Marc Mac has been close to the beating heart of contemporary British for over two decades now. He was genre defining in the early 90s dance/hardcore movement, as part of A Homeboy, A Hippie & A Funki Dredd and redefined drum & bass…
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Tune Of The Day: Marc Mac Presents The Visioneers – Paul’s Guitar Story
Tagged with: 4hero, drum & bass, hip hop, Marc Mac, samples, soul, Visioneers
Posted in Music, Uncategorized
Posted in Music, Uncategorized
Tune Of The Day: Lisa Lisa & The Cult Jam – Let The Beat Hit ‘Em
As played by the man Gilles a few weeks ago this is a slice of sample heaven. You’re welcome. Knockout by Anamorphic Mike on Flickr
Pogo – Boo Bass (Monsters Inc. Drum & Bass Remix)
This is wonderful. It’s a lovely, lilting drum & bass track. No great surprises there, lots of drum & bass is lovely & lilting. But it’s made up, in large part, from little snippets of sound effects and speech from…
Beastie Boys – Sure Shot (Samples Jeremy Steig)
As I’ve said before, I’ve never been a huge Beastie Boys fan, in terms of buying their albums and listening to them all the way through, repeatedly. But a huge number of their songs have a large hold on my…
DJ DSK & Mystro – I Know You Got Sole (Heaven) [Eric B & Rakim Cover)
I’ve written before about DJ DSK (AKA my old flatmate from Sydney, Nick). And I’ve written about Eric B. & Rakim before. Well, now my Nick/DJ DSK has got together with a rapper called Mystro to do an homage to…
Tagged with: Advertising, Bobby Byrd, cover version, DJ DSK, hip hop, Kanye West, KRS-One, Mystro, samples, SOle Heaven, soul, trainers
Posted in Music
Posted in Music
The Best New* Albums Of 2011
Well, that’s 2011 more or less wrapped up. Where the bloody hell it went, I have no idea, but, as I do most years, I thought I’d finish it by wrapping up my favourite albums of the year. Now, I…
Tagged with: Beastie Boys, brownswood, DJ 2 Tone Jones, Fleet Foxes, Ghostpoet, gilles peterson, grime, hip hop, indie, Lee Fields, mix, rock, samples, soul, the streets
Posted in Music
Posted in Music
Eric B. & Rakim – Juice (Know The Ledge)
Right, I’ll be brief, so listen closely. This is amazing. The film it’s from is one of the best thing Tupac ever did (overrated doesn’t even begin to describe hip hop’s Kurt Cobain). The mix I first heard this on,…
#shfl11: Brass Construction – Happy People
Well, #shfl11 finally seems to be doing what I’d hoped it would: introducing me to music I have never encountered before, despite it being on my iPod. Today, Happy People by Brass Construction, which is certainly the worst band name…
Tagged with: #shfl11, 70s, Brass Construction, disco, Earth Wind & Fire, funk, Kool & The Gang, remix, samples, soul, The Gap Band
Posted in Music
Posted in Music
Kid Cudi, Kanye West & Common – I Poke Her Face (Lady Gaga Mash-Up)
I have a friend. He shall remain nameless, though I can share his nom de plume with you: Dr Kenneth T. Noisewater. And every so often the good Dr. shares with me the latest mix to emerge from what he…
M.O.P. & Busta Rhymes – Ante Up
I’ve just been flicking through the crap that makes up Saturday TV when I came across one of these interminable ’50 Best (insert genre here)’ shows on 4music. Except that this particular show was being presented by our next Prime…
Tagged with: Busta Rhymes, Dizzee Rascal, hip hop, M.O.P., remix, Sam and Dave, samples, soul
Posted in Music
Posted in Music
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