General Run's Lossless Library [Archive] - Page 2

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December 30th, 2008, 07:59 PM

Earth, Wind & Fire
The Eternal Dance
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist

Disc One

1. Fan The Fire
2. Love Is Life
3. I Think About Lovin' You
4. Interlude (previously unreleased)
5. Time Is On Your Side
6. Where Have All The Flowers Gone
7. Power
8. Keep Your Head To The Sky
9. Evil
10. Mighty Mighty
11. Feelin' Blue
12. Hey Girl (Interlude) (previously unreleased)
13. Open Our Eyes
14. Shining Star (previously unreleased alternate version)
15. Happy Feelin'
16. Reasons
17. Shining Star
18. That's The Way Of The World

Disc Two

1. Kalimba Story/Sing A Message To You (Live) (previously unreleased)
2. Head To The Sky/Devotion (Live) (previously unreleased)
3. Sun Goddess (Live)
4. Mighty Mighty (Live) (previously unreleased)
5. Interlude
6. Can't Hide Love
7. Sing A Song
8. Sunshine
9. Getaway
10. Saturday Nite
11. Spirit
12. Ponta De Areia - "Brazilian Rhyme" (Interlude) (previously unreleased)
13. Fantasy
14. Serpentine Fire
15. I'll Write A Song For You
16. Be Ever Wonderful
17. Beijo (Interlude)
18. Got To Get You Into My Life (previously released as single only)

Disc Three

1. September
2. Boogie Wonderland with The Emotions
3. After The Love Is Gone
4. In The Stone
5. Dirty (Interlude Featuring Junior Wells) (previously unreleased)
6. Let Me Talk
7. And Love Goes On
8. Pride
9. Demo (previously unreleased)
10. Let's Groove
11. Wanna Be With You
12. Little Girl (Interlude) (previously unreleased)
13. Night Dreamin' (previously unreleased)
14. Fall In Love With Me
15. Magnetic
16. System Of Survival
17. Thinking Of You
18. Gotta Find Out (previously released as U.S. single only)
19. That's The Way Of The World (Live) (previously unreleased on album)

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Album Review

Covering three discs and including all the hits, as well as a healthy selection of rarities, The Eternal Dance is not designed for the casual listener; only hardcore fans will remain enthralled through the numerous rarities. Most listeners will be content with the two greatest-hits collections, but this comprehensive box set remains essential for hardcore Earth, Wind & Fire fans.

Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

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December 30th, 2008, 08:01 PM

Bobbi Humphrey
Blacks And Blues
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Tracklist

1. Chicago, Damn
2. Harlem River Drive
3. Just A Love Child
4. Blacks And Blues
5. Jasper Country Man
6. Baby's Gone

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A monster -- and one of our jazz funk favorites of all-time! This is the best record ever cut by the great flute player Bobbi Humphrey -- and the record features some stellar production work by the great Larry Mizell, very much in the same vein as that which he used on classic sessions by Gary Bartz and Donald Byrd! This album also includes all the Humphrey cuts you're looking for -- like "Chicago, Damn", "Harlem River Drive", and "Jasper Country Man". Every track is great, and the album's a total delight!

Dusty Groove

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December 30th, 2008, 08:03 PM

Curtis Mayfield
Back To The World
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Tracklist

1. Back To The World
2. Future Shock
3. Right On For The Darkness
4. Future Song (Love A Good Woman, Love A Good Man)
5. If I Were A Child Again
6. Can't Say Nothin'
7. Keep On Trippin'

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Pure genius from Curtis Mayfield -- and a record that's got all the righteousness and political power you might guess from the cover! The album burns with a sense of empowerment that's every bit the best strength of Curtom in the 70s -- a sublime blend of heavy soul, funky undercurrents, and far-reaching arrangements that still always manage to groove! And Curtis' vocals are great too -- echoing out with a newfound presence that far surpasses the raspy quality of his early work with The Impressions. Arrangements are by Rich Tufo, production is by Mayfield, and titles include "Future Song" (aka "Future Shock"), "Keep on Trippin", "Can't Say Nothin", "Back To The The World", and "Right On For The Darkness."

Dusty Groove

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December 30th, 2008, 08:08 PM

Curtis Mayfield
People Get Ready! The Curtis Mayfield Story
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Tracklist

Disc One

1. Gypsy Woman *
2. It's All Right *
3. I'm So Proud *
4. Keep On Pushing *
5. Amen *
6. People Get Ready *
7. Woman's Got Soul *
8. We're A Winner *
9. I Loved And I Lost *
10. Fool For You *
11. This Is My Country *
12. Choice Of Colors *
13. The Makings Of You
14. (Don't Worry) If There's A Hell Below We're All Going To Go
15. Move On Up
16. We People Who Are Darker Than Blue
17. Check Out Your Mind
18. Mighty Mighty (Spade And Whitey)
19. Stone Junkie

* Curtis Mayfield And The Impressions

Disc Two

1. Beautiful Brother Of Mine
2. Get Down
3. We Got To Have Peace
4. Freddie's Dead (Theme From Superfly)
5. Superfly
6. Give Me Your Love
7. Pusherman
8. Future Shock
9. If I Were Only A Child Again
10. Can't Say Nothin'
11. Kung Fu
12. Sweet Exorcist
13. To Be Invisible
14. Mother's Son
15. Billy Jack
16. So In Love

Disc Three

1. Only You Babe
2. Party Night
3. Mr. Welfare Man
4. Show Me Love
5. Do Do Wap Is Strong In Here
6. You Are, You Are
7. Do It All Night
8. You're So Good To Me
9. Between You Baby And Me
10. Love's Sweet Sensation
11. Love Me, Love Me Now
12. Tripping Out
13. She Don't Let Nobody (But Me)
14. Baby It's You
15. Homeless
16. Do Be Down

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How many harmony groups took their cue from the Impressions? How many songwriters forged a worldview from the compassionate commentary penned by Curtis Mayfield, the group's mouthpiece? People Get Ready! The Curtis Mayfield Story is a three-disc celebration of the immeasurably influential singer, songwriter, and guitarist as an Impression and as a solo artist. People tend to associate him with Superfly, the seminal blaxploitation flick for which he composed the groundbreaking score. What's striking, however, is how timely Mayfield remained over the course of three and a half decades. Want to understand the mind of a middle-aged African American who's lived through Jim Crow, the civil rights, Vietnam, black power, street crime, homelessness, and even crippling injury (Mayfield was paralyzed in the early '90s)? Listen to these discs. What's striking, though, is that, through all that, he never stopped writing love songs.

Amazon.com - Steven Stolder

Blaq

December 30th, 2008, 08:29 PM

Al Green
Greatest Hits - Vol.1
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Tracklist

1. Tired Of Being Alone
2. Call Me (Come Back Home)
3. I'm Still In Love With You
4. Here I Am (Come And Take Me)
5. How Can You Mend A Broken Heart
6. Let's Stay Together
7. I Can't Get Next To You
8. You Ought To Be With Me
9. Look What You Done For Me
10. Let's Get Married

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December 30th, 2008, 08:33 PM

Prince And The Revolution
Around The World In A Day
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Tracklist

1. Around The World In A Day
2. Paisley Park
3. Condition Of The Heart
4. Raspberry Beret
5. Tamborine
6. America
7. Pop Life
8. The Ladder
9. Temptation

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A mad bit of soul psychedelia from Prince -- a record that sounds better and better over the years, and which stands out from most of his 80s work thanks to some really unique production and songwriting. Titles include "Raspberry Beret", "Around The World In A Day", "America", "Temptation", "Pop Life", and "Condition Of The Heart".

Dusty Groove

Album Review

Purple Rain made Prince sound like he could do anything, but it still didn't prepare even his most fervent fans for the insular psychedelia of Around the World in a Day. Prince had made his interior world sound fascinating and utopian on Purple Rain, but Around the World in a Day is filled with cryptic religious imagery, bizarre mysticism, and confounding metaphors which were drenched in heavily processed guitars, shimmering keyboards, grandiose strings, and layers of vocals. As an album, it's a bit impenetrable, requiring great demands of the listener, but individual songs do shine through -- "Raspberry Beret" is a brilliant piece of neo-psychedelia with an indelible chorus, "Pop Life" is a snide swipe at stardom that emphasizes Prince's outsider status, "Condition of the Heart" is a fine ballad, "America" is a good funk jam, "Paisley Park" is heavy and slightly frightening guitar psychedelia, while the title track is a sunny, kaleidoscopic pastiche of Magical Mystery Tour.

Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

Blaq

December 30th, 2008, 08:35 PM

Note: There is slight distortion the first 10 seconds of track 1.

In my opinion this is one of Prince's best albums.

Prince And The New Power Generation
Love Symbol
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Tracklist

1. My Name Is Prince
2. Sexy M.F.
3. Love 2 the 9's
4. Morning Papers
5. Max
6. Blue Light
7. I Wanna Melt With U
8. Sweet Baby
9. Continental
10. Damn U
11. Arrogance
12. Flow
13. 7
14. And God Created Woman
15. 3 Chains O' Gold
16. Sacrifice of Victor

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Album Review

The New Power Generation is the most talented and versatile band Prince has ever fronted, and they fulfill their potential on The Love Symbol Album. Although the NPG factored heavily on Diamonds and Pearls, it still sounded like a solo Prince album. Symbol sounds like a band performing together, working off of each other's strengths and weaknesses. Opening with the dance smash "My Name Is Prince" and the deep funk of "Sexy M.F.," The Love Symbol Album has Prince's best dance tracks since The Black Album. But Prince wasn't content; he decided to run the gamut of modern pop/R&B/dance, and the music is uniformly accomplished and excellent. Unfortunately, he also decided to make a "rock soap opera," so the music is saddled with ridiculous lyrics and annoying sound bridges by Kirstie Alley. However, The Love Symbol Album has some of the finest, most inventive music of Prince's career.

Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

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December 30th, 2008, 08:39 PM

The Ebonys
The Ebonys
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Tracklist

1. Hook Up And Get Down
2. It's Forever (Album Version)
3. Life In The Country
4. Sexy Ways
5. I'm So Glad I'm Me
6. I'll Try
7. Nation Time
8. I Believe
9. You're The Reason Why
10. Do You Like The Way I Love
11. Determination
12. Do It
13. It's Forever (Single Version)

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Excellent work by this oft-overlooked east coast harmony group! Like a rare few groups at the time, The Ebonys had a sound that mixed male and female harmonies -- in a sweetly mellow sound that was a lot hipper than more famous groups that used the style, and which had all the best elements of the Philly group approach of the early 70s. The set features some great tracks by Gamble & Huff -- plus the group's incredible tune "Life In The Country" -- a slow mellow stepper that never gets old! Other tracks include "Hook Up & Get Down", "I Believe", "Sexy Ways", "Nation Time", and "You're The Reason Why".

Dusty Groove

Another '70s soul group whose commercial track record doesn't do its music justice, the Ebonys made gripping, dramatic ballads that no soul fan undervalues. On the Philadelphia International label during an era when they routinely cranked out transcendent, genre-smashing hits, this New Jersey vocal group started in 1968. Jenny Holmes, David Beasley, James Tuten, and Clarence Vaughan formed the lineup, and Leon Huff discovered them. They scored their first hit with "You're the Reason Why," a number ten R&B single in 1971. Their greatest song, "It's Forever," appeared in 1973; it only reached number 14. That was their last hit; their other Philadelphia International singles were often nicely done, but commercial flops.

Ron Wynn, All Music Guide

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December 30th, 2008, 08:41 PM

Isaac Hayes
Joy
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Tracklist

1. Joy
2. I Love You That's All
3. A Man Will Be a Man
4. The Feeling Keeps on Coming
5. I'm Gonna Make It (Without You)

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Album Review

With seven massive number one records trailing in his wake, Isaac Hayes donned his stylin', funky gold-chain link vest once again and capped 1973 with Joy, a set which might have proven the lucky-streak breaker -- it missed the top spot by one place -- but still waded into gold-record waters with ease. "Joy" itself, of course, was the album's crowning glory, a gargantuan 15-minute piece which essentially devoured side one of the album (the accompanying "I Love You That's All" is merely an afterthought). Heady, smoky, ubiquitous -- an instrumental and vocal foray into the land of good grooves -- it was sexy and sassy, with strings and innuendo stripped bare and smoothly built to lead anyone within earshot toward a classic climax. The song continued to impact via sampled revitalization from as far afield as TLC, Massive Attack, Eric B. & Rakim, and Big Daddy Kane. But don't forget that Joy is an entire album, with Hayes continuing his silky vocal assault across a further three slow, simmering songs. The best, and perhaps most interesting, is the closing "I'm Gonna Make It (Without You)." Markedly un-steamy, the song finds Hayes trading in his come-ons, choosing instead to open up and lay himself down in the wake of a broken romance. It's Joy's most touching moment, equally on par with the opener. Indeed, with those two glorious bookends, this album becomes a must-have for any '70s soul aficionado.

Amy Hanson, All Music Guide

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December 30th, 2008, 08:45 PM

Bangin' compilation. All 12 tracks.

Switch
The Best Of Switch
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Tracklist

1. There'll Never Be
2. I Wanna Be Closer
3. Best Beat in Town
4. I Call Your Name
5. Don't Take My Love Away
6. Love Over and Over Again
7. You and I
8. I Do Love You
9. Call on Me
10. (You Pulled A) Switch
11. My Friend in the Sky
12. Next to You

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Str8 funk from Switch

(You Pulled A) Switch (Single Only)

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Another Ohio funk band, they began as First Class in 1975. Jermaine Jackson discovered the group that included lead vocalist Phillip Ingram and Bobby DeBarge, Greg Williams, Tommy DeBarge, Eddie Fluellan, and Jody Sims. They had a huge hit in 1978 with "There'll Never Be," a Top Ten R&B single. They also had two others during their tenure on Gordy, "I Call Your Name" in 1979 and "Love Over and Over Again" in 1980. Phillip Ingram went on his own in 1980, and Bobby and Tommy also departed to join the family group DeBarge. Percussionist/vocalist Renard Gallo and Gonzales Ozen and keyboardist Attala Zane Giles were their replacements. They left Gordy for Total Experience in 1984, cutting the LP Am I Still Your Boyfriend?

Ron Wynn, All Music Guide

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December 30th, 2008, 08:48 PM

The Isley Brothers
Showdown
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Tracklist

1. Showdown (Parts 1 & 2)
2. Groove With You
3. Ain't Givin' Up No Love
4. Rockin' With Fire (Parts 1 & 2)
5. Take Me To The Next Phase ( Parts 1 & 2)
6. Coolin' Me Out (Parts 1 & 2)
7. Fun And Games
8. Love Fever (Parts 1 & 2)

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Album Review

This Top 10 Platinum smash, originally released in 1978 on The Isley Brothers' own T-Neck label, has remained criminally out of print on CD in the U.S. until now! Boasting the #1 hit "Take Me To The Next Phase (Part 1 & 2)" and "Groove With You," and classic, frequently sampled jams like "Coolin' Me Out" and the title track, 'Showdown' was the perfect follow-up to The Isley Brothers' groundbreaking 'Go For You Guns' album. The 3+3 lineup - combining the vocals of the 3 elder brothers (Ronald, Rudolph and Kelly) with the writing and producing skills of younger brothers Ernie and Marvin and brother-in-law Chris Jasper - was on fire at this point, producing hit after hit while innovating constantly. Perhaps their funkiest album, 'Showdown' was built to rock the house, as Chris Jasper explains in detailed, all new liner notes.

Amazon.com

The Isley Brothers' 3 + 3 lineup only lasted about ten years, which isn't that long when you consider that the group was formed in 1954 (19 years before the 3 + 3 lineup was unveiled) and was still touring in the late '90s. By 1980, you were hearing more and more complaints about how formulaic the 3 + 3 lineup had become, but when Showdown came out in 1978, the lineup hadn't lost any of its freshness. Showdown, in fact, is generally excellent. The Isleys bring a great deal of passion to funk/rock scorchers like "Rockin' With Fire," "Love Fever," and the number one hit "Take Me to the Next Phase," and they are equally appealing on the smooth, caressing slow jam "Groove With You" (another major hit). Meanwhile, the slow-burning "Ain't Givin' Up No Love" is one of the most bluesy things that the 3 + 3 sextet recorded. 1977's Go for Your Guns, the album that preceded Showdown, was an incredibly tough act to follow. But even if Showdown isn't quite in a class with that treasure, it comes impressively close.

Alex Henderson, All Music Guide

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December 30th, 2008, 08:50 PM

Side Effect
What You Need
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Tracklist

1. Always There
2. Keep That Same Old Feeling
3. Time Has No Ending
4. S.O.S.
5. Honky Tonk Scat
6. Finally Found Someone
7. Changes
8. Life Is What You Make It
9. I Know You Can

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Album Review

Side Effect reached its creative peak with the Wayne Henderson-produced What You Need, which was the group's second album as well as its best one. This time, the songs weren't simply decent -- they were excellent, and Side Effect had a gem of a female vocalist to help bring them to life. The quartet's new female singer was Helen Lowe, who had replaced Sylvia Nabors. While Nabors was competent, the brassy, big-voiced Lowe was a treasure -- and she shows herself to be a major asset on the hit "S.O.S." and a remake of Ronnie Laws' "Always There," which was originally a soul-jazz instrumental in 1975 but becomes a gutsy vocal tune thanks to added lyrics by Paul Allen. Equally strong are the funky "Honky Tonk Scat," the mournful ballad "Changes," and a cover of the Crusaders' "Keep That Same Old Feeling." Regrettably, What You Need was Lowe's only album with Side Effect, and it's equally regrettable that she didn't go on to become huge as a solo artist.

Alex Henderson, All Music Guide

Blaq

December 30th, 2008, 08:52 PM

The Blackbyrds
Action
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Tracklist

1. Supernatural Feeling
2. Lookin' Ahead
3. Mysterious Vibes
4. Something Special
5. Street Games
6. Soft and Easy
7. Dreaming About You

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Album Review

If you had to own only one album by The Blackbyrds then Action should be it. All the elements came together for the Donald Byrd protégés on this scintillating certified gold album, which originally was issued in fall 1977. The sinewy Top 20 R&B hit "Supernatural Feeling" has bits of wisdom implanted in between its poppin' funk grooves. The enticing "Soft And Easy" slid into the R&B Top 20 with an ease that's equal to the gentle spoken seduction that is woven throughout this make out classic. The exotic radio-aired LP track "Something Special" features the nimble noodling of future smooth jazz favorite, pianist Kevin Toney. "Dreaming About You" is the perfect track to unwind during. Action was later issued as one of two LPs that was included on a single CD (the other being the George Duke-produced Better Days) in 1994 by U.K. label Ace Records.

Ed Hogan, All Music Guide

Blaq

December 30th, 2008, 08:54 PM

Smokey Robinson
Where There's Smoke
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist

1. It's a Good Night
2. I Love the Nearness of You
3. The Hurt's on You
4. Ever Had a Dream
5. Get Ready
6. Share It
7. Cruisin'

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Smooth Smokey at the end of the 70s -- an album that has him moving from the Quiet Storm sound into the more hook-based style that would earn him a fair bit of hits in the 80s! The Robinson vocal approach is always sweet, warm, and mellow on the set -- especially on the album's more laidback numbers, which still have a bit of that groove that made Smokey's other 70s work so great -- and which helps him retain a bit more of an organic soul sound on the album. And honestly, given the studio traps that a singer his age could fall into, it's pretty amazing how well Smokey's vocals do come through in the set -- with a breathy intensity that takes us back to key moments in early years, and which really avoids the schlock of later records! Titles include "The Hurt's On You", "Ever Had A Dream", "I Love The Nearness Of You", "Cruisin", "Shake It", and "Get Ready."

Dusty Groove

Blaq

December 30th, 2008, 08:56 PM

Smokey Robinson
One Heartbeat
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist

1. Just To See Her
2. One Heartbeat
3. It's Time To Stop Shoppin' Around
4. Why Do Memories Hurt So Bad
5. You Don't Know What It's Like
6. What's Too Much
7. Love Brought Us Here Tonight
8. Love Don't Give Go Reason
9. Keep Me

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Album Review

Another superb Robinson album. He continued scoring hit singles throughout the 1980s, and this time out, the song "Just To See Her" was another huge pop and R&B smash, and the title track did almost as well. Robinson was thriving, despite the fact that hip-hop was steadily gaining strength, and New Jack Swing would soon force its way into the urban contemporary spotlight.

Ron Wynn, All Music Guide

Blaq

December 30th, 2008, 08:59 PM

Ashford And Simpson
So So Satisfied
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist

1. Tried, Tested And Found True
2. Couldn't Get Enough
3. Maybe I Can Find It
4. Destiny
5. So So Satisfied
6. Over And Over
7. It's You
8. If You're Lying

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Album Review

The Ashford & Simpson sound has always been lush, sentimental, and soulful, yet subdued. That's the case on this '77 release. The title cut was a moderate hit, and, as always, the sweeping strings, lyrics, and production were first-rate. Ashford & Simpson albums can get extremely sappy, and at times this one did as well. But they're also usually superbly performed and constructed, and this was no exception.

Ron Wynn, All Music Guide

Blaq

December 30th, 2008, 09:02 PM

Ashford & Simpson
Stay Free
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist

1. Found a Cure
2. Stay Free
3. Dance Forever
4. Nobody Knows
5. Crazy
6. Finally Got to Me
7. Follow Your Heart

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Album Review

The title track was spectacular, and the rest of the album was expertly produced, performed, and arranged. Ashford & Simpson dominated the '70s as few couples ever have in any era; they were the textbook blend of classic R&B energy and urban contemporary class and sophistication. Their best material was neither so generic that it lacked soul, nor so soulful that it couldn't attract a crossover audience.

Ron Wynn, All Music Guide

Blaq

December 30th, 2008, 09:05 PM

Ashford And Simpson
Send It
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Tracklist

1. By Way Of Love's Express
2. Let Love Use Me
3. Don't Cost You Nothing
4. Send It
5. Top Of The Stairs
6. Too Bad
7. Bourgie Bourgie
8. I Waited Too Long

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Album Review

Send It is not only one of Ashford & Simpson's finest releases, it is also the album that made them major stars as vocalists. As songwriters and producers, the Nick Ashford/Valerie Simpson team had been providing major hits since the '60s -- Gladys Knight & the Pips, Marvin Gaye (with Tammi Terrell), and Diana Ross are among the R&B/pop artists who had recorded their songs. But it wasn't until 1977's Send It that Ashford & Simpson's singing became as famous as their songwriting and producing. Send It was the first Ashford & Simpson album that went gold in the U.S., where over 500,000 copies were sold -- and it isn't hard to see why it did so well. From the sentimental title song to more up-tempo offerings like "By Way of Love's Express," "Top of the Stairs," and the funky "Don't Cost You Nothin' (a major hit), this album is excellent. Send It also includes the dance-oriented instrumental "Bourgie Bourgie," which became a vocal number when, in 1980, lyrics were added for a remake by Gladys Knight & the Pips. "Bourgie Bourgie" was a bigger hit for that group, although Ashford & Simpson's original version enjoyed a fair amount of exposure in dance clubs. Sleek, polished, and sophisticated, but not without grit, Send It is the essence of '70s Northern soul. If you only have a few Ashford & Simpson releases in your collection, the essential Send It should be one of them.

Alex Henderson, All Music Guide

Blaq

December 31st, 2008, 02:34 AM

Albert King
The Best Of Albert King
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Tracklist

1. I'll Play The Blues For You
2. Killing Floor
3. Honky Tonk Woman
4. The Sky Is Crying
5. Breaking Up Somebody's Home
6. Hound Dog
7. That's What The Blues Is All About
8. Angel Of Mercy
9. Everybody Wants To Go To Heaven
10. Can't You See What You're Doing To Me
11. Answer To The Laundromat Blues
12. I Wanna Get Funky
13. Blues Power

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Review

"The best of Albert King"? More like the best material that he happened to record for Stax between 1968 and 1973. Even that's debatable, the 13 tracks including covers such as "Honky Tonk Woman," "Sky Is Crying," and "Hound Dog." It does present a reasonable cross-section of his soul-inflected work of the period, drawing from over a half-dozen LPs and a couple of singles, though you might be as well or better off with his more focused individual titles. And for the true "best of Albert King," Rhino's Ultimate Collection remains the hands-down winner.

All Music Guide, Richie Unterberger

RunawayTrane

December 31st, 2008, 08:03 AM

Thanks Blaq!!!
You continue to amaze and astound us with your vast collection

This album was ripped over again with the Read offset adjusted

Keb Mo - Keep it Simple
BLUES | FLAC | CUE | 300DPI | 312MB
Epic 2004

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Keb' Mo' is less a blues singer than a performer who works from that conceptual base, not in the way Taj Mahal does, knowingly carrying a tradition forward, half teacher and wise elder, but more as a populist, the James Taylor of blues, say, or a less recalcitrant J.J. Cale. To criticize him for not being Skip James or Robert Johnson sort of misses the point of what Keb' Mo' is shooting for, and like Bonnie Raitt discovered, bringing a modern pop-blues to a wide audience sure beats playing authentic for purists. Either path is as fake or as real as the other in a post-postmodern age where the blues creaks along as a single DNA strand in a world of rap, metal, and neo-soul. All of which makes the blues a strange career path to use to get straight out of Compton, yet that's exactly what Keb' Mo' has done, rising out of one of toughest urban landscapes in the world by covering Robert Johnson songs on his National steel guitar. So enough about whether he's a real bluesman or not, because in the end he has to put supper on the table, and he does it by crafting a warm, wry, blues-informed version of pop Americana that wrestles with contemporary problems like how to pay the mortgage, the high price of coffee, or how to afford a vacation in France. "France," the lead track on Keep It Simple, pretty much states the case with the lines "Wake up Mama/Don't you fret/I found two cheap tickets/On the Internet," which Keb' Mo' sings in a honey-tinged voice over a patented and tasteful blues shuffle. Later, in "House in California," he sings, "Better have good money/If you're looking for a house/In California," and again, he uses a shuffle to hang the news on, looking no further into the past than necessary to put the song across. Keb' Mo' is a solid guitar player, and is a master of the easy, nuanced vocal, and he makes like Denzel Washington on this album, commenting on the little problems and travails of contemporary life with a winning grin and an assured stance that you can't help but like. Is this a great album? No, just a good one, all of a piece with his earlier work, and his debut release, simply called Keb' Mo', is still probably your best bet for a first purchase. That's the album the critics like best because it stays closest to the Delta definition of the blues, and it is a good album, but Keb' Mo' didn't trade Compton for the Delta just to stay there. He's looking for a house in California and a plane ticket to France. Aren't we all? That's the blues, folks. ~ Steve Leggett, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. France
02. Let Your Light Shine
03. One Friend
04. Shave Yo' Legs
05. Prosperity Blues
06. Closer
07. Keep It Simple
08. Riley B. King
09. House in California
10. Walk Back In
11. I'm Amazing
12. Proving You Wrong

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RunawayTrane

December 31st, 2008, 11:16 AM

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Ike Turner - Risin' With The Blues
BLUES | WAV | CUE | 300DPI | 572MB
Zoho Roots 2007

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R&B/pop fans who only know Ike Turner from his brilliant work with ex-wife Tina Turner (and her dark point of view on their marriage and the heavy stories of his rage and drug use) should check out Risin' with the Blues so as to discover the soul of a musician in the midst of the turmoil. True Ike fans recall that he spearheaded the formative years of rock with his early-'50s recorded output and his later scouting for Chess Records. The one thing he never really did was come to the forefront as a singer, and some of the growly vocals on this powerful recording make it clear that his singing, while definitely stylish in its way, is a secondary talent. What's clear from this sizzling set -- and his Grammy nominated, W.C. Handy Award winning 2001 album Here and Now -- is that he's still at the top of his musical game. The real joys of this disc are his scorching guitar energy, followed by his jumpy boogie-woogie piano. It's pretty much a funky and humor-laden bluesfest throughout, from his funked-up update of "Gimme Back My Wig" to the shuffling blues of "Tease Me." He finds a balance between tongue in cheek attitudes (as on the retitling of "Five Long Years" to "Eighteen Long Years," a reference to his marriage to Tina) with more heartfelt touches on softer songs like "A Love Like Yours." He also ventures into spirited New Orleans territory on "Goin' Home Tomorrow" and offers a prayer of forgiveness for his countless lifelong sins by declaring that "Jesus Loves Me." Hey, who said great gospel singers couldn't be crazy and tormented? Whatever one thinks of Ike Turner personally, there's no denying the man's contribution to several genres of music, and it's good to see them celebrated with so much zeal in his later years. ~ Jonathan Widran, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Gimme Back my Wig
02. Caldonia
03. Tease Me
04. Goin' Home Tomorrow
05. Jazzy Fuzzy
06. I Don't Want Nobody
07. Jesus Loves Me
08. A Love Like Yours
09. Senor Blues
10. Eighteen Long Years
11. Rockin' Blues
12. After Hours
13. Big Fat Mama
14. Bi Polar

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Blaq

December 31st, 2008, 03:46 PM

The Dramatics
The Best Of The Dramatics
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Tracklist

1. Get Up And Get Down
2. Thank You For Your Love
3. Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get
4. In The Rain
5. Gimme Some (Good Soul Music)
6. Fall In Love, Lady Love
7. The Devil Is Dope
8. You Could Become The Very Heart Of Me
9. Fell For You
10. Hey You! Get Off My Mountain
11. Beware Of The Man (With The Candy In His Hand)
12. And I Panicked
13. I Dedicate My Life To You
14. I Made Myself Lonely
15. Highway To Heaven
16. Toast To The Fool

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Review

In the 1960s, Stax Records was best known for raw southern soul that rejected the type of sleekness and pop sensibilities favored by the northern soulsters at Motown. But by the early '70s, Memphis soul was losing its popularity, and Stax's A&R department started to emphasize northern and so-called "uptown" soul in order to stay competitive. One of Stax/Volt's biggest sellers was the Dramatics, a Detroit group that, like the Temptations at Motown and the O'Jays in the Gamble & Huff camp, effectively combined gritty soul belting with a sleek production style. Thanks to major hits ranging from the delightfully funky "Whacha See Is Whacha Get" to slow jams and ballads like "Hey You! Get Off My Mountain," "Toast to the Fool" and the melancholy "In the Rain," the Dramatics were on quite a roll in the early-to-mid-'70s. All of those gems are included on the hour-long CD, The Best of the Dramatics, which offers a fine overview of the quintet's Stax/Volt years. Many Dramatics albums are worth owning, but if a listener were allowed to own only one Dramatics CD, this would be it.

Alex Henderson

Blaq

December 31st, 2008, 03:51 PM

Thanks Blaq!!!
You continue to amaze and astound us with your vast collection

You're welcome, Run. Thank you for all of the high-quality drops & for raising the bar. I don't think lossless would be posted at the other spot or here had it not been for you making that change. Big Props!

Let's make 2009 even better. Peace & Happy New Year!

Blaq

January 1st, 2009, 04:56 AM

Run, i'm listening to Marcus Miller's 'Silver Rain.' That cut 'La Villette' with Lalah Hathaway is bangin! I'm used to his work on other kats projects but never really heard his stuff. I'm gonna check the entire album but can't get past this cut lol. Good lookin' out on this.

RunawayTrane

January 1st, 2009, 02:23 PM

Charles Mingus - Pithecanthropus Erectus
JAZZ | WAV | CUE | LOG | HQ ART | 415MB | 36:32
Atlantic 1981

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Pithecanthropus Erectus was Charles Mingus' breakthrough as a leader, the album where he established himself as a composer of boundless imagination and a fresh new voice that, despite his ambitiously modern concepts, was firmly grounded in jazz tradition. Mingus truly discovered himself after mastering the vocabularies of bop and swing, and with Pithecanthropus Erectus he began seeking new ways to increase the evocative power of the art form and challenge his musicians (who here include altoist Jackie McLean and pianist Mal Waldron) to work outside of convention. The title cut is one of his greatest masterpieces: a four-movement tone poem depicting man's evolution from pride and accomplishment to hubris and slavery and finally to ultimate destruction. The piece is held together by a haunting, repeated theme and broken up by frenetic, sound-effect-filled interludes that grow darker as man's spirit sinks lower. It can be a little hard to follow the story line, but the whole thing seethes with a brooding intensity that comes from the soloist's extraordinary focus on the mood, rather than simply flashing their chops. Mingus' playful side surfaces on "A Foggy Day (In San Francisco)," which crams numerous sound effects (all from actual instruments) into a highly visual portrait, complete with honking cars, ringing trolleys, sirens, police whistles, change clinking on the sidewalk, and more. This was the first album where Mingus tailored his arrangements to the personalities of his musicians, teaching the pieces by ear instead of writing everything out. Perhaps that's why Pithecanthropus Erectus resembles paintings in sound -- full of sumptuous tone colors learned through Duke Ellington, but also rich in sonic details that only could have come from an adventurous modernist. And Mingus plays with the sort of raw passion that comes with the first flush of mastery. Still one of his greatest. ~ Steve Huey, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

1. Pithecanthropus Erectus
2. A Foggy Day
3. Profile of Jackie
4. Love Chant

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RunawayTrane

January 1st, 2009, 07:36 PM

Charles Mingus - Tijuana Moods
JAZZ | WAV | CUE | LOG | COVERS | 485MB | 47:11
RCA Victor 1962 (Remastered 2007)

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Inspired by a trip to Tijuana, Tijuana Moods was recorded in 1957 but was sat on by RCA until its release in 1962. Bassist/composer Charles Mingus at the time said that this was his greatest recording, and it certainly ranks near the top. The original version (which was usually edited together from a few different takes) consisted of just five performances. In the '80s, it doubled in size with the release of two versions of each of the songs, and in 2001, it reappeared as a double CD with 22 performances. It has often been said that Mingus forced and pressured his sidemen to play above their potential, and that is certainly true of this project. Altoist Shafi Hadi (who doubles on tenor) is in blazing form on "Ysabel's Table Dance," while trumpeter Clarence Shaw (who was praised by Mingus for his short lyrical solo on "Flamingo") sounds quite haunting on "Los Mariachis." Trombonist Jimmy Knepper and drummer Dannie Richmond made other great recordings, but they are in particularly superior form throughout this session, as is the obscure pianist Bill Triglia. Completing the band is Ysabel Morel on vocals and Frankie Dunlop on castanets. While "Dizzy's Moods" is based on "Woody'N You," and "Flamingo" is given a fresh treatment, the other three songs are quite original, with "Tijuana Gift Shop" having a catchy, dissonant riff that sticks in one's mind. The passionate playing, exciting ensembles, and high-quality compositions make this a real gem. In addition, this double-CD includes the recently discovered "A Colloquial Dream," an early version of a spoken word piece later called "Scenes in the City," with Lonnie Elder doing the talking rather than Melvin Stewart (though Stewart's later version was superior). Due to the repetition of titles (with eight of the final nine cuts being excerpts), more casual listeners may want to search instead for the single CD New Tijuana Moods, which was released in 1996 and just augments the original five songs with four alternate takes. But in any case, this stirring music belongs in every jazz collection, for it does represent one of Charles Mingus' finest hours. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

1. Dizzy Moods
2. Ysabel's Table Dance
3. Tijuana Gift Shop
4. Los Mariachis (The Street Musicians)
5. Flamingo
6. A Colloquial Dream (Scenes In The City)

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Blaq

January 1st, 2009, 08:51 PM

Luther Vandross
Never Too Much
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Tracklist

1. Never Too Much
2. Sugar And Spice (I Found Me A Girl)
3. Don't You Know That?
4. I've Been Working
5. She's A Super Lady
6. You Stopped Loving Me
7. A House Is Not A Home

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Review

The debut solo album from Luther Vandross featured one outstanding song after another. Vandross concocts a bouncy, vibrant flow on his up-tempo numbers and an intimate, emotional connection on his moderate grooves and his lone ballad. The title track stormed up the Billboard R&B charts to number one where it remained for two weeks. The mellow groove of "Don't You Know That," which checked in at number ten, was the second single. "Sugar and Spice" had less of an impact on the charts due to its short stay of six weeks. However, this feverish number gets all the juices flowing as does the unreleased "I've Been Working." Also featured on this set is the sentimental number "You Stopped Loving Me." The song was written by Vandross but initially released by Roberta Flack; both versions stand tall. "A House Is Not a Home" is the only ballad, and an elegant one it is, written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David and originally sung by Dionne Warwick nearly 20 years prior. Vandross orchestrates a contemporary masterpiece with this vintage number. Though it was never an official release by the label, it's a quiet storm jewel. In addition to his many music credits, Vandross was a featured guest vocalist with the progressive band Change. The same vocal savvy and smooth styling that the New York City native exhibited on songs like "Searching" and "Glow of Love" resurface here. This is one of the better R&B albums of the early '80s.

Craig Lytle

RunawayTrane

January 2nd, 2009, 01:35 AM

Charles Mingus - The Black Saint & The Lady Sinner
JAZZ | WAV | CUE | LOG | COVERS | 433MB | 39:25
Impulse! 1963 (Remastered)

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The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady is one of the greatest achievements in orchestration by any composer in jazz history. Charles Mingus consciously designed the six-part ballet as his magnum opus, and -- implied in his famous inclusion of liner notes by his psychologist -- it's as much an examination of his own tortured psyche as it is a conceptual piece about love and struggle. It veers between so many emotions that it defies easy encapsulation; for that matter, it can be difficult just to assimilate in the first place. Yet the work soon reveals itself as a masterpiece of rich, multi-layered texture and swirling tonal colors, manipulated with a painter's attention to detail. There are a few stylistic reference points -- Ellington, the contemporary avant-garde, several flamenco guitar breaks -- but the totality is quite unlike what came before it. Mingus relies heavily on the timbral contrasts between expressively vocal-like muted brass, a rumbling mass of low voices (including tuba and baritone sax), and achingly lyrical upper woodwinds, highlighted by altoist Charlie Mariano. Within that framework, Mingus plays shifting rhythms, moaning dissonances, and multiple lines off one another in the most complex, interlaced fashion he'd ever attempted. Mingus was sometimes pigeonholed as a firebrand, but the personal exorcism of Black Saint deserves the reputation -- one needn't be able to follow the story line to hear the suffering, mourning, frustration, and caged fury pouring out of the music. The 11-piece group rehearsed the original score during a Village Vanguard engagement, where Mingus allowed the players to mold the music further; in the studio, however, his exacting perfectionism made The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady the first jazz album to rely on overdubbing technology. The result is one of the high-water marks for avant-garde jazz in the '60s and arguably Mingus' most brilliant moment. ~ Steve Huey, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

1. Track A - Solo Dancer
2. Track B - Duet Solo Dancers
3. Track C - Group Dancers
4. Mode D - Trio and Group Dancers/Mode E - Single Solos and Group Dance

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Blaq

January 2nd, 2009, 02:56 AM

Worth the download for the electric version of 'Hear My Train A Comin'' (must listen), 'Born Under A Bad Sign' & 'Catfish Blues'. Great album overall.

Jimi Hendrix
Blues
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist

1. Hear My Train A Comin' (Acoustic)
2. Born Under A Bad Sign
3. Red House
4. Catfish Blues
5. Voodoo Chile Blues
6. Mannish Boy
7. Once I Had A Woman
8. Bleeding Heart
9. Jam 292
10. Electric Church Red House
11. Hear My Train A Comin' (Electric)

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Review

While Jimi Hendrix remains most famous for his hard rock and psychedelic innovations, more than a third of his recordings were blues-oriented. This CD contains 11 blues originals and covers, eight of which were previously unreleased. Recorded between 1966 and 1970, they feature the master guitarist stretching the boundaries of electric blues in both live and studio settings. Besides several Hendrix blues-based originals, it includes covers of Albert King and Muddy Waters classics, as well as a 1967 acoustic version of his composition "Hear My Train a Comin'."

All Music Guide, Richie Unterberger

Biography - by Richie Unterberger & Sean Westergaard

In his brief four-year reign as a superstar, Jimi Hendrix expanded the vocabulary of the electric rock guitar more than anyone before or since. Hendrix was a master at coaxing all manner of unforeseen sonics from his instrument, often with innovative amplification experiments that produced astral-quality feedback and roaring distortion. His frequent hurricane blasts of noise and dazzling showmanship — he could and would play behind his back and with his teeth and set his guitar on fire — has sometimes obscured his considerable gifts as a songwriter, singer, and master of a gamut of blues, R&B, and rock styles.

