General Run's Lossless Library [Archive] - Page 3

dadirtydj

January 31st, 2009, 09:54 AM

Us3 - Hand On The Torch (1993)

JAZZ |FUSION | HIP HOP | WAV | 391 MB
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Hip-hop/jazz fusionisters Us3 have forged the most elaborate union between the styles since the early days of Gang Starr and A Tribe Called Quest. Blue Note's vast catalog gives them a huge advantage over several similar groups in terms of source material, and classic sounds by Art Blakey, Horace Silver, and Herbie Hancock provide zest and fiber to their narratives. Indeed, when things falter, it's because the raps aren't always that creative. They are serviceable and sometimes catchy, but too often delivered without the snazzy touches or distinctive skills that make Quest and Gang Starr's material top-notch. But when words and music mesh, as on "Cantaloop" or "The Darkside," Us3 show how effectively hip-hop and jazz can blend. ~ Ron Wynn, All Music Guide

1. Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia) Us3 Featuring Rahsaan And Gerard Presencer 4:38
2. I Got It Goin' On Us3 5:18
3. Different Rhythms, Different People Us3 1:16
4. It's Like That Us3 3:41
5. Just Another Brother Us3 3:42
6. Cruisin' Us3 3:30
7. I Go To Work Us3 4:06
8. Tukka Yoot's Riddim Us3 5:41
9. Knowledge Of Self Us3 4:17
10. Lazy Day Us3 4:40
11. Eleven Long Years Us3 3:47
12. Make Tracks Us3 4:45
13. The Darkside Us3 5:19

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dadirtydj

January 31st, 2009, 09:58 AM

VA - Rare Requests, Vol. 3 (2003)

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1. Cry Nature - Dancing Fantasy
2. Ghost Box, The - Black Box
3. Harlem Nocturne - Kofi
4. Love on a Real Train - Tangerine Dream
5. Passion Theme, The - Warren Hill
6. Last Look - Torcuato Mariano
7. Brite Life - Duncan Miller
8. Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless child - Bob Thompson
9. Deep Is The Midnight Sea - David Blaimers Group
10. Always There - Ronnie Laws

WAV
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dadirtydj

January 31st, 2009, 10:18 AM

Mos Def - Black on Both Sides 1999 [EXPLICIT LYRICS]

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1. Fear Not Of Man
2. Hip Hop
3. Love
4. Ms. Fat Booty
5. Speed Law
6. Do It Now
7. Got
8. Umi Says
9. New World Water
10. Rock N Roll
11. Know That
12. Climb
13. Brooklyn
14. Habitat
15. Mr. Nigga
16. Mathematics
17. May-December

WAV
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RunawayTrane

January 31st, 2009, 01:24 PM

Got this from a friend off a different board.
According to him, this album is out of print
Not really a fan of the group, but it wasn't bad

SOS Band - Just The Way You Like It
R&B | FLAC | CUE | LOG | COVER | 294MB | 45:20
Tabu 1994

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The SOS Band made its best music under the direction of producers Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. The duo, combined with the vocal prowess of lead singer Mary Davis, is where you will find the classic SOS Band sound. Nowhere is this more evident than in the four tracks written here by Jam and Lewis: "Break Up," "No One's Gonna Love You," "Weekend Girl," and the title track. These four songs comprise more than twenty-eight minutes of the album's 45 minute running time and is what makes this an album worthy of being re-issued. Unfortunately, it loses some of it's luster on the remaining three songs (two penned by Steve Hanley) and don't compare to the previously mentioned gems. ~ RunwayTrane.SYN CITI

~ TRACKLISTING ~

1. No One's Gonna Love You
2. Weekend Girl
3. Just The Way You Like It
4. Break Up
5. Feeling
6. I Don't Want Nobody Else
7. Body Break

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mrelsewhere

January 31st, 2009, 01:29 PM

Thank you for this incredible collection! You have great taste in music, also.

Blaq

January 31st, 2009, 09:00 PM

Chic
Risque
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist

1. Good Times
2. A Warm Summer Night
3. My Feet Keep Dancing
4. My Forbidden Lover
5. Can't Stand To Love You
6. Will You Cry (When You Hear This Song)
7. What About Me

WAV
371MB

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Review

Chic was very much in its prime when it recorded its third album, Risqué, which contained hits that ranged from "My Feet Keep Dancing" and "My Forbidden Lover" to the influential "Good Times." That feel-good manifesto is one of the first songs that comes to mind when one thinks of the disco era and the Jimmy Carter years, but Chic's popularity certainly wasn't limited to the disco crowd. The fact that "Good Times" became the foundation for both the Sugarhill Gang's "Rapper's Delight" and Queen's "Another One Bites the Dust" tells you a lot — it underscores the fact that Chic was influencing everyone from early rappers to art rockers. A group that many rock critics were so quick to dismiss was having an impact in many different areas. From hip-hoppers to new wavers in London and Manchester, Risqué was considered primary listening. And Risqué is impressive not only because of its up-tempo cuts, but also because of slow material that includes the lush "A Warm Summer Night" and the dramatic ballad "Will You Cry (When You Hear This Song)." Risqué is definitely among Chic's essential albums.

All Music Guide, Alex Henderson

Biography by Steve Huey

There can be little argument that Chic was disco's greatest band; and, working in a heavily producer-dominated field, they were most definitely a band. By the time Chic appeared in the late '70s, disco was already slipping into the excess that eventually caused its downfall. Chic bucked the trend by stripping disco's sound down to its basic elements; their funky, stylish grooves had an organic sense of interplay that was missing from many of their overproduced competitors.

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MaccaM

January 31st, 2009, 10:42 PM

Cypress Hill - Black Sunday (1993)
FLAC - M3U - Cue - Covers

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Track Listing

1. I Wanna Get High
2. I Ain't Goin' Out Like That
3. Insane In The Brain
4. When The Shit Goes Down
5. Lick A Shot
6. Cock The Hammer
7. Interlude
8. Lil' Putos
9. Legalize It
10. Hits From The Bong
11. What Go Around Come Around, Kid
12. A To The K
13. Hand On The Glock
14. Break 'Em Off Some

Review by Steve Huey
Black Sunday made Cypress Hill's connection to rock & roll more explicit, with its heavy metal-like artwork and noisier, more dissonant samples (including, naturally, stoner icons Black Sabbath). It's a slightly darker affair than its groundbreaking predecessor, with the threats of violence more urgent and the pot obsession played to the hilt (after all, it was a crucial part of their widespread appeal). Apart from those subtle distinctions, the sound of Black Sunday is pretty much the same as Cypress Hill, refining the group's innovations into an accessible bid for crossover success. In fact, it's a little startling how often Black Sunday recycles musical ideas and even lyrical catch phrases from the endlessly inventive debut. And the rock-derived, verse-chorus song structures start to sound a little formulaic by the end of the record (how many choruses feature Sen Dog repeating part of whatever B Real just said?). But in spite of that, Black Sunday still sounds vital and lively, since the group has a surer sense of craft. Most of the tracks are fleshed out into structured songs, in contrast to the brief sketches that punctuated Cypress Hill. The album benefits immensely from the resulting clutch of excellent singles (and songs that could have been), and while a couple of tracks feel redundant and underdeveloped, Black Sunday is overall a consistent, engaging listen, especially the flawless first half or so. Unfortunately, it's also the group's last great album, thanks to the musical recycling operation that began here and would handicap much of their subsequent work.

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Blaq

February 1st, 2009, 12:44 AM

Digable Planets
Reachin' (A New Refutation Of Time And Space)
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist

1. It's Good to Be Here
2. Pacifics (Sdtrk "N.Y. Is Red Hot")
3. Where I'm From
4. What Cool Breezes Do
5. Time & Space (A New Refutation Of)
6. Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)
7. Last Of The Spiddyocks
8. Jimmi Diggin' Cats
9. La Femme Fetal
10. Escapism (Gettin' Free)
11. Appointment At The Fat Clinic
12. Nickel Bags
13. Swoon Units
14. Examination Of What

WAV
571MB

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Review

Landing in 1993, Digable Planets' Reachin' (A New Refutation of Time and Space), settled in on the consciousness of a large cross section of listeners ranging from alt-rockers, metal freaks, and headz worldwide. A surprise hit with the press and the general populace alike, Reachin' was released at the most opportune time of the '90s. The so-called alternative scene had just blown up in '91 and '92, so commercial radio was actually playing something close to variety and major labels were signing acts and developing them at an unprecedented level. Played on rock and urban stations, Digable Planets' debut represented an actual alternative to the masses who had grown up on Van Halen and Whitney Houston and, as a result, Digable Planets found themselves with a Top 20 single in "Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)." In a lot ways the song paints the picture for the rest of the album with samples that are drenched in cool jazz and interlaced with smart catchy rhymes that move across the hip-hop spectrum of self-aggrandization and political awareness. The widespread appeal of Reachin' lies in Doodlebug, Ladybug Mecca, and Butterfly's smooth delivery. Never too excited but always passionate, they keep it going with seemingly lighthearted pieces like "Where I'm From." Here Butterfly almost falls into hip-hop stereotype by tripping on the theme of geographical location (see Paul's Boutique); but instead of really letting the listener know where they're from, they go into a chorus of "everywhere, everywhere" and thus really pointing out this record's underlying theme: under the hood of inventive beats and well-placed layered samples are the ideas and attitudes of universal and cosmic spirituality combined with personal-consciousness expansion that crosses geographical and ethnic boundaries. Easily one of the most successful hip-hop records ever made and a must-have selection in most any collection.

All Music Guide, Jack LV Isles

Biography by John Bush

Though they were not the first to synthesize jazz and hip-hop, Digable Planets epitomized the laid-back charm of jazz hipsters better than any group before or since. The trio's 1993 debut album, Reachin' (A New Refutation of Time and Space), was a mellow ride packed with samples from Art Blakey, Sonny Rollins, and Curtis Mayfield, and the single "Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)" became a Top 20 pop hit.

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RunawayTrane

February 1st, 2009, 01:27 AM

Some old school bebop copped off a blog:

Bud Powell - Inner Fires
JAZZ | FLACWAV | CUE | ART | 549MB
Elektra 1982 (Recorded 1953)

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This album features trio performances by pianist Bud Powell, bassist Charles Mingus and drummer Roy Haynes that were recorded live at a Washington D.C. club; they were released for the first time in 1982. Powell is in consistently exciting form (this was one of his good nights) and the musicians sound inspired and creative during the set of bop-oriented standards. This recording concludes with a couple of excerpts from Bud Powell interviews held in 1963, giving listeners a rare chance to hear his voice. [Collectables reissued Inner Fires on CD in 2005 with the same track sequence but with the concluding interview removed.] ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide

Better review by a customer from Amazon.com
By N. Dorward "obsessive reviewer" (Toronto, ON Canada) -

This is one of the best documents of Powell's live performances. The sound-quality is acceptable--the only flaw is that while Powell & Roy Haynes are caught well, Mingus's bass is often very obscured (I can barely make out the notes he's playing). The recordings were made in Washington in 1953, & the material is a collection of typical bop chestnuts--"I Want to Be Happy", "Salt Peanuts", "Little Willie Leaps", "Woody n' You". Powell is in amazingly sharp form--none of the stumbles & vaguenesses of his later, lesser work: he's got a decent piano & gives it a very crisp attack. One of hte pleasures here is that while most of the tunes are dispatched in 3-4 minutes, a few of them considerably stretch beyond the length of your typical bop single, notably a 9-minute version of "Salt Peanuts".

There is a 5-minute interview at the end, conducted in 1963 in two parts, in France. This was recorded while Powell was recovering from tubreculosis in a sanatorium; on the first he sounds extremely haggard & spaced-out, on the second rather better. Though they don't contain any extraordinary insights they're rather moving to hear.

Great stuff for bop aficionados; casual listeners will probably want something in better sound unless they're used to listening to airshot material & the like. Ignore the supremely tasteless cover art (it shows Bud Powell's head distorted into a picture of madness, Francis-Bacon-style), & check it out.

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. I Want to Be Happy
02. Somebody Loves Me
03. Nice Work if You Can Get It
04. Salt Peanuts
05. Conception
06. Lullabye of Birdland
07. Little Willie Leaps
08. Hallelujah!
09. Lullabye of Birdland [Alternate Master]
10. Sure Thing
11. Woody N' You
12. Interview with Bud Powell

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RunawayTrane

February 1st, 2009, 02:03 AM

There's about 5 or 6 cuts on here that weren't on my other Fatback Band post. Including a long version of "I Like Girls"

Fatback - Fattest of Fatback
FUNK | WAVPACK | CUE | LOG | TIFF ART | 570MB | 78:27
Rhino 1997

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Those who fail to understand funk often complain about its use of repetition, but funk enthusiasts will tell you that repetition (as James Brown showed us) is something to be savored. A first-class party band, Fatback knew quite well that the secret to effective funk is finding a killer groove and working it to death. That's exactly what happens much of the time on The Fattest of Fatback, a 1997 CD that spans 1975-1983 and boasts many of the New York band's essential hits. From "I Like Girls" and "Gotta Get My Hands on Some (Money)" to "Backstrokin'" and "The Girl Is Fine (So Fine)," this CD shows us how exciting Fatback could be when it found the right groove. With 1979's "King Tim III," Fatback became one of the first R&B acts to acknowledge rap, and the pessimistic sociopolitical number "Is This the Future?" was among 1983's most vital and compelling rap singles. Though Fatback was best known for funk, "Can't You See" and "Angel" demonstrate that the band was quite capable of delivering excellent soul ballads. For those checking out Fatback for the first time, The Fattest of Fatback is definitely the best starting point. ~ Alex Henderson, All Music Guide

TRACKLISTING

01. Yum Yum (Gimme Some)
02. Spanish Hustle (Single Version)
03. I Like Girls
04. Can't You See
05. At Last
06. King Tim III (Personality Jock)
07. Gotta Get My Hands on Some
08. Backstrokin' (Single Version)
09. Let's Do It Again
10. Angel
11. Take It Any Way You Want It
12. The Girl Is Fine (So Fine)
13. Is This the Future?
14. I Found Lovin'

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zacki

February 1st, 2009, 07:14 AM

Innocence - Belief
[CD] [WAV] [CUE] [COVER]

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01. Silent Voice
02. Let's Push It
03. Reflections
04. Natural Thing
05. A Matter Of Fact
06. Higher Ground
07. Remember The Day
08. Moving Upwards
09. Come Together
10. Reprise

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MaccaM

February 1st, 2009, 04:09 PM

Grace Jones - Slave to the Rhythm (1985)
FLAC - M3U - Scans - Cue

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Track Listing

1. Jones The Rhythm
2. The Fashion Show
3. The Frog & The Princess
4. Operattack
5. Slave To The Rhythm
6. The Crossing (Ooh The Action)
7. Don't Cry - It's Only The Rhythm
8. Ladies And Gentleman: Miss Grace Jones

Review by Scott Bultman
An audio biography of Grace Jones, produced by Trevor Horn, it's a sonic treat along the lines of Yes's 90125 or Frankie Goes to Hollywood's first album (both produced by Horn). The music ranges from slick R&B runaway grooves to striking audio montages, interrupted occasionally by conversation about Jones's life. Serious ear candy.

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Blaq

February 1st, 2009, 08:18 PM

Various Artists
The Perfect Beats Volume 1
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist

1. Planet Rock - Afrika Bambaataa
2. Play at Your Own Risk - Planet Patrol
3. Walking on Sunshine - Rocker's Revenge
4. Don't Go - Yaz
5. The Mexican - Jellybean
6. Bostich - Yello
7. Trans Europe Express - Kraftwerk
8. Numbers/Computer World - Kraftwerk
9. Don't Make Me Wait - Peech Boys
10. Just an Illusion - Imagination
11. Starchild - Level 42
12. A Little Bit of Jazz - Nick Straker band
13. Dirty Talk - Klein + M.B.O.
14. Love Money - T.W. Funkmasters

WAV
697MB

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Review

The subtitle of The Perfect Beats series, New York Electro Hip-Hop & Underground Dance Classics 1980-1985, pretty much sums it up. Gathering 14 songs from the seminal days of club-hopping electronica (not necessarily born in the Big Apple, just raised there), Volume 1 focuses on the genre's pioneers (Kraftwerk, Afrika Bambaataa & Soulsonic Force), as well as some early stabs at replicating the robofunk sound via a disco aesthetic: Planet Patrol's "Play at Your Own Risk," Peech Boys' "Don't Make Me Wait," Imagination's "Just an Illusion" and Nick Straker Band's "A Little Bit of Jazz." Subsequent volumes cover similar ground, occasionally veering toward old-school ancestors and the rare chartbuster. All four volumes should be heard; they document a consequential period in dance music that's influenced clubtrotters from Madonna to Goldie. Best cuts: Bambaataa's history shaping "Planet Rock" and Yaz's Europoppy, synth burp, "Don't Go."

All Music Guide, Michael Gallucci

RunawayTrane

February 1st, 2009, 09:42 PM

The Best Of Tania Maria
LATIN | WAV | CUE | LOG | HQ ART | 622MB
World Pacific 1993

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This is called a "Best Of" album, but since it was released in 1993 it really doesn't do her any justice.
Doesn't even cover her ealriest albums. It really only covers 4 albums made between about 1987 and 1992.
But it's still a decent sample of her work.

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Don't Go
02. Made in New York
03. I Do I Love You
04. Valeu
05. Bronx
06. Tanoca Vignette
07. Chuleta
08. Please Don't Stay
09. O Bom E
10. Ca C'Est Bon
11. Marguerita
12. 210 West

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Blaq

February 2nd, 2009, 03:07 AM

Patti Drew
Tell Him: Golden Classics Edition
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist

1. Tell Him
2. Turn Away from Me
3. Tired of Falling In and Out of Love
4. Knock on Wood
5. I Can't Shake It Loose
6. My Lover's Prayer
7. Stop and Listen
8. Show Me
9. Someone to Take Your Place
10. Been Rained On
11. You've Changed
12. Tell Him (The Drew-Vels)
13. Workin' on a Groovy Thing

WAV
377MB

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Biography by Ed Hogan

Singer Patti Drew had the first hit version of "Workin' on a Groovy Thing," later a 1969 Top 20 R&B/pop hit for the 5th Dimension. She began her singing career as the lead singer of the Drew-vels, which included her sisters Lorraine and Erma and bass vocalist Carlton Black. Born December 29, 1944, in Charleston, NC, Drew grew up in Nashville, TN, and later moved with her family to the Chicago suburb of Evanston. During her teens, she attended Evanston High and sang with her mother and sisters in church. Her mother was a domestic worker whose employer, Maury Lathowers, was the regional promoter for Los Angeles, CA-based Capitol Records.

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RunawayTrane

February 2nd, 2009, 11:27 AM

This took a minute. But I got inspried by all the damn box sets being posted.
Only one I own and I got this at Record Explosion's going out of business sale for 3 bucks!

Prince - Emancipation
PRINCE | WAV | CUE | LOG | HQ ART | 1.81GB | 180:00
NPG 1996

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Emancipation was a critical moment for Prince, one that he designed as an artistic rebirth and, optimistically, as a commercial comeback. In a typically perverse fashion, Prince decided to make the album a triple-disc set running exactly three hours, easily making it the longest album of all-new original material ever released by a popular artist. As the first album he released since leaving Warner Brothers, Emancipation was supposed to dazzle, proving that he had not lost any of his creative skills or power. And it does dazzle, but it's hard to digest a full three discs of music, even if it is almost all of high quality. Fortunately, Prince made each disc into a distinct entity in its own right, with the first being the most pop, the second being a song cycle devoted to his new marriage, and the third being a dance/funk extravaganza. Throughout all three discs, Prince tries on a variety of styles, from jazz to R&B, but he doesn't break any new ground; instead, the album is simply reaffirmation of his strengths as a composer and a musician. Emancipation doesn't have the bristling, colorful eclecticism of Sign 'o' the Times nor does it have the wildness of early one-man projects like 1999 or Dirty Mind, but with its gentle ballads and complex jams, it signals that Prince has evolved into middle-age gracefully. It's a mature effort, to be certain, but in this case that doesn't mean that it's an album bankrupt of ideas -- it means that Prince's craft continues to grow. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

~ T R A C K L I S T I N G ~

Disc 1:
01. Jam Of The Year (6:09)
02. Right Back Here In My Arms (4:42)
03. Somebody's Somebody (4:43)
04. Get Yo Groove On (6:31)
05. Courtin' Time (2:46)
06. Betcha By Golly, Wow! (3:30)
07. We Gets Up (4:17)
08. White Mansion (4:47)
09. Damned If Eye Do (5:20)
10. Eye Can't Make U Love Me (6:37)
11. Mr. Happy (4:46)
12. In This Bed Eye Scream (5:40)

Disc 2:
01. Sex In The Summer (5:56)
02. One Kiss At A Time (4:40)
03. Soul Sanctuary (4:41)
04. Emale (3:37)
05. Curious Child (2:57)
06. Dreamin' About U (3:52)
07. Joint 2 Joint (7:51)
08. The Holy River (6:55)
09. Let's Have A Baby (4:07)
10. Saviour (5:48)
11. The Plan (1:46)
12. Friend, Lover, Sister, Mother / Wife (7:37)

Disc 3:
01. Slave (4:51)
02. New World (3:42)
03. The Human Body (5:41)
04. Face Down (3:16)
05. La, La, La Means Eye Love U (3:58)
06. Style (6:40)
07. Sleep Around (7:41)
08. Da, Da, Da (5:15)
09. My Computer (4:36)
10. One Of Us (5:19)
11. The Love We Make (4:38)
12. Emancipation (4:12)

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Blaq

February 2nd, 2009, 02:03 PM

Jeffrey Osborne
Stay With Me Tonight
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist

1. Don't You Get So Mad
2. We're Going All The Way
3. Stay With Me Tonight
4. Greatest Love Affair
5. Plane Love
6. Other Side Of The Coin
7. I'll Make Believe
8. When Are You Comin Back
9. Forever Mine
10. Two Wrongs Don't Make A Right

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Review

At this point, some fans might have been hoping that Jeffrey Osborne would return to his former group, L.T.D.. If Jeffrey Osborne cast doubt on that proposition, Stay With Me Tonight made it so that even L.T.D. fanatics didn't want to see it happen. Unlike many R&B acts who either went solo and/or did pop-ish work, Osborne earned raves for retaining his quirky nature with his vocal inflections and ticks intact. The smooth, first single, "Don't You Get So Mad," picks up where Jeffrey Osborne and "I Really Don't Need No Light" left off. Osborne's best-sung up-tempo George Duke production, "Stay With Me Tonight," clicks from the synths and the Simmons drums to the off-center backing vocals. The best ballad from the album is also one of Osborne's strongest songs. With a strong string arrangement from George DelBarrio, "I'll Make Believe" has Osborne all but living the poignant lyrics and giving them more meaning by accenting the right words and phrases. "We're Going All the Way" is nearly as good. Tracks like "Other Side of the Coin," "When Are You Comin' Back," and "Two Wrongs Don't Make a Right" can't help but come off as filler given the excellent songs surrounding them. The best songs here more than make up for any so-so tracks and this is more than recommended.

All Music Guide, Jason Elias

Biography by Kim Summers

Jeffrey Osborne began his professional singing career in 1969 with a popular funk and soul group called Love Men Ltd. The band moved to Los Angeles in 1970 and changed its name to L.T.D. Osborne was originally brought on as the drummer and eventually became the lead vocalist. After more than ten years with the band, he decided to pursue a solo career, which produced such Top 40 hits as "Don't You Get So Mad," "Stay With Me Tonight," and "Love Power," which he performed with Dionne Warwick.

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zacki

February 3rd, 2009, 10:16 AM

Jeffrey Osborne - Stay With Me Tonight

Thanks For This !!!:thumbs up:

Blaq

February 3rd, 2009, 03:36 PM

Various Artists
Funk On Film
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Tracklist

1. Theme from Shaft - Isaac Hayes
2. Across 110th Street - Bobby Womack and Peace
3. Down and Out in New York City - James Brown
4. Theme from Together Brothers - Love Unlimited Orchestra
5. Car Wash - Rose Royce
6. Theme of Foxy Brown/Overture of Foxy Brown - Willie Hutch
7. Let's Do It Again - Staple Singers
8. Little Ghetto Boy - Donny Hathaway
9. Are You Man Enough - Four Tops
10. On and On - Gladys Knight & The Pips
11. No Way Back - The Dells
12. It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday - G.C. Cameron

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Blaq

February 3rd, 2009, 03:37 PM

Thanks For This !!!:thumbs up:

You're welcome, fam.

MaccaM

February 3rd, 2009, 09:33 PM

A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory (1991)
FLAC-M3U-Cover-Cue

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Track Listing

1. Excursions
2. Buggin' Out
3. Rap Promoter
4. Butter
5. Verses From The Abstract
6. Show Business
7. Vibes And Stuff
8. Infamous Date Rape
9. Check The Rhime
10. Everything Is Fair
11. Jazz (We've Got)
12. Skypager
13. What?
14. Scenario

Review by John Bush
While most of the players in the jazz-rap movement never quite escaped the pasted-on qualities of their vintage samples, with The Low End Theory, A Tribe Called Quest created one of the closest and most brilliant fusions of jazz atmosphere and hip-hop attitude ever recorded. The rapping by Q-Tip and Phife Dawg could be the smoothest of any rap record ever heard; the pair are so in tune with each other, they sound like flip sides of the same personality, fluidly trading off on rhymes, with the former earning his nickname (the Abstract) and Phife concerning himself with the more concrete issues of being young, gifted, and black. The trio also takes on the rap game with a pair of hard-hitting tracks: "Rap Promoter" and "Show Business," the latter a lyrical soundclash with Q-Tip and Phife plus Brand Nubian's Diamond D, Lord Jamar, and Sadat X. The woman problem gets investigated as well, on two realistic yet sensitive tracks, "Butter" and "The Infamous Date Rape." The productions behind these tracks aren't quite skeletal, but they're certainly not complex. Instead, Tribe weaves little more than a stand-up bass (sampled or, on one track, jazz luminary Ron Carter) and crisp, live-sounding drum programs with a few deftly placed samples or electric keyboards. It's a tribute to their unerring production sense that, with just those few tools, Tribe produced one of the best hip-hop albums in history, a record that sounds better with each listen. The Low End Theory is an unqualified success, the perfect marriage of intelligent, flowing raps to nuanced, groove-centered productions.

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zacki

February 3rd, 2009, 11:44 PM

The Best Of Dazz Band (20th Century Masters The Millenium Collection)

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01. Let It Whip
02. Keep It Live (On The K.I.L.)
03. Joystick
04. I Might As Well Forget About Loving You
05. Party Right Here
06. To The Roof
07. Swoop (I'm Yours)
08. Invitation To Love
09. Knock! Knock!
10. Let It All Blow
11. On The One For Fun

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RunawayTrane

February 4th, 2009, 01:37 AM

The Brand New Heavies - Get Used To It
JAZZ-FUNK | WAV | CUE | LOG | HQ ART | 578MB
Delicious Vinyl 2006

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The most surprising thing about Get Used to It is that the Brand New Heavies sound very much like an honest to gosh band instead of the instrumental unit with a hired frontwoman they always have been. Out of the BNH crew for a decade, vocalist N'Dea Davenport returns and it's both familiar and just like starting over. Young upstart hunger drips out of the opening "We've Got," a slinky slice of funk that introduces what's going to be a mature album with more punch than ever. There are the usual horns and "music turns me on" type lyrics plus Davenport's just perfect voice, but Get Used to It resists wandering into the musical theatrics this skillful group could be accused of overindulging in the past. While the glorious "Music" flirts with electronic dance music and the cool "Don't Know Why (I Love You)" lays some unneeded strings onto its soulful groove, the majority of the album is stripped-down and wonderfully tight. The songwriting is right there, too, with Davenport delivering a handful of empowering or poignant songs that temper drummer and other main lyricist Jan Kincaid's cool acid jazz anthems. As the organic and easy rolling "I've Been Touched" delicately comes apart and fades, it's hard to recall a time this band have delivered an album so well constructed start to finish. They've traded fireworks for fire here, and no one who loves gutsy, vintage grooves should be caught without a copy. ~ David Jeffries, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. We've Got
02. I Don't Know Why (I Love You)
03. Get Used to It
04. Sex God
05. Let's Do It Again
06. We Won't Stop
07. Right On
08. Music
09. I Just Realized
10. All Fired Up
11. Love Is
12. I've Been Touched

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dadirtydj

February 4th, 2009, 04:23 AM

From the Blogs

De-Phazz - Detunized Gravity

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Artist: De-Phazz
Album: Detunized Gravity
Label: Mole Listening Pearl
Genre: Electronic
Styles: Electronic, Acid Jazz, Nu-Jazz, Trip-Hop, Downtempo
Original Release Date: August 27, 2002
Quality/Bitrate: APE / Mode: Ultra High / 44.1 Khz / Stereo
Total Time: 68:32 Min

~ Track Listings ~

01. Roses [07:01]
02. Between 2 Thieves [05:25]
03. Homesick Inc. [04:02]
04. Lovechild [04:48]
05. Cut The Jazz [05:10]
06. Little Company [05:44]
07. Nameless Life (Album Version) [05:27]
08. Good Boy (Album Version) [06:08]
09. Lullaby [04:57]
10. Hero Dead and Gone (Radio Swing Mix) [05:07]
11. No Jive (Album Version) [04:33]
12. Detunized Gravity [03:44]
13. Free Drift [06:19]

Total Size: 458 Mb

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dadirtydj

February 4th, 2009, 04:56 AM

Wallace Roney - Misterios (1994)

JAZZ | MP3 | 320 KBS | 135 MBS
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Trumpeter Wallace Roney avoids the standard repertoire altogether on this CD, playing pieces by Pat Metheny, the Beatles, Egberto Gismonti, Jaco Pastorius and even Dolly Parton among others but, try as hard as he may, he still sounds like Miles Davis every time he hits a long tone or plays a doubletime passage. Backed by a small orchestra that mostly interprets Gil Goldstein arrangements, Roney is the main soloist throughout this interesting ballad-dominated set. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide

~Track Listings~

1. Meu Menino (Album Version) 6:17
2. In Her Family (Album Version) 4:47
3. Michelle (Album Version) 6:32
4. Cafe (Album Version) 6:30
5. Misterios (Album Version) 4:52
6. Last To Know (Album Version) 6:49
7. Memoria E Fado (Album Version) 5:18
8. 71+ (Album Version) 6:53
9. Muerte (Album Version) 5:50
10. I Will Always Love You (Album Version) 5:19

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dadirtydj

February 4th, 2009, 05:14 AM

From The Blogs

Larry Carlton - Fingerprints (2000)

JAZZ | APE | CUE | 352 MBS
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After a period of recording with Fourplay in the late '90s, Larry Carlton comes back under his own name with a collection that is typically both tantalizing and frustrating. It's tantalizing in that you get flashes and streaks of what this extremely gifted and eloquent guitarist can do when the material is good enough to inspire him. It's frustrating, however, because there isn't enough of it; Carlton can only do so much with the weak-to-middling tunes that take up the majority of the disc. Nevertheless, the title cut is a fine example of the smooth jazz genre at its most ingratiating, with a nice groove and tasty guitar work. "Slave Song" is even better, spangled with intriguing instrumental touches (including the multitracked saxes of Kirk Whalum); some great, funky octave work right in the pocket; and most unusually in the smooth jazz arena, a passionate instrumental chorus on the way to the fade. "Gracias," a Latin-flavored acoustic-guitar duet between Carlton and country music's Vince Gill, may be the album's masterpiece; together, the two create the disc's most beautiful tunes and licks, evoking memories of Chet Atkins' best celebrity duo sessions. Too often, though, the disc settles for the mediocre and the innocuous, the most obvious example being "'Til I Hurt You," an undistinguished tune carefully tooled for airplay, featuring the indecipherably mumbled vocals of Michael McDonald. Yet Fingerprints' best stuff, in addition to Carlton's sterling efforts to make the rest come alive, redeems the package. ~ Richard S. Ginell, All Music Guide

~Track Listings~

1. Fingerprints (Album Version) 4:58
2. Silky Smooth (Album Version) 4:48
3. The Storyteller (Album Version) 6:48
4. 'Til I Hurt You (Album Version) 4:17
5. Slave Song (Album Version) 4:52
6. All Thru The Night (Album Version) 4:59
7. Lazy Susan (Album Version) 5:43
8. Chicks With Kickstands (Album Version) 5:29
9. Gracias (Album Version) 6:11
10. Crying Hands (Album Version) 7:05

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dadirtydj

February 4th, 2009, 06:02 AM

From The Blogs

The John Scofield Band - Up All Night (2003)

JAZZ | APE | CUE | 414 MBS
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Amazon.com
Already a part of two great jazz records in 2003--by Roy Haynes and the group ScoLoHoFo--guitarist John Scofield is back to his genre-bending self with 11 tracks of adventurous grooves that should attract contemporary jazz fans as well as lovers of jam bands, instrumental hip-hop, and dance music. Although the quartet collaborated on nearly half the tunes, Up All Night is more structured than Uberjam, the Scofield band's 2002 effort. It's less a jam session, more a rhythmic showcase for the group and the special dirty effects, memorable riffs, and long darting lines of the leader. The head-bopping, finger-snapping quotient is high on many numbers, especially the first two tracks and "Four on the Floor." "Thikhahali," his tribute to Fela Kuti's Afrobeat style, is priceless. There are go-go riffs on "Philopiety," industrial beats on "Freakin' Disco" and "Every Night Is Ladies Night" and through it all a musician at the very top of his game. --Mark Ruffin

1. Philiopiety The John Scofield Band 6:18
2. Watch Out For Po-Po The John Scofield Band 6:05
3. Creeper The John Scofield Band 7:28
4. Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get The John Scofield Band 5:53
5. I'm Listening The John Scofield Band 2:57
6. Thikhathali The John Scofield Band 6:57
7. Four On The Floor The John Scofield Band 6:04
8. Like The Moon The John Scofield Band 6:38
9. Freakin' Disco The John Scofield Band 8:20
10. Born In Troubled Times The John Scofield Band 4:55
11. Every Night Is Ladies Night The John Scofield Band 5:16

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dadirtydj

February 4th, 2009, 06:09 AM

From The Blogs

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Artist: Bliss
Album: Quiet Letters
Label: Music for Dreams
Genre: Electronic
Styles: Electronic, Ambient, Lounge, Chill-Out
Original Release Date: February 26, 2004
Quality/Bitrate: FLAC / Mode: 8, Best Compression / 44.1 Khz / Stereo
Total Time: 68:56 Min

It has been nearly 2 years since Music for Dreams and Bliss released their debut album "Afterlife" in Denmark. It was a huge success in Denmark, But the album was never released internationaly. However the track 2 Kissing" was compiled on more than 30 compilations and the two singles "Dunia and "The Suns Of Afterlife" as limited 10 inches was released international. So the international appeal is out there, and Bliss has become one of the true chill-out undergrounds classics. From Mixmaster Morris to Buddah Bars Ravin, from Chris Coco to lenny Ibizarre, they have all enjoyed the blissful soundscapes of one of Denmarks bestselling chill-out acts. And even lovers of the American TV series CSI will no doubt remember the beats of this fantastic band. Now, Marc-george, Steffen, Tchando, Alexandra are ready to meet the world with the lastest international release entitled " Quiet letters", which include some of the finest moments from "Afterlife" plus recordings from the past 2 years, which they just couldn`t keep to themselves anymore. During those long sessions and recording time, they managed to get hold of one their favorite voices: Sophie barker from Zero 7. Today you will find a highly internatinal album, which makes you think of Massive Attack meets Sade. With the vibes of Morricone opening track "Sleep Will Come" from "Quiet letters" is an open space created with musical flair for tradition, and beautiful sense of beauty ambience. Calm, Quietly it folds into dreamy and peaceful piece of music, that makes you far beyond the beaches of Ibiza, on a travel into african soul, Scandinavian coolness and love. Balearic, Classically and mysterious...... it is from here Bliss invited you to enjoy the very experienced in Scandinavian sound, Bliss as well has this melancholic performance on the album, when you hear Sophie Barkerґs voice on the track "Breathe" ... it honestly, takes you away. In Both "Right here" and "Don`t look back" you find two new classics with Sophie sounding stronger than ever. ~ Music for Dreams

01. Sleep Will Come
02. Breathe
03. Right Here
04. Dunia
05. Song For Olabi
06. Wish U Were There
07. Kissing
08. Evening Sun
09. Manvantara
10. Wish U Were Here
11. Don't Look Back
12. Quiet Letter

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February 4th, 2009, 06:11 AM

From The Blogs

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Artist: Bliss
Album: Afterlife
Label: Music for Dreams
Genre: Electronic
Styles: Electronic, Ambient, Lounge, Chill-Out
Original Release Date: March 29, 2005
Quality/Bitrate: FLAC / Mode: 8, Best Compression / 44.1 Khz / Stereo
Total Time: 60:46 Min

01. Lento
02. If Heaven Closes
03. Lost Soul [Hew Mix]
04. The Suns of Afterlife
05. Long Life
06. The Whispering Sea
07. Moon of Langa
08. Blissful Moment
09. Remember My Name
10. Arapapa

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February 4th, 2009, 06:13 AM

Stepper's Promo II

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1. Poquito Funk – George Benson
2. All I Wanna Do - Gerald Albright & Whispers
3. Lost In Love – Jonathan Butler
4. Bye Bye (Remix) – Randy Crawford
5. Could This Be The End – The Stylistics
6. I Want You – Nikki Bleu
7. Makin Love – Herbie Hancock
8. Love You So – Soul For Real
9. Pay The Bills – The O’Jays
10. Personal - Will Downing/Twana Smith
11. Pieces – Pieces Of A Dream
12. One Girl To Late - Brenda & The Tabulations
13. Stay – The Temptations
14. On And On – Kenny Rankin
15. Givin Love - The Voices Of East Harlem
16. If I Love You - Little Anthony & The Imperials

WAV
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dadirtydj

February 4th, 2009, 06:33 AM

George Howard - When Summer Comes

SMOOTH JAZZ | APE | COVERS | 308 MBS
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1. When Summer Comes 4:36
2. Grazin' In The Grass 4:45
3. Just For Tonight 4:52
4. Hard Times 5:07
5. Three Minute Warning 4:11
6. Family 5:01
7. Only Human 4:53
8. When A Child Smiles 3:52
9. Reach 5:04
10. Out In The Cold 4:33

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dadirtydj

February 4th, 2009, 06:55 AM

Boney James - Sweet Thing 1998

SMOOTH JAZZ | WAV | 459 MBS
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This column hereby nominates Boney James to replace Kenny G as the posterboy for smooth jazz. The multi-saxman is not only one of the genre's top sellers, but also most consistently captures the requisite balance of silky, urban-lite grooves, bright yet easygoing melodic horn licks and - most importantly as far as definition is concerned - improvises effectively enough for "jazz" to be an appropriate term for what he does.
Bluntly speaking, he's more diverse, more soulful and less grating and repetitive than the G man. James' fourth non-holiday disc, Sweet Thing finds him and co-producer Paul Brown up to their old irresistible tricks, texturing subtle hints of Earth, Wind & Fire flavored horns, David Torkanowsky's vibes, Peter White's accordian, even a Moog and Wurlitzer to capture a laid back classic soul feeling. The title track, in fact, is a tasteful cover of a classic Rufus hit from the era, featuring the song's co-writer, Tony Maiden, on guitar.
James's fluffy, happy jazz titles - "Nothin' but Love," "It's All Good," "Innocence" - seem, however, too superficial and simple to represent tunes that dig this deep emotionally and feature impressive solos which turn even the catchiest pop tune away from strict cliche.
They reflect James' lighthearted approach, yet tell little of the spiritual points beyond the smile. Al Jarreau voice adds a touch of class and sensuality to "I Still Dream." -- Review by Jonathan

~ TRACKLIST ~

01. East Bay [05:18]
02. Nothin' But Love [05:03]
03. Words (Unspoken) [04:36]
04. Sweet Thing [03:55]
05. It's All Good [05:16]
06. After The Rain [04:40]
07. Innocence [04:30]
08. I Still Dream (feat. Al Jarreau) [04:14]
09. Ivory Coast [04:27]
10. It's All Good (Remix) (feat. Eric Benet) [03:28]

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dadirtydj

February 4th, 2009, 07:18 AM

From The Blogs

Beatle Jazz - Another Bite Of The Apple 2001

JAZZ | APE | COVERS | 278 MB
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At a recent gig I was on, a jazz aficionado friend of mine told me about a band called Beatlejazz, and directed me to a site where I could find out more information. What a treat I was in for. As a professional musician and Beatles fan, I was delighted to hear the sound clips and then buy the new Beatlejazz album aptly named "Another Bite of The Apple." I was hooked immediately; it really taps into the essence of the Beatles adding a great jazz flavor to it. These all-star jazz greats really know how to combine the best of the Beatles and jazz on such classic tracks as "Magical Mystery Tour", "Let it Be", "Blackbird", and "I'll Follow The Sun". This album is one of the best I have heard for crossing-over two genres of musical styles and flavors. It is a must have if you are even remotely into the Beatles, and a must for jazz listeners.~~~Bob Biz, Customer Review

[Dirty's Note] - Although I essentially agree with Bob's review, this CD is not surprising nor very exciting. It's a good mellow, moody listen. If you're a jazz fan it's worth the download.

