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Valentine's Weekend "Funk Drops" Compilation

Posted: 13 Feb 2009 02:15 PM PST

I'm not the biggest fan of this holiday, but everyone needs a good funk and soul mix on hand for the ladies. Of course, love is the theme here. It's just not exactly your average radio disc jockey ballad garbage that's on your local station right now.

We start this love-a-thon off on the deep funk soul tip with cuts from The Counts, Eugene McDaniels, and 100% Pure Poison. After a funk instrumental by the Propositions, we ease right on into the sweet soul cut from The Sylvers, "Only One Can Win"[famously sampled by the late great J Dilla].

It's just one infectious groove after another that will stay playing in your brain for some time to come. There's samples all over the place. From MF Doom to Jemini the Gifted One. From Da King & I to Common. This compilation ends appropriately with Melvin Van Peebles' very real and pretty damn funny track called "I Remember".

01. The Counts - Why Not Start All Over Again

02. Free Soul - Give Me Back My Freedom

03. Eugene McDaniels - Lovin' Man

04. O'Donel Levy - Hey,Love!

05. Bobby Byrd - Never Get Enough

06. 100% Pure Poison - Puppet On A String

07. Propositions - You've Been Chose

08. The Sylvers - Only One Can Win

09. Edwin Birdsong - I Love You Michelle

10. Amnesty - We Have Love

11. O.V. Wright - Let's Straighten It Out

12. Syreeta - I Love Every Little Thing About You

13. Roy Ayers - The Memory

14. Rotary Connection - Love Has Fallen On Me

15. Curtis Mayfield - Now You're Gone

16. Dynamic Tints - Be My Lady

17. Kool Blues - Can We Try Love Again

18. George Duke - For Love(I Come Your Friend)

19. Peter Brown - For Your Love

20. Melvin Van Peebles - I Remember

Peep The Samples:

Download Here complete with cover art

Backup Link Here

Also, check out the 5 part Sample compilation series if you missed it.

Thanks to Roy Johnson for the Melvin Van Peebles hook up.

And thanks to Kalel for the ill cover art.

--Verge

Baltimore & Washington DC Underground Part 2

Posted: 13 Feb 2009 03:00 AM PST

More rare hip hop from Baltimore, Maryland and Washington Dc. 1992-2005. As is generally the case, the later it gets in a series, the more obscure the material. If you recognize some of these tunes, do not despair. I am saving some goodies for those who can hang in there!

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=LRTMRS5U

01. (00:04:27) Da Great Deity Dah - How to Author A Great Rhyme [Washington Dc 1998]
02. (00:03:24) Section 8 Mob - Break Wide [Washington Dc 1994]
03. (00:03:46) Blak Kaos - Next Life [Washington Dc 1996]
04. (00:04:44) Defined Print - Rhymes Connect [Washington Dc 1998]
05. (00:05:00) Questionmark Asylum - Got Dem Joints [Washington 1995]
06. (00:04:23) Little Clayway & Danny C - Got Me Fucked Up [Baltimore 2005]
07. (00:03:58) Da Great Deity dah - Dapper A Nappy Headed Underground Rapper [Washington Dc 1996]
08. (00:04:34) Sagat & ShineHead - Gotcha Runnin [Baltimore 1994]
09. (00:04:03) Labtekwon - Rite of Passage [Baltimore 1999]
10. (00:03:32) Storm The Unpredictable - Mcs Be Killin Me [Washington Dc 1998]
11. (00:05:19) Pure Elegance - Ride Like A Roller Coaster [Washington Dc 1995]
12. (00:03:52) Little Clayway - Mix Hip Hop Wit Buisness [Baltimore 2005]
13. (00:02:54) ResiNation - Only Vice [Washington Dc 2002]
14. (00:03:46) Supreme - Way Out [Baltimore 2001]
15. (00:07:09) Frody - Some Peese We Know [Baltimore 1994]
16. (00:04:44) K Mack - Stop Frontin Mc's [Baltimore 1996]
17. (00:04:32) DJ Kool - Let Me Clear My Throat (45 King Bass N Funk Remix) [Washington Dc 1997]
18. (00:03:38) Madchild and Flipout - What The Hell [Baltimore 1994]
19. (00:05:54) Silohuette - The Fast Lane [Baltimore 1996]
20. (00:03:14) Global Platoon - Crew Family [Baltimore 1992]
21. (00:03:58) J.R Swinga - Chocolate City [Washington Dc 1994]

One note.. I am almost sure Pure Elegance is from 1995, but there is nothing on the cd case to indicate this. If anyone out there is familiar with them and can shed some light on their album, I would love to know! Enjoy the tunes y'all.

--Schenectadyfan