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Badu is back with some of the deepest, funkiest and best music of her career -- a mindblowing treatise for a New Amerykah -- and what we'll consider an instant classic whether the world at large catches on or not! Erykah steps up this time with a set that balances the wilder impulses of her... read more

Spacey soul from Coultrain -- an up-and-coming singer from the St Louis scene, and one with a really unique sort of sound! The album's a wonderful debut effort -- far more mature and complex than you might expect, with a really cosmic feel that's somewhere between 70s spacey soul and some of the... read more

With Redman & Method Man.... read more

Stripped down, hazy, funky hip hop from Dudley Perkins -- rolling in heavy funk beats, spare piano particles, and in a gritty hip hop mode for the most part! It seems to us the Dudley is rhyming more in this solid effort than singing, and he's bringing in more social and spiritual conciousness,... read more

One of the heaviest house albums we've heard from Peven Everett in years -- a set that's filled with upbeat, joyous grooves -- all done with the same deep soul you'd expect from other recent records! The whole thing's a great step back towards some of the classic grooves from Everett's Chicago... read more

The debut album from Floetry -- a sweet batch of NuSoul tunes with a street harmony feel! The pair are London-bred, spent time in Atlanta's hotly bubbling scene, and are now part of the massive Philly underground that's been rocking the world over the past few years. This debut more than puts... read more

The full length debut of Mayer Hawthorne for Stones Throw -- with both classic Motown and 60s & 70s Detroit indie soul influences, done the right way, and all of it wonderful and true to his heroes -- after some promising early singles, we can now say emphatically that Mayer Hawthorne is indeed... read more

A really classic-styled soul album -- less funk-based than most contemporary efforts, and more in the mode of some of the best mellow soul singers of the 70s! Glen Anthony Henry has some really great vocals -- an approach that's deep, yet never in a way that sounds forced or like it's trying to... read more

An even deeper jazz set than Nicole Henry's first album -- recorded with the Eddie Higgins Trio, and done in a style that's traditional, yet extremely soulful! There's a sound here that reminds us a lot of Carmen Lundy -- as Nicole's singing jazz, but doing so in a mode that's never draped with... read more

Smooth niceness from Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite -- served up here on a pic sleeve single with a bunch of nice mixes!... read more

The stepper's mid 90's retro-classic that helped establish this "new classic soul" movement, served up here in 5 mixes, including the super-chilled "Mellosmoothe". One of the best tracks off the Urban Hang Suite LP -- spare funky soul, with lots of warm classic touches, a funky... read more

Sweet modern soul from Melba Moore & Phil Perry -- upbeat and uptempo modern soul and some smoothed out mellow moments, too! The production crisp, leaning and grooving -- taking cues of from the late 70s and 80s schools of inspirational soul and r&b -- with the duo in excellent shape... read more

The early recordings of Georgia Anne Muldrow -- and they're stunning -- showing Georgia's depth of soul and boundless creativity was in full force even in her late teens! As a whole, the tunes on Early are a bit leaner and less trippy than some of her more recent recording, but her spirit is as... read more

Georgia Anne Muldrow's cosmic funky soul keeps rolling on -- bring even more depth to her evolving, unstoppable creative energy with Umsindo! The album is a dedicated Afrocentric social awareness, but she steers clear of strident righteousness in favor of a funky, soulful elemental vibe -- mixing... read more

Split single, not a collaboration.... read more

An excellent remake of Bill Withers' classic! Me'Shell does a great job with the track -- keeping the solid 70s groove, but adding in some nice contemporary inflection to spice the track up!... read more

An amazingly great new album from The Persuaders -- quite possibly their best so far since the group's debut on Atlantic, and a brilliant mix of older harmonies and newer grooves! There's none of the "old group trying to come back" feel here -- because, if anything, The Persuaders sound... read more

Bold, funky work from Rad -- one of those singers that we've always thought should have gotten bigger fame over the past decade or so -- given that her style is almost as badass as some of our favorite funky females from the 70s! The album's got a lean groove that's plenty classic -- lots of right... read more

Hard to believe its been over a decade since we first started digging the music of Rad -- but the groove here is stronger than ever, and filled with the kind of classic soul and funk touches that first made Rad stand out many years back! The instrumentation is incredibly tight -- great keyboards... read more

A wonderful bit of jazzy soul -- kind of in the mode of Monday Michiru, but with a bit of a bay area twist. Female vocalist Rad sings and plays keyboards on the record -- giving the tracks a nice mellow soul feel with some work on Fender Rhodes, mini moog, and other keyboards -- and she's backed... read more

Rad live in Japan -- laying down a wonderful version of the funky soul we've always loved on her studio albums! There's a leanness to the record that's almost more classic-styled than some of her previous work -- a really tight little groove that falls beautifully in a Bay Area legacy of jazz-style... read more

Modern soul prince Calvin Richardson takes on the Bobby Womack songbook -- and pulls it very well -- with takes that are faithful to the classic groove with a timeless sense of soul! Richardson has always done his thing with a genuine love of 60s & 70s soul, so it's a pretty natural fit for... read more

Ok so she's got a Grammy -- but that makes us love her even more! Jill Scott is one of the greatest soul artists to emerge in the past decade -- and this second album avoids the usual "sophomore slump" by showing a whole new side of her talents! Disc one is a great live set -- showing... read more

Two Swedish cats with a great ear for slinky soul -- a duo whose sounds evoke some of our favorite mellow moments of the 70s, with a few hip 80s touches as well! For an indie set, the record's got a beautiful production sound -- a rich array of keyboards, rhythms, and jazzy horns -- wrapped around... read more

A saxophone soul Christmas with Jimmy Sommers -- a set that's actually much more straight jazz than most of his other records, and a nicely understated album with a really classic feel! Jimmy blows straight, and just a bit smooth -- and gets acoustic backings that swing along gently, as he... read more

There's kind of a dodgy cover on this one that might make you think the set's the lowest ebb of James' 90s career, but the record's actually a pretty decent live set -- recorded in 1999, with tracks that mostly hearken back to the jazzed up glory of the early days. James wails on Hammond on a few... read more

It's been 10 years since 2000 Black first started catching our ears, and they've never sounded better! This album's way more than just a "next set" of grooves from the pair -- as it really shows a growth over time, a unified musical vision that has them hitting some of the same cosmic... read more

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A great groover from the early 90s -- crossover party sounds, served up here in lots of mixes!... read more

Plenty of drums here -- both played and programmed by Tony Royster Jr, the standout star of this set! The groove's a bit funkier than other Unwrapped volumes -- still in the smoother soul territory of the Hidden Beach style, but giving the drummer more space to get down as well -- which sounds... read more

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A great step forward for the Soul Unsigned series -- a full album of never-issued tracks, and a collection that really shows the label's talents for unearthing great music! As you'd guess by the name, none of these artists have contracts with other labels -- so the set's about as fresh as you can... read more

Great work from a series we've really learned to trust for the hippest in underground soul -- a rich assortment of work from some of the best acts in the underground, most of whom you probably don't already have in your CD collection! The cut selection here is fantastic -- really the best of the... read more