01. I'll Follow The Sun
02. Here There And Everywhere
03. Let It Be
04. Give Me Love
05. Michelle
06. Magical Mystery Tour
07. It Won't Be Long
08. Blackbird
09. Julia
10. Blue Jay Way
11. Tomorrow Never Knows

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excel

February 4th, 2009, 08:22 PM

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R. Kelly - R. Kelly

Format: FLAC
Size: 423 MB

1 Intro - The Sermon (3:20)
2 Hump Bounce (4:06)
3 Not Gonna Hold On (4:04)
4 You Remind Me Of Something (4:04)
5 Step Into My Room (3:48)
6 Baby, Baby, Baby, Baby, Baby... (4:20)
7 (You To Be) Be Happy (4:36)
8 Down Low (Nobody Has To Know) (4:48)
9 I Can't Sleep Baby (If I) (5:32)
10 Thank God It's Friday (3:54)
11 Love Is On The Way (3:02)
12 Heaven If You Hear Me (0:57)
13 Religious Love (4:12)
14 Tempo Slow (4:10)
15 As I Look Into My Life (1:30)
16 Trade In My Life (6:21)

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excel

February 4th, 2009, 08:26 PM

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R. Kelly - 12 Play

Format: FLAC
Size: 410 MB

1 Your Body's Callin' (4:37)
2 Bump N' Grind (4:15)
3 Homie Lover Friend (4:22)
4 It Seems Like You Ready (5:37)
5 Freak Dat Body (3:43)
6 I Like The Crotch On You (6:37)
7 Intermission (2:30)
8 Summer Bunnies (4:10)
9 For You (5:01)
10 Back In The Hood Of Things (3:50)
11 Sadie (4:30)
12 Sex Me (Part 1 & 2) (11:27)
13 12 Play (5:54)

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excel

February 4th, 2009, 08:30 PM

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Maxwell - Urban Hang Suite

Format: FLAC
Size: 377 MB

1 The Urban Theme (2:42)
2 Welcome (5:17)
3 Sumthin' Sumthin' (4:17)
4 Ascension (Don't Ever Wonder) (5:46)
5 Dancewitme (6:14)
6 Til The Cops Come Knockin' (6:56)
7 Whenever Wherever Whatever (3:45)
8 Lonely's the Only Company, Part 1 & 2 (6:21)
9 Reunion (4:53)
10 Suitelady (The Proposal Jam) (4:48)
11 The Suite Theme (13:47)

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excel

February 4th, 2009, 08:34 PM

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Maxwell - Embrya

Format: FLAC
Size: 358 MB

0 Gestation : Mythos
1 Everwanting : To Want You To Want
2 I'm You : You Are Me And We Are You (pt me & you)
3 Luxury : Cococure
4 Drowndeep : Hula
5 Matrimony : Maybe You
6 Arroz Con Pollo
7 Know These Things : Shouldn't You
8 Submerge : Til We Become The Sun
9 Gravity : Pushing To Pull
10 EachHourEachSecondEachMinuteEachDay : Of My Life
11 Embrya

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excel

February 4th, 2009, 08:41 PM

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Souls of Mischief - '93 Til Infinity

Format: FLAC
Size: 314 MB

1 Let 'Em Know (4:14)
2 Live And Let Live (5:20)
3 Thats When Ya Lost (3:35)
4 A Name I Call Myself (4:11)
5 Disseshowedo (3:59)
6 What A Way To Go Out (4:00)
7 Never No More (3:41)
8 93 'Til Infinity (4:46)
9 Limitations (3:23)
10 Anything Can Happen (3:26)
11 Make Your Mind Up (3:51)
12 Batting Practice (4:04)
13 Tell Me Who Profits (4:04)
14 Outro (2:04)

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excel

February 4th, 2009, 10:13 PM

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Maxwell - MTV Unplugged EP

Format: FLAC
Size: 329 MB

1 The Suite Urban Theme (The Hush) (5:18)
2 Mello: Sumthin (The Hush) (3:05)
3 The Lady Suite (4:20)
4 This Woman's Work (4:26)
5 Whenever Wherever Whatever (4:45)
6 Ascension (Don't Ever Wonder) (5:10)
7 Gotta Get: Closer (4:38)
8 Til The Cops Come Knockin' (3:05)

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zacki

February 4th, 2009, 11:09 PM

Charles Earland - Anthology

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Blaq

February 5th, 2009, 01:21 AM

The Commodores
The Commodores
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist

1. Squeeze The Fruit
2. Funny Feelings
3. Heaven Knows
4. Zoom
5. Won't You Come Dance WIth Me
6. Brick House
7. Funky Situation
8. Patch It Up
9. Easy

WAV
389MB

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Review

The Commodores' early years were spent on the Southern funk circuit, where their energetic, catchy tunes, and keyboard-oriented funk made them both a college and a radio staple. They scored seminal hits with "Brick House" and "Slippery When Wet," although it became apparent quite early that lead vocalist Lionel Richie also had a bright future as a solo balladeer, with such tunes as "Easy" signaling his future on adult contemporary and Quiet Storm/urban contemporary radio. This collection highlights early up-tempo and ballad hits.

Ron Wynn

Biography by Craig Lytle

Renowned for the R&B hits "Just to Be Close to You," "Easy," and "Brickhouse," to name but a few, the Commodores were one of the top bands during their long tenure at Motown. The group is credited with seven number one songs and a host of other Top Ten hits on the Billboard charts, and their vast catalog includes more than 50 albums. The members of the Commodores, all of whom attended Tuskegee Institute in Alabama, came together as a result of two groups disbanding: the Mystics and the Jays.

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RunawayTrane

February 5th, 2009, 01:39 AM

John Coltrane - Black Pearls (XRCD)
JAZZ | WAV | CUE | LOG | SCANS | 418MB | 38:57
JVC 1997

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As is often the case with an artist as prolific as John Coltrane, not every release can be considered as essential. Black Pearls seems a bit ambiguous when placed in a more historical context. It was only three days later that Coltrane participated not as a leader, but rather a member, of the Miles Davis Sextet that recorded "Stella By Starlight" and "On Green Dolphin Street." There is an obvious disparity between these three mostly improvised and lengthy jams and the Davis session. This is in no way to insinuate that Coltrane's performance is anything less than par. Black Pearls indeed captures Coltrane at the height of perfecting the intense volley that would garner the name "sheets of sound." Featuring Donald Byrd (trumpet) and the Red Garland Trio -- Garland (piano), Paul Chambers (bass), and Art Taylor (drums) -- this is the same quintet that had mightily contributed to Lush Life and The Believers, as well as The Last Trane. This session would be their last together. The title track is a mid-tempo bop number that quite frankly fails to make a great melodic impact. It's not until Coltrane's indomitable solo that a direction is found and, for a short while, remains focused. Once the reins are passed to Byrd, Garland, Chambers, and to a lesser extent Taylor, the song meanders through some fairly vapid changes. Fortunately, the soloing from Byrd is more direct and is able to build and support Coltrane's equally impressive display. The difference is immeasurable as no holds are barred from Garland or Taylor -- who is arguably at his prime. All told, this performance is well worth the price of admission. At 18-plus minutes, "Sweet Sapphire Blues" (penned by Prestige Records owner Robert Weinstock) is the longest track on Black Pearls. It is in essence a 12-bar blues jam. Coltrane's double- and triple-time solo is primal within this setting. The overemphatic backbeat allows for more group interaction, yielding a full and well-rounded union among the musicians that was sadly absent from the opening track. ~ Lindsay Planner, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

1. Black Pearls
2. Lover, Come Back to Me
3. Sweet Sapphire Blues

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RunawayTrane

February 5th, 2009, 02:35 AM

Maxwell - Urban Hang Suite

Format: FLAC
Size: 377 MB

Maxwell - Embrya

Format: FLAC
Size: 358 MB

Thanks. Don't have ANY Maxwell in my collection at all. This'll be a good place to start. I am also thinking that since you have him, maybe you have Eric Benet as well?? Looking for his "True to Myself" album (that's the only one I want)

Souls of Mischief - '93 Til Infinity

Format: FLAC
Size: 314 MB

Vaguely remember this group, sounds like some positivity rap that I MIGHT like so Ima try it out. Thanks again

Charles Earland - Anthology
CD/Wav/Cue/Log/Cover

Oh my!!
:eek:

The Commodores
The Commodores
[Direct Rip]

Outstanding rip!!

RunawayTrane

February 5th, 2009, 04:48 AM

Roy Buchanan - Deluxe Edition
BLUES | WAV | CUE | LOG | SCANS | 626MB | 61:02
Alligator 2001

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The third non-crossed licensed anthology from the master guitarist focuses on his three-album stint at Chicago's blues-based Alligator Records. The artist considered the music he made during his 1985-1987 association with the label the most honest of his career. Since he received complete creative control on these discs, his 1988 suicide, a short year after Hot Wires -- one of Roy Buchanan's best albums ever -- was released, makes his untimely death even more shocking. With its 16 tracks -- two previously unreleased -- almost evenly divided between instrumentals and (predominantly) guest vocals shared by Otis Clay, Delbert McClinton, and Johnny Sayles (Buchanan tentatively and gruffly talks/sings three selections), this is not only a terrific overview of the musician's astounding guitar virtuosity, but a sad coda to a short yet intense career that never broke him through to a wide audience. "You know I ain't broke, but I'm badly bent" are not only lyrics to "Ain't No Business," but also the sad state of affairs the artist found himself in as he was recording his final disc. With a completely unique guitar style that effortlessly shifted from a crying moan (as in the opening bars) to his cover of Otis Redding's "These Arms of Mine" to a raging howl -- exemplified by the thumping take on Willie Dixon's "You Can't Judge a Book by the Cover" -- Buchanan effectively covered all the blues-soul-rock bases with passion, integrity, and class. His economy of style is obvious in the concentrated 2:29 track (and appropriately titled) instrumental "Whiplash." Although the guitarist's material was often subpar on his two previous labels, the music he recorded during these three years was top-notch, and consistently throbbed with his trademarked rugged, steely tone. While he occasionally stooped to slinging out a wild flurry of fret-shredding cacophony, as in the middle of "Peter Gunn," just to provide proof of his jaw-dropping abilities, Buchanan more frequently kept those more ostentatious impulses in check. There's none of the gospel and low-key country he often dipped into during his Polydor years, yet the essence of those genres is imbedded in his blues and R&B work here. This Alligator Deluxe Edition features rare photos, adequate track information, and a heartfelt remembrance penned by label boss Bruce Iglauer. At 61 minutes, only its playing time is questionable, since there easily could have been another quarter-hour of music added. Still, for those who need a concise compilation of Roy Buchanan's phenomenal skills with no filler, this handy disc fits the bill. ~ Hal Horowitz, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Peter Gunn
02. That Did It
03. Chicago Smokeshop
04. Mrs. Pressure
05. Ain't No Business
06. Blues for Jimmy Nolen
07. A Nickel and a Nail
08. Matthew
09. You Can't Judge a Book by the Cover
10. Beer Drinking Woman
11. Flash Chordin'
12. These Arms of Mine
13. Whiplash
14. When a Guitar Plays the Blues
15. Hawaiian Punch
16. The Last Word

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excel

February 5th, 2009, 12:11 PM

Vaguely remember this group, sounds like some positivity rap that I MIGHT like so Ima try it out. Thanks again.

Classic 90's hip-hop. I've personally never seen a high quality rip of it. Typically I would see it between 160-192 kbps. So when I saw the CD I started drooling. Trust me, you won't regret.

Blaq

February 5th, 2009, 01:08 PM

George Benson
Breezin'
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist

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

WAV
393MB

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Review

All of a sudden, George Benson became a pop superstar with this album, thanks to its least representative track. Most of Breezin' is a softer-focused variation of Benson's R&B/jazz-flavored CTI work, his guitar as assured and fluid as ever with Claus Ogerman providing the suave orchestral backdrops and his crack then-working band (including Ronnie Foster on keyboards and sparkplug Phil Upchurch on rhythm guitar) pumping up the funk element. Yet it is the sole vocal track (his first in many years), Leon Russell's "This Masquerade" — where George unveiled his new trademark, scatting along with a single-string guitar solo — that reached number ten on the pop singles chart and drove the album all the way to number one on the pop LP chart. The attractive title track also became a minor hit single, although Gabor Szabo's 1971 recording with composer Bobby Womack is even more fetching. In the greater scheme of Benson's career, Breezin' is really not so much a breakthrough as it is a transition album; the guitar is still the core of his identity.

All Music Guide, Richard S. Ginell

Biography by Richard S. Ginell

George Benson is simply one of the greatest guitarists in jazz history, but he is also an amazingly versatile musician, and that frustrates to no end critics who would paint him into a narrow bop box. He can play in just about any style — from swing to bop to R&B to pop — with supreme taste, a beautiful rounded tone, terrific speed, a marvelous sense of logic in building solos, and, always, an unquenchable urge to swing. His inspirations may have been Charlie Christian and Wes Montgomery — and he can do dead-on impressions of both — but his style is completely his own. Not only can he play lead brilliantly, he is also one of the best rhythm guitarists around, supportive to soloists and a dangerous swinger, particularly in a soul-jazz format.

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excel

February 5th, 2009, 01:44 PM

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Maxwell - Now

Format: FLAC
Size: 301 MB
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1 Untitled (0:04)
2 Get To Know Ya (4:18)
3 Lifetime (5:29)
4 W/As My Girl (3:11)
5 Changed (4:07)
6 Noone (4:41)
7 For Lovers Only (3:41)
8 Temporary Nite (4:22)
9 Silently (5:20)
10 Symptom Unknown (5:37)
11 This Woman's Work (4:00)
12 Now / At The Party (5:25)

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RunawayTrane

February 5th, 2009, 05:23 PM

Already posted both these separately. But have done them over again in 1 track image file with Offset adjustments

Grover Washington Jr. - Inside Moves/Paradise
JAZZ | WAV | CUE | LOG | COVERS | 823MB | 79:46
Collectables 2004

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In 2004, the Collectables label paired two of Grover Washington's albums -- 1979's Paradise and 1984's Inside Moves -- and reissued them on one disc. Choosing to combine these two releases makes little sense, mostly because Washington released a handful of dates (for Motown and Elektra) in between them. Neither album was particularly effective upon release, and they haven't held up particularly well. Paradise, his first for Elektra, is a straight-ahead crossover set that's very of its time. By the time of Inside Moves, Washington was riding on the fumes from the success of 1980s Winelight; although he's assisted by the great Jon Lucien, the material is tepid across the board. ~ Andy Kellman

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Inside Moves
02. Dawn Song
03. Watching You, Watching Me
04. Secret Sounds
05. Jet Stream
06. When I Look at You
07. Sassy Stew
08. Paradise
09. Icey
10. The Answer Is in Your Eyes
11. Asia's Theme
12. Shana
13. Tell Me About It Now
14. Feel It Comin'

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excel

February 5th, 2009, 11:36 PM

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Best of Sade

Format: FLAC
Size: 434 MB

1 Your Love Is King (3:41)
2 Hang On To Your Love (4:32)
3 Smooth Operator (4:21)
4 Jezebel (5:30)
5 The Sweetest Taboo (4:38)
6 Is It A Crime (6:23)
7 Never As Good As The First Time (3:59)
8 Love Is Stronger Than Pride (4:20)
9 Paradise (3:39)
10 Nothing Can Come Between Us (3:56)
11 No Ordinary Love (7:22)
12 Like A Tattoo (3:41)
13 Kiss Of Life (4:12)
14 Please Send Me Someone To Love (3:43)
15 Cherish The Day (6:19)
16 Pearls (4:33)

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Blaq

February 6th, 2009, 09:16 PM

Brass Construction
The Best Of Brass Construction: Movin' & Changin'
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Tracklist

1. Goodnews
2. Changin'
3. What's On Your Mind (Expression)
4. Love
5. Ha Cha Cha (Funktion)
6. Movin'
7. Wake Up
8. The Message (Inspiration) (Edit)
9. L-O-V-E-U
10. Help Yourself
11. Perception (What's The Right Direction)
12. Get Up To Get Down
13. Can You See The Light
14. Walkin' The Line
15. Give And Take

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Review

Brass Construction's unique take on jazz, funk, and even disco (which would come to full fruition with vocalist Randy Muller's project, Skyy) are revisited on The Best of Brass Construction: Movin' & Changin'. All of the hits are included, with some lesser-known early career tracks thrown in for a fair sense of historical perspective. While these earlier tracks are somewhat of a nuisance to trudge through (especially as there are a few obscure earlier numbers that could have been equally effective on the compilation), they are pardoned by hearing their signature anthems in their full remastered glory. If this is your first time exploring the magical funk of Brass Construction, your best bet would be to seek out Get Up to Get Down: Brass Construction's Funky Feeling.

All Music Guide, Rob Theakston

Biography by Ron Wynn

Vocalist/instrumentalist Randy Muller was at the helm of two pivotal East Coast funk and disco aggregations in the '70s and '80s. One was Brass Construction; the other was Skyy. Muller, a vocalist and instrumentalist who doubled on keyboards and flute, organized the band with drummer Larry Payton, trumpeters Wayne Parris and Morris Price, lead guitarist Joe Arthur, vocalist/conga player Sandy Billups, saxophonists Michael Grudge and Jesse Ward, and bassist Wade Williamston. Their 1975 debut, produced by Jeff Lane, went platinum and contained two dancefloor anthems in "Moving" and "Changin." Brass Construction II, III, IV, and V mined the same territory, though only the single "Ha Cha Cha (Funktion)" in 1977 and "L-O-V-E-U" in 1978 came close to attaining similar commercial heights. They recorded for United Artists until 1980, then moved to Liberty and recorded for them until 1983. Muller became their producer in the early '80s, and he shifted their emphasis into a heavily synthesized direction. They continued on Capitol from 1983 to 1985, but couldn't regain their past momentum. The group's vintage hits were remixed and reissued internationally by EMI's Syncopate label in the late '80s, and Brass Construction reappeared on England's charts in 1988.

RunawayTrane

February 7th, 2009, 04:29 AM

Sadao Watanabe - Viajando
JAZZ | FLAC | CUE | COVERS | 353MB | 62:59
IMS 1999

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Recorded in the winter of 1999 in New York City, Viajando finds Sadao Watanabe musically warming things up with a group of his friends from south of the border. Most notable are Cesar Mariano on keyboards, Paulo Braga on drums and Romero Lubambo on guitar. Add funky latin percussionist to the mix and you have an album that simmers no matter where you might find yourself listening to it. On occasion, Watanabe introduces a few vocalists who manage to further add smoke to this simmering smooth jazz stew. The best tracks are the ones where Watanabe plays sopranino, most notably "Afrozil", "On a Sunny Day" and the instrumental version of "Doco Seducao". Being around so many of his friends must have made for jam sessions that were great fun since they produced a more laid back sound that presents a more relaxed version of Sadao Watanabe. ~ RunawaySlave, BGOL.com

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Afrozil
02. Viajando
03. On Sunny Day
04. Butterfly
05. Boemia
06. Little Waltz For M
07. Fireplace
08. Doce Seducao (Instrumental)
09. Don't Worry 'Bout Me
10. Como Vai!
11. Sora No Chorus
12. Doce Seducao (Vocal)

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Blaq

February 7th, 2009, 06:02 AM

Cameo
Cardiac Arrest
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Tracklist

1. Still Feels Good
2. Post Mortem
3. Smile
4. Funk, Funk
5. Find My Way
6. Rigor Mortis
7. Good Times
8. Stay By My Side

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363MB

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Review

In 1977, one of funk's most promising debuts came from Cameo, whose first album, Cardiac Arrest, made it crystal clear that Larry Blackmon's outfit was a force to be reckoned with. If you were into hard, tough funk in 1977, it was impossible not to be excited by Cameo's debut. This excellent LP contains a romantic soul ballad ("Stay By My Side") as well as the original version of "Find My Way," which is the sort of smooth yet funky disco-soul that groups like the Trammps and Double Exposure were known for in the late '70s. But for the most part, this is an album of aggressive, unapologetically gritty funk. On classics like "Rigor Mortis," "Funk, Funk," and "Post Mortem," one can pinpoint Cameo's influences — namely, Parliament/Funkadelic, the Ohio Players, and the Bar-Kays. But at the same time, these gems demonstrate that even in 1977, Cameo had a recognizable sound of its own. And ultimately, Cameo would become quite influential itself. For funk lovers, Cardiac Arrest is essential listening. Period.

All Music Guide, Alex Henderson

Biography by Andy Kellman

An outlandish, in-your-face stage presence, a strange sense of humor, and a hard-driving funk sound that criss-crossed a few musical boundaries earned Cameo countless comparisons to Parliament/Funkadelic in their early days. However, Cameo eventually wore off accusations of being derivative by transcending their influences and outlasting almost every single one of them. Throughout the '70s and '80s, the group remained up with the times and occasionally crept ahead of them, such that they became influences themselves upon younger generations of R&B and hip-hop acts.

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RunawayTrane

February 7th, 2009, 01:23 PM

Found while blog-hopping

George Clinton's Family Series: A Fifth Of Funk
FUNK | FLAC | CUE | COVER | 457MB | 77:29
AEM Record Group 1994

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A bit of a rebound: Parliament's "Flatman And Bobin" (redone for 1997's T.A.P.O.A.F.O.M.) is a pleasant excuse for the Horny Horns to blow. The Brides redo the early Parliaments tune "Ice Melting In Your Heart" (Clinton revived the song again for the early 90s Otis Day project, which I really should review someday), and sing "Up Up And Away," plus add backing vocals to Dr. Funkenstein's "Rat Kissed The Cat." Clinton, Diane Brooks and Funkadelic cover Brenda Holloway's "Every Little Bit Hurts." But the disc is far from great: Funkadelic is represented by "Too Tight For Light" by Junie Morrison, a synth mess that sounds like a demo, but with Junie you can never be sure. Perhaps by coincidence, most of the artists here are singing their own compositions: Cleaves wrote the bossa nova "Eyes Of A Dreamer," Phillippe Wynne wrote the sluggish "I Found You," Ron Ford wrote "Thumparella (Oh Kay)," Bernie wrote the disappointing love song "Who Do You Love," Junie wrote "Can't Get Over Losing You," Tracey Lewis wrote "Clone Ranger," and even unknown Lonnie Greene wrote the amusing funk-rocker "I Didn't Know That Funk Was Loaded (Count Funkula)." David Bertrand Wilson, WARR.org

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01 Flatman and Bobin - Parliament
02 I Didn’t Know That Funk Was Loaded (Count Funkula) - Lonnie Greene
03 Thumparella (Oh Kay) - Ron Ford
04 Eyes of a Dreamer - Jessica Cleaves
05 I Found You - Phillippe Wynne
06 Ice Melting In Your Heart - Brides of Funkenstein
07 Clone Ranger - Treylewd With Flastic Brain Flam
08 Who Do You Love - Bernie Worrell
09 Up Up Up And Away - Brides of Funkenstein
10 Can’t Get Over Losing You - Junie Morrison
11 Rat Kissed The Cat - Dr. Funkenstein & Brides Of Funkenstein
12 Too Tight For Light - Funkadelic
13 Every Little Bit Hurts - George Clinton, Diane Brooks & Funkadelic
14 Final thoughts - George Clinton (Interview)

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MaccaM

February 7th, 2009, 08:27 PM

George Clinton - Atomic Dog (Cd Single)
FLAC - Cover - M3U

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Track Listings
1. Atomic Dog [Special Atomic Mix]
2. Atomic Dog [LP Version]
3. Atomic Dog [Single Version]
4. Atomic Dog [Instrumental Version]

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BenQ

February 7th, 2009, 08:30 PM

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MaccaM

February 7th, 2009, 08:37 PM

Robert Palmer - Riptide (1985)
FLAC - Cover - Cue - M3U

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Track Listings

1. Riptide
2. Hyperactive
3. Addicted To Love
4. Trick Bag
5. Get It Through Your Heart
6. I Didn't Mean To Turn You On
7. Flesh Wound
8. Discipline Of Love
9. Riptide

Review by Tim DiGravina
Coming on the heels of the massive success of the Power Station, Riptide packages Robert Palmer's voice and suave personality into a commercial series of mostly rocking songs that seem custom-tailored to be chart hits. The Power Station connection threatens to overpower Palmer's usually more eclectic musical interest, but with that band's producer/member Bernard Edwards handling production duties and members Andy Taylor and Tony Thompson contributing as well, stylistic similarities were inevitable. "Flesh Wound," though, sounds like a retread of "Some Like It Hot," with its squelching staccato guitars and tribal drums mimicking the hit single. "Hyperactive" adds a bit of a pop veneer to the formula, with its bright keyboards dating the song to the Miami Vice era; that's not to say it doesn't hold nostalgic charm. "Addicted to Love" shares some of the same punch, somewhat slowing down the Power Station's bombast into slinkier, blues territory, while maintaining a heavy rock crunch. The song skyrocketed to the top of the U.S. charts and sold more than a million copies as a single worldwide. A music video for the song, featuring sexy models gyrating blankly, no doubt helped sales and launched a new phase of Palmer's career, where music videos would nearly overshadow his songwriting. Equally catchy and almost as successful is the brilliant take on the Jimmy Jam/Terry Lewis song "I Didn't Mean to Turn You On." It is perhaps Riptide's most daring track, with its fractured jittery notes, funky basslines, and pounding drums matching Palmer's bothered, sweaty vocals to create a yearning song that drips with passion. Also not to be missed is Earl King's "Trick Bag," which Palmer translates into a fun Clues-style minimalist modern blues song. Even if Riptide uses the Power Station as a blueprint, its only true faults reside in the cheesy album-opening and album-closing refrains of "Riptide," which seemingly satisfy Palmer's tropical proclivities. They might be relaxing and humorous as elevator music, but they are sharply at odds with the tone of the album and Palmer's usually impeccable musical taste. Cheesy opening and ending aside, Riptide has some truly addictive moments and it set him firmly on course, for better or worse, for the even harder-rocking Heavy Nova.

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zacki

February 7th, 2009, 10:53 PM

Richard Rogers - Can't Stop

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01. Spread A Little Love
02. Can't Stop Loving You
03. Sweet Essence
04. Bed Of Roses
05. Anything You Want
06. (I'll Be Your) Dream Lover
07. Take Care Of You
08. Crazy In Love

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Blaq

February 8th, 2009, 01:02 AM

RZA
RZA as BOBBY DIGITAL In Stereo
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Tracklist

1. Intro
2. B.O.B.B.Y.
3. Unspoken Word
4. Slow Grind African
5. Airwaves
6. Love Jones
7. N.Y.C. Everything
8. Mantis
9. Slow Grind French
10. Holocaust (Silkworm)
11. Terrorist
12. Bobby Did It (Spanish Fly)
13. Handwriting On The Wall
14. Kiss Of A Black Widow
15. Slow Grind Italian
16. My Lovin' Is Digi
17. Domestic Violence
18. Project Talk
19. Lab Drunk
20. Fuck What You Think
21. Daily Routine

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686MB

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Review

RZA's first solo album, the soundtrack to a film involving experimental self-transformation, has many of the same fractured strings and crisp, staccato beats he made trademarks on Wu-Tang Clan recordings. In fact, this could well be a Wu-Tang album, even more so than the legion of other related albums. The only contributors to the project are Wu members (Method Man, Ol' Dirty Bastard, Ghostface Killah, U-God, Inspectah Deck) or relatives (Killarmy, Masta Killa, Sunz of Man). Bobby Digital in Stereo is also a more focused work than the last Wu-Tang Clan album (Forever), and just a bit more diverse. Though the hooks aren't as big and the raps aren't as upfront, this is a producer's album, designed to showcase RZA's talents in the control room, not in front of the mic.

All Music Guide, Keith Farley

Biography by Jason Ankeny

The Wu-Tang Clan's chief producer, RZA (aka the Abbott, Prince Rakeem, the Rzarector, and Bobby Steels) was born Robert Diggs; he first surfaced during the early '90s as a member of the rap unit All in Together Now, a group that also featured fellow Wu-Tang members the Genius (aka GZA) and Ol' Dirty Bastard. Following All in Together Now's dissolution, he signed to Tommy Boy under the name Prince Rakeem, issuing the 1991 EP Ooh We Love You Rakeem before joining the Wu-Tang; the group's 1993 debut, Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers), was one of the most influential hip-hop records of the era, with RZA's lean, menacing production work much imitated...

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RunawayTrane

February 8th, 2009, 02:24 PM

Cameo - We All Know Who We Are
FUNK | WAV | CUE | LOG | COVERS | 365MB | 35:43
Chocolate City 1978

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Cameo's second album, We All Know Who We Are, is uneven, but it has its moments, both in the quiet storm field ("Why Have I Lost You") and the disco-funk category (The near-instrumental, Brass Construction-like groove "It's Serious" went to #21 on the R&B charts.). Much of the record sounds like filler, but the best moments illustrate that Cameo is beginning to grow and refine their own sound. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

1. Inflation
2. C On the Funk
3. Why Have I Lost You
4. Stand Up
5. We All Know Who We Are
6. It's Serious
7. It's Over

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RunawayTrane

February 8th, 2009, 06:32 PM

Peter Tosh - Legalize It (Bonus Track)
REGGAE | WAV | CUE | LOG | ART | 477MB | 41:49
Columbia 1976

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After years of being overshadowed by Bob Marley, Peter Tosh left the Wailers to pursue a solo career. Released in 1976, Legalize It is a bold statement that Peter Tosh had arrived and was a creative force in his own right. Although he explores some issues of spirituality, this is Tosh's most lightweight album in the sense that it is his least political. This is not meant as a criticism -- in fact, Tosh's playfulness and joy ("Ketchy Shuby") only add to the album's charm. He does make political statements (the title track celebrates and promotes the use of marijuana), but they are done with a sense of humor and a melodic infectiousness that belie his sincere concern for the issues. Tosh incorporates many instruments and mixes slower ballads with upbeat grooving tunes. The album's highlight is "Why Must I Cry," a multi-layered song (co-written with Bob Marley) that conveys a sense of personal failure when fighting an uphill battle, whether it be against injustices of the world or within the confines of a relationship. Legalize It cemented Tosh's position as a giant in reggae, and the album is one of the best albums of the genre. ~ Vik Iyengar, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Legalize It
02. Burial
03. What'cha Gonna Do?
04. No Sympathy
05. Why Must I Cry
06. Igziabeher (Let Jah Be Praised)
07. Ketchy Shuby
08. Till Your Well Runs Dry
09. Brand New Second Hand
10. Ketchy Shuby [Instrumental]

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SuperGenius

February 9th, 2009, 12:45 AM

:respect-067::respect-067:

Blaq

February 9th, 2009, 01:09 AM

Deee-Lite
World Clique
[Internet Copy]

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Tracklist

1. Deee-Lite Theme
2. Good Beat
3. Power of Love
4. Try Me On...I'm Very You
5. Smile On
6. What Is Love?
7. World Clique
8. E.S.P.
9. Groove Is in the Heart
10. Who Was That?
11. Deep Ending
12. Build the Bridge

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277MB

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Review

Its reputation may rest on only one hit single — but what a hit. "Groove Is in the Heart" defined the summer of 1990 on radio and MTV with its delicious combination of funk, modern dance sheen, and Lady Miss Kier's smart, sharp diva ways. Add in guest vocals and bass from Bootsy Collins (a pity his hilarious video cameo wasn't represented here), brass from the original Horny Horns duo of Fred Wesley and Maceo Parker, and a smooth mid-song rap from A Tribe Called Quest's Q-Tip, and the results sounded good then and now. The rest of World Clique offers variations on the song's theme, with Kier's sweet, light vocals and DJs Dimitri and Towa Tei making it work in various ways. It's still a bit surprising that Kier didn't go on to greater fame on her own, because she definitely has not merely the pipes but the personality to carry something on her own — compared to the dog-whistle vocal calisthenics of someone like Mariah Carey, there's no contest. Check out her work on songs like "Good Beat" and the amusing sass of such numbers as "Try Me on, I'm Very You." The two musicians come up with a seamless, adept flow throughout, merrily raiding whatever they so choose in the past for their own purposes. Disco is the heart of it all, with everything from hip-hop breaks to bubble-salsa piano — even early Depeche Mode! — taking a bow; hints of the future genre-mashing Towa Tei would make his own trademark are already plentiful. Bootsy and the Horny Horns crop up at other points as well, adding just enough classic funk to blend with the crisper electronic pulses and arrangements.

All Music Guide, Ned Raggett

Biography by Jason Ankeny

With the massive popularity of their hit single "Groove Is in the Heart," Deee-Lite brought the colorful sights and sounds of New York's club culture into the mainstream. Formed in 1986, the trio was led by vocalist Lady Miss Kier (born Kieren Kirby in Youngstown, Ohio) and fleshed out by a pair of DJs, Super DJ Dmitry (a classically-trained guitarist and Russian emigre born Dmitry Brill) and Jungle DJ Towa Towa (born Doug Wa-Chung in Tokyo, Japan).

