6 MONTHS DEEP IN 2011 ... MY FAVORITE TRACKS SO FAR ...

Kwak's 2011 favorites (Part.1) by Laid Back on Mixcloud

PLAYLIST :

+/ Intro
+/ Mongo Santamaria : Mambo Mongo Joe Claussell remix (Fania)
+/ Beastie Boys feat. Santigold : don’t play a game that I can win (Capitol)
+/ Nas : nasty (CBS)
+/ Quantic Y su Combo Barbaro : mas pas Dj Day remix (Tru Thoughts)
+/ Colman Brothers : she who dares (Wah Wah 45's)
+/ Hackney Collieri Band : no diggity (Wah Wah 45's)
+/ Floyd Lawson : rooftop sugar (Record Kicks)
+/ Pedders : hankuri (GAMM)
+/ Raphael Saadiq : moving down the line (Columbia)
+/ Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 : african soldier (Knitting Factory)
+/ The Mighty Show Stoppers : shaft in africa (Freestyle)
+/ Colman Brothers : el nino (Wah Wah 45's)
+/ Mongo Santamaria : funk down Joe Claussell Remix (Fania)
+/ Ikebe Shakedown : tujunga (Ubiquity)
+/ Dego feat. Obenewa : love and hate you (2000 Black)
+/ Mizz Beats : pimpin (Eglo)
+/ Azymuth : roda piao Spiritual South remix (Far Out)
+/ Omar & Zed Bias : dancing (Tru Thoughts)
+/ Ramadanman : working with (Night Slugs)
+/ Pinch : Croydon House (Swamp 81)
+/ Four Tet : Pinnacles (Text)
+/ Addisson Groove : work it (Swamp 81)
+/ Pharoahe Monch : feat. Showtyme & Dj Boogie Blind : clap one day (Duckdown)
+/ Quantic y Su Combo Los Miticos del Ritmo : step into the world (Tru Thoughts)
+/ La Banda 20 de Julio de Repellon : la pita (Soundway)
+/ Cantina Y Su Combo : Santa Marta cumbia (Soundway)
+/ Young Montana : sacre cool (Alphapup)
+/ Dimlite : loins (Now Again)
+/ Opolopo feat. Amalia : bonafide (Tokyo Dawn)
+/ Inner Life : make it last forever M&M Mix (BBE)
+/ Randa & The Soul Syndrome : the things (Freestyle)
+/ Brassroots : good life (Brownswood)
+/ Silkie : float (Deep Medi)
+/ Africa Hitech : cyclic sun (Warp)


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MO AND GRAZZ REMIXED

Mo & Grazz remixed by Monkey Robot, Smimooz and more quality producers around this small country ... Check this out ... and grab this for free ...

A PLACE FOR YOU (GIL SCOTT HERON TRIBUTE)

Paris-based vocalist Sandra Nkaké and friends created 'A Place for You' as their tribute to the late Gil Scott Heron (RIP). Based on Gil's cover of 'Inner City Blues' the tribute features Jean Phi Dary on rhodes, Antoine Berjeaut on trumpet, Matthieu Ouaki on guitar, Jî Drû on flute and of course Sandra Nkaké on vocals.

Sandra asked Mark de Clive Low to remix the song, which he did ...


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The complete album is available HERE.

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IT'S ALL OVER THE PLACE : A MIXTAPE BY DJ BRAINCHILD

As 2000 Black announced the release of the forthcoming album by Dego, Dj Brainchild recorded a mixtape with exclusive material, already released songs by the man, etc ...

Sounds good to me ...

Enjoy.