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RunawayTrane

January 2nd, 2009, 02:19 PM

Pete Rock & CL Smooth - Mecca & The Soul Brother
HIP HOP | FLAC | CUE | LOG | COVERS | 478MB | 77:20
Elektra 1992

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It would have been hard to match the artistic success of their debut EP on a full-length recording, but Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth did just that on Mecca and the Soul Brother, and they did so in the most unlikely way of all after the succinctness of All Souled Out -- by coming up with a sprawling, nearly 80-minute-long album on which not a single song or interlude is a throwaway or a superfluous piece. Granted, 80 minutes is a long stretch of time for sustained listening, but the music is completely worthy of that time, allowing the duo to stretch out in ways that their EP rendered impossible. Again, the primary star is Pete Rock's production acumen, and he ups the ante of rock-solid drums, steady cymbal beats, smooth-rolling bass, and fatback organ, not to mention his signature horn loops. C.L. Smooth is the perfect vocal match for the music. He is maybe one of the few MCs capable of rapping a fairly credible love song, as he does on "Lots of Lovin'." "They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.)," a tribute to friend and Heavy D. dancer Trouble T-Roy, who was accidentally killed, packs a poignant emotional weight, but it is Smooth's more direct and conscientious -- and frequently autobiographical -- side which ultimately carries the album lyrically. The songs are connected and the album is propelled forward by Rock's quick, soul-tight interludes; these are usually bits of old R&B and soul tunes but sometimes they're spoken pieces or spontaneous, freestyle sessions. These interludes provide a sort of dense spiritual tone and resonance in the album that is not religiously based at all, but fully hip-hop based, emerging from the urban altars that are the basements and rooftops of the city. ~ Stanton Swihart, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Return of the Mecca
02. For Pete's Sake
03. Ghettos of the Mind
04. Lots of Lovin
05. Act Like You Know
06. Straighten It Out
07. Soul Brother #1
08. Wig Out
09. Anger in the Nation
10. They Reminisce over You (T.R.O.Y.)
11. On and On
12. It's Like That
13. Can't Front on Me
14. The Basement
15. If It Ain't Rough, It Ain't Right
16. Skinz

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RunawayTrane

January 3rd, 2009, 02:40 AM

An Introduction To Magic Sam
BLUES | WAV | CUE | LOG | HQ ART | 455MB | 40:27
Fuel 2007

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Magic Sam waxed some fantastic sides in his tragically short career, and they've been anthologized many different ways. An Introduction to Magic Sam is Fuel 2000's (newest) version, and collects tracks from his early years recording for the Cobra and Chief labels with an extra mid-'60s Crash single thrown in for good measure. It's a solid collection of great music for sure, and has an attractive budget price. The thing is, every single tune on it is included in Fuel 2000's The Essential Magic Sam from 2001, which contains an additional nine tracks (the "Unreleased Rarities" sticker on this release refers to the fact that Cobra never issued them, but they have been previously available). In fact, the track listing is identical for the first ten tracks. Granted, some of the additional tracks on The Essential Magic Sam are alternate takes, but it's difficult to justify paring down an excellent compilation from 26 to 19 tracks just to add another title to the catalog. There's certainly nothing wrong with An Introduction to Magic Sam; it's a fine compilation, but it's not like his catalog is so overwhelming that there was a need for it. On the other hand, not everyone wants to hear multiple takes of the same tune, so this all-killer, no-filler comp might fit the bill for such a listener or for a party situation. ~ Sean Westergaard, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. All Your Love
02. Love Me with a Feeling
03. Everything Gonna Be Alright
04. Look Whatcha Done
05. All Night Long
06. All My Whole Life
07. Easy Baby
08. 21 Days in Jail
09. Love Me This Way
10. Magic Rocker
11. My Love Is Your Love
12. Every Night About This Time
13. Do the Camel Walk
14. You Don't Have to Work
15. She Belongs to Me
16. Out of Bad Luck

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Blaq

January 3rd, 2009, 02:01 PM

Luther Vandross
Forever, For Always, For Love
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist

1. Bad Boy/Having A Party
2. You're The Sweetest One
3. Since I Lost My Baby
4. Forever, For Always, For Love
5. Better Love
6. Promise Me
7. She Loves Me Back
8. Once You Know How

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Review

New York City native Luther Vandross did not generate any number one hits with his second effort for the Epic imprint. Nonetheless, he presents another solid album. The smooth crooner has demonstrated a keen ability to attractively arrange remakes with such beauty and suspense as he did with three of the four featured releases. On the vintage ballad "If This World Were Mine," Vandross teams up with Cheryl Lynn. The single peaked at number four on the Billboard R&B charts. He lays his signature on a jammin' medley remake of "Bad Boy/Having a Party." The chandelier-swinging number stepped in at number three. He concludes with the Temptations' gem "Since I Lost My Baby." Penned by Smokey Robinson and Warren Moore, this mournful mid-tempo number tipped in at 17. "Promise Me," "Once You Know How," "She Loves Back," and the other selections are supreme compositions. Luther Vandross' dominance of the R&B arena was beginning to surface.

Craig Lytle

Blaq

January 3rd, 2009, 05:09 PM

Luther Vandross
Busy Body
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist

1. I Wanted Your Love
2. Busy Body
3. I'll Let You Slide
4. Make Me a Believer
5. For the Sweetness of Your Love
6. How Many Times Can We Say Goodbye
7. Superstar/Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)

WAV
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Review

Luther Vandross has acquired a reputation for releasing solid, quality albums. Whereas some artists, whether intentional or unintentional, release albums with one or two good songs, Vandross makes every recording count regardless if every song is released. This project falls in line with one superb composition after another. From the alluring arrangements to the striking melodies, every song glitters with a delightful spirit. The New York native did a remarkable job on the medley "Superstar/Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)." Showing his appreciation for the Carpenters ("Supertar") and Aretha Franklin ("Until You Come Back to Me"), Vandross created a masterpiece with the combination of these two songs. It was a number five single on the Billboard R&B charts. "How Many Times Can We Say Goodbye," a duet with Dionne Warwick, is another work of art by the serenading tenor. It peaked at number seven. With a hurdling groove, "I'll Let You Slide" pranced its way to number five on the Billboard R&B charts. From a supernatural lyric to a suspenseful string arrangement, "Make Me Believer" summed up the four releases cresting at 48. Only three selections remain, and all three could have easily charted. This is a splendid album.

All Music Giude, Craig Lytle

RunawayTrane

January 4th, 2009, 11:19 AM

Not much of a fan of hers, but saw it on a blog and figured wtf:

Eve - Eve-Olution
RAP | FLAC | CUE | COVERS | 372MB
Interscope 2002

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As the female MC with the highest expectations weighing on her spaghetti-strapped shoulders, Eve Jihan Jeffers had to make a choice for Eve-olution, her third album since 1999: keep moving in a pop direction (as on last year’s “Let Me Blow Ya Mind”), or focus on representing the sexy tomboys of hip-hop (the crux of Eve’s oeuvre). Not surprisingly, Eve chooses both. Vocals from nouveau pop diva Alicia Keys ensure heavy rotation for “Gangsta Lovin’,” and producer Bink swipes a catchy Bobby McFerrin arrangement for the escapist “Ride Away.” But Eve-olution’s best is the roughneck stuff, like “Double R What”: Producer Swizz Beatz uses a fail-safe track from Schoolly D to bring the grit out of Eve and her fellow Ruff Ryder guest MCs, Jadakiss and Styles. In all, Eve achieves enough balance to continue reigning as hip-hop’s most popular femme-fatale MC. --Miles Marshall Lewis, Blender

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Intro
02. What
03. Gangsta Lovin'
04. Irresistible Chick
05. Party in the Rain
06. Argument
07. Let This Go
08. Hey Y'All
09. Figure You Out
10. Stop Hatin'
11. Satisfaction
12. Neck Bones
13. Double R What
14. Ryde Away
15. As I Grow
16. Eve-Olution

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Blaq

January 4th, 2009, 01:48 PM

Rick James
Bustin' Out
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist

Disc One

1. You And I
2. Mary Jane
3. Dream Maker
4. Bustin' Out (On Funk)
5. Love Gun
6. Big Time
7. Give It To Me Baby
8. Super Freak
9. Ghetto Life
10. Fire And Desire
11. Standing On The Top - Part 1 (Temptations Feat. Rick James)
12. Hard To Get
13. She Blew My Mind (69 Times)
14. Dance Wit' Me

Disc Two

1. Teardrops
2. Cold Blooded
3. U Bring The Freak Out
4. Ebony Eyes
5. 17
6. You Turn Me On
7. Glow
8. Moonchild
9. Divine Love (So Fine)
10. Serious Love (Spend The Night)
11. Starship
12. Down By Law
13. Medley

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1.42GB

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Review

In the late '70s and early '80s, Rick James did more than anyone to challenge George Clinton's place on the funk throne. Eventually, his music would turn into a very tired cliché, but at his creative peak, James was among the most exciting and vital artists funk had to offer. Summarizing his Motown output from 1978-1986 and offering four new tracks from 1994 as well, this two-CD anthology reminds you just how great he once was, but it provides evidence of his artistic decline as well. Though some of the songs are mediocre, most are outstanding. Even the most casual funk fans owe it to themselves to savor such rowdy classics as "Super Freak," "You and I," "Love Gun," "Give It to Me Baby," and "Ghetto Life." James was equally superb when it came to soul ballads — and anyone who thinks otherwise should give a serious listen to "Fire and Desire" (a stunning duet with Teena Marie), "Dream Maker," and "Ebony Eyes" (which features Smokey Robinson). Sadly, "Cold Blooded" and "17" illustrate how formulaic James' funk often sounded by the mid-'80s. Meanwhile, some of the new material (including an enjoyable remake of Norman Connors' "You Are My Starship") indicated that he had the potential to make a comeback with the right guidance. Boasting many more pluses than minuses, this set is the best place for novices to start.

All Music Guide, Alex Henderson

Biography by William Ruhlmann

In the late '70s, when the fortunes of Motown Records seemed to be flagging, Rick James came along and rescued the company, providing funky hits that updated the label's style and saw it through into the mid-'80s. Actually, James had been with Motown earlier, though nothing had come of it. After growing up in Buffalo and running away to join the Naval Reserves, he ran away from the Navy to Toronto, where he was in a band with future Buffalo Springfield members Neil Young and Bruce Palmer, and with Goldy McJohn, later of Steppenwolf. As the Mynah Birds, they signed to Motown and recorded, though no record was ever released.

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RunawayTrane

January 4th, 2009, 05:05 PM

Etta James - Blues To The Bone
BLUES | APE | CUE | COVERS | 287MB
RCA Victor 2004

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Etta James has worked in countless styles throughout her long career, and she is equally at home singing gospel, R&B, soul, jazz, and even rock & roll, but her roots have always been solidly planted in the blues, and she is arguably the finest living singer active in the genre. Perhaps because she doesn't sing only the blues, however, when she does, it sticks out as something special, and with Blues to the Bone she goes down to the river and dives in completely, turning out a solid album of no-frills, gutbucket performances. Her voice has deepened and coarsened over the years, making it the perfect vehicle of authenticity and authority as she tackles classics of the genre like John Lee Hooker's "Crawling King Snake," Robert Johnson's "Dust My Broom," and Howlin' Wolf's "Smokestack Lightning," backed by a garage blues combo led by her sons, Donito and Sametto James. James' versions bring new dimensions to each of these hoary old chestnuts, which have generally been sung by men, and her smoke-tinged alto makes each her own, instilling them all with a wise, desperate, and confident intimacy. She gives Jimmy Reed's "Hush Hush" a solid reading, while her take on Willie Dixon's "Lil' Red Rooster" is a tension-filled, atmospheric gem. The most striking track here, however, is James' version of the Elmore James tune "The Sky Is Crying," which emerges as epic and poignant. Much of contemporary blues spins on its own excesses and on a hundred years of accumulative clichés, but when an artist like Etta James comes home to sing the blues, the world has to rejoice and take notice, because in her hands the old clichéd phrases become vital and new again. ~ Steve Leggett, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. I Got My Mojo Working
02. Don't Start Me to Talking
03. Hush Hush
04. Lil' Red Rooster
05. That's Alright
06. Crawlin' King Snake
07. Dust My Broom
08. The Sky Is Crying
09. Smokestack Lightnin'
10. You Shook Me
11. Driving Wheel
12. Honey, Don't Tear My Clothes

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Blaq

January 4th, 2009, 10:57 PM

Brenda Russell
Greatest Hits
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist

1. Piano In The Dark
2. So Good, So Right
3. Kiss Me With The Wind
4. Get Here
5. Dinner With Gershwin
6. Stop Running Away
7. If Only For One Night
8. Way Back When
9. Justice in Truth
10. Le Restaurant (Featuring David Sanborn)

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Review

Brenda Russell's angelic voice is so engaging and pleasing that she could sing the ingredients in a Bon Appetit recipe and still get off a good take. Her voice is perfect for contemporary pop, not too light or too heavy, and while appreciated by her peers, she's far from being a household name despite a strong cult legacy. Greatest Hits summarizes Russell's best, featuring only ten songs, while showcasing her other skills: producing, musicianship, arranging, and drum programming. The best of the greatest include "Piano in the Dark," a slightly funky "Dinner with Gershwin," and romantic flights "If Only for One Night," and "Le Restaurant."

Andrew Hamilton

excel

January 4th, 2009, 11:45 PM

Didn't want you guys to have all the fun so here's my contribution.

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Lil' Louis & The World - Journey With The Lonely

One of the most popular Chicago house producers during the late '80s thanks to his massive club hit "French Kiss," Lil' Louis was also the only Chicago producer to successfully deal with the major labels; he released two albums for Epic, and only left the label at his own instigation. Born in Chicago, Louis was the son of guitarist Bobby Sims, who recorded for Chess and appeared with the psychedelic-soul unit Rotary Connection. He grew up with nine siblings and played both drums and bass as a child, then began DJing in the mid-'70s (he earned his nickname after appearances at the club River's Edge while still in middle school). By the end of the decade he had his own club, the Future, where he began working on his editing techniques, thanks to a cassette deck and later a reel-to-reel recorder.

By the 1980s, Lil' Louis was hosting the biggest house parties in Chicago, and he began recording his productions around that time as well. His first single "How I Feel" appeared on his own label, and he began collaborating with Marshall Jefferson on several tracks -- "Seven Ways to Jack" by Hercules, Byron Stingily's "I Can't Stay Awake." In 1987, his new single "French Kiss" became a local hit, then a platinum-selling international classic after being licensed to CBS and ffrr. The success triggered a major-label contract through Epic, and the release of his debut album From the Mind of Lil' Louis in 1989. Charting a course across jazz-fusion and R&B as well as house, the LP was one of the best produced by any of the Chicago figures, and included session contributions from Larry Heard, Die Warzau and his own father on drums. From the album, the moody single "I Called U" became another club hit. His follow-up LP, the more stylistically unified Journey with the Lonely, didn't fare as well and Lil' Louis retired from recording for over four years, preferring instead to set up his own studio in New York and work on production with Babyface and Me'Shell NdegeOcello. He returned by collaborating with "Little" Louie Vega of Masters at Work and also worked on production for Black Magic. ~ John Bush, All Music Guide

Unlike the collaboration-heavy first Lil' Louis LP, Journey with the Lonely is an introspective affair with fewer helpers. Tracks like "Club Lonely," "Dancing in My Sleep," and the closer, "Jazzmen," veer quite far away from "French Kiss" with regards to their mood and intention, even though the chords and beat-work may be similar.

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Size: 338 MB

1. Club Lonely
2. New Dance Beat
3. Saved My Life
4. Aahhhh!
5. Do U Luv Me
6. You're My Reason
7. Dancing in My Sleep
8. Funny How U Luv
9. Thief
10. Share
11. Jazzmen

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excel

January 4th, 2009, 11:47 PM

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Wagon Cookin' - Appetizers

The name Wagon Cookin comes from a genuine railway wagon which once ran on the great Trans-Europe-Express at the beginning of the century and is now situated in the foothills of the Sierra de Gredos, near Madrid, where Javi and Luis Garayalde used to live until 2003. The two brothers have been cookin up music together since they were kids. Both are extradordinarily gifted musicians of known prestige that are searching for that special and differentiating sound.

The first result of their ambitions was the album Appetizers released in 2002 on their own label. Out of Madrid this Spanish duo have delivered this refreshing debut. Again utilising the sound St Germain revolutionised, Wagon Cooking bring together traditional jazz instrumentation, live vocals and the driving rhythms of the lush European house scene. A colourful and thrilling album, this excellent debut, like the Barrio Jazz Gang, is equally at home in intimate or hospitality settings, and again for those who enjoy the likes of Down To The Bone, St Germain, etc. Recommended.

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Size: 544MB

01 Intro
02 Natural high
03 Salt & Pepper
04 Earth
05 No Complications
06 Appetizer
07 Magic
08 Mar
09 El Primero Con Cuchara
10 Con Un Daiquiri
11 El Segundo Servir Muy Caliente
12 Stretch your mind
13 Hotter than fire
14 One way no way

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excel

January 4th, 2009, 11:48 PM

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Aquanote - The Pearl

Aquanote is the recording alias of multi-talented San Francisco scan Gabriel Rene, & the second full length artist release following the success of the recent Blue Six album. As a founder member of Soulstice, Gabriel has forged a distinctive, genre-bending sound fusing soul, R&B, jazz-funk & deep house, which he has expanded even further on 'The Pearl'. With captivating vocal performances from Zoe Ellis & Lisa Shaw, this album continues to push the boundaries of the Naked Music profile in the U.S. dance market, & features some of the label's most visually arresting artwork to date.

Format: FLAC

1. Water Psalm I
2. Waiting
3. True Love
4. All Over You
5. Water Psalm II
6. Nowhere
7. One Wish
8. Heartbreaker
9. Leave
10. Water Psalm III
11. Come Around
12. Never Let It Go
13. When Angels Cried
14. Her Name Was Truly
15. The Last One

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Blaq

January 5th, 2009, 12:30 AM

Didn't want you guys to have all the fun so here's my contribution.

Lil' Louis & The World - Journey With The Lonely

Welcome Excel! :553:

Good lookin! I'm from Chi so you know i'm gonna cop this one. Thanks!

excel

January 5th, 2009, 12:41 AM

Welcome Excel! :553:

Good lookin! I'm from Chi so you know i'm gonna cop this one. Thanks!

No doubt fam. I'm in Dirty Jerzey. So I've got house vinyl for days. Not too many house cds though but If I have it you guys will have it.

Peace.

Blaq

January 5th, 2009, 01:22 AM

No doubt fam. I'm in Dirty Jerzey. So I've got house vinyl for days. Not too many house cds though but If I have it you guys will have it.

Peace.

Good lookin'. By chance do you have 'Like This' by Chip E & 'Dance' by Earth People? I need the 12" versions of both. I think I may still have the Earth People but not digitized.

RunawayTrane

January 5th, 2009, 01:53 AM

Eric Bibb & Needed Time - Good Stuff
BLUES | FLAC | WAV | CUE | COVERS | 287MB
Opus 1997

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Eric Bibb’s debut album, Good Stuff, is a clever fusion of contemporary folk and classic country-blues and classic gospel that emphasizes the guitarist’s skill at fusing genres, as well as his flair for writing solid bluesy songs. Not all of the material really catches hold, but it all shows promise, and the very best moments on the record confirm that he’s one of the more intriguing new bluesmen in the late ‘90s. - by Thom Owens, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Good Stuff
02. Saucer ‘n’ Cup
03. Shingle By Shingle
04. Don’t Ever Let Nobody Drag Your Spirit Down
05. Where The Green Grass Grows
06. Blacksmith Island
07. New World Comin’ Through
08. Too Much Whisky
09. Nothin’ Like You Used To Do
10. All Of My Love
11. A Simple Song
12. Happy Home Recipe
13. Done Laid Around
14. Rough Waters

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RunawayTrane

January 5th, 2009, 01:56 AM

Didn't want you guys to have all the fun so here's my contribution.

Oh snap!! Wassap man! Surprised to see you on here, but glad you could make it. You certainly know how to make an entrance. Thanks

Blaq

January 5th, 2009, 05:54 AM

Rachelle Ferrell
Rachelle Ferrell
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist

1. I'm Special
2. Welcome To My Love
3. Waiting
4. It Only Took A Minute
5. With Open Arms
6. 'Til You Come Back To Me
7. You Can't Get (Until You Learn To Start Giving)
8. Nothing Has Ever Felt Like This (Duet Featuring Will Downing)
9. I Know You Love Me
10. Sentimental
11. Could've Fooled Me
12. Too Late
13. Peace On Earth

WAV
667MB

Part 1: http://rapidshare.com/files/179970308/R_Ferrell_RF_Blaq_WAV.part1.rar
Part 2: http://rapidshare.com/files/179963698/R_Ferrell_RF_Blaq_WAV.part2.rar
Part 3: http://rapidshare.com/files/179956889/R_Ferrell_RF_Blaq_WAV.part3.rar
Part 4: http://rapidshare.com/files/179941082/R_Ferrell_RF_Blaq_WAV.part4.rar

PASS: BLAQ_SYNCITI.NET

Review

Rachelle Ferrell wore two hats in the 1990s: straight-ahead jazz singer and commercial R&B/pop singer along the lines of Anita Baker, Miki Howard, and Angela Bofill. Produced mostly by George Duke, this self-titled album is an example of her R&B/pop side. With this smooth, classy effort, Manhattan/Capitol was obviously intent on appealing to the more adult-oriented tastes in the urban contemporary market. While artists like Mary J. Blige, Bell Biv DeVoe, Babyface, and Janet Jackson were making R&B relevant to hip-hoppers, Ferrell opted for maximum quiet storm appeal with this album. If you were buying a lot of Baker, Luther Vandross, and Freddie Jackson albums in the early '90s (along with some Grover Washington, Jr. and Joe Sample, perhaps), you were exactly the type of listener Manhattan/Capitol had in mind with sophisticated numbers like "It Only Took a Minute," "'Til You Come Back to Me," and "Sentimental." Most of the songs are appropriate vehicles for the Philadelphian's big, rich voice, but while this collection of mood music isn't bad, it isn't the gem that Ferrell had the ability to deliver. As pleasant and likable as much of the material is, one got the impression that she was capable of a lot more.

Alex Henderson

Biography by Richard Skelly

Composer, lyricist, arranger, musician and vocalist Rachelle Ferrell is a recent arrival on the contemporary jazz scene, but her visibility on the pop/urban contemporary scene has boosted her audience's interest in her jazz recordings.

Continued (http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&searchlink=RACHELLE|FERRELL&sql=11:39frxq95ldae~T1)

Se7enDT

January 5th, 2009, 08:58 AM

blaq u posted alotta albums i was lookin for so i thought id give somethin back 2 this thread, heres some stuff i havent seen posted here yet:

btw these are just albums ive found on the net, stuff i was searchin for, these are not my own links..
credit goes to the original uploaders who put in the hard work.

Stevie Wonder - Innervisions (Gold Disc) (1973) [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED]
[EAC-CUE-APE-LOG-Сovers-NFO] - Lossless 784 Kbps | 248 Mb | [MP3-320 kbps CBR] | 105 Mb
1973 | Genre : R&B | Time total: 44:24

http://img396.imageshack.us/img396/3493/swondeinnervqh3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Tracklist:
01. (00:04:36) Stevie Wonder - Too High
02. (00:05:24) Stevie Wonder - Visions
03. (00:07:21) Stevie Wonder - Living For The City
04. (00:05:04) Stevie Wonder - Golden Lady
05. (00:03:43) Stevie Wonder - Higher Ground
06. (00:04:10) Stevie Wonder - Jesus Children Of America
07. (00:03:42) Stevie Wonder - All In Love Is Fair
08. (00:04:45) Stevie Wonder - Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing
09. (00:05:39) Stevie Wonder - He's Misstra Know-It-All
Playing Time.........: 00:44:24
Total Size...........: 248,96 MB

EAC-CUE-APE

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http://rapidshare.com/files/111697521/Stevie_Wonder_-_Innervisions__Gold_Disc_.part3.rar

MP3 320 kbps CBR

http://rapidshare.com/files/111704028/Stevie_Wonder_-_Innervisions__Gold_Disc__mp3.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/111703735/Stevie_Wonder_-_Innervisions__Gold_Disc__mp3.part2.rar

Pass: KroMvEL

Se7enDT

January 5th, 2009, 09:00 AM

Stevie Wonder - Songs In The Key Of Life (Disc 1&2) (1976) [DIGITALLY REMASTERED 2000]
[EAC-CUE-APE-LOG-Сovers-NFO] - Lossless 932 & 969 Kbps | 285 & 431 Mb | [MP3-320 kbps CBR] | 110 & 157 Mb
1976 | Genre : R&B | Time total: 42:47 & 62:16

http://img379.imageshack.us/img379/4885/28e1b2c008a0d1672b8d801yc8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Disc 1
Tracklist:
01. (00:07:05) Stevie Wonder - Love's In Need Of Love Today
02. (00:02:43) Stevie Wonder - Have A Talk With God
03. (00:03:25) Stevie Wonder - Village Ghetto Land
04. (00:03:46) Stevie Wonder - Contusion
05. (00:03:53) Stevie Wonder - Sir Duke
06. (00:04:12) Stevie Wonder - I Wish
07. (00:03:37) Stevie Wonder - Knocks Me Off My Feet
08. (00:03:27) Stevie Wonder - Pastime Paradise
09. (00:04:15) Stevie Wonder - Summer Soft
10. (00:06:23) Stevie Wonder - Ordinary Pain
Playing Time.........: 00:42:47
Total Size...........: 285,38 MB

Disc 1
CUE-APE-LOG-NFO-COVERS

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http://rapidshare.com/files/111310493/Stevie_Wonder_-_Songs_In_The_Key_Of_Life__Disc_1_.part3.rar

MP3 320 kbps CBR

http://rapidshare.com/files/111310618/Stevie_Wonder_-_Songs_In_The_Key_Of_Life__Disc_1__mp3.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/111309880/Stevie_Wonder_-_Songs_In_The_Key_Of_Life__Disc_1__mp3.part2.rar

Disc 2
Tracklist:
01. (00:06:34) Stevie Wonder - Isn't She Lovely
02. (00:06:29) Stevie Wonder - Joy Inside My Tears
03. (00:08:30) Stevie Wonder - Black Man
04. (00:03:48) Stevie Wonder - Ngiculela - Es Una Historia/I Am Singing
05. (00:03:13) Stevie Wonder - If It's Magic
06. (00:07:08) Stevie Wonder - As
07. (00:08:22) Stevie Wonder - Another Star
A Something's Extra Bonus
08. (00:05:00) Stevie Wonder - Saturn
09. (00:04:09) Stevie Wonder - Ebony Eyes
10. (00:05:05) Stevie Wonder - All Day Sucker
11. (00:03:58) Stevie Wonder - Easy Goin' Evening (My Mama's Call)
Playing Time.........: 01:02:16
Total Size...........: 431,74 MB

Disc 2
CUE-APE-LOG-NFO-COVERS

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http://rapidshare.com/files/111326542/Stevie_Wonder_-_Songs_In_The_Key_Of_Life__Disc_2_.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/111329414/Stevie_Wonder_-_Songs_In_The_Key_Of_Life__Disc_2_.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/111333538/Stevie_Wonder_-_Songs_In_The_Key_Of_Life__Disc_2_.part4.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/111329155/Stevie_Wonder_-_Songs_In_The_Key_Of_Life__Disc_2_.part5.rar

MP3 320 kbps CBR

http://rapidshare.com/files/111330442/Stevie_Wonder_-_Songs_In_The_Key_Of_Life__Disc_2__mp3.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/111330630/Stevie_Wonder_-_Songs_In_The_Key_Of_Life__Disc_2__mp3.part2.rar

Pass: KroMvEL

Se7enDT

January 5th, 2009, 09:01 AM

Stevie Wonder - Conversation Peace (1995)
[EAC-CUE-APE-LOG-Сovers-NFO] - Lossless 898 Kbps | 474 Mb | [MP3-320 kbps CBR] | 188 Mb
1995 | Genre : R&B | Time total: 01:13:57

http://img518.imageshack.us/img518/8408/f24b224128a05b4f7057801cb4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Tracklist:
01. (00:06:08) Stevie Wonder - Rain Your Love Down
02. (00:06:04) Stevie Wonder - Edge Of Eternity
03. (00:04:25) Stevie Wonder - Taboo To Love
04. (00:05:05) Stevie Wonder - Take The Time Out
05. (00:05:41) Stevie Wonder - I`m New
06. (00:06:16) Stevie Wonder - My Love Is With You
07. (00:04:55) Stevie Wonder - Treat Myself
08. (00:04:46) Stevie Wonder - Tomorrow Robins Will Sing
09. (00:05:47) Stevie Wonder - Sensuous Whisper
10. (00:05:00) Stevie Wonder - For Your Love
11. (00:06:53) Stevie Wonder - Cold Chill
12. (00:06:15) Stevie Wonder - Sorry
13. (00:06:42) Stevie Wonder - Conversation Peace
Playing Time.........: 01:13:57
Total Size...........: 474,83 MB

CUE-APE-LOG-NFO-COVERS

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http://rapidshare.com/files/111773373/Stevie_Wonder_-_Conversation_Peace.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/111784342/Stevie_Wonder_-_Conversation_Peace.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/111788085/Stevie_Wonder_-_Conversation_Peace.part4.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/111800000/Stevie_Wonder_-_Conversation_Peace.part5.rar

MP3 320 kbps CBR

http://rapidshare.com/files/111808393/Stevie_Wonder_-_Conversation_Peace_mp3.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/111819100/Stevie_Wonder_-_Conversation_Peace_mp3.part2.rar

Pass: KroMvEL

Se7enDT

January 5th, 2009, 09:03 AM

Stevie Wonder - Journey Through The Secret Life Of Plants (Disc 1&2) (1979)
[EAC-CUE-APE-LOG-Сovers-NFO] - Lossless 730 & 720 Kbps | 218 & 239 Mb | [MP3-320 kbps CBR] | 94 & 104 Mb | Rip EAC V0.99
1979 | Genre: R&B, Funk, Pop, Jazz, Afrobeat, Soul | Time total: 41:51 & 46:34

http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/8918/swondejournehx4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/134/swondejourne02pv7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Disc 1
Tracklist:
01. (00:04:03) Stevie Wonder - Earth's Creation
02. (00:02:37) Stevie Wonder - The First Garden
03. (00:06:29) Stevie Wonder - Voyage To India
04. (00:03:45) Stevie Wonder - Same Old Story
05. (00:02:26) Stevie Wonder - Venus' Fly Trap And The Bug
06. (00:02:06) Stevie Wonder - Ai No, Sono
07. (00:02:55) Stevie Wonder - Seasons
08. (00:05:31) Stevie Wonder - Power Flower
09. (00:03:06) Stevie Wonder - Send One Your Love (Music)
10. (00:08:53) Stevie Wonder - Race Babbling
Playing Time.........: 00:41:51
Total Size...........: 218,47 MB
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Source : CDDA (probability 100%)
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Date : 02.05.2008 03-29-32
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Disc 2
01. (00:04:02) Stevie Wonder - Send One Your Love
02. (00:05:30) Stevie Wonder - Outside My Window
03. (00:03:48) Stevie Wonder - Black Orchid
04. (00:03:44) Stevie Wonder - Ecclesiastes
05. (00:03:04) Stevie Wonder - Kesse Ye Lolo De Ye
06. (00:03:23) Stevie Wonder - Come Back As A Flower
07. (00:05:55) Stevie Wonder - A Seed's A Star And Tree Medley
08. (00:04:17) Stevie Wonder - The Secret Life Of Plants
09. (00:05:48) Stevie Wonder - Tree
10. (00:07:03) Stevie Wonder - Finale
Playing Time.........: 00:46:34
Total Size...........: 239,76 MB
NFO generated on.....: 02.05.2008 15:47:44
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Filename : Stevie Wonder - The Secret Life Of Plants.ape (239.75mb)
Source : CDDA (probability 100%)
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Date : 02.05.2008 03-32-19
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Disc 1
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http://rapidshare.com/files/111994207/Stevie_Wonder_-_Journey_Through_The_Secret_Life_Of_Plants__CD_1_. part3.rar

mp3
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Disc 2
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mp3
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http://rapidshare.com/files/112053636/Stevie_Wonder_-_Journey_Through_The_Secret_Life_Of_Plants_CD_2_mp 3.part2.rar

Pass: KroMvEL

Se7enDT

January 5th, 2009, 09:05 AM

heres some links i found that seem to be supplied by RunawayTrane, but havent been posted on this site

the links are from sept 07 so maybe you just lost or forget them, but here they are anyway:

Stevie Wonder (1972) «Talking Book»
Quality: FLAC | Mode: 8, Best Compression | 43:26 Min | 294 Mb
Styles: R&B, Soul, Funk, Motown, Smooth Soul

http://img184.imageshack.us/img184/9418/folder176origjc7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

After releasing two "head" records during 1970-71, Stevie Wonder expanded his compositional palate with 1972's Talking Book to include societal ills as well as tender love songs, and so recorded the first smash album of his career. What had been hinted at on the intriguing project Music of My Mind was here focused into a laser beam of tight songwriting, warm electronic arrangements, and ebullient performances - altogether the most realistic vision of musical personality ever put to wax, beginning with a disarmingly simple love song, "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" (but of course, it's only the composition that's simple). Stevie's not always singing a tender ballad here — in fact, he flits from contentment to mistrust to promise to heartbreak within the course of the first four songs — but he never fails to render each song in the most vivid colors. In stark contrast to his early songs, which were clever but often relied on the Motown template of romantic metaphor, with Talking Book it became clear Stevie Wonder was beginning to speak his mind and use personal history for material (just as Marvin Gaye had with the social protest of 1971's What's Going On). The lyrics became less convoluted, while the emotional power gained in intensity. "You and I" and the glorious closer "I Believe (When I Fall in Love It Will Be Forever)" subtly illustrate that the conception of love can be stronger than the reality, while "Tuesday Heartbreak" speaks simply but powerfully: "I wanna be with you when the nighttime comes / I wanna be with you till the daytime comes." Ironically, the biggest hit from Talking Book wasn't a love song at all; the funk landmark "Superstition" urges empowerment instead of hopelessness, set to a grooving beat that made it one of the biggest hits of his career. It's followed by "Big Brother," the first of his directly critical songs, excoriating politicians who posture to the underclass in order to gain the only thing they really need: votes. With Talking Book, Stevie also found a proper balance between making an album entirely by himself and benefiting from the talents of others. His wife Syreeta and her sister Yvonne Wright contributed three great lyrics, and Ray Parker, Jr. came by to record a guitar solo that brings together the lengthy jam "Maybe Your Baby." Two more guitar heroes, Jeff Beck and Buzzy Feton, appeared on "Lookin' for Another Pure Love," Beck's solo especially giving voice to the excruciating process of moving on from a broken relationship. Like no other Stevie Wonder LP before it, Talking Book is all of a piece, the first unified statement of his career. It's certainly an exercise in indulgence but, imitating life, it veers breathtakingly from love to heartbreak and back with barely a pause. ~ Review by John Bush ~

Artist: Stevie Wonder
Album: Talking Book
Label: Motown Records
Genre: R&B
Styles: R&B, Soul, Funk, Motown, Smooth Soul
Original Release Date: October 27, 1972
Original Recording Remastered: March 21, 2000
Quality/Bitrate: FLAC / Mode: 8, Best Compression / 44.1 Khz / Stereo
Total Time: 43:26 Min
Website: http://www.steviewonder.net/

~ Track Listing ~
01. You Are The Sunshine Of My Life
02. Maybe Your Baby
03. You And I
04. Tuesday Heartbreak
05. You've Got It Bad Girl
06. Superstition
07. Big Brother
08. Blame It On The Sun
09. Lookin' For Another Pure Love
10. I Believe (When I Fall In Love It Will Be Forever)

Total size: 294 Mb
[FLAC-LOG-Covers]

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http://rapidshare.com/files/45799925/Steve-1der-TB-flac.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/45784214/Steve-1der-TB-flac.part3.rar

password: lisalisa

Se7enDT

January 5th, 2009, 09:08 AM

Performer: Quincy Jones
Album: Body Heat
Genre: Jazz, Soul, Smooth Soul, Funk
Format: CD
Quality: APE+CUE+LOG+Scans
Recording Date: 1974
Total Time: 38:36
Size: 205 MB ( 105+100) Incl. 3% Recovery.

http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/82/62453048yb8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

AMG Rating **** 1/2*

Review by Richard S. Ginell

At the time, Body Heat was a breathtaking leap for Quincy Jones, right into the very heart of mainstream commercial soul -- and it turned out to be very lucrative, rising to number six on the pop album charts. Jazz per se has been left far behind but the same musical sensibility, the same brilliant production skills, and the same knack for what will appeal to a wider audience are still at work, and the result is a surprisingly pleasing album. Amazingly, Jones still draws a constellation of jazz stars into his studio bands (Herbie Hancock, Frank Rosolino, Hubert Laws, Jerome Richardson, Grady Tate, Bob James), plus soul names like Billy Preston, Bernard Purdie and the soon-to-be-ubiquitous guitarist Wah Wah Watson. The emphasis, though, is first on the honeyed soul vocals from a variety of newcomers, and second on the funky grooves laced with the buzz of now-prized analogue synthesizers and wah-wah guitars. There is one reminder of Jones' big-band days, a busy electronic retro-fitting of his classic chart of Benny Golson's "Along Came Betty," where one can hear Laws blow at some length. Otherwise, to paraphrase Jones himself, if you check your jazz boots at the door, you might enjoy this.

Tracks
1 .Body Heat 3:58
2 .Soul Saga (Song of the Buffalo Soldier) 4:58
3 .Everything Must Change 6:01
4 .Boogie Joe, the Grinder 3:09
5 .One Track Mind 1:01
6 .Just a Man 6:14
7 .Along Came Betty 3:31
8 .If I Ever Lose This Heaven 4:47
9 .Everything Must Change (Reprise) 4:52

Credits:
Quincy Jones -Trumpet, Arranger, Vocals, Producer
Dave Grusin -Synthesizer, Drums, Piano (Electric)
Herbie Hancock-Synthesizer, Piano, Piano (Electric)
Bob James -Piano (Electric)
Al Jarreau -Vocals
Hubert Laws -Horn
Grady Tate -Drums
Arthur Adams -Guitar
Tom Bahler -Vocals
Max Bennett - Bass
Malcolm Cecil -Synthesizer
Pete Christlieb -Horn
Dennis Coffey -Guitar
Melvin Dunlap -Bass
Chuck Findley -Horn
Bruce Fisher-Vocals
James Gadson -Drums
Eric Gale -Guitar
Jim Gilstrap-Vocals
Joseph Greene-Vocals
Bobbye Hall-Percussion
Paul Humphrey -Drums
Bernard Ighner -Vocals
Jesse Kirkland -Vocals
Robert Margouleff -Synthesizer
Myrna Matthews-Vocals
Mike Melvoin -Synthesizer
Tommy Morgan -Harmonica
Billy Preston -Organ
Bernard "Pretty" Purdie -Drums
Chuck Rainey -Bass
Jerome Richardson -Horn
Minnie Riperton -Vocals
Frank Rosolino -Horn
Clifford Solomon -Horn
Richard Tee -Piano (Electric)
Phil Upchurch -Guitar
David T. Walker-Guitar
Leon Ware -Vocals
Wah Wah Watson -Guitar
Carolyn Willis -Vocals

http://stream.ifolder.ru/8998671
http://stream.ifolder.ru/8974168

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http://how-2-do.blogspot.com/2007/12/how-to-download-from-ifolderru.html

this site can be a pain to download from so read this ^ if you're havin trouble, it helped me get the links.