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Blaq

February 9th, 2009, 02:41 AM

Cameo
Secret Omen
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist

1. Energy
2. I Just Want To Be
3. Find My Way
4. Macho
5. The Rock
6. Sparkle
7. New York

WAV
381MB

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Review

Cameo never recorded a bad album, but it did record some uneven ones. One such LP was 1978's Ugly Ego, which was generally decent but fell short of the excellence of Cameo's superb debut album, Cardiac Arrest. But if Ugly Ego led some people to believe that Cameo might be slipping, the band's fourth album, Secret Omen, put that idea to rest. Released in 1979, Secret Omen is among Cameo's most essential releases. Everything on this album is a winner; anyone who appreciates sweaty, gutsy, horn-powered funk would have a hard time not loving "I Just Want to Be" (a major hit) and equally gritty gems like "New York," "Macho," and "The Rock." Meanwhile, a remake of "Find My Way" (previously heard on 1977's Cardiac Arrest) is even more disco-minded than the original version. Disco was never Cameo's specialty, but because disco was so huge in 1979, it made sense to revisit "Find My Way." And although "Find My Way" is atypical of Cameo on the whole, it's still a great song. Equally impressive is the hit soul ballad "Sparkle"; even though Larry Blackmon and friends are best known for up-tempo songs, they recorded their share of memorable ballads in the 1970s and 1980s. Secret Omen is recommended to anyone with even a casual interest in late-'70s funk.

All Music Guide, Alex Henderson

Blaq

February 9th, 2009, 12:00 PM

Marlena Shaw
Who Is This Bitch, Anyway?
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist

1. Street Walkin' Woman
2. You Taught Me How To Speak In Love
3. Davy
4. Feel Like Makin' Love
5. The Lord Giveth And The Lord Taketh Away
6. You Been Away Too Long
7. You
8. Loving You Was Like A Party
9. A Prelude For Rose Marie
10. Rose Marie (Mon Cherie)

WAV
397MB

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Review

A record as fierce and blunt as its title portends, Who Is This Bitch, Anyway? vaults Marlena Shaw into a brave new world of feminism and funk, updating the sophisticated soul-jazz approach of her previous records to explore a fast-changing musical, political, and sexual landscape. Opening with "You, Me and Ethel," a hilarious satire of the singles bar culture, the album dissects modern romance with uncommon insight and candor, addressing lust ("Feel Like Makin' Love") and loss ("You Been Away Too Long") without pulling any punches. The music is similarly direct and progressive, running the gamut from luminous soul to scorching funk grooves. Not only Shaw's best-selling Blue Note release, Who Is This Bitch, Anyway? represents her creative apex as well.

All Music Guide, Jason Ankeny

Biography by Richard Skelly

Marlena Shaw is among the most versatile and charismatic jazz vocalists on the scene today. Her performances are marked by an artful blend of pop standards and straight-ahead jazz tunes. Her extroverted stage presence gives her an edge over other vocalists, and clearly, singing live before an audience is where she feels most comfortable.

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zacki

February 10th, 2009, 12:47 AM

Richard Jon Smith (1983)

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01. She's The Master (Of The Game)
02. Love Is What I'm After
03. Stay With Me Tonight
04. Hold On To My Love
05. Baby's Got Another
06. This Is The Moment
07. Don't Go Walking Out That Door
08. How I Miss You

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RunawayTrane

February 10th, 2009, 02:27 AM

Please excuse the raggedy old artwork.

Robert Cray - Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark
BLUES | WAV | CUE | LOG | ARTWORK | 463MB | 41:48
Mercury 1988

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With 1986's Strong Persuader, guitarist and vocalist Robert Cray stepped to the front of the line as a smooth and intelligent practitioner of the blues genre. Strong Persuader almost worked as well as a greatest hits set, with the brilliant Willie Mitchell-influenced "I Guess I Showed Her" being best of a perfect ten. With that standard being set, Don't Be Afraid of the Dark is marred by it's lack of potent material and a tired-sounding band and Cray. The title is a steamy track punctuated by the Memphis Horns. The edgy and methodical "Don't You Even Care" finds Cray again on the losing end of a relationship. Although the relationship blues are stinging here, this album's best effort strays far from the formula. The oddly humorous "Night Patrol" has Cray playing armchair therapist wondering what went wrong with a drunk, and a 17-year-old girl on the corner. By song's end he can also wonder about himself, as he too hits the streets a potentially dangerous wandering psycho. For the most part Don't Be Afraid of the Dark has the sly work Cray is famous for. The sprite "Gotta Change Rules" the country/Memphis sound influenced has Cray doing some strong vocalizations and taut guitar riffs. "At Last" and "Laugh Out Loud," while not horrible, do come off like uninspired filler. This is one of those albums that might not be exciting at first, but if it is listened to intently some of the songs do become worthwhile. ~ Jason Elias, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
02. Don't You Even Care
03. Your Secret's Safe With Me
04. I Can't Go Home
05. Night Patrol
06. Acting This Way
07. Gotta Change the Rules
08. Across the Line
09. At Last
10. Laugh Out Loud

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RunawayTrane

February 10th, 2009, 02:28 AM

Marlena Shaw
Who Is This Bitch, Anyway?
[Direct Rip]

Eager to get into this. Always liked her voice

RunawayTrane

February 10th, 2009, 10:41 AM

One of my favorite jazz artists
Can't understand one word she sings

Tania Maria - Intimidade
JAZZ | WAV | CUE | LOG | ARTWORK | 656MB | 56:09
Blue Note 2005

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Though pianist and singer Tânia Maria's Intimidade was originally released in the fall of 2005, it didn't become domestically available in the U.S. until the next year when Blue Note issued it, which is a good thing for American fans of Brazilian jazz, or jazz, or just good music in general. Because Intimidade is a great album, rich and full while not sounding ornate. It's an intimate affair (hence the title, perhaps), Maria with her bassist (bassists actually, as there are three that play on the album, including the great Eddie Gómez, with whom she has a conversation -- both musical and verbal -- on "E' Tão Gostoso Seu Moco") and percussionists working together to create sophisticated, sensual, warm music that comes out of the speakers and into the room like something tangible, something with substance and actual measurable qualities like viscosity and weight. Maria's voice (the word "sultry" is often used to describe it, and is an appropriate choice) is clearly the star of the record, her scat-and-piano solos acting as a bridge between the vocals and the instrumentation (which is just as strong) behind it; she's comfortable moving between elements of funk and pop within her normal jazz and samba routine. Her version of "Besame Mucho" is fantastic, seductive, and nicely syncopated, with a piano solo that echoes lines of Billie Holiday's "Gloomy Sunday." In fact, Maria is more than willing to reference her American influences, from Sarah Vaughan to Ray Charles to Burt Bacharach as she goes through original pieces as well as some great Latin classics ("Agua de Beber," "Evocaçao"), which work quite well, showing off her versatility without sacrificing any of the passion or great rhythms. Intimidade is the work of a mature, talented artist who's been around long enough to know how to make everything she does sound near perfect. ~ Marisa Brown, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Intimidade
02. Chorinho Brasileiro
03. E' Tão Gostoso Seu Moco
04. Canto
05. Besame Mucho
06. Ayé
07. Água de Beber
08. Evocaçao
09. Esta No Ar
10. Batebola

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Blaq

February 10th, 2009, 09:00 PM

Rome
Rome
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist

1. I Belong To You (Every Time I See Your Face)
2. Do You Like This
3. Crazy Love
4. Just Once, Once More, Three Times
5. I Gotta Be Down
6. Do Me Right
7. That's The Way I Feel About Cha'
8. Real Love
9. Feelin' Kinda Good
10. Let Me Come Home
11. Never Find Another Love Like Mine
12. Real Joy
13. Heaven

WAV
629MB

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Part 2: http://rapidshare.com/files/196614095/Rome_R_Blaq_WAV.part2.rar
Part 3: http://rapidshare.com/files/196607633/Rome_R_Blaq_WAV.part3.rar
Part 4: http://rapidshare.com/files/196587089/Rome_R_Blaq_WAV.part4.rar

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Review

Smooth, contemporary R & B, with no new twists but a lot of heart-- that's what newcomer Rome doles out in plentiful portions on his self-titled debut. This Michigan native cites Marvin Gaye and Sam Cooke as two major influences, and it shows. Slow jams rule here, with tunes like "I Belong to You" and "Crazy Love" showcasing Rome's strong, gospel-inflected voice. Like many current soul/R & B singers, Rome eschews set melodies in favor of a more spontaneous, improvisational style. Basically, he sets down a groove and jams over it, stretching his formidable range to the utmost. The songs are about l-o-v-e, plain and simple, and Rome sings its praises with a barely-contained, raw sensuality. He even pulls off a fine remake of Bobby Womack's '70s classic, "That's The Way I Feel About Cha." This disc takes no chances musically, but if that "Quiet Storm" formula is what you're after, a trip to Rome may be just the ticket.

J&R Music World

Biography by John Bush

Smooth R&B singer Rome was born Jerome Woods in Benton Harbor, MI. Early on, he sang along with his mother's soul records (Marvin Gaye, Sam Cooke) as well as in the local church choir. He joined an R&B cover band named Fire & Ice while in high school, and traveled around the region performing in local clubs and talent contests as a solo act and with the band. Woods dropped out of Alabama's Oakwood University in 1989 to pursue his dream on the West Coast, and toured with Vesta as a backing vocalist as well as appearing in industry showcases and cable-access programs. Finally, he connected with producers Gerald Baillergeau and Victor Merrit, who sent his demo to RCA Records. The label signed him immediately, and he began working on his debut album in mid-1996. The self-titled LP appeared in April 1997 and soon ascended to number 30 on the album charts, earning gold certification. Thank You followed two years later.

Blaq

February 10th, 2009, 09:07 PM

Run, just wanted to post a thanks for leading the way in posting in lossless. :thumbs up:

Your threads are the first things I check on a daily basis when I get online. Props.

Blaq

February 11th, 2009, 01:51 AM

Ideal
Ideal
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist

1. Intro
2. I Don't Mind
3. Things You Can't Do
4. Creep Inn
5. Get Down With Me
6. Get Gone
7. Ideally Yours
8. All About You
9. Break Your Plans
10. There's No Way
11. Jealous Skies
12. Never Let You Go
13. Tell Me Why
14. No More
15. Pigeon - (skit)
16. Sexy Dancer
17. Outro

WAV
581MB

Part 1: http://rapidshare.com/files/196679192/I_Deal_Blaq_WAV.part1.rar
Part 2: http://rapidshare.com/files/196671129/I_Deal_Blaq_WAV.part2.rar
Part 3: http://rapidshare.com/files/196667162/I_Deal_Blaq_WAV.part3.rar

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Review

Ideal's self-titled debut showcases the R&B group's smooth, sensuous vocal styling and romantic songwriting. The single "Get Gone" reflects both of these traits, and the rest of the Houston quartet's songs follow suit, resulting in a heartfelt first album.

All Music Guide, Heather Phares

Biography by Jason Ankeny

The Houston-based contemporary R&B quartet Ideal comprised vocalists J-Dante, Maverick, PZ and Swab. Their self-titled debut album appeared on Virgin's VRU imprint in mid-1999, launching the hit "Get Gone."

Zhenshei

February 11th, 2009, 02:12 AM

awesome post

Blaq

February 11th, 2009, 12:05 PM

Ginuwine
Ginuwine... The Bachelor
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist

1. Intro
2. Pony
3. Tell Me Do U Wanna
4. Holler
5. Hello
6. Lonely Daze
7. Ginuwine 4 Ur Mind
8. Only When Ur Lonely
9. I'll Do Anything / I'm Sorry
10. World Is So Cold
11. When Doves Cry
12. G Thang
13. 550 What?

There are 5 silent tracks on this album, throwing the track listing off.

WAV
647MB

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Part 2: http://rapidshare.com/files/196725495/G_Bachelor_Blaq_WAV.part2.rar
Part 3: http://rapidshare.com/files/196717030/G_Bachelor_Blaq_WAV.part3.rar
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Review

By the time Ginuwine...The Bachelor was released, Ginuwine was already well on his way to becoming R&B's next big thing — thanks mainly to the ferocious word of mouth his lead single, a cover of Prince's "When Doves Cry," perpetuated. Make no mistake, this was the album that indeed started it all for the young R&B sensation, catapulting him from relative obscurity to the limelight in less time than most of his contemporaries. Led by the ferocious chart-topping opener "Pony," Ginuwine not only became a staple for commercial R&B radio, but he upped the sexual reference ante for many up-and-coming male singers such as Dru Hill, Blackstreet, and such established producers as R. Kelly. Combining the influences of funk, quiet storm, soul, and even a tad bit of electro, Ginuwine effortlessly displays not only a powerful voice, but sharp songwriting and production skills. Ginuwine...The Bachelor was a promising debut and only a slight notion of great things to come.

All Music Guide, Rob Theakston

Biography by Steve Huey

Ginuwine was one of R&B's pre-eminent love men during the '90s heyday of hip-hop soul. Initially teamed with Timbaland, the most innovative producer of the late '90s, Ginuwine's sultry, seductive crooning earned him a substantial female following and made him a regular presence on the R&B charts, even after the futuristic production he favored was eclipsed by the more organic, retro-leaning neo-soul movement.

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excel

February 11th, 2009, 05:59 PM

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Brand New Heavies - Trunk Funk Classics 1991-2000

Format: FLAC
Size: 445 MB

1. Finish What You Started
2. Brother Sister
3. Put The Funk Back In It
4. Stay This Way
5. Back To Love
6. Have A Good Time
7. Bonafide Funk
8. Never Stop
9. Forever
10. Dream On Dreamer
11. Sometimes (Remix)
12. Gimme One Of Those
13. Soul Flower
14. Dream Come True '92
15. Saturday Nite (Remix)

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RunawayTrane

February 12th, 2009, 12:33 AM

Daughter of the late Blues great Johnny Copeland

Shemekia Copeland - Wicked
BLUES | WAV | CUE | LOG | ART | 623MB | 58:25
Alligator 2000

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Once upon a time (circa 1998), the daughter of a blues legend burst onto the scene with her own potentially legendary debut, Turn the Heat Up. I say "potentially" because, although all the necessary ingredients were there, they didn't quite represent the best of what Shemekia Copeland is obviously capable of. A few more years to hone her voice and allow it to reach its natural maturity, and Copeland could produce an album that would challenge some of the reigning royalty of the blues. Wicked is not that album. It is, however, a stunningly good piece of work, with solid songs (Copeland's contributing more to the songwriting, too), a greater variety of styles, and some serious genre-bending that will turn the heads of those used to the more straight-ahead blues of Copeland's last effort. The album even opens with a rocker, "It's 2 a.m.," and Copeland pokes fun at all those pseudo-R&B true-love ballads littering the airwaves lately with her own "The Fool You're Looking For." The fact that Wicked still represents more potential than realization is actually quite refreshing, too. It gives her growing legions of fans something to look forward to, as we realize that the best is still yet to come. --Genevieve Williams, Amazon.com

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. It's 2 A.M.
02. Not Tonight
03. Love Scene
04. The Other Woman
05. Whole Lotta Water
06. Beat up Guitar
07. Miss Hy Ciditty
08. Up on 1-2-5
09. Wild, Wild Women
10. The Fool You're Looking For
11. If He Moves His Lips
12. Steamy Windows
13. It's My Own Tears

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RunawayTrane

February 12th, 2009, 03:36 AM

Found this blog hopping. Actually found the blog while doing
a search for C Rayz Walz. Hopefully, it wasn't posted already

Ice Cube - Death Certificate
RAP | FLAC | CUE | COVERS | 425MB | 64:48
Priority 1991 (Remastered)

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If Ice Cube's debut was a shocking attack that proved the N.W.A legacy would be stronger divided, his sophomore effort was a new kind of superstar pulling off the miraculous, a follow-up that equals its classic predecessor and tops it in some people's books. With a million copies of Death Certificate preordered, Cube was no longer the rock critics' darling. A million people listening was dangerous, especially since he was now slithering his influence into the suburbs. If the black rage didn't get you, the misogyny of "I'm gonna do my thing, with your daughter" probably would. Here, one of rap's greatest storytellers is able to draw hatred in under a minute with the short and direct "Black Korea," an angry protest song concerning Korean grocers that got him dubbed "racist" and "Ice KKKube" by some. The track is an extreme representation of how a much sharper and cutting this album is when compared with his debut, and even though the intro announces the full-length is divided into a "Death Side" and "Life Side," both are equally bleak. With the CD format, the two sides are indistinguishable and run over the listener with fast tales of drug dealing, drive-by shootings, and women who go from "Ms. Thing to Ms. Gonorrhea." This would be numbing if it weren't for the rapper's amazing lyrics, ground-shaking delivery, and insight like when "A Bird in the Hand" deals with the irony of selling crap to buy diapers ("Gotta serve you food that might give you cancer/Cuz my son doesn't take no for answer"). A bit of sweet relief comes with the brightness of the great single "Steady Mobbin'" and with the nostalgia and slow tempo of "Doing Dumb Shit." "True to the Game" ("Ain't that a bitch/They hate to see a young nigga rich") is arguably the quintessential Cube track and if all this weren't enough already, the N.W.A diss "No Vaseline" hangs off the album like a crowd-pleasing, Brick-sampling encore. Although next year's Predator would be a bigger hit, Death Certificate brings to a close the man's trilogy of perfect albums that began with N.W.A's Compton and explodes into a supernova right here. [The 2003 reissue adds "How to Survive in South Central" from the soundtrack to Ice Cube's first film, Boyz in the Hood.] ~ David Jeffries, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. The Funeral
02. The Wrong Nigga to Fuck Wit
03. My Summer Vacation
04. Steady Mobbin'
05. Robin Lench
06. Givin' Up the Nappy Dug Out
07. Look Who's Burnin'
08. A Bird in the Hand
09. Man's Best Friend
10. Alive on Arrival
11. Death
12. The Birth
13. I Wanna Kill Sam
14. Horny Lil' Devil
15. Black Korea
16. True to the Game
17. Color Blind
18. Doing Dumb Shit
19. Us
20. No Vaseline
21. How to Survive in South Central (Bonus)

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dadirtydj

February 12th, 2009, 06:02 AM

Nick Colionne - It's My Turn 1994

JAZZ | WAV | 634 MB
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1. East Evergreen
2. Back Down Evergreen
3. Love Shoulda Brought You Home
4. It's My Turn
5. Juanita (Nini's Song)
6. Rainy Night In Georgia
7. Bumpin' On Sunset
8. Soulful Strut
9. Wes (I Still Remember You)
10. Inka
11. The Huntress

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dadirtydj

February 12th, 2009, 06:13 AM

Jerald Daemyon - Thinking About You 1995

JAZZ | WAV | 436 MB
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The violin has definitely become a big part in jazz, and it's capabilities have been expressed throughout young innovators like Jerald Daemyon. Featuring styles of hip-hop, funk, world beat and jazz, here we get 9 great tracks on 'Thinking About You.' Some of these songs include 'You Make Me Feel Brand New,' 'For The Love In Your Eyes,' and 'Peace Of Mind.'

1. You Make Me Feel Brand New
2. Thinking About You
3. Africa
4. Paradigms
5. Summer Madness
6. '13'
7. For The Love In Your Eyes (Prelude)
8. For The Love In Your Eyes
9. Peace Of Mind

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dadirtydj

February 12th, 2009, 06:18 AM

Hiram Bullock - Way Cool 1992

JAZZ-FUNK | WAV | 486 MB
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On the follow-up to his Atlantic debut, guitarist and producer Hiram Bullock pulled out all the stops and dove wholeheartedly onto the "funk" side of jazz-funk and left out the jazz. No, that's not a bad thing. If anything, Way Kool feels a lot more like a funky rock record than anything else. With a handpicked cast of studio greats, Bullock set out to make a party record and he did it. From the screaming guitar work on "Da Alley," to the deeply funky George Duke-styled keys and guitar wonk on "Show Me" (with its Prince-styled handclaps and big backing chorus), to the groovy bass pop and chunky chords on the title track, it's all in there. On Way Kool Bullock showed that he couldn't care less about what people thought he was or should have been doing, and he did exactly what he wanted -- and this time it was making a primarily instrumental set (there are only three vocal cuts out of the ten here) that stayed close to rock and funk with up-to-the-minute production (that in retrospect sounds a bit dated). There is a jazzy instrumental ballad called "Never Give Up," with some nice hand percussion from Don Alias and keyboard work from Dave Delhomme. But the strength of the set comes from Bullock's guitar playing, and his screaming tone is the most enduring thing about it. Check the track that reveals its Prince influence not only in its instrumental attack but even in its title: "I No U." The big funker "Wolfman" even contains scratching! The biggest surprise on Way Kool, however, is the cover of Lennon and McCartney's "Dear Prudence" that closes the album. It's modern, reverent, restrained, and quite beautiful. (Admittedly, it's such a great song it would be tough to mess up.) Bullock's guitar solo that takes over after the three-minute mark is killer. ~ Thom Jurek, All Music Guide

1. Alley
2. Shut Up
3. Show Me
4. Way Kool
5. Never Give Up
6. I No U
7. Wolfman
8. Another Night
9. 10 to 11
10. Dear Prudence

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dadirtydj

February 12th, 2009, 06:27 AM

The Rolling Stones - Some Girls 1978

ROCK | WAV | 411 MB
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1. Miss You (1994 Digital Remaster) 4:48
2. When The Whip Comes Down (1994 Digital Remaster) 4:21
3. Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)(1994 Digital
Remaster) 4:38
4. Some Girls (1994 Digital Remaster) 4:36
5. Lies (1994 Digital Remaster) 3:11
6. Far Away Eyes (1994 Digital Remaster) 4:23
7. Respectable (1993 Digital Remaster) 3:07
8. Before They Make Me Run (1994 Digital Remaster) 3:25
9. Beast Of Burden (1994 Digital Remaster) 4:25
10. Shattered (1994 Digital Remaster) 3:47

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dadirtydj

February 12th, 2009, 06:49 AM

Kevin Eubanks - Spiritalk 2 1995

JAZZ | WAV | 507 MB

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Two years after releasing the original Spiritalk, Kevin Eubanks reunites the same group of musicians for another collection of organic fusion compositions. Drummer Marvin "Smitty" Smith, regardless of what one might think of him in general, simply smokes in situations like this. He is absolutely unchained, playing with the energy (and seemingly the limbs) of two or more men. Smith and Eubanks interact like McLaughlin and Cobham, or Morse and Morgenstein. Some of the most exciting moments on Spiritalk 2 are those in which their high-octane improvisations threaten to run out of control. The unusual sonorities created by this band are due in large part to the trombone of Robin Eubanks and the alto flute of Kent Jordan. It is a pleasingly warm sound, which fits in well with the masterful bass of Dave Holland and contrasts nicely with Smith's explosive power and Kevin Eubanks' snaky lines. It is a wonderful fusion. The leader is joined on guitar by Gerald Moore on two cuts, and the two interface nicely. At times on "Revelations," their interaction is reminiscent of the Al Di Meola/Paco de Lucia/John McLaughlin trios that took place in the early '80s. On tracks such as "Moon," the McLaughlin influence is even more pronounced, with a guitar intro that is extremely similar to McLaughlin's "Guardian Angel." Also guesting is drummer Gene Jackson, who subs for Smith on "Being." Jackson approaches the music in basically the same way as Smith, but perhaps with a little less rock and a little more Elvin Jones thrown into the mix. A cross between Oregon and the Mahavishnu Orchestra, Kevin Eubanks' Spiritalk band is extremely unique. The nine compositions tend to run together in the mind of the listener a bit, but the excitement of these musicians is infectious. ~ Daniel Gioffre, All Music Guide

1. Faith
2. Like the Wind
3. Whispers of Life
4. Revelations
5. Earth
6. Sun
7. Moon
8. Being
9. Passing

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dadirtydj

February 12th, 2009, 06:57 AM

Kevin Eubanks - Turning Point 1992

JAZZ | WAV | 513 MB

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Turning Point is a highly appropriate title for this album. After recording his share of commercial fluff for GRP, Kevin Eubanks switched to Blue Note with this heartfelt CD and strived for excellence instead of going out of his way to avoid it. Creativity, personal improvising, and spontaneity are main ingredients of the album, which unites the talented electric and acoustic guitarist with bass explorer Dave Holland and drummer Marvin "Smitty" Smith, among others. Like so much intellectual jazz, Point requires several listenings in order to be fully appreciated. ~ Alex Henderson, All Music Guide

1. Turning Point, Pt. 1
2. Aftermath, Pt. 2
3. Initiation, Pt. 3
4. New World Order
5. Colors of One
6. Spiral Ways
7. Freedom Child
8. On My Way to Paradise
9. Lingering Destiny

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dadirtydj

February 12th, 2009, 07:05 AM

Kevin Eubanks - The Searcher 1990

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If he wasn't such a great guitarist, this recording would be easy to dismiss. Most GRP releases, especially back in the late '80s, epitomized the commercial jazz sound. There are several light tracks here that qualify as elevator music; however, there are some good tracks as well. Both "The Story Teller" and "Straightjacket" are listenable funk/fusion romps that showcase both Eubanks and Jackson, but the real gem here is "In Search of the Searcher," featuring Edward Simon on piano and Dennis Chambers on drums. Being a consummate professional and ultimate musician, Eubanks is able to work within his confined parameters and make tunes such as "Forgotten Future" and "Poem for a Sleeping Child" a pleasant and interesting listen. The producers here were obviously trying to recreate some of the appeal that Pat Metheny achieved by using Mark Ledford's voicings, but it comes up flat here. Another "diet jazz" recording from GRP with hints of Eubanks' genius spread thinly throughout. ~ Robert Taylor, All Music Guide

1. Storyteller
2. Cookin'
3. Forbidden Romance
4. Straitjacket
5. Sandra
6. In Search of the Searcher
7. Forgotten Future
8. Breeze
9. Blue Woven Dreams
10. Poem for a Sleeping Child

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zacki

February 12th, 2009, 10:54 AM

George Duke - Rendezvous

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01. Got To Get Back To Love
02. Stay Awhile
03. Secret Rendezvous
04. Thinking Of You
05. Take It On
06. She Can Wait Forever
07. Better Ways
08. Your Life & Ipanema Lady

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RunawayTrane

February 12th, 2009, 04:07 PM

Betty Carter - Feed The Fire
JAZZ | WAV | CUE | LOG | ART | 809MB | 73:03
Verve 1994 (recorded live)

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Taken from a live 1993 performance in London, Feed the Fire is an album filled with surprises. Betty Carter is known for her practice of featuring hot new up-and-coming musicians in her bands, but on this recording she is accompanied by established, world-class talent: Geri Allen, Dave Holland, and Jack DeJohnette. Dave Holland demonstrates why he is one of the greatest living bassists with his unerring sense of melody and pitch. Jack DeJohnette, an acknowledged master of the drums for 30 years, is nothing less than explosive, punctuating the solo statements of his bandmates with powerful flurries. Allen's touch is reminiscent of Keith Jarrett's at times, such as on her excellent solo on "Love Notes." Although Carter shares the spotlight unselfishly, her own contributions are clearly the focal point of Feed the Fire. On the fantastic title track, Allen sets up a percolating rhythmic figure, joined by Holland and DeJohnette. Then Carter enters, scatting her way through the changes, eschewing singing in the traditional sense. Her vocal improvisations are on par with any instrumentalists, a claim one cannot make about many singers. On ballads, such as the exquisite "Lover Man," Carter soars, caressing the melodies with a satin touch, dancing around the music with impeccable phrasing, dropping low into her register for punctuation. It is heady, hypnotizing stuff. Feed the Fire is an interesting album, with many wonderful moments, such as the unison ascending figures in "Sometimes I'm Happy" or the Carter/DeJohnette duet of "What Is This Tune?" However, it is not perfect, and tends to drag toward the end. Tracks go on for too long, and, as wonderful as Carter's singing is, and as compelling as it is to listen to the interaction of these four great musicians, the quality of the music itself tends to wander a bit. Nevertheless, it is a strong album, well worth searching out. ~ Daniel Gioffre, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Feed the Fire
02. Love Notes
03. Sometimes I'm Happy
04. Lover Man
05. I'm All Smiles
06. If I Should Lose You
07. All or Nothing at All
08. What Is This Tune?
09. Day Dream
10. B's Blues

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zacki

February 12th, 2009, 10:30 PM

Charles Earland - Street Themes

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01. Be My Lady (Tonight)
02. Take Me Away
03. Feels So Good To Me
05. Go All The Way
05. Take It On
06. Walk With Me
07. Street Themes
08. Tell Me What It Is

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Blaq

February 13th, 2009, 01:27 PM

Dru Hill
DRU HILL
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist

1. Anthem
2. Nothing To Prove
3. Tell Me
4. Do U Believe?
5. Whatever U Want
6. Satisfied
7. April Showers
8. All Alone
9. Never Make A Promise
10. So Special
11. In My Bed
12. Love's Train
13. Share My World
14. 5 Steps

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Review

Rich harmonies and sleek R&B production with an abundance of vocal acrobatics are all key elements of Dru Hill's eponymous debut. Immediate comparisons to Jodeci and Boyz II Men come to mind, but what makes Dru Hill stand out from the pack is the rawness of Keith Sweat's productions. Other songs on here are of noteworthy interest only to die-hard Dru Hill fanatics, but it was the monster "Tell Me" that effectively put Dru Hill near the head of R&B's class of 1996 — a year that featured stellar releases by Aaliyah, Jay-Z, and several others at the peak of their games. An impressive debut and a razor-sharp clue of the great things to come.

All Music Guide, Rob Theakston

Biography by John Bush

High school friends Jazz, Sisqo, Nokio, and Woody formed Dru Hill in 1995, named in honor of their Baltimore neighborhood, Druid Hill Park. The rappers performed at the music-industry convention Impact '96 and were signed by Island not long after. By late 1996, Dru Hill had released its self-titled debut album, produced by Keith Sweat, Stanley Brown, and Tim "Dawg" Patterson. The single "Tell Me" — culled from the soundtrack to the film Eddie — became a Top Five R&B hit and later went gold. Enter the Dru followed in 1998, peaking at number two on the Billboard album chart. Despite Sisqo's solo success with "Thong Song," the group continued intact — along with new member Skola — and issued Dru World Order in 2002, two years after it was initially slated for release. The Hits compilation followed in 2005, eventually reaching three million in sales.

RunawayTrane

February 13th, 2009, 02:09 PM

Beastie Boys - Check Your Head
RAP | WAV | CUE | LOG | ART | 595MB | 53:42
Grand Royal 1992

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Check Your Head brought the Beastie Boys crashing back into the charts and into public consciousness, but that was only partially due to the album itself — much of its initial success was due to the cult audience that Paul's Boutique cultivated in the years since its initial flop release, a group of fans whose minds were so thoroughly blown by that record, they couldn't wait to see what came next, and this helped the record debut in the Top Ten upon its April 1992 release. This audience, perhaps somewhat unsurprisingly, was a collegiate Gen-X audience raised on Licensed to Ill and ready for the Beastie Boys to guide them through college. As it happened, the Beasties had repositioned themselves as a lo-fi, alt-rock groove band. They had not abandoned rap, but it was no longer the foundation of their music, it was simply the most prominent in a thick pop-culture gumbo where old school rap sat comfortably with soul-jazz, hardcore punk, white-trash metal, arena rock, Bob Dylan, bossa nova, spacy pop, and hard, dirty funk. What they did abandon was the psychedelic samples of Paul's Boutique, turning toward primitive grooves they played themselves, augmented by keyboardist Money Mark and co-producer Mario Caldato, Jr.. This all means that music was the message and the rhymes, which had been pushed toward the forefront on both Licensed to Ill and Paul's Boutique, have been considerably de-emphasized (only four songs — "Jimmy James," "Pass the Mic," "Finger Lickin' Good," and "So What'cha Want" — could hold their own lyrically among their previous work). This is not a detriment, because the focus is not on the words, it's on the music, mood, and even the newfound neo-hippie political consciousness. And Check Your Head is certainly a record that's greater than the sum of its parts — individually, nearly all the tracks are good (the instrumentals sound good on their subsequent soul-jazz collection, The in Sound From Way Out), but it's the context and variety of styles that give Check Your Head its identity. It's how the old school raps give way to fuzz-toned rockers, furious punk, and cheerfully gritty, jazzy jams. As much as Paul's Boutique, this is a whirlwind tour through the Beasties' pop-culture obsessions, but instead of spinning into Technicolor fantasies, it's earth-bound D.I.Y. that makes it all seem equally accessible — which is a big reason why it turned out to be an alt-rock touchstone of the '90s, something that both set trends and predicted them. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Jimmy James
02. Funky Boss
03. Pass the Mic
04. Gratitude
05. Lighten Up
06. Finger Lickin' Good
07. So What'cha Want
08. The Biz Vs. The Nuge
09. Time for Livin'
10. Something's Got to Give
11. The Blue Nun
12. Stand Together
13. Pow
14. The Maestro
15. Groove Holmes
16. Live at P.J.'s
17. Mark on the Bus
18. Professor Booty
19. In 3's
20. Namasté

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RunawayTrane

February 14th, 2009, 04:22 AM

Bryan Lee - Katrina Was Her Name
BLUES | WAV | CUE | LOG | ART | 727MB | 66:21
Justin Time 2007

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Guys like Tab Benoit and Kenny Neal are testament that the blues are still alive and kickin' in South Louisiana. But when it comes to making the blues come alive in the bayou country, those guys have their match in a sixty-two year old blind white guy from Wisconsin. That guy with the tall black hat, Wayfarers and gray chin beard is Bryan Lee.

The man known as "The Braille Blues Daddy" started out playing for Midwest crowds at an early age (he opened for Bill Haley & The Comets at fifteen), but fell in love with New Orleans and moved to there in the early eighties. He's been a fixture of the French Quarter ever since. While Lee can't see, he can sing the blues soulfully and earnestly. His guitar brings the Chicago styled blues of Luther Allison, as well as Albert King and Albert Collins, down to the Crescent City.

I was introduced to the joyful music of Lee via his definitive live records Live at the Old Absinthe House Bar, both the Friday and Saturday night versions. It's easy to tell from this record that he has a fantastic rapport with his audience and his no-nonsense brand of blues is aimed squarely at giving his listeners the opposite of the blues. Indeed, even his studio records sound like as if he is performing for a crowd and intending to give them more than their money's worth, and openly encouraging his band along the way. And his latest one, Katrina Was Her Name, is no exception.

Virtually all the prominent Louisiana musicians have literally put their reaction to the tragic hurricane devastation of August 29, 2005 on record. Lee was not about to ignore it, either. The CD sleeve contains some poignant photographs of the aftermath and Lee was moved to write a song about it (more on this later).

Just as he did for the last go around, 2002's Six String Therapy, Lee employed Duke Robillard to produce it. Robillard, the versatile blues guitarist of Roomful Of Blues and The Fabulous Thunderbirds fame, allows Lee's various sides to come to the forefront on this record. Whether it's Delta acoustic blues, jump blues, dirty electric blues, or creole-styled r&b, Lee gives it all the same dedication and mastery.

