General Run's Lossless Library [Archive]

RunawayTrane

August 10th, 2008, 02:15 AM

Hello all you music lovers. You know I ain't never been the red carpet type. I'm the "Just Do It" type. So here is my contribution, my way of saying hello.... My music library

Basically, it's the same music that's posted elsewhere, except that all music posted in this thread is in High Quality LOSSLESS FORMATS ONLY. That means NO MP3's whatsoever!! No AAC, no WMA, not even OGG VORBIS is allowed in here. ONLY LOSSLESS. Whether it's compressed audio or not. So here are a few of the formats you might encounter in the lossless library:

WAV (uncompressed Windoze)
Free Lossless Audio Codec (FLAC)
Monkeys Audio (APE)
WavPack (WV)
Apple Lossless Audio Codec (ALAC)
AIFF (uncompressed MacIntosh)
Windoze Media Audio Lossless (WMAL or WMA9)
Shorten (SHN)
Tom's lossless Audio Kompressor (TAK)
Lossless Predictive Audio Compression (LPAC)
OptimFROG (OFR)
True Audio (TTA)

It will be all kinds of music. But it will all be lossless. Also, every RunawayTrane post will be uploaded with RAPIDSHARE and will have the same password. My pass is something simple that I can remember. I always use lisalisa as my pass because I can always remember that awesome rack. So all ya gotta do is remember them knockas and you'll remember my pass.

now without further ado
on with the music.....

Zap Mama - A Ma Zone
WORLD | APE | CUE | LOG | 300DPI | 349MB
Luaka Bop 1999

http://www.onlinedisk.ru/cache/8f0a890866067c78f1cf7eae409efb63 (http://www.onlinedisk.ru/view/397313/ZapmaMazone.jpg)

Zap Mama's last album was the first one to incorporate instrumental sounds into the group's six-voice a cappella mix; it was also the first to include male voices. On A Ma Zone, group leader Marie Daulne has expanded the exploration of American R&B and hip-hop that she began with Seven. Breakbeats, jazzy upright bass, and turntable manipulation are now a part of the mix -- a mix that was already rich with European and West African influences. "Gissie" draws most deeply on Daulne's Central African Pygmy roots, with its call-and-response structure and her unearthly yodeling; "Rafiki," which opens the album, is a collaboration with Black Thought (of the Roots) that segues beautifully into "W'Happy Mama," on which Daulne shows off her own speed-rap flow (in French, of course). "'Allo 'Allo" and "Call Waiting" both hint at her ongoing obsession with the telephone, an instrument that she seems to find mildly repellent but can't seem to ignore. Everything on this album is both complex and immediately accessible, simultaneously deeply funky and sweetly gentle. Very highly recommended. ~ Rick Anderson, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Iko-Iko
02. Rafiki [DNA Remix]
03. W'happy Mama
04. Call Waiting
05. Gissié
06. Songe
07. Kemake
08. Comment Ça Va?
09. Ya Solo
10. My Own Zero
11. M'Toto
12. Gbo Mata [Station]
13. 'Allo 'Allo
14. Rafiki [Original Mix]

Part 1 (http://lix.in/-3073f8) | Part 2 (http://lix.in/-31fa99)

RunawayTrane

August 10th, 2008, 02:19 AM

PLEASE READ

When using EAC: Make sure to check TEST AND COPY SELECTED TRACKS, not just COPY SELECTED TRACKS. Especially if not using ACCURATERIP (http://www.accuraterip.com/) with EAC. Just copying the tracks in EAC does not insure that they are lossless. EAC will check the disc TWICE for each task before completing, so in the test and copy process, EAC actually checks the disc 4 times for errors. If the Test CRC and the Copy CRC (also called "checksums") do not match, then that rip may not be a bit for bit perfect match which means it is actually NOT a 100% lossless copy!! This method might take a little longer to complete, but ensures that you get the best secure rips possible and that you are indeed sharing actual LOSSLESS files. As you all know, I'd rather have ONE quality rip than 10 rips that I am not 100% certain are done correctly. After all these months, you should all know this about me by now, lol

So instead of:

Track 1

Filename C:\Users\Annie\Desktop\Young MC\01. -I Come Off.wav

Peak level 99.9 %
Track quality 100.0 %
Copy CRC 6FD0DFFB
Cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 6) [542A8154], AccurateRip returned [7387F454]
Copy OK

you'll get a message where the Test CRC and Copy CRC should match. If not, something isn't right. :

Track 1

Filename C:\Users\Annie\Desktop\Young MC\01. -I Come Off.wav

Peak level 99.9 %
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 6FD0DFFB
Copy CRC 6FD0DFFB
Cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 6) [542A8154], AccurateRip returned [7387F454]
Copy OK

and if you also use AccurateRip (http://www.accuraterip.com/) as well:

Track 13

Filename C:\Users\Annie\Desktop\Jody Watley - Mignight Lounge\13. -Photographs [eastwest connection remix].wav

Peak level 96.5 %
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC C2FDD79E
Copy CRC C2FDD79E
Accurately ripped (confidence 4) [70AD4CDB]
Copy OK

AccurateRip (http://www.accuraterip.com/) isn't really necessary in Secure Mode, but it's nice to get that added security in knowing that the rip is good. And if using BURST MODE, then AccurateRip (http://www.accuraterip.com/) should be a MUST. But whatever mode used (Secure, Burst, Paranoid), TEST AND COPY please yall!! I cannot emphasize this enough

TEST AND COPY
TEST AND COPY
TEST AND COPY
TEST AND COPY
TEST AND COPY......

TEST AND COPY!!!

thanks

Zap Mama - Ancestry In Progress
WORLD | APE | CUE | LOG | COVERS | 482MB
Luaka Bop 2004

http://www.onlinedisk.ru/cache/8cf6eab18be952d2da88030e1f828928 (http://www.onlinedisk.ru/view/397312/ZapmaAIP.jpg)

On its first full-length in four years, Marie Daulne's Zap Mama project returns to Luaka Bop from a brief encounter with Narada and resumes its quest to wind African melody and vocal harmony around hip- hop, jazzy breaks, soul and Afro Cuban rhythms first explored on 7 and continued with mixed success on A Ma Zone. Produced by Daulne and Anthony Tidd, the music production was supervised by the Roots' Richard Nichols. As such, this exotic blend is earthy, steamy, full of souled-out slips and shimmers in "Bandy Bandy" with special guest Erykah Baud, and the laid-back funk of "Show Me the Way," with guests Air Thompson Bahamadia and Lady Alma. This is far more an urban recording, where urban pop and nu-soul are informed by worldbeat esthetics rather than the other way around. Take "Miss Q'N" with its late-night groove and stacked harmonies (all performed by Daulne) coming from out of the ether and weaving a tapestry of soft seductive lullaby around the lyric. "Yak," with its male chorus intoning the pronunciation ("Yah Yoa") is an intro against the whispering hi hat loop, before a huge chorus of alto and contralto voices re-frame it and Daulne's solo voice. As the hypnotic effect becomes the M.O., M.C. Intense begins rapping from his urban reality perch and throws the whole thing into overdrive. And so it goes, drifting, cutting, edging, and willowing toward some otherworldly collage that is all held together in the sheer vocal magic of Daulne's vision. [A Japanese version added a bonus track.] ~ Thom Jurek, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Intro
02. Sweet Melody
03. Vivre
04. Bandy Bandy
05. Yelling Away
06. Show Me the Way
07. Follow Me
08. Miss Q-N
09. Yaku
10. Ca Varie Varie
11. Alright
12. Cache Cache
13. Leçon No. 5
14. Wadidyusay?
15. Zap Bébés

~ BONUS DISC ~

01. Virtual Fire
02. Cou Cou
03. Bandy Bandy (Carl Craig Mix)
04. Nostalgie Amoureuse (Bootleg Mix)

Part 1 (http://lix.in/-28d2e7) | Part 2 (http://lix.in/-2a5988) | Part 3 (http://lix.in/-2be029)

RunawayTrane

August 10th, 2008, 02:21 AM

Zap Mama - Supermoon
WORLD | FLAC | CUE | 300DPI | 318MB
Heads Up 2007

http://img34.picoodle.com/img/img34/3/8/4/t_ZapMamaSpeMm_060d1d1.jpg (http://www.picoodle.com/view.php?img=/3/8/4/f_ZapMamaSpeMm_060d1d1.jpg&srv=img34)

Zap Mama has always effortlessly created a unique bridge between African music and R&B, and they've done it again on their new album, although the very slick production cuts down on the rawer elements that were such a joy on their earlier work. Although an African heart beats under it all, much of the time it's well-hidden under layers of vocals and arrangements. It starts off hopefully enough with "1000 Ways," a gorgeous piece of work before going into "Hey Brotha." But the title cut is a bit of a disappointment, perhaps a bit too airy for the lyrical matter. And by the time you reach "Princess Kesia," with its almost choral vocals, you have to wonder if Zap Mama, which is really Marie Daulne these days, really know where they're going. "Toma Taboo," which drafts in Belgian singer Arno, might be based on an African song, but it appears to have drifted far from home in this incarnation. There are plenty of musical guests, but if anything that works against any cohesive quality on the disc; the tracks stand individually, rather than as a whole. Musically, it's fine, an easy listen, but it's impossible to shake the feeling that there's something lacking. ~ Chris Nickson, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Go Boy
02. Affection
03. Supermoon
04. 1000 Ways
05. Hey Brotha
06. Toma Taboo
07. Where Are You?
08. Gati
09. Kwenda
10. Princess Kesia
11. Moonray
12. Bee Song

Part 1 (http://lix.in/-2586d5) | Part 2 (http://lix.in/-270d76)

RunawayTrane

August 10th, 2008, 02:37 AM

Crusaders - Crusaders 1
FUSION | FLAC | CUE | 300DPI | 447MB
Blue Thumb 1971

http://img37.picoodle.com/img/img37/3/8/7/f_Crusaders1fm_67844d0.jpg (http://www.picoodle.com/view.php?img=/3/8/7/f_Crusaders1fm_67844d0.jpg&srv=img37)

In 1971, the Jazz Crusaders reinvented themselves for the first time. First they dropped the word "jazz" from their moniker, and secondly they wholeheartedly embraced electric bass and guitars in their mix. Their new "debut" is a wonder of jazz-funk as a natural evolution out of hard bop and soul-jazz. While the wonderful horn interplay between saxophonist Wilton Felder and trombonist Wayne Henderson is still everywhere evident, the badass, beat-driven rhythm section has Joe Sample playing funky Rhodes piano against Chuck Rainey's basslines and an orgy of guitars -- led by Larry Carlton's brilliant lead work. These are all anchored by Stix Hooper's never out-of-the-pocket, popping kit work. Certainly other acts had used the same instrumentation, but the sheer sophistication in the Crusaders compositions and charts combined with their dedication to grooved-out accessibility -- and Stewart Levine's magnificent production -- made them a singular entity even in the up-and-coming jazz-rock fusion scene. Released as a double LP, the set offered all dimensions of the Crusaders and their new filled-out sound. From the driven riffing of Felder's "That's How I Feel" that features all three guitarists in overdrive, to the strutting, tough groove of Sample's "Put It Where You Want It," to the nocturnal harmonics of Henderson's "Mystique Blues" with punched-up horns and shimmering wah-wah from Carlton, to the exploding grit of his "Mud Hole," the band is in amazing form. The sound here is the place where the beat meets the street meets the stage in an urban jazz club. But the real prize on this set is the nearly 13-minute exploration of Carole King's "So Far Away" that became a staple of the group's live set. Here the sheer elegance and grace of the Crusaders' "singing" lyrical approach is so transcendent that FM rock and soul stations were playing it as a single! Henderson and Felder croon in unison and offer different sides of themselves as soloists, each man letting his break drip with a sexy tenderness that is never saccharine. Sample and Hooper trot out the colors and textures, and playing around the horns, they offer the tune as a kind of lover's dance with enough sass to keep it grooving while never overpowering the gorgeous melodics at the center. Carlton fills the middle with fat chords and single-string runs that made the entire thing soar. The Crusaders were onto something here and set themselves a new watermark, carving out a place for themselves in the new decade, and it turns out for posterity. ~ Thom Jurek, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

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

Part 1 (http://lix.in/-2d7ae8) | Part 2 (http://lix.in/-2f0189) | Part 3 (http://lix.in/-30882a)

Blaq

August 10th, 2008, 02:37 AM

Welcome, fam. :553:

Good to see you on board at the Citi. :thumbs up:

All this time I didn't know the story behind your password. :498:

RunawayTrane

August 10th, 2008, 02:45 AM

Ice Cube - Amerikkka's Most Wanted
RAP | FLAC | CUE | 600DPI | 306MB
Priority 1990

http://img26.picoodle.com/img/img26/3/8/8/f_IceCueAMWfrm_a7dd82f.jpg (http://www.picoodle.com/view.php?img=/3/8/8/f_IceCueAMWfrm_a7dd82f.jpg&srv=img26)

When Ice Cube split from N.W.A after the group's seminal Straight Outta Compton album changed the world forever, expectations were high, too high to ever be met by anyone but the most talented of artists, and at his most inspired. At the time Cube was just that. With AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted the rapper expanded upon Compton, making a more full-bodied album that helped boost the role of the individual in hip-hop. Save the dramatic intro where a mythical Ice Cube is fried in the electric chair, his debut is filled with eye-level views of the inner city that are always vivid, generally frightening, generally personal, and sometimes humorous in the gallows style. Ripping it quickly over a loop from George Clinton's "Atomic Dog," Cube asks the question that would be central to his early career, "Why there more niggas in the pen than in college?," while sticking with the mutual distrust and scare tactics N.W.A used to wipe away any hopes of reconciliation ("They all scared of the Ice Cube/And what I say what I portray and all that/And ain't even seen the gat"). "What I'm kicking to you won't get rotation/Nowhere in the nation" he spits on the classic "Turn Off the Radio," which when coupled with the intoxicating Bomb Squad production and Cube's cocksure delivery that's just below a shout, makes one think he's the only radio the inner city needs. The Bomb Squad's amazing work on the album proves they've been overly associated with Public Enemy, since their ability to adapt to AmeriKKKa's more violent and quick revolution is underappreciated. Their high point is the intense "Endangered Species," a "live by the trigger" song that offers "It's a shame, that niggas die young/But to the light side it don't matter none." This street knowledge venom with ultra fast funk works splendidly throughout the album, with every track hitting home, although the joyless "You Can't Fade Me" has alienated many a listener since kicking a possibly pregnant woman in the stomach is a very hard one to take. Just to be as confusing as the world he lives in, the supposedly misogynistic Cube introduces female protégé Yo-Yo with "It's a Man's World" before exiting with "The Bomb," a perfectly unforgiving and visceral closer. Save a couple Arsenio Hall disses, AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted is a timeless, riveting exercise in anger, honesty, and the sociopolitical possibilities of hip-hop. ~ David Jeffries, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Better off Dead
02. The Nigga Ya Love to Hate
03. AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted
04. What They Hittin' Foe?
05. You Can't Fade Me/JD's Gaffilin'
06. Once Upon a Time in the Projects
07. Turn Off the Radio
08. Endangered Species (Tales From the Darkside)
09. A Gangsta's Fairytale
10. I'm Only Out for One Thang
11. Get off My *** and Tell Yo ***** to Come Here
12. The Drive-By
13. Rollin' Wit the Lench Mob
14. Who's the Mack?
15. It's a Man's World
16. The Bomb

Part 1 (http://lix.in/-25ed4b) | Part 2 (http://lix.in/-2773ec)

RunawayTrane

August 10th, 2008, 02:55 AM

Welcome, fam. :553:

Good to see you on board at the Citi. :thumbs up:

All this time I didn't know the story behind your password. :498:

Thanks for the kind reception. Looks good here. Needed a pass that was ez and her boobs were the first thing that popped into my brain. The rest is history.

Now I know the story behind your pw as well.

Blaq

August 10th, 2008, 03:05 AM

Thanks for the kind reception. Looks good here. Needed a pass that was ez and her boobs were the first thing that popped into my brain. The rest is history.

Now I know the story behind your pw as well.

You're welcome, RT. That's funny as hell. I'm reppin' Synciti & BGOL, but changed my pass to the current since Princess has me as a mod here to rep the site to the fullest.

