Totally Eargasmic

..:|:Down To The Bone:|:..

2009-10-29T13:07:00.000-07:00

Down to the Bone is an acid jazz group led by DJ Stuart Wade, who formed the band with Chris Morgans [who has left the band] in 1996. The group is very popular in the UK, where they are "hailed as the kings of UK jazz groove." Their music is a mix of funk and jazz. Down to the Bone is unique in that the leader, Stuart Wade, does not play any instruments at all. Instead, Wade uses a dictaphone to hum tunes into, which are then recorded by the band [whose members constantly change].

Down To The Bone - Future Boogie [with Hil St. Soul and Roy Ayers 2009]

1. Future Boogie
2. Should've Been You
3. Spiderlegs
4. Good To Me
5. Get On It
6. The Brighter Side
7. Gotcha!
8. In The Pocket
9. Smash And Grab
10. We've Always Got The Music

Down To The Bone - Supercharged [feat. Roy Ayers 2007]

1. Supercharged
2. Funkin Around
3. Parkside Shuffle
4. Cosmic Fuzz
5. Smile To Shine
6. Electric Vibes
7. Greedy Fingers
8. Shake it Up
9. Space Dust
10. Hip City
11. Make It Funky

Down To The Bone - Spread Love Like Wildfire [feat. N'Dambi and flautist Jeremy Steig 2005]

1. Memphis Groove
2. Mystic Samba
3. Tiburon
4. Angel Baby
5. Pure Funk
6. Hammerhead
7. Wildfire Woman
8. Gotta Get Back To You
9. Lightning Rod
10. London Life
11. Latin Sagebrush

Down To The Bone - Cellar Funk [feat. Flora Purim 2004]

1. Back In Business
2. Cellar Funk
3. I'll Always Hold You Close
4. Timeless
5. The Flow
6. Crossing Boundaries
7. You're The Only Reason
8. Dancing To A Samba
9. Global Village
10. L.A. Shakedown
11. Little Smile
12. Down In The Basement
13. Back In Business [The Business Mix]

Down To The Bone - Crazy Vibes & Things [feat. Hil St. Soul 2002]

1. Electra Glide
2. On A Roll
3. I Softly Surrender [To You]
4. Music Is My drug
5. Crazy Vibes and Things
6. My One and All
7. Glow
8. Stargazer
9. Searching For A Simple Groove
10. Cooking With Gas

Down To The Bone - Spread The Word Album III [2000]

1. Keep On Keepin' on
2. Sound as a Pound
3. Righteous Reeds
4. Bridge Port Boogie
5. Soul Brother, No.1
6. Downtown Shuffle
7. Black Choice
8. Backburner
9. Lowdown
10. Mighty Mighty Fine

Down To The Bone - The Urban Grooves Album II [feat. keyboardist Reuben Wilson 1999]

1. Long Way from Brooklyn
2. Zodiac
3. To The Bone
4. Joy Is A Good Groove
5. Urban Jazz
6. Fusion Food
7. Vinyl Junkie
8. Yo Man It's Herbie
9. Bump 'N' Hustle
10. Right On Baby - Yeah!
11. Little Touch Of Soul

Down To The Bone - From Manhattan To Staten [1997]

1. Staten Island Groove
2. Brooklyn Heights
3. Savour The Flavour
4. Muesli Brown
5. Yo Mama's So Phat
6. Touch Of Voodoo
7. 17 Mile Drive
8. Carlito's Way
9. 3 Days In Manhattan
10. On The corner Of Darcy Street

..:|:Melanie Fiona:|:..

2009-10-28T14:30:00.000-07:00

2009 release from the Canadian R&B singer/songwriter. Melanie's music is an eclectic yet glossy mix of tributes to the past and contemporary R&B. Even before she released an album, she impressed Kanye West enough to be invited to be the opening act during Kanye's 2008 European tour! Universal.

Melanie Fiona - The Bridge [2009]

1. Give It To Me Right
2. Bang Bang
3. Monday Morning
4. Please Don't Go [Cry Baby]
5. Ay Yo
6. Walk On By
7. You Stop My Heart
8. Johnny
9. Sad Songs
10. Priceless
11. It Kills Me
12. Teach him

..:|:Four80East:|:..

2009-10-28T09:31:00.000-07:00

Four80East is the brainchild of producers Rob DeBoer and Tony Grace, also known internationally for their indie label/production house, Boomtang. Originally conceived in the studio in 1997 as a side project from the more commercial pop music they had been working on, Four80East was born as a small indie release in England later that year, simply entitled "The Album". What began as a whim went on to revitalize the Smooth Jazz world the following summer when they broke through in the States with "Eastside", a mid-tempo groover that became the seventh most-played track on Contemporary Jazz radio that year.
In early 2000, their follow-up album "Nocturnal" was released by Higher Octave Music to wide acclaim.
This "stylish set of late-night grooves" was listed by JazzTimes magazine as one of the top 50 albums of that year.
"Round 3" followed in 2002, and saw the band start to make the transition from studio project to live act. Four80East made their live debut at the Catalina Island Jazztrax Festival in October of 2003.
"En Route" was produced over most of 2005 and 2006, as the boys were juggling a variety of other projects, including raising their families. With a new label - Native Language Music - behind them, they released their latest album - "Roll On" in June of '09... Four80East is back in the saddle!

Four80East - Roll On [2009]

1. Roll On
2. Loosey Goosey
3. One Night Only
4. Just Passing Through
5. Shot In The Dark
6. After All This Time
7. Race The Moon
8. While The City Sleeps
9. Never The Same Way Twice
10. Back In 5

Four80East - En Route [2007]

1. Five By Five
2. Noodle Soup
3. The Drop
4. Double Down
5. Been Too Long
6. Closer
7. En Route
8. 51 Division
9. Don't Look Back
10. Easy Come, Easy Go
11. Waterline

Four80East - Round 3 [2002]

1. Shot Clock
2. Stars Like These
3. TKO
4. Mint Julep
5. Je Pense A Toi
6. Montreaux
7. 3 Out Of 4
8. Tip Off
9. Last Flight To L.A.
10. Burn Down The Bayou

Four80East - Nocturnal [2001]

1. Shakedown
2. Viaduct
3. Bumper To bumper
4. Drive time
5. Sweet Tooth
6. Wake And Bake
7. On The Strip
8. Wait It Out
9. First Time
10. Hazy Lazy

Four80East - The Album [1998]

1. Eastside
2. Buzz
3. Table For Two
4. Speak Easy
5. K-Town
6. Skip Tracer
7. Survival
8. Way It Happened
9. All Day Breakfast
10. Step In It

..:|:J. Period:|:..

2009-10-28T08:06:00.000-07:00

J.Period is a Brooklyn-based Mixtape DJ, remixer and hip-hop producer. He is best known for producing Official Mixtape collaborations with Nas, Big Daddy Kane, Lauryn Hill, The Roots, The Isley Brothers and Mary J. Blige, and an "audio-biography" style that incorporates personal interviews with these artists into his “Best of” compilations. His original production and remixes have also recently appeared in film trailers for Universal Pictures' American Gangster (2007) and Fox Searchlight's Street Kings (2008). In November 2008, J.Period became the first DJ/producer ever commissioned by Activision to score and produce an entire video game soundtrack—Tony Hawk’s Motion for Nintendo DS.

J. Period presents... The [Abstract] Best Vol.1

J.Period elevates his documentary style to new heights to pay respect to this incomparable hip hop icon with The [Abstract] Best, a comprehensive collection of Q-Tip’s music and production, new remixes, interviews, plus brand new tracks from an All-Star lineup of hip hop heavyweights—paying tribute to The Abstract’s legacy.
This unprecedented mixtape arrives on the heels of Q-Tip’s critically–acclaimed album, The Renaissance (released Nov 4), and urges a new generation of fans to take note of Q-Tip’s tremendous contributions to hip hop throughout his career. The [Abstract] Best also follows J.Period & Q-Tip’s November release entitled “Q-Tip for President”—an Obama anthem that received over 100,000 downloads surrounding the Presidential Election.
But nothing makes this mixtape more highly-anticipated than the all-star lineup of contributors—De La Soul, Busta Rhymes, ?uestlove, Black Thought, Talib Kweli, Pharoahe Monch, Consequence, Zion I, Skillz, Black Sheep, Kid Cudi, Blu—a first of its kind in the mixtape game, and a testament to the depth of influence Q-Tip has had on hip hop’s elite. No mixtape has ever boasted such a lineup, and no DJ has ever ventured to bring so many artists together for a single mixtape release. Hip hop’s unbridled creativity once thrived in these kinds of collaborations, and J.Period is determined to re-ignite that spirit.

*[Tracklist in Comments]

..:|:Dr. John & The Lower 911:|:..