For this release, Lee's band consists of Bruce Katz on keyboards, Brent Johnson on second guitar, John Packer on acoustic bass (or Jim Mitchell on electric bass) and John Perkins on drums. In particular, Katz, an alum of Ronnie Earl's band, is a real treat to have on this record. He's a master at both the blues and jazz forms on piano and organ and easily adapts to Lee's stylistic change-ups. --Pico, Blog Critics

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. 29 Ways
02. Don't Bite the Hand That Feeds You
03. Barefootin'
04. My Baby Done Quit Me
05. Blues Singer
06. Katrina Was Her Name
07. Take It Like a Man
08. Lowdown and Dirty
09. Ain't Nobody's Business
10. Why Do You Lie to Me
11. Flat Foot Sam
12. Bethany Jane
13. Don't Joke with the Stroke

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zacki

February 14th, 2009, 09:29 PM

Double Trouble - As One (1990)

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01. Talkback
02. All We Need Is Each Other
03. Reach Out
04. Love Don't Live Here Anymore
05. Just Keep Rockin'
06. Street Tuff
07. Don't Give Up
08. (What Is It ) The Future
09. 09. Double Trouble....
10. Slow Down
11. Talkback (Low Frequency Response)

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RunawayTrane

February 15th, 2009, 05:01 AM

Lauryn Hill - Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
RAP | FLAC | CUE | LOG | COVERS | 459MB | 77:45
Ruffhouse 1998

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Though the Fugees had been wildly successful, and Lauryn Hill had been widely recognized as a key to their popularity, few were prepared for her stunning debut. The social heart of the group and its most talented performer, she tailored The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill not as a crossover record but as a collection of overtly personal and political statements; nevertheless, it rocketed to the top of the album charts and made her a superstar. Also, and most importantly, it introduced to the wider pop world an astonishingly broad talent. Hill's verses were intelligent and hardcore, with the talent to rank up there with Method Man. And for the choruses she could move from tough to smooth in a flash, with a vocal prowess that allowed her to be her own chanteuse (à la Mariah Carey). Hill, of Haitian heritage, rhymed in a tough Caribbean patois on the opener, "Lost Ones," wasting little time to excoriate her former bandmates and/or record-label executives for caving in to commercial success. She used a feature for Carlos Santana ("To Zion") to explain how her child comes before her career and found a hit single with "Doo Wop (That Thing)," an intelligent dissection of the sex game that saw it from both angles. "Superstar" took to task musicians with more emphasis on the bottom line than making great music (perhaps another Fugees nod), while her collaborations with a pair of sympathetic R&B superstars (D'Angelo and Mary J. Blige) also paid major dividends. And if her performing talents, vocal range, and songwriting smarts weren't enough, Hill also produced much of the record, ranging from stun-gun hip-hop to smoother R&B with little trouble. Though it certainly didn't sound like a crossover record, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill affected so many widely varying audiences that it's no surprise the record became a commercial hit as well as a musical epoch-maker. ~ John Bush, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Intro
02. Lost Ones
03. Ex-Factor
04. To Zion
05. Doo Wop (That Thing)
06. Superstar
07. Final Hour
08. When It Hurts So Bad
09. I Used to Love Him
10. Forgive Them Father
11. Every Ghetto, Every City
12. Nothing Even Matters
13. Everything Is Everything
14. The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
15. Can't Take My Eyes Off of You
16. Sweetest Thing

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RunawayTrane

February 16th, 2009, 01:48 AM

Suspect this will be good. But haven't had a chance to listen to this yet.
So check it out quality wise:

Béla Fleck & The Flecktones - The Hidden Land
JAZZ | FLAC | CUE | COVERS | 352MB | 59:58
Sony 2006

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Nearly three years since the outrageous exercise in self-indulgence that was the three-disc Little Worlds, Béla Fleck & the Flecktones come back to the marketplace with The Hidden Land. The former outing was so excessive that Sony issued a single-disc sampler from the set hoping it would sell. Thankfully, the new set is a single disc, and for fans of the band there is plenty here to delight. The fusion of instrumental musics here -- jazz, bluegrass, funk, classical, and some global sounds is called by Fleck "serious Flecktones." It feels serious. For starters, the quartet dig into Bach's Preludes and Fugues (No. 20 in A Minor) to kick things off. It's a classic piece of the Flecktones wearing the original enough to make it their own. It's entertaining only for the sound of Fleck's 1937 Gibson Mastertone banjo. Much more compelling is "Labyrinth," a winding, knotty journey through jazz and improvisation -- the funk undertones of the piece are carried by Victor Wooten's gnarly bass line. But even here, Future Man's "Synth-Axe Drumitar" and his vocals -- poorly aping Naná Vasconcelos' glorious wordless singing from Pat Metheny's earlier recordings -- are more than what's really necessary. What moves this cut is Jeff Coffin's wondrous tenor playing. "Kaleidoscope"'s knotty blend of bluegrass riffing between Fleck and Coffin is stomping and beautiful, though it gets bogged down in fusiony nonsense on the choruses. But the moving playing in the bridge between the aforementioned pair over the skittering acoustic drums and programmed Drumitar keeps it grounded even when the piece becomes more abstract toward the end. The lyrical abstraction on the ballad "Who's Got Three" is amorphous but eerie and beautiful. It slips directly into the nearly straight-ahead swinging jazz of the horribly titled "Weed Whacker." The musical ideas here are, as usual, endless, which doesn't make it a great record. There are simply so many things vying for attention, seeking to make themselves known here, that a few less would have made individual compositions stand out more. The wandering, perhaps meandering, minor-key Middle Eastern flavor of "Chennai" works well because it's not cluttered and has distinctly different phases. The funky "Subterfuge" is just plain boring, and "Misunderstood" is just a mess, a mishmash of half-baked ideas couched in a ballad. As the "Whistle Tune," closes the album with Fleck just wrangling his Celtic-styled banjo playing transcendentally with Coffin's whistles and Wooten's pared bassing atop a simple drum track, we are rooted once more into the basis of the Flecktones' musical universes, not their metaverse. It's not that complexity and a multiplicity of ideas is a bad thing; quite the opposite, but knowing when to reign them in and make the music sing is another thing. This record sings only in a couple of places. The rest is "serious Flecktones." Perhaps this determination is simply not for most of us. It's easy to accept that, especially when those serious Flecktones fans will be debating individual musical passages until the next album is released. ~ Thom Jurek, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Fugue from Prelude/Fugue No. 20 in a Minor, BWV 889
02. P'lod in the House
03. Rococo
04. Labyrinth
05. Kaleidoscope
06. Who's Got Three?
07. Weed Whacker
08. Couch Potato
09. Chennai
10. Subterfuge
11. Interlude
12. Misunderstood
13. The Whistle Tune

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excel

February 16th, 2009, 02:02 AM

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Total - Total

Format: FLAC
Size: 343 MB

1. Intro - Total,
2. Do You Know
3. No One Else
4. Whose Is It? (Interlude)
5. Kissin' You
6. Do You Think About Us?
7. Definition of a Bad Girl (Interlude)
8. Can't You See
9. Someone Like You
10. Tell Me
11. Love Is All We Need
12. Don't Ever Change
13. Spend Some Time
14. When Boy Meets Girl
15. No One Else Remix

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zacki

February 16th, 2009, 10:01 PM

Mystic Merlin - Mystic Merlin (1980)

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01. Burned To Learn
02. Don't Wanna Be A Star
03. Dreams
04. Can't Stop Dancin'
05. Dark Side
06. Got To Make The Best (Of A Love Situation)
07. Just Can't Give You Up

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RunawayTrane

February 17th, 2009, 01:32 AM

Ripped from a CDR that I burned (at 8x) in 2004 using Nero. Only did it that way because library copy is now missing and I like this album alot:

Stanley Turrentine - Do You Have Any Sugar?
JAZZ | WAV | CUE | LOG | COVER | 623MB | 61:47
Concord Jazz 1999

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Stanley Turrentine “knows how to tell a story.” In fact, on his 1999 debut for Concord Vista titled, DO YOU HAVE ANY SUGAR? the jazz legend tells 11 of them! The project is a synthesis of traditional grooves in a contemporary context with a variety of styles honed over the four decades that Turrentine has been blessing audiences with. The set also utilizes a nice variety of ensembles from quartets to nonets. His tenor saxophone, is melodic and swings in the pocket of contemporary grooves and the set has something for all music lovers from easy listening to bop and straight ahead. Stanley trades his dynamite tenor with Rick Braun’s brilliant trumpet on “Stuff You Gotta Watch,” as Joe Sample keys the ivories as only he can. Ray Brown on bass, Harvey Mason on drums and Alex Acuna on percussion rounds out this masterful track. Vocalist Niki Harris sings the sexy title track and the gently inspirational “Pause To Wonder,”with both pizzazz and grace. On “Calling You,” the theme from the film “Baghdad Cafe,” Niki Harris shines her significant jazz lineage and proves “she came to play.” But Stanley Turrentine has nothing to prove anymore...he just is. Whether creating emotions and memories for his fans of four decades or introducing his tenor saxophone to a new generation of jazzoids, Turrentine is a lasting standard in his own right. DO YOU HAVE ANY SUGAR? is a must have. And yes, Turrentine will certainly lure some sugar for you! --Paula Edelstein, All About Jazz

~ TRACKLISTING ~

1. Keep On Keepin' On
2. Do You Have Any Sugar?
3. Stuff You Gotta Watch
4. Far Too Little Love
5. Pause To Wonder
6. Favorite Heart
7. Calling You
8. Back In The Day
9. 2 RBs
10. Monte Cristo
11. Bar Fly

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RunawayTrane

February 17th, 2009, 01:33 AM

Mystic Merlin - Mystic Merlin (1980)

Nice drop brotha

**repz**

RunawayTrane

February 17th, 2009, 01:13 PM

Got this cause my share ratio needed a little boost.
Figured I might as well share it. But beware, did not
nor probably never will listen to this, so you have to
check the quality of the audio for yourselves:

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Beyonce - I Am... Sasha Fierce (2008) [FLAC]
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Artist...............: Beyonce
Album................: I Am... Sasha Fierce CD1
Genre................: R&B
Source...............: CD
Year.................: 2008

Codec................: Free Lossless Audio Codec (FLAC)
Version..............: reference libFLAC 1.1.0 20030126RIPT4
Quality..............: Lossless, (avg. compression: 62 %)
Channels.............: Stereo / 44100 HZ / 16 Bit
Tags.................: VorbisComment

Information..........:

http://www.beyonceonline.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beyonc%C3%A9_Knowles

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am%E2%80%A6_Sasha_Fierce

Ripped by............: NMR on 21-11-2008
Posted by............: Godbuster on 21-11-2008

Tracker(s)...........:
http://tracker.thepiratebay.org:80/announce

Included.............: NFO, MD5, PLS, M3U, Log
Covers...............: Front Back CD

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Tracklisting CD01
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01. (00:04:10) Beyonce - If I Were A Boy
02. (00:04:22) Beyonce - Halo
03. (00:04:29) Beyonce - Disappear
04. (00:04:39) Beyonce - Broken-Hearted Girl
05. (00:03:42) Beyonce - Ave Maria
06. (00:03:07) Beyonce - Satellites

Playing Time.........: 00:24:29
Total Size...........: 153,41 MB

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Tracklisting CD02
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01. (00:03:13) Beyonce - Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)
02. (00:03:39) Beyonce - Radio
03. (00:03:21) Beyonce - Diva
04. (00:03:28) Beyonce - Sweet Dreams
05. (00:03:35) Beyonce - Video Phone

Playing Time.........: 00:17:16
Total Size...........: 113,23 MB

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Blaq

February 17th, 2009, 04:23 PM

Barry White
The Man Is Back!
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist

1. Responsible
2. Super Lover
3. L.A. My Kinda Place
4. Follow That And See (Where It Leads Y'All)
5. When Will I See You Again
6. I Wanna Do It Good To Ya
7. It's Getting Harder All The Time
8. Don't Let Go
9. Loves Interlude/Good Night My Love

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Review

Although Barry White's sales had long since decreased by the time he recorded The Man Is Back, the influential soul veteran continued making worthwhile albums. Man isn't in a class with either his classic albums of the '70s or his superb comeback album of 1994, The Icon Is Love, but is a likeable and decent (though not outstanding) effort demonstrating that he hadn't lost his touch as a vocalist, composer or producer. With the black music charts dominated by rap and new jack swing in 1989, White remained artistically viable not by emulating the aggression of younger artists (many of whom were sampling his '70s hits left and right), but by being true to himself. Though White goes for a more high-tech, urban-contemporary-influenced production style that's indeed a departure from his lavish orchestral approach of the '70s, noteworthy cuts like the addictive "L.A. My Kinda Place," the plea for unity "Follow That and See (Where It Leads Y'all)" and an inspired remake of the doo-wop classic "Goodnight My Love" are essentially the type of smooth, classy and sophisticated "uptown soul music" that put him on the map.

All Music Guide, Alex Henderson

Biography by Ed Hogan & Wade Kergan

Say the name Barry White and you'd be hard pressed to follow it with the name of any other recording artist with such a huge, cross-sectional following. He was at home appearing on Soul Train, guesting with a full band on The Today Show, and appearing in cartoon form in various episodes of The Simpsons. During the '70s, Dinah Shore devoted a full hour of her daily syndicated Dinah! show to White. While there was a period where Barry White wasn't releasing records or making the pop charts, he did stay active touring and appearing on other artists' records...

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RunawayTrane

February 18th, 2009, 12:58 AM

Got this from a different board. Much props to my boy Kosta.
Already have the berst songs off here on the compilation disc
I posted, but I like having complete albums. Having said that,
the sound quality of this one is not better than that comp disc
either. But it was nice to hear some of the songs that didn't
make the cut

Fatback Band - Yum Yum
FUNK | APE | CUE | COVERS | 220MB | 36:55
Polydor 1975

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Yum Yum indeed -- because the groove on here is pretty darn tasty! Fatback are definitely shaking off the rougher edges of their funkiest years on this set, but the sound is still plenty great -- a jamming dancefloor groove that's still filled with plenty of tight live instrumentation, all in a mode that's a lot more harder-hitting than most of the groups of the disco years! There's a bit more horns than before -- showing a bit of a BT Express influence, it seems -- but the rhythms are very firmly at the core, and have plenty of those rumbling basslines that first put the Fatback name on the map. Drums get nice and tight on some tracks too -- making for some nicely breaking tracks on the record, almost in a street funk mode -- and titles include "Put The Funk On You", "Let The Drums Speak", "Feed Me Your Love", "Trompin", "Boogie With Fatback", and "Gotta Learn How To Dance". © 1996-2009, Dusty Groove America, Inc.

~ TRACKLISTING ~

1. Yum Yum (Gimme Some)
2. Trompin'
3. Let the Drums Speak
4. Put the Funk on You
5. Feed Me Your Love
6. (When You Want to Boogie) Boogie With the Fatback
7. Got to Learn How to Dance
8. If You Could Turn into Me
9. (Hey) I Feel Real Good

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Blaq

February 18th, 2009, 03:59 PM

Teddy Pendergrass
A Little More Magic
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist

1. Believe In Love
2. Slip Away
3. I'm Always Thinking About You
4. I Choose You
5. Voodoo
6. Tender
7. Can't Help Nobody
8. A Little More Magic
9. My Father's Child
10. Say It
11. No One Like You
12. Reprise

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Biography by Ed Hogan

Teddy Pendergrass started singing gospel music in Philadelphia churches, becoming an ordained minister at ten years old. While attending public school, he sang in the citywide McIntyre Elementary School Choir and in the All-City Stetson Junior High School Choir. A self-taught drummer, Pendergrass had a teen pop vocal group when he was 15.

By his late teens, Pendergrass was a drummer for local vocal group the Cadillacs. In the late '60s, the Cadillacs merged with another more-established group, Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes. In 1970, when the Blue Notes broke up, Melvin, now aware of Pendergrass' vocal prowess, asked him to take the lead singer spot.

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RunawayTrane

February 19th, 2009, 12:44 AM

Robert Glasper - In My Element
JAZZ | WAV | CUE | LOG | HQ ART | 794MB
Blue Note 2007

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Pianist Robert Glasper was Blue Note's big discovery of 2005, a young player whose music fit into jazz's modern mainstream yet was open to the influences of R&B and hip-hop, both of which he had performed previously. What is particularly impressive about Glasper's playing on In My Element is that he does not sound like anyone else. Although his style does not necessarily blaze any new paths and this is a conventional if modern piano trio CD, Glasper has his own sound and approach. Bassist Vicente Archer and drummer Damion Reid work very well with Glasper. The three musicians blend together perfectly and think along similar lines. While "Silly Rabbit," with its use of an answering machine message, is a little eccentric and the closing "Tribute" has excerpts from a eulogy for Glasper's mother recited by Reverend Joe Ratliff, the music in general is not so much innovative as it is a revitalization of the jazz piano trio. The thought-provoking improvisations grow in interest with each listen. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. G&B
02. Of Dreams to Come
03. F.T.B.
04. Y'outta Praise Him (Intro)
05. Y'outta Praise Him
06. Beatrice
07. Medley: Maiden Voyage/Everything in Its Right Place
08. J Dillalude
09. Silly Rabbit
10. One for 'Grew
11. Tribute

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RunawayTrane

February 19th, 2009, 05:05 AM

Got this off a blog. Originally ripped in WAVPACK format
Used the Frontend program to convert image to WAV:

Grover Washington - All The King's Horses
JAZZ | WAV | CUE | LOG | COVERS | 338MB | 32:13
Kudu 1972

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Grover Washington, Jr.'s sophomore date for Creed Taylor's Kudu imprint was released in late 1972. Like its predecessor Inner City Blues, this session was produced by the label boss himself and was arranged and conducted by Bob James. Assembled for the date were large horn and string sections. The former contained stalwart talents like Detroit's Pepper Adams on baritone saxophone, and trumpeters Marvin Stamm and Ernie Royal. Other players on the session included what would become the heart of the CTI session crew: guitarists Cornell Dupree and Eric Gale, bassists Ron Carter and Gordon Edwards (who only appears on the opening cut), drummer Idris Muhammad (though Billy Cobham is also here), and percussionists like Airto Moreira and Ralph MacDonald. The real star of course is the soloist. Washington's debut, Inner City Blues, had done surprisingly well -- especially since it was a date originally intended for Hank Crawford who couldn't make the scene. This time out, both Taylor and James played to Washington's tremendous strengths as an emotional player whose melodic improvising referenced everything from Motown to Stax and Volt, from Ray Charles to early James Brown and the Fabulous Flames, to Donny Hathaway, who had an uncanny knack with current pop hits. James too was discovering his own strengths in this field as a pianist and really shines behind Washington on tracks like "Where Is the Love," (written by MacDonald, actually), and Bill Withers' "Lean on Me." Washington was equally versed on both tenor and alto, and possesses two very different tones on the horns. This gave James the opportunity to color the tunes with a rather startling array of colors, shades, and textures, making the two a wonderful team. Along with the aforementioned winners are the title track by Aretha Franklin with the slow, deep blue saxophone lines accompanied by hand percussion, a tight snare and hi-hat kit rhythm, and James ghostly chords on the Fender Rhodes. But the large backdrop of horns lends so much weight to the tune it almost breaks wide open. Then there's the gorgeous -- and radical-re-envisioning of "Body and Soul," as a montage illustrated wonderfully by James impressionistic strings and woodwinds underneath Washington's bluesy take on the melody. The standard "Lover Man" is reintroduced here and includes a new interlude written by James. Washington's playing on the tune is actually reminiscent of Crawford's in feel (during his time with Ray Charles), but Washington also evokes Ben Webster in the chances he takes improvising on his solo. As if all this weren't adventurous enough, the set closes with "Love Song 1700," an adaptation from a song by classical composer Henry Purcell. Here is the genius of James at work. His love for Purcell and classical composition of this era shows up throughout his career, but the way he orchestrates strings and winds behind Washington -- who could inject pure soul into even the dullest music of Lawrence Welk -- is provocative, lovely, and haunting, even in its more overblown moments. When All the King's Horses was originally released, it wasn't received as well as Inner City Blues had been the previous year. In retrospect, however, this set has assumed its proper place in Washington's catalog: as one of his more ambitious and expertly performed sessions. ~ Thom Jurek, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

1. No Tears (In the End)
2. All the King's Horses
3. Where Is the Love?
4. Body and Soul
5. Lean on Me
6. Lover Man
7. Love Song 1700

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Blaq

February 19th, 2009, 08:12 PM

Cameo
Cameosis
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist

1. Cameosis
2. Shake Your Pants
3. Please You
4. We're Goin' Out Tonight
5. I Care For You
6. On The One
7. Why Have I Lost You

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Review

The big single on Cameosis, the stimulating "Shake Your Pants," provokes body moves from the animated group vocals to the rump-shakin' groove. The vivacious number "We're Going out Tonight" is a man's salute to his lady. Larry Blackmon and Tomi Jenkins sing in unison throughout the body of the song, with first tenor Wayne Cooper soaring in the vamp. The group puts a different twist on a remake of their own "Why Have I Lost You." Tomi Jenkins imparts a compassionate rap in the intro before crooning his way through the imaginative lyric, where Wayne Cooper reaches one climax after another. Like the original version, it, too, never graced the charts but found a home on radio. The sleeper on this album is "I Care for You." Anthony Lockett took the vocal lead on this tear-jerking ballad, in which a man tolerates his woman's questionable behavior. From Lockett's execution to the song's overall arrangement, this is a must-listen.

All Music Guide, Craig Lytle

RunawayTrane

February 20th, 2009, 12:31 AM

Found this one one the floor of the music section of the library. Case broken, artwork hanging
out the box, discs on the FLOOR, Figured I might as well pick it up and rip before it is destroyed completely

Don Wilkerson - Complete Blue Note Sessions
JAZZ | WAV | CUE | LOG | COVERS | 1.10GB | 108:19
Blue Note 2001

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Don Wilkerson may not attract much attention -- either now or when he was recording in the early '60s -- but he was an interesting character. Like many tenor saxophonists of his era, the Texan followed in the hard-swinging soul-jazz that grew out of hard bop, but he didn't settle into an easy groove -- he drove his music hard, injecting it with a healthy dose of the blues and an undercurrent of nascent black power. An intriguing mix, to be sure, and on three albums for Blue Note between 1962 and 1963 -- Elder Don, Preach, Brother!, Shoutin' -- he was at his peak, and they're all included here on this double-disc The Complete Blue Note Sessions. Of course, he was at his peak here partially because this was the only extended period of time he recorded as a leader; prior to this, he had a session for Riverside, but he never recorded before that or after this. Even if he had recorded more, this music would still be quite distinctive since his combos -- always featuring guitarist Grant Green, but also pianist Sonny Clark, drummer Billy Higgins, pianist Johnny Acea, and drummers Willie Bobo and Ben Dixon, depending on the date -- were simultaneously gritty and supple. Though they weren't as laid-back as, say, Green and Clark's duo sessions, they transferred that spirit to these sessions, meaning that this edgy soul-jazz and considerable musicality that resonates upon repeated plays. It might not be major work, but it's fine music, especially for connoisseurs of hard bop and soul-jazz, and it's nice to see that Wilkerson is finally getting some attention with this set, which marks the first time his Blue Note work has been in print in the U.S., not just since his death in 1986, but since their original release. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Jeanie-Weenie
02. Homesick Blues
03. Dem Tambourines
04. Camp Meetin'
05. The Eldorado Shuffle
06. Pigeon Peas
07. Señorita Eula
08. San Antonio Rose
09. Scrappy
10. Lone Star Shuffle
11. Drawin' a Tip
12. Poor Butterfly
13. Movin' Out
14. Cookin' With Clarence
15. Easy Living
16. Happy Johnny
17. Blues for J
18. Sweet Cake

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zacki

February 20th, 2009, 05:47 AM

Tyrone Davis - Give It Up (Turn It Loose) The Very Best Of The Columbia Years

CD-Rip|Wav|Cue|Log|Cover
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01. Let's Be Closer Together
02. In The Mood
03. Heart Failure
04. Close To You
05. Leave Well Enough Alone
06. Give It Up (Turn It Loose)
07. This Is Swear
08. Ain't Nothing I Can Do
09. How Sweat Is (To Be Loved By You)
10. I Got Carried Away
11. Get On Up (Disco)
12. Be With Me
13. I'm Glad You're Here With Me Tonight
14. Just My Luck
15. Can't You Tell It's Me

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Blaq

February 20th, 2009, 05:59 AM

Teddy Pendergrass
Give It To Me [Maxi-Single]
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist

1. Remix
2. Album Version
3. Remix Instrumental
4. Acappella

WAV
170MB

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Blaq

February 20th, 2009, 01:28 PM

Cameo
Knights Of The Sound Table
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist

1. Knights By Nights
2. Freaky Dancin'
3. I Never Knew
4. Use It Or Lose It
5. The Sound Table
6. Don't Be So Cool
7. I'll Always Stay
8. I Like It

WAV
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Review

As Cameo continued to hone their sound, they found themselves in the position not only of having to bridge a musical gap, but also needing to follow up a smash album. Following on the heels of 1980's massive Cameosis, which created a signature vibe and set the band up for truly massive early success, it's surprising that Knights of the Sound Table would lose strength. But it did. The band was exhausted, only coming off the road long enough to record the album before heading straight back out again. Knights of the Sound Table plays through like a transitional album — and it falters at times because of it. Even though the band remained bound to their funk roots, they were tweaking them within a very different framework — a 1980s pre-wave wave. The set is divided into two very distinct camps, then, booty shaking funk and saccharine ballads. When it's good, it's tremendous. "Knights by Night" is strong and very typically Cameo, while "Don't Be So Cool" leans more into an '80s frame of mind. The marvelous "Freaky Dancin'" pulled out ahead of the pack and was rewarded with a number three spot on the R&B charts for its efforts, while two other tracks, the funky "I Like It" and "Feel Me," would also chart. Where the band weakened was across their ballads. "I'll Always Stay" and "I Never Knew" feel more like filler than anything else, while "The Sound Table" is a poke at disco — too long after the genre left the dancefloor. Despite such serious wobbles, though, the set is cohesive enough to forgive its failings, the sound of a band keeping their past alive while stretching their wings toward the future.

All Music Guide, Amy Hanson

RunawayTrane

February 21st, 2009, 01:33 AM

Saw these guys on SNL a couple weeks ago. Checked the database and there it was. Kind of an acquired taste I've heard.

Download the last link first if you don't have RS account:

TV On The Radio - Dear Science
ALTERNATIVE | WAV | CUE | LOG | ART | 550MB | 50:26
Touch And Go 2008

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With lyrics and vocals that are just as ambitious and attention-getting as the music surrounding them, TV on the Radio have always had a lot going on in their music. Indeed, Return to Cookie Mountain was so elaborate that topping it would be difficult, so on Dear Science, (yes, the comma is intentional) the band channels its focus into lean, nimble songs with more structure and polish -- and more focus on Tunde Adepimbe's and Kyp Malone's vocals -- than any of TV on the Radio's previous work. This immediacy and crystalline clarity take some getting used to, especially compared to Cookie Mountain's lavish yet organic sound: "Family Tree"'s strings, pianos, and plainly worded vulnerability make it one of the band's most accessible songs, but it doesn't feel like anything was sacrificed to make it so anthemic. That feeling only deepens on the self-evidently sexy "Red Dress," which uses Antibalas' vibrant brass and taut guitars to show-stopping effect.

As Dear Science, unfolds, it becomes clear that it isn't so much a radical change for TV on the Radio as it is a slight but significant shift in approach. "Stork and Owl," an inspired mix of hypnotically looping samples and flowing, real-time soulfulness, and "Love Dog," which boasts some of Adepimbe's most affecting singing since "Staring at the Sun," could have fit easily on earlier albums with a few sonic tweaks. And, like Desperate Youth, Bloodthirsty Babes and Return to Cookie Mountain, Dear Science, begins with an epic statement of purpose -- although "Halfway Home" is as sleek as it is grand, sprinting towards its end with streaking guitars -- and ends in an embrace with "Lover's Day," a duet with Celebration's Katrina Ford that turns "I wanna break your back" from a threat to a come-on. Tackling love and war, often within the same song, is all in a day's work for TV on the Radio. However, the band's take on these themes is subtly but notably more optimistic here, as though lightening their sound lightened their mood as well. "DLZ" broods over "the long-winded blues of the never," but on the brilliantly funky "Golden Age," Adepimbe sings "there's a golden age coming 'round" without a trace of irony. Malone's "Crying" calls out the wrongs of the world but ends up just as hopeful as it is angry, while the pun in "Dancing Choose"'s title is pointed enough that the song almost doesn't need to prove that dancing on your troubles is powerfully therapeutic as thoroughly as it does, but that's just another example of this album's rare balance between craft and passion. That comma at the title's end seems naggingly open-ended at first, but it's actually a perfect fit for Dear Science,'s openness to possibilities and positivity. ~ Heather Phares, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Halfway Home
02. Crying
03. Dancing Choose
04. Stork & Owl
05. Golden Age
06. Family Tree
07. Red Dress
08. Love Dog
09. Shout Me Out
10. DLZ
11. Lover's Day

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Blaq

February 21st, 2009, 02:10 PM

Luther Vandross
The Best Of Luther Vandross...The Best Of Love
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist

Disc One

1. Searching
2. The Glow Of Love
3. Never Too Much
4. If This World Were Mine
5. A House Is Not A Home
6. Bad Boy/Having A Party
7. Since I Lost My Baby
8. Promise Me
9. 'Til My Baby Comes Home
10. If Only For One Night/Creepin'

Disc Two

1. Superstar/Until You Come Back To Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)
2. Stop To Love.
3. So Amazing
4. There's Nothing Better Than Love
5. Give Me The Reason
6. Any Love
7. I Really Didn't Mean It
8. Love Won't Let Me Wait
9. Treat You Right
10. Here And Now

WAV
1.16GB

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Review

The classiest of R&B's lover men, Luther Vandross eschews the sweaty soul intensity of his predecessors for a silky-smooth sound that achieves its romantic aims nonetheless. In the hands of a lesser artist, Vandross's narrow focus on love songs would seem restrictive, but he somehow finds endlessly entertaining ways of conveying simple messages like "I love you," "I miss you," and "Why did you leave me?" The Best of Love is just that--a 20-song retrospective that clocks Vandross's brilliant career through its first decade, including such gems as his gorgeous reworking of the Bacharach-David chestnut "A House Is Not a Home," Smokey Robinson's "Since I Lost My Baby," and his own early hit "Never Too Much." Vandross was a staple on the R&B charts throughout the '80s, but the set culminates with "Here and Now," his 1989 crossover smash. Since then, Luther has belonged to everyone; this set shows it should have been that way all along.

Amazon.com, Daniel Durchholz

Blaq

February 21st, 2009, 09:24 PM

Luther Vandross
Your Secret Love
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist

1. Your Secret Love
2. Love Don't Love You Anymore
3. It's Hard For Me To Say Goodbye
4. Crazy Love
5. I Can Make It Better
6. Too Proud To Beg
7. I Can't Wait No Longer (Let's Do This) (featuring Deidre "Spin" Roper of Salt-n-Pepa)
8. Nobody To Love
9. Whether Or Not The World Gets Better (featuring Lisa Fischer)
10. This Time I'm Right
11. Knocks Me Off My Feet
12. Goin' Out Of My Head

WAV
613MB

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Review

Luther Vandross' tenth new studio album has much in common with its predecessors. It is filled with midtempo love ballads in which Vandross emotes over tasteful R&B gospel arrangements, mostly writing his own songs, but also finding room for a couple of pop favorites — in this case, Stevie Wonder's "Knocks Me Off My Feet" and the old Little Anthony and the Imperials hit "Goin' Out of My Head." As steeped as he is in the nomenclature of R&B vocal expressionism, Vandross as usual sounds more self-involved than romantically devoted. His references have always seemed not so much real emotions as other love songs, which makes him something of an anomaly: a formalist in a field at least nominally defined by excess of feeling. Of course, that's always been something of a conceit, which may be why the traditional R&B audience faithfully takes Vandross to its bosom each time out, while his relationship to the pop audience, after a flirtation in the early '90s, remains largely unconsummated. He may profess "Endless Love," but pop fans are only willing to believe him when he's singing with a diva like Mariah Carey. Give Vandross credit, he wants to be taken on his own terms, which is why he released his own songs, the title track and "I Can Make It Better," as the singles instead of going for a trendy R&B hit with "I Can't Wait No Longer (Let's Do This)," which features a rap by Deidra "Spin" Roper of Salt-N-Pepa, or trying to make "Goin' Out of My Head" a pop hit for the third time. Such integrity is probably what kept the album from selling beyond Vandross' existing fan base; lucky for him, there were a million of them.

All Music Guide, William Ruhlmann

RunawayTrane

February 22nd, 2009, 01:39 AM

George Clinton - Erotic City [CD Single]
SOUNDTRACK | FLAC | CUE | COVERS | 268MB | 36:39
Arista 1994

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Couldn't find any reviews. But the bottom line is that there are three versions of Prince's "Erotic City. All three versions are funked up and despite alot of negative criticsm, all three are quite catchy and I was feeling all three. There are also two versions of "Stomp". A song I've never heard before. Don't know if it's ever been released before this EP, but if it hasn't it's quite good, especially the version with Sir Nose!! There are two version of "Tear the Roof Off This Sucker" as well. One an instrumental, that WILL have you mouthing the words. This realease is music featured from the motion picture "P.C.U." Never saw the movie, but if this is the kind of music featured in it, it can't be all bad. Have no idea who the musicians are, but it sounds like the usual suspects. If you want to know who they are, just read the linear notes from "Dope Dogs" and you'll get a pretty good clue. RunawayTrane, Unda The Radar

~ TRACKLISTING ~

1. Erotic City (Single Version)
2. Stomp
3. Tear the Roof Off the Sucker '94 (Give up the Funk)
4. Erotic City (Extended Sweat Mix)
5. Stomp (Sir Nose Goes Off)
6. Tear The Roof Off The Sucker '94 (You Know The Words Version)
7. Erotic City (Super Groovestrumental)

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Blaq

February 22nd, 2009, 02:37 AM

Mystic Merlin - Full Moon
R&B | FLAC | CUE | SCANS | 244MB
Capitol 1982

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The superb set from 1982 was the third and final set from this eccentric and colourful ensemble, but sales-wise, it did not do at all well at the time. Thouogh it was obviously a good album then if all other in-demanders are anything to go by today. This set by Mystic Merlin, an overlooked group in the early 1980s, has now attained an almost cult status for cuts such as "Mr. Magician" and "Full Moon". This album sees the timely introduction of Freddie Jackson as lead vocalist and he doesn't disaapoint as he shines on just about every track. The band also comes complete with funky bass, horns and real driving rhythm. The early 1980s could be described as the golden period for fans of soul and funk, and this has hitherto been an unexploited era for reissues. Crammed with steppers and midtempo numbers this is really essential soul from the Capitol vaults. Every track offered here is a winner, and Freddie delivers the goods on all tempos. My standouts have to be the opener and cult favourite "Mr. Magician" and the ESSENTIAL stepper, "Full Moon", complete with freaky keyboards. Atmospheric and funky to the point of pain, this funky slap-bass driven groove is just amazing. This beats any of the drivel which passes as R&B today. With a bass line straight out of the Curtis Mayfield "You're So Good To Me" groove, you know that this is a showstopper. The sumptuous ballad, "Your Love", resplendent in fender rhodes keyboards, with hindsight, offered us a glimpse of the Freddie Jackson we would come to know and love in later years as a very successful solo artist. I cannot recommend this album enough. - Barry Towler, Soul Express

~ TRACKLISTING ~

1. Mr. Magician
2. Perfect*
3. Rock The World*
4. Your Love
5. Full Moon Rising (Prelude)/Full Moon
6. Love Is What You Need*
7. Back To Zero
8. Mindreader

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Bump for the ol' skool heads. Bumpin' "Rock The World." :yes:

Props, Run. :553:

Blaq

February 22nd, 2009, 02:47 AM

Jerald Daemyon - Thinking About You 1995

JAZZ | WAV | 436 MB

Good looks, DJ! :thumbs up:

Got this from you back in '05. Thanks for the lossless copy!

