The last, but by no means least, of a flurry of releases (mainly albums – hence the long lead before posting) that arrived on the monkey’s virtual doormat over the seasonal period was Steppin’ Tones’ long player, The Feeling Is Mutant. A man who definitely doesn’t have the profile he should do, Mr Tones is a dope mash-up king and maker of good-time big beat breaks in the old
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STEPPIN’ TONES: The Feeling Is Mutant
STEPPIN’ TONES: Ruff Reversing (Free download)
It’s been a while since there’s been a free download for you so here you are – how about the newest Steppin’ Tones booty cut which marries peak time funky bump Reverse The Hearse by early nineties hip-house legends Definition Of Sound to DMX’s Scenario 2000 featuring fellow Ruff Ryderz Swizz Beatz, Eve, Drag-On and The LOX? That’ll be Ruff Reversing then but are things
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STEPPIN’ TONES: 10 Free Bootlegs + Chambers Of Funk Part 2 mix
10 Free Bootlegs!? Christ! People normally send in one at a time! What is in the water on Steppin’ Tones’ side of town? Surely, so many at once must mean a sacrifice in standards though? Wrong! Our man has casually knocked out half a score of quality mash-up, booty, edit thingies featuring Beasties, Crooklyn Clan, Huey, Pete Rock, Busta
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MUSCLE SHOALS HORNS: Break Down (Steppin Tones edit) Free download
Apart from playing session horns on a shedload of soul and rock songs between the late sixties and the mid eighties, the Muscle Shoals Horns also liked to drop their own stuff – notably horns-led (obviously), bass-popping disco-era funk like Break Down now edited for your delectation by Steppin Tones. Even more, full-on than their own Born To Get Down, the original Break Down
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ATHLETICO BOROUGH UPSETTERS: Fine Style (STEPPIN’ TONES edit) free download (2017) + Free funky samples
It’s been a while since we last heard from Bristol’s Steppin’ Tones but he’s come back inna fine style with an freely downloadable edit of – er – Fine Style by one-hit wonders Athletico Borough Upsetters that both extends the original and makes it even noisier. Blimey – it’s like big beat never went away. And that’s not all. Check below and you’ll find that our man has also been kind
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STEPPIN’ TONES: Lean With An Uppercut (2017) Free download
Blimey – a mash-up! Remember them? Steppin’ Tones certainly does and on this he splices the sixties-ish guitar-fuzz riffs of Pop Levi’s Pick Me Up Uppercut with the crunk-flows of snap-rappers Dem Franchize Boyz’ Lean Wit It to create Lean With An Uppercut. See what he did with the name there? In the process, he gives the Pop Levi
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