Princess

August 10th, 2008, 03:11 AM

Welcome Run..I'm looking forward to this thread. :respect-067:

RunawayTrane

August 10th, 2008, 04:01 AM

More Zap

Zap Mama - 7
WORLD | WAV | CUE | COVERS | 612 MBS
Luaka Bop 1997

http://img36.picoodle.com/img/img36/5/12/12/f_ZapMama7covm_d6c6355.jpg (http://www.picoodle.com/view.php?img=/5/12/12/f_ZapMama7covm_d6c6355.jpg&srv=img36)

7 is Zap Mama's attempt to reach a wider, mainstream audience. Working with a full band, Zap Mama make a number of concessions to R&B and pop conventions, including covering Phoebe Snow ("Poetry Man") and recording with guest vocalists like U-Roy and Michael Franti (Spearhead, Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy). While the changes might be initially disconcerting, the record works surprisingly well, demonstrating Zap Mama's exceptional vocal skills and making the group's music more accessible. ~ Leo Stanley

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Belgo Zaïroise
02. Nostalgie Amoureuse
03. African Sunset
04. Poetry Man
05. Téléphone
06. New World
07. Baba Hooker
08. Illioï
09. Jogging à Tombouctou
10. Timidity
11. Eie Buma
12. Warmth
13. Damn Your Eyes

Part 1 (http://rapidshare.com/files/76222705/Zap-mother-7.part1.rar) | Part 2 (http://rapidshare.com/files/76219895/Zap-mother-7.part2.rar) | Part 3 (http://rapidshare.com/files/76216748/Zap-mother-7.part3.rar) | Part 4 (http://rapidshare.com/files/76213593/Zap-mother-7.part4.rar) | Part 5 (http://rapidshare.com/files/76210910/Zap-mother-7.part5.rar)

RunawayTrane

August 10th, 2008, 04:03 AM

Fishbone - Bonin' In The Boneyard [EP]
ROCK | WAV | CUE | LOG | COVERS | 197MBS | 18:54
CBS 1990

http://img33.picoodle.com/img/img33/4/7/19/f_FishboneBonm_c5b0947.jpg (http://www.picoodle.com/view.php?img=/4/7/19/f_FishboneBonm_c5b0947.jpg&srv=img33)

In 1990, two years had passed since Fishbone had released the great Truth & Soul. In the meantime, the already largely populated band had expanded to include another member, former Miles Davis player John Bigham, on second guitar. And since it would take another full year until their next full-length album would see the light of day (1991's The Reality of My Surroundings), the band decided to fill the void with a five-track EP titled after Truth & Soul's best song, "Bonin' in the Boneyard." While the great original version was not included, two new takes were: "New and Improved Bonin'" and "Bonin' in the Jungle." Neither came close to topping the original, but three other tracks fared better: "In the Name of Swing," "Love and Bullshit," and "Hide Behind My Glasses." While one of the tracks would resurface on the 1996 two-CD compilation Fishbone 101: Nuttasaurusmeg Fossil Fuelin, the other four are unavailable anywhere else. Although it's currently out of print, hardcore Fishbone fans will want the EP for its uncommon material. ~ Greg Prato, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

1. New And Improved Bonin'
2. In The Name Of Swing
3. Love And Bullshit
4. Hide Behind My Glasses
5. Bonin' In The Jungle

BONIN (http://lix.in/-4b2f06)

pw=lisalisa

RunawayTrane

August 10th, 2008, 04:13 AM

She's a BIG gal. But she got a sweet voice. Sings a little everything

Toshi Reagon - Have You Heard
BLUES | FLAC | CUE | 300DPI | 294MBS
Righteous Babe 2005

http://img29.picoodle.com/img/img29/4/7/9/f_ToshiHYHfrm_6698bca.jpg (http://www.picoodle.com/view.php?img=/4/7/9/f_ToshiHYHfrm_6698bca.jpg&srv=img29)

Folk blues goddess Toshi Reagon’s sixth album, her first on Ani DiFranco’s Righteous Babe’s label, might be the one to finally propel this talented musician/producer/songwriter into the mainstream spotlight.

Toshi Reagon is an Amazing Live Performer. To really experience Toshi, you must see her live. In concert she builds each song to a crescendo of guitar, bass and vocals that take you over until you have no choice but to tap your feet and groove along. This album comes close, but can’t match the energy of a live Toshi Reagon show.

The opening song “Have You Heard”. Toshi’s sweet voice calls for peace over a driving acoustic guitar and Catherine Russell’s back up vocals.

Reagon is the daughter of Sweet Honey in the Rock matriarch Bernice Johnson Reagon and has been influenced by diverse artists and genres. The opening electric guitar and bass line of “Building Blues” sounds like early Pink Floyd and “Down to the River” shows her gospel influence. Toshi even covers Elvis Presley’s “Heartbreak Hotel.” ~ Kathy Belge, About.com

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Have You Heard
02. 22 Hours
03. Didn't I Tell You
04. Trying to Bring Love Home
05. Ooh Wee
06. Building Blues
07. You
08. Down to the Water
09. Soul-N-Deep
10. Dream
11. Heartbreak Hotel

Part 1 (http://lix.in/-2de0ca) | Part 2 (http://lix.in/-2f676b)

RunawayTrane

August 10th, 2008, 04:17 AM

Keb Mo - Keep it Simple
BLUES | WAVPACK | CUE | LOG | 300DPI | 312MB | 47:23
Epic 2004

http://www.onlinedisk.ru/cache/4aa48aada93a362973858718218f1e3c (http://www.onlinedisk.ru/view/367597/Kebmosimple.jpg)

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

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

:music-081:
LINKS (http://lix.in/-766263)
pw: lisalisa

RunawayTrane

August 10th, 2008, 01:05 PM

Prince - Ultimate Prince
ROCK | FLAC | CUE | 300DPI | 1.07GBS
Warner Brothers 2006

http://img26.picoodle.com/img/img26/4/6/30/f_PrinceUltimm_4293250.jpg (http://www.picoodle.com/view.php?img=/4/6/30/f_PrinceUltimm_4293250.jpg&srv=img26)

~ Disc 1 ~

01. I Wanna Be Your Lover (2:58) * *
02. Uptown (4:11) * *
03. Controversy (7:16) * *
04. 1999 (3:38) * *
05. Delirious (2:41) * *
06. When Doves Cry (3:50) * *
07. I Would Die 4 U (Live) (2:58) * *
08. Purple Rain (Live) (8:42) * *
09. Sing "O" the Times (3:42) * *
10. I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man (3:41)
11. Alphabet St. (5:39) * *
12. Diamonds and Pearls (4:21) * *
13. Gett Off (4:32) * *
14. Money Don't Matter 2 Night (4:47) * *
15. 7 (5:10) * *
16. Nothing Compares 2 U (Live) (5:04) * *
17. My Name Is Prince (4:04)

~ Disc 2 ~

18. Let's Go Crazy (Special Dance Mix) (7:36) * *
19. Little Red Corvette (Dance Remix) (8:27) * *
20. Let's Work (Dance Remix) (8:05) * *
21. Pop Life (Fresh Dance Mix) (6:19) * *
22. She's Always in My Hair (12" Version) (6:32)
23. Raspberry Beret (12" Version) (6:36) * *
24. Kiss (Extended Version) (7:16) * *
25. U Got the Look (Long Look) (6:43) * *
26. Hot Thing (Extended Remix) (8:32) * *
27. Thieves in the Temple (Remix) (8:08) * *
28. Cream (N.P.G. Mix) (4:52)

http://rapidshare.com/files/126248062/Alotta.Prints.part01.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/126243969/Alotta.Prints.part02.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/126239735/Alotta.Prints.part03.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/126234457/Alotta.Prints.part04.rar
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Blaq

August 10th, 2008, 01:34 PM

DJ Clue
The Professional
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist

1. Intro
2. Ruff Ryders Anthem (Remix) - (feat. DMX, Jadakiss, Styles, Drag-On & Eve)
3. It's On - (feat. DMX)
4. Fantastic 4 - (feat. Cam'Ron, Big Pun, Noreaga & Canibus)
5. Queensfinest - (feat. Nas)
6. Exclusive-New Shit - (feat. Nature)
7. Gangsta Shit - (feat. Jay-Z & Ja Rule)
8. Thugged Out Shit - (feat. Memphis Bleek)
9. It's My Thang - (feat. EPMD, Redman & Keith Murray)
10. Mariah Carey (Skit)
11. Whatever You Want - (feat. Flipmode Squad)
12. That's The Way - (feat. Mase, Foxy Brown & Fabolous Sport)
13. I Like Control - (feat. Missy Elliott, Mocha & Nicole Wray)
14. Bitch Be A Ho - (feat. Jermaine Dupri & R.O.C.)
15. If They Want It - (feat. Fabolous Sport)
16. Pain In Da Ass (Skit)
17. The Professional - (feat. Mobb Deep & Noyd)
18. Brown Paper Bag Thoughts - (feat. Raekwon)
19. Cops & Robbers - (feat. Lord Tariq & Muggs)
20. Made Men - (feat. Made Men)
21. No Love - (feat. MOP)
22. Come On - (feat. Boot Camp Clik)

WAV
748MB

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BenQ

August 10th, 2008, 02:57 PM

RunawayTrane welcome:thumbs up:

& whats wrong with mp3 :sad:

:scratchchin:

LEGION

August 10th, 2008, 03:03 PM

RunawayTrane

August 10th, 2008, 04:55 PM

The Rippingtons - Black Diamond
JAZZ | FLAC | CUE | COVERS | 355MB
Windham Hill 1997

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After nearly a decade at GRP Records, smooth jazz's premier ensemble made a very successful switch to Windham Hill with this recording inspired by leader Russ Freeman's ski adventures in his adopted home of Colorado. Their tenth album continues the band's recent successful ventures into urban-flavored music while also showcasing Freeman's amazing talents for jazz and flamenco guitar playing, in addition to his trademark classical guitar-influenced pop/rock sound. The collection is also a celebration of ten years of the smooth jazz format and the Rippingtons' instrumental role in creating music that helps define the genre's sound. The band weaves through the title track with a soaring, echoing guitar melody over a cool, shuffling hip-hop groove. Mark Williamson's spiritual-flavored chanting enhances the moody textures and funky, retro-soul vibe of the electric guitar-driven "Deep Powder," while the steamy, classical guitar-led "Seven Nights in Rome" finds the band looking down from the mountaintop, thoughtfully recounting the romantic ambience of a recent concert trip to Italy. "North Peak"'s slamming percussion approximates a speedy downhill race, but all that chill is more than balanced by the daring and exotic "Angelfire," which blends Freeman's colorful flamenco stylings and Arturo Sandoval's crackling trumpet. ~ Jonathan Widran, All Music Guide All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Black Diamond
02. Deep Powder
03. Seven Nights in Rome
04. Soul Seeker
05. In Another Life
06. Big Sky
07. If I Owned the World
08. North Peak
09. Angelfire
10. Jewel Thieves
11. Black Diamond (Acoustic Version)

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RunawayTrane

August 10th, 2008, 05:05 PM

RunawayTrane welcome:thumbs up:

& whats wrong with mp3 :sad:

:scratchchin:

MP3s are what's called LOSSY format. Meaning that the original WAV or AIFF files are compressed and lose quality during compression. An MP3 file encoded at 128Kbps, has been compressed 12 times. Compress something that much and it's bound to decrease in quality. Even a 320kbps MP3 has been compressed 4 times. That's cool for Ipods, MP3 players and Computers, but on a Hi-Fi system, you can actually hear a difference in output. And even if you can't tell the difference, there is one. So when you take a lossy file and try to convert it to a different format, you lose even MORE quality. Whereas, you can switch from one lossless format to another with no loss in quailty at all.

So whenever the industry switches to a new format (and it does every few years, like from vinyl to CD), people with lossless files won't have a problem, but people with lossy files will have to start all over agian

Blaq

August 10th, 2008, 05:22 PM

DJ Clue
The Professional 2
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist

1. Intro
2. Back 2 Life 2001 - DJ Clue (feat. Mary J. Blige and Jadakiss)
3. Jay-Z Freestyle
4. Who's Next (X-Clue-Sive) (feat. DMX)
5. Coming For You (feat. Beanie Sigel)
6. Fantastic Four Pt. 2 (feat. Lox, Cam'ron, Nature & Fabolous)
7. Getting It (feat. Busta Rhymes & Rah Digga)
8. Cream 2001 (feat. Raekwon & Ghostface Killah)
9. What The Beat (feat. Eminem, Method Man & Royce The 5-9)
10. Lil' Mo Interlude
11. Fuck A Bitch (feat. Snoop Dogg & Kurupt)
12. Change The Game Remix - Jay-Z (feat. Daz, Kurupt, Beanie Sigel & Memphis Bleek)
13. My Niggaz Dem - (feat. Trick Daddy & Trina)
14. Live From The Bridge - (feat. Nas)
15. So Hot - (feat. Foxy Brown)
16. Chinatown - Lil' Kim (feat. Junior Mafia & Lil' Cease)
17. Bathgate Freestyle
18. M.A.R.C.Y. - Memphis Bleek (feat. Geda K)
19. I Don't Care - (feat. Capone & Noreaga)
20. The Best Of Queens (It's Us) - (feat. Mobb Deep)
21. RED - (feat. Redman)
22. Dangerous (feat. Muggs & Lady Luck)
23. Phone Patch (feat. Ty Shaun)

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722MB

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RunawayTrane

August 10th, 2008, 09:02 PM

Bobby Hutcherson - For Sentimental Reasons
JAZZ | FLAC | CUE | 300DPI | 247MB
Kind of Blue 2007

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Vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson, who successfully translated John Coltrane’s "sheets of sound" approach to the vibes, became the acknowledged master of that instrument when Milt Jackson died in 1999. A veteran of many historic Blue Note dates, a bit player in the movie Round Midnight, and founding member of the SF Jazz Collective, Hutcherson calls this mostly ballads CD, with pianist Renee Rosnes, bassist Dwayne Burno, and drummer Al Foster, his "love record." All of his powers are evident here: his melodic fluency, vast harmonic imagination, and his incredible ability to make the vibes sing. Like Lester Young, Hutcherson knows how to melodically tell a story, as evidenced by his shimmering takes on the Latin-tinged "Ode to Angela," and "I Wish I Knew," his sumptuous piano duet on the Bernstein/Sondheim classic "Somewhere," and his heartbreaking, solo number "I’ll Be Seeing You," Hopefully we’ll be seeing and hearing from this genius more often. --Eugene Holley, Jr., Amazon.com

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons
02. Ode to Angela
03. Embraceable You
04. Along Came Betty
05. Somewhere
06. Jitterbug Waltz
07. What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life
08. Don't Blame Me
09. Spring Is Here
10. I Wish I Knew
11. I'll Be Seeing You

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Blaq

August 10th, 2008, 09:20 PM

MaccaM

August 11th, 2008, 05:01 PM

RunawayTrane

August 11th, 2008, 10:52 PM

What's the deal MaccaM?? Glad you signed on. Yeah, just figured I might as well get it started here as well. Since this is like the cool alternative to BGOL spot

RunawayTrane

August 11th, 2008, 11:08 PM

Ozomatli - Street Signs
ROCK | WAV | CUE | 300DPI | 564 MBS
Concord 2004

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Los Angeles-based Ozomatli are a new kind of American band, a band reflecting the multiracial and multicultural One World demographics of the 21st century. Drawing on musical sources as diverse as salsa, hip-hop, rock, jazz, funk, Tejano, and reggae, Ozomatli appear to be trying to be all things to all people, but amazingly, they pull it off more times than they don't, and even when their increasingly inclusive experiments fall short, they still manage to offer up new creative possibilities. With the release of Street Signs you can add Middle Eastern music to the mix, and once again, the sheer number of ingredients they manage to pack into their sound is impressive, beginning with "Believe," the album opener, which should be all over pop radio with its full, deep, and anthemic sound (that it isn't all over the radio says a lot more about the current state of radio than it does Ozomatli). "Te Estou Buscando" and "Saturday Night" are also impressive, but the real highlight here is the appearance of legendary jazz and salsa pianist Eddie Palmieri on two tracks, the brief and lovely "Dona Isabelle" and "Nadie Te Tira," a blast of horn-drenched salsa that underscores an obvious point about Ozomatli: aside from their considerable cultural, political, and musical import, this is one hell of a dance band. ~ Steve Leggett, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Believe
02. Love & Hope
03. Street Signs
04. (Who Discovered) America?
05. Who's To Blame*
06. Te Estoy Buscando
07. Saturday Night
08. Déjame En Paz
09. Santiago* *
10. Ya Viene El Sol (The Beatle Bob Remix)
11. Doña Isabelle
12. Nadie Te Tira
13. Cuando Canto

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RunawayTrane

August 11th, 2008, 11:27 PM

Run, what would be a good starting point for me to check some Jazz out? I'm I fan of John Coltrane so what would be similar to that? I know that i'm missing out on some good music and really don't know where to start.

Hmmm, that's a good question. Coltrane is unlike any other, so there's really no comparision. If you like Trane, Miles Davis might be to your liking. But he can be a little "out there" with some of his fusion works (1968-1983) although they are still quite good.

It all depends on the time period: If you want contemporary stuff and have never listened to jazz extensively, I'd start with Marcus (Iller) Miller, Ronny Jordan and Roy (That Boy) Hargrove. They throw in alot of funk with the jazz so the transition is easier.

But if you want some real throwback jazz, the only way to go is with Dizz and Bird (Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker). If you want some of that cool ass, Avant-Garde shit from the 60's, look for Thelonious Monk, Trane, Miles, Donald Byrd, Lee Morgan, Sonny Rollins, Oscar Peterson, Art Blakey, Roland Kirk and Pharoah Sanders

If you want some of that smooth/R&B/jazz from the 80's look for Grover, Dave Valentin, George Howard, Gerlad Albright, Spyro Gyra, David Sanborn, Ronnie Laws, Najee, George Benson and Earl Klugh

It might even depend on what your fav instrument is. I know you can put damn near any guitarist one a platter and I'll check for it. Or pianist too. So I'm partial to the Wes Montgomery's and Thelonious Monks of the world. But I also love the horns, so Miles and Trane get plenty love too. I also like flutist, so Dave Valentin is a fav of mine.

Hell, I can decide. Just dive in. Any of those artists is a winner IMHO

Blaq

August 12th, 2008, 12:34 AM

Hmmm, that's a good question. Coltrane is unlike any other, so there's really no comparision. If you like Trane, Miles Davis might be to your liking. But he can be a little "out there" with some of his fusion works (1968-1983) although they are still quite good.

It all depends on the time period: If you want contemporary stuff and have never listened to jazz extensively, I'd start with Marcus (Iller) Miller, Ronny Jordan and Roy (That Boy) Hargrove. They throw in alot of funk with the jazz so the transition is easier.

But if you want some real throwback jazz, the only way to go is with Dizz and Bird (Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker). If you want some of that cool ass, Avant-Garde shit from the 60's, look for Thelonious Monk, Trane, Miles, Donald Byrd, Lee Morgan, Sonny Rollins, Oscar Peterson, Art Blakey, Roland Kirk and Pharoah Sanders

If you want some of that smooth/R&B/jazz from the 80's look for Grover, Dave Valentin, George Howard, Gerlad Albright, Spyro Gyra, David Sanborn, Ronnie Laws, Najee, George Benson and Earl Klugh

It might even depend on what your fav instrument is. I know you can put damn near any guitarist one a platter and I'll check for it. Or pianist too. So I'm partial to the Wes Montgomery's and Thelonious Monks of the world. But I also love the horns, so Miles and Trane get plenty love too. I also like flutist, so Dave Valentin is a fav of mine.

Hell, I can decide. Just dive in. Any of those artists is a winner IMHO

Thanks, Run. I am a big Donald Byrd fan. Also, I listen to Ronnie Laws, Wes Montgomery, George Benson and some Grover.

I think i'd prefer throwback jazz over the others. I was never really into Gerald Albright, George Howard, Najee, etc. I'm going to try some of the artists that you'd mentioned. Thanks again, Run.

