Future Classic: B.B King “The Thrill Is Gone” (The Reflex Remix)
“The Thrill Is Gone” is a blues song written by Rick Darnell and Roy Hawkins in 1951 and popularized by B.B. King in 1970. It was also covered a bunch of times by people like the Ink Spots, Ella Fitzgerald. One of BB’s signature songs and one of my all-time …
Raphael Saadiq “They Don’t Know You” feat. Common (Steve Spacek Prod.)
Back in 2004 Raphael Saadiq opened his studio doors to Spacek to producd an album for one of his sub labels, the album was supposed to be called “Pookie Blue Room” and features 10 songs produced by both Steve and Morgan with raphael singing on all of them and featuring …
Monk.E & Sola “Voir ton Soul” Production by Kenlo (Video)
Montreal you don’t stop! Seriously I’m getting artistic seizures from all the treasures coming out of this city. Monk.E, the well-known Montreal visual artist and MC just dropped an amazing new video “Voir ton soul” produced by Ken-Lo, featuring Sola, and captured by Cemont Films. This beautiful love ballad is …
Future Classic: Krystale & Kaytradamus “Sweet Tooth”
Krystale hit my radar near the end of last year being a part of huge wave of female vocalists from Montreal bringing crazy flavor to the game. I was instantly hooked on her raspy voice that resembles none but, cause of the hard hitting hip-hop vibe I was on that …
MOOVMNT “Glimmering Fractions : Mix 01”
“Breathtaking sparkles, glimmering fractions. What melodical madness causes such satisfaction?” In 2012 the crew at Moovmnt.com will be supplying you with a monthly selection of gems. Since the number 12 is also known as the number for perfection, we have chosen a birthstone for each month. So if you’re in …
Shakka “Take Our Time” (Video Dig)
Oh Snap! This guy is my first official musical crush of the New Year. Shakka’s track “Take Our Time” is an amazing remix of J Dilla’s epic “So Far to Go”. The beat, the lyrics, the video, his voice, his adorable face all scream awesome sensuality and the joys of …
Future Classic: Full Crate & David Simmons “Without My Heart”
Ohh how did I miss this one? This soulful gem was shared for free in the spirit of the holidays a couple weeks ago through the good peeps at OkayPlayer and Moovmnt.com and features the great combo of Full Crate behind the boards and David Simmons on the vocals. Really …
Forgotten Treasure: James Mason “I Want Your Love” (1977)
I’ve been meaning to write about this one for a little while now. Even after 30+ years, “I Want Your Love” from James Mason remains a mythical track amongst funk & soul heads (and the 100$+ price tag on his LP is a proof of that). James Mason is an …
Stevie Wonder “Too High” (Tall Black Guy Remix)
from @_TallBlackGuy: “Stevie Wonder’s “Too High” joint is so sick to me. I really haven’t heard anybody outside of Madlib flip it for the Alkaholiks-“All Night” joint, which was sick! I’ve always wanted to sample it and turn it into somthing else funky, so I took a few days on …
Forgotten Treasure: Jamiroquai “Emergency on Planet Earth” (1993)
The first album I ever owned was Jamiroquai’s ‘Travelling without moving’, which was like the coolest thing an eight-year old could own in 1996. I remember pumping that album everyday after school thinking I was clearly the most ‘Cosmic Girl’ out there. Little did I know, at the time, that …
Knxwledge “Sincei” (Etta James RIP)
It bugs me when people are too quick with the whole tribute thing when we lost a music legend, sometimes it reeks of opportunism. But hey, when it’s well done and it’s coming from an artist like Philadelphia’s KNXWLEDGE, who we love here… you just can’t find a whole lot …
Etta James (1938 – 2012)
Very sad news. One more music legend is gone, and not enough new ones to fill the void…