01 – Dana Dane – Nightmares
02 – Cameo – She’s Strange
03 – Bob James – Take Me To The Mardi Gras
04 – Nina Simone – I Put A Spell On You
05 – Michael Jackson – Thriller
06 – Malcolm McClaren – She’s Lookin Like A Hobo
07 – Ben E. King – Supernatural Thing
08 – Muddy Waters – Tomcat
09 – Max Romeo – Chase The Devil
10 – Ray Parker Jr. – Ghostbusters
Enjoy This One!! It’ll make you put on a costume and go knock on
doors and say “Trick or Treat”
Where were you in the 1980’s? Was High School your stomping ground? Were you already an adult getting ready to brace yourself for the impending Reagan years? How about a teenager living in the Bronx, NY at the dawning of a new musical era?
It was the purest it’s ever been, or will ever be. No one will ever put a record out just for the LOVE of it. It was the perfect time to be a teen, an living in the most perfect place….at least in our youthful eyes.You Feel Me?
This one is for my Borough, Boogie Down BRONX Forever! Just not while I’m raising my kids!
DJ GrantLOVE……DO IT NOW!!
Remember as always…”It’s not old, if it’s NEW to you!”
01 – DJ Grand Wizard Theodore – Fantastic Freaks at the Dixie
02 – The Fearless Four – Rockin’ It
03 – Fresh 3 MC’s – F.R.E.S.H
04 – Jimmy Spicer – The Bubble Bunch
05 – Jimmy Spicer – Money (Dollar Bill Y’all)
06 – Fantasy Three – It’s Your Rock
07 – Dr. Jeckyll & Mr. Hyde – A.M P.M
08 – Spoonie Gee – Spoonin Rap
09 – T-La Rock – It’s Yours
10 – Sweet T & Jazzy Joyce – It’s My Beat
11 – Run DMC – Here We Go (Live at the Funhouse)
12 – Spoonie G. & Treacherous Three – Love Rap
13 – Kurtis Blow – AJ Scratch
14 – Boogie Boys – A Fly Girl
15 – Dana Dane – Delancy Street
16 – Just-Ice – Latoya
17 – T Ski Valley – Catch The Beat
18 – Kevie Kev – All Night Long (Waterbed Kev)
19 – The Treacherous Three – Feel The Heartbeat
20 – Schooly D – P.S.K.(What Does It Mean)
Enjoy This One!! It’ll make you run up the block screaming, “Yo, I was like three when that came out! And it’s still FRESH!!”
Another week, another sample session….This week I’m slowing it down a bit. Included are the full length original tracks that gave inspiration to today’s and yesterday’s Hip Hop artists & producers.
Included in this mix of original samples are tracks that were sampled by the likes of Just Blaze, Kanye West, 9th Wonder, J Dilla, and more. You may hear something familiar in this mix, even if you’ve never heard it before. These songs have been chopped, spliced, slowed down, sped up, and even interpolated by artists such as De La Soul, Jay-Z, Common, P. Diddy, Little Brother, Nas, Rick Ross, and more….
See how many originals you know, or try and guess who utilized the samples and give me a shout back. I purposely didn’t add who sampled what because that would take away all the fun of listening to something new.
Click play, relax, and guess the samples..
Remember as always…”It’s not old, if it’s NEW to you!”
01 – Lou Rawls – You Make Me So Very Happy
02 – Eddie Holman – I Love You
03 – The New Rotary Connection – Love Has Fallen On Me
04 – George Duke – Someday
05 – Robert Winters & Fall – When Will My Love Be Right
06 – Bobby Glenn – Sounds Like A Love Song
07 – Vickie Sue Robinson – I Hope Your Feelings Are Like Mine
08 – Michael Franks – I Really Hope You Do
09 – Friends Of Distinction – Lonesome Mood
10 – Tom Brock – There Is Nothing In This World That Can Stop Me (From Loving You)
11 – Paliament – I Misjudged You
12 – Peabo Bryson – Born To Love
13 – Friends Of Distinction – And I Love Him
14 – The Gaturs – Concentrate
15 – Phyllis Hyman – No One Can Love You More
Enjoy this and Rock Out! Some of the greatest rock songs have been sampled in Hip Hop. Check out these originals and let me know your all time favorite Rock Sample.