Blaq

August 12th, 2008, 12:36 AM

Goodness!!! I join exactly one day after you do, and you've already come in here and made yourself quite comfortable with your library. :498:

I've been around, but have not had a chance to upload anything lately. That is about to change over the next couple of days. I'll be dropping some stuff real soon.

MaccaM

What's happening, MaccaM? Good to see you on the board. :thumbs up:

RunawayTrane

August 12th, 2008, 01:33 AM

Phoebe Snow - Phoebe Snow
ROCK | FLAC | CUE | SCANS | 213MB
Shelter 1974

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It's been said many times that being difficult to categorize or pigeonhole can be the kiss of death commercially, and no one bears that out more than Phoebe Snow -- a pearl of a singer who never caught on because she simply didn't fit neatly into any one category. Known primarily for her haunting single "Poetry Man," this self-titled classic (which was recorded in 1973 and released on LP in 1974) found the earthy vocalist drawing on everything from folk and pop to soul, jazz, and blues. If anyone has bridged the gap between Joni Mitchell and Aretha Franklin, it's Snow, who is as confident on the soul-influenced "Good Times" as she is on the introspective jazz offering "Harpo's Blues." In fact, many of the players backing Snow are jazzmen, including cool jazz great Zoot Sims (tenor sax) and piano legend Teddy Wilson. With as many risks as she takes, the album is generally quite accessible.

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Good Times (Original Demo) * *
02. Harpo's Blues (Original Demo)
03. Poetry Man (Original Demo)
04. Either or Both
05. San Francisco Bay Blues (Original Demo)
06. I Don't Want the Night to End (Original Demo)
07. Take Your Children Home
08. It Must Be Sunday (Original Demo)
09. No Show Tonight
10. Easy Street (*)

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RunawayTrane

August 12th, 2008, 02:06 AM

Mother's Finest - Black Radio Won't Play This Record
ROCK | FLAC | CUE | SCANS | 365MB
Scotti Bros. 1992

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Though Mother's Finest had some success in the R&B market with the 1979 hit "Love Changes," the Atlanta residents were always rockers at heart. After reuniting in the late '80s, MF aimed at the urban contemporary market with Looks Could Kill -- a pedestrian, forgettable effort that had very little going for it. But the Led Zeppelin-influenced band more than made up for that artistic blunder with the heartfelt Black Radio Won't Play This Record. Taking off the gloves (both musically and lyrically) and throwing urban contemporary considerations to the wind, MF excels by doing what it does best: scorching heavy metal and hard rock with a touch of Ike & Tina Turner-ish soul. Lead singers Joyce Kennedy and Glenn Murdock are as passionate as ever, and the songwriting is first-rate. While "Like a Negro" protests racism and "Stop" warns that unsafe sex can result in AIDS, "Crack Babies" addresses the horrors of babies born to cocaine-addicted mothers. MF's small but devoted following hoped that this album (arguably its heaviest since 1981's Iron Age) would save the headbangers from obscurity, but sadly, it enjoyed little attention. ~ Alex Henderson, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Like A Negro
02. Power
03. Generator
04. Cry Baby
05. Shirt
06. The Wall
07. Attitude
08. Crack Babies
09. Head Bangin' And Booty Shakin'
10. Stop
11. Move (Get Outta My Way)
12. Love Peace & Freedom

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RunawayTrane

August 12th, 2008, 03:42 AM

Incognito - Adventures In Black Sunshine
JAZZ | FLAC | CUE | SCANS | 471MB
Narada 2004

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Incognito Celebrate their 25th Anniversary Year with an Album that is One of the Strongest They have Ever Recorded. Led by Jean-paul 'bluey' Maunick, the Highlight of the 14-track Album is the Return of Maysa Leak on Vocals of Seven Cuts. She Appears on the Single "Listen to the Music", a Stunning Remake of the Doobie Brothers Hit, as Well as Another Likely Single, the Brazilian-flavoured "Everything Your Heart Desires". Another Feature of the Album is the Inclusion of Several Outstanding Instrumentals, Evoking the Jazz Funk Era When Incognito Started. The Tracklist also Includes "The World is Mine", "The Principles of Love" and "Beyond the Clouds".

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Don't Turn My Love Away
02. Everything Your Heart Desires
03. Close My Eyes
04. 25th Chapter
05. True to Myself
06. Principles of Love
07. This Thing Called Love
08. Fences and Barriers
09. Mindin' My Business
10. Autumn Song
11. Listen to the Music
12. Mr. Jones
13. World Is Mine
14. Beyond the Clouds

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RunawayTrane

August 12th, 2008, 03:49 AM

John Coltrane - Lush Life
JAZZ | WAVPACK | CUE | LOG | COVERS | 246MB | 36:42
Prestige 1958 (Remastered RVG Edition)

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To say that John Coltrane is one of the greatest jazz musicians in the history of the genre is to utter a banal truism, but amid all of the (well-deserved) hubbub over Giant Steps and A Love Supreme, it is extremely edifying to pick up this 1958 effort and hear how well the man could play standards and especially ballads. Assisting him in this worthy endeavor are various combinations of Earl May and Paul Chambers on bass and Louis Hayes, Albert Heath, and Art Taylor on drums. Without a piano supplying much of the harmony of the song, Coltrane is extremely exposed, having to rely upon his own melodic inventiveness to ground his improvisations in both the chords and melody of the tune itself, while simultaneously commenting upon them. It's a difficult task, but one for which Coltrane is uncommonly prepared. Throughout the record, the saxophonist sounds more like Charlie Parker than usual, especially on the terrific "Like Someone in Love," but that doesn't mean that he doesn't get some of his own best licks in as well. Saxophone ballads are rarely more interesting and more beautiful. The Latin groove to "I Love You" is a delight, especially so considering that the rhythm section sounds like it's going to fall apart at any second. The sole deviation from the saxophone trio format features assistance from Red Garland and Donald Byrd on a reading of "Lush Life," which is so perfectly realized that one begins to wonder why successive generations of jazzers still persist in attempting to improve upon it. A perfect track and a perfect album, one well deserving of its classic status. ~ Daniel Gioffre, All Music Guide

TRACK-LISTING:

1. Like Someone in Love
2. I Love You
3. Trane's Slo Blues
4. Lush Life
5. I Hear a Rhapsody

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RunawayTrane

August 12th, 2008, 10:18 AM

McCoy Tyner - Afro Blue
JAZZ | FLAC | CUE | 300DPI | 330MB
Telarc 2007

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McCoy Tyner recorded five albums for Telarc, beginning with 1999's McCoy Tyner & the Latin All-Stars and ending with 2004's Illuminations. While no one would ever argue that these were the high points of a career that reaches back half-a-century and includes a legendary stint with John Coltrane, the Telarc recordings were all solid affairs and Tyner's genius was still quite evident throughout. Afro Blue is an eight-song compendium that draws material from all five of those releases, providing a neat summation of Tyner's output for the label. Never one to rest on his laurels, Tyner continued to push forward at a time in his life when he could easily have coasted. The 12-and-a-half-minute title track, from the Latin set, sports an easy groove within which tidy but inventive solos from pianist Tyner and flutist Dave Valentin are propelled by an insistent battery of percussion. "If I Were a Bell," the Frank Loesser standard, is a showcase for the always intoxicating vibes of Bobby Hutcherson, and the rhythm section of Stanley Clarke on bass and Al Foster on drums kicks "The Night Has a Thousand Eyes" into high gear and keeps it there. George Gershwin's "Summertime," a song so overdone it never needs to be done again, nonetheless finds new life in Tyner's solo reading. Afro Blue is hardly essential Tyner, but as a sampler of this period of his work, it's representative and highly enjoyable. ~ Jeff Tamarkin, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

1. Afro Blue
2. If I Should Lose You
3. You Taught My Heart to Sing
4. If I Were A Bell
5. Summertime
6. The Night Has a Thousand Eyes
7. Blue Bossa
8. Carriba

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RunawayTrane

August 12th, 2008, 10:23 AM

Tommy Boy Presents: Hip Hop Essentials, Vol. 6
HIP HOP | FLAC | CUE | 300DPI | 482MB
Tommy Boy 2006

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~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. The Godfather - Spoonie Gee
02. Children's Story - Slick Rick
03. My Philosophy - Boogie Down Productions
04. New York, New York - Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
05. Just to Get a Rep - Gang Starr
06. My Melody - Eric B. & Rakim
07. King of Rock - Run-DMC
08. Wild Thing - Tone Loc
09. Just a Friend - Biz Markie
10. The Lover in You - The Sugarhill Gang
11. Funk Box Party - Masterdon Committee
12. We Want Some P - The 2 Live Crew

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RunawayTrane

August 12th, 2008, 10:27 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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RunawayTrane

August 12th, 2008, 10:30 AM

Eventually, you'll be able to find plenty of Miles Davis in this thread

Miles Davis - Amandla
JAZZ | APE | CUE | 600DPI | 269MB
Warner Brothers 1989

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A particularly strong set by late-period Miles Davis, this LP is highlighted by a surprisingly straight-ahead performance titled "Mr. Pastorius." In addition to Davis and his new altoist Kenny Garrett, various guests (including Marcus Miller, guitarist Jean-Paul Bourelly, Joey DeFrancesco on keyboards, Rick Margitza on tenor, pianist Joe Sample, and bassist Foley) get their chances to play next to the great legend who is in top form. An excellent effort, it was really his last studio recording with his regular band. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

1. Catémbe
2. Cobra*
3. Big Time
4. Hannibal
5. Jo-Jo*
6. Amandla*
7. Jilli
8. Mr. Pastorius

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RunawayTrane

August 12th, 2008, 10:35 AM

Miles last album. He'd left Columbia after all those years and went to WB

Miles Davis - Doo Bop
JAZZ | FLAC | CUE | 300DPI | 274MB
Warner Brothers 1991

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If On the Corner suggested hip-hop beats as far back as two decades ago, then consider Doo-Bop as offspring. Miles' teaming with producer Easy Mo Bee is a natural -- more in league with England's acid jazz scene than anything in the trumpeter's recent canon. Those who've howled over the post-Bitches Brew work will find no solace here; instead, chalk this up as one of Miles' most entertaining efforts. ~ Steve Aldrich, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

1. Mystery
2. The Doo Bop Song
3. Chocolate Chip
4. High Speed Chase
5. Blow
6. Sonya
7. Fantasy
8. Duke Booty
9. Mystery (Reprise)

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RunawayTrane

August 12th, 2008, 10:39 AM

A little something different from Miles. Playing Bossa Nova and working with a band. But apparently he wasn't feeling it all that much, since he never worked with Evans again

Miles Davis - Quiet Nights
JAZZ | FLAC | CUE | 500DPI | 312 MBS
Columbia 1962

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Miles Davis' final official collaboration with arranger Gil Evans resulted in their weakest project. There were only 27 minutes of music on the original Quiet Nights LP, and six minutes were taken up by a quintet performance of "Summer Night." The six remaining tracks are enjoyable enough (highlighted by "Once Upon a Summertime" and "Corcovado"), but rather brief, making one wonder why Evans could not have been persuaded to write more material. The 1997 CD reissue adds "The Time of the Barracudas" (which clocks in at almost 13 minutes), and was not released until the 1996 Complete Miles Davis/Gil Evans box set. The latter is an interesting but not too substantial mini-suite written for a stage play that features the late 1963 Miles Davis Quintet joined by four brass, three woodwinds, and a harp. Overall, this CD has its moments of interest, but it has an incomplete feel and is not too essential. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

1. Song No. 2 (aka Prenda Minha)
2. Once upon a Summertime
3. Aos Pes Da Cruz
4. Song No. 1
5. Wait Till You See Her
6. Corcovado (Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars)
7. Summer Night
8. The Time of the Barracudas

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RunawayTrane

August 12th, 2008, 10:42 AM

Miles Davis - My Funny Valentine
JAZZ | WAV | CUE | COVERS | 650 MBS | 63:48
Columbia 1964

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This justifiably famous 1964 concert by Miles Davis' quintet at the Lincoln Center has been released in many incarnations. Originally it appeared as two single LPs, one consisting of the ballads of the evening, the other including all of the burners; it has also been released as part of last year's seven-CD set Seven Steps, and as a double-CD set that restored the concert to the order of its original program.

I have always preferred to separation into “hot” and “cool,” as it keeps each recording in a consistent mood. This one, the ballads, is chock-full of cherished moments. Miles' opening solo on “My Funny Valentine” essentially recast his role as the darling of the hip elite, and it's easy to hear why. With sensitivity and delicacy, he draws you in by his whisper of a tone, making the piece all the more lyrical and pleading. Ditto for “I Thought About You,” which has the trumpeter sounding reflective and lonely one moment, obtrusive the next.

As a transitional figure in this band, George Coleman gives the performance of his life, with robust solos full of gently swinging, yet slightly abstract ideas on the toe-tapping “All of You” and the midtempo “All Blues.” With the rhythm section of soon-to-be superstars Ron Carter (bass), Herbie Hancock (piano), and 19-year-old Tony Williams (drums), Coleman is pushed, pulled, and tugged through each song. As with so many of Davis' bands, this incarnation was not to last very long. Miles was looking for something else, and he would find it in Coleman's replacement, Wayne Shorter. But that should not be cause to dismiss the importance of this band or this recording.

~ TRACKLISTING ~

1. My Funny Valentine
2. All of You
3. Stella by Starlight
4. All Blues
5. I Thought About You

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RunawayTrane

August 12th, 2008, 10:48 AM

The Miles library continues to grow..........

Miles Davis - 'Round About Midnight
JAZZ | FLAC | CUE | 301 MBS | SCANS
Columbia 1955
[Remastered: Bonus Tracks - 2001]

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Given that Round About Midnight was Miles Davis' debut Columbia recording, it was both a beginning and an ending. Certainly the beginning of his recording career with the label that issued most if not all of his important recordings; and the recording debut of an exciting new band that had within its ranks Philly Joe Jones, Paul Chambers, pianist Red Garland, and an all but unknown tenor player named John Coltrane. The title track was chosen because of its unique rendition with a muted trumpet, debuted at the Newport Jazz Festival the summer before to a thunderous reception. The date was also an ending of sorts because by the time of the album's release, Davis had already broken up the band, which reformed with Cannonball Adderley a year later as a sextet, but it was a tense year. Musically, this sound is as unusual and as beautiful as it was when issued in 1956. Davis had already led the charge through two changes in jazz -- both cool jazz and hard bop -- and was beginning to move in another direction here that wouldn't be defined for another two years. Besides the obvious lyrical and harmonic beauty of "Round About Midnight" that is arguably its definitive version even over Monk's own, there are the edges of Charlie Parker's "Au Leu-Cha" with its Bluesology leaping from every chord change in Red Garland's left hand. Coltrane's solo here too is notable for its stark contrast to Davis' own: he chooses an angular tack where he finds the heart of the mode and plays a melody in harmonic counterpoint to the changes but never sounds outside. Cole Porter's "All of You" has Davis quoting from Louis Armstrong's "Basin Street Blues" in his solo that takes out the tune, and Coltrane has never respected a melody so much. But it's in "Bye-Bye Blackbird" that we get to hear the band gel as a unit, beginning with Davis playing through the melody, muted and sweet, slightly flatted out until he reaches the harmony on the refrain and begins his solo on a high note. Garland is doing more than comping in the background; he's slipping chord shapes into those interval cracks and shifting them as the rhythm section keeps "soft time." When Coltrane moves in for his break, rather than Davis' spare method, he smatters notes quickly all though the melodic body of the tune and Garland has to compensate harmonically, moving the mode and tempo up a notch until his own solo can bring it back down again. Which he does with a gorgeous all-blues read of the tune utilizing first one hand and then both hands to create fat harmonic chords to bring Davis back in to close it out. It's breathtaking how seamless it all is. There's little else to say except that Round About Midnight is among the most essential of Davis' Columbia recordings. ~ Thom Jurek, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. 'Round Midnight
02. Ah-Leu-Cha
03. All of You
04. Bye Bye Blackbird
05. Tadd's Delight
06. Dear Old Stockholm
07. Two Bass Hit (*)
08. Little Melonae (*)
09. Budo (*)
10. Sweet Sue, Just You (*)

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RunawayTrane

August 12th, 2008, 10:51 AM

Blaq, this is where you might wanna start. This is an all time classic jazz album

Miles Davis - Kind Of Blue
JAZZ | FLAC | CUE | 300DPI | 345MB
Columbia 1959

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One of the most famous jazz records ever made, this launched the "modal revolution," a style in which the complex chord substitutions of hard bop were replaced by extended soloing based on one or two scales or modes. The tunes are simple, often blues-based, and they're the starting point for some startling solos by Adderly, Coltrane, Bill Evans and Davis. If you've read this far, you probably have this album. If you don't, get it. ~ David Bertrand Wilson, Warr.org

~ TRACKLISTING ~

1. So What
2. Freddie Freeloader
3. Blue in Green
4. All Blues
5. Flamenco Sketches
6. Flamenco Sketches (alternate take)

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RunawayTrane

August 12th, 2008, 10:54 AM

Miles Davis - Sketches Of Spain
JAZZ | FLAC | CUE | 300DPI | 348 MBS
Columbia 1960

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Along with Kind of Blue, In a Silent Way, and Round About Midnight, Sketches of Spain is one of Miles Davis' most enduring and innovative achievements. Recorded between November 1959 and March 1960 -- after Coltrane and Cannonball Adderley had left the band -- Miles teamed with British arranger Gil Evans for the third time. Davis brought Evans the album's signature piece, "Concierto de Aranjuez," after hearing a classical version of it at bassist Joe Mondragon's house. Evans was as taken with it as Miles and set about to create an entire album of material around it. The result is a masterpiece of modern art. On the "Concierto," Evans' arrangement provided an orchestra and jazz band -- Paul Chambers, Jimmy Cobb, and Elvin Jones -- the opportunity to record a classical work as it was. The piece, with its stunning colors and intricate yet transcendent adagio, played by Davis on a flügelhorn with a Harmon mute, is one of the most memorable works to come from popular culture in the 20th century. Davis' control over his instrument is singular, and Evans' conducting is flawless. Also notable are "Saeta," with one of the most amazing technical solos of Davis' career, and the album's closer, "Solea," which is conceptually a narrative piece, based on an Andalusian folk song, about a woman who encounters the procession taking Christ to Calvary. She sings the narrative of his passion and the procession -- or parade -- with full brass accompaniment moves on. Cobb and Jones, with flamenco-flavored percussion, are particularly wonderful here, as they allow the orchestra to indulge in the lushly passionate arrangement Evans provided to accompany Davis, who was clearly at his most challenged here, though he delivers with grace and verve. Sketches of Spain is the most luxuriant and stridently romantic recording Davis ever made. To listen to it in the 21st century is still a spine-tingling experience as one encounters a multitude of timbres, tonalities, and harmonic structures seldom found in the music called jazz. ~ Thom Jurek, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