2009-10-22T11:22:00.000-07:00

Few protest albums have the percolating groove appeal of Dr. John’s City That Care Forgot. If not for lyrics like "the road to the White House, paved with lies" the song "Promises, Promises" would be a typically chipper New Orleans second-line strut. And "You Might Be Surprised" sounds like the kind of horn-and-strings-colored blues that has always been part of the piano giant’s repertoire -- until its darker hues come through in the lines "life is a near death experience/Hell is right here on this great big Earth." Hurricane Katrina’s devastation of Dr. John’s hometown and the following years of neglect sparked these 13 angry songs. The government, insurance companies and developers, and still-lingering institutional racism take an a**-whipping with help from Eric Clapton, Willie Nelson, Terence Blanchard, Ani DiFranco, and Terrance Simien in cameo appearances. The climax is a suite -- "Dream Warrior," "Black Gold," "We Getting There" -- whose brooding imagery, funky keyboards, Latin percussion, and dramatic horns recall the great Blaxploitation movie music of the ’70s. On the other hand "My People Need a Second Line" speaks to the resilience of New Orleans culture, holding threads of hope bright as the trilling of Dr. John’s piano.

Dr. John & The Lower 911 - City That Care Forgot [2008]

1. Keep On Goin'
2. Time For A change
3. Promises, Promises
4. You Might Be Surprised
5. Dream Warrior
6. Black Gold
7. We Gettin' There
8. Stripped Away
9. Say Whut?
10. My People Need A Second Line
11. Land Grab
12. City That Care Forgot
13. Save Our Wetlands

..:|:Orishas:|:..

2009-10-22T09:02:00.000-07:00

Orishas are a Latin rap group of Cuban expatriates whose debut album, A Lo Cubano (2000), was internationally acclaimed and whose subsequent albums found them furthering their fusion of Latin rhythms and melodies with hip-hop. Comprised of Roldán, Ruzzo, and Yotuel, the group was formed in Paris, France, in the late '90s. The original lineup also included Flaco-Pro, who left the group after its debut album. Prior to moving to Paris and forming Orishas with Roldán and Flaco-Pro, Ruzzo and Yotuel had been members of the pioneering Cuban rap group Amenaza. In collaboration with producer Nicolas Nocchi, Orishas made their full-length album debut in 2000 with A Lo Cubano, a groundbreaking Latin rap album that fused Afro-Cuban rhythms, hip-hop beats, melodic singing, and socially conscious raps to international acclaim. Reduced to a trio after the departure of Flaco-Pro, Orishas refined their musical fusion on their second album, Emigrante (2002), which was more melodic than their debut. El Kilo (2005), the third Orishas album, was a further refinement of the group's musical fusion. Moreover, El Kilo continued to broaden the group's popularity, particularly in Europe, where the album charted in France, Belgium, Switzerland, Spain, and Portugal. Cosita Buena (2008), the fourth Orishas album, followed a year later and again found the group evolving musically.

Orishas - Cosita Buena [2008]

1. Cosita Buena
2. Maní
3. Bruja
4. Camina
5. Guajira
6. Borrón
7. Mírame
8. Que Quede Claro
9. Machete
10. Isi
11. Público
12. Melodías
13. Hip Hop Conga

Orishas - Antidiotico [2007]

Disc One

1. Hay Un Son
2. A Lo Cubano
3. Elegante
4. Elmigrantes
5. 537 C.U.B.A.
6. Represent, Cuba [feat. Heather Headley]
7. Nací Orishas
8. ¿Que Pasa?
9. Silencio
10. Connexion
11. Habana
12. El Kilo
13. ¿Que Bola?
14. Quien Te Dijo
15. Un Pagina Doblada

Disc Two

1. Mistica
2. Desaparecidos
3. Bombo
4. Soy Guajiro [feat. Benny More]
5. Kayliah [feat. Gwadloup Cuba]
6. Da Weasel [feat. Sigue Sigue]
7. Carlos Jean [feat. La Alianza]
8. 1.9.9.9. [Remix]
9. Orishas Llego [Cayo Huesa Mix]
10. ¿Que Pasa? [Red Mix]

Orishas - El Kilo [2005]

1. Nací Orishas
2. Distinto
3. Elegante
4. El Kilo
5. Que Se Bote
6. Reina De La Calle
7. Bombo
8. Al Que Le Guste
9. Amor Al Arte
10. Tumbando Y Dando
11. La Calle
12. Stress
13. La Vacuna
14. Quien Te Dijo

Orishas - Emigrante [2002]

1. ¿Que Pasa?

2. Mujer

3. Guajiro

4. ¿Que bola?

5. Asi Fue

6. Niños

7. 300 Kilos [feat. Yuri Buenaventura]

8. Gladiadores

9. Ausencia [feat. Niko Noki]

10. Habana

11. Testimonio

12. Rey De La Pachacha

13. Emigrantes

14. Desaparecidas

15. La Vida [feat. Passi]

Orishas - A Lo Cubano [2000]

1. Represent
2. lo Cubano
3. Barrio
4. S.O.L.A.R.
5. 1.9.9.9.
6. Atencion
7. Mistica
8. Canto Para Elewa Y Chango
9. Madre
10. Orishas Llego
11. 537 C.U.B.A.
12. Connexion
14. Triunfo

..:|:Burning Spear:|:..

2009-10-22T07:19:00.000-07:00

Reggae artist Burning Spear, who chose his music name in honor of Kenyan freedom fighter and first president Jomo Kenyatta, presents his latest album in a decades-long career promoting peace, unity, and love. Burning Spear has traveled to violence-torn Nairobi at the behest of the United Nations to offer the positive influence of his music; now listeners across the globe can feel his strong, positive message of self-reliance, African unity, and respect for one's fellow man in Jah is Real.

Burning Spear - Jah Is Real [2008]

1. Cruise
2. Step It
3. You Were Wrong
4. Run For Your Life
5. Jah Is Real
6. People In High Places
7. One Africa
8. Grandfather
9. Wickedness
10. Stick To The Plan
11. No Compromise
12. 700 Strong
13. Grass Root
14. Step it [Remix]

..:|:Brothers Johnson:|:..

2009-10-22T07:02:00.000-07:00

The Brothers Johnson is a band consisting of musicians, and brothers, George aka 'Lightnin' Licks' and Louis Jagger Johnson aka 'Thunder Thumbs'. After touring with various artists like Bobby Womack and Billy Preston, Quincy Jones hired them for a tour in Japan and produced their debut album Look Out For #1, released in March 1976 (#9 U.S.) Their Right On Time album was released in May 1977 and reached number 13 on the Billboard Hot 200.

Brothers Johnson - Look Out For #1 [1976]

1. I'll Be Good To You
2. Thunder Thumbs And Lightnin' Licks
3. Get The Funk Out Ma Face
4. Tomorrow
5. Free And Single
6. Come Together
7. Land Od Ladies
8. Dancin' And Prancin'
9. The Devil

Brothers Johnson - Right On Time [1977]

1. Runnin' For Your Lovin'
2. Free Yourself, Be Yourself
3. "Q"
4. Right On Time
5. Strawberry Letter 23
6. Brother Man
7. Never Leave You Lonely
8. Love Is

..:|:Van Hunt:|:..

2009-10-20T18:31:00.000-07:00

Van Hunt is an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and record producer. He released his debut album, Van Hunt, in 2004, and a follow-up, On the Jungle Floor, in 2006, both on Capitol Records. He won the Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals for appearing on the tribute version of the Sly & the Family Stone song, "Family Affair", in 2007. He transitioned to Blue Note Records where his 2008 album, Popular, was shelved and never released. He self-released the compilation album Use In Case of Emergency in 2009.

Van Hunt - Use In Case Of Emergency [2009]

1. Sexy [I'm Not Known For Dancin']
2. Her Smile
3. Saturday Laughs
4. ATTENTION!
5. N.E.Thing2getura10chin
6. Hidden Charm [Original Version]
7. Come Tomorrow
8. Man Of The Year [Original Version]
9. 0405
10. Funny
11.Tingle

Van Hunt - On The Jungle Floor [2006]

1. Intro
2. If I Take You Home [Upon...]
3. Hot Stage Lights
4. Daredevil, Baby
5. Ride, Ride, Ride
6. Being A Girl
7. Suspicion [She Knows Me Too Well]
8. Mean Sleep [feat. Nikka Costa]
9. Priest Or Police
10. Character
11. Interlude
12. No Sense Of Crime
13. At The End Of A Slow Dance
14. The Thrill Of This Love
15. Hole In My Heart
16. The Night Is Young

Van Hunt - Van Hunt [2004]

1. Dust
2. Seconds Of Pleasure
3. Hello, Goodbye
4. Down Here In Hell [With You]
5. What Can I Say
6. Anything [To Get Your Attention]
7. Highlights
8. Precious
9. Her december
10. Hold My Hand
11. Who Will Love Me In Winter
12. Out Of The Sky

..:|:A Monday Tuesday - Monday Michiru Discography Pt.3:|:..