Remember as always…”It’s not old, if it’s NEW to you!”
01 – David Bowie – Fame
02 – Duran Duran – Norious
03 – Foreigner – Cold As Ice
04 – Iron Butterfly – In A Gadda Da Vida
05 – AC DC – Back In Black
06 – Aerosmith – Walk This Way
07 – The Beatles – Eleanor Rigby
08 – Black Sabbath – Crazy Train
09 – Graham Nash – Chicago
10 – Grand Funk Railroad – Nothing Is The Same
11 – Paul Simon – 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover
12 – The Doors – Five To One
13 – Mountain – Long Red
14 – Blood Sweat and Tears – Spinning Wheel
15 – The Wings – Old Siam Sir
16.- Bill Conti – Redemption (Rocky II)
17.- Jefferson Airplane – White Rabbit
18.- The Beatles – Hey Jude
19.- Edie Brickell – What I Am
20.- The Police – Every Breath You Take
This mix should have been released in July, as America celebrated the 40th Anniversary of sending a man to the Moon. Well that was a few months back, but better late than never, and trust me, you’ll be glad I did.
All these tracks have been sampled by producers such as Just Blaze, J. Dilla, No ID, Pete Rock, Dr. Dre, and many others, so you’ll be in good company as you bob your heads to this.
Remember as always…”It’s not old, if it’s NEW to you!”
01 – Steve Miller Band – Space Intro
02 – Janko Nilovic & Dave Sucky – In The Space
03 – Donald Byrd – Flight Time
04 – Atmosphere – Dancin In Outer Space
05 – Eddie Harris – Turbulence
06 – Roy Ayers – Love From The Sun
07 – The Undisputed Truth – Walk On By
08 – Lafayette Afro Rock Band – Darkest Light
09 – Dexter Wansel – Life On Mars
10 – ESG – UFO
11 – Afrika Bambaataa & Soul Sonic Force – Planet Rock
12 – Marvin Gaye – A Funky Space Reincarnation
13 – Parliament – Mothership Connection
14 – Manzel – Space Funk
15 – Galt MacDermot – Space
I’ve always wanted to do a Sample Sessions for A Tribe Called Quest. Well I’ve finally gone ahead and put a little something together that any fan of ATCQ will appreciate and thoroughly enjoy. Any fan of Q-Tip, Phife, and Ali Shaheed Muhammed, will recognize the various bass-lines, drums, guitar licks, and piano samples used on some of their more popular hits, as well as some samples that are a little more obscure.
I purposely did not write which songs used the samples below, that’s an exercise that’ll be more fun for you, So have fun reminiscing about those back pack days of Hip Hop, the glory days….I hope I’ve opened a few ears to something new.
01 – Rotary Connection – Memory Band
02 – Steve Miller Band – Fly Like An Eagle
03 – Weldon Irvine – We Getting Down
04 – Lonnie Liston Smith – Spinning Wheel
05 – Grover Washington Jr. – Hydra
06 – Minnie Ripperton – Baby This Love I Have
07 – Lou Reed – Walk On The Wild Side
08 – Baby Huey – Hard Times
09 – Ian Drury & The Blockheads – What A Waste
10 – Hugo Montenegro – Dizzy
11 – RAMP – Daylight
12 – Dr. Buzzard’s Original Savannah Band – Sunshower
13 – Average White Band – Love Your Life
I’m going way back to a simpler time. A time when the internet was nothing more than a thick yellow book called the yellow pages. Rotary phones that hung on kitchen walls were all the rave, and cable TV was a 13″ b/w set with rabbit ears covered in tin foil, and a pair of vice grips were your remote control.
Before the CD was looked at as the all to end all, I mean, how can you get more technological than a disc that is played with a laser? Hello MP3’s and digital media.
This mix will take you back to the age of the Mom & Pop record stores…You know the one’s you’d run to as soon as you received your allowance. A time when being the “first” to hear something meant more than just bragging rights, you were in the know, and took pride in that.
