The first 12" single on Soul Fire – and a real doozy! The track's an extended jazz funk number with some great guitar on the intro, and an expanded horn section that's so big, so mighty, it needed a full 12 inches of wax just to hold it. Horn work is incredible – on a par with ... (Deep Funk) read more12-inch, Vinyl record
A fast-stepping groover with a mighty warm sound – the kind of cut that moves quickly enough for the dancefloor, but also has the richness of a mellower song – thanks to just the right sort of arrangements! Shahid Wheeler has this heartbreaking falsetto that's an unusual mix for the ... (Soul) read more12-inch, Vinyl record
An 80s effort from Willie Colon, but still great, is a wild Latin club number – with some nice conga-laden grooves pulsing under the heavy keys and some tasty jazzy touches spicing things up! (Latin) 12-inch, Vinyl record
5 slices of genius from the legendary David Axelrod – 3 of which are exclusive to this single! "The Signs" is a haunting tune that's lifted from Axelrod's Earth Rot album – a cut that starts with these sublime vibes before rolling into a slow funk groove that's totally great ... (Soul) read more12-inch, Vinyl record
The beat is definitely Vicki's – even though the groove reminds us a fair bit of the Evelyn Champagne King song "I'm In Love"! But we can hardly complain about any sort of copycat soul – because Vicki's tune is plenty darn great too – lots of great 80s groove keyboards ... (Soul) read more12-inch, Vinyl record
(In a Sam sleeve. B-side label has a name in pen.)
Two cuts off the second Nas LP. "Street Dreams" adds some bonus verses. "Affirmative Action" is a Firm posse cut with AZ, Cormega, and Foxy Brown. (Hip Hop) 12-inch, Vinyl record
Funky grooves from Cosmic Force – a pretty tight blend of 70s instrumental club soul, funk and percussion – more of the live band club groove approach than the usually grittier funk revival sounds on Truth & Soul! Cosmic Force shares members with Bronx River Parkway and the El ... (Deep Funk) read more12-inch, Vinyl record
Early, early Lil Louis with a much more Euro-electro sound than his more soulful later work, but nice and raw, with a vibe that bridges the gap between the Chicago and Detroit sounds of the day. (House Music) 12-inch, Vinyl record
US pressing, with several mixes by David Morales. The cover has 7 mixes listed on the back, but there are 8 on the vinyl. (Neo Soul) 12-inch, Vinyl record
The closest that Larry Heard ever came to cutting a pop tune – a tight little house groover with "closer" as the catchy vocal refrain. Lots of mixes here – changing up the groove quite a bit! (House Music) 12-inch, Vinyl record
(NOTE – Cover is lightly stained and wavy at the bottom half.)
Hit work from the legendary Peter Brown – a key player in far more club sides than we can remember, but a real chart-topper with this one! You may know the a-side, which is offered here in a nice long take with a drum break in the middle – but don't miss "Burning Love", which ... (Soul) read more12-inch, Vinyl record
A sweet sampling of 4 tracks from the wonderful Vigilante project – a sampling of the funky 70s soundtrack work of Roy Budd! The set features 3 tracks that are all dancefloor remixes of Budd's classic grooves, done with a style that still holds all the charm of the original, but which ... (Soundtracks) read more12-inch, Vinyl record
(In the original sleeve, which has some light wear.)
A tight single off the 5 Boroughs LP! The cut rocks nicely in a new school fashion with a nod to the old – stabs and breaks strung together in a nice funky fashion, plus a remix by Just Blaze! (Hip Hop) 12-inch, Vinyl record
Like most of Jimmy Horne's best work, this is a nice dancefloor groover that sits somewhere between funk and disco. It's got tight Miami funk backing, and some good choppy guitar that goes well with the catchy vocal hook. (Soul) 12-inch, Vinyl record
(Label on the b-side has some peeling & flaking - due to moisture. In a Sunshine Sound sleeve with some staining inside.)
A great little porno disco number – sung in a breathy style by Barbara, and set to a skipping Caribbean rhythm that's got plenty of touches. Barbara really likes to sing the key word in the title a lot – and repeats it over and over again (plus rhyming words) with gusto in the tune. ... (Soul) read more12-inch, Vinyl record
(Vinyl is great, but cover has light staining & wear along the top portion, with some stuck-on paper on the back – due to moisture.)
The foundation of the sound that would rule hip hop throughout the 90s. Nice production from Dre, back when he was dropping more funk-sample based tracks, and plenty of attitude on the mic from Cube, Eazy and Ren. Off the Straight Outta Compton LP. (Hip Hop) 12-inch, Vinyl record
(NOTE - bottom corner of cover has light staining, waviness, some stuck-on paper – due to moisture. Light wear overall.)
A damn tight single from Badu – who was far too quiet on the new releases front for far too long – produced with soul and a touch of spacey hip hop funk by 9th Wonder! We wondered where Erykah would chase her muse next after the fairly experimental psych soul vibe of the Worldwide ... (Neo Soul) read more12-inch, Vinyl record
The Flavor Flav Meets Spike Lee version is a 4-minute skit where, of course, Flavor Flav meets Spike Lee in Brooklyn on his way to the studio. (Hip Hop) 12-inch, Vinyl record
Wonderful stuff from one of the best indie soul artists of the early 80s! The cut's a very solid groover, marching along at a midtempo pace while smooth keyboards from Hubert Eaves soar over the top. James D-Train Williams' vocals are wonderful – rich and strong, kind of in the mode of ... (Soul) read more12-inch, Vinyl record
Stephanie Mills gets some wonderful help from the team of Mtume and Reggie Lucas on this one – stepping up in a warm, full groove that really sends the track over the top – and which sounds great here in an extended 8 minute version! (Soul) 12-inch, Vinyl record
"Never Let Go" is a really long groover from East Bound Expressway – stretching out for nearly 10 minutes in length, with lots of different passages that feature instrumental riffing and percussion jamming that's almost in a disco break mode! "Cloudburst" has a bit more ... (Soul) read more12-inch, Vinyl record
(NOTE – Vinyl appears heated but still plays well, with just a bit of surface noise at parts.)
The big single off Atliens, which would've been a standout track any day! "Elevators" defied trends in the mid 90s, strongly influenced by early 80s era George Clinton productions, with Outkast's southern swagger –here in the classic album version, a pair of great remixes, acapella ... (Hip Hop) read more12-inch, Vinyl record
The second single from the Slums' Trinity LP, and one of the stronger moments of that album, mixed up nicely by Timbaland! "Disco" is a mid-tempo party groover, with a role on the Slum LP that is similar to the one "Roller Skating Jam Named 'Saturdays'" played on De La's ... (Hip Hop) read more12-inch, Vinyl record