Bit funky this one. I heard this on a Wizard tape a mate of a mate brought back form his stay in Detroit in the mid nineties. Didn’t know what it was called at the time but he did some glorious things with his two copies on that tape. I only bought it on a whim around 98-99, probably because there was nothing else to go for at the time and it turned out to be this, if you know what I mean. There’s two instrumental versions on the flip side of this re-issue, the original release apperaing initially on the legendary Saturn label in 1983. Didn’t know that until yesterday.

1. The Fly
2. World Class
3. Surgery (Remix)
4. Juice
5. Lovers
6. House Calls
7. Cabbage Patch

Man, the freaks ain’t freakin’

Genre:Funk/Soul
Release:2000
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Tracklist:
1. Steam Train (3:08)
2. Gimmie The Paw (3:46)
3. Huh! Funky Rudolph Strud (2:27)
4. I’m a Good Man (5:32)
5. Who Knows (3:20)
6. Switchblade (3:37)
7. Let A Man Do What He Wanna Do (3:00)
8. Soul Tequila (3:26)
9. The Landlord (2:34)
10. Lea’s Rice Pudding (3:11)
11. (Hey, Hey) Mister Brown (4:05)
12. Mr Kesselman, Pt 1 (2:56)
13. Mr Kesselman, Pt 2 [Instrumental] (2:45)

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Before Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings… There was this.
Switchblade is (I think) Sharon’s earliest solo feature…

“Jones was the only one of three singers who were called into the session to show. Having completed all the backing parts herself, Roth and Lehman were suitably impressed with her performance and recorded “Switchblade”, a solo track with Jones. This track and “The Landlord” were included on the Soul Providers’ album Soul Tequila, released by Philip Lehman on Pure circa 1996. The Soul Providers—with members of the Brooklyn, New York City, bands Antibalas and the Mighty Imperials—would later go on to form the Dap-Kings, Jones’ current backing band.”[2]

Genre: Hip Hop / Electronic / Instrumental
Release: 2011
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1. I Gotta Rokk (LP Version)
2. I’ve Been Trying (LP Version)
3. Def Surrounds Us (LP Version)
4. I Gotta Rokk (Irn Mnky Swagger Mix)
5. I’ve Been Trying (Various “I’m Done Trying” Mix)
6. Def Surrounds Us (Rockwell Remix)

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New DJ Shadow EP! Thanks to NHK for this one. Haven’t checked this out myself yet, but this better be good… I mean it’s DJ Shadow, so let’s hope so! Looking forward to hear your thoughts on it.

“The almighty DJ Shadow returns to his block rocking finest, with tonights Hottest Record ‘I Gotta Rokk’. Drums of doom mixed with Shadows’ advanced turntablism, once again creates something truly unique from borrowed materials. It’s a true art form.”

01. HHA Intro feat. Joshy
02. Best Producer On The Mic feat. Oh No, Diamond D & Kev Brown
03. Face It feat. Sadat X & Wise Intelligent
04. Jewel feat. Afaliah
05. Going Through Records (Interlude)
06. Salute feat. Piakhan
07. Just Rhymin’ With Fest feat. Rhymefest
08. That Very First Day feat. Fat Jon
09. Heeey feat. John Robinson, El Da Sensei, LeFortheUncool & Afaliah
10. Who Am I feat. S.P.I.R.I.T.
11. Making A Beat (Interlude)
12. Sandsy feat. J. Sands
13. Ya Friends In The Way feat. Senor Kaos
14. Are You Listening feat. Bad Azz, Copywrite & Edo G
15. Jussy On The Mic (Interlude)
16. Why You Do
17. Find A New feat. Casual
18. Da Beatbox (Interlude)
19. We’re On Top (Ohiotakeover) feat. Count Bass D, Trav Dave, Rashad, Co-City, J Osceola, LeFortheUncool, Stalley, Tage, Copywrite, Donwill, 6S, Donte, Piakhan, Ilyas, Main Flow, Dominique Larue, Hood Apostle, Ill Poetic, Illogic, Iyball, JaySwiffa, Jerreau & P Blackk
20. The Beat’s Done (Interlude)
21. HHA Outro (Joshy Gets It)

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Now, more than a decade after his last solo Hip-Hop album, J Rawls is proud to present The Hip-Hop Affect. Rawls delved into neo-soul and jazz with The Essence Of Soul and The Liquid Crystal Project, but now he’s ready to make a full return to Hip-Hop. “We birthed it, created it, and reared it,” he explains. “We may not like every change, but we stick with Hip-Hop because we love it.”

TRACKLISTING

01. Here To Save You All
02. Deliver
03. No Complex
04. Partner To Swing
05. It’s All Bad
06. Freestyle Rhymes
07. Riiiot! feat. Ras Kass
08. Waiting To Exhale feat. Gravitation
09. What Am I
10. Feelin’ Evil Again
11. Thousands
12. Kreep
13. Many Different Ways
14. The Shabba-Doo Conspiracy feat. Kool Keith
15. Ghetto Vampire
16. Rise
17. Hidden Track

Here to Save You All is the debut album by emcee Chino XL released on April 9, 1996. It is predominantly produced by B Wiz and only held two guest appearances from Ras Kass and Kool Keith. It was produced mostly by Chino’s close associates, and the lyrical content revolved around dark, hardcore themes (mostly metaphorical braggadoccio), dismissing the commercialized hip hop that was starting to gain momentum at this time. It contains the infamous but well-known song “Riiiot!” which had a line that possibly alluded to West Coast rapper 2Pac getting raped in prison. 2Pac later called him out on “Hit Em Up,” and Chino responded with a freestyle dis. Chino himself stated that the line was not meant as a dis, and he and 2Pac were on good terms at the time of his passing.