Se7enDT

January 5th, 2009, 09:26 AM

The Crusaders
Flac | 23.9gb | 10 Albums | Incudes Covers

Crusaders - 1 (1971)
Flac | 444mbs

01 - That's How I Feel.flac
02 - So Far Away.flac
03 - Put It Where You Want It.flac
04 - Mystique Blues.flac
05 - Full Moon.flac
06 - Sweet Revival.flac
07 - Mud Hole.flac
08 - It's Just Gotta Be That Way.flac
09 - Georgia Cottonfield.flac
10 - A Shade of Blues.flac
11 - Three Children.flac
12 - Mosadi (Woman).flac

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http://rapidshare.com/files/125061916/Crusaders_-_1__1971_.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/125062034/Crusaders_-_1__1971_.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/125062063/Crusaders_-_1__1971_.part4.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/125056958/Crusaders_-_1__1971_.part5.rar

Crusaders - Chain Reaction (1975)
Flac | 242mb

01 - Creole.flac
02 - Chain Reaction.flac
03 - I Felt The Love.flac
04 - Mellow Out.flac
05 - Rainbow Visions.flac
06 - Hallucinate.flac
07 - Give It Up.flac
08 - Hot's It.flac
09 - Sugar Cane.flac
10 - Soul Caravan.flac

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http://rapidshare.com/files/125139350/Crusaders_-_Chain_Reaction__1975_.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/125129501/Crusaders_-_Chain_Reaction__1975_.part3.rar

Crusaders - Healing The Wounds (1991)
Flac | 260mb

01 Pessimisticism .flac
02 Mercy, Mercy Mercy .flac
03 Little Things Mean A Lot .flac
04 Cause We've Ended As Lovers.flac
05 Shake Dance .flac
06 Maputo .flac
07 Healing The Wounds.flac
08 Running Man.flac

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http://rapidshare.com/files/125139239/Crusaders_-_Healing_The_Wounds__1991_.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/125133737/Crusaders_-_Healing_The_Wounds__1991_.part3.rar

Crusaders - Rhapsody And Blues (1980)
Flac | 209mb

01 Soul Shadows.flac
02 Honky Tonk Struttin'.flac
03 Elegant Evening.flac
04 Rhapsody And Blues.flac
05 Last Call.flac
06 Sweet Gentle Love.flac

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http://rapidshare.com/files/125282124/Crusaders_-_Rhapsody_And_Blues__1980_.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/125266647/Crusaders_-_Rhapsody_And_Blues__1980_.part3.rar

Crusaders - Scratch [Live] (1974)
Flac | 245mb

01 Scratch.flac
02 Eleanor Rigby.flac
03 Hard Times.flac
04 So Far Away.flac
05 Way Back Home.flac

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http://rapidshare.com/files/125282213/Crusaders_-_Scratch__Live___1974_.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/125275431/Crusaders_-_Scratch__Live___1974_.part3.rar

Crusaders - Southern Comfort (1974)
Flac | 346mb

01 - Stomp And Buck Dance.flac
02 - Greasy Spoon.flac
03 - Get On The Soul Ship (It's Sailing).flac
04 - Super-Stuff.flac
05 - Double Bubble.flac
06 - The Well's Gone Dry.flac
07 - Southern Comfort.flac
08 - Time Bomb.flac
09 - When There's Love Around.flac
10 - Lilies Of The Nile.flac
11 - Whispering Pines.flac
12 - A Ballad For Joe (Louis).flac

http://rapidshare.com/files/125301265/Crusaders_-_Southern_Comfort__1974_.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/125301290/Crusaders_-_Southern_Comfort__1974_.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/125301328/Crusaders_-_Southern_Comfort__1974_.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/125295894/Crusaders_-_Southern_Comfort__1974_.part4.rar

Crusaders - The 2nd Crusade (1973)
Flac | 422mb

The Crusaders 1973 - 01 Don't Let It Get You Down.flac
The Crusaders 1973 - 02 Take It Or Leave It.flac
The Crusaders 1973 - 03 Gotta Get It On.flac
The Crusaders 1973 - 04 Where There's A Will There's A Way.flac
The Crusaders 1973 - 05 Look Beyond The Hill.flac
The Crusaders 1973 - 06 Journey From Within.flac
The Crusaders 1973 - 07 Ain't Gon' Change A Thang.flac
The Crusaders 1973 - 08 A Message From The Inner City.flac
The Crusaders 1973 - 09 A Search For Soul.flac
The Crusaders 1973 - 10 No Place To Hide.flac
The Crusaders 1973 - 11 Tomorrow Where Are You.flac
The Crusaders 1973 - 12 Tough Talk.flac
The Crusaders 1973 - 13 Do You Remember When.flac

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The Crusaders - Lighthouse '68 (1968)
Flac | 505mb

01 - Oogo-Boo-Ga-Loo.flac
02 - Eleanor Rigby.flac
03 - Native Dancer.flac
04 - Never Had It So Good.flac
05 - The Emperor.flac
06 - Impressions.flac
07 - Cathy The Cooker (Bonus).flac
08 - Shadows (Bonus).flac
09 - Tough Talk (Bonus).flac
10 - Third Principle (Bonus).flac

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The Crusaders - Rural Reneval (2003)
Flac | 416mb

01 Rural Renewal.flac
02 Creepin'.flac
03 Heartland.flac
04 A Healing Coming On.flac
05 Sing The Song.flac
06 Shotgun House Groove.flac
07 The Territory.flac
08 Greasy Spoon.flac
09 Viva De Funk.flac
10 Lazy Sundays.flac
11 Goin' Home.flac

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The Crusaders And B.B. King - Royal Jam [Live] (1982)
Flac | 410mb

01-Overture (I'm So Glad I'm Standing Here Today).flac
02-One Day I'll Fly Away.flac
03-Fly With Wings Of Love.flac
04-Burnin' Up The Carnival.flac
05-Last Call.flac
06-The Thrill Is Gone.flac
07-Better Not Look Down.flac
08-Hold On.flac
09-Street Life.flac
10-I Just Can't Leave Your Love Alone.flac
11-Never Make A Move Too Soon.flac

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Se7enDT

January 5th, 2009, 09:28 AM

George Benson - 29 albums
APE (CUE) | 1968 - 2004

Giblet Gravy
Release Date: 1968 | 330 Mb

Tracks:
1 Along Comes Mary
2 Sunny
3 What's New?
4 Giblet Gravy
5 Walk on By
6 Thunder Walk
7 Sack O' Woe
8 Groovin' Brigati
9 Low Down and Dirty
10 Billie's Bounce
11 What's New? [Alternate Take]
12 What's New? [Alternate Take]

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Shape of Things to Come
Release Date: August 27-1968 | 180 Mb

Tracks:
1 Footin' It
2 Face It Boy, It's Over
3 Shape of Things to Come
4 Chattanooga Choo Choo Gordon
5 Don't Let Me Lose This Dream
6 Shape of Things That Are and Were
7 Last Train to Clarksville

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I Got a Woman & Some Blues
Release Date: 1969 | 160 Mb

Tracks:
1 I Got a Woman
2 Out of the Blue
3 Bluesadelic
4 Durham's Turn
5 Good Morning Blues
6 I Worry 'Bout You
7 Without Her
8 She Went a Little Bit Father
9 Goodbye, Columbus

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Other Side of Abbey Road
Release Date: October 22-1969 | 178 Mb

Tracks:
1 Golden Slumbers/You Never Give Me Your Money
2 Because/Come Together
3 Oh! Darling
4 Here Comes the Sun/I Want You (She's So Heavy)
5 Something/Octopus's Garden/The End

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Tell It Like It Is
Release Date: April 29-1969 | 212 Mb

Tracks:
1 Soul Limbo
2 Are You Happy
3 Tell It Like It Is
4 Land of 1000 Dances
5 Jackie, All
6 Don't Cha Hear Me Callin' to Ya
7 Water Brother
8 My Woman's Good to Me
9 Jama Joe
10 My Cherie Amour
11 Out in the Cold Again

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White Rabbit
Release Date: November 23-1971 | 180 Mb

Tracks:
1 White Rabbit
2 Theme from Summer of '42
3 Little Train (From Bachianas Brasileiras #2)
4 California Dreamin'
5 Mar

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Body Talk
Release Date: July 17 1973 | 260 Mb

Tracks:
1 Body Talk
2 Top of the World
3 Dance
4 When Love Has Grown
5 Plum
6 Body Talk [Alternate Take]

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Witchcraft
Release Date: 1973 | 410 Mb

Tracks:
1 All Blues
2 Witchcraft
3 Love for Sale
4 Lil' Darlin'
5 There Will Never Be Another You
6 Oleo

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Bad Benson
Release Date: February 22-1974 | 280 Mb

Tracks:
1 Take Five
2 Summer Wisher/Winter Dreams
3 My Latin Brother
4 No Sooner Said Than Done
5 Full Compass
6 Changing World
7 Take the "A" Train
8 Serbian Blue
9 From Now On

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Good King Bad
Release Date: 1975 | 240 Mb

Tracks:
1 Theme from Good King Bad
2 One Rock Don't Make No Boulder
3 Em
4 Cast Your Fate to the Wind
5 Siberian Workout
6 Shell of a Man
7 Hold on I'm Coming

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Benson & Farrell
Release Date: January 20 1976 | 178 Mb

Tracks:
1 Flute Song
2 Beyond the Ozone
3 Camel Hump
4 Rolling Home
5 Old Devil Moon

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Breezin’
Release Date: January 06-1976 | 220 Mb

Tracks:
1 Breezin'
2 This Masquerade
3 Six to Four
4 Affirmation
5 So This Is Love?
6 Lady

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In Flight
Release Date: 1976 | 207 Mb

Tracks:
1 Nature Boy
2 Wind and I
3 World Is a Ghetto
4 Gonna Love You More
5 Valdez in the Country
6 Everything Must Change

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Livin’ Inside Your Love
Release Date: February 01, 1977 | 310 Mb

Tracks:
1 Livin' Inside Your Love
2 Hey Girl
3 Nassau Day
4 Soulful Strut
5 Prelude to Fall
6 Change Is Gonna Come
7 Love Ballad
8 You're Never Too Far from Me
9 Love Is a Hurtin' Thing
10 Welcome into My World
11 Before You Go
12 Unchained Melody

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Weekend in L.A.
Release Date: September 30-1977 | 360 Mb

Tracks:
1 Weekend in L.A.
2 On Broadway
3 Down Here on the Ground
4 California P.M.
5 Greatest Love of All
6 It's All in the Game
7 Windsong
8 Ode to a Kudu
9 Lady Blue
10 We All Remember Wes
11 We as Love

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Give Me the Night
Release Date: 1980 | 218 Mb

Tracks:
1 Love X Love
2 Off Broadway
3 Moody's Mood
4 Give Me the Night
5 What's on Your Mind
6 Dinorah, Dinorah
7 Love Dance
8 Star of a Story (X)
9 Midnight Love Affair
10 Turn Out the Lamplight

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In Your Eyes
Release Date: 1983 | 270 Mb

Tracks:
1 Feel Like Making Love
2 Inside Love (So Personal)
3 Lady Love Me (One More Time)
4 Love Will Come Again
5 In Your Eyes
6 Never Too Far to Fall
7 Being with You
8 Use Me
9 Late at Night
10 In Search of a Dream

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20/20
Release Date: 1984 | 240 Mb

Tracks:
1 No One Emotion
2 Please Don't Walk Away
3 I Just Wanna Hang Around You
4 Nothing's Gonna Change My Love for You
5 Beyond the Sea (La Mer)
6 20/20
7 New Day
8 Hold Me
9 Stand Up
10 You Are the Love of My Life

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While the City Sleeps
Release Date: 1986 | 240 Mb

Tracks:
1 While the City Sleeps
2 Kisses in the Moonlight
3 Shiver
4 Love Is Here Tonight
5 Teaser
6 Secrets in the Night
7 Too Many Times
8 Did You Hear Thunder

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George Benson and Earl Klugh Collaboration
Release Date: 1987 | 265 Mb

Tracks:
1 Mt. Airy Road
2 Mimosa
3 Brazilian Stomp
4 Dreamin'
5 Since You're Gone
6 Collaboration
7 Jamaica
8 Romeo & Juliet [Love Theme from Romeo & Juliet]

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Twice the Love
Release Date: 1988 | 310 Mb

Tracks:
1 Twice the Love
2 Starting All Over
3 Good Habit
4 Everybody Does It
5 Living on Borrowed Love
6 Let's Do It Again
7 Stephanie
8 Tender Love
9 You're Still My Baby
10 Until You Believe
11 Let Go

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Tenderly
Release Date: 1989 | 190 Mb

Tracks:
1 You Don't Know What Love Is
2 Stella by Starlight
3 Stardust
4 At the Mambo Inn
5 Here, There and Everywhere
6 This Is All I Ask
7 Tenderly
8 I Could Write a Book

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George Benson with the Count Basie Orchestra Big Boss Band
Release Date: 1990 | 250 Mb

Tracks:
1 Without a Song
2 Ready Now That You Are
3 How Do You Keep the Music Playing?
4 On Green Dolphin Street
5 Baby Workout
6 I Only Have Eyes for You
7 Portrait of Jennie
8 Walkin' My Baby Back Home
9 Skylark
10 Basie's Bag

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Love Remembers
Release Date: 1993 | 380 Mb

Tracks:
1 I'll Be Good to You
2 Got to Be There
3 My Heart Is Dancing
4 Love of My Life
5 Kiss and Make Up
6 Come into My World
7 Love Remembers
8 Willing to Fight
9 Somewhere Island
10 Lovin' on Barrowed Time
11 Lost in Love
12 Calling You

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That’s Right
Release Date: 1996 | 290 Mb

Tracks:
1 That's Right
2 Thinker
3 Marvin Said
4 True Blue
5 Holdin' On
6 Song for My Brother
7 Johnnie Lee
8 Summer Love
9 P Park
10 Footprints in the Sand

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This Is Jazz
Release Date: 1996 | 290 Mb

Tracks:
1. Clockwise
2. Myna Bird Blues
3. Willow Weep For Me
4. Stormy Weather
5. The Cooker
6. The Borgia Stick
7. Ode To A Kudu
8. Take Five
9. I Remember Wes
10. Good King Bad
11. Summertime (Live)
12. From Now On

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Standing Together
Release Date: June 02, 1998 | 315 Mb

Tracks:
1 C-Smooth
2 Standing Together
3 All I Know
4 Cruise Control
5 Poquito Spanish, Poquito Funk
6 Still Waters
7 Fly by Night
8 Back to Love
9 Keep Rollin'

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Absolute Benson
Release Date: May 23, 2000 | 330 Mb

Tracks:
1 Ghetto
2 Barrio
3 Jazzenco
4 Deeper Than You Think
5 One on One
6 Hipping the Hop
7 Lately
8 Come Back Baby
9 Medicine Man
10 El Barrio (MAW MIX)

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Irreplaceable
Release Date: January 06, 2004 | 289 Mb

Tracks:
1 Six Play
2 Whole Man
3 Irreplaceable
4 Loving Is Better Than Leaving
5 Strings of Love
6 Cell Phone
7 Black Rose
8 Stairway to Love
9 Reason for Breathing
10 Missing You

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Blaq

January 5th, 2009, 04:07 PM

blaq u posted alotta albums i was lookin for so i thought id give somethin back 2 this thread, heres some stuff i havent seen posted here yet:

Welcome, Se7enDT! Thanks for the Stevie, as I only have those on vinyl. Great drops! Props to Run as well on his uploads!

Make sure to hang out for awhile. We'll be looking forward to more of your drops. :thumbs up:

Peace.

Blaq

January 5th, 2009, 04:21 PM

Rachelle Ferrell
Individuality (Can I Be Me)
[Direct Rip]

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y100/Blaq2/RachelleFerrell_Individuality.jpg?t=1231187374

Tracklist

1. Individuality (Can I Be Me?)
2. Sista
3. Will You Remember Me?
4. I Forgive You
5. I Gotta Go
6. Why You Wanna Mess It All Up?
7. Gaia
8. Run To Me
9. Reflections Of My Heart
10. Satisfied
11. I Can Explain

WAV
604MB

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Part 2: http://rapidshare.com/files/180139692/R_Ferrell_ICIBM_Blaq_WAV.part2.rar
Part 3: http://rapidshare.com/files/180137564/R_Ferrell_ICIBM_Blaq_WAV.part3.rar

PASS: BLAQ_SYNCITI.NET

The voice! On Individuality Rachelle Ferrell's astonishing instrument (as it certainly deserves to be called) soars and swoops through a six-octave range, which makes her a rarity in the modern R&B of nubile sopranos. Ferrell is as comfortable delivering a deep, velvety growl as a soprano soar. Her work as a jazz singer-songwriter has clearly sharpened her vocal technique and added a perceptive subtlety to the arrangements that accompany it, which dwell in sweet 'n' lowdown, unplugged bass territory. Individuality is a compact, intensely personal album. It covers topics from sisterhood ("Sista") to jilted love ("I Gotta Go"), all through the eyes of a mature woman. With this album's unslick production and sincerity, Ferrell continues to set herself apart from the pack, expanding the parameters of R&B to accommodate her and her voice, not vice versa.

Amazon.com, Lizz Mendez Berry

Se7enDT

January 6th, 2009, 05:05 AM

Bob Marley & The Wailers - Natty Dread, 1974 y.
MP3 320 Kbps | APE + CUE
Styles: Reggae, Political Reggae, Roots Reggae

http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/4507/marleynattydtk5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Natty Dread is Bob Marley's finest album, the ultimate reggae recording of all time. This was Marley's first album without former bandmates Peter Tosh and Bunny Livingston, and the first released as Bob Marley & the Wailers. The Wailers' rhythm section of bassist Aston "Family Man" Barrett and drummer Carlton "Carlie" Barrett remained in place and even contributed to the songwriting, while Marley added a female vocal trio, the I-Threes (which included his wife Rita Marley), and additional instrumentation to flesh out the sound. The material presented here defines what reggae was originally all about, with political and social commentary mixed with religious paeans to Jah. The celebratory "Lively Up Yourself" falls in the same vein as "Get Up, Stand Up" from Burnin'. "No Woman, No Cry" is one of the band's best-known ballads. "Them Belly Full (But We Hungry)" is a powerful warning that "a hungry mob is an angry mob." "Rebel Music (3 O'Clock Road Block)" and "Revolution" continue in that spirit, as Marley assumes the mantle of prophet abandoned by '60s forebears like Bob Dylan. In addition to the lyrical strengths, the music itself is full of emotion and playfulness, with the players locked into a solid groove on each number. Considering that popular rock music was entering the somnambulant disco era as Natty Dread was released, the lyrical and musical potency is especially striking. Marley was taking on discrimination, greed, poverty, and hopelessness while simultaneously rallying the troops as no other musical performer was attempting to do in the mid-'70s.

Bob Marley & The Wailers - Natty Dread, 1974 г.
Release Date: Jan 1978

1. Lively Up Yourself (Marley) 5:29
2. No Woman, No Cry (Ford, Marley) 4:06
3. Them Belly Full (But We Hungry) (Barrett) 3:10
4. Rebel Music (3 O'Clock Road Block) (Barrett, Peart) 6:40
5. So Jah Seh (Francisco, Marley) 4:25
6. Natty Dread (Cole, Marley) 3:33
7. Bend Down Low (Marley) 3:10
8. Talkin' Blues (Barrett, Cogil) 4:06
9. Revolution (Marley) 4:20

Bob Marley - Guitar, Guitar (Rhythm), Vocals
Al Anderson - Guitar
Aston Barrett - Bass, Guitar, Guitar (Bass)
Carlton "Carlie" Barrett - Percussion, Drums, Executive Producer
Junior Hanson - Guitar
Bernard Touter Harvey - Organ, Piano
Earl Lindo - Keyboards
I-Threes - Vocals (bckgr)
Rita Marley - Vocals
Marcia Griffiths - Vocals
Judy Mowatt - Vocals
Alvin Patterson - Percussion
Touter - Organ, Piano

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Se7enDT

January 6th, 2009, 05:32 AM

Bob Marley and The Wailers - Catch a Fire (2CD Deluxe Edition - 2001) [FLAC]-MAX

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Bob Marley and the Wailers - Catch a Fire

Catch a Fire is the major-label-debut album for Jamaican reggae band The Wailers, released on Island Records in 1973.

Catch a Fire peaked at #171 and #51 on Billboard's (North America) Pop Albums and Black Albums charts respectively. It is number 125 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time, the highest placement of the four Bob Marley albums on the list.

Note: This is not my work just stuff I have collected along the way(Regrettably I do not know who did the original work, sorry.) and as such I take no credit for the work involved other then to repack for all to enjoy in lossless formate. Enjoy!

Note 2: This is my first post so if there is something I forgot or someone wants to suggest pointers feel free to do so

Note 3: I have collected allot of albums in FLAC formate so I might be uploading some more albums in the near future depending on whether or not people are interested.

TRACK LISTING

DISK 1(Jamaican Release)
1. "Concrete Jungle" – 4:16
2. "Stir It Up" – 3:39
3. "High Tide Or Low Tide" – 4:45
4. "Stop That Train" – 3:55
5. "400 Years" – 3:03
6. "Baby We've Got A Date (Rock It Baby)" – 4:05
7. "Midnight Ravers" – 5:09
8. "All Day All Night" – 3:29
9. "Slave Driver" – 2:57
10. "Kinky Reggae" – 3:45
11. "No More Trouble" – 5:16

DISK 2(International Release)
1. "Concrete Jungle" – 4:15
2. "Slave Driver" – 2:55
3. "400 Years" – 2:47
4. "Stop That Train" – 3:57
5. "Baby We've Got A Date (Rock It Baby)" – 3:59
6. "Stir It Up" – 5:35
7. "Kinky Reggae" – 3:39
8. "No More Trouble" – 4:00
9. "Midnight Ravers" – 5:08

THE DETAILS:
Ripped with EAC v0.99 / secure mode
Compressed with Flac Frontend V1.7 - level 8
File size: ~ 487MB
Art: Complete 24-page insert, cd-back, cd-insert at 300dpi

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Se7enDT

January 6th, 2009, 05:42 AM

this is one album from Marley i didnt have in lossless, i own all his studio albums but never really bothered to buy the live shows..

Bob Marley & The Wailers - Babylon By Bus-Flac(Lossless)

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Positive Vibration
Punky Reggae Party
Exodus
Stir It Up
Rat Race
Concrete Jungle
Kinky Reggae
Lively Up Yourself
Rebel Music (3 O'Clock Roadblock)
War/No More Trouble
Is This Love
Heathen
Jamming

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dadirtydj

January 6th, 2009, 07:21 AM

Marcela Mangabeira - Simples 2008

JAZZ – BOSSA | WAV| CUE | 443 MB
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Customer Review

Marcela Mangabeira was unknown to the wonderful Brazilian music realm until this CD of hers came out; produced and arranged by Maestro Roberto Menescal is enough to guarantee a superb product, and that's exactly what we have here. On top of that, Marcela's voice is sublime like we are accostumed coming from Brasil; very soft and relaxed vocal hues, but with so much melody; truly beautiful, so jazzy, so Bossa Novaish.
Another great feature here is that Marcela is covering songs by some of the most recent and important songwriters from Brasil like:
Antonio Carlos Jobim, Joao Donato, Ivan Lins, Caetano Veloso, Marcos Valle, Roberto Menescal, Johnny Alf, Jose Roberto Bertrami, etc.

~ Track Listing ~

1. Rio
2. Love Dance
3. Para Ti
4. Os Grilos
5. Insensatez
6. So Quis Voce
7. Pro Menesca
8. Eu E A Brisa
9. Pro Tom
10. A Ra
11. Voo Sobre O Horizonte
12. So Danco Samba

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dadirtydj

January 6th, 2009, 07:33 AM

Bob Baldwin - Brazil Chill 2004

SMOOTH JAZZ | WAV | CUE | 521 MB
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/412N8JFT8JL._SS500_.jpg

~ Track Listing ~

1. Cafezinho
2. Manhattan Samba
3. I Wanna Be Where You Are - Bob Baldwin, Ware, Leon
4. Everybody's Beautiful (In Brazil)
5. Late Night Samba (Interlude)
6. Last Call (For Love)
7. Brazil Chill
8. Sho Nuff
9. Beijos (The Kiss)
10. Carnival (Interlude)
11. I Wanna Be Where You Are (Reprise) - Bob Baldwin, Ware, Leon

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dadirtydj

January 6th, 2009, 07:43 AM

Chuck Mangione - Feels So Good 1977

SMOOTH JAZZ | WAV | CUE | COVERS | 464 MB
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~ Track Listing ~

1. Feels So Good 9:42
2. Maui-Waui 10:13
3. Theme From "Side Street" 2:05
4. Hide & Seek (Ready Or Not Here I Come) 6:25
5. Last Dance 10:54
6. The XIth Commandment 6:36

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Blaq

January 6th, 2009, 11:57 AM

Howard Hewett
I Commit To Love
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist

1. Stay
2. I'm for Real
3. Last Forever
4. I Commit to Love
5. In a Crazy Way
6. Love Don't Wanna Wait
7. I Got to Go
8. Eye on You
9. Let's Try It All over Again
10. Say Amen

WAV
452MB

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Review by

Howard Hewett made a smooth transition from being a member of the trio Shalamar to becoming a bona fide solo artist. His first single to hit the Billboard R&B charts was the romantically enchanting "I'm for Real." Too fast to be a ballad and not fast enough to be a jam, Hewett still captivated radio and his audience with this moderate number. The Ohio native glides from his lacerating tenor to his striking falsetto highs supported by cogent backing vocals. The classic piece peaked at number two on the charts. The single "Stay" has a crossover appeal, but it never made a dent in the pop charts. It is not half as impressive as "I'm for Real." However, it did manage to show at number eight on the Billboard R&B charts. "I Commit to Love" falls short as well. It too is saturated with pop seasonings. Nonetheless, it tipped in at number 12 on the Billboard R&B charts. The final release was the inspirational selection "Say Amen," which is Hewett's personal testimony of being given a second chance after his battle with life's various vices. It has become an anthem for many. Inside ten weeks, it peaked at number 54. The shortcoming on this album is the material. As Hewett can deliver on the vocals, the songs do nothing for his talent as they lack excitement and mesmerizing melodies; the two elements commonly associated with his great voice.

All Music Guide, Craig Lytle

Biography

Among the great pure vocalists of the urban contemporary era, Howard Hewett has seldom found material worthy of his tremendous skills. He grew up in Akron, Ohio, and relocated to Los Angeles. Hewett danced on Soul Train, and became one-third of Shalamar with Jeffrey Daniel and Jody Watley in 1979. They had several big hits before Hewett departed for a solo career in 1985. He signed with Elektra, and his second single, "I'm for Real," was a number two R&B hit in 1986. The follow-up single, "Stay," also made the Top Ten, while "I Commit to Love" in 1987 reached number 12. Hewitt remained on Elektra through the '80s and into the '90s, earning another hit with "Strange Relationshp" in 1988, and cutting duets with Dionne Warwick and Anita Baker. He's also been busy as a writer, producer, and session vocalist. Hewett co-wrote and produced "Frustration" for LaToya Jackson in 1984, and sang on her LP Heart Don't Lie. He did lead vocals on LPs by Stanley Clarke and George Duke in 1984 and 1986, a duet with Stacy Lattisaw on "Ain't No Mountain High Enough," and sang with Firefox in 1986, as well as doing backgrounds on a Donna Summer release.

All Music Guide, Ron Wynn

Blaq

January 6th, 2009, 04:45 PM

Howard Hewett
Forever And Ever
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist

1. Strange Relationship
2. Natural Love
3. Once,Twice,Three Times
4. You'll Find Another Man
5. Forever And Ever
6. Shakin' My Emotion
7. Share A Love
8. This Time
9. Challenge
10. Good-bye Good Friend
11. Ain't No Mountain High Enough
12. Say Amen

WAV
565MB

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Review

Howard Hewett's lack of solo success after leaving the group Shalamar was among the more frustrating stories of the late '80s. He had the vocal skills and the looks to be a major attraction, but couldn't get the consistently good material he needed. This 1988 album had three charts hits, including the superb "Once, Twice, Three Times," but just couldn't earn Hewett the star power he deserved.

Ron Wynn

MaccaM

January 6th, 2009, 05:04 PM

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!

Janet Jackson - Rhythm Nation 1814 (1989)
[FLAC - Cue - Cover]

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Track Listing
1. Interlude: Pledge
2. Rhythm Nation
3. State of the World
4. The Knowledge
5. Miss You Much
6. Love Will Never Do (Without You)
7. Livin' in a World (They Didn't Make)
8. Alright
9. Escapade
10. Black Cat
11. Lonely
12. Come Back to Me
13. Someday Is Tonight
14. Interlude: Livin'...In Complete Darkness

Review by Alex Henderson
After shocking the R&B world with 1986's Control — a gutsy, risk-taking triumph that was a radical departure from her first two albums — Michael and Jermaine Jackson's younger sister reached an even higher artistic plateau with the conceptual Rhythm Nation 1814. Once again, she enlists the help of Time graduates Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis (one of the more soulful production/songwriting teams of 1980s and '90s R&B) with wildly successful results. In 1989, protest songs were common in rap but rare in R&B — Janet Jackson, following rap's lead, dares to address social and political topics on "The Knowledge," the disturbing "State of the World," and the poignant ballad "Living in a World" (which decries the reality of children being exposed to violence). Jackson's voice is wafer-thin, and she doesn't have much of a range — but she definitely has lots of soul and spirit and uses it to maximum advantage on those gems as well as nonpolitical pieces ranging from the Prince-influenced funk/pop of "Miss You Much" and "Alright" to the caressing, silky ballads "Someday Is Tonight," "Alone," and "Come Back to Me" to the pop/rock smoker "Black Cat." For those purchasing their first Janet Jackson release, Rhythm Nation would be an even wiser investment than Control — and that's saying a lot.

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Blaq

January 6th, 2009, 10:14 PM

Howard Hewett
Howard Hewett
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist

1. When Will It Be
2. Show Me
3. If I Could Only Have That Day Back
4. Let Me Show You How To Fall In Love
5. I Do
6. More I Get (More I Want)
7. Let's Get Deeper
8. Shadow
9. I Know You'll Be Comin' Back
10. Don't Give In
11. Jesus

WAV
524MB

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Review

On this album, Howard Hewett has a string of solid ballads and mid-tempo numbers before bowing to some experiemental material. The first release was "Show Me." Hewett delivers a compassionate performance as he craves to make good on the lyric. For two consecuive weeks it held the number two spot on the Billboard R&B charts. On a more mid-tempo note, the second single "If I Could only Have that Day Back" comes across as a pop-oriented number. Nonetheless, the single is inviting; it peaked at 14. The third release "Let Me Show You How to Fall in Love" is groomed around a mid-tempo rhythm; it too has that crossover appeal as well. It peaked at 67 after only eight weeks on the charts.

The misfortune on this album is that "When Will It Be" and "I Do" were never released. Both are moderate numbers. The former is a duet with the incomparable Anita Baker. The two gifted singers earnestly complement one another in a lyric centered around the bewildering quest for world harmony; the song is cradled in a elegant, jazzy arrangement that is contagious to any listener. Truly a great song. "I Do" slowly builds through the verse to the chorus. The change-up prior to the chorus is irresistibly engaging. As simplistic as the lyrics are, they are appealing as well. The mid-tempo and ballad numbers outshine the uptempo numbers.

All Music Guide, Craig Lytle

Blaq

January 6th, 2009, 11:10 PM

John Coltrane
A Love Supreme
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist

1. A Love Supreme, Pt. 1: Acknowledgement
2. A Love Supreme, Pt. 2: Resolution
3. A Love Supreme, Pt. 3: Pursuance/Pt. 4: Psalm

WAV
333MB

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Review

Easily one of the most important records ever made, John Coltrane's A Love Supreme was his pinnacle studio outing that at once compiled all of his innovations from his past, spoke of his current deep spirituality, and also gave a glimpse into the next two and a half years (sadly, those would be his last). Recorded at the end of 1964, Trane's classic quartet of Elvin Jones, McCoy Tyner, and Jimmy Garrison stepped into the studio and created one of the most thought-provoking, concise, and technically pleasing albums of their bountiful relationship (not to mention his best-selling to date). From the undulatory (and classic) bassline at the intro to the last breathy notes, Trane is at the peak of his logical yet emotionally varied soloing while the rest of the group is remarkably in tune with Coltrane's spiritual vibe. Composed of four parts, each has a thematic progression leading to an understanding of spirituality through meditation. From the beginning, "Acknowledgement" is the awakening of sorts that trails off to the famous chanting of the theme at the end, which yields to the second act, "Resolution," an amazingly beautiful piece about the fury of dedication to a new path of understanding. "Persuance" is a search for that understanding, and "Psalm" is the enlightenment. Although he is at times aggressive and atonal, this isn't Trane at his most adventurous (pretty much everything recorded from here on out progressively becomes much more free, and live recordings from this period are extremely spirited), but it certainly is his best attempt at the realization of concept — as the spiritual journey is made amazingly clear. A Love Supreme clocks in at just over 30 minutes, but if it had been any longer it could have turned into a laborious listen. As it stands, just enough is conveyed. It is almost impossible to imagine a world without A Love Supreme having been made, and it is equally impossible to imagine any jazz collection without it.

All Music Guide, Jack LV Isles

Biography by William Ruhlmann

Despite a relatively brief career (he first came to notice as a sideman at age 29 in 1955, formally launched a solo career at 33 in 1960, and was dead at 40 in 1967), saxophonist John Coltrane was among the most important, and most controversial, figures in jazz. It seems amazing that his period of greatest activity was so short, not only because he recorded prolifically, but also because, taking advantage of his fame, the record companies that recorded him as a sideman in the 1950s frequently reissued those recordings under his name and there has been a wealth of posthumously released material as well.

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RunawayTrane

January 7th, 2009, 03:06 AM

Robben Ford - Truth
BLUES | WAV | CUE | LOG | 300DPI | 584MB
Concord 2007

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Robben Ford is at that stage in his career when he needs to make a decision. It's been well established for decades that he is one of the truly great guitar players out there. He has mastered the many styles placed in front of him and bitten off and chewed more. But that doesn't necessarily mean he is a great songwriter; he's not, and that's painfully obvious on Truth. Perhaps the best that can be said about this recording is that it is the work of a very competent bandleader and producer who happens to play one hell of a mean guitar. It also features fine performances from organist Larry Goldings and bassist Will Lee, and guest appearances from Susan Tedeschi (whose soulful voice literally saves a cover of Paul Simon's "One Man's Ceiling Is Another Man's Floor") and Bernie Worrell (on "Riley B. King"). That said, Ford's songs are rather tired, generic, and unidentifiable except for his guitar playing and Goldings' amazing organ playing when he appears on one (though a notable exception to this is the midnight blue protest tune "Peace on My Mind"). His singing voice hasn't gotten any better with the years. He can hold a tune, but it's as if there isn't anything there. His choosing to cover Otis Redding's classic "Nobody's Fault But Mine" was a terrible mistake, as anyone who has ever heard the original would attest. If you are a Ford fan, you no doubt look forward to more of his playing and it's here; if you're not, and know nothing about the man, there is little here to recommend this set. Ford should pull a Tiger Woods and break everything he knows down and begin again; he has too much talent to simply coast like this. This CD was nominated for a Grammy award in 2007 for Best Contemporary Blues Album. ~ Thom Jurek, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Lateral Climb
02. How Deep In The Blues (Do You Want To Go)
03. Nobody's Fault But Mine
04. Riley B.King
05. You're Gonna Need A Friend
06. One Man's Ceiling Is Another Man's Floor
07. Too Much
08. Peace On My Mind
09. There'll Never Be Another You
10. River Of Soul
11. Moonchild Blues

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Blaq

January 7th, 2009, 03:44 AM

Zapp
The New Zapp IV U
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist

1. It Doesn't Really Matter
2. Computer Love
3. Itchin' For Your Twitchin'
4. Radio People
5. I Only Have Eyes For You
6. Rock N Roll
7. Cas-Ta-Spellonme
8. Make Me Feel Good
9. Ja Ready To Rock

WAV
434MB

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Review

Though Zapp III was far from a failure or even a disappointment, it wasn't quite on par with previous Roger Troutman efforts, being a little uneven and less of a commercial success. So when Troutman resurfaced in 1985, he shook up his formula a bit, focusing on an even collection of succinct songs rather than an album driven by epic anthems and filled out with shorter songs. To further communicate the concept that he was shaking things up, Troutman blatantly titled his album The New Zapp IV U. On the one hand, things really didn't change as much as Troutman would have you believe. The New Zapp IV U is still immersed in bouncy, carefree funk, and he still has a monster anthem with "Computer Love." The main change seems to be an emphasis on tighter song structures rather than loose, epic dancefloor jams. Yet on the other hand, these tiny changes are all Troutman really needed to do. The previous three Zapp albums were all stellar, and it would have been a shame for him to abandon a winning formula. In the end, the new approach to songwriting here proves just enough change to make this a fresh-sounding album. Had Troutman returned with yet another Zapp album propelled by one or two epic, ten-minute dancefloor jams and a few shorter funk exercises, it would have seemed incredibly trite — after three albums, it was time for a change to keep things fresh.

All Music Guide, Jason Birchmeier

Biography by John Bush

One of the most underrated funk groups of the 1980s, Zapp revolutionized the computer pop of electro with their trademark vocoder talk boxes and bumping grooves, emulating the earthier side of Prince and Cameo, with a leader in Roger Troutman who was more than efficient at polished production. The family group, with brothers Roger, Lester, Larry, and Tony Troutman, grew up in Hamilton, OH, influenced by hometown heroes the Ohio Players as well as Parliament and other funk groups. Tony was the first to begin recording, with an obscure single for Gram-O-Phon Records, "I Truly Love You," which scraped the R&B charts in 1976. Joined by his brothers (with Roger on vocals and guitar, Lester on drums, Larry on percussion, and himself contributing bass) and christened Zapp, the group played around the Midwest and gradually picked up backing vocalists (Bobby Glover, Jannetta Boyce), keyboard players (Greg Jackson, Sherman Fleetwood) and a horn section (Eddie Barber, Jerome Derrickson, Mike Warren).