I miss those times. I miss waiting all week just to hear DJ Red Alert and Mister Magic play a couple of hours of Hip-Hop Music. I miss staying up until 4am, just to make sure I didn’t miss the freestyle sessions on the Bobbito & DJ Stretch Armstrong show on WKCR (Columbia Univ. radio). The anticipation made you appreciate the art that much more. I miss pure Hip Hop….Before it became a copy cat medium, Before it became a business…most of all, before the exploitation.
This mix will always remind me of the beginning and golden age of Hip Hop music because this is the music that inspired that culture, as pure as it’s ever been, or ever will be.
Tyrone Thomas & The Whole Damn Family – Seven Minutes Of Funk
Freedom – Get Up And Dance
Jimmy Castor Bunch – It’s Just Begun
Mohawks – The Champ
Esther Williams – Last Night Changed It All
Chicago Gangstas – Gangsta Boogie
T-Connection – Groove To Get Down
20th Century Steel Band – Heaven And Hell (Is On Earth)
Incredible Bongo Band – Apache
Blackbyrds – Rock Creek Park
ESG – UFO
Herman Kelly & Life – Dance To The Drummers beat
The Whatnauts – Help Is On The Way
Kraftwerk – Trans Europe Express
Liquid Liquid – Cavern
Headhunters – God Made Me Funky
Say Goodbye To Love-Kenna feat Lupe Fiasco
The Tea-Choklate
Out Of My Head- Black Eyed Peas
Rock With You-Janet Jackson
Cosmic Girl-Jamiroquai
Let’s Do It Again-The Brand New Heavies
Born To Fly-Lisa Shaw
Addiction-Kanye West
Work-Ciara feat. Missy Elliot
I’m That Chick-Mariah Carey
Something Else-Robin Thicke
Impatient-Will.I.Am
You Know What-N.E.R.D
Loose Wires-Kenna feat. The Cool Kids
Nobody-Ne-Yo
She’s Not Me-Madonna
Enjoy This. It’ll make you wanna go outside & dance like no one is watching!
Turned On To You – Eighties Ladies
So Different – Kinky Foxx
Just A Groove – Glen Adams Affair
Look Into My Eyes – 52nd Street
Number One – Patrice Rushen
All About The Papers – Loleata Holloway
Promise Me – Dayton
Funk Me – Marvin Gaye
Baby I’m Scared Of You – Womack & Womack
Give Me The Sunshine – Leo’s Sunshipp
I Choose You – Paris
Magic Mona – Phyllis Hyman
It’s Your Love – Ethel Beatty
So Delicious – Fatback Band
Enjoy This. It’ll make you wanna go Outside And Blow Ish Up!!! Happy 4th of July
Don’t Stop Till Get Enough
P.Y.T (Pretty Young Thing)
Billie Jean
Thriller
Off The Wall
Dancin’ Machine
Can You Feel It
Get On The Floor
Shake Your Body Down To The Ground
Let Me Show You
You Rock My World
Butterflies
One More Chance remix
Liberian Girl
Enjoy It: It’ll make you wanna moonwalk across the floor!
The news of Michael Jackson’s death took us all by surprise. To pass at the young age of 50 is not only tragic, but hard to fathom, even for someone whose declining health was obvious to those who witnessed his decades long transformation.
I grew up with Michael Jackson. Not in the McCauley Caulkin sense, but with his music as the backdrop to my life’s soundtrack. From getting my first grind on off “Dancing Machine”, to reveling at his Invincible album (last great album in my eyes), Michael Jackson has been a musical constant for close to all my 41 years of life.
Regardless of the media’s portrayal of MJ, or my own opinions of his seemingly strange relationship to young boys, Michael Jackson will always be considered one of the Greatest musical talents of this or any generation. His worldwide appeal surpasses that of Elvis and The Beatles combined. His legacy will live on forever. We love you Mike, and will certainly miss you. Your music will always endure however, and for that we are grateful.
May your soul rest in eternal peace!! God Bless you and your Family.
Here is my tribute to the Boy, The Teen , The Man, The Legend!