2009-10-20T12:18:00.000-07:00

Monday Michiru - Delicious Poison [1996]

1. Black Rose
2. Leaf In The Wind
3. Will You Love Me Tomorrow
4. Delicious Poison
5. To Live As To Dream
6. Paradox In Time
7. Tatou My Heart
8. Nadir
9. Aint The Truth
10. Caught
11. Conversations With Myself
12. Why Should I Care

Monday Michiru - Jazz Brat [1995]

1. Look Into The Past
2. Rainy Daze
3. Sunshine After The Rain
4. Hold On
5. Wolf In Sheep's Clothing
6. Angels Falling
7. Givin' It
8. In Utopia
9. Scat Attack
10. Fading Beauty
11. Just Another Day
12. Flora

Monday Michiru - Maiden Japan [1994]

1. Maiden Voyage, Taking Off
2. Prayer Of Love
3. Yellow Rain
4. Black And White
5. Wanted For Reason
6. Tracks
7. Maiden Voyage, Going Somewhere
8. Here Between The Silence
9. What Is Jazz?
10. Comfort Of Strangers
11. Suite Life
12. When I'm With You
13. Secret Desire
14. Maiden voyage, Gone

Monday Michiru - Groovement [1994]

1. When I'm With You [Opaz Dub Mix]
2. When I'm With You
3. Maiden Voyage
4. Comfort Of Strangers
5. Is This How it Feels
6. Tracks
7. Sleep
8. When I'm With you

..:|:A Monday Tuesday - Monday Michiru Discography Pt.1:|:..

2009-10-20T09:17:00.000-07:00

Monday Michiru Sipiagin (maiden name Mariano, more commonly known as Monday Michiru / MONDAY 満ちる born) is a Japanese American actress, singer, and songwriter whose music encompasses and fuses a wide variety of genres including jazz, dance, pop, and soul. She is arguably best known for being a pioneer of the acid jazz movement in Japan in the early 1990's yet she has created her own unique style of music that transcends traditional definitions of the aforementioned genres.

Monday Michiru - Nexus [2008]

1. Interlude
2. Epiphany
3. Your Eyes
4. Candy
5. Sometimes
6. Suite 610
7. Genetic Imprints
8. That's Not Me
9. Weak
10. Sands Of Time
11. One
12. On And On

Monday Michiru - My Ever Changing Moods [2007]

1. I'm Gonna Love You just A Little More Babe
2. Journey To The Light
3. Just Be Good To Me
4. Aldeia De Ogum
5. Vera Cruz
6. Walking In Your Footsteps
7. My Ever Changing Moods
8. Remind Me
9. Mi Vida
10. Call Me
11. True Colors

Monday Michiru - Routes [2006]

1. Routes Interlude
2. Right Time
3. Hung up
4. Be Who You Are
5. Philosophy Road
6. Touch The Sky
7. Remember
8. Dig Deep
9. Don't
10. Yellow Light
11. I'm Still Here
12. I Couldn't See
13. New Way
14. Sketches Of Myself

Monday Michiru - Co-Collaborated Works of Monday Michiru [2007]

1. You Make Me [Studio Apartment Mix]
2. The Right Time [Jephte's King Street Vocal]
3. Tiger Eyes
4. The Real Thing [feat, Rasmus Faber]
5. Sunshine After The Rain [MAW 12" Mix]
6. Butterfly
7. A.D.D.P.
8., Shooting Star
9. New Beginnings
10. Higher [Spiritual Life vocal]

Monday Michiru - Episodes In Color [2006]

1. Prologue
2. Talk
3. Generations
4. Road Less Traveled
5. Send One Your Love
6. Interesting Times
7. So Close, Yet So Far
8. First Steps
9. Mysteries Of Life
10. Heal
11. If I Knew Then [What I Know Now]
12. Yokan [Premonition]
13. Epilogue

..:|:Siobhan Donaghy:|:..

2009-10-19T18:54:00.000-07:00

Most notable for being the first Sugababes member to go solo, Siobhan Donaghy has since carved out a niche for herself as one of Britain's most intriguing young female artists.

Siobhan Donaghy - Ghosts [2007]

1. Don't Give It Up
2. So You Say
3. There's A Place
4. Sometimes
5. 12 Bar Acid Blues
6. Make It Right
7. Coming Up for Air
8. Goldfish
9. Medevac
10. Halcyon Days
11. Ghosts

Siobhan Donaghy - Revolution In Me [2003]

1. Nothing But Song
2. Man Without Friends
3. Overrated
4. Little Bits
5. As You Like It
6. Next Human [XY]
7. Suasex
8. Twist Of Fate
9. Faces
10. Dialect
11. Revolution In Me
12. Iodine

..:|:Nicole Willis Nicole Willis & The Soul Investigators:|:..

2009-10-19T17:32:00.000-07:00

The Combination of a New York born Willis, Producer/Husband Jimi Tenor and a Helsinki based backing band have together created a geographically diverse Northern Soul album for the Mid-Noughties.

Nicole Willis & The Soul Investigators - Keep Reachin' Up [2007]

1. Feeling Free
2. If This Ain’t Love [I Don’t Know What Is]
3. Keep Reachin’ Up
4. Blues Downtown
5. My Four Leaf Clover
6. A Perfect Kind Of Love
7. Invisible Man
8. Holdin’ On
9. No One’s Gonne Love You
10. Soul Investigators Theme
11. Hidden Track [Bonus]

..:|:Amp Fiddler:|:..

2009-10-19T17:05:00.000-07:00

Amp Fiddler is an American keyboardist, singer, songwriter and record producer from Detroit, Michigan, U.S.. His musical styles include funk,soul, dance and electronica music. He is probably best known for his contributions to the band Enchantment, and as part of George Clinton’s Parliament and Funkadelic groups from 1985 until 1996.

Amp Fiddler, Sly & Robbie - Inspiration Information [2008]

1. Crazy Day
2. Drama Inside
3. I Fell On The Wagon
4. You
5. Black House [Paint The White house]
6. Be Alright
7. I Believe In You
8. Serious
9. Lonely
10. Vibrationship
11. Changes
12. This World

Amp Fiddler - Rare And Unreleased [2008]

1. The Box
2. Pray Together
3. You Must Be The One [feat. Allen Barnes]
4. Funky Monday
5. Dope
6. Superficial [Amp's Soul Special]
7. Afro Butt [feat. Tony Allen]
8. Hollywood
9. Seven Mile
10. Hope
11. Eye To Eye [Kenny Dope's Remix]
12. Eye To Eye [Kenny Dope's Keyapella]

Amp Fiddler - Afro Strut [2006]

1. Faith
2. If I Don't
3. Right Where You Are
4. Find My Way
5. Empower [Afro Strut Skit]
6. I Need You
7. You Could Be Mine
8. Heaven [Afro Strut Skit]
9. Seven Mile
10. Funky Monday
11. Ridin'
12. Hustle

Amp Fiddler - Waltz Of A Ghetto Fly [2003]

1. Intro
2. I Believe In You
3. Dreamin'
4. Superficial
5. Possibilities
6. Soul Devine
7. You Played Me
8. Eye To Eye
9. Love And War
10. If You Can't Get Me Off Your Mind
11. Unconditional Eyes
12. This Is How
13. Waltz Of A Ghetto Fly

..:|:Esperanza Spalding:|:..

2009-10-19T15:37:00.001-07:00

Hailed as a prodigy on the acoustic double bass within months of first touching the instrument as a 15-year-old, Esperanza Spalding has emerged as a fine jazz bassist, but has also distinguished herself playing blues, funk, hip-hop, pop fusion, and Brazilian and Afro-Cuban styles as well. After touring and playing with a whole host of artists, including Joe Lovano, Patti Austin, Michel Camilo, Charlie Haden, Regina Carter, Pat Metheny, Dave Samuels, and a host of others, in addition to heading her own jazz trio, Spalding recorded and released Junjo on the Barcelona-based AYVA imprint in 2006, following it with the simply named Esperanza on Heads Up Records in 2008.

Esperanza Spalding - Esperanza [2008]

1. Ponta De Areia
2. I Know You Know
3. Fall In
4. I Adore You
5. Cuerpa Y Alma [Body and Soul]
6. She Got You
7. Precious
8. Mela
9. Love In Time
10. Espera
11. If That's True
12. Samba Em Preludio

Esperanza Spalding - Junjo [2006]

1. The Peacocks
2. Loro
3. Humpty Dumpty
4. Mompouana
5. Perazuán
6. Junjo
7. Contora De Yala
8. Two Bad
9. Parazela

..:|:Bahamadia:|:..

2009-10-19T15:37:00.000-07:00

Bahamadia is a Philadelphia-born hip hop artist, a DJ who later became an MC. As an affiliate of the Gang Starr Foundation, she released her critically-acclaimed debut album entitled Kollage in 1996. The album featured production by Guru and DJ Premier of Gangstarr. Kollage was followed in 2001 by BB Queen, an EP release.

Bahamadia - Good Rap Music [2006]

1 Good Rap Music
2. Real Love
3. Serious Pt. I
4. Buck Season
5. Culture Cut
6. Reign
7. Reign
8. Fun
9. Serious Pt. II
10. Good Rap Improv
11. Glory
12. Thank You

Bahamadia - BB Queen EP [2000]

1. Intro
2. Special Forces
3. Commonwealth [Cheap Chicks]
4. One-4-Teen [Funky For You]
5. Philadelphia
6. Beautiful Things
7. Pep Talk

Bahamadia - Kollage [1996]

1. Intro
2. Word Play
3. Spontaneity
4. Rugged Ruff
5. Interlude
6. I Confess
7. Uknowhowwedo
8. Interlude
9. Total Wreck
10. Innovation
11. Da Jawn
12. Interlude
13. True Honey Buns [That Freak Sh*t]
14. 3 Tha Hard Way
15. Biggest Part Of Me

..:|:Parlet:|:..