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RunawayTrane

January 7th, 2009, 02:06 PM

great post Blaq. Another one you won't see ANYWHERE else. If I could, I'd rep you for it
:277:

RunawayTrane

January 7th, 2009, 02:08 PM

Al Jarreau - Tenderness
VOCAL | APE | CUE | 300DPI | 412MB
Warner Brothers 1994

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Rather than do a strictly studio or strictly live album next, Jarreau recorded a "live in the studio" affair before an invited audience -- and this time he would not be bothered with the latest new mediocre R&B tunes. Spreading his net from the Gershwins through Lennon-McCartney to Jorge Ben, Elton John and himself, Jarreau assembled a core band that includes vets like Joe Sample, Steve Gadd, the late Eric Gale, and producer Marcus Miller and turned himself loose on the songs with a freedom that hasn't been heard extensively on his records since the '70s. As then, he transplants standards of whatever school into his own cross-genre idiom, squeezing his tone through the syllables and flashing his speed scatting. He produces some lovingly drawn-out reprises of "She's Leaving Home" and "We Got By," a semi-funk "Summertime" with echoes of Gil Evans in the horns, and fits into the rapid-fire "Mas Que Nada" in the Brazilian manner-born. Opera diva Kathleen Battle's breathless coloratura soprano makes for an odd, unsettling contrast with Jarreau's snake-like wanderings in "My Favorite Things" (the only track recorded at a separate session in New York; the others were cut in L.A.); Michael Brecker's tenor sax adds a third alien voice to the mix. Those who were first drawn to Jarreau from his live and recorded performances of the mid-'70s are going to like this CD -- and this time, the new material ("Wait for the Magic," "Dinosaur") is not only interesting and thought-provoking, it makes good use of Jarreau's voice. As with Live In London, a home video of the sessions is available, but contains only ten tracks. ~ Richard S. Ginell, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Mas Que Nada
02. Try a Little Tenderness
03. Your Song
04. My Favorite Things
05. She's Leaving Home
06. Summertime [From Porgy and Bess]
07. We Got By
08. Save Your Love for Me
09. You Don't See Me
10. Wait for the Magic
11. Dinosaur
12. Go Away Little Girl

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RunawayTrane

January 7th, 2009, 02:38 PM

LL Cool J - Exit 13
RAP | WAV | CUE | LOG | HQ COVERS | 813MB | 76:01
Def Jam 2008

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Wrapped in what is possibly the most prog rock sleeve design in hip-hop history, Exit 13 marks LL Cool J's departure from Def Jam, the pioneering label the MC helped build. It begins with the blustery and overblown "It's Time for War," an embittered reclamation where he sounds more like he's shooing kids off his lawn than reigning over his territory. There are a couple tracks where LL sounds as on fire as ever, usually when his targets are specific rather than general, as on "You Better Watch Me" and "This Is Ring Tone M..." But the album's tone tilts toward the reactionary in its clear desire to sound just like a standard 2008 mainstream rap album, with unnecessary references to Petron and Cognac and in-your-face evidence that LL really wants you to know he's not behind the times: "Let's take our clothes off, bombs away/Pick a song -- Ne-Yo, Chris Brown, or Ray-J." Head-scratching career low points are more common than highlights, from the horndog patriotism of "American Girl" ("I'm so glad the French helped us out/Now you're free to walk around and let your cleavage bounce"; "You go, girl, you make me wanna holler/I'll take George off and put your boobs on the dollar") to the sub-50 Cent "Come and Party with Me." Out with a whimper, not a bang, Exit 13 is an off-ramp leading to a boulevard of several mismanaged White Castle knock-offs. ~ Andy Kellman, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. It's Time for War
02. Old School New School
03. Feel My Heart Beat
04. Get Over Here
05. Baby
06. You Better Watch Me
07. Cry
08. Baby [Rock Remix]
09. Rocking with the G.O.A.T.
10. This Is Ring Tone M...
11. Like a Radio
12. I Fall in Love
13. Ur Only a Customer
14. Mr. President
15. American Girl
16. Speedin on Da Highway/Exit 13
17. Come and Party with Me
18. We Rollin'
19. Dear Hip Hop

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RunawayTrane

January 8th, 2009, 12:46 AM

Prince - The Rainbow Children
ROCK | FLAC | CUE | COVERS | 446MB | 68:51
Redline 2001

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Billed as Prince's most controversial album — at least by his press agency and label — upon its release in the fall of 2001, The Rainbow Children was arguably his most curious album to date, which isn't necessarily the same thing as controversial. It could have been controversial, that's for sure, given that it follows his conversion to the Jehovah's Witnesses and that it trumpets his faith, over the most elastic, jazziest backing music he's made. If Prince hadn't marginalized himself through his record company battles, multi-disc sets, and botched superstar comebacks, this could have been genuinely controversial, since people would be paying attention to what he's doing. As of 2001, nobody outside of the diehards — those who sign up for the Paisley Park subscription service and those that will seek out an album like The Rainbow Children, which was initially only available through the Internet — was really paying enough attention to listen to this record, since they were the only ones to sit through the cascade of arcania he turned out after his liberation from Warner. Since they're so deeply immersed in this work, they would realize that musically The Rainbow Children is his most cohesive set since The Gold Experience, and the only one to really push past his traditional limits since then (which, admittedly, is still much more imaginative). And, you know, that's really too bad, because as a musical experience, this is pretty rich, demonstrating not just that Prince knows no borders, but that his music effortlessly mutates within the course of one song, perhaps drawing from his standard book of tricks — jazz fusion, smooth soul, lite psychedelia, hard rock, and funk general weirdness — but always sounding unpredictable and rewarding. It's too bad, then, that the very thing that inspired the album for its creator is what will turn off even those diehards that stuck with him this long, seeking out this album — namely, its religious views. It's not that Prince has become a Jehovah's Witness — any objective listener really wouldn't care — but it's that his message doesn't support the music and doesn't fit with the sounds or the approach; it's hard to shut it out, not just because the words are so prominent, but because they're delivered in so many different voices (most distracting of all, the electronically altered basso profundo voice last heard on the decidedly secular "Bob George"), often in short, two-minute songs. This becomes a little overwhelming about halfway through, when the opera comes in on "Wedding Feast," reminding us that this is indeed a concept album, then delving into three eight-minute jams to conclude the record. It all winds up as a bit much, but it doesn't erase the musical facts: this is Prince at his most focused and rewarding in a long time, since Emancipation really. Too bad nobody outside of the diehards cares at this point. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Rainbow Children
02. Muse 2 The Pharaoh
03. Digital Garden
04. The Work (Part 1)
05. Everywhere
06. The Sensual Everafter
07. Mellow
08. 1+1+1 Is 3
09. Deconstruction
10. Wedding Feast
11. She Loves Me 4 Me
12. Family Name
13. The Everlasting Now
14. Last December

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excel

January 8th, 2009, 02:42 AM

I've never seen this available in lossless format. Enjoy

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Genius/GZA - Liquid Swords

Format: FLAC
Size: 329 MB

1 - Liquid Swords (feat. RZA)
2 - Duel Of The Iron Mic (feat. Inspectah Deck, Ol' Dirty Bastard & Masta Killa)
3 - Living In The World Today
4 - Swordsman
5 - Cold World (feat. Inspectah Deck)
6 - Labels
7 - 4th Chamber (feat. Ghostface Killah, RZA & Killah Priest)
8 - Shadowboxin' (feat. Method Man)
9 - Hell's Wind Staff,Killah Hills 10304
10 - Investigative Reports (feat. Raekwon, Ghostface & U-God)
11 - Gold
12 - I Gotcha' Back
13 - B.I.B.L.E. (Basic Instruction Before Leaving Earth) (feat. Killah Priest)

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RunawayTrane

January 8th, 2009, 03:16 AM

Robben Ford & The Blue Line
BLUES | FLAC | CUE | LOG | HQ ART | 382MB
Stretch 1992

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The debut set by guitarist Robben Ford with his Blue Line trio (a blues band with bassist Roscoe Beck and drummer Tom Brechtlein) finds Ford returning to his roots and playing the music that best fits his style. An effective singer, it is for Ford's powerful guitar playing that this CD (which has seven originals among the nine numbers) is most highly recommended to blues collectors. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

1. The Brother
2. You Cut Me to the Bone
3. I'm a Real Man
4. My Love Will Never Die
5. Step on It
6. Prison of Love
7. Tell Me I'm Your Man
8. Start It Up
9. Life Song

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Blaq

January 8th, 2009, 06:27 AM

Zapp & Roger
All The Greatest Hits
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist

1. More Bounce to the Ounce
2. Be Alright
3. I Heard It Through the Grapevine
4. So Ruff, So Tuff
5. Do It Roger
6. Dance Floor
7. Doo Wa Ditty (Blow That Thing)
8. I Can Make You Dance
9. Heartbreaker, Pts. 1-2
10. In the Mix
11. Midnight Hour
12. Computer Love
13. Night and Day '93
14. I Want to Be Your Man
15. Curiosity '93
16. Slow and Easy
17. Mega Medley

WAV
761MB

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Review

This Dayton, OH, band came to typify swinging, effervescent, and melodic funk in an era when Parliament, Funkadelic, and other outfits were getting bogged down and burned out. Zapp, unlike the other P-Funk units, had their own personality divorced from George Clinton, so much so a listener might not get the connection unless they read the album notes. While both Zapp and Roger had enough hits to make separate greatest hits compilations, All the Greatest Hits works well due to the song inclusions and the level of skill. Zapp's first hit, "More Bounce to the Ounce" with it's hard-hitting funk with jazzy underpinnings, set the template. Tracks from Roger Troutman's solo debut, like the great "Do It Roger" and a cover of "Heard It Through the Grapevine," seemed to sap the strength from the Zapp name, although the band was on them too. Zapp's 1983 near-classic "Heartbreaker 1 and 2" still amazes with its minimal, lean sound. The synth-based sound also served Troutman well on the mid-'80s solo hit "In the Mix" and Zapp's ballad "Computer Love." As the Zapp never did regain its commercial footing by the late '80s, Roger fared better solo and turned in the romantic ballad and surprise hit "I Wanna Be Your Man." All The Great Hits diminishes its appeal by adding disposable tracks like "Curiosity '93 (Remix)" and the live "Midnight Hour-Live '93 (Remix)." While the hits are indeed here, a fan could just as easily obtain a 1980-84 album of Zapp or Roger to get a better sense of the importance of the music.

All Music Guide, Jason Elias

Blaq

January 8th, 2009, 12:28 PM

Marvin Gaye
I Want You
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist

1. I Want You (Vocal)
2. Come Live With Me Angel
3. After the Dance (Instrumental)
4. Feel All My Love Inside
5. I Wanna Be Where You Are
6. I Want You (Intro Jam)
7. All the Way 'Round
8. Since I Had You
9. Soon I'll Be Loving You Again
10. I Want You (Intro Jam)
11. After the Dance (Vocal)

WAV
383MB

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Review

I Want You, while it was a Top Ten smash for Marvin Gaye in 1976, is not as generally well-known as its predecessors for a number of reasons. First, it marked a sharp change in direction, leaving his trademark Motown soul for lush, funky, light disco. Secondly, its subject matter is as close to explicit as pop records got in 1976. Third, Gaye hadn't recorded in nearly three years and critics were onto something else — exactly what is now anybody's guess. From the amazing Ernie Barnes cover painting "Back to Sugar Shack" to the Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson string and horn arrangements to Leon Ware's exotic production that relied on keyboards as well as drums and basses as rhythm instruments, I Want You was a giant leap for Gaye. The feel of the album was one of late-night parties in basements and small clubs, and the intimacy of the music evokes the image of people getting closer as every hour of a steamy night wears on. But the most astonishing things about I Want You are its intimacy (it was dedicated to and recorded in front of Gaye's future second wife, Jan), silky elegance, and seamless textures. Gaye worked with producer Leon Ware, who wrote all of the original songs on the album and worked with Gaye to revise them, thus lending Gaye a co-writing credit. The title track is a monster two-step groover with hand percussion playing counterpoint to the strings and horns layered in against a spare electric guitar solo, all before Gaye begins to sing on top of the funky backbeat. It's a party anthem to be sure, and one that evokes the vulnerability that a man in love displays when the object of his affection is in plain sight. Art Stewart's engineering rounds off all the edges and makes Gaye's already sweet crooning instrument into the true grain in the voice of seductive need. "Feel All My Love Inside" and "I Want to Be Where You Are" are anthems to sensuality with strings creeping up under Gaye's voice as the guitars move through a series of chunky changes and drums punctuate his every syllable. In all, the original album is a suite to the bedroom, one in which a man tells his woman all of his sexual aspirations because of his love for her. The entire album has been referenced by everyone from Mary J. Blige to D'Angelo to Chico DeBarge and even Todd Rundgren, who performed the title track live regularly. By the time it is over, the listener should be a blissed-out container of amorous vibes. I Want You and its companion, Ware's Musical Massage, are the pre-eminent early disco concept albums. They are adult albums about intimacy, sensuality, and commitment, and decades later they still reverberate with class, sincerity, grace, intense focus, and astonishingly good taste. I Want You is as necessary as anything Gaye ever recorded.

All Music Guide, Thom Jurek

Biography by Jason Ankeny

One of the most gifted, visionary, and enduring talents ever launched into orbit by the Motown hit machine, Marvin Gaye blazed the trail for the continued evolution of popular black music. Moving from lean, powerful R&B to stylish, sophisticated soul to finally arrive at an intensely political and personal form of artistic self-expression, his work not only redefined soul music as a creative force but also expanded its impact as an agent for social change.

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Blaq

January 8th, 2009, 01:22 PM

Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye
Diana & Marvin
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist

1. You Are Everything
2. Love Twins
3. Don't Knock My Love
4. You're A Special Part Of Me
5. Pledging My Love
6. Just Say, Just Say
7. Stop, Look, Listen (To Your Heart)
8. I'm Falling In Love With You
9. My Mistake (Was To Love You)
10. Include Me In Your Life

WAV
326MB

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Review

By the early '70s, Diana Ross and Marvin Gaye were in completely different creative territories. Ross was settling down as a professional diva, while Gaye was pushing his art forward with What's Going On, Trouble Man, and Let's Get It On. What they shared, apart from a mutual admiration, was that they were two of the biggest artists on Motown and that their voices sounded terrific together. So it wasn't entirely surprising that the duo teamed up in 1973 for the Diana & Marvin album. Although the album didn't produce any timeless classics, the results were still very good — good enough for the record to be one of Ross' best efforts of the era. The highlights are the three singles ("You're a Special Part of Me," "My Mistake (Was to Love You)," "Don't Knock My Love"), but even the weaker tunes are redeemed by the duo's indelible chemistry, and that's the reason why it's worth a listen.

All Music Guide, Stephen Thomas Erlewine

RunawayTrane

January 8th, 2009, 09:16 PM

Charles Mingus - Mingus Ah Um
JAZZ | WAV | CUE | LOG | HQ COVERS | 797MB
Columbia 1959

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Charles Mingus' debut for Columbia, Mingus Ah Um is a stunning summation of the bassist's talents and probably the best reference point for beginners. While there's also a strong case for The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady as his best work overall, it lacks Ah Um's immediate acccessibility and brilliantly sculpted individual tunes. Mingus' compositions and arrangements were always extremely focused, assimilating individual spontaneity into a firm consistency of mood, and that approach reaches an ultra-tight zenith on Mingus Ah Um. The band includes longtime Mingus stalwarts already well versed in his music, like saxophonists John Handy, Shafi Hadi, and Booker Ervin, trombonists Jimmy Knepper and Willie Dennis, pianist Horace Parlan, and drummer Dannie Richmond. Their razor-sharp performances tie together what may well be Mingus' greatest, most emotionally varied set of compositions. At least three became instant classics, starting with the irrepressible spiritual exuberance of signature tune "Better Get Hit in Yo' Soul," taken in a hard-charging 6/8 and punctuated by joyous gospel shouts. "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat" is a slow, graceful elegy for Lester Young, who died not long before the sessions. The sharply contrasting "Fables of Faubus" is a savage mockery of segregationist Arkansas governor Orval Faubus, portrayed musically as a bumbling vaudeville clown (the scathing lyrics, censored by skittish executives, can be heard on Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus). The underrated "Boogie Stop Shuffle" is bursting with aggressive swing, and elsewhere there are tributes to Mingus' three most revered influences: "Open Letter to Duke" is a suite of three tunes; "Bird Calls" is inspired by Charlie Parker; and "Jelly Roll" is an idiosyncratic yet affectionate nod to jazz's first great composer, Jelly Roll Morton. It simply isn't possible to single out one Mingus album as definitive, but Mingus Ah Um comes the closest. ~ Steve Huey, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

1. Better Get It in Yo' Soul
2. Goodbye Pork Pie Hat
3. Boogie Stop Shuffle
4. Self-Portrait in Three Colors
5. Open Letter to Duke
6. Bird Calls
7. Fables of Faubus
8. Pussy Cat Dues
9. Jelly Roll

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excel

January 9th, 2009, 01:24 AM

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Masta Ace - A Long Hot Summer

Format: FLAC
Size: 394 MB

1. The Count (Interlude)
2. Big City
3. Good Ol Love
4. Fats Belvedere (Interlude)
5. Da Grind Feat. Apocalypse
6. H.O.O.D.
7. The Stoop (Interlude)
8. Beautiful
9. F.A.Y. Feta. Strick
10. Fats Crib (Interlude)
11. Soda & Soap Feat. Jean Grae
12. Do It Man Feat Big Noyd
13. Brooklyn Masala Feat. Leschea
14. The Proposition (Interlude)
15. Travelocity Feat. Punch&Words
16. The Ways
17. Wutuwankno Feat. Edo G.
18. The After Party (Interlude)
19. Oh My God Feat. The Beatnuts & Rahzel
20. Cellmate (Interlude)
21. Revelations

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dadirtydj

January 9th, 2009, 06:12 AM

Joe Sample - Spellbound 1990

JAZZ | WAV | CUE | COVERS | 476 MB
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With the supremely funky rhythm section of Marcus Miller (bass), Lenny Castro (percussion) and Omar Hakim (drums) propelling his piano most of the way -- the other ringers on a few tracks aren't bad either -- you would think that Joe Sample couldn't miss on this solo outing, Spellbound. Indeed, his distinctive piano cannot be mistaken for anyone else's, free of the usual mainstream influences and always a pleasure to groove to. And yet there is something too comfortable, too settled, too automatic about the musicmaking here, as if the grooves are being smothered by a warm, snuggly electric blanket. Another problem is the material; not much leaps into your memory banks. Nor is it meant to, perhaps, since the gently sustained electronic textures suggest that this is, above all, high-class background music. Al Jarreau, Michael Franks and Take 6 -- all Warner Bros. signees, natch -- put in characteristic cameo vocal appearances on one track apiece, and a background choir sings "Luna en New York" in Spanish. ~ Richard S. Ginell, All Music Guide

~ Track Listing ~

1 Seven Years Of Good Luck
2 Spellbound
3 Somehow Our Love Survives
4 All God's Children
5 Leading Me Back To You
6 U Turn
7 Bones Jive
8 Luna En New York
9 Sermonized
10 Looking Glass

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dadirtydj

January 9th, 2009, 06:19 AM

Joe Sample - Invitation 1993

JAZZ | WAV | CUE | COVERS | 505 MB
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A luscious outing from piano great Joe Sample, this disc includes beautiful interpretations of ten standards and near-standards. Featuring plush orchestral arrangements by Dale Oehler wrapped over and around Sample's piano trio, Invitation is simply one of the loveliest recordings of Sample's career. With a rhythm section made up of bassist Cecil McBee and drummer Victor Lewis, augmented by Lenny Castro on percussion, the music is of a piece from start to finish. Producer Tommy Lipuma has found a wonderful setting for Sample to show his gorgeous, acoustic piano stylings, and the orchestra feels like part of the trio instead of an add-on. When Sample uses synths, they are indistinguishable from the orchestra. Overall, a smooth, romantic, highly recommended recording. ~ Jim Newsom, All Music Guide

~ Track Listing ~

1 Black Is The Color
2 A House Is Not A Home
3 Come Rain Or Come Shine
4 Invitation
5 Summertime
6 Nica's Dream
7 Stormy Weather
8 Django
9 My One And Only Love
10 Mood Indigo

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RunawayTrane

January 9th, 2009, 10:22 AM

Bahamadia - Kollage
RAP | FLAC | CUE | LOG | COVERS | 270 MBS
Chrysalis 1996

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Bahamadia's debut album, Kollage, is an underrated, jazzy affair paced by some nifty production and the MC's own dryly gentle delivery. Despite her laid-back, even deliberate flow, she has a confident, upfront presence on the mic, with strong rhyming skills and a fondness for old-school wordplay (as demonstrated on, naturally, "Wordplay"). Being a protégée of Gang Starr and a native of Philadelphia, she gets production help from the former's DJ Premier and Guru, as well as the latter's Roots. The music often recalls both of those artists, as well as the unassuming, low-key ambience of Digable Planets. But there's also often a dreamier quality than any of those groups, thanks to some spacy keyboards and fusion samples, and some R&B elements as well, most notably on the excellent single "I Confess." Other highlights include her two early singles, "Total Wreck" and "Uknowhowwedu," and the quietly shimmering "Spontaneity." Kollage isn't hugely varied, but it is fairly consistent, and fans of intellectual bohemian hip-hop will find this album very good at what it does. ~ Steve Huey, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Intro
02. Wordplay
03. Spontaneity
04. Rugged Ruff
05. Interlude
06. I Confess
07. UNKNOWHOWEDU
08. Interlude
09. Total Wreck
10. Innovation
11. Da Jawn
12. Interlude
13. True Honey Buns (Dat Freak Sh*t)
14. 3 The Hard Way
15. Biggest Part of Me

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RunawayTrane

January 9th, 2009, 10:32 AM

This is an EP release. Not a complete album

Bahamadia - BB Queen
RAP | WAV | CUE | COVERS | 259 MBS
Good Vibe 2000

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After a four-year exodus, Bahamadia couldn't have picked a more opportune time to reintroduce herself to the hip-hop masses. After all, the female MC arena changed considerably after the Philly native dropped her 1996 debut, Kollage. Injecting some much-needed class back into the female ranks, Bahamadia transcends the common denominator (sexuality and gold digging) of her scantily clad colleagues. Though she returns without the aid of DJ Premier, the hypnotic lounge music of Jay Dee's soulful apprentices Kwele and EQ enables Bahmadia's subtle flow more of an opportunity to truly flourish. Her eternal optimism is defined by the sublime "Beautiful Things," a wonderfully crafted track that reminds us to appreciate the simple things we often take for granted. Just as refreshing is the red-tag anthem, "Commonwealth (Cheap Chicks)," a track dedicated to the thrift-store honeys that try to stay with it while rocking discounted gear. ~ Matt Conaway, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

1. BB Queen's Intro
2. Special Forces
3. Commonwealth (Cheap Chicks)
4. One-4-Teen (Funky for You)
5. Philadelphia
6. Beautiful Things
7. Pep Talk

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RunawayTrane

January 9th, 2009, 10:42 AM

Bob James - Casino Lights '99
JAZZ | WAV | CUE | COVERS | LOG | 1.21GB | 122:56
Warner Brothers 2000

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The Montreux Jazz Festival has made this exquisite resort town tucked into a corner of Lake Geneva, towered over by the hulking Alps a household name in jazz households. But by the 20th century's end, the festival had grown and changed almost beyond recognition; indeed, what one knowledgeable local observer calls the "Time Warnerization" of Montreux is quite evident here in this two-CD "document" of the 1999 Festival. The idea here is to update the Jazz At The Philharmonic tours and CTI All-Stars concerts by gathering a bunch of Warner Bros. contracted musicians -- all of whom operate in the smooth jazz arena in the States -- and turning 'em loose in various combinations in the hope that something ignites. Some things do ignite, but there is also a lot of over-polished, under-powered music here, for some of the musicians evidently couldn't shake off their Stateside shackles. One tune that does get very hot is the 11-minute jam "Always There," with a crowded front line of Rick Braun, Kenny Garrett, Boney James, and Kirk Whalum clearly lit up by Larry Carlton's sharp rhythm guitar and George Duke's funky-butt clavinet comping. Garrett's smokin' rhythm section rouses his badder self on "Wayne's Thang"; and in a salute to his famous 1991 Montreux gig with Miles Davis, Garrett quotes Miles's "Jean Pierre" on the way out. In another reminder of Montreux' past, Carlton slyly invokes Eddie Harris's "It's Cold Duck Time" (from the epochal Swiss Movement) while Whalum provides the blunt edge. There are some flickers of welcome against-type programming as Fourplay does a nice job with another bit of Miles ("Four") and Kevin Mahogany gets an exciting, growling thing going in "Yesterday I Have the Blues." While virtually all of festival's historic events occurred in Montreux' cozy Casino ballroom, now the concerts take place elsewhere, mostly in the new Auditorium Stravinski and adjoining Miles Davis Hall. And as befits the genre, some unspecified, sleight-of-hand overdubbing in Los Angeles also takes place, so this may not be exactly the way it was. ~ Richard Ginell, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

--DISC 1--

1. Mind Games
2. Old Folks
3. Wayne's Thang
4. Cold Duck Time
5. Soweto
6. Yesterday I Had the Blues [Mahogany]
7. Always There

--DISC 2--

1. All Night Long - Boney James
2. Notorious - Boney James
3. Fire of Love
4. Brazilian Love Affair
5. Four
6. Westchester Lady
7. Watermelon Man

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~ Personnel ~

Bob James: Piano
George Duke: Keyboards
Harvey Mason: Drums
Mark Turner: Sax (Tenor)
Kirk Whalum: Sax (Tenor)
Boney James: Performer
Gabriela Anders: Vocals
Rick Braun: Trumpet
Nathan East: Bass
Ken Freeman: Recorder
Kenny Garrett: Sax (Alto)
Larry Carlton: Guitar
Kevin Mahogany: Vocals

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RunawayTrane

January 9th, 2009, 10:55 AM

Kool Moe Dee - Knowledge Is King
RAP | FLAC | CUE | COVERS | 266 MBS
Jive 1989

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What was true of How Ya Like Me Now is certainly true of Kool Moe Dee's third solo album, Knowledge Is King -- the hardcore rapper spends too much time boasting and doesn't devote enough time to his real strength: meaningful storytelling. Nonetheless, his soulful spirit and considerable technique make this effort worthwhile -- not remarkable, but certainly engaging. The CD's strongest offerings include "Pump Your Fist," an angry denunciation of social injustice; "The Avenue," a description of a day in the hood; and the controversial attack on materialistic women "They Want Money." The latter was accused of being sexist, but Dee rightly countered that criticizing women who judge men by the size of their wallets rather than the size of their hearts or their brains isn't sexist -- it's honest. ~ Alex Henderson, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. They Want Money
02. The Avenue
03. I Go to Work
04. All Night Long
05. Knowledge Is King
06. I'm Hitting Hard
07. Get the Picture
08. I'm Blowing Up
09. The Don
10. Pump Your Fist

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RunawayTrane

January 9th, 2009, 11:08 AM

Chuck D - Autobiography Of Mistachuck
RAP | FLAC | CUE | LOG | COVERS | 367 MBS
Mercury 1996

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Chuck D was always the driving force behind Public Enemy, so perhaps it should come to no great surprise that his solo debut, The Autobiography of Mistachuck, sounds like it is a Public Enemy album. However, there are subtle differences. The Autobiography of Mistachuck isn't as noisy as PE, and it has more overt soul, funk and R&B influences. Similarly, Chuck's lyrics have become more nuanced, which doesn't mean they're softer -- it just means that he has a richer template to draw from. While the album is a little too long and it contains a few weak patches, it's an excellent effort that follows through on the promise of Music for our Mess Age, while correcting its problems. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Mistachuck
02. No
03. Generation Wrekkked
04. Niggativity...Do I Dare Disturb the Universe?
05. Free Big Willie
06. Horizontal Heroin
07. Talk Show Created the Fool
08. Underdog
09. But Can You Kill the Ni99a in You?
10. Endonesia
11. Pride
12. Paid

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NOTES:
Guest appearance by Isaac Hayes. One track produced with the Isley Brothers.
The last track has silence between 4:39 and 9:22 then goes into an untitled track about resentment in the music industry.

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RunawayTrane

January 9th, 2009, 11:14 AM

Went on a torrent hunt and came up with this baby:

The Isley Brothers - The Heat Is On
SOUL | FLAC | CUE | COVERS | 255 MBS
T-Neck 1975

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1975's The Heat Is On was the third album that the Isley Brothers recorded with their 3 + 3 lineup, and by that time, the lineup had really perfected its attractive soul/rock sound. The Isleys were providing great R&B long before keyboardist Chris Jasper, bassist Marvin Isley, and the distinctive guitarist Ernie Isley came on board in 1973; nonetheless, the newcomers added a lot to the group and helped it provide some of its best recordings. Marvin's basslines are as funky as it gets, and the Jimi Hendrix-influenced Ernie is a killer guitarist; he would have been perfect for Deep Purple, Blue Öyster Cult, or Judas Priest if the Isley Brothers hadn't kept him busy in the 1970s. One of the 3 + 3 gems that no Isleys fans should be without is The Heat Is On, which is best known for the sweaty funk classic "Fight the Power" and the sexy quiet storm slow jam "For the Love of You." Lead vocalist Ronald Isley is as convincing on the funk scorchers as he is on caressing ballads like "Make Me Say It Again Girl" and "Sensuality." Meanwhile, "Hope You Feel Better Love" is brilliant because it contrasts those two sides of the 3 + 3 lineup -- the verses are sweetly melodic, but the chorus is forceful and explosive. Superb from start to finish, The Heat Is On is among the Isleys' most essential albums. ~ Alex Henderson, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

1. Fight the Power
2. Heat Is On
3. Hope You Feel Better Love
4. For the Love of You
5. Sensuality
6. Make Me Say It Again Girl
7. Fight The Power (Live)

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"Borrowed" this album from my cousin like 25 years ago.
I guess I can finally return it

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RunawayTrane

January 9th, 2009, 11:23 AM

From the bloggers:

Paul Jackson Jr. - Still Small Voice
JAZZ | APE | CUE | LOG | ARTWORK | 354 MBS
Blue Note 2003

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Featuring a cast of legendary jazz musicians who have totally fallen off since their glory years, Still Small Voice welcomes back Paul Jackson, Jr. to the studio after a two-year hiatus. On this relaxing smooth jazz record of the highest order, Jackson's guitar chops complement Patrice Rushen and Billy Preston's graceful ivories. Taking a stab at jazz standards, pop, and R&B hits, Jackson eloquently treats each of the compositions with great care and respect to the originals, almost as if he wrote them himself. While Jackson hasn't lost a step in his virtuosity, it would have been interesting to let the other musicians involved in the project stretch out a bit and contribute other perspectives. But make no bones about it, this album is fluffier than a lemon meringue pie, while going down smooth like a glass of Louie XIV.

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Still Small Voice
02. Blue Note
03. Dios Te Bendiga
04. Walkin'
05. It's a Shame
06. Park Tour Intro
07. Athens Park
08. Crystal Park
09. Sportsman Park
10. 1:15
11. Lillian
12. Changed
13. Back at One

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RunawayTrane

January 9th, 2009, 02:40 PM

Stanley Turrentine - The Spoiler
JAZZ | FLAC | CUE | COVER | 248MB
Blue Note 1966

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Other than a few short spots, Stanley Turrentine is the only significant soloist on this CD reissue which features a diverse program including "When the Sun Comes Out," "Maybe September," "You're Gonna Hear from Me" and a previously unreleased rendition of Max Roach's jazz waltz "Lonesome Lover." Although he is accompanied by an all-star group that includes trumpeter Blue Mitchell, altoist James Spaulding, baritonist Pepper Adams and pianist McCoy Tyner, Turrentine's sidemen could almost have been anonymous studio players for the tenor is the dominant voice throughout. It is surprising that Pearson did not make more extensive use of the other musicians' unique talents, particularly Tyner. However, despite some potentially indifferent material, Turrentine is in fine form throughout the date, even finding something to say on "Sunny." "La Fiesta" (no relation to the later Chick Corea tune) is the highpoint of a largely enjoyable set. [In 2007 Blue Note reissued The Spoiler in a remastered Rudy Van Gelder edition.] ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

1. The Magilla
2. When the Sun Comes Out
3. La Fiesta
4. Sunny
5. Maybe September
6. You're Gonna Hear from Me
7. Lonesome Lover

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RunawayTrane

January 9th, 2009, 06:18 PM

Ripped in one track image file:

Nancy Wilson - Turned To Blue
VOCAL | WAV | CUE | LOG | 556 MBS | 300DPI
MCG 2006

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[COLOR=]On Nancy Wilson's previous album, 2004's R.S.V.P., the legendary vocalist teamed up with a given instrumentalist on each track. She must have liked the formula, because she's done it again on Turned to Blue. Here the oft-honored jazz singer leaves room in each number -- save for the title track, a Maya Angelou poem set to music and arranged by Jay Ashby -- for a different soloist, bringing in such heavyweights as Hubert Laws on flute, saxists Jimmy Heath, Andy Snitzer, Bob Mintzer (who appears to be summoning Stan Getz on the opening number, Gordon Jenkins' "This Is All I Ask"), James Moody and Tom Scott, pianist Dr. Billy Taylor, and steel pans player Andy Narrell, among others. Working with configurations ranging from classic big band (Duke Ellington's "Take Love Easy") to trio-plus-guest-soloist ("Knitting Class"), Wilson applies her seasoned but still flexible pipes to material both old and new, straddling the fence between adult contemporary/pop and the more demanding jazz of her earlier career. Heavy on the ballads, and confined nearly exclusively to love songs, Turned to Blue finds Nancy Wilson right where she ought to be nearly half a century into her recording career. ~ Jeff Tamarkin, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. This Is All I Ask
02. Take Love Easy
03. Turned to Blue
04. Knitting Class
05. Be My Love
06. Taking a Chance on Love
07. Just Once
08. These Golden Years
09. I Don't Remember Ever Growing Up
10. Old Folks
11. I'll Be Seeing You

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Blaq

January 9th, 2009, 09:32 PM

The Jacksons
The Jacksons
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist

1. Enjoy Yourself
2. Think Happy
3. Good Times
4. Keep On Dancing
5. Blues Away
6. Show You The Way To Go
7. Living Together
8. Strength Of One Man
9. Dreamer
10. Style Of Life

WAV
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Review

There was a time, many, many years ago, long before he became known as the king of pop, when Michael Jackson was simply regarded as an incredibly gifted soul singer. He and his brothers had had several years of international success (and a bucket load of number one singles) as the Jackson 5 but as the boys grew older, they hankered for more control over their music and their destinies. Reportedly, Berry Gordy wasn't so keen on letting them have it.

So they quit Motown - sadly, Jermaine couldn't join them as he'd gone and married the boss's daughter - and with youngest brother Randy, joined CBS and changed their name to The Jacksons. CBS brought in super-producers Gamble & Huff, McFadden & Whitehead and Dexter Wansel. Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff had founded Philadelphia Records in 1971 as direct competition for Berry Gordy's Motown and in fact, had enjoyed huge success with their 'Philadelphia Soul' sound with acts like Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes, The O'Jays and BillyPaul. Wansel at the time was relatively new but he made his mark on this album and also worked on the Jacksons' follow-up, "Goin' Places".

This album is the end result and it spawned the hits "Enjoy Yourself" and "Show You The Way To Go" - a tune that still gets played on my local radio station to this very day. The producers wrote all the songs, except for the beautiful mid-tempo Blues Away, which was penned my Michael Jackson himself. Other Jackson brothers shared in the lead vocals but it's always Michael's voice that rings clear and true. He and his brothers sound like they're having a really good time doing what they do. Songs like "Think Happy", "Good Times", "Living Together" and "Dreamer" are simply joyful to listen to.

This is one of the best soul records of that era and people who use albums like "Thriller" or/and anything that came after it to assess Michael's prowess as a singer have no idea. Personally, I believe it was on "Off The Wall" that he last did soul. He was one of the best soul singers of our generation and if you need proof, you need look no further than this gem. Still worth a gander after 30 years.

Amazon.com Reviewer, Olukayode Balogun

Blaq

January 9th, 2009, 09:48 PM

RunawayTrane

January 10th, 2009, 02:27 AM

Keb Mo - Peace...Back By Popular Demand
BLUES | FLAC | CUE | ARTWORK | 231MB
Sony 2004

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Peace...Back by Popular Demand finds Keb' Mo' covering nine classic protest and peace songs from the 1960s and early '70s, and what is immediately apparent is how well these songs translate forward into the current political milieu. This is an album where the songs themselves are the stars, and Keb' Mo' wisely takes a low-key and measured vocal approach to each of them, letting the messages take hold over light soul-jazz backings, with just enough funk in the horn charts to give the arrangements some push. It's hard to argue with the song selection, but as an interpreter, Mo' seldom makes any of these tracks his own, and behind each stands the ghostly but clear memory of the original version. Perhaps that would be unavoidable under any circumstances, because songs like John Lennon's "Imagine" and Marvin Gaye's "What's Happening Brother" are so perfectly realized in the original recordings, but if the idea here is to give the messages of these songs a new cachet in a new era, then only a couple of them are given a redefinition by Mo' that would allow it. One that does work in a new guise is the opening track, a spunky, light soul rendition of Stephen Stills' "For What It's Worth." The song seems to have gained wisdom and import as the years have passed, and in the hands of Keb' Mo' it becomes both universal and danceable. Less successful is Nick Lowe's "(What's So Funny About) Peace, Love and Understanding," which is also given a heavy makeover, emerging in a swampy string band version that makes the song feel somehow less urgent. The cover here of Gaye's "What's Happening Brother" works because Mo' stays close to the original template, and given that Gaye pretty much invented the jazzy soul approach on his classic What's Going On album (an album that hardly needs redefinition to be vital in a contemporary setting), this is a wise choice. Delivering a perfectly nuanced vocal on Donny Hathaway's "Someday We'll All Be Free," Mo' brings out the hard-earned wisdom and hope inherent in the song's lyrics, as well as preserving its natural elegance. The simple vocal-and-piano approach to Bob Dylan's "The Times They Are A-Changin'" strips the song of its defiant swagger, replacing it with a kind of cautious -- but hopeful -- resignation that is surprisingly effective in shining a different kind of light on the lyrics. There is one Keb' Mo' original on the album, "Talk," which takes as its premise a one-on-one talk with the President of the United States, a notion that will seem like science fiction for most listeners. Obviously Mo' isn't trying to top the Hit Parade with anything here, and his effort to bring these important songs into a new light is laudable. Peace...Back by Popular Demand is not a major album, but it does have some major things to say, or re-say, in this case, and it serves as a reminder that every era could use (and deserves) some peace. ~ Steve Leggett, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. For What It's Worth
02. Wake Up Everybody
03. People Got to Be Free
04. Talk
05. What's Happening Brother
06. The Times They Are A-Changin'
07. Get Together
08. Someday We'll All Be Free
09. (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding?
10. Imagine

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excel

January 10th, 2009, 01:29 PM

Request:

Do you guys have Gang Starr's "Moment Of Truth", "No More Mr. Nice Guy" or "The Ownerz"?

Thanks.

Blaq

January 10th, 2009, 02:18 PM

Request:

Do you guys have Gang Starr's "Moment Of Truth", "No More Mr. Nice Guy" or "The Ownerz"?

Thanks.

I have 'Moment Of Truth.' I'll rip and post today. That was my shit. Peace.

Blaq

January 10th, 2009, 07:27 PM

The Jacksons
Triumph
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist

1. Can You Feel It
2. Lovely One
3. Your Ways
4. Everybody
5. This Place Hotel (a/k/a Heartbreak Hotel)
6. Time Waits For No One
7. Walk Right Now
8. Give It Up
9. Wondering Who

WAV
451MB

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Review

This album's predecessor Destiny was a high-selling CD that featured the guys maturing and delving into self-production. In 1980, Michael Jackson's classic Off the Wall was still selling. This album has the group fleshing out their sound and songwriting abilities even more. The anthemic "Can't You Feel It" has enough hubris and undeniable craft to get this polished work started. But as Triumph plays, what's striking is that the songs don't immediately leap out at you but they all land on their feet. The blissful and funky "Lovely One," with its effortless, punchy horns, finds Michael with his quirky vocals and charisma. At its best, this is a collaborative effort, not just super-hot Michael taking his brothers out for a spin. The Jackie Jackson-penned "Your Ways" creates the right mix of paranoia and uncertainty that meshed well with Michael's high-pitched and haunted lead. That certainly mixes well with Triumph's best song, "Heartbreak Hotel." The track is an early instance of Michael's patented love as horror/kisses as doom ethos. The song's creepy aura and sound effects maximize the effect. The only ballad, "Time Waits for No One," has Michael getting weepy on the delicate and well-arranged track. The masterful "Walk Right Now" and "Give It Up" are two great examples of the group's chops in the studio and their grasp of the L.A. pop/funk sound. Triumph is a gorgeous effort and remains an absolute necessity for any comprehensive collection.

All Music Guide, Jason Elias

Blaq

January 10th, 2009, 10:42 PM

Request:

Do you guys have Gang Starr's "Moment Of Truth", "No More Mr. Nice Guy" or "The Ownerz"?

Thanks.

I have 'Hard To Earn' too. I'm not sure why I don't have all of their albums (Real CD's). Let me know if you want that one. Peace.

Gang Starr
Moment Of Truth
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist

1. You Know My Steez
2. Robbin Hood Theory
3. Work
4. Royalty Featuring K-Ci & Jojo
5. Above The Clouds Featuring Inspectah Deck
6. JFK 2 LAX
7. Itz A Set Up Featuring Hannibal
8. Moment Of Truth
9. B.I. vs. Friendship Featuring M.O.P.
10. The Militia Featuring Big Shug And Freddie Foxxx
11. The Rep Growz Bigga
12. What I'm Here 4
13. She Knowz What She Wantz
14. New York Strait Talk
15. My Advice 2 You
16. Make 'Em Pay Featuring Krumbsnatcha
17. The Mall Featuring G-Dep & Shiggy Sha
18. Betrayal Featuring Scarface
19. Next Time
20. In Memory Of...

WAV
793MB

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Review

By the release of Moment of Truth in the spring of 1998, Gang Starr were rap veterans, having spent nearly ten years as professionals. That elapsed time meant that the album was positioned as something of a comeback, since the duo had been inactive for four years, and it had been even longer since they had a hit. They knew they had to come back hard, and Moment of Truth almost accomplishes their goals. Retaining the swing of their jazz-rap fusions, Gang Starr nevertheless have their rhythms hit at a street level, and Guru's rhymes are his best in years. It may not have the thrill of discovery that made their first albums so exciting, and it does suffer from a few slow spots, but on the whole it's a successful return.

Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Biography by Jason Birchmeier

The most influential MC-and-DJ tandem of the 1990s, Gang Starr set new standards for East Coast rap with a pair of early-'90s touchstones, Step in the Arena (1991) and Daily Operation (1992), whose appeal has only grown over the decades. Beginning with these classic releases, both listeners and critics heaped mounds of praise upon Guru and DJ Premier — the former because of his socially conscious lyrics and no-nonsense stance, the latter because of his DJ-style beat-making and jazzy sound. Following Step in the Arena and Daily Operation, Premier became one of New York's most demanded producers, crafting hits for the city's finest MCs, including ...

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RunawayTrane

January 11th, 2009, 01:34 AM

Koko Taylor - Koko Taylor (Bonus Tracks)
BLUES | WAV | CUE | LOG | HQ ART | 466MB
Chess 1969

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Straight digital reissue of Taylor's debut Chess album from 1969. Produced by Willie Dixon (who can intermittently be heard as a duet partner), the set is one of the strongest representations of the belter's Chess days available, with her immortal smash "Wang Dang Doodle," and the chunky "Twenty-Nine Ways," "I'm a Little Mixed Up," and "Don't Mess with the Messer." Top-flight session musicians on Taylor's 1965-1969 output included guitarists Buddy Guy, Matt "Guitar" Murphy, and Johnny Shines and saxman Gene "Daddy G" Barge. ~ Bill Dahl, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Love You Like a Women
02. I Love a Lover Like You
03. Don't Mess With the Messer
04. I Don't Care Who Knows
05. Wang Dang Doodle
06. I'm a Little Mixed Up
07. Nitty Gitty
08. Fire
09. Whatever I Am, You Made Me
10. Twenty-Nine Ways (To My Baby's Door)
11. Insane Asylem
12. Yes, It's Good for You
13. Love Sick Tears
14. He Always Knocks Me Out

Part 1 (http://lix.in/-39e791) | Part 2 (http://lix.in/-3b6e32)

pw=lisalisa

excel

January 11th, 2009, 02:16 AM

I have 'Hard To Earn' too. I'm not sure why I don't have all of their albums (Real CD's). Let me know if you want that one. Peace.