Mystic Merlin - Mystic Merlin (1980)

Vinyl-Rip|Wav|Cover

Got this & will check it today. Thanks again, fam!

zacki

February 22nd, 2009, 06:42 AM

Leon Sylvers III (1989)

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01. Make It Count
02. Gotta Find A Way
03. Time Machine
04. Help Me Find Love
05. So Hung Up On You
06. Safe & Sound
07. Living Life At The Maximum
08. All Or Nothin'
09. Let's Go Thru It
10. When Love Moves In
11. Make It Count (12' Version)

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Blaq

February 22nd, 2009, 01:37 PM

Marcela Mangabeira - Simples 2008

JAZZ – BOSSA | WAV| CUE | 443 MB
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Thanks for this, DJ! Doing my weekend going back digging in the crates for albums i've missed. :thumbs up:

RunawayTrane

February 22nd, 2009, 01:37 PM

School's bout to start yall

Maceo Parker - School's In
SOUL | WAV | CUE | LOG | COVERS | 584MB | 57:43
BHM 2005

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Alto saxophonist Maceo Parker will forever be known as James Brown's main horn man, and his gritty sax playing with the likes of Bootsy Collins and Prince has made him the dean of funk, a man who helped build the genre from the ground up, starting with "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag." That new bag is now 40 years old here, and although Parker's solo projects have never gotten the same attention as his side jobs, it is startling to realize that School's In! is his ninth solo album. Parker knows that the groove is the thing, and working the groove to death is his main goal, so being up to date, current, and innovative doesn't concern him very much, which is why School's In! sounds so wonderfully refreshing, and is arguably his most complete effort since 1992's Life on Planet Groove. Recorded in the studio with his touring band, the album has a loose, bright feel, grounded, of course, by Parker's brand of jazz-tinged soul funk. Highlights include long, muscular sax workouts on "Basic Funk: 101" and the Jackson 5's "ABC," both of which stretch out to over eight minutes in length, and Parker's vocal duet with fellow alto sax player (and fellow Prince alum) Candy Dilfer on Sam Cooke's "What a Wonderful World." Morris Hayes adds some nice counter piano on the soul-jazzy "Arts & Crafts," while the album's instrumental ballad, "Song for My Teacher," hints at what Parker can do in the jazz department should he ever choose to transfer there. The track that will undoubtedly get the most media attention is "What Do You Know About Funk?," which includes a mid-tempo rap from Parker's son, Corey Parker. Unfortunately it is the least interesting thing on the album, maybe because funk has never been much about words and entirely about making the ground shake at the mercy of the almighty groove. What you say isn't as important as what you do in the world of funk, and Maceo Parker has always known what to do. Thank God he's still doing it. ~ Steve Leggett, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. To Be Or Not To Be
02. Basic Funk: 101
03. What You Know About Funk?
04. ABC
05. Song For My Teacher
06. Speed Reading (It-si-bi-ya)
07. What A Wonderful World
08. Arts & Crafts
09. Advanced Funk
10. I'm Gonna Teach You

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Blaq

February 22nd, 2009, 01:45 PM

RunawayTrane

February 23rd, 2009, 02:27 AM

TV On The Radio - Return To Cookie Mountain
ALTERNATIVE | FLAC | CUE | LOG | COVERS | 489MB | 75:56
Interscope 2006

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As passionate as ever, but now with a little more polish, TV on the Radio's second album (and Interscope debut), Return to Cookie Mountain, is their most satisfying work since they exploded onto the scene with Young Liars. More than some of their indie rock peers, TV on the Radio seems comfortable on a major label. They've always been a band with a big, unapologetically ambitious sound, and on Return to Cookie Mountain, they give that sound room to breathe with a lush, expansive production. The sonic depth throughout the album is a sharp contrast with the density of their first full-length, Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes, which was so jam-packed with sounds and ideas that it was nearly suffocated by them. However, Return to Cookie Mountain is hardly slick or dumbed-down for mass consumption. In fact, the opening track, "I Was a Lover," is one of the band's most challenging songs yet, mixing a stuttering hip-hop beat with guitars of Loveless proportions and juxtaposing inviting vocal harmonies and horns with glitches and trippy sitars. "Playhouses" is only slightly less radical, with its wildly syncopated drumming and Tunde Adepimbe's layered, impassioned singing. At times, Return to Cookie Mountain threatens to become more impressive than likeable — a complaint that could also arguably be leveled against Desperate Youth as well — but fortunately, TV on the Radio reconnects with, and builds on, the intimacy and purity that made Young Liars so striking. David Bowie's backing vocals on "Province" are only one part of the song's enveloping warmth, rather than its focal point, while the album's centerpiece, "A Method," is another beautiful example of the band's haunting update on doo wop. Meanwhile, the mention of "the needle/the dirty spoon" on "Tonight" cements it as a gorgeous but unsettling urban elegy. As with all their other work, on Return to Cookie Mountain TV on the Radio deals with the fallout of living in a post-9/11 world; politics and morality are still touchstones for the band, particularly on the anguished "Blues from Down Here" and "Hours," on which Adepimbe urges, "Now listen to the truth." Notably, though, the album builds on the hopeful, or at least living for the moment, vibe that emerged at the end of Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes. The sexy, funky "Wolf Like Me," which is the closest the album gets to rock in any conventional sense of the term, and "Dirtywhirl," which spins together images of girls and hurricanes, offer erotic escapes. And by the time the epic final track, "Wash the Day," revisits the sitars that opened the album with a serene, hypnotic groove, Return to Cookie Mountain gives the most complete representation of the hopes, joys, and fears within TV on the Radio's music. ~ Heather Phares, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. I Was a Lover
02. Hours
03. Province
04. Playhouses
05. Wolf Like Me
06. A Method
07. Let the Devil In
08. Dirtywhirl
09. Blues from Down Here
10. Tonight
11. Wash the Day
12. [silence]
13. [silence]
14. [silence]
15. [silence]
16. [silence]
17. [silence]
18. [silence]
19. [silence]
20. [silence]
21. [silence]
22. [silence]
23. [silence]
24. [silence]
25. [silence]
26. [studio junk]
27. Snakes and Martyrs
28. Hours
29. Things You Can Do

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zacki

February 23rd, 2009, 05:46 AM

Lowrell - Lowrell (1979)

Vinyl-Rip|Wav|Covers
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01. Out Of Breath
02. You're Playing Dirty
03. Overdose
04. Mellow Mellow Right On (Vocal & Instrumental)
05. Smooth And Wild

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RunawayTrane

February 24th, 2009, 01:27 AM

Bump for the ol' skool heads. Bumpin' "Rock The World." :yes:

Props, Run. :553:

Still get a kick out of Freddie Jackson looking all tough on the cover
:angry:

:498:

RunawayTrane

February 24th, 2009, 11:29 AM

Just-Ice - Kool & Deadly (Justicizms)
RAP | FLAC | CUE | LOG | COVERS | 297MB | 46:39
Sleeping Bag 1987

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Subtitled "Justicizms," this album boasts one of the ugliest covers ever -- a close up of Just-Ice's snarling gold dental work -- and the sounds included are equally harsh. Producer KRS-One does not try and emulate Kurtis Mantronic's high-tech polyrhythms and samples, instead he strips the sound right back and keeps things very raw: at times there's little more here than Just-Ice's gruff vocals and the sound of a wheezing drum machine. Some old school fans rate this as the best album by the artist simply because it is so remorseless and raw. Perhaps the trick for newcomers is to check this album first and, if it interests you, then go to Back to the Old School for desert. Fans of KRS-One will want to own the record simply to hear him and Just-Ice trading rhymes on "Moshitup." The standout track is "Going Way Back," where Just-Ice rasps one of the first hip-hop history lessons and dares you to disagree that Brooklyn is where it all began. Ruff stuff. ~ Garth Cartwright, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Going Way Back
02. The Original Gangster of Hiphop
03. Freedom of Speech
04. Moshitup
05. Kool & Deadly
06. On the Strength
07. Lyric Licking
08. Booga Bandit Bitch
09. Freedom of Speech '88 (12 inch)

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zacki

February 26th, 2009, 09:16 PM

Rick James Presents Bobby M - Blow (1982)

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01. Alto Man
02. Let's Stay Together
03. How Do You Feel Tonight
04. Blow
05. Redliner
06. A Little Song For You
07. Charlie's Backbeat
08. Rome Tones

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papaprada

February 26th, 2009, 11:12 PM

RunawayTrane

February 27th, 2009, 12:07 AM

Cassandra Wilson - Dance To The Drums Again
VOCAL | FLAC | CUE | COVERS | 304MB | 52:17
DIW 1992

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On this early-1990s release, guitarist Jean-Paul Bourelly began a string of increasingly sympathetic producers. Production, and judicious instrumentation, are crucial to Cassandra Wilson's deep, arch aesthetic. Here, her smoky voice finds a casual, sensuous, tenor-sax richness amid Bourelly's electric-guitar riffing. Her singing suggests many inspirations. Betty Carter and Nina Simone, certainly, but Ella, Sarah, and Billy echo in her poise, personality, and stylishness. Dinah Washington and Carmen McRae come to mind as well. Also formative were Wilson's 1980s contributions to New York's M-Base collective. They involved exploration of all the African-American musics then afloat. M-Base also was committed to artistic self-definition. Here, 6 of the 10 selections are by Wilson, including "Don't Look Back," one of her several anthems of black resilience. --Peter Monaghan, Amazon.com

A collaboration with guitarist Jean-Paul Bourelly; they produced and wrote nearly everything together. But Bourelly's guitar stays in the background, except on his worried, much-processed solos (recalling Hendrix at his most introspective). Otherwise, a mostly empty canvas with bass, percussion and touches of synth leaves maximum space for Wilson's unhurried, full-throated voicings ("Amazing Grace"). A few tracks based on programmed drums recall the spare grace of Nona Hendryx's SkinDiver ("Rhythm On My My Mind"), but the record's just as reminiscent of smoky nightclub jazz ("Another Rainy Day," with James Weidman on piano). Sonically nothing like the abstract agita of Wilson's M-Base cohorts, but it's conceptually akin in collapsing past and future with no regard for pigeonholes. Though Wilson's reputation is based on mystique and mood (and there's plenty of each here), she's also quite a songwriter (the offhanded groove "Melanin Song"), which is harder to detect on her later, cover-heavy releases. ---David Bertrand Wilson, WARR.org

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Melanin Song
02. Don't Look Back
03. Rhythm on My Mind
04. Wonders of Your Love
05. Nothin' But a Thang
06. I Will Be There
07. Just Keep Thinking of Eubay
08. Another Rainy Day
09. Amazing Grace
10. Dance to the Drummer Again

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Najee - Najee's Theme
JAZZ | WAV | CUE | LOG | ART | 487MB | 44:01
EMI 1986

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Najee pieces together a few R&B classics with his own original compositions and puts them together and makes this a wonderful debut. Najee displays technically superb music craftmanship. This album may very well be his best. Whether it is or not, it presents itself as the perfect introduction/primer to smooth jazz. --RunawaySlave, BGOL.com

~ TRACKLISTING ~

1. Feel So Good to Me
2. Najee's Theme
3. For the Love of You
4. Can't Hide Love
5. We're Still Family
6. Sweet Love
7. Betcha Don't Know
8. What You Do to Me
9. Mysterious

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RunawayTrane

February 27th, 2009, 02:26 AM

Tania Maria - Outrageous
JAZZ | WAV | CUE | COVERS | 559 MBS | 54:49
Concord Picante 1993

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In world of musical clones, Tania Maria stands out as a true original. The native of Brazil has created her own effervescent musical style from elements of Brazilian samba and bossa nova, funk, pop and jazz music. Igniting the highly combustible combination with her blistering piano playing, acrobatic voice, fiery songwriting and charismatic, electrifying energy. Something of a Latino-tinged version of Al Jarreau. Tania Maria sticks mostly to Brazilian pop on this concise and highly dancable album. Unlike other outings, most of the emphasis is placed on her vocals this time around. Arguably, it's not her strongest suit, but even on a bad day, she can crank out tunes with the best of them. Her scats rank up there with the all time greats. She even throws a rap into the mix on the track "Happiness". But it's not strictly a dance album, Maria slows the tempo down to a simmering, slow groove on several songs. If have the good fortune of tuning into Outrageous, come prepared to move your body, because whether it's fast Latin funk or slow Brazilian grooves, the music jumps up at you from the opening track. Fast or slow, it doesn't matter what language you speak, Tania Maria speaks the universal language of music. --RunawaySlave, Unda The Radar

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Dear Dee Vee
02. Confusion
03. She's Outrageous
04. Bom Bom Bom Tchi Tchi Tchi
05. Happiness
06. Amei Demais
07. Ta Tudo Certo
08. I Can Do It
09. Minha Mae
10. Happiness 2
11. Granada
12. Granada Vignette

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Donna Summer - She Works Hard For The Money
R&B | FLAC | CUE | LOG | COVERS | 247MB | 42:06
Casablanca 1983

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Donna Summer's brassy, matter-of-fact mezzo does not play the sexy sanctified diva, and her musicians' crisp, loud beats don't evoke rapture or delirium. Instead, she and her rhythm men live up to the title of "She Works Hard for the Money." Here's praise for a waitress' 12-hour workday that sums up Summer's own post-dance queen job status, as well as disco fans' own spotlighted lives and maintains the pressure, from the steel-and-synth riffs of "Stop, Look & Listen" to the impatient tenderness of "People, People." No one writes about love with as mesmeric a sense of wonder as Summer confesses in "Love Has a Mind of Its Own," "Unconditional Love," and "I Do Believe (I Fell in Love)." ~ Michael Freedberg, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. She Works Hard For The Money
02. Stop, Look And Listen
03. He's A Rebel
04. Woman
05. Unconditional Love
06. Love Has A Mind Of Its Own
07. Tokyo
08. People, People
09. I Do Believe (I Fell In Love)

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Blaq

February 27th, 2009, 12:11 PM

Roy Ayers Ubiquity
A Tear To A Smile
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist

1. 2000 Black
2. Magic Lady
3. Show Us A Feeling
4. Ebony Blaze
5. Time And Space
6. No Question
7. The Way Of The World
8. The Old One Two (Move To Groove)
9. Miles (Love's Silent Dawn)
10. A Tear To A Smile

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412MB

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One of the best early soul albums by Roy Ayers! Roy's working here with Dee Dee Bridgewater, Edwin Birdsong, William Allen, Harry Whitaker, and other hip players -- a perfect crew to forge Roy's unique blend of jazz and soul. This is perhaps the first record to really have Roy stretching out in this mode -- moving more fully away from funky jazz, into a ream of vocal tracks that would make him one of the most unique artists of the 70s. Features righteous cuts like "2000 Black", "Ebony Blaze", "Time & Space", and "A Tear To A Smile" -- plus the mellow "Magic Lady", and a great remake of Earth Wind & Fire's "That's The Way Of The World".

Dusty Groove

Biography by Richard S. Ginell

Once one of the most visible and winning jazz vibraphonists of the 1960s, then an R&B bandleader in the 1970s and '80s, Roy Ayers' reputation is now that of one of the prophets of acid jazz, a man decades ahead of his time.

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Blaq

February 27th, 2009, 12:19 PM

Rick James Presents Bobby M - Blow (1982)

Donna Summer - She Works Hard For The Money
R&B | FLAC | CUE | LOG | COVERS | 247MB | 42:06
Casablanca 1983

Good lookin' on these. One is out of print & the other is an import. So they're not easy to come by. Thanks! :553:

RunawayTrane

February 27th, 2009, 12:42 PM

Common - Thisisme Then
RAP | WAV | CUE | LOG | COVERS | 692MB | 67:54
Relativity/Legacy 2007

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REVIEW (http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/47247-thisisme-then-the-best-of-common)

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Take It Ez
02. Breaker 1-9
03. Soul by the Pound
04. Charms Alarm
05. Heidi Hoe
06. I Used to Love H.E.R.
07. Book of Life
08. Resurrection
09. Thisisme
10. Retrospect for Life
11. Reminding Me (Of Sef)
12. All Night Long
13. G.O.D. (Gaining One's Definit
14. Stolen Moments, Pt. 3
15. High Expectations

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excel

February 27th, 2009, 05:00 PM

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Faith Evans - Faith

Format: FLAC
Size: 406 MB

1 Faith (Interlude)
2 No Other Love
3 Fallin' In Love
4 Ain't Nobody
5 You Are My Joy (Interlude)
6 Love Don't Live Here Anymore
7 Come Over
8 Soon As I Get Home
9 All This Love
10 Thank You Lord (Interlude)
11 You Used To Love Me
12 Give It To Me
13 You Don't Understand
14 Don't Be Afraid
15 Reasons
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RunawayTrane

February 28th, 2009, 01:52 AM

Floetry - Flo'Ology
SOUL | WAV | CUE | LOG | ART | 630 | 54:30
DreamWorks 2005

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Following their successful live album, Floetry returned to the studio after some much needed rest from constant touring and album-making. Relaxed and very much reenergized, Floetry then issued Flo'Ology, which rises to the top of the list as one of the best things the group has ever released. The blueprint pretty much stays the same: tasteful, funky neo-soul grooves blended with emotive R&B crooning and spoken word poetry. But there's a much-needed sense of refinement to their style and vocal delivery this time around, a hint of maturity that was lost on their debut and subsequent releases. The ferocity that made Floetic the album of the neo-soul jet set has been replaced by a calmer, more introspective duo confident of their abilities and -- most importantly -- understanding when to restrain themselves from becoming just another cookie-cutter R&B group (check out "Lay Down" for the best example of this discipline). The one thing detracting from Flo'Ology is the length of the songs, with many of them bordering on or exceeding the five-minute mark; combined with the repetition of themes, this length tends to drag down and unnecessarily carry songs on longer than they should, but that's a trivial complaint considering all of the fine-tuning, general improvement, and overall quality boost that Flo'Ology delivers from start to finish. ~ Rob Theakston, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Blessed 2 Have
02. SupaStar
03. Closer
04. My Apology
05. Let Me In
06. Lay Down
07. Feelings
08. Sometimes U Make Me Smile
09. I'll Die
10. Imagination
11. I Want U

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zacki

February 28th, 2009, 07:21 AM

After 7 - After 7 (1989)

CD-Rip|Wav|Cue|Log|Covers
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01. Don't Cha' Think
02. Heat Of The Moment
03. Can't Stop
04. My Only Woman
05. Loves Been So Nice
06. One Night
07. Ready Or Not
08. Sayonara

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excel

February 28th, 2009, 12:28 PM

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Aaliyah - I Care For You

Format: FLAC
Size: 400 MB

1.Back & Forth
2.Are You That Somebody
3.One in a Million
4.I Care 4 U
5.More Than a Woman
6.Don\'t Know What to Tell Ya
7.Try Again
8.All I Need
9.Miss You
10.Don\'t Worry
11.Come Over (featuring Tank)
12.Erica Kane
13.At Your Best
14.Got to Give It Up (remix)

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Blaq

February 28th, 2009, 10:08 PM

Cameo
She's Strange
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist

1. She's Strange
2. Love You Anyway
3. Talkin' Out The Side Of Your Neck
4. Tribute To Bob Marley
5. Groove With You
6. Hangin' Downtown
7. Lé Ve Toi!

WAV
350MB

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Review

By 1984, African-American popular music had become extremely high tech. The horn-powered funk bands that were huge in the 1970s were out of style, and young audiences were demanding hip-hop, electro-funk, and urban contemporary — not horn bands that sounded like the Ohio Players or Tower of Power circa 1975. Horn bands were still in vogue only in the home of the go-go explosion: Washington, DC. But these changes in the marketplace didn't hurt Cameo; both commercially and creatively, 1984's She's Strange was a winner. Thankfully, Cameo leader Larry Blackmon isn't afraid to try different things on this excellent album. The mysterious title song (a major hit) and the sociopolitical "Talking Out the Side of Your Neck" find Cameo responding to hip-hop's popularity by including a lot of rapping, while "Lé Ve Toi!" is very rock-minded — it's still funk, but funk laced with lots of rock. "Tribute to Bob Marley" is a reggae gem that salutes the Jamaican legend, and "Hangin' Downtown" is a smooth, jazzy number with a definite quiet storm appeal. When She's Strange soared up Billboard's R&B albums chart, one had to admire Cameo's durability. Other bands that had emerged in the 1970s were hurting, but with She's Strange, Cameo had no problem maintaining both its freshness and its popularity.

All Music Guide, Alex Henderson

excel

February 28th, 2009, 11:13 PM

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Keyshia Cole - The Way It Is

Format: FLAC
Size: 350 MB

1 (I Just Want It) To Be Over (4:01)
2 I Changed My Mind (3:19)
3 Love, I Thought You Had My Back (4:10)
4 I Should Have Cheated (5:28)
5 Guess What? (3:45)
6 Love (4:15)
7 You've Changed (4:17)
8 We Could Be (3:11)
9 Situations (4:46)
10 Down And Dirty (3:52)
11 Superstar (3:48)
12 Never

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RunawayTrane

March 1st, 2009, 02:32 AM

The System - Xperiment/Pleasure Seekers
R&B | FLAC | CUE | LOG | COVERS | 441MB | 70:57
Wounded Bird 2005

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X-Periment
The System's sophomore album set the Big Apple duo well apart from the growing pack of electro-dance duos that proliferated in the mid-'80s. While Mic Murphy made a distinctive and soulful frontman, it was keyboardist David Frank's mastery of studio technology that gave the System its edge; X-Periment showed that his only rivals in creating the hip-hop-flavored dance music of the day were producers Arthur Baker and John Robie. The supple grooves here wiggle well beyond the disco lockstep of the band's debut, and the incredibly busy mixes make for consistently entertaining listening. If there's a weakness, it's that, as on the first album, the melodies are often sketchy, and songs like "Dangerous" lean too heavily on Frank's studio wizardry. However, X-Periment also contains two of the System's best-ever tunes, both written with guest guitarist (and Madonna sideman) Paul Pesco. "Promises Can Break" is a sweet showcase for Murphy, tipping the group's trademark balance between hi-tech and humanity firmly in favor of the latter, and "I Wanna Make You Feel Good" is even better, a far superior rethink of "You Are in My System," the band's big hit from its debut. Beneath the layers of squiggly synths and cracking electronic percussion is a Prince-ly pop song that deserved to be a breakout hit -- something that eluded the System until 1987's more restrained "Don't Disturb This Groove." ~ Dan LeRoy, All Music Guide

The Pleasure Seekers
The System's scintillating synth tonal accents seemed to mirror the quicksilver 80s era ascendancy of the microchip in every facet of everyday life. The pioneering synth duo of keyboardist David Frank and singer Mic Murphy first came to fame for their innovative dance single "You Are In My System" and had a 1987 hit with "Don't Disturb This Groove." On their 1985 album The Pleasure Seekers, The System continue to shape and influence synth-based R&B/pop music. The duo performed the propulsive title track single on an episode of the hit NBC series Miami Vice. The smooth, warm "This For You" could be described as a mid-tempo forerunner to "Don't Disturb This Groove." Other standouts are "Big City Beat," "It Takes Two," "Love Wont Wait," and "I Don't Run From Danger." The Pleasure Seekers was reissued on CD in 2000 as a Japanese import by WEA International. During the same month, The System's Orpheus Music/Avex USA debut album ESP was released. ~ Ed Hogan, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. I Wanna Make You Feel Good
02. Dangerous
03. Lollipops and Everything
04. Get Jumpin'
05. Escape
06. Promises Can Break
07. X-Periment
08. Bad Girl
09. I Can't Take Losing You
10. The Pleasure Seekers
11. It Takes 2
12. Big City Beat
13. Love Won't Wait for Lovin'
14. This Is for You
15. My Radio Rocks
16. Did in by a Friend
17. I Don't Run From Danger

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excel

March 1st, 2009, 02:41 AM

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Kanye West - 808s & Heartbreak

Format: FLAC
Size: 476 MB

1. Say You Will
2. Welcome To Heartbreak (feat. Kid Cudi)
3. Heartless
4. Amazing (feat. Young Jeezy)
5. Love Lockdown
6. Paranoid (feat. Mr. Hudson)
7. RoboCop
8. Street Lights
9. Bad News
10. See You In My Nightmares (feat. Lil Wayne)
11. Coldest Winter
12. Pinocchio Story (Freestyle Live from Singapore)

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RunawayTrane

March 1st, 2009, 02:08 PM

The System - Don't Disturb This Groove
R&B | FLAC | CUE | LOG | COVERS | 323MB | 49:02
Atlantic 1987

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The title cut was Mic Murphy and David Frank's greatest record, a catchy title, decent vocals, and outstanding rhythm track, making it both a club and radio staple throughout 1987. It was also a high water mark for their techno-funk; this was their last record to make such an impact. Techno-funk was being supplanted by hip-hop, dancehall, New Jack Swing, house and hip-house. But while it lasted, Murphy and Frank were on the R&B throne. ~ Ron Wynn, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Don't Disturb This Groove
02. Come as You Are (Superstar)
03. Save Me
04. Heart Beat of the City
05. Groove
06. Nighttime Lover
07. House of Rhythm
08. Didn't I (Blow Your Mind)
09. Soul Boy
10. Modern Girl

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excel

March 1st, 2009, 03:13 PM

Fellas... I need your advice. I came across a couple of my vinyl rips. But I'm not sure if I should post cuz you can still hear some of the pops/hiss inherent in vinyl. I wish I knew how to clean it up.

Anyone know of any software I can use to clean them up? If not, should I post anyway??

:dunno:

RunawayTrane

March 2nd, 2009, 01:07 AM

Earl Klugh - Finger Paintings (MFSL)
JAZZ | WAVPACK | CUE | LOG | COVERS | 188MB | 36:45
Blue Note 1978 (Remastered)

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Acoustic guitarist Earl Klugh has always had an appealing sound, but so many of his recordings are sleepy affairs that do not raise themselves above the level of background music. This early session definitely falls into that category, and its reissue as a Blue Note CD reminds one of the swift decline of that label in the 1970s. The melodic music that Klugh creates is quite pleasant but little more than that, and the accompaniment by fellow guitarist Lee Ritenour, an anonymous-sounding rhythm section, and occasional horns and strings gives listeners no real reason to wake up. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

1. Dr. Macumba
2. Long Ago and Far Away
3. Cabo Frio
4. Keep Your Eye on the Sparrow
5. Catherine
6. Dance with Me
7. Jolanta
8. Summer Song
9. This Time

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zacki

March 2nd, 2009, 01:46 PM

Jeffrey Osborne (1982)

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01. New Love
02. Eenie Meenie
03. I Really Don't Need No Light
04. On The Wings OF Love
05. Ready For Your Love
06. Who You Talkin' To
07. You Were Made To Love
08. Ain't Nothin' Missin'
09. Baby
10. Congratulations

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RunawayTrane

March 3rd, 2009, 01:38 AM

India.Arie - Testimony: Volume 2
R&B | WAVPACK | CUE | LOG | PNG ARTWORK | 495MB | 53:01
Soulbird 2009

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Chuck D called hip-hop the black CNN. For India Arie Simpson, R&B is the black Huffington Post-a place for a famous lady to air a liberal's laundry list of gripes and dreams. On her fourth disc, she takes on global poverty, gangsta rap and (um, timing?) George W. Bush, over elegant, searching grooves that gussy up her understated "acoustic soul" with gospel, hip-hop, blues, Middle Eastern and West African accoutrement. Her plush, earthy voice drips empathy, but Arie's expressions of solidarity with the wretched of the Earth can be clumsy-she covers a Sade song about how the struggles of Somalis and Rwandans "hurt like brand-new shoes," and she thanks God for sculpting her from the same clay as "the most anonymous." She's on her smoldering game during the candlelit relationship ballads that comprise half of the album's love/politics division and even if she's not there yet as a poet of the dispossessed, she's overreaching in the right direction. --Jon Dolan, BLENDER

TRACKLISTING
01. Intro: Grains
02. Therapy
03. Ghetto
04. Chocolate High
05. He Heals Me
06. Interlude: Grains
07. Pearls
08. River Rise
09. Yellow
10. Better Way
11. Interlude: Grains
12. Long Goodbye
13. Psalms 23
14. The Cure
15. Outro: Grains
16. A Beautiful Day

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Blaq

March 3rd, 2009, 01:46 AM

Don't usually do this. If you like it, you should cop it

India.Arie - Testimony: Volume 2
R&B | FLAC | CUE | COVERS | 381MB | 56:57
Soulbird 2009

Nice drop, Run. Got an MP3 version that I haven't peeped yet, but will now. Will def cop if it's as good as her others.

Blaq

March 3rd, 2009, 01:53 AM

Btw, just saw where she did one of my favorite Sade cuts, "Pearls". I went to see Sade on the "Lovers Rock" tour and India opened (although I missed her. Her set was short & I thought she didn't perform until I read the review in the paper the next day.) Prior to the show she was on the radio & mentioned that she had never really listened to Sade before. :surprised-004: This was in 2001. I was surprised by that.

RunawayTrane

March 4th, 2009, 01:02 AM

Malcolm X (Original Soundtrack)
SOUNDTRACK | FLAC | CUE | LOG | COVERS | 442MB | 50:04
Qwest 1992

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Co-produced by Spike Lee and Quincy Jones, and released on Jones' label, the soundtrack to Lee's Malcolm X includes a number of artists contemporary to Malcolm X's movement, as well as his growing-up years, to some degree. The album is primarily notable for the quality of the jazz presented (Lionel Hampton's arguably best-known song, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington, John Coltrane...). As though that weren't enough, there's also a good dosage of jump blues in Big Joe Turner, Louis Jordan, and Ray Charles. Also, two new tracks were written/performed specifically for the album, Arrested Development's "Revolution" (made soon after their success with 3 years, 5 months..., and prior to their commercial failure in Zingalamaduni) and Aretha Franklin's "Someday We'll All Be Free." This is quite a black-based album (as well it should be, given the subject), and some of the best of black music from the times encompassed by the movie is presented. Even aside from any ties to the movie, the album makes for a nice little compilation of pre-bop jazz and blues ~ Adam Greenberg, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Revolution - Arrested Development
02. Roll 'Em Pete - Joe Turner
03. Flying Home - Lionel Hampton
04. My Prayer - The Ink Spots
05. Big Stuff - Billie Holiday
06. Don't Cry Baby - Erskine Hawkins
07. Beans And Cornbread - Louis Jordan
08. Azure - Ella Fitzgerald
09. Alabama - John Coltrane
10. That Lucky Old Sun Just Rolls Around Heaven - Ray Charles
11. Arabesque Cookie - Duke Ellington
12. Shotgun - Jr. Walker & The All Stars
13. Someday We'll All Be Free - Aretha Franklin

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RunawayTrane

March 5th, 2009, 12:58 AM

Labelle - Nightbirds
R&B | WAV | CUE | LOG | COVERS | 378MB | 36:07
Epic 1974

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A 70s crossover classic, and the album the put LaBelle over the top! The mighty Allen Toussaint is at the helm for this first Epic album to feature the trio of Patti LaBelle, Nona Hendryx, and Sarah Dash -- and he really helps the group find an amazing new sound after their somewhat rougher, rootsier efforts for Warner Brothers! The new groove has plenty of Toussaint's New Orleans rhythms in the mix -- but the overall sound is a bit smoother too -- kind of a classy, clubby take on the Crescent City sound -- one that still sounds wonderful after all these years. Most tunes have a vamping rhythm and lots of great electric piano -- and titles include the massive hit "Lady Marmalade", the great title track "Nightbirds" -- and "Space Children", "All Girl Band", "You Turn Me On", "What Can I Do For You?", and "It Took A Long Time". © 1996-2009, Dusty Groove America, Inc.

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Lady Marmelade
02. Somebody Somewhere
03. Are You Lonely?
04. It Took A Long Time
05. Don't Bring Me Down
06. What Can I Do For You?
07. Nightbird
08. Space Children
09. All Girl Band
10. You Turn Me On

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RunawayTrane

March 5th, 2009, 02:57 AM

Michael Jackson - Invincible
POP | FLAC | CUE | LOG | ART | 539MB | 77:08
Epic 2001

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Jackson's obsession with fame, his grotesque life magnified by his grotesque wealth, are such an offense to rock aesthetes that the fact that he's a great musician is now often forgotten. I use the present tense because (a) his skills seem undiminished and (b) as only Frank Kogan has listened dispassionately enough to remark, he's doing new stuff with them--his funk is steelier and his ballads are airier, both to disquieting effect. At 78 minutes this is too long, and especially given his history, "The Lost Children" is offensive. But the first three tracks are the Rodney Jerkins of the year, "2000 Watts" is the Teddy Riley of the past five years, and even the prunables offer small surprises. Don't believe the hype matters. A- ~ Robert Christgau, RobertChristgau.com

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Unbreakable
02. Heartbreaker
03. Invincible
04. Break of Dawn
05. Heaven Can Wait
06. You Rock My World
07. Butterflies
08. Speechless
09. 2000 Watts
10. You Are My Life
11. Privacy
12. Don't Walk Away
13. Cry
14. The Lost Children
15. Whatever Happens
16. Threatened

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RunawayTrane

March 5th, 2009, 10:55 AM

Made a post for lossless conversion tools in the tech forum. So if you need a little help ripping files, this may help in getting you started:

http://synciti.net/forum/showthread.php?t=10273

RunawayTrane

March 5th, 2009, 04:55 PM

Found this on a blog while searching for Natty Dread from the Charlie Hunter 4. Never found that album,
but this is a decent consolation. Very nice blog too (similar to mine except most of it is MP3 format

Ronnie Laws - True Spirit
JAZZ | FLAC | CUE | LOG | COVERS | 253MB | 37:37
PAR 1989

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Good late 80's work from Smooth Jazz saxophonist Ronnie Laws. Co-produced by Wayne Henderson (of Crusaders fame) who also contributed an original composition, "Virgin Winds". With contributions from Nathan East (Bass), Joe Sample (Piano), Bobby Lyle (Piano), Larry Dunn (Bass) and Leon "Ndugu" Chancler (Drums).

~ TRACKLISTING ~

1. Gotta Say Goodbye
2. Love This Way Again
3. Virgin Winds
4. From A Glance
5. Song For Hiram
6. Heart Station
7. Favorite Love
8. Imo

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RunawayTrane

March 6th, 2009, 12:14 AM

From the same blog as my previous post

Hiroshima - The Bridge
JAZZ | FLAC | CUE | ART | 338MB | 51:07
Heads Up 2003

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Few bands have so artfully and appealingly blended pop, R&B, jazz and world music over the past few decades as this East L.A.-bred ensemble, Hiroshima, which enters the new millennium with a set that draws on everything from old-school soul to Les McCann to the Japanese traditions so dear to its heart. Heads Up will no doubt market this as a smooth jazz project, but only a few tracks are middle of the road enough to truly qualify. The best of these, the lilting and inspirational "Believe," balances Terry Steele's seductive soul vocals with the exotic touches of bandleader Dan Kuramoto's breathy alto flute and June Kuramoto's trademark koto. "Another Wish" also captures the dreamy side of their artistry. That's part of the secret of Hiroshima's success; even at their mellowest, there's still a feast for globally attuned ears. Then when they go funky, as on the horn driven "Shaka Phonk," there are always June's glistening strings floating beyond the groove. The disc begins with a tune ("Eternal Phoenix") that offers a colorful hodgepodge of all their best elements, from ancient chimes and flutes to hypnotic percussion, modern grooving and distant, crunchy fusion guitars. The band has gone through various female lead vocalists but does even better with Terry Steele, who creates appealing updates of classic Isley Brothers and George Benson tunes. ~ Jonathan Widran, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Eternal Phoenix
02. Caravan of Love
03. Shaka Phonk
04. Believe
05. Revelation
06. Another Wish
07. I Just Wanna Hang Around You
08. Manzanar
09. Viven
10. Sanju
11. Seven Rivers

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RunawayTrane

March 7th, 2009, 03:20 AM

THIS IS NOT THE JAZZ MUSICIAN

Eric Gales - Crystal Vision
ROCK | WAV | CUE | LOG | ART | 601MB | 55;50
Blues Bureau International 2006

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When Eric Gales first arrived on the scene, he was being heralded by some as the second coming of Jimi Hendrix. Well, it didn't exactly work out that way, but Gales continues to issue albums, and his playing is still full of funky Hendrix-isms, as evidenced by his 2006 release, Crystal Vision. Longtime Shrapnel Records head Mike Varney lends a hand throughout — co-producing the album with Gales, and co-writing nearly all the songs with him — which results in the exact type of stylistic album you'd expect from the guitarist. This is certainly apparent on such selections as "Are You My Friend" (on which Gales' vocals are the spitting image of Doug Pinnick from King's X), the slow and bluesy "Freedom from My Demons," a cover of "Hush," and the album-opening "Retribution," which sees Gales go the Zeppelin route. Bluesy, Hendrix-y, and funky — sounds about right for a new Eric Gales release. ~ Greg Prato, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Retribution
02. Are You My Friend
03. I Got Me a Woman
04. I Don't Want You Hangin' Around
05. Freedom from My Demons
06. Trouble
07. Crystal Vision
08. Hush
09. Me and My Guitar
10. Plastic Girl
11. Old School
12. That's Just How It Is

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RunawayTrane

March 7th, 2009, 01:17 PM

Fishbone - Truth And Soul
ROCK | FLAC | CUE | COVERS | 334MB | 49:13
CBS 1988

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By 1988, alternative/college rock was becoming a recognizable force in the mainstream. Several bands were big enough to play arenas, and many even earned gold and platinum albums. The tide was clearly changing for such previously misunderstood bands such as Fishbone. Their second full-length release Truth and Soul was issued that year, and remains one of the band's (and the '80s) very best. On past albums, Fishbone's sound was a melting pot of ska, punk, and funk. This time, hard rock has been added to the mix -- especially evident in guitarist Kendall Jones' six-string work, with often-spectacular results. Also, the songwriting has improved tremendously and has become much more focused here. The party anthem "Bonin' in the Boneyard" is one of the band's finest (with superhuman bass work by Norwood Fisher), as is the ska-based "Ma and Pa," and a cover of Curtis Mayfield's early-'70s hit "Freddie's Dead." Also featured are several musically varied tracks that deal with the same topic: racism, past and present ("Deep Inside," "One Day," "Subliminal Fascism," "Slow Bus Movin'," "Ghetto Soundwave"). Truth and Soul remains Fishbone's most consistent album. ~ Greg Prato, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Freddie's Dead
02. Ma and Pa
03. Question of Life
04. Pouring Rain
05. Deep Inside
06. Mighty Long Way
07. Bonin' in the Boneyard
08. One Day
09. Subliminal Fascism
10. Slow Bus Movin' (Howard Beach Party)
11. Ghetto Soundwave
12. Change

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RunawayTrane

March 8th, 2009, 12:51 AM

This was already posted by GoldenBlaq a few weeks ago. Was in the
process of storing it and figured I might as well put it out here.
Posted in one track image file:

Branford Marsalis Quartet - Mo Better Blues
SOUNDTRACK | WAVPACK | CUE | LQ ART | 199MB | 37:47
Columbia 1999

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Although the Spike Lee film Mo' Better Blues had a somewhat absurd ending, its depiction of the jazz life had its accurate moments and the music was generally quite rewarding. A few of the selections on this soundtrack CD are throwaways or filler, but there is also some fine playing by a modern hard bop quintet consisting of trumpeter Terence Blanchard, Branford Marsalis on tenor and soprano, pianist Kenny Kirkland, bassist Robert Hurst, and drummer Jeff "Tain" Watts. It's sure to be a collector's item someday. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

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 (Acapulco version)

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jcsubmit

March 8th, 2009, 07:46 AM

nice listening

RunawayTrane

March 8th, 2009, 11:37 AM

This one only get published in the library

Lizz Wright - The Orchard
VOCAL | FLAC | CUE | LOG | 300DPI | 319 MBS
Verve Forecast 2008

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SAMPLES (http://www.vervemusicgroup.com/artist/releases/default.aspx?pid=11791&aid=4794)

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Coming Home
02. My Heart
03. I Idolize You
04. Hey Mann
05. Another Angel
06. When I Fall
07. Leave Me Standing Alone
08. Speak Your Heart
09. This Is
10. Song for Mia
11. Thank You
12. Strange

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RunawayTrane

March 8th, 2009, 11:48 AM

Lizz Wright - Salt
VOCAL | APE | CUE | ART | 288MB | 50:30
Verve 2003

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Vocalist Lizz Wright delivers jazz that harks back to such luminaries as Nina Simone and Abbey Lincoln on her debut Verve release, Salt. Still in her early twenties, Wright has a warm, dusky voice reminiscent of Cassandra Wilson and similarly to Wilson seems interested in tackling an eclectic mix of jazz standards, traditional folk, and R&B. Early on, a folky afterglow-Latin version of "Afro Blue" takes center stage followed by the gorgeous "Soon as I Get Home," which betters the version from The Wiz. Wright fairs equally well as a songwriter with about half the album filled with her soaring, bluesy ballads. There is a melancholy yet positive '70s vibe that eminates from songs like "Fire," which resonates lyrically as well as melodically much like the personal/sociopolitical writing of another of Wright's obvious inspirations, Terry Callier. Perhaps a little too low-key to register very high on the pop radio scale, but invested with enough sanguine emotionality and chops to make Salt easily recommended to fans of the neo-soul movement. ~ Matt Collar, All Music Guide

SAMPLE (http://www.vervemusicgroup.com/artist/releases/default.aspx?pid=10756&aid=4794)

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Open Your Eyes, You Can Fly
02. Salt
03. Afro Blue
04. Soon As I Get Home
05. Walk with Me, Lord
06. Eternity
07. Goodbye
08. Vocalise/End of the Line
09. Fire
10. Blue Rose
11. Lead the Way
12. Silence

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RunawayTrane

March 8th, 2009, 12:11 PM

Lizz Wright - Dreaming Wide Awake
VOCAL | APE | CUE | 300DPI | 286MB | 49:33
Verve 2005

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The smoky, sizzlingly soulful rural Georgian created an immediate and well-deserved critical firestorm with her 2003 debut Salt; the L.A. Times wasn't overstating it when they said, "She walked onstage at the Hollywood Bowl a virtual unknown...Fifteen minutes later, she walked off a star." Like her more (so far, but maybe not for long) renowned labelmate Diana Krall, Lizz Wright is a brilliant interpreter who can cover rock classics (Neil Young's "Old Man," the Youngbloods' "Get Together") as if they were fresh new generational statements, and even give an emotional urgency to fluffy classics like "A Taste of Honey" (done all swampy here). She even works wonders with her transcendent twist on Ella Jenkins' "Wake Up Little Sparrow," turning the tune into a meditation on the bluesy realities of love. But she is also an inspired songwriter in her own "wright," creating the resonating and heartrending, Norah Jones-like "Hit the Ground," with Jones' writer Jesse Harris, and other instantly seductive tracks like a soaring "Trouble" (the first song she ever wrote on guitar) and hauntingly dark title tune. These latter two, easily on par with the original material, shouldn't be so deep in the mix, and Wright should definitely include more originals as time goes on. Clearly aware that he has a future legend with a one in a million voice on his hands -- and that anything getting in the way of that intimate emotional connection would be criminal -- producer Craig Street provides only the sparsest and down-home of productions. ~ Jonathan Widran, All Music Guide

SAMPLE (http://www.vervemusicgroup.com/artist/releases/default.aspx?pid=11272&aid=4794)

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. A Taste of Honey
02. Stop
03. Hit the Ground
04. When I Close My Eyes
05. I'm Confessin'
06. Old Man
07. Wake Up, Little Sparrow
08. Chasing Strange
09. Get Together
10. Trouble
11. Dreaming Wide Awake
12. Without You
13. Narrow Daylight

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RunawayTrane

March 8th, 2009, 12:30 PM

Stephanie Mills - Sweet Sensation
R&B | APE | CUE | COVERS | 231MB | 39:55
20th Century 1980

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Mtume and Lucas retreated to a more standard disco or ballad dichotomy. They did come up with her biggest solo hit, though: "Never Knew Love Like This Before," a bouncy disco number with the bell-like keyboards that Madonna would soon turn into a trademark. Most of the rest of the disc is turned over to ballads ("Still Mine," "Wish You Were Mine," etc.), and the other dance track ("D-a-n-c-i-n'"). Mtume and Lucas wrote five of the eight tracks, with the same band plus Gwen Guthrie on backing vocals.