1. Concierto de Aranjuez
2. Will O' the Wisp
3. The Pan Piper
4. Saeta
5. Solea
6. Song of Our Country
7. Concierto de Aranjuez, Pt. 1 (alternate take/*)
8. Concierto de Aranjuez, Pt. 2 (Ending) (alternate take/*)

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RunawayTrane

August 12th, 2008, 10:58 AM

Miles Davis - Someday My Prince Will Come
JAZZ | FLAC | CUE | SCANS | 337MB
Columbia 1961

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After both John Coltrane and Cannonball Adderley left Miles Davis' quintet, he was caught in the web of seeking suitable replacements. It was a period of trial and error for him that nonetheless yielded some legendary recordings (Sketches of Spain, for one). One of those is Someday My Prince Will Come. The lineup is Davis, pianist Wynton Kelly, bassist Paul Chambers, and alternating drummers Jimmy Cobb and Philly Jo Jones. The saxophonist was Hank Mobley on all but two tracks. John Coltrane returns for the title track and "Teo." The set opens with the title, a lilting waltz that nonetheless gets an original treatment here, despite having been recorded by Dave Brubeck. Kelly is in keen form, playing a bit sprightlier than the tempo would allow, and slips flourishes in the high register inside the melody for an "elfin" feel. Davis waxes light and lyrical with his Harmon mute, playing glissando throughout. Mobley plays a strictly journeyman solo, and then Coltrane blows the pack away with a solo so deep inside the harmony it sounds like it's coming from somewhere else. Mobley's real moment on the album is on the next track, "Old Folks," when he doesn't have Coltrane breathing down his neck. Mobley's soul-stationed lyricism is well-suited to his soloing here, and is for the rest of the album except, of course, on "Teo," where Coltrane takes him out again. The closer on the set, "Blues No. 2," is a vamp on "All Blues," from Kind of Blue, and features Kelly and Chambers playing counterpoint around an eight bar figure then transposing it to 12. Jones collapses the beat, strides it out, and then erects it again for the solos of Davis and Mobley. This is relaxed session; there are no burning tracks here, but there is much in the way of precision playing and a fine exposition of Miles' expansive lyricism. ~ Thom Jurek, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

1. Someday My Prince Will Come
2. Old Folks
3. Pfrancing
4. Drad Dog
5. Teo
6. I Thought About You
7. Blues No. 2
8. Someday My Prince Will Come (alternate take)

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RunawayTrane

August 12th, 2008, 11:04 AM

We'll get back to more Miles later. Now for a little hip hop:

KRS One - KRS One
RAP | WAV | CUE | COVERS | 670 MBS
Jive 1995

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For his second solo album, KRS-One worked with a variety of younger hip-hop talents, perhaps in an attempt to resuscitate his street credibility and his commercial standing. Featuring appearances by Das EFX, Mad Lion, Fat Joe, and Channel Live, KRS-One is loaded with fresh talent of the first rank and they help spark the Teacher into giving an inspired performance. The album also showcases a bit fuller production than Return of the Boom Bap, but that doesn't mean he has sold it out -- it just means he's continuing to experiment, which is one of the reasons KRS-One remained a vital artist nearly a decade after his first record. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Rappaz R. N. Dainja
02. De Automatic
03. MC's Act Like They Don't Know
04. Ah-Yeah
05. R.E.A.L.I.T.Y.
06. Free Mumia
07. Hold
08. Wannabemceez
09. Represent the Real Hip Hop
10. Truth
11. Build Ya Skillz
12. Out for Fame
13. Squash All Beef
14. Health, Wealth, Self

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~Featuring~

Channel Live
Fat Joe
Sadat X
Das EFX
DJ Premier
Diamond D
Mad Lion

RunawayTrane

August 12th, 2008, 11:06 AM

Outkast - Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik (1994)
RAP | FLAC | CUE | COVERS | 413 MBS

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It is on OutKast's debut album that the fledgling production team Organized Noize began forging one of the most distinctive production sounds in popular music in the '90s: part hip-hop; part live, Southern-fried guitar licks and booty-thick bass runs; and part lazy, early-'70s soul. The album was not only artistically successful but also thrived commercially, leaping into the Top 20 album chart on the back of the outstanding hit single "Player's Ball" and eventually going platinum. Although a little bit too dependent on overly simplistic and programmed snare beats, the music is unconditionally excellent, with languid, mellow melodies sliding atop rapid, mechanical drums. Organized Noize already had their distinguishing sound figured out, down to the last twanged, wah-wahed note. But what makes Southernplayalisticadillacmuzick such a wonderful album has even more to do with the presence of its rappers, Dre and Big Boi. No one sounded like OutKast in 1994 -- a mixture of lyrical acuity, goofball humor, Southern drawl, funky timing, and legitimate offbeat personalities. Few rappers of the '90s have displayed such an inventive sense of rhyme flow either, and few rap artists in general have ears as attuned to creating such catchy melodic and vocal hooks. Almost every song has some sort of tuneful chant or repetitive hook that marks it as instantly memorable. There are occasional dull and mediocre spots, such as "Call of Da Wild" and the overlong "Funky Ride," that can't even be elevated by a head-nodding bassline or a tricky rhyme. Such low points, however, are far outshined by the brilliant moments. Already an extremely strong showing, OutKast would continue to develop into one of the finest, most consistently challenging (not to mention booty-shaking) rap groups of the decade. ~ Stanton Swihart, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Peaches
02. Myintrotoletuknow
03. Ain't No Thang
04. Welcome to Atlanta (Interlude)
05. Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik
06. Call of Da Wild
07. Player's Ball (Original Version)
08. Claimin' True
09. Club Donkey Ass (Interlude)
10. Funky Ride
11. Flim Flam (Interlude)
12. Git Up, Git Out
13. True Dat (Interlude)
14. Crumblin' Erb
15. Hootie Hoo
16. Deep
17. Player's Ball (Reprise)

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RunawayTrane

August 12th, 2008, 11:08 AM

KRS-ONE & Marley Marl - Hip Hop Lives
HIP HOP | WAV | CUE | 300DPI | 499 MBS
Koch 2007

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After a 22-year grudge due to a disagreement over the birthplace of hip-hop, KRS-One and Marley Marl finally make amends onHip Hop Lives. Unfortunately, the album that could be a great return to the "edutainment" of BDP ultimately falls short because of its bland lyrical content. KRS-One is too preoccupied with two issues: one being that hip-hop will never die, and the other that he was a prominent hip-hop pioneer in his heyday. His bragging rights are certainly deserved, but instead of using his legendary status to propel hip-hop forward, or to tell interesting stories about the genre, KRS-One rants like a retired professor reciting his résumé while trying to prove that he once reigned supreme. When he's not reading a laundry list of all the major urban historical events that he attended, as on "I Was There"(which could have made for an interesting song with some background facts or lyrics that rhymed), he is professing his true love for hip-hop. He praises the genre, and he spits fire at the critics who claim that the art form is dying, but this album unfortunately doesn't do much in the way of revival. As a natural leader and sharp-minded activist, it's disappointing that KRS-One chose to harp on his status in history instead of embedding powerful social commentary within his rhymes, as he did on older songs like "2nd Quarter Free Throws." The sole purpose of this album seems to be to win over fans new to hip-hop, and that prospect is unlikely, even with Marley Marl's solid and current-sounding beats. Hopefully, the duo will team up again with a more engaging record that targets their core community -- fans who already know hip-hop's past and want to hear KRS-One spout thought-provoking rhymes again. [The CD was also released in a clean version with all profanity removed.] ~ Jason Lymangrover, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. It's Alive (Intro)
02. Hip Hop Lives*
03. Nothing New*
04. I Was There*
05. Musika*
06. Rising to the Top
07. Over 30
08. M.A.R.L.E.Y. (Marley and Red Living Everyday Youthfully)
09. Kill a Rapper* *
10. The Teacha's Back
11. Victory* *
12. This Is What It Is* *
13. All Skool* *
14. House of Hits

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RunawayTrane

August 12th, 2008, 11:11 AM

This is a big one. Hope you guys like Outkast
cause this took some time, lol

Outkast - Speakerboxx/The Love Below
RAP | FLAC | CUE | 300DPI | 969 MBS
LaFace 2003

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To call OutKast's follow-up to their 2000 masterpiece Stankonia the most eagerly awaited hip-hop album of the new millennium may be hyperbole, but not by much. In its kaleidoscopic, deep-fried amalgam of Dirty South, dirty funk, techno, and psychedelia, Stankonia was fearlessly exploratory and giddy with possibilities. It was hard to imagine where the duo was going to go next, but one possibility that few entertained was that Big Boi and Andre 3000 would split apart, each recording an album on his own and then releasing the pair as the fifth OutKast album, Speakerboxxx/The Love Below, in the fall of 2003. Although both albums have their own distinct character, the effect is kind of like if the Beatles issued The White Album as one LP of Lennon tunes, the other of McCartney songs -- the individual records may be more coherent, but the illusion that the group can do anything is tarnished. By isolating themselves from each other, Big Boi and Andre 3000 diminish the idea of OutKast slightly, since the focus is on the individuals, not the group. Which, of course, is part of the point of releasing solo albums under the group name -- it's to prove that the two can exist under the umbrella of the OutKast aesthetic while standing as individuals. Thing is, while it would have been a wild, bracing listen to hear these 39 songs mixed up, alternating between Boi and Dre cuts, the two albums do prove that the music can be solo in execution but remain OutKast records through and through. Both records are visionary, imaginative listens, providing some of the best music of 2003, regardless of genre. If conventional wisdom, based on their public personas and previous music, held that Big Boi's record, Speakerboxxx, would be the more conventional of the two and Andre 3000's The Love Below the more experimental, that doesn't turn out to be quite true. From the moment Speakerboxxx kicks into gear with "GhettoMusick" and its relentless blend of old-school 808s and breakneck breakbeats, it's clear that Boi is ignoring boundaries, and the rest of his album follows suit. It's grounded firmly within hip-hop, but the beats bend against the grain and the arrangements are overflowing with ideas and thrilling, unpredictable juxtapositions, such as how "Bowtie" swings like big-band jazz filtered through George Clinton, how "The Way You Move" offsets its hard-driving verses with seductive choruses, or how "The Rooster" cheerfully rides a threatening minor-key mariachi groove, salted by slippery horns and loose-limbed wah-wah guitars. It's a hell of a ride, reclaiming the adventurous spirit of the golden age and pushing it into a new era.

By contrast, The Love Below isn't so much visionary as it is unapologetically eccentric. And as the cocktail jazz pianos that sparkle through the first few songs indicate, it's not much of a hip-hop album. Instead, Andre 3000 has created the great lost Prince album -- the platter that the Purple One recorded somewhere between Around the World in a Day and Sign 'o' the Times. It's not just that the music and song titles cheekily recall Prince -- "She Lives in My Lap" is a close relation of the B-side "She's Always in My Hair" -- it's that Dre disregards any rules on a quest to create his own interior world, right down to a dialogue with God. The difference between Andre 3000 and Prince is in that dialogue, too: Prince was tortured; Andre is trying to get laid. That cheerfully randy spirit surges through The Love Below, even on the spooky-serious closer, "A Life in the Day of Benjamin Andre," and it gives Andre the freedom to try a little of everything, from mock crooning on "Love Haters" to a breakbeat jazz interpretation of "My Favorite Things" to the strange one-man funk of "Roses" and the incandescent "Hey Ya!," where classic soul and electro-funk coexist happily. So, both records are very different, but the remarkable thing is, they both feel thoroughly like OutKast music. Big Boi and Andre 3000 took off in different directions from the same starting point, yet they wind up sounding unified because they share the same freewheeling aesthetic, where everything is alive and everything is possible within their music. That spirit fuels not just the best hip-hop, but the best pop music, and both Speakerboxxx and The Love Below are among the best hip-hop and best pop music released this decade. Each is a knockout individually, and paired together, their force is undeniable. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

---Speakerboxxx---

01. Intro
02. Ghetto Musick
03. Unhappy
04. Bowtie
05. The Way You Move
06. The Rooster
07. Bust
08. War
09. Church
10. Bamboo (Interlude)
11. Tomb of the Boom
12. E-Mac (Interlude)
13. Knowing
14. Flip Flop Rock
15. Interlude
16. Reset
17. D-Boi (Interlude)
18. Last Call
19. Bowtie (Postlude)

---The Love Below---

01. The Love Below (Intro)
02. Love Hater
03. God (Interlude)
04. Happy Valentine's Day
05. Spread
06. Where Are My Panties?
07. Prototype
08. She Lives in My Lap
09. Hey Ya!
10. Roses
11. Good Day Good Sir (Interlude)
12. Behold a Lady
13. Pink & Blue
14. Love in War
15. She's Alive
16. Dracula's Wedding
17. The Letter
18. My Favorite Things
19. Take Off Your Cool
20. Vibrate
21. A Life in the Day of Benjamin André (Incomplete)

Part 01 (http://lix.in/ba762eef) | Part 02 (http://lix.in/07d74734) | Part 03 (http://lix.in/18a19701) | Part 04 (http://lix.in/396f87d6)
Part 05 (http://lix.in/96057bf8) | Part 06 (http://lix.in/9cfcf3a9) | Part 07 (http://lix.in/44b45a0b) | Part 08 (http://lix.in/c937bfb3)
Part 09 (http://lix.in/835a87a1) | Part 10 (http://lix.in/6971cbc3)

RunawayTrane

August 12th, 2008, 11:16 AM

Not sure if anyone who doesn't speak French will want this.
Don't even know what half the titles mean.

MC Solaar - Prose Combat
RAP | WAVPACK | CUE | 300DPI | 431 MBS
Cohiba 1994

http://img34.picoodle.com/img/img34/4/4/24/f_MCSolarProCm_9a916f1.jpg (http://www.picoodle.com/view.php?img=/4/4/24/f_MCSolarProCm_9a916f1.jpg&srv=img34)

After his high-profile duet with Guru on the first Jazzmatazz project, French rapper MC Solaar proved himself a major contender for international rap stardom with his U.S. debut. With the rapid-fire rhyme flow of Souls of Mischief and the smooth delivery of Q-Tip, the young MC conveys more moods in French than most rappers can in English. The extremely subtle grooves supplied by DJ/producer Jimmy Jay provide velvety smooth cushions that wrap around Solaar's warm voice tighter than O.J Simpson's glove, with jazzy, funky samples that prove perfectly suited for the fluid rhymes. One of the few bright spots in a year when the rap scene was largely devoid of originality, MC Solaar came across as refreshing as a cool Parisian breeze. ~ Bret Love, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Aubade* *
02. Obsolète*
03. Nouveau Western
04. A La Claire Fontaine
05. Superstarr*
06. La Concubine de l'Hémoglobine*
07. Dévotion*
08. Temps Mort
09. L'NMIACCd'HTCK72KPDP*
10. Séquelles*
11. Dieu Ait Son âme*
12. A Dix De Mes Disciples
13. La Fin Justifie Les Moyens*
14. Relations Humaines*
15. Prose Combat

Part 1 (http://lix.in/6600b885) | Part 2 (http://lix.in/699e5fdd) | Part 3 (http://lix.in/cb7d86c8) | Part 4 (http://lix.in/44ec2706) | Part 5 (http://lix.in/5d192133)

RunawayTrane

August 12th, 2008, 11:19 AM

The Alkaholiks - Firewater
RAP | FLAC | CUE | 300DPI | 390MBS
Koch 2006

http://img27.picoodle.com/img/img27/4/7/4/f_AlkaholiksFm_ac7d572.jpg (http://www.picoodle.com/view.php?img=/4/7/4/f_AlkaholiksFm_ac7d572.jpg&srv=img27)

Apparently a going-away party and a prelude to solo flights, tha Alkaholiks' fifth album -- their first since 2001's X.O. Experience -- is their weakest, but it's still a good time. With a title like Firewater, it's apparent that the trio won't be doing the unexpected, which is exactly what the fans expect. What prevents the album from being on par with the likes of 21 & Over and Coast II Coast is that the MCs have slowed a little with age, so neither the productions nor the lyrics are as fresh or as wildly hedonistic as favorites like "Make Room," "Hip Hop Drunkies," and "The Next Level." Tha Alkaholiks could be faulted for taking roughly 15 years to release their five albums, but the trio could also be rewarded for consistency. (They never released a mediocre album.) Bound to the expectations owed to their group name and first singles, J-Ro, E-Swift, and Tash should all benefit creatively from the split. Craziest boast on the album: "I'm the black Bryant Gumbel." ~ Andy Kellman, All Music Guide

~TRACKLISTING~

01. Intro
02. Turn It Up
03. The Flute Song (Lalala)
04. Popular Demand
05. The Get Down
06. Get into It
07. Faded
08. Chaos
09. Hangover
10. Party Ya A** Off
11. Handle It
12. On the Floor
13. Poverty's Paradise
14. Drink Wit Us
15. Do It
16. Over Here

Part 1 (http://lix.in/-277060) | Part 2 (http://lix.in/-28f701)

RunawayTrane

August 12th, 2008, 11:21 AM

Don't know nothing about this artist. Don't even know if I'd even like their music. But have seen them posted many time (doesn't mean they're any good.) And also, don't have anymore of their work. Just saw it and grabbed

Little Brother - Get Back
RAP | WAV | CUE | 300DPI | 519 MBS
ABB 2007

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It should be an easy story to tell: vaunted rap group loses the producer who made them a quality act, then slowly sinks back into the underground, never to be heard from again. From Get Back, it's clear that Little Brother didn't mind the loss of 9th Wonder and decided to rewrite the script. Not only do Phonte and Pooh sound like nothing has changed, in point of fact they sound more energized and engaged than ever before. They've got more to say and more intriguing ways to say it, including touches like fronting a flashy production worthy of Bad Boy for the anti-materialist "Good Clothes," inviting Lil Wayne for "Breakin My Heart" (where he reliably blows your mind with line after line, like "I don't want a broken heart because I lose the pieces"), and floating an utterly hilarious exposé of late-night hook-ups ("After the Party"). Instead of the usual rap record circa 2007, where dozens of lines go by with no reason to pay particular attention besides technical ability, it's difficult not to hang on every line here from Phonte and Pooh. And for those worried about the production quality with 9th Wonder's departure, it may have actually improved with the work of Illmind and Khrysis, among others (9th Wonder appears once, on the Lil Wayne feature). It's one of the most refreshing hip-hop records of 2007, one where you can rely on rappers to talk intelligently and rap fluidly about important subjects, know what to treat seriously and what to treat humorously, put up great productions, and really care about what they're saying. ~ John Bush, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Sirens* *
02. Can't Win For Losing* *
03. Breakin My Heart*
04. Good Clothes* *
05. After The Party
06. ExtraHard
07. Step It Up* *
08. Two Step Blues*
09. That Ain't Love
10. Dreams
11. When Everything Is New

Part 1 (http://lix.in/44fcf934) | Part 2 (http://lix.in/57c3fbaa) | Part 3 (http://lix.in/6b613d9d) | Part 4 (http://lix.in/fa8dd0f4)

MaccaM

August 12th, 2008, 07:54 PM

What's the deal MaccaM?? Glad you signed on. Yeah, just figured I might as well get it started here as well. Since this is like the cool alternative to BGOL spot

What's happening, MaccaM? Good to see you on the board. :thumbs up:

Wassup Guys! It is always good to find another spot on the net that has it goin' on. Just going to try and keep things going like I do. Like Run, I subscribe to the theory of, if you got it post it.

