Fred Wesley and the J.B.'s - Damn Right I Am Somebody (1974)

Damn Right I Am Somebody é um dos trabalhos solos do trombonista da banda de Mr. Dynamite. Produzido e lançado pela gravadora de James Brown, este álbum mostra os J.B.’s politizados e contestadores bem no auge de suas carreiras. Grooves matadores, solos épicos com influências do que viria a se chamar, décadas depois, de acid jazz e levadas hipnóticas a la afrobeat. Está tudo aí, e colocado de forma brilhante pelos reis da funk music. Aperte o play em Same Beat, abra espaço na sala aumente o som e entenda porque o 'One Groove' dos J.B.'s é insuperável!
An incredible album. The set starts with a wonderful conversational bit, rapping and musing on the idea of "Damn Right, I Am Somebody", showing the group in a political and righteous mode for the first time ever. The grooves then kick in with the same heavy funk as on earlier records, but also a nice nod towards experimental production from strange fade ups and fade downs, to stark time and rhythm changes, and even bits of electronics used to create some very cool moments in the grooves! The whole thing's as dead funky as can be, and is stuffed with insane classics like "Blow Your Head", "Same Beat", "Damn Right I am Somebody", "I'm Payin' Taxes, What am I Buyin'", and a great cover of Marvin Gaye's "You Sure Love to Ball"! Get up and groove!
01. Damn Right I Am Somebody
02. Blow Your Head
03. I'm Payin' Taxes, What Am I Buyin'
04. Same Beat, Pt. 1
05. If You Don't Get It the First Time, Back Up & Try It Again, Parrty
06. Make We What You Want Me to Be
07. Going to Get a Thrill
08. You Sure Love to Ball
Link: http://lix.in/-4ac8d7

DJ Fred Jorge + DJ Paulão + DJ Samuca | 01 de Agosto de 2009

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A Conversation About Race

Balada do Dia!

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Som Três - Som Três Show (1968)

Segundo álbum, gravado em 1968 de um dos mais competentes trios formados na década de 60, cujo líder era César Camargo Mariano. Perfeita simbiose de estilos em cada faixa, algumas com naipe de sopros. Jazz, Soul, Bossa, Samba, destilados pelo talento de César, Toninho e Sabá. Vários destaques, entre os quais, "The World Goes On" de Quincy Jones, " Amazonas", de João Donato, "The Look Of Love", de Burt Bacharach, "Wach What Happens", de Michel Legrand e "Jungle", composição de Mariano. Baixe agora e garanta o 'arrasta-pé' da semana!
You won't find a groovier group than Som Tres and if you need proof, check out this fantastic album! The group were a post-bossa trio led by pianist Cesar Camargo Mariano and they grooved with a sound that started with the core piano trio sound of the bossa age, but which was also expanded a lot with late 60s orchestrations. The result is an incredibly strong batch of tunes that groove from the get-go and which soar along the best baroque lines of the Blue Brazil generation. The whole album's great with some light vocals, and lots of cool instrumentals.
01. Leonardo
02. Falsa Baiana
03. Amazonas (Keep Talking)
04. The World Goes On
05. The look Of Love
06. Frevo Rasgado
07. Jungle
08. Sá Marina
09. Watch What Happens
10. Emília
11. Balanço Zona Sul
Link: http://lix.in/-2b0518

Quantic and His Combo Barbaro - Tradition in Transition (2009)

01. The Dreaming Mind Part 1
02. Mas Pan
03. Linda Morena
04. Undelivered Letter
05. Un Canto A Ma Tierra
06. Mambo Los Qauntic
07. Albela
08. New Morning
09. I Just Fell In Love Again
10. Cancao Do Deserto
11. Arianita
12. The Dreaming Mind Part 2
Link: http://lix.in/-4c12af

DJ Barata + DJ Jão | 18 de Junho de 2009

The Brand New Heavies - Trunk Funk: The Best of BNH (1999)