DEGO : WHAT EVER FEAT. LOVEBUGZ

Dego, from 4 Hero (thanks Bla for the correction) fame, is about to release a new album with Taylor Mc Ferrin, Nia Andrews, Obenewa or Kaidi Tatham amongst others ... You heard one of the new tracks on The Back To Niceness Show a couple of weeks ago ...
The track presented here will not be featured on the album and is exclusively released via Put Me On It and Rappers I Know.

d e g o "What Ever" feat LuvBugz by ameliaideh



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GEORGIA & DUDLEY GIVE YOU THEIR FREE ALBUM

Courtesy of the Mello Music Group, Georgia Ann Muldrow and Dudley Perkins are offering their album called "Mothaship Connect" to their listeners ... The beats are produced by GA, Flying Lotus, Oh No, Black Milk and it features Kool G Rap, MED, Rapper Big Pooh and Black Milk on the Mic device ... Amongst others ...

Dudley smokes it with his complex multi layered and mystical rhyming ... As for Georgia, she does her usual business, between signing and deconstructed melodies ...

All in all, a very nice album ...

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RARE ETHIOPIAN 45 MIX (VIA OKAYAFRICA)

Earlier on, I was telling you how much Quantic (yes ! It's him again ...) is productive ... here is another proof.
Will recently put together this mix of rare 45s he found in Ethiopia, calling it ”a mix of folkloric and outer-regional music of Ethiopia, all 45s and some records that I think need to be heard. Less of breaks & wah wah and this time more of krar, claps, howling sounds and organ melodies. For fans of previous mixes Axum to Addis and Addis Sheckla Explosion.” Listen to and download the whole mix by clicking on the link below, and let’s he hope he continues the crate digging!

Rare Ethiopian 45's Mix by Quantic

Via OkayAfrica

33 MINUTES OF PLEASURE WITH DJ FORMAT (MIXTAPE)

As D Day is getting closer (only 9 more days of patience, folks), I asked Format to record a mix exclusively for your listening pleasure. Considering the amount of work the man has to do, he couldn't do it but sent this one instead. A "Special Latin" mix he recorded a while ago to promote his compilation for Fania Records. He told me this : "The mix starts off quite slow & mellow and gets faster. It's an ok mix but nothing special so i hope it's ok for promotion..I don't usually play so many Latin records,i prefer to mix things up and play Funk/Rock/Hip Hop/Latin etc all together to keep it interesting for everyone but i made this mix for a UK radio station when i was promoting my Fania DJ Series Vol.2 CD a while ago".

33 minutes of pleasure indeed ! And it is more than ok for promotion purposes ...

Enjoy.

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There are more mixes to be listened to HERE

WE LOVE DJ KOOL HERC COMPILATION

King Britt has asked several of his friends to record exclusive tracks and compiled those for the one and only Dj Kool Herc ... Kool Herc is somehow, the granddad of this culture called Hip Hop I love so much ...
As you may have heard (or not), Kool Herc has health issues and is not under the insurance. This should incite you to Donate directly to Herc and his Family.


Tracklisting
Monster Jam (DaM-FunK Re-Freak 4 Kool Herc) – DaM-Funk
Alwayz – Damon Bennett
J.A Deh Pon a Big Drumbeat – Dego
All the Way Live feat Capitol A – King Britt Presents Sylk 130
And You Know What – Ursula Rucker
Meridian Sound (Part Three) – Lushlife
Culture101 – ZIN
Ways To Go – Hezekiah
SHAW feat Jneiro Jerel & Indigo (freestyle) – Soul Litchfield
Go Hard (Raw) ft. Ethel Cee – Illvibe Collective
Let Me Love You – Rucyl
Through the Struggle – Shigeto
nomoresleazeinmysteez – Galapagoose
Lucifer Riddim – Ras_G
NTM 1 – Chuck Treece
Reallionaire – Suzi Analogue
Untitled 10 – Stef Eye
Rewind Pop – Peter Kirn

MELLOW BOY

Joanna Bee is, first and formeost, a good friend of mine. She is an all around music activist promoting Women in hip hop via her collective called Supafly, she runs not one but 2 shows on Fm Brussel.
Here, she shows a lesser known side of her multiple talents ... She Sings. Very well ... "Mellow Boy" is a slow jam produced by herself and Gabe Meden.
As she was unfortunate enough to badly injure herself during Christams period, instaed of being stuck at home, she now spends an enormous amount of hours in a studio somewhere in Poland. These hours in the studio should lead to an enormous amount of music produced ... Looking forward to her many projects.
Get well soon, Dear.