2009-10-19T15:36:00.001-07:00

Parlet is essentially a trio (two trios, actually -- one with Washington, Wright, and Franklin, the other with Washington, Hayden, and Evans) of backup singers from the P-Funk mob. The group is similar to the Brides of Funkenstein in that respect, but perhaps a bit less conservative. The group was originally designed as a concept by George Clinton, as a counterpart to his original doo wop group the Parliaments. The original name for the girls group was actually the Parlettes, but it was shortened to try and escape from the Motown sound genre, again by Clinton.

Parlet - Play Me Or Trade Me [1980]

1. Help From My Friends
2. Watch Me Do My Thang
3. Wolf Tickets
4. Play Me Or Trade Me
5. I'm Mo Be Hittin' It
6. Funk Until The Edge Of Time
7. Wonderful One

Parlet - Invasion Of The Booty Snatchers [1979]

1. Ridin' High
2. No Rump To Bump
3. Don't Ever Stop
4. Booty Snatchers
5. You're Leaving
6. Huff-N-Puff

Parlet - Pleasure Principle [1978]

1. Pleasure Principle
2. Love Amnesia
3. Cookie Jar
4. Misunderstanding
5. Are You Dreaming
6. Mr. melody Man

..:|:The Brides Of Funkenstein:|:..

2009-10-19T15:36:00.000-07:00

The Brides of Funkenstein was a funk musical group originally composed of singers Dawn Silva and Lynn Mabry. Previously background singers for Sly Stone, Mabry and Silva joined the P-Funk collective in 1977. George Clinton named the group (based on the scenario and characters from the Parliament album The Clones of Dr. Funkenstein) and produced their first album, Funk Or Walk, for Atlantic Records in 1978. Their debut album skyrocketed to success, selling over three hundred thousand copies within the first week as well as winning a record world award for best new female group.

The Brides Of Funkenstein - Never Buy Texas From A Cowboy [1979]

1. Never Buy Texas From A Cowboy
2. I'm Holding you Responsible
3. Smoke Signals
4. Mother May I
5. Party Up In Here
6. Didn't Mean To Fall In Love

The Brides Of Funkenstein - Funk Or Walk [1978]

1. Disco To Go
2. Warship Touchante
3. Nappy
4. Birdie
5. Just Like you
6. When Your Gone
7. Amorous

The Brides Of Funkenstein - LIVE at the Howard Theatre [1978]

1. Introduction

2. Warship Touchante

3. Birdie

4. Ride On

5. Brides Maids

6. Vanish In Our Sleep

7. Together

8. Disco To Go

9. James Wesley Jackson

..:|:Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra:|:..

2009-10-16T11:10:00.002-07:00

Antibalas (pronounced approximately "ahn-tee-BAH-las", from the Spanish for "bulletproof") is a Bushwick, Brooklyn based afrobeat band that is modeled after Fela Kuti's Africa 70 band and Eddie Palmieri's Harlem River Drive Orchestra. Although their music is primarily afrobeat, it incorporates elements of jazz, funk, dub, improvised music, and traditional drumming from Cuba and West Africa.

Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra - Security [2007]

1. Beaten Metal
2. Filibuster XXX
3. Sanctuary
4. Hilo
5. War Hero
6. I.C.E.
7. Age

Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra - Government Magic [2005]

1. Go Je Je
2. Government Magic
3. Out With The New In With The True
4. Che Che Cole [Makossa Mix]
5. K-Leg
6. R.O.C.
7. Dub Je Je

Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra - Who Is This America? [2004]

1. Who Is This America Dem Speak Of Today
2. Pay Back Africa
3. Indictment
4. Big Man
5. Obanla'e
6. Elephant
7. Sister

Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra - Talkatif [2002]

1. Gabe's New Joint
2. Talkatif
3. Hypocrite
4. World Without Fear
5. War Is A Crime
6 Nyash
7. N.E.S.T.A. 75.

Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra - Liberation Afrobeat, Vol.1 [2001]

1. Si, Se Puede
2. Dirt And Blood
3. Battle Of The Species
4. N.E.S.T.A. [Never Ever Submit to Authority]
5. Musicawa Silt
6. Uprising
7. El Machete
8. World War IV

..:|:Utada Hikaru:|:..

2009-10-16T11:10:00.001-07:00

Utada Hikaru is a J-pop artist born in New York in 1983, she is also known as Hikki, Utada and Cubic U. Her combined record sales of over 52 million put her in the top 10 list of highest selling Japanese artists.
She began her career in the US, moving to Japan where her work was truly appreciated. Her debut release in Japan was "Automatic/time will tell", sales of which were top five in Japanese music history. Her debut album First Love was the first of a successful string of releases, surpassing 10 million sales, with her first three albums placing her in the record books as the most popular singer in Asia.
Her 2004 album, the Timbaland-produced Exodus, was released in the US. The album, which incorporated dance and hip-hop, sold well in Japan while in the States it made No.160 on the Billboard 200, promoted by the single "Devil Inside".
Utada is a classic example of how truly talented artists/musicians can go totally unappreciated by U.S audiences, who tend to allow the radio to stunt their musical experience.

Utada - This Is The One [2009]

1. Come Back To Me
2. Me Muero
3. Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence
4. Apple And Cinnamon
5. Taking My Money Back
6. This One [Crying Like a Child]
7. Automatic Part. II
8. Dirty Desire
9. Poppin'
10. On And On
11. Simple And Clean
12. Sanctuary [Opening]
13. Sanctuary [Closing]

Utada - Heart Station [2008]

1. Fight The Blues
2. Heart Station
3. Beautiful World
4. Flavor Of Life [Ballad Version]
5. Stay Gold
6. Kiss & Cry
7. Gentle Beast Interlude
8. Celebrate
9. Prisoner Of Love
10. Flavor Of Life [*]

Utada - Ultra Blue [2006]

1. This Is Love
2. Keep Trying
3. Blue
4. Nichiyo No Asa Ga Kanaukoro
5. Making Love
6. Dareka No Negai
7. Colors
8. One Night Magic
9. Kairo
10. Wings
11. Be My Last
12. Eclipse [Interlude]
13. Passion

Utada - Exodus [2004]

1. Opening
2. Devil Inside
3. Exodus '04
4. The Workout
5. Easy Breezy
6. Tippy Toe
7. Hotel Lobby
8. Animato
9. Crossover Interlude
10. Kremlin Dusk
11. You Make Me Want To Be A Man
12. Wonder 'Bout
13. Let Me Give You My Love
14. About Me

Utada - Deep River [2002]

1. Sakura Drops
2. Traveling
3. Shiawase Ni Narou
4. Deep River
5. Letters
6. Play Ball
7. Tokyo Nights
8. A.S.A.P.
9. Uso Mitaina I Love You
10. Final Distance
11. Bridge
12. Hikari

Utada - Distance [2001]

1. Wait & See
2. Can You Keep A Secret
3. Distance
4. Sunglasses
5. TV Series
6. Eternally
7. Addicted To You
8. For You
9. Throw It Away!
10. Parody
11. Time Limit
12. Indescribable Feelings
13. Hayatochi [Remix]

Cubic U - Precious [1999]

1. My Little Lover Boy
2. Lullaby
3. How Ya Doin'
4. I Don't Love You
5. Promise
6. Ticket 4 Two
7. Take A Little Time
8. 100 Reasons Why
9. Work Things Out
10. Close To You
11. Precious Love
12. How Ya Doin' [Rap Version]

..:|:Arctic Monkeys:|:..

2009-10-16T11:10:00.000-07:00

By distilling the sounds of Franz Ferdinand, the Clash, the Strokes, and the Libertines into a hybrid of swaggering indie rock and danceable neo-punk, Arctic Monkeys became one of the U.K.'s biggest bands of the new millennium.

Arctic Monkey - Humbug [2009]

1. My Propeller
2. Crying Lightning
3. Dangerous Animals
4. Secret Door
5. Potion Approaching
6. Fire And The Thud
7. Cornerstone
8. Dance Little Liar
9. Pretty Visitors
10. The Jeweller's Hand
11. Red Right Hand [Japanese Bonus Track]
12. I Haven't Got My Strange [Japanese Bonus Track]

Arctic Monkey - Favorite Worst Nightmare [2007]

1. Brianstorm
2. Teddy Picker
3. D Is For Dangerous
4. Balaclava
5. Flourescent Adolescent
6. Only Ones Who Know
7. Do Me A Favour
8. This House Is A Circus
9. If You Were There, Beware
10. The Bad thing
11. Old Yellow Bricks
12. 505

Arctic Monkey - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not [2006]

1. The View From The Afternoon
2. I Bet you Look Good On The Dancefloor
3. Fake Tales Of San Francisco
4. Dancing Shoes
5. You Probably Couldn't See For The Lights But you Were Looking Straight At Me
6. Still Take You Home
7. Riot Van
8. Red Light Indicates Doors Are Secured
9. Mardy Bum
10. Perhaps Vampire Is A Bit Strong But...
11. When The Sun Goes Down
12. From The Ritz To Rubble
13. A Certain Romance

..:|:Return To Forever:|:..