18 of their best recordings from the legendary acid jazz group that started their career as part of the Talkin' Loud label family.
The Heavies are solidly rooted in the funk tradition and they don't let you forget it. Whether it be the funky basslines inspiring memories of Parliament or the intricate drum breaks to begin some of the tracks - you could really be excused for thinking you were back in the 70s.
The vocals by N'Dea Davenport, Siedah Garrett and Carleen Anderson are just awe-inspiring. All three ladies can move from singing very high-pitched right down to the kind of voice you associate with smoky bars - and they can do this on a dime. The music is even better. An album made for parties, you'll be dancing and happy!
01. Saturday Nite
02. Dream Come True
03. Never Stop
04. Stay This Way
05. Dream On Dreamer
06. Back To Love
07. Midnight At The Oasis
08. BNH
09. You Are The Universe
10. Forever
11. Shelter
12. Sometimes
13. Spend Some Time
14. You've Got A Friend
15. Close To You
16. Gimme One Of Those
17. Apparently Nothing
18. Try My Love
Link: http://lix.in/-491e3d

George Benson And Jack Mcduff - Remastered (2007)

A double-length package of organ/guitar greatness and a set that features key 60's work by Hammond hero Jack McDuff and guitarist George Benson! First up is The New Boss Guitar Of George Benson - the first album ever cut by Benson as a leader, a cooker of a soul jazz set, recorded back when George was the guitarist in Jack McDuff's classic 60's quartet! The album's almost a McDuff Quartet one since Jack's on Hammond and Red Holloway is on tenor but the group's slightly different too, with the surprising additions of Montego Joe on drums, and Ronnie Boykins on bass! Benson's guitar is amazing throughout, sharp-edged and played with a tightness that's quite different than most of his later work and titles include "Shadow Dancers", "The Sweet Alice Blues", "Just Another Sunday", "Easy Living", and "Rock A Bye". Next up is Hot Barbeque one of our all-time favorite albums from Brother Jack McDuff! The combo here is great with a young George Benson hard-wailing on guitar, cutting lines so fast and furious it's hard to believe especially if you only know his later work. The legendary Joe Dukes is on drums dancing all over the place under Brother Jack's great groovy solos and Red Holloway completes the group on tenor sax! The title track's got a rare vocal refrain with Jack shouting out "Hot Barbeque" over the organ and other cuts include "Briar Patch", "Hippy Dip", "601 1/2 North Poplar", and "The Three Day Thang". Try this and dance too!
01. Shadow Dancers
02. The Sweet Alice Blues
03. I Don't Know
04. Just Another Sunday
05. Will You Still Be Mine?
06. Easy Living
07. Rock-a-Bye
08. Hot Barbecue
09. The Party's Over
10. Briar Patch
11. Hippy Dip
12. 601 1/2 No. Poplar
13. Cry Me a River
14. The Three Day Thang
Link: http://lix.in/-491e0b

Can You Dig It ? Thrillin' Rare Grooves From Jazz To Soul 'N' Brazil To Boogaloo (2007)

We can definitely dig it, especially since the music on the set is all pretty darn groovy! The package is one of the best in the Brown Sugar series of compilations, and it's got a really tight sort of approach, a mixture of shortish tracks in jazz, Latin, soul, and funk styles, spun out as a really extended collection, one that changes sounds quickly from track to track as the excitement builds! There's a feel here that reminds us of some of the Ace Mod Jazz titles, but with a bit more soul and boogaloo thrown into the mix too and the collection features loads of great tracks that include "Muscle Soul" by Phil Upchurch, "New York Soul" by Ray Barretto, "Up & At It" by Cannonball Adderley, "Grits & Gravy" by Eric Kloss, "Jogo Da Vida" by Tamba Trio, "Fried Bananas" by Benny Golson, "O Jornaleiro" by Toni Tornado, "Spanish Rice" by Clark Terry & Chico O'Farrill, "Gimme Some Love" by Joe Cuba, "Swamp People" by Pucho & The Latin Soul Brothers, "The Houston Express" by Houston Person, "Itch & Scratch" by Rufus Thomas, "Feeling Good" by Andy Bey & The Bey Sisters, "Uhuru" by Ramsey Lewis, "Afro Texas" by Letta Mbulu, and "We Got More Soul" by The Pazant Brothers. Enjoy it and dance!
01. Pucho & The Latin Soul Brothers - Swamp People