Gang Starr
Moment Of Truth
[Direct Rip]

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y100/Blaq2/GangStarr_MomentOfTruth.jpg?t=1231644572

Thanx Blaq but I already have Hard To Earn. But good look on this. I'm trying to finish off my Gang Starr collection.

zacki

January 11th, 2009, 12:07 PM

The Dells - One Step Closer
[Vinyl-rip][flac][cover]

http://i42.tinypic.com/2djb4g1.jpg

01. One Step Closer
02. Love On
03. You Just Can't Walk Away
04. Come On Back To Me
05. Holdin' On
06. Don't Want Nobody
07. I Am Your Man
08. Jody

http://rapidshare.com/files/182118807/The_Dells_-_One_Step_Closer.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/182100526/The_Dells_-_One_Step_Closer.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/182100523/The_Dells_-_One_Step_Closer.part3.rar

Blaq

January 11th, 2009, 12:15 PM

Thanx Blaq but I already have Hard To Earn. But good look on this. I'm trying to finish off my Gang Starr collection.

No doubt, Excel. Can you post the ones that you have when you get the chance? No hurry. I'd like to replace the MP3's that I have with lossless. Thanks in advance.

Blaq

January 11th, 2009, 12:17 PM

The Dells - One Step Closer

Thanks for this. Nice drop!

excel

January 11th, 2009, 12:45 PM

No doubt, Excel. Can you post the ones that you have when you get the chance? No hurry. I'd like to replace the MP3's that I have with lossless. Thanks in advance.

Actually, Run dropped the others on page 23 of the lossless thread on BGOL. That's where I got it & I don't want to take credit for the work he put in by posting his drops here.

Blaq

January 11th, 2009, 01:12 PM

Actually, Run dropped the others on page 23 of the lossless thread on BGOL. That's where I got it & I don't want to take credit for the work he put in by posting his drops here.

Good lookin'. Gonna check & grab those today. Thanks.

excel

January 11th, 2009, 01:18 PM

Blaq

January 11th, 2009, 01:27 PM

I also have the "Full Clip: Decade of Gang Starr". I think I got it from Run also but I'm not sure where I found that link. You may want to ask Run but if it wasn't him that drop it, I'll upload it for you.

Let me know. Peace.

Good lookin'. I'm gonna do a search so I don't have Run workin' too much. I know he's probably in the lab right now lol. Thanks for the heads-up. Peace.

RunawayTrane

January 11th, 2009, 02:56 PM

I also have the "Full Clip: Decade of Gang Starr". I think I got it from Run also but I'm not sure where I found that link. You may want to ask Run but if it wasn't him that drop it, I'll upload it for you.

Let me know. Peace.

That was posted here, but it was probably one of the posts that got cut from the thread when the board went down. Lost something like 100 posts when that happened.

RunawayTrane

January 11th, 2009, 03:02 PM

Actually, Run dropped the others on page 23 of the lossless thread on BGOL. That's where I got it & I don't want to take credit for the work he put in by posting his drops here.

Got Daily Operation and Step In The Arena from my cousin when he had a car accident and his discs were almost destroyed. Took hours for them to get ripped too. I'll post them here so they won't get lost in the shuffle

RunawayTrane

January 11th, 2009, 03:10 PM

Gang Starr - Daily Operation
RAP | FLAC | CUE | COVERS | 276 MBS
Chrysalis 1992

http://img29.picoodle.com/img/img29/5/11/11/f_GangStarrDam_7b7cf93.jpg (http://www.picoodle.com/view.php?img=/5/11/11/f_GangStarrDam_7b7cf93.jpg&srv=img29)

On Step in the Arena, DJ Premier and Guru hit upon their mature sound, characterized by sparse, live jazz samples, Premier's cut-up scratching, and Guru's direct, unwavering streetwise monotone; but, with Daily Operation, the duo made their first masterpiece. From beginning to end, Gang Starr's third full-length album cuts with the force and precision of a machete and serves as an ode to and representation of New York and hip-hop underground culture. The genius of Daily Operation is that Guru's microphone skills are perfectly married to the best batch of tracks Premier had ever come up with. Guru has more of a presence than he has ever had, slinking and pacing through each song like a man with things on his mind, ready to go off at any second. Premier's production has an unparalleled edge here. He created the minimalist opening track, "The Place Where We Dwell," out of a two-second drum-solo sample and some scratching, but is also able to turn around and create something as lush and melodic as the jazz-tinged "No Shame in My Game" without ever seeming to be out of his element, making every track of the same sonic mind. For an underground crew, Gang Starr has always had a knack for crafting memorable vocal hooks to go with the expert production, and they multiply both aspects on Daily Operation. Every song has some attribute that stamps it indelibly into the listener's head, and it marks the album as one of the finest of the decade, rap or otherwise. ~ Stanton Swihart, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Daily Operation (Intro)
02. Place Where We Dwell
03. Flip the Script
04. Ex Girl to Next Girl
05. Soliloquy of Chaos
06. I'm the Man
07. 92 Interlude
08. Take It Personal
09. 2 Deep
10. 24-7-365
11. No Shame in My Game
12. Conspiracy
13. Illest Brother
14. Hardcore Composer
15. B.Y.S.
16. Much Too Much (Mack A Mil)
17. Take Two and Pass
18. Stay Tuned

Part 1 (http://rapidshare.com/files/69117417/G.Starr-Day-Ops.part1.rar) | Part 2 (http://rapidshare.com/files/69113697/G.Starr-Day-Ops.part2.rar) | Part 3 (http://rapidshare.com/files/69109543/G.Starr-Day-Ops.part3.rar)

pw=lisalisa

RunawayTrane

January 11th, 2009, 03:13 PM

Gang Starr - Step In The Arena
RAP | FLAC | CUE | LOG | COVERS | 276 MBS
Chrysalis 1991

http://img30.picoodle.com/img/img30/5/11/9/f_gangstarrstm_717af16.jpg (http://www.picoodle.com/view.php?img=/5/11/9/f_gangstarrstm_717af16.jpg&srv=img30)

The album on which DJ Premier and Guru perfected the template that would launch them into underground stardom and a modicum of mainstream success. Guru's deadpan monotone delivery was shockingly different from other early-'90s MCs, many of who were either substituting charisma for substance or engaging in hardcore "realism" without really commenting on black inner-city life or offering ways to alter the situation for the better. But it is Guru who sounded like the real clarion call of and to the street on Step in the Arena ("Why bring ignorance/where we're inviting you to get advancement," he intones on "Form of Intellect"). Step in the Arena was the first real mature flowering of his street-wise sagacity. His voice would grow more assured by the next album, but here Guru imparts urban wisdom of a strikingly visible variety. It's easy to allow yourself to get caught up in the fantasy of hardcore rap, but it is somewhat more involving and disorienting to hear truth that avoids exaggeration or glorification. Guru is not easy on any aspect of the inner city, from the "snakes" that exploit the community ("Execution of a Chump") to those that are a product of it ("Just to Get a Rep"), and the result is a surprising but hard-fought compassion ("Who's Gonna Take the Weight?" pleads for the acceptance of responsibility, for not taking the easy path). He seems to have somehow developed a hopefulness out of the bleak surroundings. DJ Premier was already near the top of his game at this early point. His production seems less jazz-fueled on Step in the Arena, opting more for spare guitar lines and tight beats, as well as his unmistakable vocal cut-up style of scratching for a slightly warped and out-of-phase soundscape. ~ Stanton Swihart, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Name Tag (Premier & the Guru)
02. Step in the Arena
03. Form of Intellect
04. Execution of a Chump (No More Mr. Nice Guy)
05. Who's Gonna Take the Weight?
06. Beyond Comprehension
07. Check the Technique
08. Lovesick
09. Here Today, Gone Tomorrow
10. Game Plan
11. Take a Rest
12. What You Want This Time?
13. Street Ministry
14. Just to Get a Rep
15. Say Your Prayers
16. As I Read My S-A
17. Precisely the Right Rhymes
18. Meaning of the Name

Part 1 (http://rapidshare.com/files/68667334/G.Sta-r-SITA-flac.part1.rar) | Part 2 (http://rapidshare.com/files/68664410/G.Sta-r-SITA-flac.part2.rar) | Part 3 (http://rapidshare.com/files/68661618/G.Sta-r-SITA-flac.part3.rar)

pw=lisalisa

excel

January 11th, 2009, 03:35 PM

That was posted here, but it was probably one of the posts that got cut from the thread when the board went down. Lost something like 100 posts when that happened.

I shed a tear for the heat that was lost when that happened.

:sAng_scream:

But let me know if don't have it & need me to repost that in your place. Peace.

excel

January 11th, 2009, 03:37 PM

Got Daily Operation and Step In The Arena from my cousin when he had a car accident and his discs were almost destroyed. Took hours for them to get ripped too. I'll post them here so they won't get lost in the shuffle

Speaking of which.... The last track on the Appetizers cd I posted took 17 hours :surprised-004: to rip because it was scratched so bad. That's right, 17 hours for 1 song.

Blaq

January 11th, 2009, 03:46 PM

Gang Starr - Daily Operation
RAP | FLAC | CUE | COVERS | 276 MBS
Chrysalis 1992

Gang Starr - Step In The Arena
RAP | FLAC | CUE | LOG | COVERS | 276 MBS
Chrysalis 1991

Thanks for these, Run! :553:

Speaking of which.... The last track on the Appetizers cd I posted took 17 hours :surprised-004: to rip because it was scratched so bad. That's right, 17 hours for 1 song.

17 hours. Damn! There are people who don't realize how much work it can take into posting music. I walked my cousin through the process yesterday so that he can start posting and he had more appreciation for the process. He ripped a CD with 8 tracks and couldn't believe how long it took to upload the 3 links lol.

On another note, I have a 2 disc set of the Whispers with one disc up on Rapidshare for a couple of months, because one song wouldn't rip with EAC on the other disc. :angry:

RunawayTrane

January 11th, 2009, 04:33 PM

Been waiting months for this one. Just for the video mix version of Jazz Thing. This is a two-disc compilation set. If you're interested in full albums, posted a couple of Gang Starr joints earlier in this thread (their 2nd and 3rd albums). Also, while the discs are in very good condition, some dipshit stole the booklet for disc 2:

Gang Starr - Full Clip (1989-1999)
RAP | WAV | CUE | HQ ARTWORK | 1.27GB | 123:20
Cooltempo 1999

http://img143.imagevenue.com/loc105/th_01659_Gangstarr-fr_123_105lo.jpg (http://img143.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=01659_Gangstarr-fr_123_105lo.jpg)

Considering that the only previous hip-hop hits collection to stretch two full CDs came from 2Pac (and that only after his death), Gang Starr's Full Clip is a surprising release, though it's incredibly welcome. The duo of DJ Premier and Guru has been one of the longest continuous acts on the rap scene, beginning with 1989's No More Mr. Nice Guy and a spot on the soundtrack to Spike Lee's 1990 film Mo' Better Blues. And as demonstrated by Premier's stunning productions on classic early tracks like "Who's Gonna Take the Weight," "Words I Manifest," and "Just to Get a Rep," Gang Starr hit its stride early, and just kept on hitting peak after peak during the '90s with "Speak Ya Clout," "Code of the Streets," "Tonz 'O' Gunz," and "You Know My Steez." And new tracks, usually the bane of any best-of collection, provide quite a few highlights here -- including "Full Clip," "Discipline" (featuring Total), and "All 4 Tha Ca$h." Also, the set compiles several notable B-sides -- "The ? Remainz," "Credit Is Due," and "You Know My Steez (Remix)" -- as well as soundtrack works like "1/2 & 1/2" (from Blade), "Gotta Get Over" (from Trespass), and "The Militia II (Remix)" (from Belly). Though Guru's monotone raps can grate over the course of two hours, Full Clip documents one of the best, most underrated hip-hop groups ever, from their jazzy beginnings into Premier's harder productions from the mid-'90s and beyond. ~ John Bush, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Intro [Remix]
02. Full Clip
03. Discipline Gang Starr
04. Words I Manifest [Remix]
05. Ex Girl to Next Girl
06. I'm The Man
07. Mass Appeal
08. Jazz Thing [Video Version]
09. The Militia
10. Tonz 'O' Gunz
11. Royalty
12. Who's Gonna Take the Weight?
13. You Know My Steez
14. Above the Clouds
15. Just To Get A Rep
16. DWYCK
17. All 4 The Ca$h
18. Step In The Arena
19. Work
20. Soliloquy of Chaos
21. Take It Personal
22. Speak Ya Clout
23. Gotta Get Over (Taking Loot)
24. Half & Half
25. The Question Remainz
26. Code Of The Streets
27. So Wassup?!
28. Now You're Mine
29. The Betrayal
30. BYS
31. Credit Is Due
32. The Militia II (Remix)
33. You Know My Steez (Remix)

Part 1 (http://lix.in/-355812) | Part 2 (http://lix.in/-36deb3) | Part 3 (http://lix.in/-386554)
Part 4 (http://lix.in/-39ebf5) | Part 5 (http://lix.in/-3b7296)

pw=lisalisa

RunawayTrane

January 11th, 2009, 04:47 PM

Speaking of which.... The last track on the Appetizers cd I posted took 17 hours :surprised-004: to rip because it was scratched so bad. That's right, 17 hours for 1 song.

Yeah, I defintely been there. Went through that myself when I was trying to rip the Jeru album. Gotta be careful though. EAC has been known to go through a few burners. Always good to have a spare one laying around somewhere just in case.

17 hours. Damn! There are people who don't realize how much work it can take into posting music. I walked my cousin through the process yesterday so that he can start posting and he had more appreciation for the process. He ripped a CD with 8 tracks and couldn't believe how long it took to upload the 3 links lol

I think everybody should have to rip, package, and upload at least one album just to get a real appreciation what we go through. Hell, just packaging the folder takes me about 20-30 minutes. The process is the MAIN reason why I use rapidshare. Imagine doing all this shit just to have the links DIE after 20 uploads like on Yousendit?

RunawayTrane

January 11th, 2009, 10:50 PM

Already owned the vinyl for this, so now I can replace it:
(Thanks to the demon)

Boogie Down Productions - Edutainment
RAP | FLAC | CUE | LOG | COVERS | 360MB
Jive 1990

http://img209.imagevenue.com/loc29/th_30216_KRS1-Edutain-fr_123_29lo.jpg (http://img209.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=30216_KRS1-Edutain-fr_123_29lo.jpg)

KRS-One's artistic winning streak continued with Edutainment, Boogie Down Productions' fourth album. True to form, he focuses on black history and speaks out on homelessness, racism, police excesses, and materialism with clarity and insight. KRS was often compared to Public Enemy leader Chuck D because of his consistently sociopolitical focus, but there's no mistaking the fact that his unique mixture of black nationalism, Eastern religion (both Hinduism and Buddhism), and Rastafarian philosophy is very much his own. From a commercial standpoint, he had become a little too intellectual and wasn't selling as many albums as many in rap's gangsta school. But from an artistic perspective, Edutainment is as commendable as it is riveting. ~ Alex Henderson, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Exhibit A
02. Blackman in Effect
03. Ya Know the Rules
04. Exhibit B
05. Beef
06. House Nigga's
07. Exhibit C
08. Love's Gonna Get 'Cha (Material Love)
09. 100 Guns
10. Ya Strugglin'
11. Breath Control II
12. Exhibit D
13. Edutainment
14. The Homeless
15. Exhibit E
16. The Kenny Parker Show
17. Original Lyrics
18. The Racist
19. Dee Jays
20. Cops Or More
21. Exhibit F

Part 1 (http://lix.in/-36fabb) | Part 2 (http://lix.in/-38815c)

pw=lisalisa

RunawayTrane

January 12th, 2009, 01:12 AM

Reupped with the EAC read offset adjusted

Regina Belle - Lazy Afternoon
VOCAL | WAV | CUE | LOG | 300DPI | 674MB
Peak 2004

http://img34.picoodle.com/img/img34/4/4/28/f_RegBelleLazm_e8135fe.jpg (http://www.picoodle.com/view.php?img=/4/4/28/f_RegBelleLazm_e8135fe.jpg&srv=img34)

Regina Belle is a superior R&B/soul singer with a strong voice, a subtle style (although she can go over the top when it fits the music), and a solid sense of swing and dynamics. What is particularly unusual about this set for the Concord pop subsidiary Peak is the repertoire. Over half of the songs are jazz standards, and it is a particular treat hearing Belle's soulful renditions of such songs as "Lazy Afternoon", "Corcovado", "Moanin'" and "The Man I Love". The music is not really jazz (although it hints at it), but the jazz tunes give Belle an opportunity to stretch both herself and the format a bit. George Duke is a major asset as both a producer and a keyboardist, Everette Harp takes a few tenor and alto solos, and the Perry Sisters contribute some powerful background vocals on half of the tracks. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Lazy Afternoon
02. Fly Me To The Moon
03. What Are You Afraid Of?
04. If I Ruled The World
05. Corcovado
06. There's A Love
07. Why Do People Fall In Love
08. For The Love Of You
09. If I Should Love You
10. Moanin'
11. The Man I Love
12. Try A Little Tenderness

Part 1 (http://lix.in/-3a0983) | Part 2 (http://lix.in/-3b9024) | Part 3 (http://lix.in/-3d16c5)

pw=lisalisa

zacki

January 12th, 2009, 04:58 AM

Ben E. King - Street Tough
[Vinyl-rip][flac][cover]

http://i43.tinypic.com/zuo7jl.jpg

01. Street Tough
02. Made For Each Other
03. Staying Power
04. Stay A While With Me
05. Why Is The Question
06. You Made The Difference To My Life
07. Souvenirs Of Love
08. Something To Be Loved

http://rapidshare.com/files/182225657/Ben_E._King_-_Street_Tough.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/182207448/Ben_E._King_-_Street_Tough.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/182188634/Ben_E._King_-_Street_Tough.part3.rar

Blaq

January 12th, 2009, 10:39 AM

Nas
I Am...
[Direct Rip]

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51J8xgrfAhL._SS500_.jpg

Tracklist

1. Album Intro
2. N.Y. State of Mind Pt. ll
3. Hate Me Now (featuring Puff Daddy)
4. Small World
5. Favor For A Favor (featuring Scarface)
6. We Will Survive
7. Ghetto Prisoners
8. You Won't See Me Tonight (featuring Aaliyah)
9. I Want To Talk To You
10. Dr. Knockboot
11. Life Is What You Make It (featuring DMX)
12. Big Things
13. Nas Is Like
14. K-I-SS-I-N-G
15. Money Is My Bitch
16. Undying Love

WAV
679MB

Part 1: http://rapidshare.com/files/182415424/Nas_IA_Blaq_WAV.part1.rar
Part 2: http://rapidshare.com/files/182389667/Nas_IA_Blaq_WAV.part2.rar
Part 3: http://rapidshare.com/files/182339898/Nas_IA_Blaq_WAV.part3.rar
Part 4: http://rapidshare.com/files/182330722/Nas_IA_Blaq_WAV.part4.rar

PASS: BLAQ_SYNCITI.NET

Review

I Am... is the third album and fourth stage in the evolution of Queensbridge's living legend Nasir Jones, from Nasty Nas to Nas to Nas Escobar to Nastradamus, the soothsaying mega-thug poet. This third installment is an introspective work from one of hip-hop's made men. Always billed as a hip-hop messiah, Nas rose through the ranks of hip-hop on the strength of powerful poetry. Contrary to the album's title, the scope of the work extends beyond the autobiography as Nas takes on politics, the state of hip-hop, Y2K, race, and religion with his own unique perspective. While Illmatic was Nas at his rawest and It Was Written was Nas' attempt to reconcile his underground leanings with his newfound fame, acclaim, and wealth, the Nas of I Am... is honest about his elevated status yet still feels the tension of no longer being ravenous on the mic. Musically, I Am is somewhat unimaginative by Nas' stratospheric standards. Tried and true producers, the Trackmasters stamp the album with their signature catchy grooves and samples, but some of these tracks lack the sonic depth to do justice to the prophecies of the pharaoh, Nas. Superproducer Premier comes to save the day on two outstanding tracks: "NY State of Mind, Pt. II" and "Nas Is Like." These two cuts are nothing short of Illmatic perfection. "Nas Is Like"'s symphonic composition is the perfect complement for an MC of Nas' supreme vocal quality and precise lyrics. Despite some of the blandness on the production end, Nas still shines as the old soul storyteller and crime rhyme chronicler on cuts like "We Will Survive," a dirge for fallen rappers. Nas also experiments stylistically on "Big Things," sporting a Midwest cadence, and on "You Won't See Me Tonight," a Timbaland-produced duet with R&B songstress Aaliyah.

All Music Guide, M.F. DiBella

Biography by Jason Birchmeier

Beginning with his classic debut, Illmatic (1994), Nas stood tall for years as one of New York City's leading rap voices, outspokenly expressing a righteous, self-empowered swagger that endeared him to critics and hip-hop purists. Whether proclaiming himself "Nasty Nas" or "Nas Escobar" or "Nastradamus" or "God's Son," the self-appointed King of New York battled numerous adversaries for his position atop the epicenter of East Coast rap, none more challenging than Jay-Z, who vied with Nas for the vacated throne left in the wake of the Notorious B.I.G.'s 1997 assassination. Such headline-worthy drama informed Nas' provocative rhymes, which he delivered with both a masterful flow and a wise perspective over beats by a range of producers: ...

Continue: allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:fxfexqe5ldde~T1

Blaq

January 12th, 2009, 10:49 AM

I think everybody should have to rip, package, and upload at least one album just to get a real appreciation what we go through. Hell, just packaging the folder takes me about 20-30 minutes. The process is the MAIN reason why I use rapidshare. Imagine doing all this shit just to have the links DIE after 20 uploads like on Yousendit?

Co-sign, Run. I'd still be uploading files encoded in MP3 format only if they died like back in 2005.

I can't for the life of me understand how some kats will download 2-3GB of anything and ask for a pass but didn't feel the need to drop a thanks before downloading smh. The people dropping the thanks are mainly the people who are actually posting the files lol.

I swear kats got it backwards. Half those kats at BGOL would've been assed-out back in the day when people were MUCH harder on lurkers in the music threads.

RunawayTrane

January 12th, 2009, 02:33 PM

James Blood Ulmer - Bad Blood In The City
BLUES | WAV | CUE | LOG | 300DPI | 507MB | 48:52
Hyena 2007

http://img30.picoodle.com/img/img30/4/5/1/f_JamesUlmerBm_a78cd79.jpg (http://www.picoodle.com/view.php?img=/4/5/1/f_JamesUlmerBm_a78cd79.jpg&srv=img30)

For those who were rightfully seduced by James Blood Ulmer's stripped-to-the-bone 2005 Birthright recording, where the great harmolodic jazz, blues, and funk guitarist played a single guitar and stomped on a board and played the blues like a Delta hoodoo shaman, Bad Blood in the City will come as quite a shock. The session was recorded at the Piety Street Studios in New Orleans, and Blood made use of its atmospherics and its history as a killer room for recording the Crescent City's second-line rhythms, electric blues, and swampy funk. Once more, the album was produced by Vernon Reid -- who plays a hell of a lot of guitar here -- and Ulmer chose his old friend from the Odyssey days, Charles Burnham, to play electric violin and mandolin, along with a cast that also includes vocalist Irene Datcher, bassist Mark Peterson, harmonica player David Barnes, drummer/percussionist Aubrey Dayle, and keyboard boss Leon Gruenbaum. The tune mix is wild, ranging from the tough hard funk of the opener, "Survivors of the Hurricane," to a cover of Junior Kimbrough's "Sad Days, Lonely Nights" that keeps its blues yet gets deeply funked up with the roiling guitars of Ulmer and Reid, Barnes' spooky harmonica, violin, piano, clarinet, and a B-3!

Then there are the originals, such as Ulmer's blues tune "Katrina," which echoes "Flood in Mississippi." It feels like some strange cross between R.L. Burnside, John Lee Hooker, and Ulmer at his deepest, most soulful and driving. Reid fills in the spaces and the entire tune is a wall of beautifully chaotic yet utterly sophisticated sound. He echoes the hypocrisy that some rather famous ministers railed on the city as being a den of sin and the hurricane being God's vengeance. He answers the tune with a soul-gospel tune called "Let's Talk About Jesus," where he and Datcher do their own form of preaching about mercy, grace, healing, and forgiveness. Blood's sermon with its killer B-3 break in the middle and whomping funk bassline is infinitely more interesting and danceable than Jerry Falwell's. Blood also answers Woody Guthrie's ghost on John Lee Hooker's "This Land Is Nobody's Land," while he agrees with him completely, putting the swamp blues up to Guthrie's folk music and commenting on the times as they are. Other covers include Willie Dixon's "Dead Presidents," Son House's "Grinnin' in Your Face," Howlin' Wolf's "Commit a Crime" (a wailing stomper that does the original justice), and the traditional "Backwater Blues," with a radical arrangement. The final cut is a barrelhouse number with wily guitars and crying harmonica and scratching called "Old Slave Master," where Blood spits his rage in a blues shouter that could get a corpse to get up out of the box and start throwing down on the dancefloor. The creative place Blood finds himself in his partnership with Reid is yielding great fruit. This album is the strongest of their collaborations thus far, and is a wild ride through blues, R&B, and hard-driving distorted and feedback-laced -- yet utterly musical -- New Orleans funk. It's a monster. ~ Thom Jurek, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Survivors of the Hurricane
02. Sad Days, Lonely Nights
03. Katrina
04. Let's Talk About Jesus
05. This Land Is Nobody's Land
06. Dead Presidents
07. Commit a Crime
08. Grinnin' in Your Face
09. There Is Power in the Blues
10. Backwater Blues
11. Old Slave Master

Part 1 (http://lix.in/-3a1c07) | Part 2 (http://lix.in/-3ba2a8)

pw=lisalisa

dadirtydj

January 12th, 2009, 06:10 PM

Hubert Laws - My Time Will Come

JAZZ | WAV | CUE | 555 MB
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This is a streaky affair, Hubert Laws' first recording as a leader in quite a few years. The great flutist has a reunion with Don Sebesky on a version of "Malaguena" that becomes an imitation of Chick Corea's "Spain"...There are some fine performances that feature excellent soloing by Laws and pianist John Beasley. Still, Hubert Laws' most loyal fans are the ones who will enjoy this release most. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide

1. Malagueña
2. My Time Will Come
3. It's So Crazy
4. Shades of Light
5. Valse
6. Make It Last
7. Moonlight Sonata

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Blaq

January 13th, 2009, 07:42 PM

Wu-Tang Clan
Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist

1. Bring Da Ruckus
2. Shame On A Nigga
3. Clan In Da Front
4. Wu-Tang: 7th Chamber
5. Can It Be All So Simple/Intermission
6. Da Mystery Of Chessboxin'
7. Wu-Tang Clan Ain't Nuthing Ta F' Wit
8. C.R.E.A.M.
9. Method Man
10. Protect Ya Neck
11. Tearz
12. Wu-Tang: 7th Chamber, Pt. II
13. Conclusion

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Review

Along with Dr. Dre's The Chronic, the Wu-Tang Clan's debut, Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers), was one of the most influential rap albums of the '90s. Its spare yet atmospheric production -- courtesy of RZA -- mapped out the sonic blueprint that countless other hardcore rappers would follow for years to come. It laid the groundwork for the rebirth of New York hip-hop in the hardcore age, paving the way for everybody from Biggie and Jay-Z to Nas and Mobb Deep. Moreover, it introduced a colorful cast of hugely talented MCs, some of whom ranked among the best and most unique individual rappers of the decade. Some were outsized, theatrical personalities, others were cerebral storytellers and lyrical technicians, but each had his own distinctive style, which made for an album of tremendous variety and consistency. Every track on Enter the Wu-Tang is packed with fresh, inventive rhymes, which are filled with martial arts metaphors, pop culture references (everything from Voltron to Lucky Charms cereal commercials to Barbra Streisand's "The Way We Were"), bizarre threats of violence, and a truly twisted sense of humor. Their off-kilter menace is really brought to life, however, by the eerie, lo-fi production, which helped bring the raw sound of the underground into mainstream hip-hop. Starting with a foundation of hard, gritty beats and dialogue samples from kung fu movies, RZA kept things minimalistic, but added just enough minor-key piano, strings, or muted horns to create a background ambience that works like the soundtrack to a surreal nightmare. There was nothing like it in the hip-hop world at the time, and even after years of imitation, Enter the Wu-Tang still sounds fresh and original. Subsequent group and solo projects would refine and deepen this template, but collectively, the Wu have never been quite this tight again.

All Music Guide, Steve Huey

Biography by Stephen Thomas Erlewine & Steve Huey

Emerging in 1993, when Dr. Dre's G-funk had overtaken the hip-hop world, the Staten Island, NY-based Wu-Tang Clan proved to be the most revolutionary rap group of the mid-'90s — and only partially because of their music. Turning the standard concept of a hip-hop crew inside out, the Wu-Tang Clan were assembled as a loose congregation of nine MCs, almost as a support group. Instead of releasing one album after another, the Clan were designed to overtake the record industry in as profitable a fashion as possible — the idea was to establish the Wu-Tang as a force with their debut album and then spin off into as many side projects as possible. In the process, the members would all become individual stars as well as receive individual royalty checks...

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Blaq

January 14th, 2009, 10:05 AM

Brand Nubian
In God We Trust
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist

1. Allah U Akbar
2. Ain't No Mystery
3. Meaning Of The 5%
4. Pass The Gat
5. Black Star Line (Featuring Redd Foxx)
6. Allah And Justice
7. The Godz...
8. The Travel Jam
9. Brand Nubian Rock The Set
10. Love Me Or Leave Me Alone
11. Steal Ya 'Ho
12. Steady Bootleggin'
13. Black And Blue
14. Punks Jump Up To Get Beat Down

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Review

When pre-album single "Punks Jump Up to Get Beat Down" was issued — along with its violence-laced video — it was clear that Brand Nubian would not be the same minus Grand Puba. It was a safe bet that In God We Trust wouldn't have attempted any new jack swing crossovers or tie-dyed imagery. Though the makeover is drastic, it is convincing, with Lord Jamar and Sadat X stepping up with some of the era's fiercest, most intense rhymes, a higher percentage of which referenced the likes of Louis Farrakhan and the Nation of Islam, Marcus Garvey, and self-defense by any means necessary. Multiple, indefensible homophobic taunts and the silly "Steal Ya 'Ho" aside (did they really think the use of the two words was so necessary?), In God We Trust is nearly faultless, packed with rumbling acoustic basslines, Jeep-rattling breakbeats, and rhymes written and delivered with a great deal of hunger and an equal amount of self-assuredness — as if to say, "No, Brand Nubian was never Grand Puba and a couple sidekicks." The Diamond D-produced "Punks" outshines everything else, but the group more than holds its own as a self-contained production team. Had a high-profile beat maker been responsible for "The Godz...," "Pass the Gat," or "Brand Nubian Rock the Set," they'd certainly be present in his or her highlight reel.

Andy Kellman

Biography by Steve Huey

The Five Percent Nation of Islam was a popular inspiration for numerous thinking-man's rap groups during the early '90s, and Brand Nubian was arguably the finest of the more militant crop. Although they were strongly related to the Native Tongues posse in style and sound, they weren't technically members, and were less reserved about spotlighting their politics and religion. Their outspokenness led to controversy, on an even larger scale than similarly minded groups like the X-Clan or Poor Righteous Teachers, in part because Brand Nubian's sheer musicality made them so listenable regardless of what their messages were. The hoopla surrounding their aggressive Afrocentrism sometimes overshadowed the playful and positive sides of their work, as well as...

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RunawayTrane

January 15th, 2009, 01:41 AM

Etta James - At Last!
BLUES | WAV | CUE | LOG | HQ ART | 466MB | 40:28
Argo 1960

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After spending a few years in limbo after scoring her first R&B hits "Dance With Me, Henry" and "Good Rocking Daddy," Etta James returned to the spotlight in 1960 with her first Chess release, At Last. James made both the R&B and pop charts with the album's title cut, "All I Could Do Was Cry," and "Trust in Me." What makes At Last a great album is not only the solid hits it contains, but also the strong variety of material throughout. James expertly handles jazz standards like "Stormy Weather" and "A Sunday Kind of Love," as well as Willie Dixon's blues classic "I Just Want to Make Love to You." James demonstrates her keen facility on the title track in particular, as she easily moves from powerful blues shouting to more subtle, airy phrasing; her Ruth Brown-inspired, bad-girl growl only adds to the intensity. James would go on to even greater success with later hits like "Tell Mama," but on At Last one hears the singer at her peak in a swinging and varied program of blues, R&B, and jazz standards. ~ Stephen Cook, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Anything to Say You're Mine
02. My Dearest Darling
03. Trust in Me
04. A Sunday Kind of Love
05. Tough Mary
06. I Just Want to Make Love to You
07. At Last
08. All I Could Do Was Cry
09. Stormy Weather
10. Girl of My Dreams
11. My Heart Cries
12. Spoonful
13. It's a Crying Shame
14. If I Can't Have You

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RunawayTrane

January 15th, 2009, 01:43 AM

Brand Nubian
In God We Trust
[Direct Rip]

Tight!!

dadirtydj

January 15th, 2009, 07:41 AM

Ronnie Laws - Identity

JAZZ | WAV | 542 MB
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1. Sing Song Sing
2. Morning in My Life
3. If You Don't Know Me by Now
4. Darling Baby
5. Palisades
6. Living in a Dumb World
7. Soul of a Man
8. Identity
9. Catch 22
10. Sticks & Stones
11. Street Knowledge

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Blaq

January 15th, 2009, 12:05 PM

Dr. Dre
The Chronic
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist

1. The Chronic (intro)
2. Fuck Wit Dre Day (and Everybody's Celebratin')
3. Let Me Ride
4. The Day The Niggaz Took Over
5. Nuthin' But A "G" Thang
6. Deeez Nuuuts
7. Lil' Ghetto Boy
8. A Nigga Witta Gun
9. Rat-tat-tat-tat
10. The $20 Sack Pyramid
11. Lyrical Gangbang
12. High Powered
13. The Doctor's Office
14. Stranded On Death Row
15. The Roach (the Chronic Outro)
16. Bitches Ain't Shit

WAV
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Review

With its stylish, sonically detailed production, Dr. Dre's 1992 solo debut, The Chronic, transformed the entire sound of West Coast rap. Here Dre established his patented G-funk sound: fat, blunted Parliament-Funkadelic beats, soulful backing vocals, and live instruments in the rolling basslines and whiny synths. What's impressive is that Dre crafts tighter singles than his inspiration, George Clinton -- he's just as effortlessly funky, and he has a better feel for a hook, a knack that improbably landed gangsta rap on the pop charts. But none of The Chronic's legions of imitators were as rich in personality, and that's due in large part to Dre's monumental discovery, Snoop Doggy Dogg. Snoop livens up every track he touches, sometimes just by joining in the chorus -- and if The Chronic has a flaw, it's that his relative absence from the second half slows the momentum. There was nothing in rap quite like Snoop's singsong, lazy drawl (as it's invariably described), and since Dre's true forte is the producer's chair, Snoop is the signature voice. He sounds utterly unaffected by anything, no matter how extreme, which sets the tone for the album's misogyny, homophobia, and violence. The Rodney King riots are unequivocally celebrated, but the war wasn't just on the streets; Dre enlists his numerous guests in feuds with rivals and ex-bandmates. Yet The Chronic is first and foremost a party album, rooted not only in '70s funk and soul, but also that era's blue party comedy, particularly Dolemite. Its comic song intros and skits became prerequisites for rap albums seeking to duplicate its cinematic flow; plus, Snoop and Dre's terrific chemistry ensures that even their foulest insults are cleverly turned. That framework makes The Chronic both unreal and all too real, a cartoon and a snapshot. No matter how controversial, it remains one of the greatest and most influential hip-hop albums of all time.

All Music Guide, Steve Huey

Biography by Stephen Thomas Erlewine

More than any other rapper, Dr. Dre was responsible for moving away from the avant-noise and political stance of Public Enemy and Boogie Down Productions as well as the party vibes of old-school rap. Instead, Dre pioneered gangsta rap and his own variation of the sound, G-funk. BDP's early albums were hardcore but cautionary tales of the criminal mind, but Dre's records with N.W.A. celebrated the hedonistic, amoralistic side of gang life. Dre was never much of a rapper — his rhymes were simple and his delivery was slow and clumsy — but as a producer, he was extraordinary. With N.W.A. he melded the noise collages of the Bomb Squad with funky rhythms.

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Blaq

January 15th, 2009, 12:06 PM

Ronnie Laws - Identity

JAZZ | WAV | 542 MB

Thanks for this, DJ! :thumbs up:

RunawayTrane

January 15th, 2009, 03:21 PM

Vinyl Rip from brotha Kosta on another board:

Bob James - BJ4
JAZZ | FLAC | CUE | LOG | COVERS | 178MB
Tappan Zee 1977

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The 4th in Bob James legendary run of Fender Rhodes classics for CTI -- and a record that still has him working with the dark edges that made the first few so great! As usual with these sets, there's a way of putting over the groove that's really unique -- not really funky, but spacious enough to make even the simplest instrumental statements resonate with a punch that other fusion records never had -- a James-like approach to rhythm and sound that's totally great, and which is made even better by key contributions from CTI labelmates who include Hubert Laws, Eric Gale, and Art Farmer. James plays Fender Rhodes, Arp, and clavinet -- and titles include the funky sample cut "Tappan Zee", plus "Nights Are Forever Without You", "Where The Wind Blows Free", "Pure Imagination", "Treasure Island", and "El Verano". © 1996-2009, Dusty Groove America, Inc.

~ TRACKLISTING ~

1. Pure Imagination
2. Where The Wind Blows Free
3. Tappan Zee
4. Nights Are Forever Without You
5. Treasure Island
6. El Verano

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RunawayTrane

January 15th, 2009, 03:34 PM

This is one of the posts that got deleted when the board went down

Maysa - Metamorphosis (Import)
VOCAL | FLAC | CUE | ARTWORK | 470MB
Expansion 2008

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One of the most sensuous singers in the urban adult contemporary/urban jazz realm since the early '90s, Maysa's unique dual career, while fascinating, is probably what has kept her from breaking out beyond stardom in those niches. In the early '90s, she joined the British soul collective Incognito and has since appeared on eight of the acid jazz/groove collective's projects. While performing and recording with that ensemble, she's also built a steady catalog of solo projects, including her first two cover-oriented Shanachie sets Sweet Classic Soul and Feel the Fire. The Metamorphosis on this disc is not so much in her diverse stylistic approach, which ranges from soothing, old-school, conversational, late-night soul ("My Destiny," featuring Najee on flute, "Take Me Away") to sexy, whispery neo-soul ("Never Really Ever") and dreamy, lightly funky Brazilian jazz on the breezy, cool grooving "Simpatico" and the quasi-Brasil '66 vibe of "Higher Love"; this track features smoothie great Nick Colionne snapping on the acoustic guitar beneath Maysa's soaring vocals and Najee's wistful flute charms. It's more about digging deep into a series of sharp originals, some co-penned by the singer and others by artists (like Ledisi) who have a similar soulful world view. Maysa waits till the end before breaking free of her usual comfort zone by going truly universal and scatting her way over a hypnotic exotic groove on "A Conversation with the Universe," an out there but completely irresistible slice of sonic energy devised by labelmates Global Noize (Jason Miles and DJ Logic). Never one to forget her roots, Maysa pays homage to Incognito leader Bluey Maunick on the unique "Let's Figure It Out (A Song for Bluey)," which begins as a balmy Colionne-driven instrumental before evolving into a vocal-laden funk-dance track. Maysa's always been an inspiring singer. Metamorphosis establishes her as a deeper, more diverse artist of true vision. ~ Jonathan Widran, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. My Destiny
02. Simpatico
03. Never Really Ever
04. Higher Love
05. Take Me Away
06. Grateful
07. Let's Figure It Out (A Song for Bluey)
08. I Need a Man
09. Happy Feelings
10. Love So True
11. Walk Away
12. A Conversation with the Universe
13. I Can't Help It
14. All I Do

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Blaq

January 15th, 2009, 03:41 PM

The D.O.C.
No One Can Do It Better
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist

1. It's Funky Enough
2. Mind Blowin'
3. Lend Me an Ear
4. Comm. Blues
5. Let the Bass Go
6. Beautiful But Deadly
7. The D.O.C. & The Doctor
8. No One Can Do It Better
9. Whirlwind Pyramid
10. Comm. 2
11. Formula
12. Portrait of a Master Piece
13. The Grand Finalé

WAV
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Review

An early landmark of West Coast rap, the D.O.C.'s debut album, No One Can Do It Better, remains sorely underheard today, largely because the car crash that destroyed the rapper's voice also cut short his time in the spotlight before he'd had a chance to really cement his reputation among the general public. When No One Can Do It Better was released the West Coast had just started to break nationally thanks to the gangsta movement and wasn't known for much outside of N.W.A and Ice-T. In the D.O.C., however, the scene found a new level of credibility: a highly skilled battle rhymer who could hold his own with any East Coast lyrical virtuoso. Though his chops are rarely mentioned in the same breath, the D.O.C. clearly ranks up near the master technicians of the era, Rakim and Big Daddy Kane; while he may not be as smooth as the former or as spectacularly wordy as the latter, he has a distinctively rough, commanding voice and an aggressive, hard-hitting flow all his own. There's another important reason to hear No One Can Do It Better: it's where Dr. Dre's legend as a producer really begins. Straight Outta Compton notwithstanding, Dre truly comes into his own here, crafting funky, varied tracks that blend synths, drum machines, samples, and live instrumentation. You won't hear anything that resembles a blueprint for The Chronic, but sonically, they're as rich as anything around at the time. Both Dre and the D.O.C. are remarkably consistent throughout, so special mention has to go to the rousing N.W.A posse cut "The Grand Finalé," which even features DJ Yella on live drums. It's a shame that the D.O.C. never got the chance for a proper follow-up, but in No One Can Do It Better, he at least has one undeniable masterpiece.