2009-10-15T15:35:00.000-07:00

Return To Forever were at the forefront of Jazz/Rock fusion in the '70s and, like their contemporaries Weather Report and Mahavishnu Orchestra, were formed by a former Miles Davis sideman, in this case the great Chick Corea. Return To Forever hit their commercial and artistic peak with a string of albums in the mid-'70s featuring the line-up of Chick Corea on keyboards, Stanley Clarke on bass, Al Di Meola on guitar and Lenny White on drums. In 2008, this classic line-up reunited for their first tour in 25 years and proved that their musicianship and the chemistry within the band was as strong as ever.

Return To Forever - Returns [LIVE][2009]

Disc 1

1. Opening Prayer
2. Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy
3. Vulcan Worlds
4. Sorceress
5. Return to the Pharaoh kings
6. Al's Solo
7. No Mystery

Disc 2

1. Friendship
2. Romantic Warrior
3. El Baya de Negro
4. Lineage - Lenny's Solo
5. Romantic Warrior [continued]
6. Duel of the Jester and the Tyrant
7. 500 Miles High
8. BBC Lifetime achievement award to RTF as presented by Sir George Martin, including performance of Romantic Warrior

..:|:Adele:|:..

2009-10-15T10:35:00.000-07:00

U.S. only 2 CD edition includes a bonus disc with five live tracks;Right as Rain, Melt My Heart to Stone, My Same, That's It, I Quit, I'm Moving On and Chasing Pavements. 19 is the debut album from Adele, also her age at the time of it's release. Citing her influences as diverse as Etta James, Jill Scott, Bjork, Dusty Springfield, Billy Bragg, Billie Holiday, Jeff Buckley, The Cure and Peggy Lee, Adele is a truly unique new artist. With her mix up of R&B and Soul served up with a healthy dash of feisty London attitude, she spins beautiful dark stories of loves won and lost and sometimes just daydreamed about.

Adele - 19 [Deluxe Edition [2008]

1. Daydreams
2. Best For Last
3. Chasing Pavements
4. Cold Shoulder
5. Crazy For You
6. Melt My Heart To Stone
7. First Love
8. Right As Rain
9. Make You Feel My Love
10. My Same
11. Tired
12. Hometown Glory

*Live Tracks

1. Right As Rain
2. Melt My Heart To Stone
3. My Same
4. That's It, I Quit, I'm Moving On
5. Chasing Pavements

..:|:Hiromi Uehara:|:..

2009-10-15T08:56:00.000-07:00

Mentored by giants like Oscar Peterson, Ahmad Jamal and Chick Corea, Hiromi's roots are in jazz but her music explores a world of new ideas by blurring the boundaries of pop, rock, classical, avant-garde and other genres. Trust me when I tell you that Hiromi is one of the most brilliant pianists on the jazz set today. Don't believe me? WATCH THE VIDEOS!!!

Hiromi's Sonic Bloom - Newport Jazz Festival [2009]

1. Softly As In A Morning Sunrise
2. Led Boots
3. Claire de Lune
4. Unknown
5. Piano Solo
6. Caravan
7. Unknown

Chick Corea and Hiromi - Duet [2009]

Disc One

1. Very Early
2. How Insensitive
3. Déjà Vu
4. Fool On The Hill
5. Humpty Dumpty
6. Bolivar Blues

Disc Two

1. Windows
2. Old Castle
3. Summertime
4. Place To Be
5. Do Mo - Children's Song #12
6. Concierto de Aranjuez/Spain

Hiromi's Sonic Bloom - Beyond Standard [2008]

1. Intro: Softly As In A Morning Sunrise
2. Softly As In A Morning Sunrise
3. Clair de Lune
4. Caravan
5. Ue Wo Muite Aruko
6. My Favorite Things
7. Led Boots
8. XYG
9. I've Got Rhythm

Hiromi's Sonic Bloom - Time Control [2007]

1. Time Difference
2. Time Out
3. Time Travel
4. Deep Into The Night
5. Real vs. Body Clock = Jet Lag
6. Time And Space
7. Time Control, Or Controlled by Time
8. Time Flies
9. Time's Up

Hiromi - Spiral [2006]

1. Spiral
2. Music For Three-Piece Orchestra: Open Door - Tuning - Prologue
3. Music For Three-Piece Orchestra: Déjà Vu
4. Music For Three-Piece Orchestra: Reverse
5. Music For Three-Piece Orchestra: Edge
6. Old Castle, By The River, In The Middle Of The Forest
7. Love And Laughter
8. Bonus Track: Return Of The Kung-Fu World Champion

Hiromi - Brain [2004]

1. Kung-Fu World Champion
2. If...
3. Wind Song
4. Brain
5. Desert On The Moon
6. Green Tea Farm
7. Keytalk
8. Legend Of The Purple Valley

Hiromi - Another Mind [2003]

1. Xyz
2. Double Personality
3. Summer Rain
4. Joy
5. 010101 [Binary System]
6. Truth And Lies
7. Dancando No Paraiso
8. Another Mind
9. Tom And Jerry Show

..:|:The Revelations [feat. Tré Williams]:|:..

2009-10-14T15:24:00.000-07:00

Raw, funky deep soul from Brooklyn based Tre Williams and the Revelations -- with a sound rooted in the classic southern sounds of Hi Records and others, but feels fresh and current -- not so much in the throwback vein of others in the soul and funk underground -- but a timelessly gritty sound!

The Revelations [Feat. Tré Williams] - The Bleeding Edge [2009]

1. Stay Free
2. Graceful Bow
3. The Truth Shall Set You Free
4. Let's Straighten It Out
5. How Do I Tell Him
6. Sorry's Not Enough
7. Everybody Knows
8. I Don't Want to Know
9. Because Of You
10. Cheatin'/Secret Lovers
11. It's Too Late
12. Remember The Last Time
13. I Won't Let Go
14. Heavy Metal Blues
15. He's A Hustler

..:|:Mia Zuniga:|:..

2009-10-14T14:06:00.000-07:00

Slick, but above all, soulful R&B: polish without pretense, barefoot and pretty, like the girl in the cover photo. Love Music, the name of the Pittsburg native's record label, is a perfect fit, for Stories Such as These is a total pleasure.

Mia Zuniga - Stories Such As These [2007]

1. 6 A.M.
2. Stories Such As These
3. Innocence
4. Walk Or Stay
5. Older Days
6. Who's To Blame
7. Between The Lines
8. Intelligent Design
9. Lamentations
10. Rise
11. Intelligent Design [Instrumental]

..:|:Mutya Buena:|:..

2009-10-14T13:40:00.000-07:00

Mutya Buena has been an international star since the age of 15, when she enjoyed her first hit with the British pop group Sugababes, but it wasn't until 2007 that she stepped out on her own as a solo artist. The album includes collaborations with George Michael (whose only previous female collaborators were Aretha Franklin and Mary J Blige, so she's in good Soul-girl company!), Amy Winehouse on "B-Boy Baby" and Groove Armada.

Mutya Buena - Real Girl [2007]

1. Just A Little Bit
2. Real Girl
3. Song For Mutya [Out Of Control]
4. Breakdown Hotel
5. Strung Out
6. It's Not Easy
7. Suffer For Love
8. Not your Baby
9. Wonderful
10. B Boy Baby
11. This Is Not [Real Love]
12. Paperbag
13. My Song

..:|:K'Naan:|:..

2009-10-14T13:14:00.000-07:00

Born in Mogadishu, Somalia, just as the civil unrest that rocked the country was beginning, rapper K'NAAN spent the early years of his life trying to avoid death and listening to the hip-hop records sent to him from America by his father, who had left Somalia earlier. When K'NAAN (whose name means "traveler" in Somali) was 13, he, his mother, and his two siblings were able to leave their homeland and join relatives in Harlem, where they stayed briefly before moving to Rexdale, Ontario, where there was a large Somali community. As soon as his English started improving, he began rapping, and in tenth grade he dropped out of school and traveled around North America for two years, performing occasionally. In 2002, he met Jarvis Church, part of the Track and Field Productions team that helped propel Nelly Furtado to fame, a connection that eventually led to a record. The Dusty Foot Philosopher came out in Canada in 2005, and was followed with tour spots with Mos Def and Talib Kweli, as well as a performance at Live 8. In 2007 the live album On the Road appeared and then, two years later, the album Troubadour became K'NAAN's first for the major label A&M.

