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Not Rickey Calloway at all – but just The Dap Kings, stepping out in an instrumental reading of the tune! The track's a stone smoker right out of the James Brown generation of the late 60s – really wicked drums at the bottom, which step out in this snapping breakdown near the end of... read more

Massive! "La Vendetta" has a wicked soundtrack funk approach – one that really lives up to its Italian name – drums echoing in a brooding, bottom-heavy space – with lots of other instrumentation swirling around up top – never too polished, and with the kind of... read more

Detroit's Dopehead steps out with rhymes on "Airbags" – laid out over these spare funky rhythms that follow in the Funk Night mode. And the flip features Zo adding some great vocals – which really deepen the feel of "Pump Up The Volume"!... read more

Great stuff from Elzhi of Slum Village – sharply produced by Black Milk! Detroit hip hop worthy of the classic legacy of the city, Slum Village and MC Elzhi. The "Colors" remix is produced by DJ Spinna.... read more

Timeless Detroit hip hop from Fatt Father on this limited single for Funk Night – featuring Guilty Simpson & Phat Kat and tight production by Black Milk! On one side is tight, beat heavy contempory Detroit underground hip hop gem – led strongly by Fatt Father and supported by Motor... read more

Raw funk from Detroit's Funk Night label! "Gee Theme" by The Ho-Kats is stripped to the base essentials – starting with a revolving funk guitar groove that leads into the bass, drums and drums before a breakdown – and in comes the organ! A timeless funk theme. The flip is... read more

"Cherry Juice" is a monster right at the start – a cut with this badass bassline that dips deep and seems to pull down the whole combo – then pops up shimmering with a feel that's like some lost groove from a 70s blacksploitation score! And by that, we don't mean any sort of... read more

A stone funky gem that's mighty nice all the way through! The tune's got a popping, percolated drum part that's almost in "Tighten Up" territory – and other instrumentation leaps around beautifully, including cool thin organ lines, tightly blasting horns, and this backyard bassline... read more

A blazing instrumental from the Soul Surfers – a great mix of deep funk and early 60s Cali – served up with funky drums on the bottom, and some great echoey guitar over the top! The twangy lead line definitely holds up the "surf" part of the title – but the bottom end... read more

Three dudes, but pretty darn funky dudes at that – working together here on two razor-sharp instrumentals! "777" has mad bass and crackling drums – both recorded with a slightly muddy quality, so that they blend together beautifully in the groove – and leave plenty of... read more

The kind of funky killer that's really made us love Will Sessions in recent years – a full sort of symphonic approach to funk, with a vibe that's almost taken from a 70s soundtrack – but funkier overall! The drums are deep funk, but mixed with rich string samples that carry the true... read more

A funky drums breaks effort from Detroit's Will Sessions team – a bunch of different drums and funky sounds for the producers and DJs. DJ tools on wax from Detroit mainstays behind the great Will Sessions releases and players who've backed a who's who of modern Detroit funk, soul and hip hop... read more

Tremendous! "Boss Lady" struts and vamps like some lost JBs number – and Coko's vocals are right up there with the best work from Lyn Collins or Marva Whitney – a sound that blows away even the best of today's funky singers! Plus, the production is totally rock-solid –... read more

A killer – and the kind of single you'd dig through crates of vintage wax to find – yet never come up with one this good! Will Sessions serves up a groove that's every bit as sharp as the James Brown Band at their late 60s best – and Rickey Calloway does a great job of reminding... read more