Give It Up
Break Of Dawn
Human Nature
I wanna Be Where You Are
It’s The Falling In Love w/ Patti Austin
Baby Be Mine
All I Do Is Think Of You
I Can’t Help It
Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’
Remember The Time
Rock With You
This Place Hotel
Lovely One
Enjoy Yourself
I Am Love pt. 1&2
Maria, You Were The Only One
Who’s Lovin’ You?
Never Can Say Goodbye
Enjoy This. It’ll make you reminisce on some great MJ moments!
DJ Slish steps up to the plate once again to hit us off with some of the hottest joints you never heard of. If you listen to mainstream radio, then you probably haven’t heard any of these tracks. DJ Slish believes that good music is still being created by true artists, and refuses to accept the notion that if it’s not on radio, it’s not a hit.
The tracks in this mix are by some sexy females you may have heard of. Some of the artists are new to the music scene, but not new to music. Call it what you want, Neo-Soul, New Soul, R&B, or Black music; you will enjoy this fresh look at where music is headed.
So sit back, relax, and turn it up in your iPod….and Vibe!
So Sexy-Olivia
Think of you-Amerie
6.8 Billion-Choklate
So Good-Electrik Red feat Lil Wayne
Untitled Bonus Track- Fantasia feat Swizz Beats
I’ll be around-Shareefa
Never Change-Choklate
Let’s Rock-Chrisette Michelle
Do it for me-Algebra
Let it out-Eric Lau
Talk about it-Seek
Joy-Ledisi
Fly away with me-Sy Smith
Let go-Lalah Hathaway
Go Steady-Da Band
Ghetto-Kelly Rowland feat Snoop Dogg
Where this love could end up-Keyshia Cole
Suns out-Choklate
Enjoy This. It’ll make you wanna lock lips and smear lipstick all over!
This is a little something I put together pretty quickly. It’s all about Peace & Love. With all the negativity in the world today, sometimes we need to take a step back and enjoy some Peace.
These tracks delve into various topics such as Politics, Spirituality, Peace, and above all else, LOVE. The Love of ones self first and foremost. I hope this mix brings you a moment of tranquility, or at least, a smile to your face:-)
Lonnie Liston Smith – Expansions
Manu Dibango – New Bell
Marlena Shaw – Woman Of The Ghetto
Chaka Khan – Love Has Fallen On Me
Steve Parks – Movin’ The Right Direction
O’Bryan – Doing Alright
S.O.S. Band – High Hopes
Milton Wright – Keep It Up
Soul II Soul – Keep On Moving
Roy Ayers – A Tear To A Smile
Lonnie Liston Smith – Peace & Love
Average White Band – Love Your Life
William Hart – Follow Every Dream
Fela Kuti – Sorrow, Tears & Blood
ARC Choir – Walk With Me
Enjoy This. It’ll make you wanna hug your next door neighbor…maybe.
Since I Found You – Candy Bowman
April Lady – Wax
Stella – Norman Connors
Sweet Tears – Roy Ayers
Overture – Flora Punim
Shake It Up – The Vibrations
Caveman Boogie – Lesette Wilson
Summer’s Ended – Incognito
Evil Vibrations – The Mighty Ryeders
Ain’t Got Time For Nothin’ – The Futures
Dance The Night Away – Kruz
I’m Always Dancin To The Music – Benny Golson
You Stepped Into My Life – Melba Moore
Work It Out – Breakwater
When And If I Fall In Love – Wax
Enjoy This. It’ll make you wanna go Outside And Yell at strangers!
First, I would like to thank all of you for showing me love on this site. I’m thankful my boy Grantlove has allowed me to express myself in this format. That being said lets get down to business.
On occasion, when radio starts to bore me, (Urban radio bores me quite often); I tend to gravitate towards the not so conventional. It could be Afro Beat, Latin house or even Bossa Nova. Anyway, my ears have taken journey’s to so many places I’ve acquired an overabundance of musical knowledge along the way.
This week’s playlist is byproduct of those many trips. So FOLKS! Close your eyes, click that arrow, imagine yourself in a faraway land, and
Welcome To The Wonderful World Of Bush Meat….
Grooves so rare not even RADIO can stand the TASTE.