K'Naan - Troubador [2009]

1. T.I.A.
2. ABC's
3. Dreamer
4. I Come Prepared
5. Bang Bang
6. If Rap Gets Jealous
7. Wavin' Flag
8. Somalia
9. America
10. Fatima
11. Fire In A Freetown
12. Take A Minute
13. 15 Minutes Away
14. People Like Me

K'Naan - The Dusty Foot Philosopher [2008]

1. Wash it Down
2. Soobax
3. What's Hardcore
4. My Old Home
5. Moment [Interlude]
6. I Was Stabbed By Satan
7. My God [Interlude]
8. Smile
9. If Rap Gets Jealous
10. Dusty Foot Philosopher
11. Strugglin'
12. In The Beginning
13. Hoobaale
14. African Way
15. Voices In My Head
16. Boxing My Shadow
17. For Mohamoud [Soviet] [Interlude]
18. Until The Lion Learns To Speak
19. Blues For The horn
20. Till We Get There

K'Naan - The Dusty Foot On The Road [2007]

1. Wash it Down
2. The African Way
3. What's Hardcore
4. In The Beginning
5. Smile
6. Strugglin'
7. Be Free
8. Until The Lion Learns To speak
9. Voice In My Head
10. Is It A Myth
11. My God [feat. Mos Def]
12. By The End Of The Day
13. Soobax

..:|:Melody Gardot:|:..

2009-10-14T11:34:00.000-07:00

The story of vocalist Melody Gardot is as remarkable as any who perseveres against abject adversity. Born in New Jersey in 1985, she took up piano and played as a youngster on the nightclub scene of Philadelphia, influenced by jazz, folk, rock and pop musics. At age 19 she was a fashion student at the Community College of Philadelphia. But, on a fateful day, while riding her bicycle, the driver of a Jeep made an illegal turn, hurdling into Gardot and leaving her in the street for dead. Hospitalized for months with multiple head injuries and pelvic fractures, her love for music was the best therapy she could receive. Her music could be described as a cross between Laura Nyro, Joni Mitchell, Eva Cassidy, and Shania Twain, but goes deeper than mere pop convention. Gardot is hypersensitive to light and noise, thus she wears dark glasses, and uses a cane to walk. On-stage she requires a special seating unit, and wears a Transcutaneous Electro-Nerve Stimulator, a TENS device, to assist in alleviating her neuralgic muscle pain. As amazing as her story is, what is more evident is that she possesses a blue style and persona that reflects not only her afflictions, but conversely the hope and joy of making personalized music that marks her as an individual and original.

Melody Gardot - My One And Only Thrill [2009]

1. Baby I'm A Star
2. If The Stars Were Mine
3. Who Will Comfort Me
4. Your Heart Is As Black As Night
5. Lover Undercover
6. Our Love Is Easy
7. Les Etoils
8. The Rain
9. My One And Only Thrill
10. Deep Within The Corners Of My Mind
11. Over The Rainbow
12. If The Stars Were Mine [Orchestral Version]

Melody Gardot - Worrisome Heart [2008]

1. Worrisome Heart
2. All That I Need Is Love
3. Gone
4. Sweet Memory
5. Some Lessons
6. Quiet Fire
7. One Day
8. Love Me Like A River Does
9. Goodnite
10. Twilight

..:|:JazzyFatNastees:|:..

2009-10-14T09:53:00.000-07:00

"They got they're start with the Pharcyde and the Roots, but they're more jazzy/hip-hop soul [think Mary J.'s "My Life" only smoother]. Vocally the JazzyFatNastees are superior to ALL the new artsy divas who everyone THINKS can sing. (Don't make me start naming names.) Plus their lyrics are truly deep. . .I mean Marvin Gaye "What's Going on" deep. No, I'm not tripping . .. This album is an ALL-TIMER, if radio wasn't such a joke you would hear the Jazzies all day, every day. THEY SHOULD BE #1 on BILLBOARD but it'll probably never happen. Because people like you wait for BET, THE BOX and MTV to tell you what's hot. Basically if you don't have this album you're playing yourself. If you haven't heard their album, you'll never understand."

~A Hip-Hop Fanatic/Some Say Addict

JazzyFatNastees - The World Is Coming [2005]

1. Should I

2. Hear Me

3. Won't Take It

4. El Medio

5. Can't Go On

6. The Worls Is Coming

7. Little Black Dress

8. Don't You Know

9. 1-2-3

JazzyFatNastees - The Tortoise & The Hare [2002]

1. Something In The Way

2. El Medio

3. All Up In My Face

4. Four Lives

5. Adolescent Blues

6. Compelled

7. Tumbling

8. Show Your Face

9. Tortoise And The Hare

10. Give A Dog A Bone

JazzyFatNastees - Once And The Future [1999]

1. The Wound

2. How Sad

3. Breakthrough

4. Unconventional Ways

5. Hear Me

6. Sail The Sea

7. Rekated To Me

8. Once and the Future

9. Why

10. Let It Go [feat. The Roots]

..:|:Ladybug Mecca:|:..

2009-10-13T09:48:00.000-07:00

"Sista of Conciousness Ladybug Mecca has been through a lot since the days of Blowout Comb, and now reappears with an evolved and deeply thoughtful pastiche of new gems. Many of the tracks have a real airiness about them, though we do hear the more familiar Ladybug/Mecca of yesteryear on at least a couple of tracks. Musical arrangements: impeccable. Creativity: way outside the box. Singing: ethereal."

~Nia Maishani

Ladybug Mecca - Trip The Light Fantastic [2005]

1. Dark Matter

2. Don't Disturb The Peace

3. Children Say

4. Ladybug Come Outside

5. Show The World

6. Mr. Mayor

7. Dogg Starr

8. Leave It All Behing

9. Sexual Alchemy

10. Centre Of Nowhere

11. Please Don't

12. Last Train

13. Sweet & Polite

14. Suicidethol [Killufast Capsules] 100/mg

15. You Never Get Over It

16. Remember When?

17. Oh Poor You

18. Step Up Wise

..:|:Janelle Monae:|:..

2009-10-13T09:13:00.002-07:00

Janelle Monáe is a Grammy Award-nominated American urban/alternative singer, songwriter, and performer. She is currently signed to the Wondaland Arts Society, and Bad Boy/Atlantic Records. Janelle Monáe is nothing short of a musical breath of fresh air, combining the very best of R&B, funk, hip hop, and rock into a sound all her own.

Janelle Monáe - Metroplois: The Chase Suite [Special Edition 2008]

1. The March Of The Wolfmasters
2. Violet Stars Happy Hunting! [feat. The Skunks]
3. Many Moons
4. Cybertronic Purgatory
5. Sincerely Jane
6. Mr. President
7. Smile

..:|:Emiliana Torrini:|:..

2009-10-13T09:13:00.001-07:00

Emilíana Torrini is an Icelandic singer, best known for her 1999 album Love in the Time of Science and for performing "Gollum's Song", during the ending credits of Peter Jackson's film The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers. Her music embraces elements of folk, electronica, pop/rock, and trip-hop.

Emiliana Torrini - Me And Armini [2008]

1. Fireheads
2. Me And Armini
3. Birds
4. Heard It All Before
5. Ha Ha
6. Big Jumps
7. Jungle Drum
8. Hold Heart
9. Gun
10. Beggar's Prayer
11. Dead Duck
12. Bleeder

Emiliana Torrini - Fisherman's Wife [2005]

1. Nothing Brings Me Down
2. Sunny Road
3. Snow
4. Lifesaver
5. Honeymoon Child
6. Todat Has Been OK
7. Next Time Around
8. Heartstopper
9. At Least It Was
10. Fisgerman's Woman
11. Thinking Out Loud
12. Serenade

Emiliana Torrini - Love In The Time Of Science [1999]

1. To Be Free
2. Wednesday's Child
3. Baby Blue
4. Dead Things
5. Unemployed In Summertime
6. Easy
7. Fingertips
8. Telepathy
9. Tuna Fish
10. Summerbreeze
11. Sea People

..:|:Immortal Technique:|:..

2009-10-13T09:13:00.000-07:00

Felipe Andres Coronel, better known by the stage name Immortal Technique, is an American hip hop artist and political activist. He was born in Lima, Peru and raised in Harlem, New York. Most of his lyrics focus on political issues. The views expressed in his lyrics are largely a mixture of commentary on issues such as politics, poverty, religion, social class and racism.

He has been offered a deal with a Sony development plan and Def Jam Records, but he has never signed any. Immortal Technique has voiced a desire to keep control over his production, and has stated in his music that record companies, not artists themselves, profit the most from mass production and marketing of music. The success of his decision to produce music independently can be measured by his strong and loyal fanbase, as well as claims of selling close to 200 000 units of his 3 official releases.

Technique is, hands down, my favorite, most obnoxious, politically astute hip-hop artist!!!

