Tagged: funk
Daily Inspiration: Don Cornelius
This morning, Don Cornelius, creator and host of the beloved dance show Soul Train, was found dead in his Los Angeles home. Politically and musically conservative, Cornelius nevertheless extended the olive branch to hip hop … read more »
Stream: Endgames, “Ecstacy (Jam City Refix)”
If you’ve ever been to a block party where the DJ is playing nothing but late 70s/early 80s funk and thought to yourself, hey this is incredible especially because there are a bunch of old … read more »
Stream: Master Blazter, Blazt Off Mixtape
Master Blazter is the live-band incarnation of Dam-Funk‘s vertiginous synth Narnia merging super-shiny territories with his LA pals, keyboard man Computer Jay and drummer-producer J1. This mixtape, mixed by DJ Kutmah, shows from what corners … read more »
The Let Out: Chico Mann
Tonight on the Let Out, our weekly radio show on East Village Radio, we will be dropping an assortment of new gems accompanied by our usual barrage of hilarious banter. Then we will welcome special … read more »
Video: Bootsy Collins Hosts Centric's "Funk 101" Documentary Series
Foul-mouthed teachers always seem the coolest. Having the high school teach drop “F” bombs just seems to put them on your kid’s level, but if they’re any more hip like Bootsy Collins, they switch up … read more »
Video: Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings "I Learned the Hard Way"
R&B buddy flicks, go with us on this one. Judging by the on-screen chemistry between Sharon Jones and Lee Fields in the visual to “I Learned the Hard Way,” the elder-stateswoman (and man) of throwback … read more »
Video: R. Kelly, “Be My #2″
In the spirit of Prince, Kellz writes an homage to a potential sidechick over guitar funk, a kind of inverse “I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man.” He also seems to be serenading … read more »
Suite903 DJ: DJ Spinna
Suite903: No.5 (Part 1) DJ Spinna is something of an anomaly in music. A humbling example of what it takes to truly succeed within the framework of multiple fields. A steadfast work ethic, an obsessively … read more »
Hidden Cat, “Shooting Stars” MP3
This cover of an already-elevating Bag Raiders song is like a full-body immersion in a gossamer funk milkbath. Hidden Cat is a dude out of Carolina (c.f. Dot Allison) with a keen sense of patience … read more »
Nite Funk (Nite Jewel x Dam-Funk), “Am I Gonna Make It” MP3
Holy Our-Mom’s-House-in-1982! The collabo between Nite Jewel and Dam-Funk sounds like a goth Patrice Rushen art directed by a 2012 replicant of Rick James. Or like, Ashford and Simpson over Slave’s keyb section. Except Nite … read more »