The Soul Jazz Orchestra- Mugambi
Blaze-Shine
Raw Artistic Soul- What about love
Ron Trent-Manzana
Studio Apartment-Sun Will Shine
Raw Artistic Soul-Nawella
Dj Spinna
Living Proof
Jon Cutler- You Groove Me
Kings Of Tomorrow-In the night
Osunlade-Same Thing
Osunlade-Sintra
Glen Underground-City People
Osunlade feat Eric Roberson-Rock with you
Peven Everett-High Life
Enjoy This. It’ll make you wanna smack your first cousin in the mouth!
Piggybacking off of DJ Slish’s great work last week with The Valley, I’m going to reach a little further back. Hip-Hop music has various era’s and genres within itself; so when one says Old School Rap or Old School Hip Hop, it’s still a very vague description. I’m going to try and be as descriptive as possible, so you know exactly how it’s going down!
Back in the late 70’s DJ’s would travel around with sound systems and play music in the parks for everyone to come out and have a great time. The popular music at the time was Disco, R&B, and of course Rock. Well us kids in the Bronx weren’t too keen on the big haired rock bands, or the disco kings and queens (some were both) with all their opulence and flair. R&B was cool, but we knew something was missing.
Soon parties, or Jams at the park were as commonplace as the radio, and the word started to spread about this wonderful new sound that was emanating from the Streets in the Bronx.
Parties soon became showcases, and those showcases even led to Movies like Wild Style and several others. This new musical energy was transcending all areas of life and popular culture. The radio soon became an outlet for some of the lucky ones, Sugarhill Gang, Grandmaster Flash, & Kurtis Blow to name a few. Most of the artists, back then known only as MC such and such, or DJ this and that. Everyone had ego’s, partly because you had to. Everyone wanted to Rap, and pretty soon everyone could.
I remember being banned from going to Haffen Park after dark because of the street violence that often occurred, but not even my Mother could keep me away from those Beats. Me, my boy Jamel, and another member of our Church, the late Edmund Perry, who’s life was tragically taken from us in one of the most racially charged cases in New York History, used to hang out together after church service on Sundays. We would all go hang out at the house of another member of our congregation. He was a little older than us, and could Pop & Lock like nobody’s business. We called Larry and his brothers Earl & Lorenzo the Parker Brothers, and we looked up to them for many reasons.
Larry would go on to join the Hip Hop group Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five as Larry Love, break-dancer extraordinaire; taking us under his wing and allowing us to be free of adult supervision. We would listen to Hip Hop, dance, and sometimes sneak into venues like Harlem World & The T-Connection. We would experience the sounds of Kool Herc first hand. It was the Beginning of a phenomenon, we just didn’t know it yet.
Jamel and I still stay in touch, although we are now many miles apart. The memories I have of us growing up in Hip Hop are innumerable, even the bad memory of getting our radio stolen while visiting a Church in Brooklyn. We skipped out of service and thought we were grown enough to bop down the street playing a worn out tape of Rappers Delight. LMAO!! We were scared senseless at the time, but look back on it now as a learning experience. What did we learn? That the streets of Brooklyn was no place for three young teens to act grown. We didn’t just listen to Hip Hop, we were a part of Hip Hop. From its Genesis, to it’s current standing on the Worlds stage, I will forever be a Hip Hop Head. It may not have the same impact as it did 30 years ago, but the essence of Hip Hop will never grow old, or die in the hearts of those who were there when it all started.
DJ Slish was the perfect candidate, and pretty much the only person I know who loves old school music as I do. When talking about Old School Hip-Hop one has to be specific. You see nowadays, one person’s Old School can be in an entirely different era than others. If you are in your 20’s for instance, Jay-Z & Nas could be considered Old School. The thirty-somethings can look back to Biggie and Tupac as their Forefathers of Hip-Hop. Well, myself and DJ Slish, as well as fellow 40+ Hip-Hop heads know what Old School Really is.
The songs in this playlist could very well be a History lesson on various types of Old School Hip-Hop. From Doug E. Fresh and Public Enemy, to MC Lyte and Ultramagnetic…Slish blends these classics with reckless abandon, forcing you to sing, or better yet, Rap along.