02. Ray Barretto - New York Soul

03. Clark Terry & Chico O'Farrill - Spanish Rice

04. Joe Cuba Sextett - Gimme Some Love

05. Cannonball Adderley - Up And At It

06. Eric Kloss - Grits And Gravy

07. Benny Golson - Fried Bananas

08. Tamba Trio - Jogo Da Vida

09. Wilson Simonal - Sem Essa

10. Toni Tornado - O Jornaleiro

11. Tito Puente - Hit The Bongo

12. Nina Simone - Funkier Than A Mosquito's Tweeter

13. Ramsey Lewis Trio feat. Maurice White - Uhuru

14. Letta Mbulu - Afro Texas

15. Lyn Collins & The J.B.'s - Things Got To Get Better

16. The Pazant Brothers - We Got More Soul

17. Boogaloo Joe Jones - Right On

18. Houston Person - The Houston Express

19. Rufus Thomas - Itch And Scratch

20. Phil Upchurch - Muscle Soul

21. Andy Bey & The Bey Sisters - Feeling Good

Link: http://lix.in/-4aa48e

De La Soul - The Platinum Collection (2007)

Um dos grandes nomes do Hip Hop Underground, De La Soul. Ao lado do A Tribe Called Quest, o trio revolucionou o rap ao usar fragmentos de músicas nas suas composições até então ignoradas pelos rappers, DJs e produtores. Jazz, country, pop entre outros estilos entraram na fórmula de sucesso do De La Soul, sem nenhum preconceito; vide Say No Go, rimada em cima de um hit da dupla 'Blue-eyed soul' Daryl Hall & John Oates.
This is undeniably one of the most important group ever in hip hop. The Platinum Collection is great and the music sounds even fresher than ever! All the cuts are here "Me, Myself & I", "Say No Go", Buddy and soooooo much more!
1. Me Myself And I
2. Say No Go
3. Jenifa Taught Me (Derwin's Revenge)
4. Buddy feat. Jungle Bros. Q-Tip & Phife
5. Ring Ring Ring (Ha Ha Hey)
6. Keepin' The Faith
7. Breakadawn
8. In The Woods feat. Shortie
9. Ego Trippin' (Part 2)
10. 4 More feat. Zhane
11. The Bizness feat. Common
12. Stakes Is High
13. Long Island Degrees
14. All Good feat. Chaka Khan
15. Baby Phat
16. Oooh feat. Redman
Link: http://lix.in/-50a342

Pulp Fusion - The Harder They Come - Vol 7

Mais um volume da série Pulp Fusion, The Harder They Come, o número 7. Dê uma olhada nas faixas na lista abaixo e com certeza não será fácil reconhecer metade dos artistas e os nomes conhecidos como Kool & the Gang e Funkadelic também participam com tracks obscuras, do começo de carreira. É tudo intencional, pois nestas coletâneas os produtores buscaram os artistas que na época do lançamento fizeram pouco ou nenhum sucesso, só que com o passar dos anos sobreviveram pela altissima qualidade de seus trabalhos. Confira!
The Pulp Fusion series makes a funky move towards the dancefloor, shifting from its earlier blend of older funk and jazz tunes into a more club-styled set that features some wonderful boogie groovers! The grooves here are often very open and rhythmically progressive, not your usual mainstream funk, although some of the cuts are certainly by familiar artists and more in the mode of the looser rhythms and complicated changes that were sometimes ignored back in the day, but which have come to be classics many generations later! Original 70's Ghetto Jazz & Funk Classics!
01. Funkadelic - A Joyful Process
02. George Benson - Dance
03. Harlem Underground Band - Smokin' Cheeba Cheeba
04. Daniel Salinas - Straussmania
05. Kool & The Gang - Electric Frog (Part 1)
06. Grant Green - In The Middle
07. Gordon Staples And The String Thing - Strung Out
08. Fuzzy Haskins - The Fuzz And Da Boog
09. The Wild Magnolias - Corey Died On The Battlefield
10. The Fabulous Counts - Dirty Red
11. The Johnny Otis Show - The Watts Breakaway
12. The Beginning Of The End - When She Made Me Promise