Immortal Technique - The 3rd World [2008]

1. Death March

2. That's What It Is

3. Gulpa de Estada [feat. Temperemento y Veneno]

4. Harlem Renaissance

5. Lickshot [feat. Crooked I and Chin XL]

6. Apocrypha

7. The 3rd World

8. Driveby [feat. Psycorealm and Sick Symphonies]

9. Reverse Pimpology [feat. Mojo]

10. Open Your Eyes

11. Payback [feat. Diabolic and Ras Kass]

12. Adios Uncle Tom [Skit]

13. Grip [feat. Poison Pen and Suave Sevah]

14. Mistakes

15. Parole [Evil Genius Mix]

16. Crimes Of The Heart [feat. Maya Azucena]

Immortal Technique - Revolutionary Vol.2 [2003]

1. Intro

2. The Point Of No Return

3. Peruvian Cocaine

4. Harlem Streets

5. Obnoxious

6. The Message And The Money

7. Industrial Revolution

8. Crossing The boundary

9. Sierra Maestra

10. The 4th Branch

11. Internally Bleeding

12. Homeland And Hip-Hop [feat. Mumia Abu Jamal]

13. The Cause Of death

14. Freedom Of Speech

15. Leaving The Past

16. Truth's Razors

17. You Never Know [feat. Jean Grae]

18. One [Remix feat. Akir]

Immortal Technique - Revolutionary Vol.1 [2001]

1. Creation and Destruction

2. Dominant Species

3. Positive Balance

4. The Getaway

5. Beef and Broccoli

6. No Me Importa

7. Top Of The Food Chain [Remix]

8. The Poverty Of Philosophy

9. Revolutionary

10. Spend Some Time [Remix]

11. Dance With The Devil

12. The Prophecy

13. Understand Why

14. No Mercy

15. The Illest

16. Speak Your Mind

Immortal Technique - The 13 Amendments Mixtape

1. Bin Laden [feat. Chuck D & KRS One]

2. The People R Shit [feat. Chuggo]

3. Field Nigga Boogie [feat. Paris - XLR8R Remix]

4. Coast Control [Produced by Da Riffs]

5. Genesis [feat. Soul Mechanix]

6. Never Know Why [feat. Cunninlynguists]

7. Change Gon Come [feat. Black McCloud & War Mixby]

8. Treason [feat. Akir - Dirty As Fuck]

9. Beyond Visual [feat. Ike Eyez]

10. Standstill [feat. Killah Priest & Bloodsport]

11. Grenades [feat. Pumpkinhead]

12. Harlem Streets

13. The Belly Of The Beast [feat. El Mesejero & JP - Rare]

..:|:Dawn Silva:|:..

2009-10-12T16:08:00.000-07:00

For those of you who still crave the funk rhythms dropped by George Clinton and his cosmic stable of funk acts (Parliament, Funkadelic, The Brides, Bootsy, etc. etc. etc.), you will not want to miss Silva's "All My Funky Friends". A former Bride, Silva and producer D'LaVance carry on the P-Funk tradition in grand style. Best tracks include "As Long As It's On the One", "Break Me Off", the title cut, and the fierce remake of "Disco to Go". This sh*t is funky wit a capital F.U.N.K.Y.!

Dawn Silva - All My Funky Friends [2000]

1. As Long As It's On The One [Intro]
2. Break Me Off
3. Red Light District
4. Close To You
5. Shake It Down
6. I'd Rather Be With You
7. Whole Lotta Game
8. All My Funky Friends
9. Disco To Go
10. Calling Out Your Name
11. Do You Remember Them [Live]
12. On The One [Outro]

..:|:Concha Buika:|:..

2009-10-12T15:11:00.000-07:00

Concha Buika is a critically acclaimed flamenco fusion vocalist from Spain. Born in 1972 in Palma de Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain, she is the daughter of political refugees from the African nation of Equatorial Guinea.

Concha Buika - Niña de Fuego [2008]

1. La Falsa Moneda
2. Culpa Mia
3. Mienteme Bien
4. La Niña De Fuego
5. Arboles De Agua
6. La Niebla
7. No Habra Nadia En El Mundo
8. Volver Volver
9. Volveras
10. Mentirosa
11. Hay En La Luz

Concha Buika - Mi Niña Lola [2006]

1. Mi Niña Lola
2. Ojos Verdes
3. Te Camelo
4. Ay De Mi Primavera
5. A Mi Manera
6. Nostalgias
7. Triunfo
8. Buleria Alegre
9. Love
10. Loca
11. Jodida Pero Contenta

Concha Buika - Buika [2005]

1. New Afro Spanish Generation
2. Little Freaky girl
3. Jodida Pero Contenta
4. Echate A Mi Vera
5. Que Pasa
6. Talk To Me [Habla]
7. Se Me Escapan las Calabras
8. Tu Caramelo
9. Solea de Libertad
10. Niña de Fiesta + Bailando Mi Pena
11. Nostalgias

..:|:A Fine Frenzy:|:..

2009-10-12T14:26:00.000-07:00

"Songwriter Alison Sudol spent most of her life in Los Angeles, having moved there with her mother when she was five years old. She began playing piano as a teenager, with bands like Coldplay and Keane inspiring her whimsical, pop-minded music. After recording several compositions and sending out the resulting demo, the singer received an immediate response from Capitol Record's Jason Flom, who came to Sudol's house to hear her play and soon signed her to a record contract. Following a South by Southwest appearance in March 2007, Sudol -- who chose the name A Fine Frenzy (taken from a line in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream) as the moniker for her musical efforts -- released the full-length debut album One Cell in the Sea.
Sudol widened her audience by opening shows for Rufus Wainwright that summer. Her tastes expanded while on the road, and by the time A Fine Frenzy returned home, Sudol had become intrigued by the songbooks of Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, and the Talking Heads. Such varied influences convinced her to take more risks with her songwriting, and Sudol issued her sophomore effort, Bomb in the Birdcage, in mid-2009, embracing a wider palette of sounds in the process."

~ Marisa Brown, All Music Guide

I have one criticism of this album, that is the tendency of some of the songs to resemble each other musically. However, since I seldom, if ever, listen to an album from beginning to end -preferring to set my player to shuffle and jump from genre to genre - I can handle the similarities, especially since Sudol is one of my favorite lyricists.

A Fine Frenzy - Bomb In A Birdcage [2009]

1. What I Wouldn't Do
2. New Heights
3. Electric twist
4. Blow Away
5. Happier
6. Swan Song
7. Elements
8. World Without
9. Bird Of The Summer
10. Stood Up
11. Beacon

A Fine Frenzy - One Cell In The Sea [2007]

1. Come On, Come Out
2. The Minnow & The Trout
3. Whisper
4. You Picked Me
5. Rangers
6. Almost Lover
7. Think Of You
8. Ashes And Wine
9. Liar, Liar
10. Last Of Days
11. Lifesize
12. Near To You
13. Hope For The Hopeless
14. Borrowed Time

..:|:The Coup:|:..

2009-10-12T11:08:00.001-07:00

The Coup were one of the most overtly political bands in rap history. Formed in the early '90s, the Coup were obviously influenced by the black power rhetoric of "conscious" rappers like Public Enemy and KRS-One, but they were perhaps even more inspired by a heavy-duty, leftist reading list that included Marx and Mao. Lead rapper/producer Boots (born Raymond Riley) was involved in political activism long before he was a musician; his fervent dedication to social change was the overriding influence on every Coup album. Second rapper E-Roc and DJ Pam the Funkstress rounded out the trio.

The Coup - Pick A Bigger Weapon [2006]

1. Bullets And Love

2. We Are The Ones

3. Laugh/Love/Fuck

4. My Favorite Mutiny

5. I Just Wanna Lay Around All Day in Bed With you

6. Head [Of State]

7. Shoyoass

8. Yes Em To Death

9. Ass-Breath Killers

10. Get That Monkey Off Your Back

11. Mindfuck

12. Two Enthusiastic Thumbs Down

13. I Love Boosters!

14. Tiffany Hall

15. Babyletshaveababybeforebushdosomethingcrazy

16. Captain Sterling's Little Problem

17. The Stand

The Coup - Party Music [2004]

1. Everythang

2. 5 Million Ways To kill A C.E.O.

3. Wear Clean Draws

4. Ghetto Manifesto

5. Get Up [feat. Dead Prez]

6. Tight

7. Ride the fence

8. Nowalaters

9. Pork And Beef

10. Heven Tonite

11. Thought About It 2

12. Lazymuthfucka

The Coup - Steal This Double Album [2002]

1. The Shipment
2. Me And Jesus The Pimp In a '79 Granada Last Night
3. 20,000 Gun Salute
4. Busterismology
5. Cars & Shoes
6. Breathing Apparatus
7. U.C.P.A.S.
8. Pizza Man [Skit]
9. The Repo Man Sings For you
10. Underdogs
11. Sneakin' In
12. Do My Thang [Skit]
13. Piss on your Grave
14. Fixation
15. What The Po-Po's Hate
16. Swervin'
17. Live Performance

The Coup - Genocide & Juice [1994]

1. Intro [G Nut Talks Shit from the Gut]

2. Fat Cats, Bigga Fish

3. Pimps [Freestylin' At The Fortune 500 Club]

4. Takin' These

5. Hip 2 tha Scheme

6. Gunsmoke

7. This one's Girl

8. The Name Game

9. 360 Degree's

10. Hard Concrete

11. Santa Rita Weekend

12. Repo Man

13. Interrogation

14. Outro

The Coup - Kill My Landlord [1993]

1. Dig It

2. Not yet free

3. Fuck A Perm

4. The Coup

5. I Know You

6. I Aint The Nigga

7. Last Blunt

8. Funk

9. Liberation Of Lonzo

10. Pam's Song

11. Fo' Da Money

12. Foul Play

13. Kill My Landlord

..:|:The Budos Band:|:..