This set is called The Valley because that’s where we grew up. Going to the Haffen Park to watch the DJ’s spin the hottest Hip Hop and R&B tracks was a revelation to my prepubescent ears. Aurally engaged while watching the DJ’s cut it up, and the MC’s served up their Freshest rhymes.
1978 to 1986 was the Golden Era of Hip Hop. The Parties were Tight, the girls were Fresh, and the music was Dope!
This set will undoubtedly become a classic, so put it in your iPhone, iPod, Zune, PSP, or just download to your desktop and bob your head as if your hearing these treasures for the first time.
“SLISH DID IT AGAIN, OH NO….”
Next week I’ll be taking it back quite a bit further. A mix of late 70’s and early 80’s Hip-Hop, and the songs that inspired the DJ’s to create this new form of Music, that has since taken over the world….It’s called “The Genesis”.
MC Lyte – Cha Cha Cha
Eric B & Rakim – Make em Clap to this
Ultramagnetic MC’s – Ego Trippin
Mc Shan – The Bridge
Boogie Down Productions – South Bronx
Big Daddy Kane – Smooth Operator
Biz Markie – Nobody Beats The Biz
Special Ed – The Mission
Ultramagnetic MC’s – Ease Back
Kwame – The Rhythm
Doug E. Fresh – Keep Rising To The Top
K-Solo – Your Mom’s in my Business
Black Moon – Who Got Da Props
A Tribe Called Quest – Luck of Lucien
Doug E. Fresh – The Show
Chubb Rock – Caught Up
Public Enemy – Public Enemy Number One
Greetings! It’s your Music Maestro DJ GrantLOVE 1nce again ready to satisfy all of your musical yearnings. I was asked a while back to put together a Reggae mix for my Caribbean brethren.
The last time I created a Reggae mix was on Soulcrates.com, which has since disbanded. That mix was strictly Dancehall. This mix is a nice mixture of Ska, Dub, Dancehall, and Roots. Well Mostly Roots.
Everytime I heard the smooth sounds of Beres Hammond, or Gregory Isaacs, I’ve said to myself, “Self, you need to put it down for the MASSIVE!”
Freddie McGregor – Chant It (Dub)
Dennis Brown & Gregory Isaacs – Ready We Ready
Max Romeo & The Upsetters – Chase The Devil (Lucifer)
Cutty Ranks – Liberation
Lee “Scratch” Perry – Bucky Skank
Yellowman – Zunguzunggugazungguzeng
Barrington Levy & Buju Banton – Here I Come
Cutty Ranks – A Who Seh Me Dun (Wait De Man)
Barrington Levy – Dem A Murderer
Gregory Isaacs – Rumors
Yellowman – Sensimilla
Peter Tosh – Legalize It
Sugar Minott – Dem Ah Rush Me
Dennis Brown – Rub A Dub Style
Beres Hammond – Falling In Love All Over Again
Gregory Isaacs – Night Nurse
Barrington Levy – Sweet Reggae Music
Half Pint – Substitute Lover
Bob Marley & The Wailers – Mellow Mood
Bob Marley & The Wailers – Natural Mystic
Freddie McGregor – Lovers Rock
I remember back in the late 80’s or was it the early 90’s I was introduced to house music. When I heard it I was like “This sounds like DISCO from the 70’s!” The beat was sooo infectious! I watched my peers move to it like they were possessed by the DEVIL! Soon after I fell victim and dragged my boy GrantLOVE right along with me. So I wasn’t surprised when he requested I come up with an Old School Classic House mix for the masses to enjoy. I call this one Armpit Sweat. Why??? Cause when your done listening to it you’re gonna need deodorant and at least two towels to stop the sweating from all the Dancing you’ll be doing !
Bad Manners-This is Ska
Kerri Chandler- Dance
Fingers Inc-Mystery of love
Harvey Mason-Groovin You
GQ-Disco Nights
Todd Terry-Gypsy Men
Franki Knuckles-Tears
Steve Silk Hurley-Jack your body
Raze-Break for love
Ten City-Devotion
Marshall Jefferson-Move your body
Gary’s Gang-Keep on Dancin
Class Action-Week End
Todd Terry-Bango
Chic-Dance Dance Dance
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