Sun Ra - The Singles (1996)

I was already a Sun Ra fan before I heard this compilation and that was why I was so surprised when I first heard it. In a nutshell, these discs span his career of released 45's on his Saturn label from the fifties through the late seventies but here's the catch, its mainly R&B! I use that label loosely. We kick off in the doo-wop world with songs about love, foggy london towns, and the Christmas holidays, then on to some pseudo Screamin' Jay Hawkins R&B numbers about somebodies' fetish for big, ugly women, some Phil Spector style girl group action, some raw roadhouse blues numbers and eventually land in solo synth pieces. All of this with sprinkles of Sun Ra's signature "Supersonic Jazz" compositions and vocal pieces about his adoration for the cosmos dispersed through out this collection. A must have for any Sun Ra head.

Unmask that Batman

Mandre - Mandre (1977)

Afrocentric musical cosmology from the Motown label. Andre Lewis blends the funky seventies with cosmic synth tones creating baby making music for planets. 

Fun Fact: The first person to compose and perform under a futuristic persona that always wore a helmet.

Kinda like these guys:

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Marvin Gaye - Trouble Man (OST) (1972)

Here's Marvin dipping his feet in the soundtrack pool.

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The Main Ingredient - L.T.D. - (1970)

Just got this a few weeks ago from Joe Blow The Sample King. Who is this Main Ingredient I blog of? Pretty much a one hit wonder R & B vocal group that topped the charts with "Everybody plays The Fool."

Mmmm hmmmm. Remember that one? Me neither. 

This is also the pre-Cuba Gooding Sr. era whose son's penultimate acting performance just happens to be, in my opinion

Fuck you "Jerry Mcguire" and fuck to you too Ice Cube.

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Gayngs - Related (2010)

I usually try not to post current stuff. A.) To much red tape with Web Sheriffs and all that and B.) Most of these releases are already everywhere in the blogosphere and thus not possesing that "buried treasure" mojo to them but I'm making a exception this time for Gayngs. This is some smooth shit. Sexy. Their cover of 10cc spin-off Godley and Creme's "Cry" is awesome as well. If you dig slow jams, have a guilty pleasure for yacht rock or looking for bedroom music, check this out. They've somehow made a soprano sax and fretless bass tolerable in modern music again. And now I hear Prince digs these dudes. I'll say no more.

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eXCLUSIVE - eL Stinkeyes - "Soul Power Mix" (2010)

It's been real busy around these parts. I don't call. I don't write. Bad.

Here's my soundtrack to July. (not pictured)


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Bo Diddley - "Bo Diddley is a Gunslinger" (1960)"

Bo Diddley, "The Originator" as many called him, is responsible for assisting in the fusion on blues and rock n' roll. His self-invented legacy manifested itself into a reality where he changed music culture forever. Ed Sullivan cursed Bo calling him "one of the first colored boys to ever double-cross him" and stating he "wouldn't last six months"......stupid gringo. One of the only guitar players to a have a drum beat named after him. A man that named many of his works after himself. This being the case, you can say he influenced hip hop as well with his self-revelry. Plus you cant deny that he's rapping on "Who Do You Love", no matter how primitive it may sound by today's lyrical standards. He released over thirty albums and in short, he's "The Shit."




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