2009-10-12T11:08:00.000-07:00

A Staten Island-based Afro-beat, soul-jazz, and funk instrumental ensemble, the Budos Band came together at a jam session hosted by Brooklyn's Afro-beat kings, Antibalas. Specializing in horn-driven world roots funk, the band has a somewhat fluctuating lineup that includes David Guy and Andrew Greene on trumpet, Cochemea Gastelum on tenor sax, Jared Tankel on baritone sax, Daisy Sugarman on flute, Thomas Brenneck on guitar, Robert Lombardo on congas, Mike Deller on organ, Vincent Balestrino on tambourine and shekere, Daniel Foder on bass, and drummers Brian Profilio and John Carbonella, Jr. The group released the self-titled The Budos Band on Daptone Records in 2005 and followed it with The Budos Band II, also on Daptone, in 2008.

The Budos Band - The Budos Band II [2007]

1. Chicago Falcon
2. Budos Rising
3. Ride Or Die
4. Mas O Menos
5. Adeniji
6. King Cobra
7. His Girl
8. Origin of Man
9. Scorpion
10. Deep In The Sand

The Budos Band - The Budos Band [2005]

1. Up From The South

2. T.I.B.W.F.

3. Budos Theme

4. Ghost Walk

5. Monkey See, Monkey Do

6. Sing A Simple Song

7. Eastbound

8. Aynotchesh Yererfu

9. King Charles

10. The Volcano Song

11. Across The Atlantic

..:|:The Brides Of Funkenstein:|:..

2009-10-12T10:34:00.000-07:00

The Brides Of Dr. Funkenstein - Never Buy Texas from A Cowboy [1979]

1. Never Buy Texas From A Cowboy

2. I'm Holding You Responsible

3. Smoke Signals

4. Mother May I

5. Party Up In Here

6. Didn't Mean to Fall In Love

The Brides Of Funkenstein - Funk Or Walk [1978]

1. Disco To Go

2. Warship Touchante

3. Nappy

4. Birdie

5. Just Like you

6. When Your Gone

7. Amorous

..:|:Aya:|:..

2009-10-10T05:48:00.000-07:00

This album is beautiful deep chilled out listening experince. If you're a fan of deep house music, then Im sure you'll consider yourself extremley fortunate to have an opportunity to check it out.

Aya - Strange Flower [2004]

1. Looking for the Sun
2. Slippin'
3. Nobody Knows Me
4. You're Not The Only one
5. Uptown
6. 45 Parade Place
7. I'll Never Give In
8. Do What You Want
9. Afterhours
10. Uptown [Dub]
11. Put Your Faith In Us
12. Sean
13. Curtain Call
14.Lullaby For Stephen

..:|:Band Of Skulls:|:..

2009-10-10T05:47:00.000-07:00

White Stripes fans will dig Band of Skulls’ swampy, heavily blues-influenced jams, especially the psychedelic stomp of “Light of the Morning” and the hard-charging “I Know What I Am.” But these guys aren’t just blues-rock formalists: they occasionally veer into complex prog-rock territory on tracks like the sprawling, appropriately-titled “Impossible.”

Band Of Skulls - Baby Darling Doll Face Honey [2009]

1. Light Of The Morning
2. Death by Diamonds And Pearls
3. I Know What I Am
4. Fires
5. Honest
6. Patterns
7. Bomb
8. Impossible
9. Blood
10. Dull Gold Heart
11. Cold Fame

..:|:Anjulie:|:..

2009-10-09T18:20:00.000-07:00

With her unique voice, disarmingly frank lyrics, melodic gifts, and exotic good looks, singer and songwriter Anjulie announces herself as a commanding new presence on the music scene. On her self-titled debut album, the Los Angeles-based songwriter comes across as a confident young woman who examines her life, loves, obsessions, and heartbreaks with fearless introspection.

Anjulie - Anjulie [2009]

1. Boom
2. Rin
3. Some Dumb Girl
4. Addicted2Me
5. Crazy That Way Intro
6. Crazy That Way
7. Fatal Attraction
8. The Heat
9. Colombia
10. Same Damn Thing
11. I Want The World To Know
12. Love Songs
13. Day Will Come Soon

..:|:Lisa Shaw:|:..

2009-10-09T17:08:00.000-07:00

Her warm, sexy vocals have graced many a house music track since 1995, but Lisa Shaw's name is still fairly obscure. She's a "house diva" -- owner of an anonymous voice that soars above crowded dancefloors at 3 a.m., enchanting listeners, only to disappear a few minutes later. Anyone who's ever gone clubbing has probably heard her -- possibly more than once. Shaw is nearly ubiquitous in the house music scene. She's collaborated with many famous producers, and has appeared on countless compilations.

Lisa Shaw - Free [2009]

1. Better Days
2. Honey
3. Find The Way
4. Like I Want To
5. Free
6. Music In You
7. All Night High
8. Feel
9. Can You See Him
10. I'm OK
11. Tomorrow
12. Inside My Love
13. Sky High

Lisa Shaw - Cherry [2005]

1. Cherry
2. Don't Know What To Do
3. When I
4. Grown Apart
5. Push-Button
6. Hot Skin
7. Matter Of Time
8. Dim Light
9. Always
10. Born To Fly
11. Stylin'
12. It's Been Awhile
13. The Last Time
14. Let It Ride [Jimpster Remix][*]

..:|:TRIBUTE: ~Maison de M-flo~

2009-10-09T12:17:00.000-07:00

Tribute: Maison de m-flo is an tribute album to M-flo released by Rhythm Zone. The songs are newly remixed or have a new arrangement and each song is covered by a different artist.

V.A. - TRIBUTE: ~Maison de M-flo~ [2009]

1. Miss You/May J & JONTE
2. Come Again/Thelma Aoyama
3. Planet Shining/COMA-CHI
4. Yours Only, feat. Wise/Kana nishino
5. Been So Long/JEJUNG & YUCHUN [from Tohoshinki]
6. Simple & Lovely/misono
7. The Love Bug/YU-A
8. Come Back To Me/Marie
9. L.O.T [Love or Truth]/BENI
10. Let Go/Shota Shimizu

..:|:Basement Jaxx:|:..

2009-10-09T11:34:00.000-07:00

Grammy-award winners BASEMENT JAXX are also multiple Brit Award winners, with numerous other distinctions including three gold albums, two platinum albums, and a double platinum album. They have remixed the likes of Justin Timberlake, Missy Elliot, N.E.R.D, Daft Punk, and are back with their newest album "Scars".

Basement Jaxx - Scars [2009]

1. Scars [feat. Kelis, Meleka & Chipmunk]
2. Raindrops
3. She's No Good [feat. Eli Paperboy Reed]
4. Saga [feat. Santigold]
5. Feelings Gone [feat. Sam Sparro]
6. My Turn [feat. Lightspeed Champion]
7. A Possibility [feat. Amp Fiddler]
8. Twerk [feat. Yo Majesty]
9. Day Of The Sunflowers - We March On [feat. Yoko Ono]
10. What's A Girl Gotta Do [feat. Paloma Faith]
11. Stay Close [feat. Lisa Kakaula]
12. D.I.S. tractionz [feat. Jose Hendrix]
13. Gimme Somethin True [feat. Jose James]

Basement Jaxx - Crazy Itch Radio [2006]

1. Intro
2. Hush boy [Original]
3. Zoomalude
4. Take Me Back To Your House
5. Hey You
6. On The Train
7. Run 4 Cover
8. Skillalude
9. Smoke Bubbles
10. Lights Go Down
11. Intro [Reprise]
12. Everybody
13. Keep Keep On
14. U R On My Mind

Basement Jaxx - Kish Kash [2003]

1. Good luck [feat. Lisa Kakaula]
2. Right Here's The Spot
3. Benjilude
4. Lucky Star [feat. Dizzee Rascal]
5. Petrilude
6. Supersonic [feat. Totlyn Jackson]
7. Plug It In [feat. JC Chasez]
8. Cosmolude
9. If I Ever Recover
10. Cish Cash
11. Tonight [feat. Phoebe]
12. Hot 'n Cold
13. Living Room
14. Feels Like Home

Basement Jaxx - Rooty [2001]

1. Romeo
2. Breakaway
3. SFM
4. Kissalude
5. Jus 1 Kiss
6. Broken Dreams
7. I Want U
8. Get Me Off
9. Where's Your Head At
10. Freakalude
11. Crazy Girl
12. Do Your Thing
13. All I Know

..:|:Cheikh Lo:|:..

2009-10-09T10:26:00.000-07:00

Mbalax, the intricate dance music of Senegal, has been made more accessible to Western listeners by Cheikh Lô. Softening the hard edges of mbalax and incorporating elements of salsa, Zairian/Congolese rhumba, folk, and jazz.

Cheikh Lo - Lamp Fall [2006]

1. Sou
2. Lamp Fall
3. Xalé
4. Kelle Magni
5. Sénégal-Brésil
6. Sante Yalla
7. Tougayu M'bedd
8. N'Galula
9. Sama Kami Xeen
10. Bamba Mo Woor
11. Fattaliku demb
12. Kelle Magni [Encore]
13. Zikroulah

Cheikh Lo - Bambay Gueej [2000]

1. M'Beddemi
2. Jeunesse Senegal
3. N'Jarinu Garab
4. Bambay Gueej
5. N'Dawsile
6. Africaden
7. Bobo-Dioulasso
8. N'Dokh
9. Zhikr