All Music Guide, Steve Huey

Biography by Stephen Thomas Erlewine

After the release of his debut album, the career of Texas-born rapper the D.O.C. was shattered by a car crash that almost took his life. Although he could no longer rap like he used to, his former producer Dr. Dre featured the rapper on his groundbreaking album The Chronic, which built on the foundation laid by the D.O.C.'s No One Can Do It Better. He was also featured on Snoop Doggy Dogg's Doggystyle. The D.O.C. returned in early 1996 with Helter Skelter, his first album in nearly seven years. The album received mixed reviews and failed to earn a large audience, leaving the charts a few months after its release.

RunawayTrane

January 15th, 2009, 03:55 PM

Ronnie Laws - Identity

Out-f***-in Standing!

GoldenBlaqMan

January 15th, 2009, 04:46 PM

If there was a female version of Prince, Me'Shell would be it. Even though she's probably more masculine than he is.
:350:

Me'Shell N'degeocello
Comfort Woman
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist

1. Love Song #1
2. Come Smoke My Herb
3. Andromeda And The Milky Way
4. Love Song #2
5. Body
6. Liliquoi Moon
7. Love Song #3
8. Fellowship
9. Good Intentions
10. Thankful

WAV
399MB

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GoldenBlaqMan

January 15th, 2009, 10:21 PM

An all-around excellent CD with funk, R&B, ballads, etc. I have a few more of hers that I'll update later.

Me'Shell Ndegeocello
Cookie: The Anthropological Mixtape
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist
1. Dead Nigga Blvd. (Pt. 1
2. Hot Night (Album Version)
3. Interlude: Blah Blah Blah, Dyba Dyba Dyba
4. Priorities 1-6
5. Pocketbook
6. Berry Farms
7. Trust (Album Version)
8. Akel Dama (Field Of Blood)
9. Earth
10. Better By The Pound
11. Criterion
12. God.Fear.Money
13. Jabril
14. Dead Nigga Blvd. (Pt. 2)
15. Interlude: 6 Legged Griot Trio (Weariness)
16. Pocketbook (Rockwilder And Missy Elliott Remix)

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717MB

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RunawayTrane

January 15th, 2009, 11:32 PM

One thing GoldBlaq: It's a good idea to include the log file if you are ripping with EAC, dbPoweramp or CD-Extractor just for peace of mind. There's alot of people transcoding from MP3 files. MOST people who include it with the audio files are the ones you know pay attention and don't screw up like that.

Including the log file is pretty easy with EAC. It does it automatically at the end of the rip if you just click YES

thanks again

RunawayTrane

January 15th, 2009, 11:36 PM

If there was a female version of Prince, Me'Shell would be it. Even though she's probably more masculine than he is.
:350:

Me'Shell N'degeocello
Comfort Woman
[Direct Rip]

Yeah, good stuff. Posted this a while back on a different board. Don't think anyone has posted Plantation Lullabies yet though

GoldenBlaqMan

January 16th, 2009, 12:01 AM

Thanks for the advice Run. Peace Bruh.

One thing GoldBlaq: It's a good idea to include the log file if you are ripping with EAC, dbPoweramp or CD-Extractor just for peace of mind. There's alot of people transcoding from MP3 files. MOST people who include it with the audio files are the ones you know pay attention and don't screw up like that.

Including the log file is pretty easy with EAC. It does it automatically at the end of the rip if you just click YES

thanks again

GoldenBlaqMan

January 16th, 2009, 12:03 AM

Actually, I'll have Plantation Lullabies by tomorrow.

Yeah, good stuff. Posted this a while back on a different board. Don't think anyone has posted Plantation Lullabies yet though

GoldenBlaqMan

January 16th, 2009, 01:44 AM

Sorry Run, but this one doesn't have the output log. I have about 10 drops that are ready to go, but were done before I knew about the log. Peace bruh.

Me'Shell N'degeocello
Plantation Lullabies
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist

1. Plantation Lullabies
2. I'm Diggin' You (Like an Old Soul Record)
3. If That's Your Boyfriend (He Wasn't Last Night)
4. Shoot'n up and Gett'n High
5. Dred Loc
6. Step into the Projects
7. Soul on Ice
8. Call Me
9. Outside Your Door
10. Picture Show
11. Sweet Love
12. Two Lonely Hearts (On the Subway)

WAV
538MB
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Audio log not included

GoldenBlaqMan

January 16th, 2009, 09:42 AM

Soundtrack from Mo' Better Blues
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist

1. Harlem Blues
2. Say Hey
3. Knocked Out the Box
4. Again, Never
5. Mo' Better Blues
6. Pop Top 40
7. Beneath the Underdog
8. Jazz Thing
9. Harlem Blues

WAV
381MB

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No Audio Log

GoldenBlaqMan

January 16th, 2009, 09:46 AM

Vanessa Rubin
Vanessa Sings
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist

1. Our Love Is Here to Stay
2. It's Probably Me
3. Being Green
4. All For One
5. My Ship
6. Seven Days
7. Once Upon A Summertime
8. Close Enough For Love
9. Morning
10. Unless It's You
11. Black Coffee
12. His Eye Is On The Sparrow

WAV
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RunawayTrane

January 16th, 2009, 02:44 PM

Not sure if anybody will want this. But you know my motto:

Janet Jackson - janet.
R&B | FLAC | CUE | COVERS | 524MB | 75:20
Virgin 1993

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After Control and Rhythm Nation 1814, Janet Jackson had quite a lot to live up to. Anyone who expected Jackson to top Rhythm Nation — her crowning achievement and an incredibly tough act to follow — was being unrealistic. But with janet., she delivered a respectable offering that, although not as strong as either Control or Nation, has many strong points. As before, Jackson is joined by the prolific Jimmy Jam/Terry Lewis team, and their input is valuable on everything from the angry "This Time" and the hypnotic "That's the Way Love Goes" to the '60s-flavored "What'll I Do" and the sociopolitical "The New Agenda" (which features Public Enemy leader Chuck D). But perhaps the CD's most exciting track is "Funky Big Band," which samples jazz legend Lionel Hampton's 1938 big-band classic "I'm in the Mood for Swing" with thrilling results. There are a few throwaways (including the lightweight ballad "Again"), but despite its shortcomings, janet. is a welcome addition to her catalog. ~ Alex Henderson, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Morning –
02. That's the Way Love Goes
03. You Know...
04. You Want This
05. Be a Good Boy...
06. If
07. Back
08. This Time
09. Go on Miss Janet
10. Throb
11. What'll I Do
12. The Lounge
13. Funky Big Band
14. Racism
15. New Agenda
16. Love Pt. 2
17. Because of Love
18. Wind
19. Again
20. Another Lover
21. Where Are You Now
22. Hold on Baby
23. The Body That Loves You
24. Rain
25. Any Time, Any Place
26. Are You Still Up
27. Sweet Dreams/Whoops Now

Part 1 (http://lix.in/-36234c) | Part 2 (http://lix.in/-37a9ed) | Part 3 (http://lix.in/-39308e)

pw=lisalisa

RunawayTrane

January 16th, 2009, 02:57 PM

Thanks for the advice Run. Peace Bruh.

It's more or less just so people will know how the music was ripped. EAC has a couple of methods. Whether it was Burst mode or Secure mode. Both are good, but Secure mode is what separates EAC from all other ripping software.

But just saying "ripped with EAC" isn't enough, it has to be configured properly and that's where the log comes in. It not only gives verification of the rip, but others might be able to help YOU if something isn't being done right. We've all been there

and thanks for the PL album
:yes:

GoldenBlaqMan

January 16th, 2009, 09:08 PM

L.T.D.
Togetherness
[Direct Rip]

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Y-BEXTiQL._SL500_AA240_.jpg

Tracklist

1. Holding On (When Love Is Gone)
2. We Both Deserve Each Other's Love
3. Jam
4. You Must Have Known I Needed Love
5. Don't Stop Loving Me Now
6. It's Time To Be Real
7. Concentrate On You
8. You Fooled Me
9. Together Forever
10. Let's All Live And Give Together

WAV
392MB

http://rapidshare.com/files/184585184/LTD_Togetherness_GBM_WAV.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/184487847/LTD_Togetherness_GBM_WAV.part2.rar

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GoldenBlaqMan

January 16th, 2009, 09:15 PM

Norman Connors
The Best of Norman Connors & Friends
[Direct Rip]

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41ZFN6CT61L._SL500_AA240_.jpg

Tracklist
1. You Are My Starship
2. We Both Need Each Other
3. Betcha by Golly, Wow
4. Dindi
5. Romantic Journey
6. Once I've Been There
7. This Is Your Life
8. Wouldn't You Like to See?
9. Valentine Love
10. Love from the Sun

WAV
524MB

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http://rapidshare.com/files/184614508/Best_of_NConnors_GBM_WAV.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/184443648/Best_of_NConnors_GBM_WAV.part3.rar

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RunawayTrane

January 17th, 2009, 02:41 AM

Quincy Jones - Q's Jook Joint
JAZZ | WAV | CUE | LOG | COVERS | 706MB
Qwest 1995

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Q's Jook Joint is a Bossa Nova/jazz album by Quincy Jones. It was released in November 1995 through Qwest Records. It was his first studio album in six years, preceded by Back on the Block in 1989 and followed by From Q With Love in 1999. It has some of the guests from Back on the Block.

~ TRACKLISTING ~

1. Jook Joint Intro
2. Let the Good Times Roll
3. Cool Joe, Mean Joe (Killer Joe)
4. You Put a Move on My Heart
5. Rock With You
6. Moody's Mood For Love
7. Stomp
8. Jook Joint Reprise
9. Do Nothin' till You Hear From Me
10. Is It Love That We're Missin'
11. Heaven's Girl
12. Stuff Like That
13. Slow Jams
14. At the End of the Day (Grace)
15. Jook Joint Outro

Part 1 (http://lix.in/-362e78) | Part 2 (http://lix.in/-37b519) | Part 3 (http://lix.in/-393bba)

pw=lisalisa

excel

January 17th, 2009, 03:51 PM

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Zhane - Pronounced Jah-nay

Format: FLAC
Size: 368 MB

1. Hey Mr. D.J.
2. Intro (Interlude)
3. Vibe
4. Sending My Love
5. Sweet Taste of Love
6. Changes
7. You're Sorry Now
8. Love Me Today
9. Off My Mind
10. La, La, La
11. Groove Thang
12. For a Reason
13. Hey Mr D.J. - (remix)

.:: You must click 'Thank You' before you can see the data contained here. ::.

excel

January 17th, 2009, 04:08 PM

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Zhane - Saturday Night

Format: FLAC
Size: 454 MB

1. Request Line
2. Saturday Night
3. So Badd
4. Crush
5. This Song Is For You
6. Just Like That
7. Last Dance
8. Good Time
9. For The Longest Time
10. Rendez-Vous
11. My Word Is Bond
12. Kindness For Granted
13. Temporary Thing
14. Confusion
15. Color
16. Piece It Together

.:: You must click 'Thank You' before you can see the data contained here. ::.

GoldenBlaqMan

January 18th, 2009, 01:27 AM

Cassandra Wilson
Blue Light 'Til Dawn
[Direct Rip]

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41VSAPMF62L._SL500_AA240_.jpg

Tracklist

1. You Don't Know What Love Is
2. Come On In My Kitchen
3. Tell Me You'll Wait For Me
4. Children Of The Night
5. Hellhound On My Trail
6. Black Crow
7. Sankofa
8. Estrellas
9. Redbone
10. Tupelo Honey/Angel
11. Blue Light 'Til Dawn
12. I Can't Stand the Rain

567MB WAV

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http://rapidshare.com/files/185248808/CW_BLTD_GBM_WAV.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/185236392/CW_BLTD_GBM_WAV.part3.rar

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RunawayTrane

January 18th, 2009, 02:50 AM

Etta James - Burnin Down The House (Live)
BLUES | WAV | CUE | LOG | HQ ART | 799MB | 72:44
Private Music 2002

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Playing Burnin' Down the House right after you have listened to some of Etta James' early recordings is quite revealing. The veteran soul/blues singer was only 16 when, in 1954, she made her first recordings for Modern records; she was 63 when this excellent live album was recorded at the House of Blues in West Hollywood, CA, in December 2001 -- and it is obvious that vocally, she didn't lose anything along the way. Backed by a tight and rock-solid band, James demonstrates that her big, full voice lost none of its richness between 1954 and 2001. The Los Angeles native sounds as vital as ever, and she has no problem going that extra mile on gutsy performances of "Something's Got a Hold on Me," "I'd Rather Go Blind," "At Last," and other hits. For the most part, this is a soul concert; however, James makes a triumphant detour into electric urban blues on "I Just Want to Make Love to You" (one of the many Willie Dixon gems that Muddy Waters recorded for Chess in the '50s) and B.B. King's "Rock Me, Baby." The veteran singer pleasantly surprises us with some unlikely medleys; "I Just Want to Make Love to You" is successfully combined with Steppenwolf's "Born to Be Wild," and even more intriguing is her ability to unite the standard "My Funny Valentine" with two of Al Green's '70s hits ("Love and Happiness" and "Take Me to the River"). Some longtime fans may be disappointed to learn that she doesn't perform either "Tell Mama" or "Roll with Me, Henry," aka "The Wallflower"; regardless, Burnin' Down the House is an exciting and powerful document of James at 63. ~ Alex Henderson, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Introduction
02. Come to Mama
03. I Just Want to Make Love to You/Born to Be Wild
04. I'd Rather Go Blind
05. All the Way Down
06. At Last
07. You Can Leave Your Hat On
08. Something's Got a Hold on Me
09. Your Good Thing (Is About to End)
10. Rock Me Baby
11. Love and Happiness/Take Me to the River/My Funny Valentine
12. Sugar on the Floor

Part 1 (http://lix.in/-37d9a9) | Part 2 (http://lix.in/-39604a) | Part 3 (http://lix.in/-3ae6eb)

pw=lisalisa

RunawayTrane

January 18th, 2009, 02:51 AM

Etta James - Heart Of A Woman
BLUES | APE | CUE | 300DPI | 373MB | 66:42
Private Music 1999

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There's no denying that Etta James is a powerhouse, one of the finest blues singers of the 20th century. Perhaps that's what makes her latter-day records so frustrating: The talent is still apparent and abundant, but the albums themselves are unsatisfying. All the ingredients are in the right place, but something went slightly awry during the execution. After all, Heart of a Woman is a great idea for an album. James chose 11 love songs from her favorite female singers -- Billie Holiday, Dinah Washington, Sarah Vaughn, and Carmen McRae -- augmenting the album with a new version of her signature song, "At Last." She has recorded several of these songs before (including Alice Cooper's "Only Women Bleed," which inexplicably became a standard for both her and McRae), but the difference with Heart of a Woman is the context. Here, they're put in a smooth jazz setting, masterminded by James, who has producer credit. No matter how well she sings the songs here -- and she still possesses an exceptionally strong voice, robust and filled with passion -- the well-scrubbed, glossy surfaces on the record keeps it from being engaging. It's not bad listening, it just never has the emotional impact James intended it to have. At times, it's hard not to wish that she worked with a producer who brought her back to the organic sound of her classic '50s and '60s sessions, but James has been pursuing this smoothed-out style for a decade now. It's clear that this is what she wants to do. She still sounds good, and that means her latter-day albums are listenable -- but they don't resonate like the best of her records. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. You Don't Know What Love Is
02. Good Morning Heartache
03. My Old Flame
04. Say It Isn't So
05. At Last
06. Tenderly
07. I Only Have Eyes for You
08. I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)
09. You Go to My Head
10. A Sunday Kind of Love
11. If It's the Last Thing I Do
12. Only Women Bleed

Part 1 (http://lix.in/-34cc67) | Part 2 (http://lix.in/-365308)

dadirtydj

January 18th, 2009, 08:17 AM

Sorry about the number of links but it's an old post and the old links are still good.

Ramsey Lewis - Ivory Pyramid
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1. Brazilica
2. People Make The World Go 'Round
3. Ivory Pyramid
4. Sarah Jane
5. Tequila Mockingbird
6. A Night In Bahia
7. Malachi (The Messenger)
8. Pavanne
9. Love's Gotta Hold
10. Jackson Park

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http://rapidshare.com/files/61629630/RamLou-Ivory_Pyramid_wavdirty.part2.rar
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http://rapidshare.com/files/61638119/RamLou-Ivory_Pyramid_wavdirty.part4.rar

dadirtydj

January 18th, 2009, 08:26 AM

Ramsey Lewis - The Two Of Us
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1. Ram
2. Midnight Rendezvous
3. Breaker Beat
4. Slippin' Away
5. The Two Of Us
6. Quiet Storm
7. Never Wanna Say Goodnight
8. Closer Than Close
9. Song With Words (Remembering)

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http://rapidshare.com/files/61712882/RamLou-The_Two_of_Us_wavdirty.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/61716346/RamLou-The_Two_of_Us_wavdirty.part3.rar

dadirtydj

January 18th, 2009, 08:43 AM

The Temptations - Psychedelic Shack
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1. Psychedelic Shack
2. You Make Your Own Heaven and Hell Right Here on Earth
3. Hum Along and Dance
4. Take a Stroll Through Your Mind
5. It's Summer
6. War
7. You Need Love Like I Do (Don't You?)
8. Friendship Train

WAV

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dadirtydj

January 18th, 2009, 08:47 AM

Sorry for the # of links. It's an old post with good links.

The Temptations - Phoenix Rising
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1. Hereafter (Interlude)
2. Stay
3. False Faces
4. How Could He Hurt You
5. I'm Calling You (Interlude)
6. This Is My Promise
7. My Love
8. Tempt Me
9. If I Give You My Heart
10. Take Me In Your Arms
11. That's What Friends Are For
12. Just Like I Told You
13. Stay (Remix)

WAV

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slowmot

January 18th, 2009, 09:21 AM

Many thanks for that Stanley Turrentine - Come on Out!

Blaq

January 18th, 2009, 02:38 PM

Eazy-E
Eazy-Duz-It
[Direct Rip]

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y100/Blaq2/Eazy-E_Eazy-Duz-It.jpg?t=1232305505

Tracklist

1. Still Talkin' (Prelude)
2. Nobody Move
3. Ruthless Villain
4. 2 Hard Mutha's
5. Boyz-n-the Hood
6. Eazy-Duz-It
7. We Want Eazy
8. Eazy-Er Said Than Dunn
9. Radio
10. No More ?'s
11. I'mma Break It Down
12. Eazy-Chapter 8 Verse 10

WAV
505MB

Part 1: http://rapidshare.com/files/185602156/Eazy_EDI_Blaq_WAV.part1.rar
Part 2: http://rapidshare.com/files/185572986/Eazy_EDI_Blaq_WAV.part2.rar
Part 3: http://rapidshare.com/files/185305964/Eazy_EDI_Blaq_WAV.part3.rar

PASS: BLAQ_SYNCITI.NET

Review

Released only a month after Straight Outta Compton (1988), Eazy-Duz-It was the first N.W.A spinoff album. Years before Ice Cube went solo with Amerikkka's Most Wanted (1990), before Dr. Dre changed the rap game with The Chronic (1992), before MC Ren struggled to establish himself with Shock of the Hour (1993), and before Yella simply fell into obscurity, Eazy-E rose to immediate superstar status with this solo debut. It's no wonder why, for the album plays like a humorous, self-centered twist on Straight Outta Compton with Eazy-E, the most charismatic member of N.W.A, front and center while his associates are busy behind the scenes, producing the beats and writing the songs. In terms of production, Dr. Dre and Yella meld together P-Funk, Def Jam-style hip-hop, and the leftover electro sounds of mid-'80s Los Angeles, creating a dense, funky, and thoroughly unique style of their own. In terms of songwriting, the D.O.C., Ice Cube, and MC Ren are each credited; plus, Ren performs raps of his own on five of the 12 songs. The collaborative nature of the music — with Dre and Yella producing; the D.O.C., Ice Cube, and MC Ren writing the songs; MC Ren featured as a guest on half of them; and Eazy-E performing — fortunately makes Eazy-Duz-It more of an N.W.A effort than a true solo album. This is fortunate because as charismatic as he may be, Eazy-E isn't an especially gifted MC. He's at his best here when he's cracking wise and also when he's overshadowed by Dr. Dre's productions, particularly on the four-song sequence of "Eazy Duz It," "We Want Eazy," "Eazy-er Said Than Done," and "Radio" — all heavily produced songs with layers upon layers of samples and beats competing with Eazy-E's rhymes for attention. Straight Outta Compton is no doubt the more revolutionary album, yet Eazy-Duz-It is a great companion, showcasing N.W.A's sense of humor and, despite the often violent subject matter, casting them in a lighter, more humorous mood. When Eazy-E would return with a second solo release, 5150 Home 4 tha Sick, his N.W.A associates would be M.I.A. and the difference would be stark.

All Music Guide, Jason Birchmeier

Biography by Steve Huey

Whether as a member of N.W.A., a solo act, or a label head, Eazy-E was one of the most controversial figures in gangsta rap. While his technical skills as a rapper were never the greatest, his distinctive delivery (invariably described as a high-pitched whine), over-the-top lyrics, and undeniable charisma made him a star. Following N.W.A.'s breakup, E's street credibility took a major beating, though his recordings continued to sell well when they appeared; unfortunately, he was diagnosed with AIDS in 1995, and died not long after.

Eric "Eazy-E" Wright was born September 7, 1964, in Compton, CA, a rough part of the Los Angeles metro area that N.W.A. would later make notorious.

Continued: allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:gifexq95ld6e~T1

RunawayTrane

January 18th, 2009, 03:39 PM

More Etta:

Etta James - Tell Mama:
The Complete Muscle Shoals Sessions
BLUES | APE | CUE | 300DPI | 279MB | 57:09
MCA 2001 (Remastered)

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As the title suggests, this is the definitive edition of Etta James' Tell Mama long-player. For this single-disc release the original album is augmented with five previously unissued tracks -- documented during James' four Muscle Shoals sessions circa '67-'68. The question of why a rural Alabama town became a conduit for some of the most memorable and instantly identifiable grooves may still be up for debate. The evidence exists in droves and Tell Mama could certainly be considered exhibit A. These sessions feature the same impact that would redirect several first ladies of soul. Notable among them are Dusty Springfield's Dusty in Memphis, Aretha Franklin's I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You) and to somewhat lesser acclaim, Jackie DeShannon's Jackie. Tell Mama showcases some of the unique and admittedly darker qualities of what might best be described as R&B noir. "I'd Rather Go Blind," "Steal Away," "I'm Gonna Take What He's Got" all exemplify the essence of the blues -- making the best of a bad situation. The flipside of the sombre subject matter is the satisfying conviction in the music -- which is where the remastering becomes particularly noticeable. No longer does the brass section sound alternately muffled or harsh as it has on previous releases. Likewise, the churning Hammond B-3 organ swells with rich textures. Perhaps the most sonically evident improvements are the subtle ones, such as the supple fretwork on "Sweet Dreams," "I'd Rather Go Blind," and the jazzy percussive shuffle of "The Same Rope." ~ Lindsay Planer, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Tell Mama
02. I'd Rather Go Blind
03. Watch Dog
04. The Love of My Man
05. I'm Gonna Take What He's Got
06. The Same Rope
07. Security
08. Steal Away
09. My Mother in Law
10. Don't Lose Your Good Thing
11. It Hurts Me So Much
12. Just a Little Bit
13. Do Right Woman, Do Right Man
14. You Took It
15. I Worship the Ground You Walk On
16. I Got You Babe
17. You Got It
18. I've Gone Too Far
19. Misty
20. Almost Persuaded
21. Fire
22. Do Right Woman, Do Right Man [alternate take]

Part 1 (http://lix.in/-3e03a5) | Part 2 (http://lix.in/-3f8a46)

pw=lisalisa

RunawayTrane

January 18th, 2009, 03:40 PM

Etta James - Stickin To My Guns
BLUES | APE | CUE | COVERS | 247MB | 40:04
Island 1990

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REVIEW (http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/ettajames/albums/album/287884/review/5943403/stickin_to_my_guns)

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Whatever Gets You Through the Night
02. Love to Burn
03. The Blues Don't Care
04. Your Good Thing (Is About to End)
05. Get Funky
06. Beware
07. Out of the Rain
08. Stolen Affection
09. A Fool in Love
10. I've Got Dreams to Remember

Part 1 (http://lix.in/-4110e7) | Part 2 (http://lix.in/-429788)

pw=lisalisa

GoldenBlaqMan

January 18th, 2009, 04:45 PM

Gary Taylor
Compassion
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist

1. Compassion
2. Tease Me
3. Lonely Heart
4. Easier Said Tahn Done
5. Love You to the Limit
6. Don't Ask My Neighbor
7. I Won't Stop
8. I'll Always Be
9. Follow
10. Tease Me (Remix...Featuring Gerald Albright)
11. My Heart Your Heart

WAV
578MB

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http://rapidshare.com/files/185657707/GT_Cmpssn_GBM_WAV.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/185632572/GT_Cmpssn_GBM_WAV.part3.rar

GoldenBlaqMan

January 18th, 2009, 05:47 PM

Lucy Pearl
Lucy Pearl
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist

1. Lucy Pearl's Ways
2. Trippin'
3. Dance Tonight
4. Everyday
5. Can't Stand Your Mother
6. Good Love
7. Without You
8. Don't Mess with My Man
9. Hollywood
10. Remember the Times
11. They Can't
12. Do It for the People
13. You
14. Lucy Pearl Tells

WAV
557MB

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http://rapidshare.com/files/185381592/LPearl_LPearl_GBM_WAV.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/185311593/LPearl_LPearl_GBM_WAV.part3.rar

GoldenBlaqMan

January 18th, 2009, 08:36 PM

Miles Davis
Bitches Brew
[Direct Rip]

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DISC ONE
Tracklist
1. Pharaoh's Dance
2. Bitches Brew

WAV
474MB

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http://rapidshare.com/files/185682476/Miles_Davis_-_BB_CD_1.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/185604104/Miles_Davis_-_BB_CD_1.part3.rar

DISC TWO
Tracklist
1. Spanish Key
2. John McLaughlin
3. Miles Runs The Voodoo Down
4. Sanctuary

WAV
473MB

http://rapidshare.com/files/185738200/Miles_Davis_-_BB_CD_2.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/185738454/Miles_Davis_-_BB_CD_2.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/185707386/Miles_Davis_-_BB_CD_2.part3.rar

GoldenBlaqMan

January 19th, 2009, 02:21 AM

George Benson
Standing Together
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist

1. C-Smooth
2. Standing Together
3. All I Know
4. Cruise Control
5. Poquito Spanish, Poquito Funk
6. Still Waters
7. Fly By Night
8. Back To Love
9. Keep Rollin'

WAV
448MB

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http://rapidshare.com/files/185813361/GB_Stnd_Tgther_GBM_WAV.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/185774040/GB_Stnd_Tgther_GBM_WAV.part3.rar

dadirtydj

January 19th, 2009, 10:42 AM

Joe Sample and the Soul Committee - Did You Feel That? 1994

JAZZ-FUNK | WAV | CUE | COVERS | 535 MB
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When fusion began to take off in the '70s, Joe Sample and company dropped the Jazz from their name and settled in L.A. as The Crusaders, going on to record several richly satisfying jazz-funk albums, before crossing over into pop on the strength of their hit single "Street Life."

DID YOU FEEL THAT? features one of his best bands (The Soul Committee) and some of his best writing since the Crusaders' SOUTHERN COMFORT. In Steve Gadd, Sample's teamed with a drummer who can swing as good as he funks, while trumpeter Oscar Brashear and tenor saxophonist Joel Peskin provide sharp, funky melodic contrasts and rhythmic accents.

A joyous cover of Lee Morgan's "Sidewinder" puts DID YOU FEEL THAT? squarely in the classic soul-jazz groove, when Joe Sample & The Jazz Crusaders, Cannonball Adderley and Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers attracted popular acclaim with their heady blend of hard bop, R&B, gospel and blues. Heavy groove tunes like "Mystery Child," "Viva De Funk" and "Brother, Can You Spare A Car?" feature Sample's dancing, gospel-inflected work on the Fender/Rhodes electric piano. "While It's Good" and "The Last Buzz" offer the suave Sample at his quiet storm best, but DID YOU FEEL THAT? is essentially a sly nod to the pianist's youth, and is best sampled on a summer's day at a family picnic with grits, ribs, chicken, greens and dirty rice--when wine, whiskey and the blues pour down like rain.

~Track Listing~

1 Mystery Child
2 The Sidewinder
3 Viva De Funk
4 While It's Good
5 Brother, Can You Spare Your Car?
6 Dirty Rice
7 Did You Feel That?
8 The Last Buzz
9 Give It Here
10 Just Chillin'

Part 1 (http://rapidshare.com/files/185179047/535_Did_You_Feel_That_dadirtydj.part1.rar) | Part 2 (http://rapidshare.com/files/185196808/535_Did_You_Feel_That_dadirtydj.part2.rar)

GoldenBlaqMan

January 19th, 2009, 11:29 AM

Rahsaan Patterson
Rahsaan Patterson
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist

1. Stop By
2. Spend The Night
3. Where You Are
4. So Fine
5. Stay Awhile
6. Come Over
7. Can't We Wait A Minute
8. Joy
9. My Sweetheart
10. One More Night
11. Don't Wanna Lose It
12. Tears Ago
13. Ain't No Way
14. Soul Free

WAV
669MB

http://rapidshare.com/files/185813686/RP_RP_GBM_WAV.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/185889742/RP_RP_GBM_WAV.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/185890057/RP_RP_GBM_WAV.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/185854011/RP_RP_GBM_WAV.part4.rar

RunawayTrane

January 19th, 2009, 10:41 PM

L.T.D.
Togetherness
[Direct Rip]

Good stuff GBM. Will take all Jeffrey Osbourne + LTD before 1990 and before he left the group. Except :Love To The World". That one was already posted

dadirtydj

January 20th, 2009, 04:43 AM

Gary Taylor
Compassion
[Direct Rip]

Tracklist

1. Compassion
2. Tease Me
3. Lonely Heart
4. Easier Said Tahn Done
5. Love You to the Limit
6. Don't Ask My Neighbor
7. I Won't Stop
8. I'll Always Be
9. Follow
10. Tease Me (Remix...Featuring Gerald Albright)
11. My Heart Your Heart

I never heard of this dude. I listened to this joint and I like it. The first stand-out that comes to mind (I've listened only once) is Tease Me + the remix and his take on "Don't Ask My Neighbors".

See, this is why this thing here is such a treasure. You can come across things you've never heard, take a listen and who knows....

Thanks, GBM!

And, thanks to everyone who is posting!

Dirty

GoldenBlaqMan

January 20th, 2009, 04:46 PM

Good stuff GBM. Will take all Jeffrey Osbourne + LTD before 1990 and before he left the group. Except :Love To The World". That one was already posted

Many thanks Run. I have a Jeffrey that I have to find. I'll drop it when I do.

GoldenBlaqMan

January 20th, 2009, 04:51 PM

I never heard of this dude. I listened to this joint and I like it. The first stand-out that comes to mind (I've listened only once) is Tease Me + the remix and his take on "Don't Ask My Neighbors".

See, this is why this thing here is such a treasure. You can come across things you've never heard, take a listen and who knows....

Thanks, GBM!

And, thanks to everyone who is posting!

Dirty

Anything for the fam. Tease Me was a serious panty dropper when I attended Grambling.:grin: I have another of his cd's that I'll drop when I find it. This board is definitely a goldmine.

GoldenBlaqMan

January 20th, 2009, 04:52 PM

Bobby Womack
Only Survivor - The MCA Years
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist

1. I Wish He Didn't Trust Me So Much
2. I Wanna Make Love To You
3. That's Where It's At
4. The Truth Song
5. Let Me Kiss It Where It Hurts
6. A Woman Likes To Hear That
7. So Many Rivers
8. A World Where No One Cries
9. Living In A Box
10. I Ain't Got To Love Nobody Else
11. When The Weekend Comes
12. Only Survivor
13. Inherit The Wind
14. (No Matter How High I Get) I'll Still Be Lookin' Up To You

WAV
699MB
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http://rapidshare.com/files/186708581/BW_OnlySrvor_GBM_WAV.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/186708384/BW_OnlySrvor_GBM_WAV.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/186372892/BW_OnlySrvor_GBM_WAV.part4.rar

zacki

January 20th, 2009, 10:50 PM

Willie Hutch - Sexalicious'
[cd][flac][cue][cover]

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01. I've Got To Get You Back
02. Sexalicious
03. All The Way
04. Leave It Alone
05. You Can't Take It Back
06. Talk To Me
07. Rock Your Body
08. Super Lover
09. I Wouldn't Have It Any Other Way
10. Piece Of The Action
11. Keep It Real
12. Rock This House
13. Sexy Dancer
14. Um, Hum Good
15. Do It To Ya

Enjoy!!!

http://rapidshare.com/files/176992516/Willie_Hutch_-_Sexalicious.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/176973116/Willie_Hutch_-_Sexalicious.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/176954946/Willie_Hutch_-_Sexalicious.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/176935012/Willie_Hutch_-_Sexalicious.part4.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/176917051/Willie_Hutch_-_Sexalicious.part5.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/177120497/willie_covers.rar

zacki

January 20th, 2009, 10:55 PM

L.J. Reynolds - Travelin'
[cd][wav][cue][cover]

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01. Words
02. Travelin'
03. Call Me
04. Trust In Me
05. You've Got Me
06. Say You Will
07. Special Effects
08. You And Me
09. Let Me Satisfy You
10. Fast Action
11. Look What Your Love Has Done For Me

Enjoy!!!

http://rapidshare.com/files/186776785/L.J._Reynolds_-_Travelin_.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/186744702/L.J._Reynolds_-_Travelin_.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/186711435/L.J._Reynolds_-_Travelin_.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/186677654/L.J._Reynolds_-_Travelin_.part4.rar

RunawayTrane

January 22nd, 2009, 01:43 AM

Martin Scorsese Presents: The Blues - Keb Mo
BLUES | FLAC | CUE | LOG | 300DPI | 393MB
Okeh/Epic 2003

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The occasion of the series of television films broadcast under the umbrella title The Blues in the fall of 2003 provided the opportunity to compile the highlights of Keb' Mo''s recording career thus far into a single-disc collection. One might argue that, with only four regular albums under his belt (there was also a children's album, Big Wide Grin), Keb' Mo' wasn't quite ready for a best-of, but those albums attracted a wide audience among blues fans; each one lodged in the Top Five of Billboard's Top Blues Albums chart, and the second and third, Just Like You and Slow Down, won Grammys for Best Contemporary Blues Album. Actually, it's the self-titled first album from 1994 that is the most impressive (as well as the least "contemporary"), and six tracks from it have been excerpted here, with three from Just Like You, four from Slow Down, and one from the fourth album, The Door. "Crapped Out Again" appeared on the Tin Cup soundtrack in 1996, and the final track, "Piece of Mind," is a new recording. While Keb' Mo' covers Robert Johnson twice here, he generally uses traditional blues only as a touchstone, preferring to write his own songs in a blues-influenced but essentially pop style, and play them in the same manner. The film series wasn't a chronological documentary in the manner of Ken Burns' Jazz, but if it were, Keb' Mo' would have come at the end as an example of the kind of music blues has evolved into, for better or worse. He is a part of the story, but, at least on the basis of this compilation, not a major figure in it as yet. (Happily, the compilation was not released at a major price. Like the other titles in the series, it was given a mid-line list price of only $11.98). ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Soon as I Get Paid
02. Come on in My Kitchen
03. Perpetual Blues Machine
04. Don't Try to Explain
05. I'm on Your Side
06. Henry
07. Am I Wrong
08. A Letter to Tracy
09. Love in Vain
10. Dirty Low Down and Bad
11. Every Morning
12. Dangerous Mood
13. It Hurts Me
14. Crapped Out Again
15. Love Blues
16. Peace Of Mind

Part 1 (http://lix.in/-41714f) | Part 2 (http://lix.in/-42f7f0)

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GoldenBlaqMan

January 22nd, 2009, 11:34 AM

Vanessa Rubin
New Horizons
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist
1. Gotta B Everything
2. That Was Then, This Is Now
3. If My Heart Could Speak
4. Here's That Rainy Day
5. With You I'm Born Again
6. Livin' Without A Heart
7. Superwoman (Where Were You When I Needed You)
8. Once Was Not Enough 5:17
9. I Want To Spend The Night

WAV
490MB
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http://rapidshare.com/files/186182084/VR_NewHoriz_GBM_WAV.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/185934016/VR_NewHoriz_GBM_WAV.part3.rar

GoldenBlaqMan

January 22nd, 2009, 11:48 AM

Regina Belle
Passion
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist

1. Interlude/Passion
2. Quiet Time
3. If I Could
4. Do You Wanna Get Serious
5. Dream In Color
6. My Man
7. The Deeper I Love
8. A Whole New World
9. Love
10. Heaven's Just A Whisper Away
11. Tango In Paris
12. One Love

WAV
592MB

http://rapidshare.com/files/187389192/RBelle_Passion_GBM_WAV.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/187389343/RBelle_Passion_GBM_WAV.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/187383732/RBelle_Passion_GBM_WAV.part3.rar

RunawayTrane

January 22nd, 2009, 01:35 PM

Martin Scorsese Presents: The Blues - Jimi Hendrix
BLUES | FLAC | CUE | LOG | SCANS | 465MB | 75:50
Chronicles 2003

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As part of the numerous compilations issued in conjunction with the major television documentary series The Blues, this is a collection of blues-oriented Hendrix recordings. A couple of considerations conspire to make this one of Hendrix's less essential releases. First, the blues were just a part of Hendrix's musical mix, though an important one. Second, there was a previous compilation of Hendrix's blues-oriented work in 1994, simply titled Blues. There's little repetition between Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues and Blues, though, and it works as a decent grouping of some of his bluesiest recordings for those listeners who want to plunge especially deeply into one facet of his repertoire. "Red House" and "Voodoo Chile" are by far the most celebrated tracks here, but the accent is on lesser-heard performances that first came out on other archival compilations. In fact, the fine Earl King cover "Come On (Let the Good Times Roll)" (from Electric Ladyland) is the only other song that came out in Hendrix's lifetime. The other selections vary from inspired ("Hear My Train a Comin'," recorded in early 1969 with the original Jimi Hendrix Experience lineup, and a solo "Midnight Lightning") to rather routine jams, though Hendrix's imaginative virtuosity and affinity for the blues is usually evident. This being a posthumous Hendrix release, it couldn't be complete without a couple of previously unissued tracks to tempt the completists, though these aren't too exciting. Those are the 1969 outtakes "Georgia Blues," on which Hendrix is actually more like a backing musician for Lonnie Youngblood (who takes lead vocals), and "Blue Window," a nearly 13-minute outing that gives vent to his jazzier tendencies, the arrangement also featuring organ, three saxophones, and two trumpets. The liner notes about Jimi's blues record collecting habits by mid-'60s girlfriend Faye Pridgon, by the way, are pretty cool. ~ Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Red House
02. Voodoo Chile
03. Come On (Let the Good Times Roll)
04. Georgia Blues
05. Country Blues
06. Hear My Train A Comin'
07. It's Too Bad
08. My Friend
09. Blue Window
10. Midnight Lightning

Part 1 (http://lix.in/-418135) | Part 2 (http://lix.in/-4307d6) | Part 3 (http://lix.in/-354c37)

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RunawayTrane

January 22nd, 2009, 01:38 PM

Regina Belle
Passion
[Direct Rip]

No you didn't?? No you did not post my baby like that?
:277:

GoldenBlaqMan

January 22nd, 2009, 02:28 PM

No you didn't?? No you did not post my baby like that?
:277:

:grin:

RunawayTrane

January 22nd, 2009, 08:16 PM

Shakatak - Out of This World
FUSION | APE | CUE | LOG | SCANS | 242MB
Polydor 1983

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Fourth release from British jazz group, Shakatak, published 1983 in Germany. The band, lead by keyboardist Bill Sharpe and produced by Nigel Wright, rely heavily on vocalists Jill Saward, Norma Lewis and Trisha Anderson. They back the vocals with a light, airy synthsound for a chorus-effect that has become synonymous with their sound throughout the years. Bassist George Anderson also lends his voice to the vocals. All in all, Out of This World is a feel good affair that will lift the spirits. ~ RunawaySlave, Unda The Radar

~ TRACKLISTING ~

1. Dark Is the Night
2. Don't Say That Again
3. Slip Away
4. On Nights Like Tonight
5. Out of This World
6. Let's Get Together
7. If You Could See Me Now
8. Sanur

Part 1 (http://lix.in/-3cf48c) | Part 2 (http://lix.in/-3e7b2d)

pw=lisalisa

RunawayTrane

January 22nd, 2009, 09:26 PM

Roy Ayers - Stoned Soul Picnic
JAZZ | FLAC | CUE | COVERS | 211MB
Atlantic 1968

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Stoned Soul Picnic dates from the earlier part of Roy Ayers’ career as a leader, before he delved heavily into R&B and funk fusions and instead concentrated more on soul-jazz grooves. Ayers leads a septet including such big names as pianist Herbie Hancock, altoist Gary Bartz, bassist Ron Carter, and flutist Hubert Laws. The Laura Nyro-penned title track foreshadows Ayers’ later forays beyond the boundaries of pure jazz, and the group keeps the groove percolating nicely throughout, making Stoned Soul Picnic one of Ayers’ better jazz-oriented outings. - by Steve Huey, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

1. A Rose For Cindy
2. Stoned Soul Picnic
3. Wave
4. For Once In My Life
5. Lil’s Paradise
6. What The People Say

Part 1 (http://lix.in/-386211) | Part 2 (http://lix.in/-39e8b2)

Blaq

January 23rd, 2009, 01:35 PM

Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
Anthology
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist

Disc One

1. Got A Job
2. Bad Girl
3. Way Over There
4. (You Can) Depend On Me
5. Shop Around
6. Who's Lovin' You
7. What's So Good About Goodbye?
8. I'll Try Something New
9. I've Been Good To You
10. You've Really Got A Hold On Me
11. A Love She Can Count On
12. Mickey's Monkey
13. I Gotta Dance To Keep From Crying
14. I Like It Like That
15. That's What Love Is Made Of
16. Come On Do The Jerk
17. Ooo Baby Baby
18. The Tracks Of My Tears
19. My Girl Has Gone
20. Choosey Beggar
21. Going To A Go-Go
22. (Come 'Round Here) I'm The One You Need
23. Save Me
24. The Love I Saw In You Was Just A Mirage
25. More Love

Disc Two

1. I Second That Emotion
2. If You Can Want
3. Yester Love
4. Special Occasion
5. Baby, Baby Don't Cry
6. Doggone Right
7. Here I Go Again
8. Abraham, Martin and John
9. Darling Dear
10. Point It Out
11. Who's Gonna Take The Blame
12. Tears Of A Clown
13. I Don't Blame You At All
14. Satisfaction
15. We've Come Too Far To End It Now
16. I Can't Stand To See You Cry
17. Crazy About The La La La
18. Do It Baby
19. Don't Cha Love It
20. Love Machine

WAV
1.33GB

Part 1: http://rapidshare.com/files/188314322/S___Miracles_Anth_Blaq_WAV.part1.rar
Part 2: http://rapidshare.com/files/188320432/S___Miracles_Anth_Blaq_WAV.part2.rar
Part 3: http://rapidshare.com/files/188163329/S___Miracles_Anth_Blaq_WAV.part3.rar
Part 4: http://rapidshare.com/files/188153163/S___Miracles_Anth_Blaq_WAV.part4.rar
Part 5: http://rapidshare.com/files/188153280/S___Miracles_Anth_Blaq_WAV.part5.rar
Part 6: http://rapidshare.com/files/188145545/S___Miracles_Anth_Blaq_WAV.part6.rar
Part 7: http://rapidshare.com/files/188110306/S___Miracles_Anth_Blaq_WAV.part7.rar

PASS: BLAQ_SYNCITI.NET

Review

Detroit vocal group the Miracles were a fixture at Motown from day one. Driven by Robinson's superior writing and smooth, silky falsetto, the Miracles placed a stunning 48 singles on the Billboard charts, 39 of those with Smokey in tow. Virtually all of them are included on this collection. Songs such as "Ooh Baby Baby," "The Tracks of My Tears," and "The Tears of a Clown" define much that was good about the '60s. The 1995 double-CD reissue is digitally remastered and includes virtually the same tracks, adding a couple previously unreleased songs and extensive liner notes.