Link: http://lix.in/-53af3a

Emilio Santiago - Primeiro disco

O primeiro disco de um dos maiores cantores brasileiros: Emilio Santiago. É uma pena que ao longo da carreira ele se dedicou a projetos musicais de qualidade, digamos, duvidosa. Se ele tivesse seguido a linha deste petardo lançado em 1975, hoje teria sem dúvida respeito pra dar e vender e talvez menos din din no bolso. Elucubrações à parte neste disco ele foi acompanhado por grandes nomes da música brasileira como o baterista Wilson das Neves, pelo trio Azimuth além da produção musical que ficou nas mãos de João Donato. O repertório tem a clássica versão de Bananeira, que virou break beat nas produções dos DJs em todo mundo, e clássicos do samba e do soul brasuca como Nega Dina de Zé Keti e Brother de Jorge Ben. Baixe e Dance!
One of the Brazilian funk classics of the 70s the debut album of soulful singer Emilio Santiago and Santiago's vocals are tremendous, equally at home with a hip grooving soul tune as they are with some of the album's mellower, jazzier tracks. Guest artists on the set include Brazilian jazz Joao Donato, Azymuth, and Wilson das Neves and the album includes the funky breaking classic "Bananeira", an amazing version of a song written by Donato and Gilberto Gil, served up by Santiago in a version that's easily the best ever! Other tracks include a great version of Jorge Ben's "Brother", plus "Quero Alegria", "Depois", "Doa a Quem Doer", and "La Mulata", a Latin groover by Marcos Valle, enjoy it!
01. Bananeira
02. Quero Alegria
03. Porque Somos Iguais
04. Batendo a Porta
05. Depois
06. Brother
07. La Mulata
08. Nega Dina
09. Doa a Quem Doer
10. Sessão das Dez
Link: http://lix.in/-5534af

James Brown Dynamite X (2007)

DJs do mundo em um álbum de remixes com alguns clássicos de Mr. Dynamite. Alguns remixes matadores e outros perdidos no espaço, mas só a version de Sex Machine vale mais que seu precioso tempo em baixar o disco.
A collection of fascinating remixes of James Brown's classic hits. From worldwide dj's and producers (like dZihan & Kamien). Good-mood music.

01. Sex Machine (Readymade Jazz Defector)

02. Give It Up Or Turnit A Loose (dZihan & Kamien Remix)

03. Call Me Super Bad (Cay Taylan Remix)

04. Give It Up Or Turnit A Loose (Fantasista Re-Formation)

05. Funky Drummer (Listen To The Muro Mix)

06. Cold Sweat (Captain Funk Dry Mix)

07. Sunny (Funk Master J.B. vs Funk Master J.S. Hardboiled Remix)

08. Soul Power (Jungle Funk Mix)

09. Get On The Good Foot (Mr. Drunk Remix)

10. Soul Power (Co-Fusion Mix)

11. Call Me Super Bad (Cornelius Rework)

Link: http://lix.in/-4b8d91

Sábados de Julho no Ozz Bar - Guanabara - Campinas - SP

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Soul Brasuca

Dia desses 'subi' uma seleção de soul brasuca que fazem minha cabeça, nada inédito ou raro, apenas uma compilação de músicas que foram hits obscuros ou que deveriam ter sido. Aproveite e ouça dançando!
Link: http://lix.in/-4198ca