~ TRACKLISTING ~

1. Sweet Sensation
2. Try My Love
3. I Just Wanna Say
4. Wish That You Were Mine
5. D-a-n-c-i-n'
6. Still Mine
7. Never Knew Love Like This Before
8. Mixture of Love

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Blaq

March 8th, 2009, 01:27 PM

Cameo
The Best Of Cameo
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist

1. Word Up
2. Single Life
3. Candy
4. Shake Your Pants
5. Rigor Mortis
6. Attack Me With Your Love
7. Talkin' Out The Side Of Your Neck
8. Sparkle
9. Back And Forth
10. Flirt
11. She's Strange (12" Rap Version)
12. I Just Want To Be
13. Skin I'm In
14. It's Over

WAV
739MB

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Review

Larry Blackmon and his Cameo mates ruled funk's domain for over a decade. Cameo evolved from its origins as a horn-based and dominated ensemble into a synthesizer-oriented group that still featured sturdy basslines and exuberant vocals, but was in tune with urban and black America's new sensibility. These 14 selections range from the formative cuts "Rigor Mortis," "Shake Your Pants," and "It's Over" to the definitive "Word Up," "Candy," and "Back and Forth." Blackmon's alternately sneering, defiant, and aggressive vocals were the constant from Cameo's beginnings in the 1970s to their emergence as funk's reigning champions in the 1980s.

All Music Guide, Ron Wynn

Blaq

March 8th, 2009, 01:31 PM

Ronnie Laws - True Spirit
JAZZ | FLAC | CUE | LOG | COVERS | 253MB | 37:37
PAR 1989

Hiroshima - The Bridge
JAZZ | FLAC | CUE | ART | 338MB | 51:07
Heads Up 2003

Lizz Wright - The Orchard
VOCAL | FLAC | CUE | LOG | 300DPI | 319 MBS
Verve Forecast 2008

Good looks on all of these, Run. :thumbs up:

Blaq

March 8th, 2009, 01:32 PM

Made a post for lossless conversion tools in the tech forum. So if you need a little help ripping files, this may help in getting you started:

http://synciti.net/forum/showthread.php?t=10273

Good looks, Run. Thanks :553:

RunawayTrane

March 8th, 2009, 03:55 PM

Not really into the electro but....

Morcheeba - The Antidote
ELECTRONICA | FLAC | CUE | LOG | ART | 319MB
Echo UK 2005

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Caressing the listener's cheek with a pleasant, somewhat psychedelic smile, Morcheeba's The Antidote finds the band reborn as a cross between Burt Bacharach and the Jefferson Airplane. There's still that Morcheeba slyness, but the overall sweetness and comfort-giving attitude in these new songs -- plus the band's fresh attitude toward bold, acoustic orchestration -- bring them closer to the world of Swing Out Sister. In other words, the formerly trip-hoppy group is going to lose as many fans as they gain with this one. "Electronica" doesn't apply much anymore and departed vocalist Skye Edwards is replaced by former Noonday Underground member Daisey Martey, a powerfully voiced singer who can still emphasize the subtle playfulness in the hip lyrics (best of the lot: "Vacations in Europe, sensational scents/We made the most of your inheritance" from the excellent "Ten Men"). Funk is forgotten but there's still some soul in Morcheeba's sound, along with that adventurous attitude they've always had. Just when the album threatens to become an Austin Powers soundtrack, "Like a Military Coup" dissolves into "Living Hell," Dark Side of the Moon-style. Despite their ominous titles, both tracks are breezy but brainy "feel-good" pop. This balancing of hippie psychedelia and brassy pop would be a disaster in less crafty hands, but the group pulls it off with sparkle and wit. Conjuring the spirits of Bill Withers, Shirley Bassey, and Grace Slick while retaining that Morcheeba cleverness, The Antidote is both a total curveball and pleasant surprise. ~ David Jeffries, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Wonders Never Cease
02. Ten Men
03. Everybody Loves a Loser
04. Like a Military Coup
05. Living Hell
06. People Carrier
07. Lighten Up
08. Daylight Robbery
09. Antidote
10. God Bless and Goodbye

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Blaq

March 9th, 2009, 02:42 AM

Freddie Jackson
Just Like The First Time
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist

1. Tasty Love
2. Have You Ever Loved Somebody
3. Look Around
4. Jam Tonight
5. Just Like The First Time
6. I Can't Let You Go
7. I Don't Want To Lose Your Love
8. Janay
9. Still Waiting
10. You Are My Love
11. A Little Bit More (with Melba Moore)

WAV
529MB

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Album Pick

"Janay"

WAV / 1411kbps / 50.1MB

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MP3 / 320kbps / 11.3MB

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Review

Freddie Jackson does not lose any momentum with this album. As with his initial project (Rock Me Tonight), he is in excellent company with four Top Ten songs. The initial release, "Tasty Love," has that standard Jackson rhythm arrangement, and the melody and his vocals remain inviting to the listener. This sumptuous single seduced the Billboard R&B charts for 26 weeks, claiming the number one spot for four consecutive weeks. "Have You Have Ever Loved Somebody" is a gracefully flowing midtempo ballad, in spite of its intermittent cadence in the verse. Jackson's passionate vocal execution is an irresistible magnet to the listener. After less than 18 weeks following its release, this single held the number one position on the charts for two weeks. Slightly slower than the aforementioned, "I Don't Want to Lose Your Love" also has a intermittent cadence supported by an appealing hook line. It became a number two single after only 16 weeks. Jackson switches gears and ignites the album with the chart-buster "Jam Tonight." With a bouncy groove, an irresistible rhythm, and lyrics inciting a dancefloor craze, Jackson cruises through this finger-snapping groove. On the charts for 15 weeks, this single also rose to the number one spot. There are no album fillers here — only quality songs.

All Music Guide, Craig Lytle

Biography by Steve Huey

To urban contemporary listeners, Freddie Jackson was one of the biggest stars of the latter half of the '80s, dominating the R&B charts seemingly at will. Jackson's forte was sophisticated, romantic soul ballads aimed at adult audiences, but he was also capable of tackling urban contemporary dance fare and even the occasional jazz tune.

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RunawayTrane

March 10th, 2009, 01:39 AM

Partice Rushen - Haven't You Heard
COMPILATION | FLAC | CUE | LOG | COVER | 490MB | 76:06
Elektra 1996

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Nearly every one of Patrice Rushen's R&B hits -- including the Top Ten singles "Haven't You Heard," "Forget Me Nots," "Feels So Real (Won't Let Go)," and "Watch Out" -- are featured on the single-disc anthology Haven't You Heard: The Best of Patrice Rushen. With the exception of "Watch Out," her only Top 40 hit for Arista, the material is entirely drawn from Rushen's heyday at Elektra, when she was fusing jazz with R&B and pop. The songs on Haven't You Heard represent the high watermark of her fusions, which makes the compilation both an excellent introduction and a comprehensive career retrospective. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Hang It Up
02. When I Found You
03. Haven't You Heard
04. Settle for My Love
05. Givin' It Up Is Givin' Up
06. Look Up!
07. Never Gonna Give You Up
08. Forget Me Nots
09. Breakout!
10. Remind Me
11. Number One [instrumental]
12. Feels So Real (Won't Let Go)
13. Get Off (You Fascinate Me)
14. Watch Out

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RunawayTrane

March 10th, 2009, 09:31 AM

Fishbone - In Your Face (European Edition)
FUSION | FLAC | CUE | COVER | 306MB | 48:55
Columbia 1986

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Fishbone's first full-length release, 1986's In Your Face was a far more focused affair than their self-titled debut EP from 1985, but the band was still honing their original and genre-spanning sound. While it would not be perfected until their 1988 release Truth and Soul, In Your Face remains an important musical stepping stone for Fishbone. Few other bands at the time (perhaps only the Red Hot Chili Peppers) were attempting to merge different musical styles together as they were. Ska, funk, and punk rock are again put into the musical blender this time around, along with often thought-provoking lyrics, resulting in several strong compositions. The opening track "When Problems Arise" is an enjoyable, stomping little ditty for which a rarely aired video clip was filmed, while other highlights include the up-tempo numbers "A Selection" and "Give It Up," the Caribbean-tinged "Cholly," the desperate plea of "I Wish I Had a Date," and the gorgeous ballad "Movement in the Light." Also featured are the funk-workouts "In the Air" and "Knock It," the furious punk-rocker "Simon Says the Kingpin," and the goofy, album-closing instrumental "Post Cold War Politics." ~ Greg Prato, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. When Problems Arise
02. A Selection
03. Cholly
04. I Wish I Had a Date
05. Movement in the Light
06. Give It Up
07. In the Air
08. Turn the Other Way
09. Knock It
10. 'Simon Says' the Kingpin
11. Post Cold War Politics
12. It's A Wonderful Life
13. Slick Nick, You Devil You
14. Iration
15. Just Call Me Scrooge

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Blaq

March 10th, 2009, 05:02 PM

Various Artists
Phat Trax: The Best Of Old School, Vol. 1
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist

1. (Not Just) Knee Deep - Funkadelic
2. Dazz - Brick
3. Firecracker - Mass Production
4. Funkin' for Jamaica - Tom Browne
5. Get Up To Get Down - Brass Construction
6. Gotta Get My Hands on Some (Money) - Fatback
7. Peanut Butter - Twennynine, featuring Lenny White
8. Wide Receiver - Michael Henderson
9. Hit and Run - The Bar-Kays
10. Hyperbolicsyllabicsesquedalymistic - Isaac Hayes

WAV
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Review

Disco and funk combine on Phat Trax: The Best of Old School, Vol. 1, which pays tribute to the sounds that inspired hip-hop. Rolling, voluptuous basslines, uptight guitars, and vibrant brass sections drive tracks like Funkadelic's "(Not Just) Knee Deep," Brass Construction's "Get Up to Get Down," Brick's "Dazz," and Isaac Hayes' "Hyperbolicsyllabicsesquedalymistic," bridging the gap between funk and disco and providing countless rap and hip-hop artists ample material for sampling. Michael Henderson's "Wide Receiver," the Bar-Kays' "Hit and Run," and Mass Production's "Firecracker" are among the other highlights of this funky, stylish compilation, which also documents just how integral these songs were to hip-hop's development.

All Music Guide, Heather Phares

zacki

March 10th, 2009, 10:20 PM

Flowchart - A Little Love A Litte Wine (1983)

CD-Rip|Wav|Cue|Log|Covers
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01. A Little Love A Little Wine
02. Ask The Boss
03. R. U. Single
04. Nothin' Beats Lonely
05. A Little Love A Little Wine (D.J. Version)
06. I Saw Him Make Eyes Atchoo
07. Have I Done Wrong
08. Ask The Boss (Orchestra Version)
09. Ask The Boss (Instrumental)

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SOS Band - III (1982)

CD-Rip|Flac|Covers
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01. Can't Get Enough
02. High Hopes
03. Have It Your Way
04. You're Love (It's The One For Me)
05. Good & Plenty
06. Looking For Love
07. These Are The Things
08. You Shake Me Up
09. Groovin' (That's What We're Doin')
10. Just Be Good To Me (Vocal Mix)
11. No One's Gonna Love You (Long Version)
12. Weekend Girl (Album Edit Version)

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RunawayTrane

March 11th, 2009, 03:21 AM

Ice Cube - War & Peace, Vol. I
RAP | FLAC | CUE | LOG | COVERS | 453MB | 70:25
Priority 1998

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Considering that he hadn't delivered a full-fledged solo album since 1993's disappointing Lethal Injection, maybe it shouldn't have been a surprise that Ice Cube returned hard in 1998 with War & Peace, Vol. 1 (The War Disc), since five years is a long, long time to stay quiet. What was a surprise was how ambitious the album was. The first installment in a proposed double-disc set, The War Disc is a cacophonous, cluttered, impassioned record that nearly qualifies as a return to form. Designed as a hard-hitting record, it certainly takes no prisoners, as it moves from intense street-oriented jams to rap-metal fusions, such as the Korn-blessed "Fuck Dying," with its seething, distorted guitars. It's a head-spinning listen and, at first, it seems to be a forceful comeback. Upon closer inspection, The War Disc falters a bit. Not only does the relentless nature of the music wear a little thin, but Cube spends too much time trying to beat newcomers at their own game. His lyrical skills are still intact, but he spends way too much time boasting, particularly about material possessions, and his attempt to rechristen himself Don Mega, in a Wu-like move, simply seems awkward. Even so, the quality of the music -- and the moments when he pulls it all together, such as "3 Strikes You In" -- sustains War and makes it feel more cohesive than it actually is. The key is purpose -- even if Cube doesn't always say exactly what he wants, he does have something to say. That alone makes War & Peace, with just one album completed, a more successful and rewarding listen than the typical double-disc hip-hop set of the late '90s. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Ask About Me
02. Pushin' Weight
03. Dr. Frankenstein
04. Fuck Dying
05. War & Peace
06. Ghetto Vet
07. Greed
08. MP
09. Cash over Ass
10. The Curse of Money
11. The Peckin' Order
12. Limos, Demos & Bimbos
13. Once upon a Time in the Projects, Pt. 2
14. If I Was Fuckin' You
15. X-Bitches
16. Extradition
17. 3 Strikes You In
18. Penitentiary

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Blaq

March 11th, 2009, 03:39 AM

Ice Cube - War & Peace, Vol. I
RAP | FLAC | CUE | LOG | COVERS | 453MB | 70:25
Priority 1998

Good lookin' on this, Run. I stopped listening to Cube after "Lethal Injection" but will check this out.

Blaq

March 11th, 2009, 10:53 AM

Side Effect
Side Effect
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist

1. Baby Love (Love You Baby)
2. Oh Baby
3. There She Goes Again
4. What The Heck, Let's Discotheque
5. Spend It On Love
6. Checkin' It Out
7. I Love You So Much
8. Dancin' Shoes
9. Tree Of Love

WAV
348MB

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Review

With a lineup consisting of Augie Johnson, Louis Patton, Gregory Matta and Sylvia Nabors (the first of its four female vocalists), Side Effect showed some promise on this self-titled debut album. The LP was produced by trombonist Wayne Henderson, who seemed like the ideal producer for the group. Best known for his years with the Crusaders/Jazz Crusaders, Henderson had strong soul and jazz credentials, so he was a very logical choice for a group whose goal was to bring bebop-influenced harmonies to soul and funk. Although not remarkable, this album is decent. When Side Effect dives into the catchy funk of "Baby Love (Love You Baby)" and "What the Heck, Let's Discotheque," plus the silky ballad "Oh, Baby," you can hear how much potential the group had.

All Music Guide, Alex Henderson

Biography by Alex Henderson

If the O'Jays, the Dramatics, or Bloodstone had added a female singer and incorporated bebop-influenced harmonies, they might have sounded something like Side Effect — a distinctive soul and funk vocal quartet of the '70s and early '80s.

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excel

March 11th, 2009, 01:29 PM

Found this in my travels online & thought I'd share. Not my links so don't bother asking for a re-up when they die.

Nas - Untitled (WAV Lossless)

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http://rapidshare.com/files/193940084/nn1411_raiver.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/193951895/nn1411_raiver.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/193963879/nn1411_raiver.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/193975417/nn1411_raiver.part4.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/193986782/nn1411_raiver.part5.rar

zacki

March 11th, 2009, 10:19 PM

Slave - Slave (1977)

CD-Rip|Wav|Cue|Log|Covers
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01. Slide
02. Screw Your Wig On Tite
03. Party Hardy
04. Son Of Slide
05. You And Me
06. Love Me
07. The Happiest Days
08. Separated
09. Slide (Single Version)

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=LDB96ZSJ

RunawayTrane

March 12th, 2009, 12:39 AM

Flowchart - A Little Love A Litte Wine (1983)
CD-Rip|Wav|Cue|Log|Covers

SOS Band - III (1982)
CD-Rip|Flac|Covers

Never heard of the first one, but I'll give it a try. Looking forward to the SOS thanks

Side Effect
Side Effect
[Direct Rip]

Never heard of this group either. Disco posted them before haven't had a chance to listen yet though. One of these days

Slave - Slave (1977)
CD-Rip|Wav|Cue|Log|Covers

Now THESE guys I've heard of
:277:

RunawayTrane

March 12th, 2009, 01:41 AM

Brand New Heavies - Brother Sister [UK]
JAZZFUNK | FLAC | CUE | LOG | COVERS | 478MB | 67:40
FFRR 1999

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This album finds the BNH heading back to the groove-driven, horn-splashed, hand-clapping funk of their debut album, with N'Dea Davenport stepping back into her role as diva/lead vocalist. Following the string of distinguished rappers who made BNH's sophomore album a brave if not wholly successful attempt to infuse rap with the energy of live instruments, Davenport delivers the consistency that was missing from that effort. Repeated listens show this album to be catchier than it initially seems (as long as one avoids "Fake," tone of the most irritating songs in a long time), and when the BNH really lock into a groove, as they do on "Keep Together," the title track, and the instrumental "Snake Hips," they surely do put the funk back in it. [FFRR's 1999 edition included one bonus track.] ~ Peter Stepek, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Have A Good Time
02. Brother Sister
03. Dream On Dreamer
04. Midnight At The Oasis
05. Back To Love
06. Ten Ton Take
07. Mind Trips
08. Spend Some Time
09. Keep Together
10. Snake Hips
11. Fake
12. People Giving Love
13. Worlds Keep Spinning
14. Forever
15. Day Break

Part 1 (http://lix.in/-425864) | Part 2 (http://lix.in/-43df05) | Part 3 (http://lix.in/-4565a6)

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Blaq

March 12th, 2009, 03:32 AM

Various Artists
Phat Trax: The Best of Old School, Vol. 2
[Direct Rip]

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y100/Blaq2/VA_PhatTraxVol2.jpg?t=1236849902

Tracklist

1. One Nation Under A Groove - Funkadelic
2. Backstrokin' - Fatback
3. Thighs High (Grip Your Hips and Move) - Tom Browne
4. Sun Is Here - Sun
5. Riding High - Faze-O
6. Pull Fancy Dancer/Pull - One Way
7. Bon Bon Vie - T.S. Monk
8. Dusic - Brick
9. Mama Feelgood - Lyn Collins
10. Cissy Strut - The Meters

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Review

Disco and funk combine on Phat Trax: The Best of Old School, Vol. 2, which pays tribute to the sounds that inspired hip-hop. Rolling, voluptuous basslines, uptight guitars, and vibrant brass sections drive tracks like Funkadelic's "One Nation Under a Groove," Fatback's "Backstrokin'," and Tom Browne's "Thighs High (Grip Your Hips and Move)," bridging the gap between funk and disco and providing countless rap and hip-hop artists ample material for sampling. Sun's "Sun Is Here," Faze-O's "Riding High," and T.S. Monk's "Bon Bon Vie" are among the other highlights of this funky, stylish compilation, which also documents just how integral these songs were to hip-hop's development.

All Music Guide, Heather Phares

Blaq

March 12th, 2009, 03:39 AM

Never heard of this group either. Disco posted them before haven't had a chance to listen yet though. One of these days

You may have forgotten the first album that was posted. It was 2 albums on 1 CD. I remember seeing your comments later on the remake of "Keep That Same Old Feeling." Their big hit that was the shit is "Always There." I keep that in heavy rotation.

It was re-posted in December as the original post was lost when the server crashed.

http://synciti.net/forum/showpost.php?p=45544&postcount=272

RunawayTrane

March 12th, 2009, 06:49 PM

Sadao doing the ditty bop
:music-081:

Sadao Watanabe - Remembrance
JAZZ | FLAC | CUE | LOG | COVERS | 333MB | 56:57
Verve 1999

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It's always an amazing thing when a popular musician is given the opportunity to follow his or her musical muse freely and, if so moved, can so effortlessly switch off between two forms of music whose fans tend to polarize. The famed Japanese saxman has had his handful of smooth jazz successes over the years (including a classic duet with Patti Austin) in the genre's early days called "Any Other Fool"), but here returns to his bop-influenced roots. With his place in jazz history secure and not having to prove too much chops wise, Watanabe often seems content here to blend in with his amazing band, dueting on lead melodies and giving ample solo time to each of his troop members. Who can blame him, though, with cats like flugelhornist Nicholas Payton (who matches the saxman's alto note for note on the swinging, percussive melody of the opening tune "Smokin' Section"), pianist Cyrus Chestnut, bassist Christian McBride, and drummer Billy Drummond? At a time in his life when he could just lay back and play some standards, Watanabe marks his return with all original material (a feat in itself) that's also very eclectic. In the 1990s, it's rare to hear trombone in settings other than a horn section, but Watanabe gives Robin Eubanks' trombone equal billing on the gentle blues ballad "Where You At." Eubanks also plays a key role on the densely percussive "Forest Song," an almost avante garde type piece that finds the trombone and sax in a race to determine which can be more wacky. Watanabe enjoys mood-swinging immensely, following that type of tune with the dreamy waltz-flavored title cut and then ending the set with a snazzy jam session like "Aquarian Groove." ~ Jonathan Widran, All Music Guide

The Lineup:

Sadao Watanabe - Saxophone
Nicholas Payton - Trumpet, Flugelhorn
Christian McBride - Acoustic Bass
Cyrus Chestnut - Piano
Billy Drummond - Drums
Robin Eubanks - Trombone
Romero Lubambo - Acoustic Guitar

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Smokin' Area
02. Where You At
03. Dim Blue
04. Forest Song
05. Remembrance
06. Closed Door
07. Aquarian Groove
08. Times Up
09. See What Happens
10. Going Back Home

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RunawayTrane

March 12th, 2009, 06:51 PM

You may have forgotten the first album that was posted. It was 2 albums on 1 CD. I remember seeing your comments later on the remake of "Keep That Same Old Feeling." Their big hit that was the shit is "Always There." I keep that in heavy rotation.

It was re-posted in December as the original post was lost when the server crashed.

http://synciti.net/forum/showpost.php?p=45544&postcount=272

Remember the posts too. And I remember that song well. What I mean is that I've never heard of them outside of these threads

zacki

March 12th, 2009, 10:53 PM

Oliver Cheatham - Saturday Night (1983)

CD-Rip|Wav|Cue|Log|Covers
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01. Get Down Saturday Night
02. Make Your Mind Up
03. Something About You
04. Bless The Ladies
05. Do Me Right
06. Never Gonna Give You Up
07. Thought It All.
08. Just To Be With You
09. Get Down Saturday Night (Special Extended Version)

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=FVGCNRHR

RunawayTrane

March 13th, 2009, 12:26 AM

Lou Donaldson - Midnight Creeper
JAZZ | WAVPACK | CUE | COVERS | 229MB | 36:10
Blue Note 1968

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As he delved deeper into commercial soul-jazz and jazz-funk, Lou Donaldson became better at it. While lacking the bite of his hard bop improvisations or the hard-swinging funk of Alligator Bogaloo, Midnight Creeper succeeds where its predecessor, Mr. Shing-A-Ling failed: it offers a thoroughly enjoyable set of grooving, funky soul-jazz. The five songs -- including two originals by Donaldson and one each by Lonnie Smith (who also plays organ on the record), Teddy Vann, and Harold Ousley -- aren't particularly distinguished, but the vibe is important, not the material. And the band -- Donaldson, Smith, trumpeter Blue Mitchell, guitarist George Benson, and drummer Leo Morris -- strikes the right note, turning in a fluid, friendly collection of bluesy funk vamps. Donaldson could frequently sound stilted on his commercial soul-jazz dates, but that's not the case with Midnight Creeper. He rarely was quite as loose on his late-'60s/early-'70s records as he is here, and that's what makes Midnight Creeper a keeper. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

1. Midnight Creeper
2. Love Power
3. Elizabeth
4. Bag of Jewels
5. Dapper Dan

Part 1 (http://lix.in/-40ef5f) | Part 2 (http://lix.in/-427600)

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excel

March 13th, 2009, 12:44 PM

Another of my finds:

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CERRONE - The best of (1990)

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Size: 478 mb
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01. Cerrone / Love In C Minor [0:13:54.60]
02. Cerrone / Black Is Black [0:05:04.45]
03. Don Ray / Got To Have Lovin '[0:07:11.45]
04. Cerrone / Give Me Love [0:06:07.25]
05. Cerrone / Look For Love [0:05:15.27]
06. Kongas / Africanism [0:06:12.30]
07. Don Ray / Standing In The Rain [0:06:06.55]
08. Cerrone / Je Suis Music [0:06:01.40]
09. Cerrone / Supernature [0:06:14.45]
10. Relevacion / House Of The Rising Sun [0:06:53.50]
11. Cerrone / Cerrone's Paradise [0:05:22.55]

http://rapidshare.com/files/43501756/TBofC.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/43508604/TBofC.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/43514741/TBofC.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/43520196/TBofC.part4.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/43525482/TBofC.part5.rar

Blaq

March 13th, 2009, 01:47 PM

Ashford & Simpson
Is It Still Good To Ya
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist

1. It Seems To Hang On
2. Is It Still Good To Ya
3. The Debt Is Settled
4. Ain't It A Shame
5. Get Up And Do Something
6. You Always Could
7. Flashback
8. As Long As It Holds You

WAV
347MB

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Part 2: http://rapidshare.com/files/208843699/A_S_IISGTY_Blaq_WAV.part2.rar

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Review

Having written many popular numbers for various artists over the years, the dynamic duo retain that same tradition for this project. The first release from this album was the midtempo "It Just Seems to Hang On." While each verse is conveyed in a soft texture, the chorus jumps with excitement and intrigue, as does the vamp. Prior to this album, the husband-and-wife team had just one prior R&B Top Ten hit ("Don't Cost You Nothing," number ten in 1978).This song had a stronger impact; it stayed on the charts for 17 weeks. But more importantly, it held the number two position on the Billboard R&B charts for five consecutive weeks. The title track was the follow-up single. With its mesmerizing intonation, Ashford & Simpson intensely deliver this classic R&B ballad with all the right ingredients. In spite of the beauty of the song, it only peaked at #12 on the charts in as many weeks. The final release was "Flashback." Not nearly as inviting as its predecessors, this disco number peaked at number 70 after five weeks on the charts. Other notables are "Ain't It a Shame," "Get Up and Do Something," and "As Long As It Holds You."

All Music Guide, Craig Lytle

Biography by William Ruhlmann

Nickolas Ashford (b. May 4, 1942, Fairfield, SC) and Valerie Simpson (b. Aug 26, 1946, New York City) have two careers, as songwriters and as performers, with the former seemingly more important than the latter until the mid-'80s. The two met in 1964 and scored their first songwriting hit in 1966 with Ray Charles' recording of their "Let's Go Get Stoned."

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zacki

March 13th, 2009, 10:03 PM

Skool Boyz - Skool Boyz (1981)

CD-Rip|Wav|Cue|Log|Covers

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01. Your Love
02. Jam Beneath The Groove
03. Can We Do It Again
04. This Feeling Must Be Real
05. Burning Up
06. I Ain't Gonna Go Searching
07. You Took The Best Part Of Me
08. You Can Get Down
08. How I Miss You

http://rapidshare.com/files/208960823/Skool_Boyz_-_Skool_Boyz__1981_.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/208947262/Skool_Boyz_-_Skool_Boyz__1981_.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/208931106/Skool_Boyz_-_Skool_Boyz__1981_.part3.rar

RunawayTrane

March 14th, 2009, 02:27 AM

Manu Dibango - Wakafrika
WORLDBEAT | WAVPACK | CUE | LOG | ART | 496MB | 67:12
Giant 1994

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Among American audiences, Manu Dibango is best known for "Soul Makossa," a highly infectious blend of African music, soul-funk, and jazz that became a major pop hit in the early '70s. The African artist revisited his signature tune on 1994's Wakafrika, which boasts an all-star cast that includes Peter Gabriel as well as Haiti's Papa Wemba and African heroes Ladysmith Black Mambazo, King Sunny Ade, and Youssou N'Dour. With such a stellar bunch of guests, Wakafrika should have been outstanding instead of simply decent. But while it isn't the all-out masterpiece it should have been, there's a lot that's enjoyable on this CD, including the reggae-influenced "Em'ma," a remake of Gabriel's "Biko," and the "Makossa"-ish jams "Wakafrika" and "Jingo." Though likable enough, Dibango's new version of "Soul Makossa" falls short of the excellence of the original -- but then, one couldn't realistically expect him to improve on perfection. ~ Alex Henderson, All Music Guide

Guest Performers
King Sunny Ade
Ray Lema
Salif Keita
Angélique Kidjo
Sinead O'Connor
Peter Gabriel
Geoffrey Oryema
Papa Wemba
Ladysmith Black Mambazo

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Soul Makossa
02. Biko
03. Wakafrika
04. Em'ma
05. Homeless
06. Lady
07. Hi-Life
08. Wimoweh
09. Ami Oh!
10. Jingo
11. Pata Pata
12. Diarabi
13. Ça Va Chouia

Part 1 (http://lix.in/-441501) | Part 2 (http://lix.in/-459ba2) | Part 3 (http://lix.in/-472243)

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RunawayTrane

March 14th, 2009, 03:10 AM

Lou Donaldson - A Man With A Horn
JAZZ | FLAC | CUE | LOG | ART | 396MB | 55:51
Blue Note 1999

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These sessions were recorded for Blue Note in 1961 and 1963. The first date features five cuts with Jack Mcduff on organ, Grant Green on guitar, and Joe Dukes on drums. The four remaining cuts were recorded two years later with John Patton on organ, Ben Dixon on drums, and the addition of Irvin Stokes on trumpet. This is a mainly mellow affair with six of the nine tracks exchanging the hard bop and soul-jazz of the times for ballads and slow blues. However, the occasional up-tempo funky surprise does pop up on "My Melancholy Baby" and the Donaldson originals "Hipty Hop" and "Soul Meetin'." ~ Al Campbell, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

1. Misty
2. Hippity Hop
3. Please
4. My Melancholy Baby
5. Man With a Horn
6. Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White
7. Prisoner of Love
8. Soul Meetin'
9. Stardust

Part 1 (http://lix.in/-48a95c) | Part 2 (http://lix.in/-3aedbd)

pw: lisalisa

Blaq

March 14th, 2009, 11:45 AM

Various Artists
Phat Trax: The Best Of Old School, Vol. 3
[Direct Rip]

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y100/Blaq2/VA_PhatTraxVol3.jpg?t=1237052201

Tracklist

1. Cutie Pie - One Way
2. Watching You - Slave
3. You Are In My System - The System
4. Don't Stop The Music - Yarbrough & Peoples
5. Chase Me - Con Funk Shun
6. Just That Type Of Girl - Madame X
7. 777-9311 - The Time
8. Free World - Jesse Johnson
9. Atomic Dog [Atomic Mix] - George Clinton
10. Tramp - Otis Redding, Carla Thomas

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Review

Phat Trax: The Best of Old School, Vol. 3 pays tribute to the disco and funk sounds that inspired hip-hop. Rolling, voluptuous basslines, uptight guitars, and vibrant brass sections drive tracks like George Clinton's "Atomic Dog," Slave's "Watching You," and Con Funk Shun's "Chase Me," bridging the gap between funk and disco and providing countless rap and hip-hop artists ample material for sampling. Madame X's "Just That Type of Girl," Otis Redding's "Tramp," and the Time's "777-9311" are among the other highlights of this funky, stylish compilation, which also documents just how integral these songs were to hip-hop's development.

All Music Guide, Heather Phares

* The first track was mispelled so correction needs to be made for cue sheet.

RunawayTrane

March 14th, 2009, 12:16 PM

Library got a whole influx of blues music this week:

Eric Bibb - Get Onboard
BLUES | FLAC | CUE | LOG | ART | 362MB | 42:32
Telarc 2008

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REVIEW (http://www.concordmusicgroup.com/albums/83675/)

PROFILE (http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=88759231)

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Spirit I Am
02. The Promised Land
03. New Beale Street Blues
04. Get Onboard
05. If Our Hearts Ain't in It
06. Pockets
07. River Blues
08. Deep in My Soul
09. Conversation
10. God's Kingdom
11. Step by Step
12. Stayed on Freedom

Part 1 (http://lix.in/-472ea5) | Part 2 (http://lix.in/-48b546)

RunawayTrane

March 14th, 2009, 12:48 PM

Phat Trax: The Best Of Old School, Vol. 3
[Direct Rip]

Had to go back to the old thread and make sure I hadn't gotten this yet.
I hadn't. Dirty posted a few of these way back when, but he posted Vol. 1, 2 & 5
:277:

Blaq

March 14th, 2009, 12:54 PM

Had to go back to the old thread and make sure I hadn't gotten this yet.
I hadn't. Dirty posted a few of these way back when, but he posted Vol. 1, 2 & 5
:277:

You have to re-tag the first track. I ripped it early this morning and forgot you can't just rename it.