All Music Guide, Rob Bowman

Biography by Joslyn Layne

Scoring over 40 hits in the R&B Top 40 charts, the Miracles started out as the Five Chimes in the mid-'50s while the members were still in high school. The Detroit vocal group consisted of William "Smokey" Robinson, Warren "Pete" Moore, Clarence "Humble" Dawson, Donald Wicker, and James "Rat" Grice. Not too long after the group formed, Wicker and Grice left and were replaced by cousins Emerson "Sonny" Rogers and Bobby Rogers, who both sang tenor, and baritonist Ronnie White was in Dawson's place. The vocal quintet then changed their name to the Matadors, and in 1956 Claudette Rogers joined the band after her brother Sonny Rogers was drafted.

Continue: allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:fvfoxqy5ld0e

Blaq

January 23rd, 2009, 01:37 PM

Roy Ayers - Stoned Soul Picnic
JAZZ | FLAC | CUE | COVERS | 211MB
Atlantic 1968

Nice drop, Run! Props! :553:

RunawayTrane

January 23rd, 2009, 02:06 PM

Axiom Funk - Funkcronomicon
FUNK | FLAC | CUE | ARTWORK | 520MB
Axiom 1995

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Producer Bill Laswell's Axiom project Axiom Funk was launched under the auspices of a "supergroup," and was certainly one of the most far-reaching and vibrant collections of funk to emerge -- astonishingly long after the genre's heyday. P-Funk keyboardist Bernie Worrell was initially the flashpoint for the project's Laswell/Parliament/Herbie Hancock core, his associations fortuitously coalescing just as Laswell was striving to expand his Axiom empire. Bringing together key players from all decades, he then twisted the mix with clever combinations of newly recorded material and sessions recorded long ago but never released. The Sly Stone tracks were recorded during Maceo Parker's All the Kings Men period, while the Eddie Hazel tracks were among the last he ever recorded, shortly before his death in late 1992. In all its guises, however, Funkcronomicon is a masterpiece. From the old-school jams of George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, Worrell, and Hazel to Hancock's jazzed-out funk and the righteously fresh sounds of reggae rhythm section Sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakespeare, this fat double disc really packs a punch. Add the alternative rock stylings of Anton Fier, best known for his work with the Feelies and the Golden Palominos, and the resulting brew is almost unbelievable. Tracks previously released -- "Cosmic Slop," "Pray My Soul," "Sacred to the Pain," "Sax Machine," "Telling Time," and "Tell the World" -- are cunningly interspersed with new and unreleased material. And, in the end, although old and new schools rub smooth shoulders, it's hard to tell where one ends and another begins. ~ Amy Hanson, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Order Within the Universe
02. Under the Influence (Jes Grew)
03. If 6 Was 9
04. Orbitron Attack
05. Cosmic Slop
06. Gree-Base (Godzillatron Cush)
07. Tell the World
08. Pray My Soul
09. Hideous Mutant Freekz
10. Sax Machine
11. Animal Behavior
12. Trumpets and Violins, Violins
13. Telling Time
14. Jungle Free-Bass
15. Blackout
16. Sacred to the Pain

Part 1 (http://lix.in/-3b87a9) | Part 2 (http://lix.in/-3d0e4a) | Part 3 (http://lix.in/-3e94eb)

pw=lisalisa

GoldenBlaqMan

January 23rd, 2009, 06:14 PM

Johnnie Taylor
One Step Beyond
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist
1. Time After Time
2. Party Life
3. Will You Love Me Forever
4. I Am Somebody (Parts 1 & 2)
5. I Don't Wanna Lose You (Parts 1 & 2)
6. Don't Take My Sunshine
7. Jody's Got Your Girl and Gone
8. A Fool Like Me
9. Steal Away
10. Friday Night

408MB

http://rapidshare.com/files/188352031/JT_1_Step_Byond_GBM_WAV.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/188350635/JT_1_Step_Byond_GBM_WAV.part2.rar

RunawayTrane

January 24th, 2009, 01:45 AM

Posted the movie, now have found the soundtrack to go with it

Honeydripper (Original Soundtrack)
BLUES | FLAC | CUE | LOG | COVERS | 256MB
Rhino Theatrical 2008

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John Sayles has always been regarded as an independent filmmaker. But like a few others, Jim Jarmusch and Lars van Trier, to name a few, Sayles can pull in big names to his modestly-budgeted independent character pieces. With his newest, Honeydripper, Danny Glover is the big name in play. But his supporting cast is just as important, and with this film specifically, the music comes in as a supporting cast member in itself.

As Sayles says in the liner notes of the album, “American music has always had the ability to absorb and transform different traditions, to dig into the past and deal with the present, to constantly reinvent itself.” Though this statement could arguably apply to Sayles himself as well, it’s an interesting observation, and especially appropriate for the time period that Honeydripper is examining: the ’50s.

Opening with the jazzy, swinging “Honeydripper Lounge” and the bluesy, harmonica-led “Tall Cotton” listeners may be preparing themselves for a completely instrumental album, but Mable John’s “No Matter How She Done It” breaks that flow, and in a very good way. With her rich soulful vocals and winking-at-the-audience lyrics, it’s a crowd-pleaser from yesteryear. The entire album offers such a mix of blues, swing, gospel, and country (much like the O Brother Where Art Thou soundtrack), that listeners from all audiences will find something to enjoy.

If Memphis Slim’s dirgeful “Bertha May” and Hank William’s 1947 hit “Move it On Over” can coexist on a single album, along with three swinging almost-rock tracks by Gary Clark, Jr. without feeling off-balance, it’s obvious something’s been done right. The included tracks by Clark Jr. best manage to encapsulate the era of music, blending the newer rock style with older swing. The New Beginning Ministry offers a few moving gospel tuens with ”Standing By the Highway” and “You Got To Choose” securely rooting the album in the Southern tradition. But the surprising hit here is Danny Glover (backed up by Scott Leyland on piano) crooning the James Oden penned ”Goin’ Down Slow.” It’s the kind of track that seamlessly blends soundtrack and film, tying the two together and enhancing them both. ---Zach’s Rating: A- ---
Zach Freeman, Blogger News

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Honeydripper Lounge - The Aces Of Spade
02. Tall Cotton - Mason Daring, Frank Gallagher, Tim Jackson & Mike Turk
03. No Matter How She Done It - Mable John
04. Standing By The Highway - New Beginnings Ministry
05. Move It On Over - Hank Williams
06. Why Don't You Do Right? Lil Green
07. Stack O Lee (Album Version) Keb' Mo'
08. You Got To Choose - New Beginnings Ministry
09. Goin' Down Slow - Danny Glover
10. Bertha May - Memphis Slim
11. Good Rockin' Tonight - Gary Clark Jr
12. China Doll - Gary Clark Jr
13. Blue Light Boogie - Gary Clark Jr
14. Music Keeps Rollin' On - Barrence Whitfield
15. Things About Coming My Way

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January 24th, 2009, 07:03 AM

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Portrait - Portrait (1992)

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Portrait - Album Review
In the 1990s, R&B was full of post-new jack swing male vocal groups that combined hip-hop and classic soul influences. Portrait was part of that trend; on the vocal quartet's self-titled debut album of 1992, one can hear the parallels between Portrait and groups like Boyz II Men, the Real Seduction, Yours Truly, and K-Ci & JoJo. But Portrait had an energy of its own -- while this CD is relevant to urban contemporary and neo-soul, it's also relevant to dance music.

From a neo-soul perspective, smooth slow jams like "Precious Moments" and "On and On" have a lot to offer; these tunes are an extension of the sort of slow jams that the Isley Brothers and the Whispers were famous for in the 1970s and 1980s. Meanwhile, some of the more up-tempo selections have a lot of club appeal (as opposed to strictly urban radio appeal). "Down Wit Dat" and "Honey Dip" also bring to mind the Whispers -- only this time, the listener is thinking of the Whispers' up-tempo hits ("Rock Steady," "It's a Love Thing," "And the Beat Goes On") instead of its ballads and slow jams. "Feelings" and "Commitment," meanwhile, border on house music -- they're extremely danceable numbers that have the sort of soul/dance energy you might have expected from Ten City in the late '80s and early '90s. For that matter, one can hear the parallels between these selections and the type of disco-soul that Double Exposure's fans cherished during the disco era.

This is, more often than not, an impressive debut -- one that has a lot to offer neo-soul fans but isn't oblivious to club tastes either. ~ Alex Henderson, All Music Guide

Track Listing

1 Commitment
2 Honey Dip
3 Here We Go Again
4 You
5 Interlude: Passion
6 On and On
7 Precious Moments
8 Down Wit Dat
9 Interlude: Snap Along!
10 Problems
11 Feelings
12 Day by Day
13 Heartache
14 Yours Forever
15 Interlude: Why?
16 Here We Go Again (Extended Remix)

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January 24th, 2009, 08:28 AM

Najee - Tokyo Blue (1990)

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Best known for his dynamite soprano, Najee proved his versatility with this disc by using alto and tenor, and even throwing in some tender flute work on the mellow "My Old Friend." He is a strong improvisator, but you could classify Tokyo Blue as R&B just as easily as jazz due to the funk grooves (which display a similar formula as George Howard's best work). There are also strong guest appearances by several vocalists here, including Freddie Jackson on Stevie Wonder's "Superwoman." Immensely pleasurable, a fun listen from beginning to end, and recommended for those pop/jazz fans who wanna shake their groove thang. Najee was one of smooth jazz's most consistent proponents of a sub genre that came to be called rhythm and jazz. Top cuts here include "Talkin'," "Tokyo Blue," and "Stay." ~ Jonathan Widran, All Music Guide

1 Talkin' (5:50)
2 Stay (5:09)
3 Cruise Control (5:51)
4 I'll Be Good to You (4:27)
5 Nation's Call (1:04)
6 Tokyo Blue (4:34)
7 My Old Friend (4:50)
8 Buenos Aires (5:48)
9 Superwoman (Where Were You When I Needed You) (5:00)
10 Only at Night (4:39)

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January 24th, 2009, 08:45 AM

Najee Plays Songs from the Key of Life:
A Tribute to Stevie Wonder (1995)

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Throughout his career, saxophonist Najee has generally performed crossover music that mixes R&B, jazz, and pop. This particular date is one of his strongest and most jazz-oriented, a well-conceived tribute to Stevie Wonder. Najee (heard on soprano, flute, alto, and tenor) plays instrumental versions of the music from Wonder's famous Songs From the Key of Life album, plus several other notable Wonder songs. Assisted by such players as keyboardists George Duke, Ronnie Foster, and Herbie Hancock; guitarist Phil Upchurch; and a top-notch horn section, Najee creates fresh renditions of 21 Stevie Wonder tunes. Highlights include "Love's in Need of Love Today," "Sir Duke," "Knocks Me off My Feet," "If It's Magic," and a medley of "All Day Sucker" and "Easy Goin' Evening." Throughout the memorable set, Najee shows that he can be a strong jazz improviser while still remaining accessible. Recommended. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide

1 Love's in Need of Love Today (4:32)
2 Have a Talk With God (1:59)
3 Village Ghetto Land (3:18)
4 Contusion (4:08)
5 Sir Duke (5:33)
6 I Wish (3:48)
7 Knocks Me off My Feet (5:33)
8 Pastime Paradise (2:30)
9 Summer Soft (5:56)
10 Ordinary Pain (3:43)
11 Saturn/Ebony Eyes (2:45)
12 Isn't She Lovely/Joy Inside My Tears (2:26)
13 Black Man (4:57)
14 Niculela Es Una Historal/I Am Singing (4:01)
15 If It's Magic (1:46)
16 As (4:28)
17 Another Star (4:45)
18 All Day Sucker/Easy Goin' Evening (4:59)

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January 24th, 2009, 09:00 AM

Bona Fide - Soul Lounge (2005)

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1 Bona Fide Club (4:13)
2 Funk Box (4:10)
3 Soul Lounge (6:37)
4 Girard's (7:20)
5 Midnight Train (3:28)
6 Journey (4:14)
7 Bromo Tower (3:05)
8 Deep Chill (13:00)
9 23rd of May (3:59)
10 B. More Knights (2:57)
11 Rosebank Gang (3:23)

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January 24th, 2009, 09:35 AM

Jill Scott - Collaborations
(with Exclusive Bonus Track & Video) (2CD)

R&B | POP | WAV
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(This Wal-Mart exclusive features live performance video of Jill Scott and Chris Botti performing "Good Morning Heartache" and the exclusive bonus track "I Am Music" featuring Common.)

Despite the fact that Jill Scott's new disc, Collaborations, is one of the most diverse collections of music imaginable, there's one word that accurately describes every song-smooth.

Whether she's tackling hip-hop, jazz, gospel or pop, Scott's smooth style deftly ties together every song on this genre-jumping disc. With a startlingly eclectic lineup of guest artists, Scott proves that her talent knows absolutely no boundaries. Scott's musical agility makes this one of the most intriguing and versatile discs around.

"Love Rain," featuring Mos Def, both opens and closes the disc; the first cut is billed as the "Head Nod Remix," while the last track is the "Coffee Shop Mix." The "Head Nod Remix" provides a beat-filled hip-hop version, while the latter is a slower version that still conveys her story of falling deeply and wholly in love. Scott's passion shines through on whatever she sings, so in her hands, songs about passion turn positively steamy.

Scott's collaboration with rising hip-hop powerhouse Lupe Fiasco is one of the disc's early attention-getters. The blues-tinged song "Daydreamin'" was the third single from Fiasco's 2006 album Food & Liquor, which earned a Grammy nod for Best Rap Album. The fellow Philadelphia rapper holds his ground alongside Scott, and together their styles merge to create musical poetry in the midst of urban dreams.

Scott caught the attention of the Grammy folks herself when she teamed up with jazz legends Al Jarreau and George Benson on the cut "God Bless the Child," and with master trumpeter Chris Botti on "Good Morning Heartache." The latter song, wrapped in Botti's smooth, mournful sound, updates Billie Holiday's classic. Scott tries bargaining with her heartache as she grows more accustomed to the pain, and for all her suffering, it adds up to a sensationally smooth and satisfying cut for listeners.

Nothing about Collaborations is formulaic or predictable. She teams up with the inimitable Isley Brothers, then joins with legendary Brazilian musician Sergio Mendes and Will.I.Am from The Black Eyed Peas for "Let Me." The song is a perfect marriage of diversity; it embraces hip-hop and jazz elements, but is steeped in Mendes' Latin rhythms as well.

The surprises continue as Common joins her on a pair of tracks, and then long-lost ex-Hootie & the Blowfish frontman Darius Rucker shows up to share the mic on yet another track. Will Smith's contribution of "The Rain" is a wonderful addition from the rapper-turned-actor.

Before wrapping it up, Scott is joined by gospel great Kirk Franklin on the stirring "Kingdom Come." Finding an abundance of hope in a hopeless world, this uplifting track delivers the conviction of its gospel roots with a clear connection to contemporary culture.

As an added bonus, a second disc includes a live video of Scott and Chris Botti performing "Good Morning Heartache" and a bonus track, "I Am Music," featuring Common.

Few artists could pull off such an eclectic collection of music, and none could do it as well. It only takes one listen to be hooked, but takes many more to truly appreciate all the nuances of Scott's talent.

By Paula Felps

Track Listings

Disc 1( of 2)

1. Love Rain (Head Nod Remix) - Featuring Mos Def
2. Daydreamin' - Featuring Lupe Fiasco
3. Good Morning Heartache - Featuring Chris Botti
4. Said Enough - Featuring The Isley Brothers
5. One Time - Featuring Eric Roberson
6. Let Me - Featuring Sergio Mendes & Will.I.Am
7. 8 Minutes To Sunrise - Featuring Common
8. Funky For You - Featuring Common & Bilal
9. Sometimes I Wonder - Featuring Darius Rucker
10. Slide - Featuring Jeff Bradshaw
11. The Rain - Featuring Will Smith
12. God Bless The Child - Featuring Al Jarreau & George Benson
13. Kingdome Come - Featuring Kirk Franklin
14. Love Rain (Coffee Shop Mix) - Featuring Mos Def

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NOTE: CD 2 contains only samples of up coming Hidden Beach Artist projects with the exception of Tracks 13 and 24, which are complete tracks and the video "Good Morning Heartache".

13. The Fact Is (I Need You)

24. I Am Music - Featuring Common

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January 24th, 2009, 10:16 AM

Props To Those Russian Beast

Saint Germain des Pres Cafe, Vol. 4

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Artist: Various Artists
Album: Saint Germain des Pres Cafe, Vol. 4
Label: Wagram Music Records
Type: Compilation, Non-Stop Mix
Genre: Acid Jazz
Styles: Acid Jazz, Electro-Jazz, Electronic
Original Release Date: January 20, 2004
Quality/Bitrate: APE / Mode: Fast / 44.1 Khz / Stereo
Total Time: 77:25 Min

The Fourth Volume of the Popular Series Joins Nujazz Pioneers, Striking Newcomers and Great Figures of Electronic Jazz Together on a Seamless Compilation. From the Southern Side of the Seine, the St. Germain-des-pres District Has Nurtured Some of the Greatest Jazz Artists the World Has Ever Known. This Disc is a Unique Collection of Music that Stands at the Crossroads of Electronica and the Various Trends of Jazz Music. The Compilation Boast 19 Tunes Oscillating Between Swing, Downtempo and Nu-soul. Artists that Figure Prominently Here Include Nathan Haines featuring the Great Marlena Shaw, Ufo featuring Paris Aficianado Dee Dee Bridgewater, Zuco 103, Kruder and Dorfmeister, Shaun Escoffery, Matthew Herbert and Many More. So Let Yourself Be Taken Away from Track to Track and Discover the Pure, Soulful Electro-jazz of Loopless, [re:jazz] And a Few Other New Artists Making their Compilation Debuts.

01. Naturally - Slow Train
02. Squire For Hire - Nathan Haines feat. Marlena Shaw
03. Flying Saucer - U.F.O. feat. Dee Dee Bridgewater
04. Fuoco Fatuo [Performed by Koop] - Nicola Conte
05. Yunowhathislifeez [Jazz Mix] - Metropolitan Jazz Affair
06. Frontlines - Paul Hunter
07. Tonight [Nicola Conte New Jazz Version] - Koop
08. Equal - Lunar Chipmunk feat. Oscar
09. Q Baiano - Zuco 103
10. Swoundosophy - Infracom presents [re:jazz]
11. When My Angers Starts To Cry - Beady Belle
12. High Noon - Kruder & Dorfmeister
13. Suddenly - Matthew Herbert
14. Red Thing Called Love - Loopless
15. Nattergalen - Bobby Hughes Combination
16. Galactic Jack [Buscemi's Beat To Beatnik Remix] - Briskey
17. No Government - Nicolette
18. Breaking Away [Koop Remix] - Shaun Escoffery
19. Round About Midnight - Antenna

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January 24th, 2009, 10:25 AM

Karl Keaton - Just Another Love Affair
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01. I Remember
02. Breakaway
03. Miss Me
04. Found My Trust
05. You And Me
06. Ain't Enough Love
07. You Sure Act Like You Love Me
08. Love's Burn
09. Bye Bye Baby
10. Love It
11. Just Another Love Affair

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January 24th, 2009, 10:40 AM

Dave Grusin - Presents GRP All-Star Big Band Live [WAV]

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January 24th, 2009, 10:52 AM

Gerald Albright - Smooth (1994) [wav]
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1 Don't Worry About It (4:33)
2 I Surrender (5:50)
3 Sweet Baby (5:11)
4 This Is for the Lover in You (4:44)
5 G and Lee (6:31)
6 Just 2 B With You (5:08)
7 Anniversary (4:33)
8 Passion (6:21)
9 Sedona (5:33)
10 Say It With Feeling (5:36)

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January 24th, 2009, 11:03 AM

Doc Powell - Laid Back [wav]

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1. Laid Back
2. Let's Dance
3. Sunrise
4. From The Heart
5. Lover For Life
6. Sunday Mornin'
7. You Won't Be Alone
8. Tropical Love
9. (My Dear) Charlene
10. Pacific Coast Drive
11. Sunday Mornin' (Instrumental)

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January 24th, 2009, 11:21 AM

J. Spencer - Chimera 1993 [wav]

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When J. Spencer's debut album, Chimera, came out in 1993, Mojazz/Motown exalted the Oakland saxophonist as one of the people fearlessly bridging the gap between jazz and hip-hop. But truth be told, Chimera is more hip-hop than jazz -- this is essentially an album of rap with jazz overtones. And that certainly doesn't make it bad, although it does mean that the CD should be judged by hip-hop standards instead of jazz standards. Chimera, quite honestly, doesn't have a jazz mentality. Improvisation and spontaneity are the things that make jazz what it is -- that's what Al DiMeola has in common with Django Reinhardt -- and Chimera sounds produced rather than improvisatory and spontaneous. The rappers who Spencer features are really the main attraction; the soprano saxman doesn't get enough room to stretch out and he ends up sounding like a sideman on his own album (to borrow a phrase from keyboardist Jeff Lorber). If you want to hear how different saxophonists can do radically different things with rap, just compare Chimera to some of the albums that saxman Bill Evans (not to be confused with the famous pianist) recorded in the '90s. When Evans featured rappers on some of his '90s albums, he maintained a jazz mentality -- MCs were expected to interact with a spontaneous, improvising fusion band just as a jazz singer would interact with such a band. For Evans, featuring rappers was a lot like a hard bopper featuring Abbey Lincoln; Chimera, however, is really about technology rather than improvisation. But again, that doesn't automatically make it a bad album. Some of the tracks are mundane and pedestrian, but more often that not Chimera is a decent (if imperfect) example of alternative rap with jazz overtones. ~ Alex Henderson, All Music Guide

1 Hip Hop Jazz (4:14)
2 Smooth Style (4:57)
3 Hot Pants (5:10)
4 Like It Like That (5:42)
5 Hip Hop Jazz Interlude (:20)
6 Fantasy (4:42)
7 B.F.O. (5:20)
8 Funky Fresh Interlude (:06)
9 Can I Do Ya (5:16)
10 Life in My Town (5:33)
11 Thinkin' About You (5:52)
12 La La Song (4:44)
13 Barbara (3:53)
14 Till I Found You (3:53)
15 Everlasting Love (5:48)
16 Thank You Lord (3:18)

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January 24th, 2009, 11:33 AM

J. Spencer - Blue Moon 1995 [wav]

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Twenty-something jazz saxophonist J. Spencer creates an engaging mix of solid,contemporary, straight-ahead jazz with a hip hop sensibility delivered with a youthful spark.On his second MoJazz album, Blue Moon,Spencer continues to develop his sassy mix of jazz and hip hop idioms.On the mellow title cut (not to be confused with the standard of the same title), Spencer recites in a staid tone,statements that may or may not have a deeper meaning:"my mother,my father...once in a blue moon/unconditional love...once in a blue moon". "I Want U," is silky and romantic with a seductive vocals by Will Davis and James Pugh. The smooth "Bells," opens with a rap by Father Dom that includes a marriage purposal and fresh backwards vocals. The first single was the radio-friendly cut "U Should Be Mine," with lead vocals by Stokley of the group Mint Condition.The music video of the song occassionally airs on BET's Midnight Love.Often in a bid for much-needed airplay,contemporary jazz artists cover pop tunes. Most of the covers amount to the aural equivalent of bland wallpaper; devoid of any real personality and invention.Such is not the case with Spencer's cover of Sade's "Cherish The Day," with its soft,funky groove and snappy licks by John "Jubu" Smith.Spencer blows solid lines on his cover of The Stylistics' "Hurry Up This Way Again," and softly,elegant "Reggae Vibe,." "Close To You," (an original tune not the Dionne Warwick/Burt Bacharach/Hal David standard) is great for enjoying with that special someone.As he did with his first MoJazz album,Chimera,Spencer closes his album with an inspirational track. "Lord I Need You,," has vocals by gospel great Walter Hawkins.J. Spencer proves again that contemporary jazz need not be uninvolving. ~ Ed Hogan, All Music Guide

1 Blue Moon (4:05)
2 I Want U (5:33)
3 Bells (5:15)
4 U Should Be Mine (4:30)
5 Luv Me Tonite (4:54)
6 Cherish the Day (6:38)
7 Man With the Horn (8:25)
8 If It Feels Good (4:47)
9 Hurry up This Way Again (6:06)
10 African Vibe (5:06)
11 Reggae Vibe (4:40)
12 Close to You (5:25)
13 Lord, I Need You (3:01)

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Blaq

January 24th, 2009, 12:08 PM

The Temptations
Anthology
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist

Disc One

1. The Way You Do the Things You Do
2. I'll Be in Trouble
3. The Girl's Alright with Me
4. Girl (Why You Wanna Make Me Blue)
5. My Girl
6. It's Growing
7. Since I Lost My Baby
8. My Baby
9. Don't Look Back
10. Get Ready
11. Ain't Too Proud to Beg
12. Beauty Is Only Skin Deep
13. (I Know) I'm Losing You
14. All I Need
15. You're My Everything
16. (Loneliness Made Me Realize) It's You That I Need
17. I Wish It Would Rain
18. I Truly, Truly Believe
19. I Could Never Love Another (After Loving You)
20. Runaway Child, Running Wild
21. Ol' Man River
22. Try to Remember
23. The Impossible Dream

Disc Two

1. I'm Gonna Make You Love Me
2. Please Return Your Love to Me
3. Cloud Nine
4. Don't Let the Joneses Get You Down
5. I Can't Get Next To You
6. Psychedelic Shack
7. Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today)
8. Funky Music Sho' Nuf Turns Me On
9. I Ain't Got Nothing
10. Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)
11. Superstar (Remember How You Got Where You Are?)
12. Mother Nature
13. Love Woke Me up This Morning
14. Papa Was a Rolling Stone
15. Masterpiece
16. Shakey Ground
17. Power
18. Sail Away
19. Treat Her Like a Lady

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Review

Since supplanted by a few new anthology releases, this initial Temptations overview will still be an attractive slice of soul history for bargain-bin-minded music-lovers. Spanning close to ten years, the 41 tracks here cover the group's prime, from the early Smokey Robinson hits ("The Way You Do the Things You Do," "My Girl") on through Norman Whitfield's incredible run of smashes circa 1966-1972 ("Ain't Too Proud to Beg," "I Wish It Would Rain"). And that's not to forget such pinnacles of psych-soul as "Ball of Confusion," "Cloud Nine," "Psychedelic Shack," and "Papa Was a Rolling Stone." Essential listening for novice and expert crate-diggers alike.

All Music Guide, Stephen Cook

Biography by Jason Ankeny

Thanks to their fine-tuned choreography — and even finer harmonies — the Temptations became the definitive male vocal group of the 1960s; one of Motown's most elastic acts, they tackled both lush pop and politically charged funk with equal flair, and weathered a steady stream of changes in personnel and consumer tastes with rare dignity and grace. The Temptations' initial five-man lineup formed in Detroit in 1961 as a merger of two local vocal groups, the Primes and the Distants. Baritone Otis Williams, Elbridge (aka El, or Al) Bryant, and bass vocalist Melvin Franklin were longtime veterans of the Detroit music scene when they joined together in the Distants...

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Blaq

January 24th, 2009, 12:12 PM

Jill Scott - Collaborations
(with Exclusive Bonus Track & Video) (2CD)

R&B | POP | WAV

Nice drop, DJ! I needed this in lossless. :thumbs up:

RunawayTrane

January 24th, 2009, 02:22 PM

Anita Baker - Giving You The Best That I Got
R&B | FLAC | CUE | LOG | 300DPI | 231MB | 37:27
Elektra 1988

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The sizeable following that Anita Baker acquired with Rapture proved quite receptive to the only slightly less appealing Giving You the Best That I Got — an album that's quite similar to its predecessors. Though not quite on a par with The Songstress or Rapture, Best is far superior to most of 1988's uninspired R&B releases. Instead of tampering with Rapture's consistently romantic and mellow soul/pop approach, Elektra brought back that album's producer, Michael J. Powell, and kept her at the top of the charts with such sleek yet earthy fare as "Just Because" (whose harmonies bring to mind producers Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, but lack the hip-hop elements they're quick to employ), "Priceless," the haunting "Good Love," and the title song. Much of Baker's music has contained jazz overtones, but on the Brazilian-influenced, slightly bossa nova-ish "Good Enough," Sarah Vaughan's influence becomes even more apparent — and indicates that she is making a tremendous mistake by not recording outright jazz. ~ Alex Henderson, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

1. Priceless
2. Lead Me Into Love
3. Giving You the Best That I Got
4. Good Love
5. Rules
6. Good Enough
7. Just Because
8. You Belong to Me

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dadirtydj

January 25th, 2009, 02:31 AM

Here ya go Blaq!

Master P - Ghetto D [Explicit Lyrics]

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1. Ghetto D
2. Let's Get 'Em
3. I Miss My Homies
4. We Riders
5. Throw 'Em Up
6. Tryin 2 Do Something
7. Plan B
8. Weed & Money
9. Captain Kirk
10. Stop Hatin
11. Eyes on Your Enemies
12. Make 'Em Say Ugh
13. Going Through Somethangs
14. Only Time Will Tell
15. After Dollars, No Cents
16. Gangstas Need Love
17. Pass Me da Green
18. Come and Get Some
19. Burbons and Laces

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papaprada

January 25th, 2009, 02:34 AM

good music

RunawayTrane

January 25th, 2009, 04:45 AM

Jeffrey Osborne - That's For Sure
R&B | WAV | CUE | LOG | HQ ART | 715MB | 65:36
Private Music 2000

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The great thing about adult contemporary music is that it provides a format for artists whose place on the pop charts in the '50s, '60s, '70s, and '80s was supplanted by the hip-hop and teenyboppers of the '90s and early '00s. Jeffrey Osborne is one such classic soul voice way past his prime but still cranking out appealing music that can't help but reach emotional depths because his voice is so rich, deep, and powerful. The tunes here are all slickly produced, from the cool and funky ode to love's second chance "2nd Time Around" to the dreamy ballad "That's for Sure." He's never been Barry White, but sexy funk ballads like "Come With Me" make perfect soundtracks to bedroom activities. Yet you can't get around the fact that, as strong as some of these tunes are, they pale next to the closing number, a live rendition of Osborne's first LTD hit "Love Ballad" -- which was also made famous by George Benson. The inclusion of this classic serves to remind new listeners that Osborne had a past; but longtime fans may feel a bit sad that none of his work on That's for Sure can approach his glories of the past. ~ Jonathan Widran, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Second Time Around
02. Kreepin'
03. That's for Sure
04. I'll Do It All for Love
05. Can't Find an Easy Way
06. Soft and Slow
07. Work That Body
08. Call My Name
09. Come With Me
10. All My Money
11. Was It Something I Said
12. Love Ballad

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Blaq

January 25th, 2009, 11:53 AM

Marvin Gaye
Anthology
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist

Disc One

1. Stubborn Kind of Fellow
2. Hitch Hike
3. Pride and Joy
4. Once upon a Time
5. Can I Get a Witness
6. What's the Matter With You Baby
7. You're a Wonderful One
8. Try It Baby
9. Baby Don't You Do It
10. What Good Am I Without You
11. Forever
12. How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)
13. It Takes Two
14. I'll Be Doggone
15. Pretty Little Baby
16. Ain't That Peculiar
17. Ain't No Mountain High Enough
18. One More Heartache
19. Take This Heart of Mine
20. Your Precious Love
21. Little Darling (I Need You)
22. Your Unchanging Love
23. If This World Were Mine
24. You
25. If I Could Build My Whole World Around You

Disc Two

1. Chained
2. Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing
3. How Can I Forget
4. Heaven Sent You, I Know
5. I Heard It Through The Grapevine
6. Good Lovin' Ain't Easy to Come By
7. Too Busy Thinking About My Baby
8. That's The Way Love Is
9. You're All I Need To Get By
10. The End Of Our Road
11. What's Going On
12. Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)
13. Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)
14. Save The Children
15. You're The Man, Pt. 1
16. Trouble Man
17. Let's Get It On
18. Come Get To This
19. Distant Lover [live]
20. I Want You
21. Got To Give It Up
22. After The Dance

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Review

With Anthology you can get an overview of Gaye's Motown work without having to plunk the money down for The Marvin Gaye Collection boxed set. The two-disc set contains most of his major hits (although the number one hit "Let's Get It On" appeared only on CD editions of Anthology), including "Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)," "Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)," "I Heard It Through the Grapevine," "Trouble Man," "I'll Be Doggone," "What's Going On," "Hitch Hike," "Can I Get a Witness," and "Pride and Joy," as well as his numerous duets with Kim Weston and Tammi Terrell, like "Ain't No Mountain High Enough," "Ain't Nothing like the Real Thing," "It Takes Two," and "Your Precious Love."

All Music Guide

Blaq

January 25th, 2009, 12:02 PM

Anita Baker - Giving You The Best That I Got
R&B | FLAC | CUE | LOG | 300DPI | 231MB | 37:27
Elektra 1988

Thanks for this, Run. :thumbs up:

Somehow I scratched this CD some years ago.

Here ya go Blaq!

