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.

Rammellzee Space Aged B-Boy

Rammellzee was the original space age b-boy. He was one of the first writers to start camouflaging their letters in a style that would come to be know as wildstyle. The dude painted trains with Dondi and Dr Revolt. He created his own theory on letters and their hidden powers that he called Ikonclast Panzerism. He also was a dope emcee whose tracks were featured on the 1982 documentary Wild Style. He released a solo album in 2004 and collaborated with NY label Supreme for a range of clothing.
It makes me incredible sad that more and more of the pioneers of the late 70's and early 80s scene are slowly disappearing.
Some time in the future the world will wake up and realise that Rammellzee was one of the great mind of our time. RIP to a true legend.

ANTE UP

STICK UP KIDS & FreshIn present ANTE UP STICK UP KIDS & FreshIn present ANTE UP "Nothing but a hip hop party" Golden Era Hip hop, classic 90s rap, raw rhymes & blog hype, local Oz and NZ flavour, some smooth 90s rnb and a bit more new jack.

Saturday July 3rd $10 Doors Open 9pm Brighton Up Bar 77 Oxford Street

Relax Yourself

A Tribe called Quest are hitting Sydney. August 11th at that large shed that they call the Horden Pavilion.
Now i could complain about how this is a wednesday night, how high ticket prices are and how there's a VIP option ( what are we Rolling Stones fans ?) but aside from buying a plane ticket to the states this is the only way your going to see Phife, Tip and Ali Shaheed Muhammad doing what they do best. Pre sale tickets went on sale today and word is they are only going to get more expensive so get in quick.

What's Love Got To Do With It

This post is simple really. Its about Jay Dee. I don't really need to tell you anything about this except to say that this is mix of Dilla productions,raps and samples broken down into three parts. It was originally done for the Radio show Droppin Science i host on 2SER FM here in Sydney to commemorate the fourth anniversary of his death. I know a lot of people are sick of all the hipsters jumping on the bandwagon of Dilla's death. But thats not going to stop me from celebrating the work of one of the best producers to ever live. Dude was light years ahead of the game.