Enjoy my first upload to the Citi.

MaccaM

P-Funk All Stars - Hydraulic Funk (2000)
FLAC - Cue - M3U

http://img37.picoodle.com/img/img37/3/8/12/camrabo/f_PFunkAllStam_25ff675.jpg

Track Listing

1. Pump Up & Down
2. Pumpin' It Up
3. Copy Cat
4. Hydraulic Pump
5. Throw Your Hands Up In The Air
6. Generator Pop
7. Acupuncture
8. One Of Those Summers
9. Catch A Keeper
10. Pumpin' You Is So Easy
11. Generator Pop (12" Mix)
12. Hydraulic Pump (Pars I & II) (12" Mix)

Part 1 (http://rapidshare.com/files/136681475/PFASHF.part1.rar)
Part 2 (http://rapidshare.com/files/136693120/PFASHF.part2.rar)
Part 3 (http://rapidshare.com/files/136705704/PFASHF.part3.rar)
Part 4 (http://rapidshare.com/files/136720253/PFASHF.part4.rar)
Part 5 (http://rapidshare.com/files/136721781/PFASHF.part5.rar)

PW = NoWay

RunawayTrane

August 13th, 2008, 01:06 AM

Retrieved off torrents. Not exactly Marcus Miller's best moments, but there are some fun cuts.
Still trying to figure out how they got Prestige to release New Jack Swing?
:dunno:

The Jamaica Boys - J Boys
R&B | FLAC | CUE | 300DPI | 320MB
Prestige 1990

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With the Jamaica Boys, bassist and producer Marcus Miller (who worked with Miles Davis and wrote a wildly successful dance hit, ''Da Butt'') could be trying to create his own black supergroup, much as producer Teddy Riley created his successful supergroup, Guy. The comparison isn't quite accurate, though. The Jamaica Boys weren't lucky with their first album; now they're launching their second try for success. Their sound (developed not in the Caribbean but in a Queens, N.Y., neighborhood called Jamaica) is far closer to the street than Guy's, and at the same time more innocent. It's rare to hear a group that scrambles such rough-edged funk and at the same time seems so sexually innocent. There's barely an innuendo in their lyrics. They sound all but guileless, both when they sail peacefully through ''You've Got A Friend'' (a 1971 hit for both James Taylor and Roberta Flack) and in a rap-like song called ''That's Deep,'' in which they warn their community to stay away from drugs and crime. But still their current single, ''Shake It Up'' — from the movie House Party, for which Miller and his Jamaica Boy collaborator Lenny White wrote the soundtrack — pops and bounces with certifiably commercial rhythm. It's rising on the black charts. Maybe this time the Jamaica Boys will find the success they deserve — and call their next album Virtue Rewarded. B+ ---Greg Sandow, Entertainment Weekly, April 13, 1990

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Move It!
02. Shake It Up!
03. You've Got A Friend
04. Serious
05. Pick Up the Phone
06. Hold On (I'm on My Way)
07. Somebody Like You
08. The Jungle Comes Alive
09. That's Deep

Part 1 (http://lix.in/-326d67) | Part 2 (http://lix.in/-33f408)

J Boys:
Marcus Miller
Lenny White
Mark Stevens (Chaka's brother....left the group early on)
Dinky Bingham
Bernard Wright

pw=lisalisa

RunawayTrane

August 13th, 2008, 01:08 AM

Enjoy my first upload to the Citi.

MaccaM

P-Funk All Stars - Hydraulic Funk (2000)
FLAC - Cue - M3U

P-Funk All Stars haven't let me down yet! Thanks so much

BenQ

August 13th, 2008, 02:09 AM

:scratchchin:

MaccaM

August 13th, 2008, 11:16 AM

Prince - Sign 'O' the Times (1987)
Flac + Cue + Cover

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Track Listing

Disc: 1
1. Sign 'O' The Times
2. Play In The Sunshine
3. Housequake
4. Ballad Of Dorothy Parker
5. It Listen Listen
6. Starfish and Coffee
7. Slow Love
8. Hot Thing
9. Forever In My Life

Disc: 2
1. U Got The Look
2. If I Was Your Girlfriend
3. Strange Relationship
4. I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man
5. The Cross Listen Listen
6. It's Gonna Be A Beautiful Night
7. Adore

Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Fearless, eclectic, and defiantly messy, Prince's Sign 'O' the Times falls into the tradition of tremendous, chaotic double albums like The Beatles, Exile on Main St., and London Calling — albums that are fantastic because of their overreach, their great sprawl. Prince shows nearly all of his cards here, from bare-bones electro-funk and smooth soul to pseudo-psychedelic pop and crunching hard rock, touching on gospel, blues, and folk along the way. This was the first album Prince recorded without the Revolution since 1982's 1999 (the band does appear on the in-concert rave-up, "It's Gonna Be a Beautiful Night"), and he sounds liberated, diving into territory merely suggested on Around the World in a Day and Parade. While the music overflows with generous spirit, these are among the most cryptic, insular songs he's ever written. Many songs are left over from the aborted triple album Crystal Ball and the abandoned Camille project, a Prince alter ego personified by scarily sped-up tapes on "If I Was Your Girlfriend," the most disarming and bleak psycho-sexual song Prince ever wrote, as well as the equally chilling "Strange Relationship." These fraying relationships echo in the social chaos Prince writes about throughout the album. Apocalyptic imagery of drugs, bombs, empty sex, abandoned babies and mothers, and AIDS pop up again and again, yet he balances the despair with hope, whether it's God, love, or just having a good time. In its own roundabout way, Sign 'O' the Times is the sound of the late '80s — it's the sound of the good times collapsing and how all that doubt and fear can be ignored if you just dance those problems away.

Part 1 (http://rapidshare.com/files/42744510/EcnirpSOT.part1.rar)
Part 2 (http://rapidshare.com/files/42766880/EcnirpSOT.part2.rar)
Part 3 (http://rapidshare.com/files/42790768/EcnirpSOT.part3.rar)
Part 4 (http://rapidshare.com/files/42799299/EcnirpSOT.part4.rar)
Part 5 (http://rapidshare.com/files/42804637/EcnirpSOT.part5.rar)

MaccaM

August 13th, 2008, 11:40 AM

Mazarati - Mazarati (S E) (1986)
FLAC + CUE + Cover

http://img34.picoodle.com/img/img34/3/8/13/camrabo/f_mazaratim_8bd32dd.jpg

Track Listing

1. Player´s Ball 4:38
2. Lonely Girl on Bourbon Street 4:42
3. 100 MPH 7:20
4. She´s Just That Kind Of Lady 3:41
5. Stroke 4:32
6. Suzy 4:25
7. Strawberry Lover 5:26
8. I Guess It´s All Over 4:50

BONUS TRACKS :

9. Players Ball - Extended Version 8:12
10. The Woman Thang - Dance Mix 7:23
11. 100 mph - Radio edit 3:11
12. The Saga of Man - Extended Version 6:33
13. The Woman Thang – Instrumental 4:19
15. Stroke - Radio edit 4:07
16. The Saga of Man - 7 edit 4:04

Review by Alex Henderson
Mazarati is a perfect example of a band that was expected to be huge but never enjoyed the commercial success it was supposed to. When Brown Mark of the Revolution produced this self-titled debut album in 1986, the Minneapolis funk-rock sound was tremendously popular. Prince was a superstar, and disciples like the Time, Vanity 6, Apollonia 6, Ta Mara and Jesse Johnson had enjoyed major hits as well. But for whatever reason, Mazarati wasn't the blockbuster that many R&B experts predicted it would be. Although not in a class with Prince's Purple Rain or the Time's Ice Cream Castle, Mazarati is decent and respectable, if derivative. Driving funk-rock items like "Suzy," "100 MPH" and "Player's Ball" aren't breathtaking, but they aren't anything to be ashamed of either. Also noteworthy are the psychedelic-influenced "Strawberry Lover" and the melancholy soul ballad "I Guess It's All Over." An LP that shouldn't have fallen between the cracks, Mazarati been out of print since the 1980s but is worth picking up if you come across a copy somewhere.

Part 1 (http://rapidshare.com/files/43330044/MazSE.part1.rar)
Part 2 (http://rapidshare.com/files/43341879/MazSE.part2.rar)
Part 3 (http://rapidshare.com/files/43407039/MazSE.part3.rar)
Part 4 (http://rapidshare.com/files/43421564/MazSE.part4.rar)
Part 5 (http://rapidshare.com/files/43436903/MazSE.part5.rar)
Part 6 (http://rapidshare.com/files/43346926/MazSE.part6.rar)

PW = MaccaM

MaccaM

August 13th, 2008, 03:46 PM

Prince & The Revolution
Around The World In A Day
FLAC + CUE + SCANS

http://pixpin.com/show.php?i=PrinceATWIAD_F_-JVfH.jpg (http://pixpin.com/viewer.php?file=PrinceATWIAD_F_-JVfH.jpg)

Track Listing

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

Part 1 (http://rapidshare.com/files/43542401/Ecnirp_-_ATWIAD.part1.rar)
Part 2 (http://rapidshare.com/files/43550381/Ecnirp_-_ATWIAD.part2.rar)
Part 3 (http://rapidshare.com/files/43534110/Ecnirp_-_ATWIAD.part3.rar)

PW = MaccaM

MaccaM

August 13th, 2008, 04:09 PM

Prince - Musicology [2004]
FLAC + CUE + Cover

http://pixpin.com/show.php?i=PrinceMusicology-iSRc.jpg (http://pixpin.com/viewer.php?file=PrinceMusicology-iSRc.jpg)

Track Listing

1. Musicology
2. Illusion, Coma, Pimp & Circumstance
3. A Million Days
4. Life 'O' The Party
5. Call My Name
6. Cinnamon Girl
7. What Do U Want Me 2 Do?
8. The Marrying Kind
9. If Eye Was The Man In Ur Life
10. On The Couch
11. Dear Mr. Man
12. Reflection

Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Prince's star faded not long after he won emancipation from Warner Brothers in 1995, as he abandoned the mainstream so he could follow his whims however he liked. Which meant that he effectively started making records for nobody but himself, whether that meant triple-disc collections of new material or an all-instrumental smooth jazz album, and in short order, his fans started dwindling away to nothing but the hardcore, who themselves had their patience tried by such antics as Prince suing his own fanzine in the late '90s. It seemed that he was fated to permanently wander in the wilderness, making music for an ever more selective audience, until he suddenly decided in 2004 that he wanted to be back in the game, returning to the spotlight with acclaimed performances at the Grammys and the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony, announcing an all-hits tour, and releasing Musicology, his first major-label distributed album in five years. This flurry of activity suggests that Prince is treating this as an opportunity for a full-fledged comeback and, thankfully, he's seized this moment and delivered a vastly entertaining record. Unlike everything he's done since leaving Warner, Musicology doesn't alienate listeners; it's tight and lean, weighing in at 12 tracks and 47 minutes, yet that's still enough room for Prince to showcase his virtuoso versatility. He tries a little everything — down and dirty funk jams, slow sensual grooves, and, happily, he revives the psychedelic pop of the mid-'80s with the deliriously catchy "Cinnamon Girl" — but unlike on such overworked albums as Emancipation and Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic, it never feels like an attempt to dazzle or a series of stylistic exercises. That's because there's a clarity to his production — dense, but never busy, proving once again that he's about the only musician who can make a one-man band sound as vibrant as a live nine-piece group — and a focus to his writing that hasn't been heard in a long, long time. At its core, Musicology is essentially classicist Prince, as he makes a deliberate decision to play to all of his greatest strengths, but because it's been so long that he's made a record this confident and concise, it doesn't sound like a retreat. It sounds as if he's rediscovered his muse, which is quite a bit different than simply following his whims. Make no mistake, this isn't the second coming of Purple Rain or Sign 'o' the Times or even Parade — in other words, it's not a masterpiece, more like a more confident and consistent Diamonds and Pearls without the hip-hop fixation — but it's a strong album, one that impresses on the first listen and gets better with repeated plays. In short, it's the comeback that it was meant to be.

Part 1 (http://rapidshare.com/files/45730109/Msclgy.part1.rar)
Part 2 (http://rapidshare.com/files/45745059/Msclgy.part2.rar)
Part 3 (http://rapidshare.com/files/45761760/Msclgy.part3.rar)
Part 4 (http://rapidshare.com/files/45767853/Msclgy.part4.rar)

Password = MaccaM

MaccaM

August 13th, 2008, 06:11 PM

Teena Maria - It Must Be Magic - [1981]
(FLAC + Cue + Cover)

http://pixpin.com/images/w/TeenaMarieItMustBeMagic-4xTw_t.jpg (http://pixpin.com/viewer.php?file=TeenaMarieItMustBeMagic-4xTw.jpg)

Track Listing

1. It Must Be Magic
2. Revolution
3. Where's California
4. 365
5. Opus III (Does Anybody Care)
6. Square Biz - (long version)
7. Ballad Of Cradle Rob & Me
8. Portuguese Love
9. Yes Indeed!

Review by Alex Henderson & William Ruhlmann
The last of Teena Marie's four albums for Motown, It Must Be Magic found the songstress continuing to do all of her own writing, producing, and arranging, with magnificent results. Irons in the Fire proved that she didn't need the input of a big-name producer in order to deliver first-class albums, and Marie provided additional evidence of that fact on an album that offered such gems as the playful "Square Biz" (one of her biggest hits, and an early example of an R&B artist incorporating rap), the thought-provoking "Revolution" (inspired by the assassination of John Lennon and filled with references to the Beatles), and the gritty title song. Marie has periodically shown a strong love of jazz, which is exactly what happens on the ballad "Yes Indeed" and the sexy "Portuguese Love." It Must Be Magic was Marie's highest-charting album in the pop market, and thanks to a largely black following, the gold-seller just missed topping the R&B charts.

Part 1 (http://rapidshare.com/files/72323563/TM-IMBM.part1.rar)
Part 2 (http://rapidshare.com/files/72333275/TM-IMBM.part2.rar)
Part 3 (http://rapidshare.com/files/72343350/TM-IMBM.part3.rar)
Part 4 (http://rapidshare.com/files/72343707/TM-IMBM.part4.rar)

PW = NoWay

MaccaM

August 13th, 2008, 06:34 PM

Blondie - Parallel Lines [1978]
[Flac - Cover]

http://pixpin.com/show.php?i=BlondieParallelLines_F_-ZSsi.jpg

Track Listing

1. Hanging on the Telephone
2. One Way or Another
3. Picture This
4. Fade Away and Radiate
5. Pretty Baby
6. I Know But I Don't Know
7. 11:59
8. Will Anything Happen?
9. Sunday Girl
10. Heart of Glass
11. Gonna Love You Too
12. Just Go Away

Review
Until 1978, Blondie was perceived mostly as a '60s-referencing, British-Invasion-meets-girl-groups band. With veteran producer Mike Chapman at the helm for their third album, though, everything changed for this group bred from the New York punk scene. Honing in on Blondie's strongest points--Deborah Harry's come-hither vocals and Clem Burke's powerhouse drumming--Chapman helped recast the band to the power pop side of new wave, and with impressive results. Driven by the punk-meets-disco chart-topping hit, "Heart of Glass," and the herky-jerky "One Way or Another," as well as a muscular cover of the Nerves' "Hanging on the Telephone," Parallel Lines established Blondie as major stars. --Billy Altman

Part 1 (http://rapidshare.com/files/72783839/BlondLines.part1.rar)
Part 2 (http://rapidshare.com/files/72794200/BlondLines.part2.rar)
Part 3 (http://rapidshare.com/files/72796921/BlondLines.part3.rar)

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MaccaM

August 13th, 2008, 07:27 PM

Madhouse 8 [1987]
[FLAC - Cover - Cue]

http://pixpin.com/show.php?i=Madhouse8_F_-HMgh.jpg (http://pixpin.com/viewer.php?file=Madhouse8_F_-HMgh.jpg)

Track Listing

1. One
2. Two
3. Three
4. Four
5. Five
6. Six
7. Seven
8. Eight

Part 1 (http://rapidshare.com/files/73025056/Crazy8.part1.rar)
Part 2 (http://rapidshare.com/files/73035890/Crazy8.part2.rar)
Part 3 (http://rapidshare.com/files/73037835/Crazy8.part3.rar)

PW = NoWay

MaccaM

August 13th, 2008, 08:19 PM

Living Colour - Vivid [FLAC]

http://img34.picoodle.com/img/img34/3/8/13/f_Vividm_52ddb52.jpg

Track Listing
1. Cult Of Personality
2. I Want To Know
3. Middle Man
4. Desperate People
5. Open Letter (To A Landlord)
6. Funny Vibe
7. Memories Can't Wait
8. Broken Hearts
9. Glamour Boys
10. What's Your Favorite Color? (Theme Song)
11. Which Way To America?