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Mellow Boy by JoannaBee

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LIFESTYLE SMIMOOZ REMIX

Before Belgian rappers decided to copycat mediocre french rap musak, there were cats like these 3 that used to represent hip hop to the fullest ... A band like De Puta Madre found itself quoted in many charts in European papers and magazines (check both albums called "Une ball dans la tête" and "Technik Stonik"), Defi J is The Godfather of the belgian hip hop scene alongside people like Fourmi, Kumi, and many more.

Les Protagonistes is the latest project of Smimooz Excel and Rayer (aka Carjack Ray) from De Puta Madre and Defi J. Three Dons of the belgian hip hop side by side. The beat is produced by Smimooz.

Enjoy.


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BEN MONO GIVES HIS ALBUM AWAY

The man called Ben Mono released an album called "Hit the bit" on Compst Records several years ago ... he is now giving it away for free in high resolution mp3 ... Do yourself a favour, go grab it ...

Here is a teaser :

Ben mono - Hit The Bit (FREE ALBUM DOWNLOAD in 320kb) by ben mono

BAMA LOVE SOUL PRESENT : A FUNKY SITUATION (THE REMIXES)

Please allow me to relay this dope post (and release) by the good people at Bama Love Soul. Bama stands for Alabama. They run a blog I've been following for a minute now, they've got dope free dl's, nice interviews; all in all, a dope blog with fantastic content. Big up to Rahdu & Friends.

Greetings everyone, it is finally here, our first project of the NEW YEAR! We proudly present to you a project that showcases many interpretations of songs from Wilson Pickett’s 1978 a funky situation album.
Wilson Pickett, an icon and Alabama native, has been so influential to modern music but with the growing amount of microwave talent, it has become so easy to forget the pioneers. With the assistance of producers and emcees from across the globe, we’ve created a compilation that will place Wilson Pickett on the tip of your tongue and encourage you to research the man that even James Brown gives up the stage to.
We ask that you not only download and listen, but also pass on and share this compilation to others, not only because we’re immensely proud of it, but because our musical history is in jeopardy and our youth have no idea who came before Usher.
Enough of waxing poetic! For all my finnicky downloaders, we’ve included several download options of 320 bitrate mp3s and even a one track download for my podcasters. Enjoy!

1. FreshNerd – TheNight
2. Byron the Aquarius – The Wicked
3. Illastrate; Amdex; Boog Brown – It’s Fine
4. DJ Rahdu; Thed Weller – I’m Ready
5. SHEN 07 – Dancewitme
6. J Finesse – Call It A Day
7. Tall Black Guy – She Too Nice
8. Sawandi – Groovin’ (Sawandi Rework)
9. King Boom – Disco Groovin’
10. Junior Star – Dance With Me (Junior Star Rework Part One)
11. Average Thought – So Loose
12. SoFoReal – Time to Let the Sun Shine (SoFoReal Remix)
13. SHEN 07 – Outro
14. Tall Black Guy; Shaheed – Blastmatazz (Bonus)
Artwork by James Gates for Art Haus Design


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LOVERGIRL (SYBERIZED)

You may have heard that Teena Marie, the Ivory Soul Queen, passed away on december 26th at the age of 54.

Mark deClive Low and Sy Smith wanted to pay their homage to the late singer of so many disco boogie classics (think "Square Biz", "Behind the groove", "Sucker for your love", and more). They then recorded, reimagined as McDL would say the song called "Lovergirl". It's a beautiful, yet modern take on a beautiful song.
Mark told us to spread the word, so there you go ... Have a treat, it's on the house ...



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Produced by Mark de Clive-Lowe
Vocal Arrangement/Production by Sy Smith
All Vocals - Sy Smith
Trumpet - Grant Nicholas
Horn Arrangement - Grant Nicholas
All other instruments - Mark de Clive-Lowe
Mixed by Grant Nicholas + Mark de Clive-Lowe