REVELATION- "FEEL IT" 7" SINGLE- MODERN SOUL BOOGIE

Nice modern soul cut by the group Revelation. This LP is is pretty hard to find but this 7" single is not. "Feel It" is the b-side here but definitely the funkier cut. Had this for a while and felt like sharing it.

Peace.

4SHADES UBIQUITY BEAT CD!

What up everybody. My production crew 4Shades, O-D, Katrah-Quey, G-Mo, M.anifest, (songwriting/vocals) has released our beat CD "Ubiquity" for free download. The CD features a bunch of instrumental tracks as well as some exclusive songs.

You can preview the tracks below on the imeem playlist and download them as well. Feel free to leave feedback. Enjoy!

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4Shades - Ubiquity

New Horizons- Something New- LP- ROGER TROUTMAN!

Roger Troutman produced boogie goodness here. Their LP Something New was released in 1983, on Columbia Records. The featured song, "Your Thing (Rap)" is a boogie/rap tune (the emceeing isn't that impressive but the music is dope) which is the last track on the LP. Classic Troutman sound here: hard drums, heavy synths, but no talk box unfortunately.

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O-D, Katrah-Quey, and M.anifest In: CONTENT UNDER PRESSURE

This Thursday, June 25th, 3 of the 4Shades, my production crew, will be participating in Content Under Pressure, hosted by Red Bull Music Academy and Last of the Record Buyers at IPR (Institute of Production and Recording) in Minneapolis. The format for the event is discussed in the videos above. Should be a very dope event.

Shout outs to Kevin Beacham, and Brandon Allday of Big Quarters for inviting us!

CHALICE: STANDARD PROCEDURE- ROOTS REGGAE MODERN SOUL

CHALICE- STANDARD PROCEDURE- LP-PIPE MUSIC- 1983

It's been a while since my last entry, I know, but I promise I'm back and I'll be posting again on the regular. Anyways, I copped this nice roots reggae LP recently and was instantly captured by the joint featured below, "Funny Kinda Reggae". The track has a modern soul/boogie type of feel, namely due to the more standard soul/funk rhythm as well as some dope synth playing throughout as well. The rest of the album is mostly standard roots reggae material (nothing wrong with that at all) but features a similarly large helping of synthesizer work as well. Worth checking out.

FUNNY KINDA REGGAE


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LEROY HUTSON-HUTSON-LP- 1975

LEROY HUTSON- SELF TITLED- LP- CURTOM RECORDS- 1975
Pretty much all of Leroy Hutson's work is worth tracking down, if you can these days, so I was ecstatic to pull this record from the store a week or so ago for a very cheap price. Put out by Curtom Records, Curtis Mayfield's Warner Brothers subsidiary label, this is exactly the type of record that reminded me why I got into the soul-funk-jazz record/beat digging world as it has quality sampling material, open drum break included, and just good, soulful music throughout. My personal favorite cut is "Lucky Fellow" sampled most famously for the Erykah Badu song "No Love" on her album Baduizm.

"Lucky Fellow"


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GENERAL LEE- WE DID IT BABY- MODERN SOUL 7"

GENERAL LEE AND THE SPACE ARMY BAND- "WE DID IT BABY (Part 1 & 2)"- 7" SINGLE - LOST WEEKEND RECORDS- 1979
Really smooth modern soul 7" on the private label Lost Weekend, this isn't a very hard record to track down and well worth copping if you get the chance. This is the type of slightly funky, slightly spacey, modern soul joint that I find really dope. I'm not sure if General Lee ever put out an full length album, (somebody let me know if he did) but I would love to hear a whole LP of this type of material.

We Did It Baby Part 1