Review by Greg Prato

In 1988, few heavy metal bands were comprised of all black members, and fewer had the talent or know-how to inject different musical forms into their hard rock sound (funk, punk, alternative, jazz, soul, rap) -- but N.Y.C.'s Living Colour proved to be an exception. Unlike nearly all of the era's metal bands, the group's music has held up over time, thanks to its originality and execution. Living Colour leader/guitarist Vernon Reid spent years honing his six-string chops, and was one of the most respected guitarists in New York's underground scene. He couldn't have done a better job selecting members for his new rock band -- singer Corey Glover, bassist Muzz Skillings, and drummer Will Calhoun -- as their now-classic debut, Vivid, proves. Though the album was released in mid-1988, it picked up steam slowly, exploding at the year's end with the hit single/MTV anthem "Cult of Personality," which merged an instantly recognizable Reid guitar riff and lyrics that explored the dark side of world leaders past and present (and remains LC's best-known song). The album was also incredibly consistent, as proven by the rocker "Middle Man" (which contains lyrics from a note penned by Glover, in which he pondered suicide), the funky, anti-racist "Funny Vibe," the touching "Open Letter (To a Landlord)," plus the Caribbean rock of "Glamour Boys." Add to it an inspired reading of Talking Heads' "Memories Can't Wait," the Zeppelin-esque "Desperate People," and two complex love songs ("I Want to Know" and "Broken Hearts"), and you have one of the finest hard rock albums of the '80s -- and for that matter, all time.

Part 1 (http://rapidshare.com/files/83908445/VividColor.part1.rar)
Part 2 (http://rapidshare.com/files/83921833/VividColor.part2.rar)
Part 3 (http://rapidshare.com/files/83935473/VividColor.part3.rar)
Part 4 (http://rapidshare.com/files/83943113/VividColor.part4.rar)

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Blaq

August 14th, 2008, 12:15 AM

Fire posting as usual, Run & Mac. :thumbs up:

I'm gonna grab on the weekend.

RunawayTrane

August 14th, 2008, 04:25 AM

This is part of a 4-disc box set of George Duke's MPS albums. I extracted the tracks of just this album,
re-tagged them, found HQ covers for them and even created my own CUE sheet with Notepad.

George Duke - Feel
FUSION | FLAC | CUE | 300DPI | 261MB
MPS 1974

http://img28.picoodle.com/img/img28/3/8/14/f_GDukeFeelfrm_0765a10.jpg (http://www.picoodle.com/view.php?img=/3/8/14/f_GDukeFeelfrm_0765a10.jpg&srv=img28)

A valued sideman, by the mid-'70s Duke would become a star and influential in his own right. For this 1974 MPS release, Frank Zappa had relinquished his studio time for Duke. The kind gesture immediately reverberated throughout jazz circles and beyond. By the time of this release, Duke's extensive resumé included two stints with Zappa's Mothers of Invention as well as some time with saxophonist Cannonball Adderley. Although this would be the third album under his name, Feel's eclectic mix of fusion and rock is his debut in the genre of which he'd later become a leader. The ARP synth-adorned and buoyant "Love" features Duke's blissful, falsetto vocals and Zappa's intense and searing guitar solos. The beautiful and ethereal title track boasts one of Duke's most effective melodies. The song also shows up as "Statement," an instrumental one minute and 15 seconds in length. The funky instrumental "Old Slippers" has impeccable drumming by Leon "Ndugu" Chancler, with Zappa again joining the fun with a gorgeous solo. A top-notch and insouciant Latin excursion, "Yana Aminah" features great double-tracked vocals from Flora Purim and well as Duke's deft synths, which replicate strings. Feel proves that, even at this relatively early stage, Duke's intelligent ear for melodies and his keyboard prowess set him apart from his contemporaries. ~ Jason Elias, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Funny Funk
02. Love
03. The Once Over
04. Feel
05. Cora Jobege
06. Old Slipper
07. Tzina (Theme From the Opera 'Tzina')
08. Yana Aminah
09. Rashid
10. Statement

Part 1 (http://lix.in/-264b65) | Part 2 (http://lix.in/-27d206)

I'll post the other 4 albums from the box set if I can find the proper artwork

MaccaM

August 14th, 2008, 02:39 PM

Sade - Diamond Life (1984)
[Flac - Cue - Cover]

http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/96/a7/e7dd4310fca0d5ea52c5a010.L.jpg

Tracks

1. Smooth Operator
2. Your Love Is King
3. Hang On To Your Love
4. Frankies First Affair
5. When Am I Going To Make A Living
6. Cherry Pie
7. Sally
8. I Will Be Your Friend
9. Why Can't We Live Together

Review - It could have been that Sade (collectively, the vocalist Sade Adu and her band) would have remained the darlings solely of the British underground rare-groove scene, but their sound proved irresistible to the mainstream, and the rest is history. Caught at the beginning of her career in 1985, Sade's cool vocals and exotic looks grabbed everyone's attention. But equally as important to Diamond Life's success was the velvet muscle of the band's accompaniment, a sinewy after hours groove, laden with minimalist funk. Eight of the nine tracks are self-penned. Straddling R&B and pop, this disc lays out the hooks and sultry allure that became Sade's soulful standard--intelligent and sexy at the same time. --Derek Rath

Part 1 (http://rapidshare.com/files/85171979/SduDiLif.part1.rar)
Part 2 (http://rapidshare.com/files/85193686/SduDiLif.part2.rar)
Part 3 (http://rapidshare.com/files/85207792/SduDiLif.part3.rar)

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MaccaM

August 14th, 2008, 02:46 PM

Tears For Fears - Songs From The Big Chair
[FLAC - CUE - Cover]

http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/b1/ce/2011225b9da0a7edecaaf010.L.jpg

Tracks

1 - Shout
2 - The Working Hour
3 - Everybody Wants to Rule the World
4 - Mothers Tall
5 - I Believe
6 - Broken
7 - Head Over Heels/Broken (Live)
8 - Listen

Review by Stanton Swihart

If The Hurting was mental anguish, Songs From the Big Chair marks the progression towards emotional healing, a particularly bold sort of catharsis culled from Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith's shared attraction to primal scream therapy. The album also heralded a dramatic maturation in the band's music, away from the synth-pop brand with which it was (unjustly) seared following the debut, and towards a complex, enveloping pop sophistication. The songwriting of Orzabal, Smith, and keyboardist Ian Stanley took a huge leap forward, drawing on reserves of palpable emotion and lovely, protracted melodies that draw just as much on soul and R&B music as they do on immediate pop hooks. The album could almost be called pseudo-conceptual, as each song holds its place and each is integral to the overall tapestry, a single-minded resolve that is easy to overlook when an album is as commercially successful as Songs From the Big Chair. And commercially successful it was, containing no less than three huge commercial radio hits, including the dramatic and insistent march, "Shout" and the shimmering, cascading "Head Over Heels," which, tellingly, is actually part of a song suite on the album. Orzabal and Smith's penchant for theorizing with steely-eyed austerity was mistaken for harsh bombasticism in some quarters, but separated from its era, the album only seems earnestly passionate and immediate, and each song has the same driven intent and the same glistening remoteness. It is not only a commercial triumph, it is an artistic tour de force. And in the loping, percolating "Everybody Wants to Rule the World," Tears for Fears perfectly captured the zeitgeist of the mid-'80s while impossibly managing to also create a dreamy, timeless pop classic. Songs From the Big Chair is one of the finest statements of the decade.

Part 1 (http://rapidshare.com/files/88252800/TFFSFTBS.part1.rar)
Part 2 (http://rapidshare.com/files/88267626/TFFSFTBS.part2.rar)
Part 3 (http://rapidshare.com/files/88281507/TFFSFTBS.part3.rar)

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Princess

August 14th, 2008, 05:11 PM

Coming back to say thanks for outkast, miles, sade, and little bro. Welcome Mac. :grin:

RunawayTrane

August 14th, 2008, 09:45 PM

Could only find a cover for this one:

George Duke - I Love The Blues, She Heard My Cry
JAZZ | FLAC | CUE | COVER | 247MB
MPS 1975

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The list of heavyweights who join George Duke on 1975's I Love the Blues: She Heard My Cry is impressive — some of the participants include Johnny "Guitar" Watson, singer Flora Purim, percussionist Airto Moreira, guitarist Lee Ritenour, drummer Leon "Ndugu" Chancler, and guitarist George Johnson (of Brothers Johnson fame). With such a cast, one would expect this 1975 LP to be outstanding, which it isn't. But it's a respectable effort that thrives on diversity. The highlights of this album range from decent fusion instrumentals, like "That's What She Said," "Giant Child Within Us-Ego," and "Sister Serene," to the mellow soul ballad "Someday" and the Jimi Hendrix-like heavy metal/hard rock offering "Rokkinrowl," which finds Duke singing lead and contains some of Ritenour's more forceful playing. Meanwhile, Duke and Watson perform a vocal duet on the title song, which is the only 12-bar blues number on the album. In 1975, some jazz fans wished that the artist would stick to instrumental fusion and stay away from R&B and rock singing, but, in fact, it was jazz that Duke would eventually move away from. I Love the Blues, She Heard My Cry isn't recommended to those who only want to hear Duke as an instrumentalist, although it's enjoyable if you like hearing some rock, soul, and blues singing along with your fusion. ~ Alex Henderson, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Chariot
02. Look Into Her Eyes
03. Sister Serene
04. That's What She Said
05. Mashavu
06. Rokkinrowl, I Don't Know
07. Prepare Yourself
08. Giantchild Within Us - Ego
09. Someday
10. I Love The Blues, She Heard My Cry

Part 1 (http://lix.in/-265bff) | Part 2 (http://lix.in/-27e2a0)

RunawayTrane

August 14th, 2008, 10:29 PM

Welcome Run..I'm looking forward to this thread. :respect-067:

What kind of music do you like?? Hip Hop? Rock? Jazz? World? Blues? Gregorian Chants?? Don't own alot of discs myself, but my source is the NYPL they might have something you're looking for

RunawayTrane

August 14th, 2008, 10:31 PM

Macca bringing that heat too!
:553:

RunawayTrane

August 14th, 2008, 10:34 PM

Coming back to say thanks for outkast, miles, sade, and little bro. Welcome Mac. :grin:

Got sommore Miles coming in a minute. Trying to lump his period stuff together. Next up I will throw up his late 60's - 80's fusion. Got two more Outkast albums I can throw up there too

RunawayTrane

August 14th, 2008, 10:42 PM

Miles Davis - A Tribute To Jack Johnson
SOUNDTRACK | APE | CUE | SCANS | 323MB
Columbia 1970

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None of Miles Davis' recordings has been more shrouded in mystery than Jack Johnson, yet none has better fulfilled Miles Davis' promise that he could form the "greatest rock band you ever heard." Containing only two tracks, the album was assembled out of no less than four recording sessions between February 18, 1970, and June 4, 1970, and was patched together by producer Teo Macero. Most of the outtake material ended up on Directions, Big Fun, and elsewhere. The first misconception is the lineup: the credits on the recording are incomplete. For the opener, "Right Off," the band is Miles, John McLaughlin, Billy Cobham, Herbie Hancock, Michael Henderson, and Steve Grossman (no piano player!), which reflects the liner notes. This was from the musicians' point of view, in a single take, recorded as McLaughlin began riffing in the studio while waiting for Miles; it was picked up on by Henderson and Cobham, Hancock was ushered in to jump on a Hammond organ (he was passing through the building), and Miles rushed in at 2:19 and proceeded to play one of the longest, funkiest, knottiest, and most complex solos of his career. Seldom has he cut loose like that and played in the high register with such a full sound. In the meantime, the interplay between Cobham, McLaughlin, and Henderson is out of the box, McLaughlin playing long, angular chords centering around E. This was funky, dirty rock & roll jazz. There is this groove that gets nastier and nastier as the track carries on, and never quits, though there are insertions by Macero of two Miles takes on Sly Stone tunes and an ambient textured section before the band comes back with the groove, fires it up again, and carries it out. On "Yesternow," the case is far more complex. There are two lineups, the one mentioned above, and one that begins at about 12:55. The second lineup was Miles, McLaughlin, Jack DeJohnette, Chick Corea, Bennie Maupin, Dave Holland, and Sonny Sharrock. The first 12 minutes of the tune revolve around a single bass riff lifted from James Brown's "Say It Loud, I'm Black and I'm Proud." The material that eases the first half of the tune into the second is taken from "Shhh/Peaceful," from In a Silent Way, overdubbed with the same trumpet solo that is in the ambient section of "Right Off." It gets more complex as the original lineup is dubbed back in with a section from Miles' tune "Willie Nelson," another part of the ambient section of "Right Off," and an orchestral bit of "The Man Nobody Saw" at 23:52, before the voice of Jack Johnson (by actor Brock Peters) takes the piece out. The highly textured, nearly pastoral ambience at the end of the album is a fitting coda to the chilling, overall high-energy rockist stance of the album. Jack Johnson is the purest electric jazz record ever made because of the feeling of spontaneity and freedom it evokes in the listener, for the stellar and inspiring solos by McLaughlin and Davis that blur all edges between the two musics, and for the tireless perfection of the studio assemblage by Miles and producer Macero. [The album was completely remastered and reissued in January of 2005, following the 2003 release of the Complete Jack Johnson Sessions box set by Legacy.] ~ Thom Jurek, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

1. Right Off
2. Yesternow

Part 1 (http://lix.in/-298440) | Part 2 (http://lix.in/-2b0ae1)

RunawayTrane

August 14th, 2008, 10:45 PM

Miles Davis - Star People
JAZZ | FLAC | CUE | SCANS | 364MB
Columbia 1983

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~ TRACKLISTING ~

1. Come Get It
2. It Gets Better
3. Speak
4. Star People
5. U 'n' I
6. Star On Cicely

Part 1 (http://lix.in/-32ad5a) | Part 2 (http://lix.in/-2e204d) | Part 3 (http://lix.in/-2fa6ee) | Part 4 (http://http://lix.in/-312d8f)

RunawayTrane

August 14th, 2008, 10:58 PM

Miles Davis - You're Under Arrest
JAZZ | FLAC | CUE | SCANS | 238 MBS
Columbia 1985

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In jazz circles, You're Under Arrest has gained instant notoriety as the album on which Miles Davis plays, among other things, tunes associated with D Train, Cyndi Lauper and Michael Jackson. The Jackson hit "Human Nature" is little more than glorified filler, but D Train's "Something's on Your Mind" is the album's most spirited track, and Lauper's "Time after Time," with its pellucid melody and mournful harmonic suspensions, proves to be a surprisingly effective vehicle for the great jazz trumpeter, who, come to think of it, has long nurtured an affinity for slow-motion ballads of just this sort. Yet, unlike Davis' classic show-tune interpretations of past decades, which begged comparison to nothing save one another, "Time after Time" is essentially a jazz instrumental cover of a recent pop vocal smash – Cyndi Lauper, not Miles Davis, supplies the context, and it's ominous to realize that the most cocksure of jazz musicians no longer feels he is in a position to call his own tune, at least not when radio programmers might be listening.

You're under Arrest's original material (by Davis, guitarist John Scofield and synthesizer player Robert Irving III) also tilts in the direction of pop – more specifically, what the trade papers call urban contemporary – with reinforced guitar and synthesizer licks, which suggest that Miles, like the rest of us, has been listening closely to Purple Rain. It's tempting to dub this music postfusion: while it might seem like a further permutation of the jazz-rock synthesis Miles presaged with Bitches Brew, it's slinkier, brighter and infinitely more enticing; only "Katie," with its keynote John McLaughlin guitar flash, echoes the murk and tumult of Davis' mid-Seventies concert LPs and last year's wretched Decoy. There are any number of attractive melodies here – most notably Davis and Irving's hooky "Ms. Morrisine" – and Davis plays superbly. Still, although his solos wound deeply, their pensive melancholy is frequently out of whack with the orgiastic bumping on the rhythm tracks, and the contrast is jarring in ways that hardly seem intentional. This is probably good dance music, but it isn't likely to get you up on your feet and dancing.

