New York 1977-1985

Damn people this is the shit. This is what its about.
New York 1977-1985 Downtown. ESG, Talking Heads, Keith Haring, Jazzy Jay, Busy Bee, Larry Levan David Mancuso and the list goes on.
If i could time travel this is where i'd end up no doubt.

Peep The website here

Cuz Im Big In Japan

A video of Wu-Tang touring japan.
I get chills to see them all on stage together, Would have been so dope to see.
Its funny to watch them bickering on the bullet train gives you an idea of the dynamics of the group and how hard it was to get them all in one place at the same time.
Also funny to see how wilding the Japanese crowd is.

Grown People Music

Its been kinda slow in here lately. The real world has been keeping me busy. When i do have time to myself its all about chilling out and this song is perfect for that.
Ron Preyer's If You Don't Want My Love came out in 1978 on Shock Records.
I picked up this 7" at Big City Records in NYC. It caught my eye thanks in part to the funky logo shock records used and the fact that the B-side was entitled Baltimore. (Anything B-More related is generally worth investigating)
What you get is a nice down tempo soul number with just enough swing in the drums and funky instrumentation to make you smile as you lie back at the end of a hard day.

EARL

"EARL" /// Music Video. from AG Rojas on Vimeo.

This is what happens if you crossed Harmony Korine's film Kids with Fondle'Em Records and transported it to LA.
Reminds me of early Cage before he went all emo crossed with some power violence band like Spazz.
These kids are young and Earl has great word play, Something most rappers lack today. The beats produced by his brother are sinister and dark but sound sonically pleasing. The video is funny as hell and fits the overall mood perfectly.
Get more of there music from their page.

Earl's page

Future Funk

Onra is a producer from Paris who is killing ears everywhere with his new take on disco boogie and RnB.
Peep his new album Long Distance out on All City for proof of how deep, funky and spaced aged boogie grooves can sound pitched down to minus eight.
Sounding like something Prelude Records would have released if it was still around today mixed with LA's future Beat scene, Onra's grooves are supplemented by the vocals of Reggie B, Olivier Daysoul and T3 from Slum Village. Highly recommended to anyone with a remote interest in anything electro funk related.