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Take that Cut Chemist! Here’s Nu Mark with the best post-Jurassic 5 track that any of its former members have released with the possible exception of Chali 2Na’s Comin Thru. And who produced the beat on that? That’s right – DJ Nu Mark. And it’s hard to come more correct than he does on Dumpin’ Em All which features old school legend
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Monthly Archives: March 2012
DJ NU MARK feat. FREDDIE FOXXX a.k.a. BUMPY KNUCKLES: Dumpin’ Em All (2012) + free download
BIG M presents: THE BREAKBEAT JUNKIE vs. DJP (2012)
Funky breaks dream team The Breakbeat Junkie and DJP hook-up again and cook up some new heat for the Big M label – three joint efforts and DJP’s solo banger Say Word. I’m always a sucker for party hip-hop so it’s the latter that takes my fancy the most with its inspired employment of Treacherous Three and solo Spoonie G vocals. You can’t get much more old school than that and the
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DAN BULL: Face (2012)
There’s only going to be one physical copy (a CD) of UK rapper Dan Bull’s second LP Face available next week and it’s going for a million quid. And I’m really not making that up. You can also download it for a very reasonable nothing-at-all until 19 March 2012 (link below) or a not-much-less reasonable £3.49 after that date. What’s going on? It’s quite simple
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DISCO CAKES 5: Defkline & Red Polo vs. Dancefloor Outlaws (2012)
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Fuck me, yes please! The Disco Cakes label surpasses even its recent JFB release by setting up a celebrity breaks match between Dancefloor Outlaws, Deekline and Ed Solo – the latter two travelling, for this purpose, as Defkline and Red Polo. This finds all four of them tearing around on a wild sampling spree and demonstrating the appliance of some breakbeat science to the results, ending up with 5
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WILSON PICKETT: BBC Radio 2 Documentary 12 March (2012)
Just got the heads up from the producer of Craig Charles’ Radio 6 Funk & Soul Show that there’s this hour long documentary going out at 10 pm on Radio 2 on Monday on Wilson Pickett. Entitled The Wicked Pickett: The Life And Times of Wilson Pickett it features Steve Cropper (of Stax house band Booker T & The MGs fame) and Bobby Womack. It’s also presented by Wilson
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BOOTY FRUIT presents: Homemade Bullets Volume 5
No misfires on this one as Booty Fruit end their Homemade Bullets series with four tracks aimed squarely at getting you shaking your moneymaker. Label heads El Bomba & Hidden Riddim get things rolling by disco trippin with Miss Disco Flex and later Livingstone & Canosis give Chali 2Na’s Comin’ Thru a ghetto funk makeover. Father Funk wraps up this particular gunfight with a
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TREMENDO Vol. 2: Various (2012)
Telephunken’s Tremendo express rolls into the station for the second time in a manner much like its predecessor. A whopping eight party breaks? Check. One of his own plus some other established big hitters (Badboe, The Breakbeat Junkie and Rory Hoy) and a few young guns – Morlack, DJ Rudd, Bobby C Sound TV and Wood N Soo? Check. Cover the whole gamut of party breaks sub-genres? Check. Best cuts this time are
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THE CAROLOREGIANS: UK Tour (2012)
Ahh Belgium – famous for luxury chocolate, lager for wife beaters (allegedly), and boss reggae. Er – rewind a second – it sounded like you just said ‘boss reggae.’ I did actually – and with soul-fied heavy syncopation to boot. That’ll be The Caroloregians then, who (PR hype has it) rock their shit like The Meters getting it on with The Upsetters. And for once – that’s not wide of the
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CHART – March 2012
(NEW) 1. Ugly Duckling – Elevation
B.A.N.G.E.R. Video release looks like the closest you’re going to get to a single off the new LP
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T BIRD & THE BREAKS: Dancehall Freakin EP (2012)
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Texan chunk funk crew T Bird & The Breaks broaden their already catholic approach to the funk with the Dancehall Freakin EP, trying their hand at b-boy breaks on the one hand and squalling funk rock on the other. Normally accompanied by girl-backing vox, the ladies for whatever reason are noticeable by their absence on this. And apparently
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