Master P - Ghetto D [Explicit Lyrics]

RAP | WAV | CUE | 803 MB

Thanks, DJ! I appreciate this in lossless. :thumbs up:

RunawayTrane

January 25th, 2009, 01:07 PM

Excell, here ya go pawtna:

Herbie Hancock - Monster
FUSION | FLAC | CUE | LOG | 300DPI | 42:13
Columbia 1980

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Despite the PR hype about this being Herbie Hancock's first "rock" album, Monster is really another disco album, though more varied in texture, somewhat more subtle in execution, and blessedly rid of those vocoder vocals, though not of the real ones. "Saturday Night," despite the distinctive presence of Carlos Santana, sets the album's dancefloor tone. The rock element is supposedly supplied by Hancock on the newly-developed Clavitar, where, try as he might to articulate like a guitarist, the sound is still that of a mutated synthesizer. Alphonze Mouzon is wasted on drums, and guitarist Wah Wah Watson has a field day on his eponymous specialty. Most annoying (and defining) track -- "Go for It." ~ Richard S. Ginell, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

1. Saturday Night
2. Stars in Your Eyes
3. Go for It
4. Don't Hold It In
5. Making Love
6. It All Comes Around

~ PERSONNEL ~

Herbie Hancock - Synthesizer, Keyboards, Clavinet, Piano
Alphonse Mouzon - Synthesizer, Drums, Keyboards
Ray Parker, Jr. - Bass
Melvin "Wah Wah" Ragin - Guitar
Sheila E - Percussion
"Ready" Freddy Washington - Bass
Carlos Santana - Guitar

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excel

January 25th, 2009, 06:11 PM

RunawayTrane

January 25th, 2009, 09:28 PM

The Very Best Of: Imagination (Music Club)
R&B | FLAC | CUE | COVERS | 497MB | 74:34
Demon Music Group 2000

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This Very Best of Imagination, released in 2000 by the U.K.'s Music Club, is the best introduction to the clubby R&B group's work. Not to be confused with the 1998 release of the same title from BR, which is two-thirds the same selection-wise, this holds a slight edge over the several other Imagination anthologies with a smarter crop of inclusions. Like most of the other Imagination anthologies, this one concentrates on material from the group's first three albums, when they were at their peak both artistically and commercially. There are no glaring omissions, and all seven minutes of "So Good, So Right" are rightfully included, so this one gets the nod. ~ Andy Kellman, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Flashback
02. Just an Illusion
03. So Good, So Right
04. Music and Lights
05. Changes
06. In the Heat of the Night
07. In and out of Love
08. Soul Street
09. Burnin' Up
10. Tell Me Do You Want My Love
11. Backtrackin'
12. Heart 'N' Soul
13. New Dimension
14. Thank You My Love
15. I'll Always Love You
16. Body Talk

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RunawayTrane

January 25th, 2009, 09:44 PM

Posted this a few weeks ago when the board was down. Or when it was so slow I could not get it. Usually don't post that much up to date stuff. I like for people to support the artist that do good work. But this has been out safely for almost a year now. I feel like whoever was gonna buy it has bought it already:

Erykah Badu - New Amerykah, Pt.1
SOUL | WAV | CUE | HQ ART | 744MB
Motown 2008

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Downplayed and practically disregarded as it was, 2003's Worldwide Underground was an excellent and brave follow-up to 2000's Mama's Gun. Erykah Badu concedes she had nothing to say at the time -- the loose 50-minute "EP" was more about sounds than statements -- but she evidently holds herself to a high standard. Perhaps that streak was a factor in her protracted silence from its release to New Amerykah, Pt. 1: 4th World War; she even thought she might be through with making music. Her creative energy returned at some point, and then some, with this set apparently just the first in a series of releases. Varied and layered, New Amerykah, Pt. 1 has Badu collaborating principally with the members of Sa-Ra (who are present in almost half of the tracks), Madlib, 9th Wonder, and Baduizm/Mama's Gun vets Karriem Riggins, James Poyser, and Ahmir Thompson. If you're familiar with what these people have made in the past, you'll know to expect plenty of fearless weirdness and a couple relaxed soul-jazz backdrops that do not fail to stimulate. The album is easily the most hip-hop and most out-there release from Badu thus far, with beats bumping, knocking, and booming in roughly equal measure, sometimes switching tacks or vanishing midstream, dropping down dark corridors, gradually levitating into direct sunlight. Lyrically, there's much to digest: In the ghostly-mystical "The Healer," Badu proclaims hip-hop to be bigger than religion and government; both "That Hump" and "The Cell" are vivid depictions of drug dependency; "Soldier" gives a shout to the Nation of Islam, addresses Katrina and black-on-black crime, sends out a warning ("Now to folks that think they livin' sweet/They gone fuck around and push 'delete'"); "Twinkle" evokes a lot of thought with few words, alluding to the various failures of the U.S. health, education, and prison systems, and the negative and cyclical effects they've had on Badu's people. Though this is another album where you can only wonder how different it would be with some input from the late J Dilla, the beloved producer gets an incredibly touching tribute with the eight-minute "Telephone," written the day after the ceremony of his death. Indeed, no listed song is light in sentiment, which must partially explain why the beaming single "Honey" is included as an unlisted track -- it doesn't fit into the album's fabric, what with its drifting, deeply sweetened, synth-squish-and-string-drift groove. Immediately moving and yet rather bewildering, New Amerykah, Pt. 1 is an album that sounds special from the first play, yet it will probably take years before it is known just how special it is. ~ Andy Kellman, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Amerykahn Promise
02. The Healer
03. Me
04. My People
05. Soldier
06. The Cell
07. Twinkle
08. Master Teacher
09. That Hump
10. Telephone
11. Honey

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Blaq

January 25th, 2009, 11:30 PM

The Supremes
Anthology
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist

Disc One

1. Your Heart Belongs to Me
2. Let Me Go the Right Way
3. Breathtaking Guy
4. When the Lovelight Starts Shining Through His Eyes
5. Standing at the Crossroads of Love
6. Run Run Run
7. Where Did Our Love Go
8. Baby Love
9. Ask Any Girl
10. Come See About Me
11. Stop! In the Name of Love
12. Back in My Arms Again
13. Nothing But Heartaches
14. I Hear a Symphony
15. My World Is Empty Without You
16. Love Is Like an Itching in My Heart
17. You Can't Hurry Love
18. You Keep Me Hangin' On
19. Love Is Here and Now You're Gone
20. Happening
21. Hard Day's Night
22. Funny How Time Slips Away
23. You Send Me
24. Falling in Love With Love
25. I'm the Greatest Star

Disc Two

1. Reflections
2. In and Out of Love
3. Forever Came Today
4. Some Things You Never Get Used To
5. Love Child
6. I'm Gonna Make You Love Me [With the Temptations]
7. I'm Livin' in Shame
8. Composer
9. I'll Try Something New [With the Temptations]
10. Young Folks
11. No Matter What Sign You Are
12. Someday We'll Be Together
13. Up the Ladder to the Roof
14. Everybody's Got the Right to Love
15. Stoned Love
16. Nathan Jones
17. Floy Joy
18. Touch
19. Automatically Sunshine
20. Your Wonderful, Sweet Sweet Love
21. I Guess I'll Miss the Man
22. Bad Weather
23. It's All Been Said Before
24. I'm Gonna Let My Heart Do the Walking

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Review

When it was released in 1974, Motown's Diana Ross and the Supremes Anthology was the most comprehensive compilation yet issued on one of the 1960s' most popular groups. A 35-track triple LP, it superseded the 1967 double-LP Greatest Hits, including 17 of that album's 20 tracks, as well as the 1969 Greatest Hits, Volume 3, all of which was repeated. All 27 of the Supremes' R&B hits between 1962 and 1969 were featured, as well as 28 of their 30 pop chart entries. That represented a formidable chunk of the decade's biggest hits, among them the chart toppers "Where Did Our Love Go," "Baby Love," "Come See About Me," "Stop! in the Name of Love," "Back in My Arms Again," "I Hear a Symphony," "You Can't Hurry Love," "You Keep Me Hangin' On," "Love Is Here and Now You're Gone," "The Happening," "Love Child," and "Someday We'll Be Together." The lengthy album also found space for some of the group's musical experiments, devoting a five-song side, dubbed "Versatile Stylists," to material culled from the albums A Bit of Liverpool, The Supremes Sing Country Western & Pop, We Remember Sam Cooke, The Supremes Sing Rodgers & Hart, and Diana Ross and the Supremes Sing and Perform "Funny Girl." They made for an interesting interlude, but the heart of the matter remained the Supremes' brilliant interpretations of the Holland-Dozier-Holland hits of the mid-'60s, which were all here. [The Diana Ross and the Supremes Anthology (Motown 794) was released as a triple LP containing 35 songs in May 1974. In August 1986, Motown issued a 50-song double CD under the same title (Motown 6198). Nine years later, the label again revamped the Anthology idea for a 49-track double CD (Motown 0511) released on September 28, 1995.]

All Music Guide, William Ruhlmann

Biography by Richie Unterberger

The most successful black performers of the 1960s, the Supremes for a time rivaled even the Beatles in terms of red-hot commercial appeal, reeling off five number one singles in a row at one point. Critical revisionism has tended to undervalue the Supremes' accomplishments, categorizing their work as more lightweight than the best soul stars' (or even the best Motown stars'), and viewing them as a tool for Berry Gordy's crossover aspirations. There's no question that there was about as much pop as soul in the Supremes' hits, that even some of their biggest hits could sound formulaic, and that they were probably the black performers who were most successful at infiltrating the tastes and televisions of middle America

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dadirtydj

January 26th, 2009, 07:32 AM

AZ - DOE OR DIE 1995

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In 1995 it was easy to confuse comrades and collaborators Nas and AZ, so similar in style were their street-schooled lyrical concerns and their austere, lazy-eyed rhyming styles. AZ, in fact, first came to the attention of the rap scene by contributing a verse to the former's classic 1994 single "Life's a Bitch." To compound the resemblance, he called upon Pete Rock to produce a couple tracks ("Gimme Your's" and "Rather Unique," both stellar) on this introductory recording, just as Nas had on his classic debut. The two albums are very much the twin sides of the same double-headed coin. They aremore… so closely connected, in fact, that it's difficult to pinpoint where Doe or Die's points of departure are located. Many of its character sketches (the Buckwild-produced "Ho Happy Jack"), urban-caked admonitions ("Mo Money Mo Murder," on which Nas, in fact, turns up to return the favor, the equally hard-hitting title track), and gritty expressions of love ("I Feel for You," a pumped-up "One Love") are every bit as meditative and literate, peppered with authentic, incisive documentary detail. Ultimately, AZ's album is not quite as compact and consistent, and, unlike its mirror-image, its focus lapses right toward the end. But while Doe or Die is not quite on an artistic par with, not quite the free-flowing masterpiece as, the landmark Illmatic, it is not at all far behind in terms of quality, either. Certainly it was one of the strongest, most promising debut efforts of 1995, and probably one of the year's strongest rap albums period. And as with Nas, he would have a difficult time following up on this early juggernaut.

~Track Listings~

1 Intro
2 Uncut Raw
3 Gimme Your's
4 Ho Happy Jackie
5 Rather Unique
6 I Feel For You
7 Sugar Hill
8 Mo Money, Mo Murder
9 Doe Or Die
10 We Can't Win
11 Your World Don't Stop

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RunawayTrane

January 27th, 2009, 02:19 AM

Funk Inc. - Urban Renewal
JAZZFUNK | FLAC | CUE | COVER | 331MB
Milestone 1996

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In 1995 -- 21 years after Funk, Inc.'s breakup -- organist and Jimmy Smith disciple Bobby Watley decided to assemble a new edition of his gritty soul-jazz quintet. Two original members -- conga player Cecil Hunt and Watley himself -- were joined by saxman Teddy Patterson, guitarist Doug Swanigan and drummer Phil Brines. Watley unveiled his new Funk with Urban Renewal, a solid effort that, like such classics as Chicken Lickin' and Hangin' Out, effectively combines the immediacy of soul and funk with the spontaneity of jazz. Before its demise, the original Funk had deteriorated quite a bit by smothering itself with overproduction; but that's not a problem here. From the earthy, down-home blues themes of "Sneaky" and "Get Some More" to a commanding interpretation of Herbie Mann's "Memphis Underground," Renewal makes it clear that accessibility and artistic integrity aren't mutually exclusive. ~ Alex Henderson, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Ants in Yo Pants
02. Urban Renewal
03. Spasms
04. Sneaky
05. The Thang
06. Days and Nights in St. Ignace
07. Still Called the Blues
08. Get Some More
09. 6th Street Stroll
10. Memphis Underground

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Blaq

January 27th, 2009, 07:02 PM

The Marvelettes
Deliver: The Singles (1961-1971)
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist

Disc One

1. Please Mr. Postman
2. So Long Baby
3. Twistin' Postman
4. I Want A Guy
5. Playboy
6. Beechwood 4-5789
7. Someday, Someway
8. Strange I Know
9. Locking Up My Heart
10. Forever
11. My Daddy Knows Best
12. Tie A String Around Your Finger
13. As Long As I Know He's Mine
14. Little Girl Blue
15. Too Hurt To Cry, Too Much In Love To Say Goodbye
16. He's A Good Guy (Yes He Is)
17. Finders Keepers, Losers Weepers
18. You're My Remedy
19. A Little Bit Of Sympathy, A Little Bit Of Love
20. Too Many Fish In The Sea
21. A Need For Love
22. I'll Keep Holding On
23. No Time For Tears

Disc Two

1. Danger Heartbreak Dead Ahead
2. Your Cheating Ways
3. Don't Mess With Bill
4. Anything You Wanna Do
5. You're The One
6. Paper Boy
7. The Hunter Gets Captured By The Game
8. When You're Young and in Love
9. The Day You Take One (You Have To Take The Other)
10. My Baby Must Be A Magician
11. Here I Am Baby
12. Reachin' For Something I Can't Have
13. Destination Anywhere
14. What's Easy For Two Is Hard For One
15. I'm Gonna Hold On As Long As I Can
16. That's How Heartaches Are Made
17. Rainy Mourning
18. Marionette
19. A Breath Taking Guy

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Review

Forty-two songs, featuring most of both the A-sides and B-sides, nine of which had never been issued on album before. The ace Motown songwriting and production stable was involved in virtually every one of these tracks, making for a surprisingly strong and consistent collection. Includes all the chart hits, as well as rarities like the Phil Spector-style single they released in 1963 as the Darnells.

All Music Guide, Richie Unterberger

Biography by Richie Unterberger

Probably the most pop-oriented of Motown's major female acts, the Marvelettes didn't project as strong an identity as the Supremes, Mary Wells, or Martha Reeves, but recorded quite a few hits, including Motown's first number one single, "Please Mr. Postman" (1961). "Postman," as well as other chirpy early-'60s hits like "Playboy," "Twistin' Postman," and "Beechwood 4-5789," were the label's purest girl group efforts. Featuring two strong lead singers, Gladys Horton and Wanda Young, the Marvelettes went through five different lineups, but maintained a high standard on their recordings. After a few years, they moved from girl group sounds to up-tempo and mid-tempo numbers that were more characteristic of Motown's production line.

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Blaq

January 28th, 2009, 05:54 AM

Martha Reeves & The Vandellas
Live Wire!: The Singles 1962-1972
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Tracklist

Disc One

1. You'll Never Cherish a Love So True ('Til You Lose It)
2. There He Is (At My Door)
3. I'll Have to Let Him Go
4. My Baby Won't Come Back
5. Come and Get These Memories
6. (Love Is Like A) Heat Wave
7. Quicksand
8. Darling, I Hum Our Song
9. Live Wire
10. In My Lonely Room
11. A Tear for the Girl
12. Dancing in the Street
13. Wild One
14. Nowhere to Run
15. Motoring
16. You've Been in Love Too Long
17. Love (Makes Me Do Foolish Things)
18. My Baby Loves Me
19. Never Leave Your Baby's Side
20. What Am I Going to Do Without Your Love
21. I'm Ready for Love
22. Third Finger, Left Hand

Disc Two

1. Jimmy Mack
2. Love Bug Leave My Heart Alone
3. One Way Out
4. Honey Chile
5. Show Me the Way
6. I Promise to Wait My Love
7. Forget Me Not
8. I Can't Dance to That Music You're Playin'
9. I Tried
10. Sweet Darlin'
11. (We've Got) Honey Love
12. Taking My Love (And Leaving Me)
13. I Should Be Proud
14. Love, Guess Who
15. I Gotta Let You Go
16. Bless You
17. In and Out of My Life
18. Your Love Makes It All Worthwhile
19. Tear It on Down
20. I Won't Be the Fool I've Been Again
21. Baby (Don't You Leave Me)

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Review

This two-CD box set includes all of the top singles and many of the flip sides that Martha Reeves & the Vandellas cut for Motown. All the hits are here, of course; the collector will be especially interested in the B-sides and non-hit singles, many of which employed the songwriting talents of Motown regulars like Holland-Dozier-Holland and Mickey Stevenson. There's also the rare single (featuring Gloria Williamson on lead vocals) cut by the Vells in 1962, before Reeves took top billing and the group changed their name. Eight of these cuts have never been released on album before. Among the non-hits, there isn't anything to match "Heat Wave" or "Dancing in the Street," but Reeves' astonishingly powerful voice never falters. She was arguably Motown's most talented female singer, but the label's investment in her seemed to flag as the decade progressed. The later material lacks the distinction of her classic period, though the 1970 album track "I Should Be Proud" is a little-known (if somewhat heavy-handed) protest against the Vietnam War.

All Music Guide, Richie Unterberger

Biography by Jason Ankeny

Along with the Supremes, Martha & the Vandellas defined the distaff side of the Motown sound in the 1960s; their biggest hits, including "Heat Wave," "Dancing in the Street," and "Nowhere to Run," remain among the most potent and enduring dance records of the era. The vocal group was led by Martha Reeves who, along with fellow Detroit natives Annette Sterling Beard, Gloria Williams, and Rosalind Ashford, founded the Del-Phis in 1960. After Reeves landed a secretarial position at the offices of Motown Records, the Del-Phis were tapped to record a one-off single for the label's Melody imprint, which they cut under the name the Vels.

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Blaq

January 28th, 2009, 03:13 PM

Erykah Badu
Baduizm
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Tracklist

1. Rim Shot (Intro)
2. On & On
3. Appletree
4. Other Side Of The Game
5. Sometimes
6. Next Lifetime
7. Afro
8. Certainly
9. 4 Leaf Clover
10. No Love
11. Drama
12. Sometimes
13. Certainly (Flipped It)
14. Rim Shot

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Review

Two years after D'Angelo brought the organic sound and emotional passion of R&B to the hip-hop world with 1995's Brown Sugar, Erykah Badu's debut performed a similar feat. While D'Angelo looked back to the peak of smooth '70s soul, though, Badu sang with a grit and bluesiness reminiscent of her heroes, Nina Simone and Billie Holiday. "On & On" and "Appletree," the first two songs on Baduizm, illustrated her talent at singing soul with the qualities of jazz. With a nimble, melodic voice owing little to R&B from the past 30 years, she phrased at odds with the beat and often took chances with her notes. Like many in the contemporary rap world, though, she also had considerable talents at taking on different personas; "Otherside of the Game" is a poetic lament from a soon-to-be single mother who just can't forget the father of her child. Erykah Badu's revolution in sound — heavier hip-hop beats over organic, conscientious soul music — was responsible for her breakout, but many of the songs on Baduizm don't hold up to increased examination. For every intriguing track like "Next Lifetime," there's at least one rote R&B jam like "4 Leaf Clover." Jazz fans certainly weren't confusing her with Cassandra Wilson — Badu had a bewitching voice, and she treasured her notes like the best jazz vocalists, but she often made the same choices, the hallmark of a singer rooted in soul, not jazz. Though many fans would dislike (and probably misinterpret) the comparison, she's closer to Diana Ross playing Billie Holiday — as she did in the 1972 film Lady Sings the Blues — than Holiday herself.

All Music Guide, John Bush

RunawayTrane

January 29th, 2009, 03:07 AM

Robert Cray - Strong Persuader
BLUES | WAV | CUE | LOG | ART | 439MB | 39:24
Mercury 1986

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The set that made Cray a pop star, despite its enduring blues base. Cray's smoldering stance on "Smoking Gun" and "Right Next Door" rendered him the first sex symbol to emerge from the blues field in decades, but it was his innovative expansion of the genre itself that makes this album a genuine 1980s classic. "Nothing but a Woman" boasts an irresistible groove pushed by the Memphis Horns and some metaphorically inspired lyrics, while "I Wonder" and "Guess I Showed Her" sizzle with sensuality. ~ Bill Dahl, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Smoking Gun
02. Guess I Showed Her
03. Right Next Door (Because of Me)
04. Nothin' But a Woman
05. Still Around
06. More Than I Can Stand
07. Foul Play
08. I Wonder
09. Fantasized
10. New Blood

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dadirtydj

January 29th, 2009, 08:16 AM

Fourplay - Fourplay (1991)

SMOOTH JAZZ | WAV | CUE | COVERS | 632 MB
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This CD was the debut for Fourplay, a popular quartet comprised of keyboardist Bob James, guitarist Lee Ritenour, bassist Nathan East, and drummer Harvey Mason. The music sounds more or less like a Bob James small-group date with Ritenour as a major soloist. The style is between jazz, R&B, and pop with an emphasis on lightweight originals, soulful and moderately funky rhythms, and predictable radio-friendly music. Nothing unexpected occurs, but fans of James and Ritenour should enjoy both this CD and Fourplay in general. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide

~Track Listings~

1. Bali Run
2. 101 Eastbound
3. Foreplay
4. Moonjogger
5. Max-O-Man
6. After The Dance
7. Quadrille
8. Midnight Stroll
9. October Morning
10. Wish You Were Here
11. Rain Forest

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dadirtydj

January 29th, 2009, 08:18 AM

Fourplay - Between The Sheets (1993)

SMOOTH JAZZ | WAV | CUE | COVERS | 683 MB
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~Track Listings~

1. Chant
2. Monterey
3. Between The Sheets
4. Li'l Darlin'
5. Flying East
6. Once In The A.M.
7. Gulliver
8. Amoroso
9. A Summer Child
10. Anthem
11. Song For Somalia

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dadirtydj

January 29th, 2009, 08:19 AM

Fourplay - Elixir (1995)

SMOOTH JAZZ | WAV | COVERS | 646 MB
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~Track Listings~

1. Elixir
2. Dream Come True
3. Play Lady Play
4. Why Can't It Wait Till Morning
5. Magic Carpet Ride
6. Whisper In My Ear
7. Fannie Mae
8. The Closer I Get To You
9. East 2 West
10. Licorice
11. In My Corner

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dadirtydj

January 29th, 2009, 08:26 AM

FOURPLAY - 4 (1998)

SMOOTH JAZZ | WAV | CUE | COVERS | 565 MB
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The Los Angeles Times
The band's real chops--and they have plenty--don't really surface until Mason's "Rio Rush," when each of the players finally stretches out. East proffers some entertaining scat singing on "Piece of My Heart" (not the Janis Joplin version), and the final three tracks--an easy grooving "Slow Slide," the rhythmically quirky "Vest Pocket" and Carton's aptly titled "Swamp Jazz" reveal, however briefly, the essential skills of this all-star ensemble.

~Track Listings~

1 Still The One
2 Little Foxes
3 Sexual Healing
4 Charmed I'm Sure
5 Someone To Love
6 Rio Rush
7 Place Of My Heart
8 Slow Slide
9 Vest Pocket
10 Swamp Jazz

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dadirtydj

January 29th, 2009, 08:40 AM

FOURPLAY - Heartfelt (2002)

SMOOTH JAZZ | WAV | CUE | COVERS | 671 MB
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Amazon.com
It's hard to believe that this is the eighth Fourplay album. It seems that the group tried so hard to duplicate the commercial success of their first three albums that they sleepwalked through the next three. Now freed from the corporate culture of the monolithic record company they once answered to, the supergroup has re-energized and finally, after 10 years, surpassed the artistic success of their marvelous self-titled debut. It's as if some of their smooth-jazz slickness has been worn away, because Heartfelt actually shows there are some hard edges to the group. Oh sure, Harvey Mason's "That's the Time," Larry Carton's "Rollin,'" and Nathan East's "Let's Make Love," may find their way to radio and help push album sales, but on many of the tracks, including two they wrote collectively ("Galaxia," "Café L'Amour"), there's a bit too much sizzle for airplay. Carlton has really settled into the group and he actually has some burning guitar solos that will also never be heard on said staid airwaves. On a couple of tracks, Bob James echoes his very popular '70s keyboard sound, especially "Break It Out," which is very reminiscent of his classic "Westchester Lady." --Mark Ruffin

~Track Listings~

1 Galaxia
2 That's The Time
3 Break It Out
4 Rollin'
5 Let's Make Love
6 Heartfelt
7 Tally Ho
8 Cafe L'Amour
9 Ju Ju
10 Goin' Back Home
11 Karma
12 Making Up

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dadirtydj

January 29th, 2009, 08:48 AM

FOURPLAY - Journey (2004)

SMOOTH JAZZ | WAV | CUE | COVERS | 547 MB
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Amazon.com
Pianist Bob James and drummer Harvey Mason have gotten their bebop yearnings out of their systems through solo albums, and guitarist Larry Carton took care of his blues craving with an album of his own. Now, they reunite their smooth-jazz supergroup leaving bassist Nathan East with plenty to do. East dominates the first half of this album with vocal work on the first five tracks. While Carlton leads the Sting cover, "Fields of Gold," it is the opening riff, East's vocals on the bridge, and his signature bass runs at the end that make it attractive. East hip-hops the proceedings on his composition "Play Around It" and sings passionately enough on the title track to warrant kudos from his other employer, Eric Clapton. The other half of the record is a more adventurous group effort featuring longer lines and more intense soloing, particularly on James's "Avalabop" and Carlton's "Cool Train." --Mark Ruffin

~Track Listings~

1 Fields Of Gold
2 Play Around It
3 From Day One
4 Journey
5 Rozil
6 Cool Train
7 Avalabop
8 Firehouse Chill
9 Departure
10 147 4th St

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January 29th, 2009, 08:54 AM

FOURPLAY - X (2006)

SMOOTH JAZZ | WAV | CUE | COVERS | 476 MB
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Fourplay is the quintessential Smooth Jazz super group. The precision and impeccable execution with which they perform their music is a marvel to behold, both on disc and in person. X is an extraordinary album, in that it encompasses the signature sounds of Bob James, Larry Carlton, Nathan East, and Harvey Mason with a dynamic and freshness that's at once timely and timeless. Since I really don't need to tell you anything more about these guys than you already know, let's run the tracks down. "Turnabout" - Classic Bob James... elegant, tasteful, robust; "Cinnamon Sugar" - Tasty, tasty, tasty, and my bet for the next single... Larry upfront and shining; "Eastern Sky" - Ethereal and powerful... glistening with synth and Nathan's fretless bass work and wordless vocals; "Kid Zero" - Harvey wrote this gem...engaging, signature ensemble Fourplay, with lots of Nathan on bass and scatting; "My Love's Leavin'" - Huge first single, featuring Michael McDonald's awesome new spin on the Steve Winwood classic; "Screenplay" - Very hip, very sophisticated and complex, with great solos from Bob and Larry; "Twilight Touch" - A languid, sensual ballad...gorgeous melody, solos from Larry, Nathan and Bob with a sultry synth backing; "Be My Lover" - Duet vocal refrain from Larry's wife, Michelle Pillar and Nathan highlights another potential hit single; "Sunday Morning" - Larry's guitar work gives this gentle bluesy ballad a captivating, down home feel. So, there you have it...the stunning new Fourplay - X. Smooth Jazz just does not get any better than this. Period! ~SCOTT O'BRIEN

~Track Listings~

1 Turnabout
2 Cinnamon Sugar
3 Eastern Sky
4 Kid Zero
5 My Love's Leavin' - Fourplay, , Michael McDonald
6 Screenplay
7 Twilight Touch
8 Be My Lover
9 Sunday Morning

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January 29th, 2009, 09:05 AM

FOURPLAY - Yes, Please! (2000)

SMOOTH JAZZ | WAV | CUE | COVERS | 642 MB
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From Jazziz

When Larry Carlton replaced Lee Ritenour as Fourplay's guitarist in 1998, the big question was: Will his more aggressive leanings toward blues and rock add the kind of punch that will keep Fourplay progressing beyond its easygoing roots? The group's first two albums recorded with Carlton hinted at an answer, but Yes, Please! is more definitive, showing off a rambunctious ensemble for the new millennium.

Typical tunes begin with Carlton going the subtle route - à la Ritenour - before exploding into feisty improvisations. A fine example is "Free Range," which begins with Carlton's high tones blending elegantly and seamlessly with Bob James' shimmering, laid-back work on the keys. In short order, however, Carlton rises above the gentle, rhythmic groove of bassist Nathan East and drummer Harvey Mason for a crackling, echoing solo that kicks the rhythm up a notch.

But what makes Carlton the perfect Fourplayer is his sweet acoustic side, which allows him to lead songs such as "Go With Your Heart" into terrain reminiscent of the vintage Fourplay sound. Even there, however, Carlton waxes snappy on occasion, always driving his bandmates higher. --- Jonathan Widran

~Track Listings~

1 Free Range
2 Double Trouble
3 Once Upon A Love
4 Robo Bop
5 Blues Force
6 Save Some Love For Me
7 Fourtress
8 Go With Your Heart
9 Poco A Poco
10 Little Fourplay
11 Lucky

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RunawayTrane

January 29th, 2009, 10:37 PM

Grover Washington Jr - Soulful Strut
JAZZ | FLAC | CUE | LOG | COVER | 311MB | 51:11
Columbia 1996

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Soulful Strut is a typically smooth and swinging date from Grover Washington, Jr. Occasionally, the production by Walter Afanasieff is too slick and commercial, diluting the impact of Washington's subtle, relaxed groove. Fortunately, Washington's instrumental skills cut through the gloss, making Soulful Strut another worthy record for mainstream soul-jazz fans. ~ Leo Stanley, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Soulful Strut
02. Can You Stop the Rain
03. Play That Groove for Me
04. Bordertown
05. I Can Count the Times
06. Village Groove
07. Headman's Haunt
08. Poacher Man
09. Mystical Force
10. Uptown

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excel

January 30th, 2009, 04:53 PM

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Mariah Carey - The Emancipation of Mimi

Format: FLAC

1. It's Like That
2. We Belong Together
3. Shake It Off
4. Mine Again
5. Say Somethin' - (with Snoop Dogg)
6. Stay the Night
7. Get Your Number - (with Jermaine Dupri)
8. One and Only - (with Twista)
9. Circles
10. Your Girl
11. I Wish You Knew
12. To the Floor - (with Nelly)
13. Joy Ride
14. Fly Like a Bird
15. Don't Forget About Us
16. Makin' It Last All Night (What It Do) - (with Jermaine Dupri)
17. So Lonely (One & Only Part II) - (with Twista)
18. We Belong Together - (remix, with Jadakiss & Styles P)

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January 30th, 2009, 04:57 PM

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Mariah Carey - # 1's

Format: FLAC

1 - Sweetheart
2 - When You Believe
3 - Whenever You Call
4 - My All
5 - Honey
6 - Always Be My Baby
7 - One Sweet Day
8 - Fantasy
9 - Hero
10 - Dreamlover
11 - I'll Be There
12 - Emotions
13 - I Don't Wanna Cry
14 - Someday
15 - Love Takes Time
16 - Vision Of Love
17 - I Still Believe
18 - Without You
19 - Do You Know

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excel

January 30th, 2009, 05:02 PM

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Christion - Ghetto Cyrano

Format: FLAC

1. The Ghetto (Do What Ya Gotta Do)
2. Full of Smoke
3. Pull It
4. Where I'm From (Interlude)
5. Where I'm From
6. Midnight X-Ta-C
7. Anything Goes
8. I Wanna Get Next to You
9. Bring Back Your Love
10. Face Like Yours
11. Come to Me
12. Soon
13. Tonight
14. Aftermath

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excel

January 30th, 2009, 05:11 PM

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Future Sex/Love Sounds

Format: FLAC

1. "FutureSex/LoveSound"
2. "SexyBack" (featuring Timbaland)
3."Sexy Ladies/Let Me Talk to You Prelude"
4."My Love" (featuring T.I.)
5."LoveStoned/I Think She Knows Interlude"
6."What Goes Around.../...Comes Around Interlude"
7."Chop Me Up" (featuring Timbaland & Three 6 Mafia)"
8."Damn Girl" (featuring will.i.am)
9."Summer Love/Set the Mood Prelude" (featuring will.i.am)
10."Until the End of Time" (featuring The Benjamin Wright Orchestra)
11."Losing My Way"
12."(Another Song) All Over Again"

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excel

January 30th, 2009, 05:14 PM

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Justin Timberlake - Justified

Format: FLAC

1. Senorita
2. Like I Love You
3. (Oh No) What You Got
4. Take It From Here
5. Cry Me A River
6. Rock Your Body
7. Nothin' Else
8. Last Night
9. Still On My Brain
10. (And She Said) Take Me Now
11. Right For Me
12. Let's Take A Ride
13. Never Again

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RunawayTrane

January 31st, 2009, 02:16 AM

Ms. Jamesetta does a few standards:

Etta James - All The Way
BLUES | WAV | CUE | LOG | ART | 601MB | 51:37
RCA Victor 2006

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After her tough blues and R&B records in the early years of the 21st century -- 2003's Let's Roll and 2004's Blues to the Bone -- Etta James throws a quiet storm changeup. All the Way's 11 tracks are pop songs -- indeed, a few are standards -- written between the 1930s and the 1990s. James song choices are curious. The Great American Songbook tunes include the title track (written by Samuel Kahn and Jimmy Van Heusen), Leonard Bernstein's and Stephen Sondheim's "Somewhere" from West Side Story, and even Bob Telson's "Calling You" from the score to the 1987 film Baghdad Cafe -- it's been recorded by everyone from Barbra Streisand and Celine Dion to Jeff Buckley and Gal Costa. Unfortunately, nothing gets added in the offering; these are decent if not remarkable renditions. Beginning with track two, James offers her own bead on what a "standard" is with her excellent rendering of Bobby Womack's "Stop on By," (as read through the Boz Scaggs fakebook). James acted as executive producer on this set, which was actually produced by her sons Sametto and Donto Metto James (the rhythm section here), as well as guitarist Joshua Skair. It's overly polished, and that's just the beginning of the problems to be found on the album. The crystalline, laid-back beat, shimmering layered keyboards, and light funky guitar are the hallmarks of a modern adult contemporary soul style that is also employed on a nearly seven-minute cover of Johnny "Guitar" Watson's laid-back soul-blues classic "Strung Out." The really curious moments here are her funk-lite take of Mick Hucknall's (Simply Red) "Holding Back the Years," and a rather boring cover of John Lennon's "Imagine"; they appear back to back here. The other odd sequencing is the way James juxtaposes R. Kelly's "I Believe I Can Fly," James Brown's "It's a Man's Man's Man's World," Prince's "Purple Rain," and Marvin Gaye's "What's Goin On." (co-written with Al Cleveland and Renaldo Benson). This quartet of tunes makes profound sense, though, as they are all tracks by some of the great African-American song composers in history. The problem lies in the interpretation. Kelly's true, positive-thinking anthem becomes a sensitive ballad in James' treatment of it, removing its life and making it a syrupy sun poem. Likewise, "What's Goin' On" is nearly too polished, and feels more like a meditation on the past than a song interpreted to reflect the urgency of the day -- which it most certainly does. The lavish flamenco intro to the Brown tune is a bit off-putting in terms of its slickness, but the smoky, militantly female reading redeems it and makes it one of the album's best tunes. Which leaves the Prince cover: with its compressed acoustic guitar and Sklair's electric fills, dovetailed by a Rhodes piano, James reinterprets this as a mature soul workout. She adds depth, dimension, and underscores how timeless a tune it is by adding more tough-love R&B to its gospel flair. It should have been chosen to close the disc. Despite her best intentions and the authority of her voice, All the Way is far from perfect. Compared to her last two outings, it simply pales. The ambition of the concept does not yield the hoped-for results in the packaging. ~ Thom Jurek, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. All the Way
02. Stop on By
03. Strung Out
04. Somewhere
05. Holding Back the Years
06. Imagine
07. I Believe I Can Fly
08. It's a Man's Man's Man's World
09. Purple Rain
10. What's Going On
11. Calling You

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dadirtydj

January 31st, 2009, 08:56 AM

Gregg Karukas - You'll Know It's Me

JAZZ | WAV |
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Gregg Karukas, who plays often in the L.A. area, is a talented keyboardist in the pop/jazz vein. His music is upbeat, danceable, sometimes R&B-ish, and melodic. Fortunately, he does dig in and improvise now and then, although much of the music on this Fahrenheit release sounds worked out in advance, with radio airplay (rather than a burning need to create new music) seeming to be its main goal. The most memorable selections on this set are the infectious opener "Back on the Boardwalk" (which has some fine harmonica from Dino Soldo), "Avalon" (not the swing standard), the ballad "Tomorrow We Sail" and "Barracuda Bob"...Among the supporting players are saxophonists Boney James and Eric Marienthal...Overall, the music is generally pleasant, if not very substantial... ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide

1 Back on the Boardwalk (4:24)
2 Welcome Home (4:38)
3 You'll Know It's Me (5:26)
4 Two Hearts Make One (4:57)
5 Del Mar Run (6:07)
6 Learning to Dance (4:43)
7 Soul Sermon (3:57)
8 Avalon (4:25)
9 Love Like This (4:35)
10 Tomorrow We Sail (5:24)
11 Barracuda Bob (4:43)

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dadirtydj

January 31st, 2009, 09:26 AM

Paul Brown - Up Front

JAZZ | WAV
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Known in the music industry as the "Babyface of Smooth Jazz" due to his enormous success as a top-ranked producer/composer/arranger/engineer for some of contemporary jazz's most recognized talent, Paul Brown steps Up Front with his debut for GRP Records. The Grammy award-winning producer, who has had over 38 Number One hits on the smooth jazz charts offers his solo perspective with special guests Rick Braun, Boney James, Chuck Loeb, Jeff Lorber, and Peter White. Additional production from Jeff Carruthers, Jerry Hey, and many others support the style-guru's interpretations that listeners have come to appreciate. Brown's vocals and smooth jazz guitar offer listeners a winning combination of original songs and great covers that have style, control, that excellent smooth jazz pitch, and a wonderful sense of rhythm. With "Wes Coast Swing," you'll hear Brown with Jeff Lorber on vibraphone playing a breezy blend of shimmery vibes/keyboards and swinging guitar. Brown changes the mood with "My Funny Valentine," and offers a beautiful duet with Peter White, who's playing nylon-string guitar over a percolating Latinesque backbeat. "Phat City," one of two songs co-written with Jeff Carruthers, gives you a soulful, head bobbing, multi-hued feeling. This song features the dynamic Boney James on saxophone doing what he does best. But the writers do a 360 degree turn with their radio hit "24/7," that features the cool muted trumpet of Rick Braun, and more than one reason to head to the dancefloor. "Dear Ndugu," is a quiet ballad and obvious tribute to the great drummer and educator Ndugu Chancler. The set closes with the Van Morrison hit "Moondance," and Paul Brown gives it that same enduring smooth jazz essence, with right-on vocals and superb guitar magic. With Up Front, Paul Brown gives listeners 12 excellent reasons to add this to their contemporary jazz collection. ~ Paula Edelstein, All Music Guide

1 Wes' Coast Swing (4:30)
2 Angel (3:51)
3 Moment by Moment (4:32)
4 Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight (2:55)
5 My Funny Valentine (4:12)
6 Phat City (4:47)
7 Sweet Sweet Love (4:34)
8 Ain't No Sunshine (3:06)
9 Chill Out (3:53)
10 24/7 (4:28)
11 Dear Ndugu (3:39)
12 Moondance (3:22)

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dadirtydj

January 31st, 2009, 09:32 AM

Paul Brown - The City

JAZZ | WAV
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In 2004, when longtime smooth jazz producer Paul Brown unleashed his more personal guitar artistry via his solo debut, Up Front, and its hit airplay track "24/7," he created an interesting future dilemma for himself: he might someday be competing for radio time and sales against some of the superstars he'd helped to the top. The oft-imitated but never equaled producer, composer, and arranger has been the primary architect of the genre's urban sound for close to 15 years, scoring over 40 number one airplay hits for genre stars like Boney James (who duets with Brown on "Old Friends" and the title track), Rick Braun, Peter White, Kirk Whalum, Euge Groove, Norman Brown, Patti Austin, Larry Carlton, and legendary labelmates Al Jarreau and, in a cool full-circle career twist, Brown's chief jazz guitar influence, George Benson. Opening with the quirky and infectious "Cosmic Monkey," which features wordless vocals by Jeffrey Osborne, Brown gets even looser and funkier on this brilliant follow-up, inviting you into a whole new type of grooving playground. It's refreshing to hear tunes in this genre that sound so organic and uncontrived; the strutting, jamming, and funk-drenched "Las Vegas," written with guitarist Chuck Loeb and featuring the blistering sax of Michael Paulo, was created specifically for a New Year's Eve gig he did in Sin City. The collection also features some immediately identifiable crowd-pleasers -- a moody, retro chill-flavored cover of Grover Washington, Jr.'s trademark classic "Winelight" -- and other tracks that draw on Brown's deeper rock, soul, and jazz influences. The gentle, bossa nova-flavored "Hello Again" will bring to mind the Benson influence, while the thumpin' and crunchin' "Jumpin' Uptown," featuring some of Brown's most intense guitar licks -- textured with cool chill effects -- is the guitarist's throwback to the classic "Bumpin' on Sunset" by another chief inspiration, the legendary Wes Montgomery. He also adds a blast of Tower of Power-flavored brass intensity to "Reel Mutha for Ya," a classic '70s guitar rock-funk tune by Johnny "Guitar" Watson. One of the best smooth jazz dates of 2005. ~ Jonathan Widran, All Music Guide

1 Cosmic Monkey 4:37

2 Hello Again 3:57

3 Side Steppin' 3:35

4 The City 5:00

5 Las Vegas 5:02

6 Old Friends 4:04

7 Winelight 4:41

8 Jumpin' Uptown 4:31

9 Food for the Moon 3:54

10 Real Mutha for Ya 4:11

11 The City (Instrumental) 4:58

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