Poor Miles. As a thinking man's pop star, he's unbankable in a market that increasingly depends on conditioned reflex. As a jazz blue blood, he's been trading on credit for far too long. To judge from the cover photograph, what with his embroidered jacket and leather trousers, even his fashion sense has deserted him: in jazz, smart Italian suits are back in, thanks to Davis' anointed heir and label mate, Wynton Marsalis. It's easy enough to say that music is music and categories don't count – the familiar line of Miles' apologists – but it's difficult to imagine a jazz or pop audience being completely satisfied with You're under Arrest, modestly diverting though it is. ~ FRANCIS DAVIS, Rollingstone Magazine (July 4, 1985)

~ TRACKLISTING ~

1. One Phone Call/Street Scenes
2. Human Nature
3. MD 1 / Something's on Your Mind / MD 2
4. Ms. Morrisine
5. Katia Prelude
6. Katia
7. Time After Time
8. You're Under Arrest
9. Medley: Jean Pierre / You're Under Arrest / Then There Were None

Part 1 (http://lix.in/-2dfdc4) | Part 2 (http://lix.in/-2f8465) | Part 3 (http://lix.in/-310b06)

RunawayTrane

August 14th, 2008, 11:04 PM

Miles Davis - On The Corner
JAZZ | FLAC | CUE | 375 MBS | SCANS
Columbia 1972

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Could there be any more confrontational sound in Miles Davis' vast catalog than the distorted guitars and tinny double-timing drums reacting to a two-note bass riff funking it up on the first track from On the Corner? Before the trumpet even enters the picture, the story has been broken off somewhere in the middle, with deep street music melding with a secret language held within the band and those who can actually hear this music -- certainly not the majority of Miles' fan base built up over the past 25 years. They heard this as a huge "f*ck you." Miles just shrugged and told them it wasn't personal, but they could take it that way if they wanted to, and he blew on his trumpet. Here are killer groove riffs that barely hold on as bleating trumpet and soprano sax lines (courtesy of Dave Liebman on track one) interact with John McLaughlin's distortion-box frenzy. Michael Henderson's bass keeps the basic so basic it hypnotizes; keyboards slowly enter the picture, a pair of them handled by Herbie Hancock and Chick Corea, as well as Ivory Williams' synthesizer. Finally, Colin Walcott jumps in with an electric sitar and there are no less than five drummers -- three kits (Al Foster, Billy Hart, and Jack DeJohnette), a tabla player, and Mtume. It's a four-tune suite, "On the Corner" is, but the separations hardly matter, just the shifts in groove that alter the time/space continuum. After 20 minutes, the set feels over and a form of Miles' strange lyricism returns in "Black Satin." Though a tabla kicks the tune off, there's a recognizable eight-note melody that runs throughout. Carlos Garnett and Bennie Maupin replace Liebman, Dave Creamer replaces McLaughlin, and the groove rides a bit easier -- except for those hand bells shimmering in the background off the beat just enough to make the squares crazy. The respite is short-lived, however. Davis and band move the music way over to the funk side of the street -- though the street funkers thought these cats were too weird with their stranded time signatures and modal fugues that begin and end nowhere and live for the way the riff breaks down into emptiness. "One and One" begins the new tale, so jazz breaks down and gets polished off and resurrected as a far blacker, deeper-than-blue character in the form of "Helen Butte/Mr. Freedom X," where guitars and horns careen off Henderson's cracking bass and Foster's skittering hi-hats. It may sound weird even today, but On the Corner is the most street record ever recorded by a jazz musician. And it still kicks. ~ Thom Jurek, All Music Guide

~* TRACKLISTING* ~

1. On The Corner/New York Girl/Thinkin' One Thing And Doin' Another/Vote For Miles
2. Black Satin
3. One And One
4. Helen Butte/Mr. Freedom X

Part 1 (http://lix.in/47109c40) | Part 2 (http://lix.in/7f7c08d9) | Part 3 (http://lix.in/fb5781a7)
Part 4 (http://lix.in/cdc94c2e) | Part 5 (http://lix.in/9d98e848)

RunawayTrane

August 14th, 2008, 11:15 PM

Remarkably, there are only 8 tracks on this double album.
But 4 of them are in excess of 20 minutes long!!
*each CD has two bonus tracks as well*

Miles Davis - Big Fun
JAZZ | FLAC | CUE | COVERS | 810MB | 1:38:27
Columbia 1974

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A collection of material recorded between 1969 and 1972, the period just after Bitches Brew, Big Fun was not issued until 1974. By then, Davis had moved on in other directions, so it became a much-neglected album. The compositions are too scattered to maintain a focus, but there is much to hear within. For example, this was the album that introduced "Ife," a piece recorded during the On the Corner sessions. Built on the simplest of bass vamps and the skimpiest of melodies, it nonetheless was enough to incite Miles's playing. It stayed in his performance book for years, and turned up on other recordings, such as Dark Magus, Agharta, Pangaea, and In Concert. "Go Ahead, John," from the Jack Johnson period in 1970, has a sublimely nasty (and sonically infuriating) guitar solo from John McLaughlin. This digitally remastered edition of Big Fun also contains the bonus tracks "Recollection," "Trevere," "The Little Blue Frog," and "Yaphet" (all of which were also included on the recently issued Complete Bitches Brew Sessions, along with "Great Expectations," "Recollections," "Orange Lady," and "Lonely Fire"). --John F. Szwed, Amazon.com

~ TRACKLISTING ~

DISC 1:

1. Great Expectations
2. Ife
3. Recollections (*)
4. Trevere (*)

DISC 2:

5. Go Ahead John
6. Lonely Fire
7. Little Blue Frog (*)
8. Yaphet (*)

http://rapidshare.com/files/48005756/1760yd-Daviz-Largeenjoy-FLAC.part01.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/48000578/1760yd-Daviz-Largeenjoy-FLAC.part02.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/47995519/1760yd-Daviz-Largeenjoy-FLAC.part03.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/47989839/1760yd-Daviz-Largeenjoy-FLAC.part04.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/47983441/1760yd-Daviz-Largeenjoy-FLAC.part05.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/47977740/1760yd-Daviz-Largeenjoy-FLAC.part06.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/47958948/1760yd-Daviz-Largeenjoy-FLAC.part07.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/47952552/1760yd-Daviz-Largeenjoy-FLAC.part08.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/47936321/1760yd-Daviz-Largeenjoy-FLAC.part09.rar

RunawayTrane

August 14th, 2008, 11:25 PM

Miles Davis - In A Silent Way
JAZZ | FLAC | CUE | SCANS | 221MB
Columbia 1969

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Miles Davis's famous mid-1960s quintet, featuring saxophonist Wayne Shorter and pianist Herbie Hancock, was intact until just a few weeks before his new, electric ensemble recorded In a Silent Way. Legendary as a kind of line in the sand challenging jazz fans during the ascendance of electric, psychedelic rock, In a Silent Way hinted at the repetitive polyrhythms Davis would employ throughout the early 1970s. It also partook generously of electric piano and bass and rekindled the tonal palette that Davis had explored famously with Kind of Blue. But In a Silent Way remains a clearly electric jazz record, part ambient color exploration, part rock-inflected energy and vibe, and part outright maverick creativity. Davis takes many long, breathy solos, and they glisten in a burnished blue against his new group's strange admixture of musical moods. --Andrew Bartlett, Amazon.com

~TRACKLISTING ~

1. Shhh, Peaceful
2. In A Silent Way
* a. In A Silent Way
* b. It's About That Time
* c. In A Silent Way

Part 1 (http://rapidshare.com/files/57148579/1760yds-silencio-flac.part1.rar) | Part 2 (http://rapidshare.com/files/57144024/1760yds-silencio-flac.part2.rar) | Part 3 (http://rapidshare.com/files/57140718/1760yds-silencio-flac.part3.rar)

Miles Davis
Herbie Hancock
Chick Corea
Dave Holland
Wayne Shorter
Tony Williams

MaccaM

August 15th, 2008, 08:52 AM

Sade - Promise
[FLAC - Cue - M3U - Cover]

http://img34.picoodle.com/img/img34/3/8/15/f_SadePromisem_46ca488.jpg

Tracks

1. Is It A Crime
2. The Sweetest Taboo
3. War Of The Hearts
4. You're Not The Man
5. Jezebel
6. Mr. Wrong
7. Punch Drunk
8. Never As Good As The First Time
9. Fear
10. Tar Baby
11. Maureen

Review by Ron Wynn
Sade's second album improved on the performance of her debut, as "Sweetest Taboo" was a huge hit and "Never as Good as the First Time" landed in both the R&B and pop Top 20. She was once again the personification of cool, laid-back singing, seldom extending or embellishing lyrics, registering emotion, or projecting her voice. This demeanor made her more desirable in the minds of many fans and was perhaps the ultimate misapplication of the notion of sophistication. But this album topped the pop charts and eventually went triple platinum.

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RunawayTrane

August 15th, 2008, 12:56 PM

Stanley Turrentine - Everybody Come On Out
JAZZ | FLAC | CUE | 300DPI | 239MBS
Fantasy 1976 [Reissue 1996]

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From the cover photo, it appears to be a beautiful day in Mr. Turrentine's neighborhood, which on this 1976 session with horns and strings takes in a vast territory. A key to the tenor giant's success as a crossover artist is illustrated clearly here--Turrentine applies a passionate commitment to everything he plays that make musician and material sound of a piece. Philly soul, Jamaican reggae, British pop, and Hollywood soundtracks are among the styles that sound second-nature to the Pittsburgh native, as Turrentine and a first-call rhythm section (including Joe Sample, Lee Ritenour, Headhunters Paul Jackson and Harvey Mason, and George Duke under his nom de disque Dawilli Gonga) dig deeply into Wade Marcus's arrangements and make the large ensembles soar. This is an all-out riveting soul session. Remastered in 1996 to further enhance your listening pleasure.

~ TRACKLISTING ~

1. Everybody Come On Out
2. Stairway To Heaven
3. There Is A Place (Rita's Theme)
4. Many Rivers To Cross
5. Hope That We Can Be Together Soon
6. All By Myself
7. Airport Love Theme
8. I'm Not In Love

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RunawayTrane

August 15th, 2008, 01:19 PM

Guru - Jazzmatazz, Volume 1
JAZZ | WAV | CUE | 461 MBS | 300DPI
Chrysalis 1993

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Though it can reasonably be argued that rap grew almost directly out of funk and its particular beat, there are a lot of overlaps with jazz, particularly the bop and post-bop eras: the uninhibited expression, the depiction of urban life, just to name two. Jazz samples have also had a large role in hip-hop, but the idea of rapping over actual live jazz wasn't truly fully realized until Gang Starr MC Guru created and released the first in his Jazzmatazz series in 1993, with guest musicians who included saxophonist Branford Marsalis (who had previously collaborated with DJ Premier and Guru for the track "Jazz Thing" on the Mo' Better Blues soundtrack), trumpeter Donald Byrd, vibraphonist Roy Ayers, guitarist Ronny Jordan, and keyboardist Lonnie Liston Smith, as well as vocalist N'Dea Davenport (also of the acid jazz group the Brand New Heavies) and French rapper MC Solaar. While Guru's rhymes can occasionally be a little weak ("Think they won't harm you? Well they might/And that ain't right, but every day is like a fight" are the lines he chooses to describe kids on the subway in Brooklyn in "Transit Ride"), he delves into a variety of subject matter, from the problems of inner-city life to his own verbal prowess to self-improvement without ever sounding too repetitive, and his well-practiced flow fits well with the overall smooth, sultry, and intelligent feel of the album. From Jordan's solo on "No Time to Play" to Ayers' vibes expertise on "Take a Look (At Yourself)" to MC Solaar's quick and syllabic rhymes on "Le Bien, le Mal," Jazzmatazz, Vol. 1 (and what turned out to be the best of the series) is a rap album for jazz fans and a jazz album for rap fans, skillful and smart, clean when it needs to be and gritty when that's more effective, helping to legitimize hip-hop to those who doubted it, and making for an altogether important release. ~ Marisa Brown, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Introduction
02. Loungin'
03. When You're Near
04. Transit Ride
05. No Time to Play
06. Down the Backstreets
07. Respectful Dedications
08. Take a Look (At Yourself)
09. Trust Me
10. Slicker Than Most
11. Le Bien, Le Mal
12. Sights in the City

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RunawayTrane

August 15th, 2008, 01:24 PM

Guru - Jazzmatazz, Vol 2: The New Reality
JAZZ | FLAC | CUE | LOG | 300DPI | 426 MBS
Chrysalis 1995

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The follow-up to the heavily acclaimed Jazzmatazz, Vol. 1. This album might not have quite as much jazz-rap power as the first volume did, but it's still quite good. Some of the big guns of jazz found their way into the album, including Branford Marsalis (who, of course, had already experimented with urban beats a bit with his Buckshot Lefonque project), Freddie Hubbard, Ramsey Lewis, and Kenny Garrett. Underground rapper Kool Keith (at this point still a member of the Ultramagnetics) also makes an appearance. Dancehall reggae princess Patra is included on a track, as are Chaka Khan and Me'Shell N'Degeocello; Jamiroquai helps out in another. In some ways, the personnel on this album may be slightly superior to the first outing, but the music also seems a tiny bit blander. Still, what makes the Jazzmatazz albums special is the live synthesis of jazz and rap. With Guru's vocals over the top of live jazz performers (as opposed the usual samples), interplay is facilitated between the two, and thus a whole new dimension is added to the fusion. For someone interested in jazz-rap in general, the first album is a higher priority (as would be Us3's albums, with extensive Blue Note sampling), but this album is still high on the list. ~ Adam Greenberg, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Light It Up (Intro)/New Reality Style (Jazzalude I)
02. Life Saver *
03. Living in This World
04. Looking Through Darkness
05. Watch What You Say (Interview)
06. Defining Purpose (Jazzalude II)
07. For You
08. Medicine (Mental Relaxation)
09. Lost Souls
10. Nobody Knows (The Real Deal)
11. Hip Hop as a Way of Life (Jazzalude III)
12. Respect the Architect
13. Feel the Music
14. Young Ladies
15. Traveler
16. Maintaining Focus (Jazzalude IV)
17. Count Your Blessings
18. Choice of Weapons
19. Something in the Past
20. Revelation (Alot on My Mind)

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RunawayTrane

August 15th, 2008, 01:32 PM

Guru's Jazzmatazz, Vol. 3: Streetsoul
HIP HOP | FLAC | CUE | LOG | SCANS | 396 MBS
Chrysalis 2000

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Give Keith Elam credit for knowing how to surround himself with great talent. It's a fact that has guided his career from the early days of Gang Starr -- the group he formed with one of the greatest hip-hop producers of all time, DJ Premier -- to his solo Jazzmatazz albums, recorded with a host of jazz legends including Roy Ayers, Donald Byrd, Freddie Hubbard, and Branford Marsalis. This third volume in Guru's Jazzmatazz series came not only after a five-year break, but at a time when the notion of jazz-rap was almost as antiquated as the '70s jazz-funk sound it helped resurrect back in the late '80s. Guru undoubtedly realized this, so instead of focusing strictly on jazz this time out, he made Streetsoul more of a roots album. With all the great contemporary R&B talent on display, though, any jazz-rap fans still left could hardly be annoyed with Guru's shift in focus from jazz to soul. A trinity of late-'90s soul divas -- Macy Gray, Erykah Badu, and Kelis -- each have features, and the swing-to-urban production behind Badu's contribution frames her vocal excellently. DJ Premier also shows up, contributing his usual excellent trackmaster skills to "Hustlin' Daze," with vocals by Donell Jones. Fellow rapcentrics the Roots make an appearance on the fight-for-your-right anthem "Lift Your Fist," and Guru inserts two pioneer tracks, Herbie Hancock's "Timeless" and Isaac Hayes' "Night Vision" near the end. Unfortunately, the one caveat to Streetsoul -- Guru's rapping talent hasn't improved at all -- is practically unavoidable considering he pops up for a verse or two smack-dab in the middle of almost every track here. ~ John Bush, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Intro (1:05)
02. Keep Your Worries (4:58)
03. Hustlin' Daze (4:46)
04. All I Said (4:07)
05. Certified (4:40)
06. Plenty (4:38)
07. Lift Your Fist (3:48)
08. Guidance (4:06)
09. Interlude (Brooklyn Skit) (:51)
10. Supa Love (3:52)
11. No More (4:03)
12. Where's My Ladies? (4:07)
13. Night Vision (3:33)
14. Who's There? (4:05)
15. Mashin' up da World (5:20)
16. Timeless (4:14)

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RunawayTrane

August 15th, 2008, 01:52 PM

Motown Legends: David Ruffin
SOUL | EAC (FLAC) | CUE | SCANS | 240 MBS
Motown 1995

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David Ruffin's solo career never really recaptured the heights he hit as a member of the Temptations but he did have one classic tune "My Whole World Ended (The Moment You Left Me)" and quite a few really nice songs both in the classic Motown vein and in funkier, almost-disco styles too. Collectables' Motown Legends: My Whole World Ended (The Moment You Left Me) collects 11 Ruffin tracks like the title track, the gritty "I've Lost Everything I've Ever Loved," the Van McCoy-penned groover "On and Off," and the dramatic ballad "Common Man." There are other David Ruffin collections that provide more tracks and a wider picture of his artistry, but this is an excellent low-priced introduction to his work that includes a couple of tracks that the other compilations ignore, namely his covers of Jackie DeShannon's "Put a Little Love in Your Heart" and Robert Knight's "Everlasting Love," as well as an intensely funky disco track, "Blood Donors Needed (Give All You Can)." The two covers are decent but inessential, the other track is a real gem that is almost worth the price of admission however and it is surprising that other discs of his work have ignored it. (The disc was reissued as Motown Legends: Walk Away From Love in 2001 and as Motown Legends: My Whole World Ended (The Moment You Left Me) by Collectables in 2004.)

