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For those of you who made it to Old Street on Saturday, my funk, soul & hip-hop set-list from Shuffle is below. Hopefully I’ll be back there soon….

• Donny Hathaway - What’s Goin’ On? (cover of Marvin Gaye classic, sampled by Grand Puba)
• Shirley Bassey - Light My Fire (cover of Doors rock classic and sampled by 50 Cent)
• Minnie Ripperton - Les Fleurs (covered by 4hero)
• Nuyorican Soul - I Am The Black Gold Of The Sun (4hero remix) (drum & bass mix of cover of Rotary Connection tune)
• Gil Scott-Heron - The Bottle (sampled by De La Soul & Jungle Brothers)
• The Blackbyrds - Rock Creek Park (sampled by Massive Attack & Eric B and Rakim)
• Rebirth - Evil Vibrations (cover of Ryeders song sampled by De La Soul)
• Average White Band - Pick Up The Pieces (sampled by Cash Money and Marvelous)
• Curtis Mayfield - Move On Up (sampled by Kanye West - Touch The Sky)
• Ben Westbeech - So Good Today (hot new tune from Gilles Peterson’s label)
• Marlena Shaw - California Soul (sampled by DJ Shadow & GangStarr)
• Jimi Hendrix - Crosstown Traffic (check it out in Portishead Essential Mix by DJ Andy Smith)
• Marva Whitney - Unwind Yourself (as sampled by DJ Kool amongst others)
• James Brown - Cold Sweat (sampled by Public Enemy)
• Bobby Byrd - I Know You Got Soul (as used by Eric B & Rakim - I Know You Got Soul)
• House Of Pain - Jump Around (uses sample from Harlem Shuffle by Bob and Earl)
• Mark Ronson - Ooh Wee (also produced great cover version of Radiohead - Just)
• Public Enemy - Fight The Power (also samples Bobby Byrd - I Know You Got Soul)
• Amerie - 1 Thing (uses sample from Oh Calcutta! by The Meters)

And the Hoxton kids seemed to like it!I’ve put as much of this set-list into an iMix as iTunes would allow, and you can see my Shuffle Set List iMix here.