The definitive highlight from Skyy’s 1983 ‘Skyyport’ album, the aptly titled ‘Show Me The Way’ pretty much showcases the undeniable know how of producers Randy Muller and Solomon Roberts, Jr. And, in the meantime, their instantly identifiable sound… [Read More…]
The art of crafting the perfect balance and therefore delivering the perfect groove… Very few are those who managed to do this, With Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards comin’ up on top of the list. Such as brilliantly illustrated on the infectious ‘Thinking Of You’ for Sister Sledge back in 1979… [Read More…]
Quentin Harris and Monique Bingham joinin’ forces back in 2005 on the socially conscious ‘Poor People’. And, by that, vibrantly displayin’ another side of their undeniable versatility. The whole on a message that sadly remains so up to date almost 15 years after… [Read More…]
“The First Lady of Bad Boy Entertainment”, Faith Evans delivering one of the label’s most firing gems back in 1998. This with the Sean Puffy Combs produced ‘Love Like This’, built on the rhythm line of Chic’s ‘Chic Cheer’… [Read More…]
Jazz/Funk comin’ up like an evidence whenever evoking the legacy of Grover Washington, Jr. The latter delivering one of the greatest classics in the genre along with luminaries such as Harvey Mason, Bob James, Eric Gale and Ralph McDonald. Its title? ‘Mister Magic’! what else?!? [Read More…]
“Here we go, are you ready for one other?”. And by that we mean another big one of course. With Quincy Jones delivering one of the greatest Jazz standards of all time. This by the likes of the 1962 seminal ‘Soul Bossa Nova’ notoriously sampled by Dreal Warriors almost 30 years after… [Read More…]
90’s British Hip-Hop famous Monie Love delivering one of her most firing gems back in 1990 by the likes of ‘Down To Earth’. This with remixing work courtesy of future Defected Records CEO Simon Dunmore who turned it into like a Hip-Jazz firework! [Read More…]
Kenny Dope and Louie Vega, under their KenLou guise, brilliantly takin’ on where Double Exposure had left back in 1976. This with their firing rework of the classic ‘Ten Percent’ some sixteen years after as a part of the ‘Synergy’ compilation for Salsoul subsidiary label Double J Records… [Read More…]