I'll get the others up over the next week.

Edit:

Let me know if y'all need the track & cue. I re-tagged and made another. Peace.

Blaq

March 14th, 2009, 03:53 PM

Eric B. & Rakim
Follow The Leader
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist

1. Follow The Leader
2. Microphone Fiend
3. Lyrics Of Fury
4. Eric B. Never Scared
5. Just A Beat
6. Put Your Hands Together
7. To The Listeners
8. No Competition
9. The R
10. Musical Massacre
11. Beats For The Listeners

WAV
492MB

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Review

Having already revolutionized hip-hop, Eric B. & Rakim came up with a second straight classic in their sophomore album, Follow the Leader, which basically follows the same blueprint for greatness, albeit with subtle refinements. Most noticeably, Eric B.'s production is already moving beyond the minimalism of Paid in Full. Follow the Leader finds him changing things up more often: dropping in more samples, adding instruments from musician Stevie Blass Griffin, and generally creating a fuller sound over his rock-solid beats. It's still relatively spare, but the extra sonic weight helps keep things fresh. For his part, Rakim wasn't crowned the greatest MC of all time for the variety of his lyrical content, and Follow the Leader is no different. Yet even if he rarely deviates from boasting about his microphone prowess (and frankly, he's entitled), he employs uncommonly vivid and elaborate metaphors in doing so. A case in point is "Microphone Fiend," which weaves references to substance addiction throughout in explaining why Rakim can't keep away from the mic. The album-opening title cut is one of his most agile, up-tempo lyrical showcases, demonstrating why he's such a poetic inspiration for so many MCs even today. "Lyrics of Fury" manages to top it in terms of sheer force, using the break from James Brown's "Funky Drummer" before it saturated the airwaves. And, of course, there are several more turntable features for Eric B. Follow the Leader may not have broken much new ground, but it captures one of the greatest pure hip-hop acts at the top of its form, and that's enough to make the album a classic.

All Music Guide, Steve Huey

Biography by Steve Huey

They never had a mainstream hit of their own, but during rap's so-called golden age in the late '80s, Eric B. & Rakim were almost universally recognized as the premier DJ/MC team in all of hip-hop. Not only was their chemistry superb, but individually, each represented the absolute state of the art in their respective skills.

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zacki

March 14th, 2009, 10:32 PM

Heaven & Earth - Fantasy (1979)

Vinyl-Rip|Wav|Covers
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01. I Feel A Groove Under My Feet Pt.1 & Pt.2
02. Poetry In A Box
03. I Only Have Eyes For You
04. I'm In Love With Your Lady
05. Whole Lot Of Love
06. Let's Get It Together

http://rapidshare.com/files/209328556/Heaven___Earth_-_Fantasy__1979_.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/209310061/Heaven___Earth_-_Fantasy__1979_.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/209289906/Heaven___Earth_-_Fantasy__1979_.part3.rar

RunawayTrane

March 15th, 2009, 03:07 AM

Homemade Jamz Blues Band - Pay Me No Mind
BLUES | FLAC | CUE | LOG | 300DPI | 305MB | 47:27
Northernblues 2008

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REVIEW (http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/06/15/023205.php)

PROFILE (http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=92423408)

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Who Your Real Friends Are
02. Voodoo Woman
03. The World's Been Good to You
04. Right Thang Wrong Woman
05. Penny Waiting on Change
06. Blues Concerto
07. Time for Change
08. Pay Me No Mind
09. Jealous
10. Shake Rag
11. Boom Boom

Part 1 (http://lix.in/-3f9870) | Part 2 (http://lix.in/-411f11)

RunawayTrane

March 15th, 2009, 01:35 PM

You have to re-tag the first track. I ripped it early this morning and forgot you can't just rename it.

I'll get the others up over the next week.

Edit:

Let me know if y'all need the track & cue. I re-tagged and made another. Peace.

No need to go through all that trouble. Just use NOTEPAD to edit the cue sheet. Simply change the file extension from .CUE to .TXT

Then you will be able to change it yourself manually. Just make sure the titles match up space for space right down to the last period and you'll be alright. Once done, just change the file extension back to .cue

I fixed that tiny error in about 30 seconds

Blaq

March 15th, 2009, 02:09 PM

No need to go through all that trouble. Just use NOTEPAD to edit the cue sheet. Simply change the file extension from .CUE to .TXT

Then you will be able to change it yourself manually. Just make sure the titles match up space for space right down to the last period and you'll be alright. Once done, just change the file extension back to .cue

I fixed that tiny error in about 30 seconds

Thanks for the info, Run. I re-tagged that track and created a new cue. I will do that next time. Good looks.

RunawayTrane

March 15th, 2009, 07:00 PM

The Mannish Boys - Lowdown Feelin
BLUES | WAVPACK | CUE | LOG | ART | 515MB | 72:52
Delta Groove 2008

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There are no fewer than 20 musicians contributing to the Mannish Boys' fourth release, which makes this album more the product of a collective or revue than an actual band. Despite the players changing on nearly every tune, this is nevertheless a strong and surprisingly cohesive set of Chicago styled blues originals and a few choice covers that click due to the talents of those involved. Producer and label owner Randy Chortkoff emphasizes that there is no digital recording involved and few overdubs, which makes for a rootsy, down-home blues stew that breathes. Veteran singer Finis Tasby only appears on three tracks but one of them, a cover of "If the Washing Don't Get You, the Rinsing Will," (best known from Albert King's version), featuring a stinging guitar solo from Kirk "Eli" Fletcher, is one of this disc's highlights. Old-school harpist/vocalist Little Sammy Davis joins to cover two of his own songs and is a classy addition to the revolving door lineup. Covers of Billy "The Kid" Emerson's "The Woodchuck," Texas Pete Mayes' title track, and Howlin' Wolf's obscure pre-Chess recording "Chocolate Drop" show how deep this group digs for interesting material. Not so much for yet another version of Willie Cobbs' "You Don't Love Me" (as an instrumental with a rugged guitar solo from Fletcher) or Willie Dixon's "The Same Thing," even if both are given spirited readings. Chortkoff takes the lead on his own "Rude Groove," little more than a rewrite of Sonny Boy Williamson's "Help Me" but urged along mightily by tough six-string leads from Frank "Paris Slim" Goldwasser and guest Kid Ramos, along with Fred Kaplan's mighty B-3 and Chortkoff's harp. Another old timer, Johnny Dyer, sings with requisite down and out emotion and a distinct Muddy Waters inflection as Al Blake does the harp duties on the slow blues of "Good Times." There's not a bland or rote moment throughout this long -- 73-minute, 17-track -- but never boring disc. Even though you'll constantly be checking the credits to figure out who is playing and singing, the results are worth the effort. ~ Hal Horowitz, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. These Kind of Blues
02. Searchin' Blues
03. Low Down Feeling
04. Chocolate Drop
05. If the Washing Don't Get You, The Rinsing Will
06. Need My Baby
07. The Same Thing
08. The Woodchuck
09. Fine Lookin' Woman
10. You Don't Love Me
11. Figure Head
12. Rude Groove
13. When I Leave
14. Good Times
15. Something's Wrong
16. Reet, Petite and Gone
17. Dead Letter Blues

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RunawayTrane

March 16th, 2009, 01:03 PM

Michael Jackson - Dangerous
POP | FLAC | CUE | LOG | COVERS | 529MB | 76:59
Epic 2001

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Despite the success of Bad, it was hard not to view it as a bit of a letdown, since it presented a cleaner, colder, calculated version of Thriller -- something that delivered what it should on the surface, but wound up offering less in the long run. So, it was time for a change-up, something even a superstar as huge as Michael Jackson realized, so he left Quincy Jones behind, hired Guy mastermind Teddy Riley as the main producer, and worked with a variety of other producers, arrangers, and writers, most notably Bruce Swedien and Bill Bottrell. The end result of this is a much sharper, harder, riskier album than Bad, one that has its eyes on the street, even if its heart gets middle-class soft on "Heal the World." The shift in direction and change of collaborators has liberated Jackson, and he's written a set of songs that is considerably stronger than Bad, often approaching the consistency of Off the Wall and Thriller. If it is hardly as effervescent or joyous as either of those records, chalk it up to his suffocating stardom, which results in a set of songs without much real emotional center, either in their substance or performance. But, there's a lot to be said for professional craftsmanship at its peak, and Dangerous has plenty of that, not just on such fine singles as "In the Closet," "Remember the Time," or the blistering "Jam," but on album tracks like "Why You Wanna Trip on Me." No, it's not perfect -- it has a terrible cover, a couple of slow spots, and suffers from CD-era ailments of the early '90s, such as its overly long running time and its deadening Q Sound production, which sounds like somebody forgot to take the Surround Sound button off. Even so, Dangerous captures Jackson at a near-peak, delivering an album that would have ruled the pop charts surely and smoothly if it had arrived just a year earlier. But it didn't -- it arrived along with grunge, which changed the rules of the game nearly as much as Thriller itself. Consequently, it's the rare multi-platinum, number one album that qualifies as a nearly forgotten, underappreciated record. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Jam
02. Why You Wanna Trip on Me
03. In the Closet
04. She Drives Me Wild
05. Remember the Time
06. Can't Let Her Get Away
07. Heal the World
08. Black or White
09. How Is It
10. Give in to Me
11. Will You Be There
12. Keep the Faith
13. Gone Too Soon
14. Dangerous

Part 1 (http://lix.in/-3fbd50) | Part 2 (http://lix.in/-4143f1) | Part 3 (http://lix.in/-42ca92)

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RunawayTrane

March 17th, 2009, 02:57 AM

Otis Taylor - Recapturing The Banjo
BLUES | WAVPACK | CUE | LOG | ART | 363MB | 52:46
Telarc 2008

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REVIEW (http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/otis-taylor-recapturing-the-banjo)

PROFILE (http://www.northernblues.com/bio_taylor.html)

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Ran So Hard the Sun Went Down
02. Prophet's Mission
03. Absinthe
04. Live Your Life
05. Walk Right In
06. Bow-Legged Charlie
07. Hey Joe
08. Little Liza Jane
09. Five Hundred Roses
10. Les Ognons
11. Deep Blue Sea
12. Simple Mind
13. Ten Million Slaves
14. The Way It Goes

Part 1 (http://lix.in/-42d4c4) | Part 2 (http://lix.in/-445b65)

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dadirtydj

March 17th, 2009, 04:10 AM

Although I agree with the All Music Guide "description" of this cd, I do not agree with Scott's "assessment" of it. I, like the customer, still found it enjoyable. It's not the kind of great Jazz SC is capable of producing, but for a free listen, it ain't the worst.

Dirty

Stanley Jordan - Flying Home

JAZZ-POP-FUNK | WAV | CUE | COVERS | 486 MB
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Description

Stanley Jordan switches largely to funk and pop on this disappointing set. The title cut has nothing to do with Lionel Hampton's trademark song, and Jordan, whose phenomenal tapping technique allows him to play his instrument like a piano, waters down the whole effect by using overdubbing, multiple keyboards and a drum machine. Most of the tunes are his originals (other than "Stairway to Heaven") and fall way outside of jazz, being not even good rock. Pass. ~Scott Yanow, All Music Guide

By A Customer

As i am a music fan, i am a fan of everything. A review for Flying Home means poor Stanley gets scewerd for trying to have a little more pop in his impressive catalog. I think this is Jordan's best CD. It has enough soul and jazz to make it completely and totally enjoyable. There is nothing here that i think sounds bad and anyone who likes their jazz smooth, is in for a treat!

~Track Listings~

1 Street Talk
2 Tropical Storm
3 When Julia Smiles
4 Can't Sit Down
5 Stairway to Heaven
6 Brooklyn at Midnight
7 Music's Gonna Change
8 Time Is Now
9 Flying Home

Part 1 (http://rapidshare.com/files/210150722/486_Flying_Home_StanJordan_dadirtydj.part1.rar) | Part 2 (http://rapidshare.com/files/210157874/486_Flying_Home_StanJordan_dadirtydj.part2.rar)

Blaq

March 17th, 2009, 11:47 AM

Various Artists
Phat Trax: The Best Of Old School, Vol. 4
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist

1. Shake Your Pants - Cameo
2. Do You Love What You Feel - Rufus & Chaka Khan
3. She's a Bad Mama Jama (She's Built, She's Stacked) - Carl Carlton
4. Don't Stop The Feeling - Roy Ayers
5. Mama Used To Say - Junior
6. Square Biz - Teena Marie
7. Ain't We Funkin' Now - The Brothers Johnson
8. Mr. Groove - One Way
9. Grunt - The J.B.'s
10. Think (About It) - Lyn Collins

WAV
556MB

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I posted a review that was the same, just with replaced artists and songs. Didn't want to do it a third time as the reviewer just swapped info.

dadirtydj

March 17th, 2009, 12:11 PM

Stanley Jordan - Bolero (1994)

JAZZ-POP-CLASSICAL | WAV | CUE | 588 MB
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Nobody plays the guitar quite like Stanley Jordan. Defying categorization, Bolero is another in a line of Jordan hit releases. After perfecting his skill at playing with two hands on the guitar's fretboard and hammering or tapping the strings to produce melody, countermelody, and rhythm all at the same time, Jordan has gone on to break new musical ground with Bolero in fusing jazz, pop and classical. Besides his jazzy version of "Bolero," Jordan mixes original pieces with "Drifting" by Jimi Hendrix and the funk-pop tune "Chameleon." ~ MusD, All Music Guide

~Track Listings~

1. Bolero
2. Always and Forever
3. Chameleon
4. Betcha by Golly, Wow
5. Drifting
6. Plato's Blues
7. Always and Forever (Solo Reprise)

Part 1 (http://rapidshare.com/files/210300667/588_Bolero_StanJordan_dadirtydj.part1.rar) | Part 2 (http://rapidshare.com/files/210357763/588_Bolero_StanJordan_dadirtydj.part2.rar)

RunawayTrane

March 17th, 2009, 12:55 PM

Michael Burks - Iron Man
BLUES | WAVPACK | CUE | LOG | ART | 469MB | 60:20
Alligator 2008

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Michael Burks' third release on Alligator Records, Iron Man, is as close to being a live album as you can get from a studio performance. This could be attributed to Burks using his seasoned road band on this date instead of the Memphis studio musicians used previously on Make It Rain and I Smell Smoke. Alongside Burks' searing Flying V strut, Wayne Sharp's greasy Hammond B-3 dominates this set, reveling in soul and rock influences, including a cover version of Free's "Fire and Water," a definite nod to the blues-rock audience Burks has gained over his 30-plus years on the road. While Iron Man is an overall inspired modern electric blues disc, a few missteps hamper the session. "Ashes in My Ashtray," penned by Chicago bluesman Jimmy Johnson, would have made a better instrumental in this particular case, as the lyrics get in the way of an intense Burks guitar performance. "Don't Waste My Time" is a pleasant enough midtempo track, but falls by the wayside compared to the gritty blues of "Changed Man" and "Love Disease." As on previous releases, Burks' explosive guitar solos are the most notable aspect to this enthusiastic, if somewhat predictable, outing. ~ Al Campbell, All Music Guide

TRACKLISTING:
01. Love Disease
02. Strange Feeling
03. Empty Promises
04. Salty Tears
05. No More Crying
06. Ashes in My Ashtray
07. Don't Waste My Time
08. Quiet Little Town
09. Hard Come, Easy Go
10. Icepick Through My Heart
11. Fire and Water
12. Changed Man

Part 1 (http://rapidshare.com/files/399241147/Mike-Boike--ironmayne.part1.rar) | Part 2 (http://rapidshare.com/files/399351287/Mike-Boike--ironmayne.part2.rar) | Part 3 (http://rapidshare.com/files/399373072/Mike-Boike--ironmayne.part3.rar)

Blaq

March 17th, 2009, 02:12 PM

Shabba Ranks
X-Tra Naked
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist

1. Ting-A-Ling
2. Slow And Sexy (featuring Johnny Gill)
3. Will Power
4. Muscle Grip
5. Rude Boy
6. Cocky Rim
7. What 'Cha Gonna Do? (Featuring Queen Latifah)
8. Bedroom Bully
9. Another One Program
10. Ready-Ready, Goody-Goody
11. Two Breddrens (featuring Chubb Rock)
12. 5-F Man

WAV
496MB

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Part 2: http://rapidshare.com/files/210410885/S_Ranks_XN_Blaq_WAV.part2.rar
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Biography by Steve Huey

During his heyday, Shabba Ranks was arguably the most popular dancehall toaster in the world. He was a massive crossover success in the U.S., thanks to an openly commercial hybrid of reggae and hip-hop, and also to prominent duet partners like Maxi Priest, Johnny Gill, and KRS-One. All of this brought him several hit singles and albums on the R&B charts in the early '90s, and made him the first dancehall artist to win a Grammy.

Continue: allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:3ifexqq5ldte~T1

excel

March 17th, 2009, 09:51 PM

One of my favorite threads on Synciti.

RunawayTrane

March 18th, 2009, 02:57 AM

Thank Mr. Disco for the original post

Urban Knights - Urban Knights
JAZZ | FLAC | CUE | COVERS | 364MB | 55:10
GRP 1995

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When Maurice White produced the Urban Knights' self-titled debut album in 1994, some people were surprised to see Earth, Wind & Fire's leader/founder producing an album of mostly instrumental jazz-funk and pop-jazz. But for those who knew something about White's pre-EWF history, it wasn't all that surprising -- White had a jazz background, and he played drums in the Ramsey Lewis Trio before forming EWF's original pre-Philip Bailey lineup in 1970. Lewis, in fact, is among the participants on this CD by the Urban Knights, whose first lineup consists of Lewis on piano, Grover Washington, Jr. on tenor and soprano sax, Victor Bailey on electric bass, and Omar Hakim on drums. With such an all-star lineup, this album should have been exceptional -- it isn't, although Urban Knights offers a generally pleasant, if inconsistent and unremarkable, mixture of jazz, R&B, and pop. There are moments of interest; the CD's more noteworthy tracks include Lewis' Brazilian-influenced "Urban Samba," Hakim's dreamy "Hearts of Longing," and White's funky "On the Radio." But when Earth, Wind & Fire's leader/founder is the producer and musicians like Lewis and Washington are on board, you expect an album that is more than just pleasant -- you expect a masterpiece. And while Urban Knights isn't bad, it doesn't live up to its enormous potential. ~ Alex Henderson, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. On The Radio
02. Wanna Be With You
03. Chill
04. Hearts Of Longing
05. Friendship
06. Miracle
07. The Rose
08. Urban Samba
09. Forever More
10. Senegal

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excel

March 18th, 2009, 07:23 PM

zacki

March 18th, 2009, 10:20 PM

Marcus Miller - Suddenly (1983)

CD-Rip|Wav|Cue|Log|Covers
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01. Lovin' You
02. Much To Much
03. Suddenly
04. Just For You
05. The Only Reason I Live
06. Just What I Needed
07. Let Me Show You (I Just Want To Make You Smile)
08. Be My Love
09. Could It Be You

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RunawayTrane

March 19th, 2009, 04:03 AM

Donald Byrd - Kofi
JAZZ | FLAC | CUE | COVERS | 256MB | 43:39
Blue Note 1995

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Kofi was extracted from some of last Blue Note sessions of the 1960s before Byrd's ventures into soul fusion territory. The playing here is no less than stellar, with seasoned veterans such as Ron Carter and Airto Moreira giving Byrd more than ample support to stretch out and soulfully foreshadow elements of future recordings. Lew Tabackin easily shares the spotlight with his beautiful flute passages on the title track, while Frank Foster and the rest of the supporting group complement Byrd's playing with a grace that emulates the early chemistry between the early Miles Davis groups of the early '60s. The subtle relaxed tones of this album make it truly one of the essential releases in Byrd's catalog, not only from a historical standpoint (his future collaborations with the Mizell brothers would take him to an entirely different plane of thought), but from a casual listening standpoint as well. ~ Rob Theakston, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

1. Kofi
2. Fufu
3. Perpetual Love
4. Elmina
5. The Loud Minority

Part 1 (http://lix.in/-46155a) | Part 2 (http://lix.in/-479bfb)

RunawayTrane

March 19th, 2009, 12:09 PM

Earl Klugh - Nightsongs
JAZZ | FLAC | CUE | COVERS | 237MB | 40:36
Columbia 1984

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REVIEW (http://smoothjazztherapy.typepad.com/my_weblog/2007/11/earl-klugh---ni.html)

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Ain't Misbehavin'
02. Theme from "The Pawnbroker"
03. The Look of Love
04. Nature Boy
05. Stay Gold (Theme from "The Outsiders")
06. Night Song
07. See See Rider
08. A Certain Smile
09. The Shadow of Your Smile
10. Theme from "Picnic"

Part 1 (http://lix.in/-430e62) | Part 2 (http://lix.in/-449503)

Blaq

March 19th, 2009, 02:49 PM

RunawayTrane

March 19th, 2009, 04:37 PM

Some drive-time smoove for the coming home crew
Don't hit the monitor...it's just an album cover:

Bob James - Lucky Seven
JAZZ | APE | CUE | LOG | COVERS | 185MB | 35:06
Tappan Zee 1979

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Bob James is picking up some extra keyboards here -- mixing his usual Fender Rhodes with a bit of Oberheim Polyphonic -- but the overall sound of the record is still pretty great, and filled with those warm, spacious tones that make Bob's albums so great! Things are slightly smooth, but never cloying -- and there's a number of tracks here that show a strong "Taxi" influence in the way Bob puts together the rhythms and brings the keyboards up in the mix -- a style that's slightly gentler than the CTI years, but which also shows a deepening spirit in his work. Titles include "Look Alike", "Rush Hour", "Blue Lick", "Big Stone City", "Friends", and "Fly Away". © 1996-2009, Dusty Groove America, Inc.

~ TRACKLISTING ~

1. Rush Hour
2. Blue Lick
3. Look-Alike
4. Big Stone City
5. Friends
6. Fly Away

DOWNLOAD (http://lix.in/-3b72ab)

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RunawayTrane

March 19th, 2009, 05:00 PM

For all those interested. I found a really useful website on how to properly configure EAC to both rip CDs & write CDs. Up until I read it, I thought I had everything set up correctly. But my offsets were off & a few other things needed tweaking.

The website also explains how to use the .cue files to burn. My Roxio cd burner didn't accept them. So I'd always delete the cue files & manually split wav images. :smh:

But now it's as easy as 1-2-3. :207: I wish someone had shown me this website before I started.

http://blowfish.be/eac//Setup/setup1.html

If you pay close attention, I actually post links similar to that one. Here's one for example EAC GUIDE (http://www2.firehose.us:81/~jiggafellz/eac/)

Most of the programs mentioned in here will have links provided as well. Just not on every page, gotta do a little searchin every now and then....and then there's always google

But the greatest thing about using open source lossless formats with these open source ripping/burning/converting/tagging programs is that you can experiment with them without hurting your computer. Unlike WMP or Itunes or Real Player which might just shut down if you so much as try to re-tag a song the wrong way. Or screw up your registry if you alter something, these programs are meant to be experimented with and there's nothig to lose because it's all free. I've learned just as much through trial and error as I have from audio sites.

Anyway, here is the absolute best place to learn about all this crap. Don't give out the URL very often because at this site, it is better to be seen and not heard if you don't know what you're doing. -If you go here, make SURE you search for answers before posting questions. More than likely it's been answered already:

HYDROGEN AUDIO (http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?act=idx)

Blaq

March 20th, 2009, 01:58 AM

Keith Washington
Make Time For Love
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist

1. All Night
2. Make Time For Love
3. Kissing You
4. Are You Still In Love With Me
5. When You Love Somebody
6. Ready, Willing and Able
7. I'll Be There
8. When It Comes To You
9. Lovers After All
10. Closer

WAV
497MB

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Part 2: http://rapidshare.com/files/211326918/Keith_W_MTFL_Blaq_WAV.part2.rar
Part 3: http://rapidshare.com/files/211316751/Keith_W_MTFL_Blaq_WAV.part3.rar

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Review

Although it seems like Keith Washington was an overnight success, the truth is that he was busy many years prior trying to find his way to the music charts as an artist. Finally, that ambition has come to fruition and the result is resplendent. The Detroit native's first single was the captivating "Kissing You." The soft, mellow intro bows to a dynamic pre-hook string arrangement before returning to an affectionate chorus. The ballad stayed on the Billboard R&B charts for 20 weeks, peaking at number one. The second single was "Are You Still in Love with Me." The lyric expresses much concern and Washington conveys that message in his urgent cry; the single topped off at number 15 on the Billboard R&B charts after 14 weeks. The third release was the more romantic title track "Make Time for Love." Unlike the prior two singles, "Make Time for Love" settles into a gentle rhythm. Washington, however, exerts his energy as the song gradually builds momentum. It climaxed at 22 after 15 weeks on the charts. "When You Love Somebody" sizzles with a feverish rhythm accented by a spirited bridge and Washington's convincing delivery. This is a superb song. It only managed to crack the Top 30 at 26 after a mere 11 weeks. The production on this album is excellent, as are Washington's vocals as he utilizes his vibrato on most of the selections. It was anticipated that Washington's emergence onto the music scene was to be followed by chart dominance, but contractual problems stifled that possibility. Notwithstanding, this album will be revered for years to come for its many gems.

All Music Guide, Craig Lytle

Biography by Ron Wynn

Among the up-and-coming ballad stylists in the '90s urban contemporary generation, Keith Washington rode to fame with his 1991 LP Make Time for Love. The song "Kissing You" was an R&B smash, and later was heard as background music on an NBC soap opera. Washington issued the follow-up LP You Make It Easy in 1993. After a lengthy absence, he resurfaced in 1998 with KW.

RunawayTrane

March 20th, 2009, 12:12 PM

Cassandra Wilson - Days Aweigh
VOCAL | FLAC | CUE | LOG | COVERS | 234MB | 41:32
JMT 1987

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The formative years of singer Cassandra Wilson's career found her associated with the M-Base Collective school of eccentric funk. On this set of advanced originals (which also has versions of "Let's Face the Music" and "Some Other Time"), Wilson is the lead voice in dense ensembles that include (on various cuts) cornetist Olu Dara, guitarist Jean-Paul Bourelly, trumpeter Graham Haynes, and altoist Steve Coleman, along with a very active rhythm section. "Some Other Time" is a change of pace, a duet with pianist Rod Williams, but otherwise this is advanced free funk dance music. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

1. Electromagnolia
2. Let's Face The Music
3. Days Aweigh
4. Subatomic Blues
5. Apricots On Their Wings
6. If You Know How
7. You Belong To You
8. Some Other Time
9. Black And Yellow

Part 1 (http://lix.in/-401926) | Part 2 (http://lix.in/-419fc7)

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excel

March 20th, 2009, 06:46 PM

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8 Mile - Music From And Inspired By The Motion Picture
Format: WAV
Size: 500 MB

01 - Eminem-Lose Yourself
02 - Eminem, Obie Trice & 50 Cent-Love Me
03 - Eminem-8 Mile
04 - Obie Trice-Adrenaline Rush
05 - 50 Cent-Places To Go
06 - D12-Rap Game
07 - Jay-Z feat. Freeway-8 Miles And Runnin
08 - Xzibit-Spit Shine
09 - Macy Gray Time Of My Life
10 - Nas-U Wanna Be Me
11 - 50 Cent-Wanksta
12 - Boomkat-Wasting My Time
13 - Rakim-R.A.K.I.M.
14 - Young Zee-That's My Nigga For Real
15 - Gang Starr-Battle
16 - Eminem-Rabbit Run

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RunawayTrane

March 21st, 2009, 12:20 PM

Bobby Rush - Raw
BLUES | WAVPACK | CUE | LOG | ART | 341MB | 56:43
Deep Rush 2007

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REVIEW (http://www.bostonblues.com/reviews.php?key=cdRush-Raw)

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Boney Maroney
02. Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
03. Glad to Get You Back
04. Howlin' Wolf
05. Knockin' at Your Door
06. What's Going On
07. 9 Below Zero
08. What's the Use
09. You Don't Love Me
10. I'm Tired
11. How Long
12. Uncle Esau
13. I Got 3 Problems

Part 1 (http://lix.in/-44d793) | Part 2 (http://lix.in/-465e34)

Blaq

March 21st, 2009, 07:41 PM

Barry White
The Icon Is Love
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist

1. Practice What You Preach
2. There It Is
3. I Only Want To Be With You
4. The Time Is Right
5. Baby's Home
6. Come On
7. Love Is The Icon
8. Sexy Undercover
9. Don't You Want To Know?
10. Whatever We Had, We Had

WAV
656MB

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Review

Barry White has been to the top of the charts an admirable number of times, but only one of his hits was a ballad (a studio effort for the Quincy Jones album Back on the Block that included El DeBarge, James Ingram and Al B. Sure!). However, as a solo artist, White has never had a ballad usurp the number one spot on the Billboard charts. The Icon Is Love's featured release fills that void. "Practice What You Preach," which unites the maestro with producers Gerald LeVert and Edwin Nicholas, has a simmering arrangement, evocative lyric, and White's brawn delivery. The catchy melody and sensuous female backing vocals enhance this already stellar single. It stayed on the Billboard R&B charts for 30 weeks and had a consecutive three-week run at number one. White showcases his seductive, bassy baritone with romantic rap introductions on most of the selections. There is a balance of uptempo and balladic songs. The other two featured releases were "Come On" and "There It Is." The former is reminiscent of his days as the king of disco-swing, and the latter is a contemporary funky ballad. Respectively, they tipped in at 12 and 54. White, who is credited as producer and writer on every selection, embraces the savvy writing talents of industry veterans Barry Eastmond and Michael Lovesmith, and the keen production skills of Chuckii Booker (his godson), Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, and Jack Perry.

All Music Guide, Craig Lytle

Amazon.com Essential Recording

Critics may contend that Barry White passed his hit-making peak in the late '70s, but the man with the righteously real, deep-down-in-the-vocal-basement tones shocked all the nonbelievers in 1994. Thanks to "Practice What You Preach," the major hit single from this collection, White proved that he was far from being down with the count. Written and produced by White with Gerald Levert and his musical partner Tony Nicholas, the song not only found favor with White's existing audience, it had enough contemporary appeal to win the pop and soul legend some new fans, giving White's recording career a much-needed jolt. White also used the services of other current musical hit makers for the project: Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis cowrote "I Only Want to Be with You" and "Come On," a pair of strong tunes for the album. However, White is at his bedroom best on "Baby's Home" and "Whatever We Had, We Had," most definitely a throwback to his earlier work as a '70s chartbuster.

Amazon.com, David Nathan

RunawayTrane

March 22nd, 2009, 12:53 AM

Junior Wells - Hoodoo Man Blues
BLUES | WAV | CUE | LOG | COVERS | 496MB | 45:40
Delmark 1965

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One of the truly classic blues albums of the 1960s, and one of the first to fully document the smoky ambience of a night at a West side nightspot in the superior acoustics of a recording studio. Wells just set up with his usual cohorts -- guitarist Buddy Guy (billed as "Friendly Chap" on first vinyl pressings), bassist Jack Myers, and drummer Billy Warren -- and proceeded to blow up a storm, bringing an immediacy to "Snatch It Back and Hold It," "You Don't Love Me," "Chitlin Con Carne," and the rest that is absolutely mesmerizing. ~ Bill Dahl, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Snatch It Back and Hold It
02. Ships on the Ocean
03. Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
04. Hound Dog
05. In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning
06. Hey Lawdy Mama
07. Hoodoo Man Blues
08. Early in the Morning
09. We're Ready
10. You Don't Love Me, Baby
11. Chitlin Con Carne
12. Yonders Wall
13. Hoodoo Man Blues (alt take)
14. Chitlin Con Carne (alt take)

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dadirtydj

March 22nd, 2009, 05:35 AM

Seeing the Klugh post by Run reminded me of the three CDs I have. So, here they are.

Earl Klugh – Whispers & Promises (1989)

SMOOTH JAZZ | WAV | CUE | COVERS | 436 MB
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~Track Listings~

1 What Love Can Do
2 Master of Suspense
3 Water Song
4 Strawberry Avenue
5 Fall in Love
6 Summer Nights
7 Just You and Me
8 Whispers and Promises
9 Frisky Biscuits
10 Tango Classico

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Earl Klugh – Ballads (1993)

SMOOTH JAZZ | WAV | CUE | COVERS | 480 MB
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All Music Guide Review

While this collection of ballads from past Klugh releases has many pleasant moments, it's so pastoral and calming that each song fades into another one without making much impression. As background music, they're effective. Klugh's solos are well constructed, marvelously articulated, and his lines and phrasing sublime. The material covers an impressive range of genres, from jazz to pop, originals and standards. Those who enjoy untaxing material should find this another delightful Klugh collection; others seeking visceral fare should look elsewhere. ~ Ron Wynn, All Music Guide

~Track Listings~

1 This Time
2 Waltz For Debby
3 If You're Still In Love With Me
4 The April Fools
5 Rayna
6 Natural Thing
7 Waiting For Cathy
8 Julie
9 Nature Boy
10 Dream Come True
11 The Shadow Of Your Smile
12 Christina

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Earl Klugh – Move (1994)

SMOOTH JAZZ | WAV | CUE | COVERS | 525 MB
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All Music Guide Review

If there's any mystery about how to sustain an instrumental career over nearly two decades, just ask Earl Klugh for the solution. Judging from the well-traveled acoustic guitarist's body of work, it seems to lie in staying true to a certain sweet sound but continually changing the rhythmic and production trappings. After a few ambitious jaunts into the orchestral realm, Klugh on Move shakes up the formula with a mixed bag of logical twists: exotic percussion, African chant vocals, odd vocal effects, swinging rock-blues, and urban-flavored grooves. The result is an inspired new freshness. While sticking to his slick, melodic string style, Klugh infuses more aggressive energy into the pot. A few times, he even lets a harmonica and sax take the lead voice. Klugh's warm flavors have never gone out of style, but it's nice to get a visit from an old friend bearing new and unique gifts. ~ Jonathan Widran, All Music Guide

~Track Listings~

1 Across The Sand
2 Move
3 Far From Home
4 Tiptoein'
5 Nightwalk
6 Face In The Wind
7 Big Turtle River
8 Highway Song
9 Winter Rain
10 Doin' It
11 Across The Sand Part II

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Blaq

March 22nd, 2009, 10:23 AM

Teddy Pendergrass
Joy
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist

1. Joy
2. 2 A.M.
3. Good To You
4. I'm Ready
5. Love Is The Power
6. This Is The Last Time
7. Through The Falling Rain (Love Story)
8. Can We Be Lovers

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Album Pick

"Good To You"

WAV / 1411kbps / 53.2MB

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Review

Teddy Pendergrass finally made it back to the top in 1988, when the title track from this album spent two weeks at the head of the R&B list. The song even got mild pop attention, and the album was the first since his accident to really reflect the new Pendergrass sound. He sang in a slower, somber, yet appealing way quite different from the swaggering, openly sexual/macho posturing of the late '70s and early '80s. This was a weary but not beaten Pendergrass, whose manner and delivery underscored the resilient theme in Joy's lyrics.

All Music Guide, Ron Wynn

RunawayTrane

March 22nd, 2009, 04:00 PM

This was orignally posted by Wonderboi
Rather than copy and paste, just uploaded it myself:

Joe Sample - Old Places, Old Faces
JAZZ | WMA9 | CUE | COVERS | 280MB | 54:58
Warner Brothers 1996

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Pianist Joe Sample's Warner Bros. session mostly features relaxed acoustic music. Sample emphasizes his original melodies during his improvisations and is backed quite ably by bassist Jay Anderson, drummer Ralph Penland and an occasional percussionist. Most notable is that tenor saxophonist Charles Lloyd guests on three tracks, playing in his usual mellow version of John Coltrane. But in general this is a relaxing trio set, not overly memorable but relatively quite pleasing. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Free Yourself
02. Black and White (As Simple As)
03. Clifton's Gold
04. Old Places Old Faces
05. Tones for Ben
06. Hippies on a Corner
07. Souly Creole
08. First Love
09. Miles of Blue (Blue Miles)
10. Angels on My Mind

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RunawayTrane

March 22nd, 2009, 06:17 PM

Seeing the Klugh post by Run reminded me of the three CDs I have. So, here they are.

Earl Klugh – Whispers & Promises (1989)

Earl Klugh – Ballads (1993)

Earl Klugh – Move (1994)

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Teddy Pendergrass
Joy
[Direct Rip]

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excel

March 22nd, 2009, 06:47 PM

Back to my own rips. Going forward will add CUE files & passes are lurker proof.

