat Gift Of Gab) Lyrics Born - Rise And Shine One of my favourite MCs of all time is the great Lyrics Born. Though not the most gifted MC of his generation he has always been one of those MCs who make you sit up and listen to what he's talking about. His gravelly voice can fluctuate between Busta

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Any excuse to use this pic of Doug E. 20th Century Steel Band - Heaven and hell is on earth Just one track today I'm afraid but it's an absolute bonafide gem. I've only ever heart one song by the 20th Century Steel but it's enough to warrant edition here. Even more shocking is that I can't really tell you anything about the band themselves - maybe you will have more luck googling for details

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Proof you should never judge a man by his hair Shuggie Otis - Inspiration Information Shuggie Otis - Aht Uh Mi Hed I was first introduced to Shuggie by wandering into a store one day and seeing a new album on David Byrne's label. Not only that but it was covered with quotes claiming it to be a lost classic of soul and sounding like dj shadow meets marvin gaye or some such bullshit. It was

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Black Sheep - Strobelite Honeys Black Sheep - To Whom It May Concern So, a new year, the same old hip hop. Will start mixing up musical styles shortly but before that happens I had to put up a couple of tracks from the most shockingly neglected album from the early nineties native tongue gold rush of acts. I am of course referring to Black Sheep and their superb debut album A Wolf In

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Syreeta – I Love Every Little Thing About You Syreeta – To Know You Is To Love You First of, thanks to Soul Sides for putting me up on a link, you can find them on my sidebar though I expect you already know them pretty well. Aa change of pace for this last post before we enter 2005. Without wanting to step on any other blogger’s toes I thought it only right to slow things down for the end

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KMD - 808 Man KMD - Peachfuzz So everyone knows about MF Doom these days with his incredibly prolific output of the moment making up for the lost years of the mid nineties when he vanished from the public eye. He's kept a pretty high standard with most of his recent output, Madvillainy being my own personal highlight, but I thought I'd concentrate on his early years. Back before he smoked

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Sha-key feat Priest - Ducking Lessons This track has been a favorite of mine since I heard it on the compilation album Connected 321 back in 1998. Not sure how easy it is to get this album now but there's details of it here It's a decent album and includes the original version of The Wreckoning by Lateef which is enough reason by itself to pick it up. I know very little about the artist

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First post in the blog and i thought i'd start with some undisputed legends of hip hop. I can't believe that in all the years of listening to hip hop I only discovered Freestyle Fellowship relatively recently. Their first two albums are often credited as classics and rightly so with interesting mcing (including the legendary Aceyalone) and a mixture of samples and live instruments. Here's a

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