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Goapele - Even Closer

FLAC - CUE - LOG | Genre : R&B, Soul | 385 mb

1. Closer
2. Ease Your Mind
3. Got It
4. Romantic
5. Too Much The Same
6. Catch 22
7. The Daze
8. Thing's Don't Exist
9. Childhood Drama
10. Salvation
11. Back To You
12. Butterflykisses
13. It Takes More
14. Red, White & Blues
15. Childhood Drama (remix) (BONUS)

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zacki

March 22nd, 2009, 10:03 PM

The Brothers Johnson - Light Up The Night (1980)

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01. Stomp
02. Light Up The Night
03. You Make Me Wanna Wiggle
04. Treasure
05. This Had To Be
06. All About The Heaven
07. Smilin' On Ya
08. Closer To The One That You Love
09. Celebrations

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excel

March 23rd, 2009, 09:51 AM

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Cooly's Hot-Box - Take It

FLAC - CUE - LOG | Genre : Acid Jazz, R&B, Soul | 408 mb

1. It's Alright (4:31)
2. Simple (3:43)
3. Over & Over (3:51)
4. Take Me Home Tonight (5:28)
5. Take It (4:43)
6. 14 Hours (4:28)
7. Make Me Happy (6:12)
8. Friend Of Mine (5:00)
9. Breathe Funny (Interlude) (0:36)
10. Wasted Time (4:17)
11. Let Me Get Some (3:55)
12. What A Suprise (5:41)
13. I'm In Love With You (4:20)
14. Happy Feelings (4:15)
15. Dimelo Siempre (3:52)

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Blaq

March 23rd, 2009, 11:16 AM

Phyllis Hyman
Prime Of My Life
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist

1. When You Get Right Down To It
2. I Found Love
3. Don't Wanna Change The World
4. Prime Of My Life
5. When I Give My Love (This Time)
6. I Can't Take It Anymore
7. Walk Away
8. Living In Confusion
9. Meet Me On The Moon
10. What Ever Happened To Our Love

WAV
540MB

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Album Pick

"When I Give My Love This Time"

WAV / 1411kbps / 71.8MB

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Review

Listening to Phyllis Hyman's 1991 emotional tour de force Prime of My Life is at once a happy and sad experience. Happy because it finds Hyman at a moment when she was not tortured by her inner demons and tragic because it provides an undeniable glimpse into Hyman's tortured soul and the pending suicide which would materialize four years later. Prime of My Life granted the sophisticated lady her first R&B chart-topper with the saucy "Don't Wanna Change the World," which incorporates elements of new jack swing, hip-hop, and early-'90s house, and even features a rare, sexy rap by the songstress herself. The album opens with the jazzy quiet storm hit "When You Get Right Down to It" and features several shimmering, gorgeous ballads, most notably the timeless audience favorite "Meet Me on the Moon," one of the high points of Hyman's catalogue, period. Other gems include the light, bittersweet closer "Whatever Happened to Our Love," "I Can't Take It Anymore," which is a sad tune pitted against a happy beat, and the self-assured yet ultimately tragic "Prime of My Life." One of the true highlights, however, is the over-seven-minutes-in-length "Living in Confusion," which Hyman belts with unmistakable integrity, growling out the bewildered lyrics with overflowing conviction, and provides more than a glimpse into what was really going on in the singer's life. Hyman could take an average song and tear through it like a tiger, which is what made her music so appealing. This album is a true gem and proves that the husky-voiced Hyman was a timeless song stylist in a class all her own. [The Japanese version of the album includes a bonus track, "Hottest Love Around."]

All Music Guide, Jose F. Promis

March 23rd, 2009, 02:50 PM

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zacki

March 23rd, 2009, 11:07 PM

George Duke - Guardian Of The Light (1983)

CD-Rip|Wav|Cue|Log|Covers
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01. Overture
02. Light
03. Shane
04. Born To Love You
05. Silly Fightin
06. You (Are The Light)
07. The War Fugue Interlude
08. Reach Out
09. Give Me Your Love
10. Stand
11. Soon
12. Celebrate
13. Fly Away

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RunawayTrane

March 23rd, 2009, 11:40 PM

Roberta Flack - Oasis
R&B | FLAC | CUE | LOG | COVERS | 306MB | 47:41
Atlantic 1988

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Roberta Flack has always seemed the elder stateswoman of pop, even during her peak years in the early Seventies. Refined, literate, rooted in folk traditions, she is an artist to respect. With Oasis, she doesn't flirt with pretension so much as she simply flirts, entering the electronic age with a disc that, cut for cut, perks. It helps that Flack hasn't lost her taste for good songwriters – there are contributions from Ashford and Simpson, Marcus Miller, Brenda Russell and Siedah Garrett. But it's Flack who holds all the threads together, singing in a way that is relaxed, giggly and sensuous. The songs tend to blur together by the middle of side two. But then Flack records so infrequently – Oasis is only her second solo album of the Eighties – that it's near impossible to have too much of a good thing. (RS 547) --ROB HOERBURGER, Rolling Stone

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Oasis
02. All Caught Up In Love
03. Uh-Uh Ooh-Ooh Look Out (Here It Comes)
04. Shock To My System
05. You Who Brought Me Love
06. Something Magic
07. And So It Goes
08. You Know What It's Like
09. And So It Goes (Reprise)
10. My Someone To Love
11. (His Name) Brazil

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Blaq

March 24th, 2009, 12:06 PM

Barry White
Just Another Way To Say I Love You
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist

1. Heavenly, That's What You Are To Me
2. I'll Do For You Anything You Want Me To
3. All Because Of You
4. Love Serenade
5. What Am I Gonna Do With You
6. Let Me Live My Life Lovin' You Babe
7. Love Serenade (Part II)

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Review

A great mid period sleeper from Barry White -- and an album that's not as hit-heavy as his other work from the time, but still equally nice! The album's got a mellower groove than some of Barry's albums of the time -- a laidback approach that's going more for an overall sound, and which tones down the beats and the hooks in favor of a more love-heavy sort of style! Barry's warmly seductive genius is beautifully cast in the album's sublime late nite mode -- and comes out especially nicely on the classic 2-part "Love Serenade" -- one of the moodiest, mellowest Barry White tunes ever! Other tracks include "Let Me Live My Life Lovin You Babe", "I'll Do For You Anything You Want Me To", "Heavenly, That's What You Are To Me" and "What Am I Gonna Do With You".

Dusty Groove

excel

March 24th, 2009, 01:45 PM

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Teena Marie - La Dona

FLAC - CUE - LOG | Genre : R&B | 520 mb

1. Doña-Intro
2. I'm Still in Love
3. Honey Call
4. Baby I'm Your Fiend
5. My Body's Hungry
6. Rose by Any Other Name
7. Off the Chain
8. Makavelli Never Lied
9. Revelations 3: 8 Introduction
10. Recycle Hate to Love
11. Mackin' Game
12. I Love Him Too
13. I Got You
14. Hit Me Where I Live
15. High Yellow Girl
16. Black Rain
17. I'm on Fire

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Blaq

March 24th, 2009, 01:59 PM

The Temptations
Gettin' Ready
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist

1. Say You
2. Little Miss Sweetness
3. Ain't Too Proud To Beg
4. Get Ready
5. Lonely, Lonely Man Am I
6. Too Busy Thinking About My Baby
7. I've Been Good To You
8. It's A Lonely World Without Your Love
9. Fading Away
10. Who You Gonna Run To
11. You're Not An Ordinary Girl
12. Not Now, I'll Tell You Later

WAV
339MB

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No Pass

Review

The marvelous title track alone, with Eddie Kendricks gliding into the stratosphere, made this an instant winner. There were several fine songs that weren't hits, such as "Not Now, I'll Tell You Later" and "I've Been Good To You," and there sure wasn't anything wrong with powerhouse cuts like "Ain't Too Proud To Beg." The Temptations would score four straight number one hits in the mid-'60s, each one an unforgettable classic.

All Music Guide, Ron Wynn

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.

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RunawayTrane

March 24th, 2009, 10:13 PM

Gnarls Barkley - The Odd Couple
RAP | WAV | CUE | LOG | HQ ART | 430MB
Downtown 2008

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In a world where it's the norm to have a one-off collaboration between a producer and a rapper, something special has to happen to prompt a sequel. Of course, "Crazy" was all the prompting needed for Cee-Lo and Danger Mouse to rejuvenate Gnarls Barkley, their collaboration by mail that sparked the brightest and catchiest single since OutKast's "Hey Ya." But fans and critics have to understand that these two were exactly the types to walk away from a follow-up simply for the purpose of a cash-in, which makes that follow-up, The Odd Couple, such a strange proposition -- it's exactly like St. Elsewhere, and fails to reveal a single new thing. All the hallmarks of a follow-up record are here -- similar sounds and themes, for sure, but also a clear lack of innovation, lyrical and production touches that have since become clichés, and more than just a few passages that will prompt a severe case of listener déjà vu. (Of course, many listeners may enjoy that sense of déjà vu.) As before, Danger Mouse's productions are miniature, modernist spaghetti Westerns, very closely detailed whether their major voice is an acoustic guitar or a choir of unholy voices. These are then chained to amped-up beats and beefed-up basslines to create something that sounds both vintage and up to date, all at the same time. Cee-Lo's lyrics and vocals again reveal a lunatic (or seer) who's occasionally more lucid than the sane, an enlightened psychopath wrestling with his demons and revealing the thin line between being crazy and sensible. At times, The Odd Couple is a more beautiful record than its predecessor -- the duo has never put out anything more moving on a musical and emotional level than "Who's Going to Save My Soul," and Danger Mouse's production work outshines St. Elsewhere on one track ("Open Book"). But all too often Cee-Lo relies on the same sort of lyrical cipher as on St. Elsewhere, although none of them are as effective. "I don't understand how I'm so understanding"; "I'm goin' on, and I think they'll have a place for you too"; "I could be a would-be killer" -- these are the ramblings of a madman; they may sound deep and profound late at night, but they're revealed as nonsense with the light of day. ~ John Bush, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Charity Case
02. Who's Gonna Save My Soul
03. Going On
04. Run (I'm a Natural Disaster)
05. Would Be Killer
06. Open Book
07. Whatever
08. Surprise
09. No Time Soon
10. She Knows
11. Blind Mary
12. Neighbors
13. A Little Better

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RunawayTrane

March 24th, 2009, 10:15 PM

Not really a fan, but this one might get my attention
Pay close attention to her label!!

Lalah Hathaway - Self Portrait
R&B | WAV | CUE | LOG | HQ ART | 683MB | 57:27
Stax 2008

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Had Lalah Hathaway's third and fourth solo albums been separated by a gap in time equal to the one between her second and third, Self Portrait would not have come out until 2014. But it arrived six years earlier, in time for her to connect with the rejuvenated Stax label, home of Angie Stone. The set reunites Hathaway with Rex Rideout, the producer/songwriter who worked with the singer on "Forever, for Always, for Love," the title cut of the Luther Vandross tribute album that appeared in 2004. Rideout is the primary collaborator, with his input on half of the songs, while kindred spirits Rahsaan Patterson and Sandra St. Victor also contribute to a handful of tracks. More mellow and unified than 2004's Outrun the Sky, the album maintains a steady flow, whether the backdrops feature midtempo dance rhythms and horns, deep basslines and finger snaps, or acoustic guitars and glistening keyboards. Nothing is bound to jump out of the speakers and pull you around the room, but there's an unshakable lingering effect with nearly every song. More than anything, the album helps bring back the art of the subtly seductive slow jam, despite the lyrical range, which covers personal issues almost as frequently as relationships. Slowest and most stunning is the closer, "Tragic Inevitability," co-produced with Manuel Hugas, Wiboud Burkens, and Anthony Jeffries; it's a breakup song ("It hurts me so/And I will not be consoled"), but no one will be doing any kind of separating while the song is within earshot. In the liners, check the random jabs at vocalists who, unlike Hathaway herself, require studio enhancements: "Pitch is the new black"; "Auto tune this!" She uses some effects of her own here, but they are used for effect, not as a corrective device. In total control of her voice at all times, she has never been prone to showing off for the sake of it, so it is easy to not fully appreciate just how exceptional she is. ~ Andy Kellman, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Let Go
02. Breathe
03. On Your Own
04. For Always
05. That Was Then
06. Learning to Swim
07. 1 Mile
08. Little Girl
09. What Goes Around
10. Naked Truth
11. Udo
12. Tragic Inevitability

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RunawayTrane

March 24th, 2009, 10:20 PM

Destiny's Child - Destiny's Child
R&B | WAV | CUE | LOG | HQ ART | 629MB
Columbia 1998

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Destiny's Child isn't quite just another debut album from an R&B girl group. The quartet worked with Wyclef Jean and Jermaine Dupri among others, and their voices sound beautiful together. Still, much of the album sounds indistinguishable from all the other female groups out there. When Destiny's Child does sound different, as on the single "No, No, No, Pt. 2," they're more than competent. ~ John Bush, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Second Nature
02. No, No, No, Pt. 2
03. With Me, Pt. 1
04. Tell Me
05. Bridges
06. No, No, No, Pt. 1
07. With Me, Pt. 2
08. Show Me the Way
09. Killing Time
10. Illusion
11. Birthday
12. Sail On
13. My Time Has Come

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RunawayTrane

March 24th, 2009, 10:23 PM

India.Arie - Voyage To India
R&B | WAV | CUE | HQ ARTWORK | 611MB | 52:36
Motown 2002

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Despite an excellent debut, India.Arie still had much to prove with her second record. Several of her neo-soul compatriots, from D'Angelo to Erykah Badu to Macy Gray, had faltered with sophomore albums, and it appeared she may have already said everything she had to say on Acoustic Soul. That anticipation, and trepidation, is exactly what makes Voyage to India such a beautiful surprise; it's a record that easily equals her debut, boasting better vocal performances but also better songwriting and accompanying production. As on her debut, there is a marked balance of organic and artificial: an acoustic guitar paces many tracks, though the edges are shorn off for a digital feel; the beats are often sampled, but there are still plenty of handclaps and fingersnaps; and the arrangements are simple yet obviously very polished. The improvement in her songwriting is most obvious from the first three tracks (after the short intro). The themes driving "Little Things" (keeping it simple), "Talk to Her" (the importance of honesty, warmth, and communication in relationships), and "Slow Down" (taking life one day at a time) certainly have been covered already, many times even, but India.Arie writes with a fresh perspective that makes it sound as though she's the first to broach the topic. And, finally, her delivery is the best of any neo-soul vocalist, barring only the incomparable Jill Scott, alternately earnest and playful and sexy and questing. It all adds up to one of the most glowing comebacks of the year (if she ever left), an important record whose stamp -- the Motown logo -- isn't the only thing it has in similarity with a classic LP by Marvin Gaye or Stevie Wonder. ~ John Bush, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Growth
02. Little Things
03. Talk to Her
04. Slow Down
05. The Truth
06. Beautiful Surprise
07. Healing
08. Get It Together
09. Headed in the Right Direction
10. Can I Walk with You
11. The One
12. Complicated Melody
13. Gratitude
14. Good Man
15. God Is Real
16. Interested

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RunawayTrane

March 24th, 2009, 10:28 PM

Had a problem scanning the cover of this due to it being chrome colored. All the inside art came out fine, but the cover came out almost totally black. Have no idea how to correct it either. It's still included so if anyone knows how to scan chrome, I'm open to any ideas. So this is a cover retrieved off the net. Also, this is the original album and doesn't include any bonus tracks

John Legend - Evolver
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Evolver is more clever and appealing as an album title than Dabbler, yet the latter would be much more emblematic of John Legend's third studio album. Legend is up-front about his lane changes, not just by admitting to the press that it does not sound like him, but also through the album's lead single. "Green Light," decked out in giddy synthesizers à la Paul McCartney's tolerated-or-loathed "A Wonderful Christmas Time" (or, OK, the glitziest part of Kanye West's "Flashing Lights"), sounds like an increasingly bad fit with each play, full of simple-minded gestures ("Dying to meet you/So let's mess around") while benefiting from André 3000's upstaging, off-the-cuff, don't-give-a-damn appearance. Following it is "It's Over," a relatively characteristic breakup song (albeit one where an auto-tuned West shows up to rhyme "kiddies" with "titties") that effectively sets the tone for the album's all-around erratic nature. There's a show-stopping ballad, a reggae-flavored Estelle feature, flashes of tropical lushness, a couple throwbacks to soul-informed soft rock, a clumsy track full of chunky synth riffs, a brave topical message song to close, and a couple other diversions throughout. The album's lack of focus would go down easier if a majority of the songs had the feeling and finesse of the highlights from Once Again and Get Lifted; the hooks aren't nearly as memorable and come off as forced, and Legend often sounds like he is being fed directions on what emotions to channel ("scorned, belligerent"; "heartbroken, twinkle in eyes") while remaining occupied by the satisfaction that comes with hearing what his vocal cords are capable of achieving. Easily the least accomplished of his albums, Evolver is nonetheless a refreshing change of sorts, for all its faults, at least as far as missteps are concerned. Safe, retraced steps from accomplished R&B artists are all too common, and this, if anything, is nothing of the sort. ~ Andy Kellman, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Good Morning Intro
02. Green Light
03. It's Over
04. Everybody Knows
05. Quickly
06. Cross the Line
07. No Other Love
08. This Time
09. Satisfaction
10. Take Me Away
11. Good Morning
12. I Love, You Love
13. If You're Out There

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RunawayTrane

March 24th, 2009, 10:35 PM

This is basically the same album as Free (Import), but with 4 extra songs

Marcus Miller - Marcus
JAZZFUNK | WAVPACK | CUE | LOG | PNG | 473MB | 70:55
Concord 2008

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[COLOR=skyBlue]Like Quincy Jones, Marcus Miller has the ability to bring together highly individual artists from several areas of music and somehow get them to fit comfortably in his projects. In addition, Miller can uplift what could be a simple funk piece and make it of interest to jazz listeners through his musicianship, creativity, and imagination. On Marcus, he uses different personnel and instrumentations on each selection, playing a bewildering assortment of instruments himself in addition to his distinctive electric bass. Some of the pieces, particularly ones that feature the singing of Lalah Hathaway and the Ivey Sisters, are essentially R&B although usually with a curve thrown in. Some selections have Miller heading what sounds like Miles Davis' last band (with Michael "Patches" Stewart in Miles' place), and there are features for his atmospheric bass clarinet playing. David Sanborn fares well during his two appearances, and Tom Scott stops by for a cameo, as does bluesman Keb' Mo', and one should not overlook the harmonica playing of Gregoire Maret. Listeners who enjoy creative funk will certainly enjoy this eclectic program. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide

TRACK-LISTING
01. Blast!
02. Funk Joint
03. Free
04. Higher Ground
05. Milky Way
06. Pluck (Interlude)
07. Lost Without U
08. 'Cause I Want You
09. Ooh
10. When I Fall in Love
11. Strum
12. Jean Pierre
13. What Is Hip?
14. Lost Without U

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RunawayTrane

March 24th, 2009, 10:39 PM

The Rippingtons - Welcome to the St. James' Club
SMOOTHJAZZ | FLAC | CUE | ARTWORK | 325MB | 47:14
GRP 1990

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First class fusion from guitarist Russ Freeman and company. Russ always uses the heavy hitters on the L.A. session scene, and Patti Austin contributes one vocal track. From the opening title track to the last note, "Welcome to the St. James Club" emplifies what The Rippingtons are all about. If you want the Rippington experience, this is the album to have. One cannot listen to this album and not come away feeling uplifted and upbeat. Russ Freeman and the Rippingtons tear it up from start to finish and don't miss a beat.

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Welcome to the St. James' Club
02. Wednesday's Child
03. (I Watched Her) Walk Away
04. Kenya
05. Affair in San Miguel
06. Tropic of Capricorn
07. Who'd Holding Her Now?
08. Soul Mates Freeman
09. Passion Fruit
10. Victoria's Secret

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RunawayTrane

March 24th, 2009, 10:41 PM

Graham Central Station - Graham Central Station
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Warner Brothers 1973

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This promising 1973 album represents bass wizard Larry Graham's first post-Sly and the Family Stone work. Much like his previous band, Graham Central Station was a multiracial unit that blended soul grooves and pop hooks to create an exuberant hybrid. However, Graham Central Station gives Graham's bass work a more upfront role in the sound and adds further layers of rhythms with drum machines and rhythmic-sounding keyboards like the clavinet. The result is a disc that is equal parts pop-soul ("Ain't No Fun to Me") and funk ("We Be Gettin' Down"). The blend isn't as seamless as one might hope, which means some songs are stronger on groove then they are on melody: "Tell Me What It Is" has a great groove built on a seamless mix of thumping bass and throbbing drum machine, but lacks the melodic hooks necessary to make it a truly memorable song. Another problem is that the lyrics are underdeveloped in places: "People" rails against injustice but fails to point the finger at a specific cause, and "Why?" treads on too-familiar love lament territory. Despite these problems, Graham Central Station remains an engaging listen thanks to fine musicianship; even when the songs are lacking in hooks, there is an abundance of cool riffs and stellar vocal harmonies that will make funk fans smile. When this musicianship is applied to the right songs, the results are pure magic: "Hair" wraps a clever lyric about tolerance around a huge groove driven by one of Graham's serpentine basslines, and "Can You Handle It?" effectively fuses a pop melody built on a sing-along chorus to a propulsive bass/keyboard groove (it also became the group's first chart hit). In short, casual listeners may want to pick up this album's highlights on a compilation, but funk lovers will find plenty to enjoy on Graham Central Station. ~ Donald A. Guarisco, All Music Guide

TRACKLISTING:
1. We've Been Waiting
2. It Ain't No Fun to Me
3. Hair
4. We Be's Gettin' Down
5. Tell Me What It Is
6. Can You Handle It?
7. People
8. Why?
9. Ghetto

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RunawayTrane

March 25th, 2009, 12:31 AM

The song that made me ask my mother for a radio
for me this was the east coast version of "Dance To The Music"

Beginning Of The End - Funky Nassau
R&B | FLAC | CUE | LOG | 300DPI | 251MB | 35:48
Alston 1971

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Thirty years after its maiden voyage, Funky Nassau sails again on a digitally remastered CD. Their number 15 pop smash "Funky Nassau Part 1 & 2" is the cream of this hands-on production by the Bahamas natives. The nine cuts fuses island rhythms and American jazz/funk into a doable, choppy mixture featuring guitars, bass, drums, and scratch vocals. Misclassified as a disco band, the Beginning of the End served up breezy Phil Upchurch-esque sounds, with "Come Down" and "Surrey Ride" being prime examples. ~ Andrew Hamilton, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

1. Funky Nassau, Pt. 1
2. Funky Nassau, Pt. 2
3. Come Down
4. Sleep on Dream On
5. Surrey Ride
6. Monkey Tamarind
7. In the Deep
8. Pretty Girl
9. When She Made Me Promise

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Blaq

March 25th, 2009, 12:37 AM

zacki

March 25th, 2009, 01:21 AM

Denise LaSalle - Satisfaction Guaranteed (1981)

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01. I'm Trippin' On You
02. Tighten Up On Your Good Thing
03. Sharing Your Love
04. When Love Separates
05. Got Myself A Handyman
06. Make Love To Me One More Time
07. E.R.A. (Equal Rights Amendment)
08. I'll Get You Some Help

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Blaq

March 25th, 2009, 09:30 AM

Alexander O'Neal
Hearsay
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Tracklist

1. Intro
2. (What Can I Say) To Make You Love Me
3. Intro
4. Hearsay
5. Intro
6. The Lovers
7. Intro
8. Fake
9. Intro
10. Criticize
11. Intro
12. Never Knew Love Like This
13. Interlude
14. Sunshine
15. Crying Overtime
16. Intro
17. When The Party's Over

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Review

Alexander O'Neal almost achieved the breakout he needed for crossover success with his second album. It cracked the Top 30 on the pop album chart, earned a gold record, and included O'Neal's two strongest uptempo tunes, "Fake" and "Criticize." Jam and Lewis linked the material with "party" dialogue and patter, providing their finest and tightest production for any O'Neal record. The beats were catchy, the songs hook-laden, and O'Neal's voice alternately explosive, sensitive and bemused.

All Music Guide, Ron Wynn

Biography by John Floyd

This Minneapolis soul man cut his teeth in the Time but was bounced (for looking "too black") before they signed with Warner Brothers. His tough, ballsy voice has the same grain and range as Otis Redding's. Like that master, Alexander O'Neal is comfortable with pumping dancefloor burners and slinky couch-cuddlers. He's certainly the best singer Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis have ever produced, and the strength of his material and his robust voice can be heard on releases including 1986's Hearsay, 1991's All True Man, and 1997's Lovers Again. He relocated to Britain, where his efforts had always been better received, and began to set up permanent shop there. His first British-only release, 2002's Saga of a Married Man, showed him developing into a smoother and more mature singer compared to his previous output.

All Music Guide

RunawayTrane

March 26th, 2009, 11:04 AM

Return To Forever Returns (LIVE)
FUSION | FLAC | CUE | LOG | ART | 854MB | 149:27 | 2 DISC
Eagle 2008

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REVIEW (http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=32146)

Return To Forever:
Chick Corea
Stanley Clarke
Al Di Meola
Lenny White

TRACKLISTING:
01. Opening Prayer
02. Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy
03. Vulcan Worlds
04. Sorceress
05. Song to the Pharaoh Kings
06. Al's Solo: Children's Song #3/Passion Grace & Fire/Mediterranean Sundance/Café 1930
07. No Mystery
08. Chick's Solo: Friendship/Solar
09. Romantic Warrior
10. Stanley's Solo: El Bayo de Negro
11. Lenny's Solo: Lineage
12. Romantic Warrior [Continued]
13. Duel of the Jester and the Tyrant
14. 500 Miles High
15. BBC Lifetime Achievement Award to RTF

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Purgatori

March 26th, 2009, 09:35 PM

Emarosa - Relativity
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Genre: Indie
Year: 2008

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Emarosa is oozing with talent which includes renowned vocalist Jonny Craig (formerly of Dance Gavin Dance). Many think he has the best voice in the "scene", and that comment is hard to deny once you hear their debut LP Relativity. The band enlisted Kris Crummett (Dance Gavin Dance, Drop Dead Gorgeous, Fear Before The March of Flames) to produce the album. The end result is something unforgettable and special. With soaring vocals and technical guitar work throughout the album, only one word can truly describe the sound, "epic".

With several tours under their belt and an EP that sold over 4,600 digitally, the band is well on their way. Constantly getting requests from fans all over the world to play their hometown, the band is set to tour the world and spread the word of Emarosa and its album, Relativity. For fans of Circa Survive and Saosin.

Tracklisting:
1. The Past Should Stay Dead (4:34)
2. Just Another Marionette (4:04)
3. What's A Clock Without The Batteries? (3:39)
4. Heads Or Tails? Real Or Not (5:01)
5. Even Bad Men Love Their Mothers (2:00)
6. Her Advice Cost Us A Life (4:34)
7. Set It Off Like Napalm (3:07)
8. Sailing In The Dark Isn't Smart Kid! (3:17)
9. Pretend, Release. The Close (3:00)
10. It's Cold In The Shade, Let's Move To The Sun.... (1:01)
11. I Still Feel Her - Part I (4:33)
12. A City Called Coma - Part II (4:23)
Playing Time: 43:11

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Purgatori

March 26th, 2009, 09:36 PM

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Info :Artist: Jewel
Release Date: Feb 28, 1995
Label: Atlantic Records
Genre: Pop
Styles: Adult Alternative Pop/Rock

1. Who Will Save Your Soul
2. Pieces Of You
3. Little Sister
4. Foolish Games
5. Near You Always
6. Painters
7. Morning Song
8. Adrian
9. I'm Sensitive
10. You Were Meant For Me
11. Don't
12. Daddy
13. Angel Standing By
14. Amen

Jewel Kilcher, born May 23rd 1974 is an American Grammy Award-nominated singer, songwriter, actress, poet and philanthropist, generally known just by her first name, "Jewel".

Jewel was born in Payson, Utah, to Atz Kilcher, whose parents were German-speaking immigrants from Switzerland and Lenedra Carroll. She and her father sometimes earned a living by singing in bars and taverns. It was from these experiences she learned to yodel, a quality demonstrated in many of her songs.

Jewel learned to play the guitar while on scholarship at the prestigious Interlochen Arts Academy in Interlochen, Michigan, where she majored in operatic voice. She started writing songs at the age of seventeen.

In 1993, Flea of the rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers met Jewel after he saw her perform at a local cafe. He went back to her van where she was living, where she sang a few of her songs to him. He described her singing voice as being "beautiful" and "breathtaking". It was at these coffeehouse appearances that she was discovered by Atlantic Records. She cut her debut album, Pieces of You, when she was nineteen and it was released in 1995.n The album stayed on the Billboard 200 for an impressive two years, reaching number four at its peak. The album spawned the Top 10 hits "You Were Meant for Me", "Who Will Save Your Soul" and "Foolish Games." The album was a huge success and eventually sold over 12 million copies in the U.S. alone, more than all of her subsequent albums put together.

In November 1998, Jewel released her second album, Spirit. The album peaked at #3 on the Billboard 200 and sold over 4 million copies in the U.S. The songs "Hands" and "Down So Long" hit the Top 10. Other singles followed, a new version of "Jupiter (Swallow The Moon), "What's Simple Is True", the theme song to her upcoming movie, and the charity single "Life Uncommon".

A year later, In November 1999, Jewel released her holiday album, Joy: A Holiday Collection. The album sold over a million copies and peaked at #32 on the Billboard 200. She released a cover of "Joy to the World" from the album.

In November 2001, the album This Way was released. The album peaked at #9 on the Billboard 200 and sold over 1 million copies in the U.S., standing as her most critically acclaimed album to date. Jewel hit the Top 10 with the song "Standing Still" and the Top 40 with the song "Break Me". Other singles released were "This Way" and "Serve The Ego", the latter giving Jewel her first number one club hit.

In 2003 Jewel released her album 0304. She writes in her liner notes, "I wanted to make a record that was a modern interpretation of big band music. A record that was lyric driven, like Cole Porter, that also had a lot of swing. And a lot of it is thanks to Lester, because when I told him I wanted to make a record that combined dance, urban and folk music, he didn't look at me like I was crazy." While some fans considered 0304 an innovative album that held to the tradition of her previous albums, others felt that it was too much of a change from the style of her older albums.

On May 2, 2006, Jewel released her sixth album, Goodbye Alice In Wonderland. The album received mixed reviews, but still managed to debut at #8 on the Billboard Albums Chart. The album sold 82,000 copies in its first week out. The lead single "Again and Again" has had moderate success on Top 40 Radio, peaking at #16. The second single, "Good Day", was released to radio in late June but failed to gain any traction on the radio airplay charts. Recently, a video for "Stephenville, TX", her next single, has been seen on Yahoo! Launch.

As of December 2006, the album barely sold 270,000 copies. It is notable in that it is the only Jewel album to not achieve Gold certification.

In early February 2007, Jewel made a promotional appearance on the T in Boston for the Verizon Yellow Pages, playing songs on a moving subway car and then doing a small acoustic concert in South Station. In an interview with the Boston Globe, Jewel confirmed that she is no longer affiliated with a record label, confirming rumors that Atlantic Records failed to renew her contract after the lackluster sales of her latest album. She also hinted that she would like to do a country album next.

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Purgatori

March 26th, 2009, 09:38 PM

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Info :1. Deep Water
2. What's Simple Is True
3. Hands
4. Kiss The Flame
5. Down So Long
6. Innocence Maintained
7. Jupiter
8. Fat Boy
9. Enter From The East
10. Barcelona
11. Life Uncommon
12. Do You
13. Absence Of Fear / This Little Bird - (bonus track)

Notes
Personnel: Jewel (vocals, acoustic guitar); Nedra Carroll (vocals); Jude Cole (acoustic guitar, mandolin, dobro, dulcimer, background vocals); James Harrah (acoustic & electric guitars); David Channing, Josh Clayton-Felt (electric guitar); Marty Rifkin (pedal steel guitar); Paul Jackson, Jr. (12 string guitar); Cameron Stone (cello); Patrick Leonard (piano, keyboards, Hammond B-3, programming); Flea, Paul Bushnell (bass); Vinnie Colaiuta (drums); Brian Macleod (drums, hand drum); Luis Conte (percussion).

Recorded at Groove Masters, Santa Monica, California; Oceanway, Hollywood, California; Sound Stage Studio, Nashville, Tennessee; Bearsville Theatre, Bearsville, New York. Includes liner notes by Jewel.

All tracks have been digitally mastered using HDCD technology.

Aided by airy but sparkling production by Patrick Leonard, Jewel comforts one and all with this collection. On "Hands," she sings that if she could tell the world just one thing, "It would be that we're all OK." Outside of her multi-octave, crystalline voice, therein lies a large part of Jewel's true appeal--a seemingly boundless compassion. To the Beatles prescription "All You Need Is Love," she adds one more ingredient: "Fill your lives with love and bravery/And you shall lead a life uncommon." While much of her yearning is spiritual and utopian, Jewel is not immune to the call of the flesh. In "Do You" she wants to stay with a lover because their teeth are straight and "the sex is good."

It's not all about words however. There's a hip-hop touch in the rhythm section on "Down So Long," confirmed in the third verse when Jewel raps for about two bars. The natural sounds throughout the CD dominate the subtler synth touches. Acoustic guitar, tasteful wah-wah and spot-on harmonies make this an extremely intimate, personal sounding release.Jewel's multi-platinum 1998 album. 13 tracks. Atlantic.

about jewel:

Jewel Kilcher, born May 23rd 1974 is an American Grammy Award-nominated singer, songwriter, actress, poet and philanthropist, generally known just by her first name, "Jewel".

Jewel was born in Payson, Utah, to Atz Kilcher, whose parents were German-speaking immigrants from Switzerland and Lenedra Carroll. She and her father sometimes earned a living by singing in bars and taverns. It was from these experiences she learned to yodel, a quality demonstrated in many of her songs.

Jewel learned to play the guitar while on scholarship at the prestigious Interlochen Arts Academy in Interlochen, Michigan, where she majored in operatic voice. She started writing songs at the age of seventeen.

In 1993, Flea of the rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers met Jewel after he saw her perform at a local cafe. He went back to her van where she was living, where she sang a few of her songs to him. He described her singing voice as being "beautiful" and "breathtaking". It was at these coffeehouse appearances that she was discovered by Atlantic Records. She cut her debut album, Pieces of You, when she was nineteen and it was released in 1995.n The album stayed on the Billboard 200 for an impressive two years, reaching number four at its peak. The album spawned the Top 10 hits "You Were Meant for Me", "Who Will Save Your Soul" and "Foolish Games." The album was a huge success and eventually sold over 12 million copies in the U.S. alone, more than all of her subsequent albums put together.

In November 1998, Jewel released her second album, Spirit. The album peaked at #3 on the Billboard 200 and sold over 4 million copies in the U.S. The songs "Hands" and "Down So Long" hit the Top 10. Other singles followed, a new version of "Jupiter (Swallow The Moon), "What's Simple Is True", the theme song to her upcoming movie, and the charity single "Life Uncommon".

A year later, In November 1999, Jewel released her holiday album, Joy: A Holiday Collection. The album sold over a million copies and peaked at #32 on the Billboard 200. She released a cover of "Joy to the World" from the album.

In November 2001, the album This Way was released. The album peaked at #9 on the Billboard 200 and sold over 1 million copies in the U.S., standing as her most critically acclaimed album to date. Jewel hit the Top 10 with the song "Standing Still" and the Top 40 with the song "Break Me". Other singles released were "This Way" and "Serve The Ego", the latter giving Jewel her first number one club hit.

In 2003 Jewel released her album 0304. She writes in her liner notes, "I wanted to make a record that was a modern interpretation of big band music. A record that was lyric driven, like Cole Porter, that also had a lot of swing. And a lot of it is thanks to Lester, because when I told him I wanted to make a record that combined dance, urban and folk music, he didn't look at me like I was crazy." While some fans considered 0304 an innovative album that held to the tradition of her previous albums, others felt that it was too much of a change from the style of her older albums.

On May 2, 2006, Jewel released her sixth album, Goodbye Alice In Wonderland. The album received mixed reviews, but still managed to debut at #8 on the Billboard Albums Chart. The album sold 82,000 copies in its first week out. The lead single "Again and Again" has had moderate success on Top 40 Radio, peaking at #16. The second single, "Good Day", was released to radio in late June but failed to gain any traction on the radio airplay charts. Recently, a video for "Stephenville, TX", her next single, has been seen on Yahoo! Launch.

As of December 2006, the album barely sold 270,000 copies. It is notable in that it is the only Jewel album to not achieve Gold certification.

In early February 2007, Jewel made a promotional appearance on the T in Boston for the Verizon Yellow Pages, playing songs on a moving subway car and then doing a small acoustic concert in South Station. In an interview with the Boston Globe, Jewel confirmed that she is no longer affiliated with a record label, confirming rumors that Atlantic Records failed to renew her contract after the lackluster sales of her latest album. She also hinted that she would like to do a country album next.

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