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Walk Away From Love
02. I've Lost Everything I've Ever Loved
03. I'm So Glad I Fell for You
04. Just Let Me Hold You for a Night
05. Blood Donors Needed (Give All You Can)
06. My Whole World Ended (The Moment You Left Me)
07. On and Off
08. You're My Peace of Mind
09. Put a Little Love in Your Heart
10. Common Man (*)
11. Everlasting Love (*)

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MaccaM

August 15th, 2008, 02:53 PM

Public Enemy - Greatest Misses
[FLAC - Cue - Cover - M3U]

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Track Listing

1. Tie Goes To The Runner
2. Hit Da Road Jack
3. Gett Off My Back
4. Gotta Do What I Gotta Do
5. Air Hoodlum
6. Hazy Shade Of Criminal
7. Megablast
8. Louder Than A Bomb
9. You're Gonna Get Yours
10. How To Kill A Radio Consultant
11. Who Stole The Soul?
12. Party For Your Right To Fight
13. Shut Em Down

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Blaq

August 16th, 2008, 12:22 AM

Nice work as usual Run & Mac! Props! :553:

RunawayTrane

August 16th, 2008, 01:46 AM

Ice Cube - Lethal Injection
RAP | FLAC | CUE | SCANS | 445MB
Priority 1993

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Following the relentless intensity of his early-'90s albums, particularly his post-Rodney King statement, The Predator (1992), Ice Cube reclined a bit and put his rap career on autopilot beginning with Lethal Injection, the last album he would record for five years. Yes, it's a disappointing album, but it's not terrible by any measure. Even if Ice Cube is a little devoid of substance here relative to his rabble-rousing past, he's still a talented rapper, and he has one of the West Coast's premier producers, QDIII, joining him for almost half the album. Unfortunately, much of what made Ice Cube's early-'90s albums so electric -- his thoughtfulness, wit, hostility, energy, and social consciousness -- is sadly in short supply. For compensation, Ice Cube offers a few standout singles, namely "You Know How We Do It" and "Bop Gun (One Nation)." The former follows the successful template that worked a year earlier with "It Was a Good Day" -- a laid-back G-funk ballad laced with an old-school funk vibe; the latter clocks over 11 minutes, an epic ode to George Clinton's P-Funk legacy. These two songs undoubtedly rank alongside Ice Cube's best work ever. There are a few other songs like "Really Doe" and "Ghetto Bird" that also stand out, but even these songs sound rather lackluster relative to Ice Cube's previous work. He's obviously not interested in making an album as daring and ambitious as The Predator again, and you can't really blame him. After all, Ice Cube had delivered three brilliant albums, and a similarly brilliant EP as well, Kill at Will (1990), in just three years, not to mention his then-burgeoning role as an actor. He deserved a break. But at least he took the time to craft two standout singles that alone make this album worthwhile for fans. ~ Jason Birchmeier, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Shot (Intro)
02. Really Doe
03. Ghetto Bird
04. You Know How We Do It
05. Cave Bitch
06. Bop Gun (One Nation)
07. What Can I Do?
08. Lil Ass Gee
09. Make It Ruff, Make It Smooth
10. Down for Whatever
11. Enemy
12. When I Get to Heaven
13. What Can I Do? (Westside Remix)
14. What Can I Do? (Eastside Remix)
15. You Know How We Do It (Remix)
16. Lil Ass Gee (Eerie Gumbo Remix)

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Blaq

August 16th, 2008, 01:53 AM

Blaq

August 16th, 2008, 03:00 AM

Johnny Guitar Watson
Ain't That A Bitch
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist

1. I Need It
2. I Want To Ta-Ta You Baby
3. Superman Lover
4. Ain't That A Bitch
5. Since I Met You Baby
6. We're No Exception
7. Won't You Forgive Me Baby

WAV
348MB

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Blaq

August 16th, 2008, 03:53 PM

Isaac Hayes
Black Moses
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist

Disc One

1. Never Can Say Goodbye
2. (They Long To Be) Close To You
3. Nothing Takes The Place Of You
4. Man's Temptation
5. Part-Time Love
6. Medley: Ike's Rap IV/A Brand New Me
7. Going In Circles

Disc Two

1. Never Gonna Give You Up
2. Medley: Ike's Rap II/Help Me Love
3. Need To Belong To Someone
4. Good Love
5. Medley: Ike's Rap III/Your Love Is So Doggone Good
6. For The Good Times
7. I'll Never Fall In Love Again

WAV
946MB

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Blaq

August 16th, 2008, 07:28 PM

DMX
It's Dark And Hell Is Hot
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist

1. Intro
2. Ruff Ryders' Anthem
3. Fuckin' Wit' D
4. The Storm (Skit)
5. Look Thru My Eyes
6. Get At Me Dog
7. Let Me Fly
8. X-Is Coming
9. Damien
10. How's It Goin' Down
11. Mickey (Skit)
12. Crime Story
13. Stop Being Greedy
14. ATF
15. For My Dogs
16. I Can Feel It
17. Prayer (Skit)
18. The Convo
19. Niggaz Done Started Something

WAV
659MB

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MaccaM

August 16th, 2008, 08:08 PM

Daft Punk - Homework [1997]
[Direct Rip(EAC) - FLAC - M3U - CUE - Covers]

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Track Listing

1. Daftendirekt
2. Wdpk 837 Fm
3. Revolution 909
4. Da Funk
5. Phoenix
6. Fresh
7. Around The World
8. Rollin' & Scratchin'
9. Teachers
10. High Fidelity
11. Rock'n Roll
12. Oh Yeah
13. Burnin'
14. Indo Silver Club
15. Alive
16. Funk Ad

Review
After rocking the suburbs with the infectious and persistent "Da Funk" (with its amusingly pointless Spike Jonze video), Gallic pranksters Daft Punk unleashed Homework, an album that combined everything good about house music with everything bad about French pop and changed the face of dance music in the process. The sound of production duo Thomas Bangalter and Guy Manuel de Homem is a raw and dirty collage of cheap drum machines (wired for maximum swing) welded to endless filtered loops and embellished with everything from guitars to talk-box vocals. The beats are lifted straight from the Chicago House textbook, but the simple bass lines and catchy hooks make a listenable pop song from what would normally be a stripped-down DJ tool. Uncompromising yet totally accessible. --Matthew Corwine

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MaccaM

August 16th, 2008, 08:53 PM

Daft Punk - Discovery (2001)
FLAC - Cue - Covers - M3U

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Track Listings

1. One More Time
2. Aerodynamic
3. Digital Love
4. Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger
5. Crescendolls
6. Night Vision
7. Superheroes
8. High Life
9. Something About Us
10. Voyager
11. Veridis Quo
12. Short Circuit
13. Face To Face
14. Too Long

Review by John Bush
Four long years after their debut, Homework, Daft Punk returned with a second full-length, also packed with excellent productions and many of the obligatory nods to the duo's favorite stylistic speed bumps of the 1970s and '80s. Discovery is by no means the same record, though. Deserting the shrieking acid house hysteria of their early work, the album moves in the same smooth filtered disco circles as the European dance smashes ("Music Sounds Better With You" and "Gym Tonic") co-produced by DP's Thomas Bangalter during the group's long interim. If Homework was Daft Punk's Chicago house record, this is definitely the New York garage edition, with co-productions and vocals from Romanthony and Todd Edwards, two of the brightest figures based in New Jersey's fertile garage scene. Also in common with classic East Coast dance and '80s R&B, Discovery surprisingly focuses on songwriting and concise productions, though the pair's visions of bucolic pop on "Digital Love" and "Something About Us" are delivered by an androgynous, vocoderized frontman singing trite (though rather endearing) love lyrics. "One More Time," the irresistible album opener and first single, takes Bangalter's "Music Sounds Better With You" as a blueprint, blending sampled horns with some retro bass thump and the gorgeous, extroverted vocals of Romanthony going round and round with apparently endless tweakings. Though "Aerodynamic" and "Superheroes" have a bit of the driving acid minimalism associated with Homework, here Daft Punk is more taken with the glammier, poppier sound of Eurodisco and late R&B. Abusing their pitch-bend and vocoder effects as though they were going out of style (about 15 years too late, come to think of it), the duo loops nearly everything they can get their sequencers on — divas, vocoders, synth-guitars, electric piano — and conjures a sound worthy of bygone electro-pop technicians from Giorgio Moroder to Todd Rundgren to Steve Miller. Daft Punk are such stellar, meticulous producers that they make any sound work, even superficially dated ones like spastic early-'80s electro/R&B ("Short Circuit") or faux-orchestral synthesizer baroque ("Veridis Quo"). The only problems on Discovery arise when Daft Punk compensate for the album's lack of six-minute dance tracks by including a few too many half-developed productions like "High Life" and the ambient piece "Nightvision." One other crime is burying the highlight of the entire LP near the end. "Face to Face," a track with garage wunderkind Todd Edwards, twists his trademarked split-second samples and fully fragmented vision of garage into a dance-pop hit that could've easily stormed the charts in 1987. Daft Punk even manage a sense of humor about their own work, closing with a ten-minute track aptly titled "Too Long."

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RunawayTrane

August 17th, 2008, 01:47 AM

Steely Dan - Pretzel Logic
ROCK | WAV | CUE | LOG | 300DPI | 252MB | 34:06
MCA 1974

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Countdown to Ecstasy wasn't half the hit that Can't Buy a Thrill was, and Steely Dan responded by trimming the lengthy instrumental jams that were scattered across Countdown and concentrating on concise songs for Pretzel Logic. While the shorter songs usually indicate a tendency toward pop conventions, that's not the case with Pretzel Logic. Instead of relying on easy hooks, Walter Becker and Donald Fagen assembled their most complex and cynical set of songs to date. Dense with harmonics, countermelodies, and bop phrasing, Pretzel Logic is vibrant with unpredictable musical juxtapositions and snide, but very funny, wordplay. Listen to how the album's hit single, "Rikki Don't Lose That Number," opens with a syncopated piano line that evolves into a graceful pop melody, or how the title track winds from a blues to a jazzy chorus -- Becker and Fagen's craft has become seamless while remaining idiosyncratic and thrillingly accessible. Since the songs are now paramount, it makes sense that Pretzel Logic is less of a band-oriented album than Countdown to Ecstasy, yet it is the richest album in their catalog, one where the backhanded Dylan tribute "Barrytown" can sit comfortably next to the gorgeous "Any Major Dude Will Tell You." Steely Dan made more accomplished albums than Pretzel Logic, but they never made a better one. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

TRACKLISTING:
01. Rikki Don't Lose That Number
02. Night by Night
03. Any Major Dude Will Tell You
04. Barrytown
05. East St. Louis Toodle-Oo
06. Parker's Band
07. Through with Buzz
08. Pretzel Logic
09. With a Gun
10. Charlie Freak
11. Monkey in Your Soul

LINKS (http://lix.in/-80b75d)

Blaq

August 17th, 2008, 02:35 AM

Steely Dan - Pretzel Logic
ROCK | FLAC | CUE | 300DPI | 220MB
MCA 1974

http://img28.picoodle.com/data/img28/3/8/16/f_StDanPretLgm_ae751e4.jpg (http://www.picoodle.com/view.php?img=/3/8/16/f_StDanPretLgm_ae751e4.jpg&srv=img28)

Nice drop, Run. Thanks :rofl3:

Blaq

August 17th, 2008, 04:11 AM

India.Arie
Acoustic Soul
[Direct Rip]

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y100/Blaq2/IndiaArie_AcousticSoul.jpg?t=1218961005

Tracklist

1. Intro
2. Video
3. Promises
4. Brown Skin
5. Strength Courage & Wisdom
6. Nature
7. Back To The Middle
8. Ready For Love
9. Interlude
10. In My Head
11. I See God In You
12. Simple
13. Part Of My Life
14. Beautiful
15. Outro
16. Wonderful

WAV
620MB

Part 1: http://rapidshare.com/files/137915922/India.A_Acoustic_S_Blaq_WAV.part1.rar
Part 2: http://rapidshare.com/files/137916645/India.A_Acoustic_S_Blaq_WAV.part2.rar
Part 3: http://rapidshare.com/files/137927373/India.A_Acoustic_S_Blaq_WAV.part3.rar
Part 4: http://rapidshare.com/files/137917242/India.A_Acoustic_S_Blaq_WAV.part4.rar

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RunawayTrane

August 17th, 2008, 04:12 AM

Steely Dan - The Royal Scam
ROCK | FLAC | CUE | COVERS | 283MB
MCA 1976

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The Royal Scam is the first Steely Dan record that doesn't exhibit significant musical progress from its predecessor, but that doesn't mean the album is any less interesting. The cynicism that was suppressed on Katy Lied comes roaring to the surface on The Royal Scam -- not only are the lyrics bitter and snide, but the music is terse, broken, and weary. Not so coincidentally, the album is comprised of Walter Becker and Donald Fagen's weakest set of songs since Can't Buy a Thrill. Alternating between mean-spirited bluesy vamps like "Green Earrings" and "The Fez" and jazzy soft rock numbers like "The Caves of Altamira," there's nothing particularly bad on the album, yet there are fewer standouts than before. Nevertheless, the best songs on The Royal Scam, like the sneering "Kid Charlemagne" and "Sign in Stranger," rank as genuine Steely Dan classics. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

1. Kid Charlemagne
2. Caves of Altamira
3. Don't Take Me Alive
4. Sign in Stranger
5. Fez
6. Green Earrings
7. Haitian Divorce
8. Everything You Did
9. Royal Scam

Part 1 (http://lix.in/-313ac2) | Part 2 (http://lix.in/-32c163)

RunawayTrane

August 17th, 2008, 02:20 PM

Koko Taylor - Deluxe Edition
BLUES | WAVPACK | CUE | 300DPI | 434MB
Alligator 2002

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While some fans may argue that Koko Taylor's Chess material is slightly superior, there is no denying the power of these Alligator sessions. Deluxe Edition collects 15 of her very best tracks from her Alligator releases since 1975. Some of the high points include the many guest spots from Buddy Guy, B.B. King, Pinetop Perkins, Mighty Joe Young, and Carey Bell. As a Deluxe Edition bonus, the unreleased track "Man Size Job" is included, making this collection hard to beat for both collectors and the novice. ~ Al Campbell, All Music Guide

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

01. I'm a Woman
02. Beer Bottle Boogie
03. Born Under a Bad Sign
04. Mother Nature
05. Hey Bartender
06. I'd Rather Go Blind
07. Man Size Job
08. Let the Good Times Roll [live]
09. Voodoo Woman
10. Wang Dang Doodle
11. Stop Watching Your Enemies
12. Sure Had a Wonderful Time Last Night
13. Come to Mama
14. Time Will Tell
15. Blues Hotel

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Blaq

August 17th, 2008, 03:04 PM

I'm gonna grab that Koko Taylor. Thanks, Run.

Note: Btw, i'm noticing my emoticon changed a post back from a thumbs up to a rofl.

Blaq

August 17th, 2008, 06:12 PM

Diana Ross
Dirty Looks
[Direct Rip]

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y100/Blaq2/DianaRoss_DirtyLooks.jpg?t=1219015044

Album Version

WAV
41.9MB

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Blaq

August 17th, 2008, 08:36 PM

Diana Ross
Diana Extended: The Remixes
[Direct Rip]

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y100/Blaq2/DianaRoss_DianaExtended_BW.jpg?t=1219019526

Tracklist

1. The Boss
2. Love Hangover
3. Upside Down
4. Someday We'll Be Together
5. Chain Reaction
6. You're Gonna Love It
7. I'm Coming Out

WAV
510MB

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Blaq

August 17th, 2008, 08:43 PM

^ Run, I ripped a copy of this @ 320CBR also. It's in my thread. I'm not a big fan of this album but bought it because I wanted to hear how it was remixed. DJ's can use it to some extent but you really can't do these songs justice re-doing them imo.

I have yet to hear a solid remix album. Frankie Knuckles did a good job with "Love Hangover." In fact, they should have let Frankie & Farley "Jackmaster" Funk do the entire project. I have heard both use quite a few of these in mixes and they were off the chain. They would've brought a Chicago Deep House feel to it.

RunawayTrane

August 17th, 2008, 09:05 PM

Blaq

August 17th, 2008, 09:23 PM

That don't even look like Diana on the cover. Not a fan of remixes either, but I might get it anyway. Sure somebody will want it whether I get it or not.

Also, got that India Arie on hold, so i might just wait on that one. Great post though, that album is tough to find now

Personally, I think it's only good for DJ's. Str8 club sound. It doesn't play well without using these cuts in a mix. 'Love Hangover' I can listen to as a stand-alone track.

That's funny cuz it looks like her to me. I think it came out in the 90's so it's an older photo.

RunawayTrane

August 17th, 2008, 09:32 PM

Jurassic 5 - Feedback
RAP | WAV | CUE | 300DPI | 567 MBS
Interscope 2006

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Leading up to the release of Feedback, Jurassic 5 rapper Soup distanced his group from the rap underground that had embraced his music, but apparently had not paid enough of his bills. "It's a step up for us because we have been basically known as an underground group.... We've been known as a backpacker group." Indeed, after years of bringing their live show to thousands of scattered festival-goers (Lollapalooza, Warped, Bonnaroo, Reading), the group reached for the same type of commercialized sweet spot that had made Black Eyed Peas one of the hottest things in rap during the mid-2000s. That doesn't mean more sex, but it does mean more anthems, more featured appearances, and more sounds from the contemporary rap charts. With producer Cut Chemist gone for a solo production career, the group focused heavily on their other in-house source, DJ Nu-Mark, who contributes an opener in "Back 4 U" that makes it sound as though nothing has changed in the Jurassic camp. His pair of Sugar Hill tributes later in the album ("Radio," "In the House") end up being highlights of the album, not because they're stellar, but because the outside producers come up short so often. Interscope may have sprung for some of the most expensive for-hire producers -- Scott Storch (famous for 50 Cent, T.I., Lil' Kim, and the Roots) and Salaam Remi (Fugees, Nas, Ludacris, Joss Stone) -- but any savvy listener can go right down the track listing and match nearly every production to the source that prompted it. "Baby Please" is a horn-led Neptunes rewrite, "Gotta Understand" a signature Kanye West production (complete with Curtis Mayfield's sampled crooning), and "Get It Together" tries to capitalize on the fad of catchy whistling hooks already defined by Juelz Santana's "There It Go! (The Whistle Song)." The first single, a sunny singalong titled "Work It Out," has the contributions of the Dave Matthews Band. Against productions this commercialized, Jurassic's top-notch rhymers -- Chali 2na, Soup, Akil -- usually end up spitting rhymes already familiar to listeners of their earlier work. ~ John Bush, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Back 4 U
02. Radio
03. Brown Girl
04. Gotta Understand
05. In The House
06. Baby Please
07. Work It Out
08. Where We At
09. Get It Together
10. Future Sound
11. J Resume
12. Red Hot
13. Turn It Out
14. End Up Like This
15. Canto De Ossanha (instrumental)

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Blaq

August 17th, 2008, 09:43 PM

Run, how you rate that Jurassic 5 album?

RunawayTrane

August 17th, 2008, 11:30 PM

Not too bad. I didn't hate it like I do most of the rap I hear these days. Like Charlie2Na. and a few of the tracks were pretty funky. But there is that one cat did piss me off though. The one who simply MUST call me the N-word in every song. One thing I do not like is rappers who feel they must say the word over and over. Those people are bitches and sheep in my eyes and don't represent rap.

Played it for about a week straight, but haven't played it since. But I will

RunawayTrane

August 17th, 2008, 11:31 PM

Steely Dan - Countdown To Ecstasy
ROCK | FLAC | CUE | 300DPI | 283MB
MCA 1973

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Can't Buy a Thrill became an unexpected hit, and as a response, Donald Fagen became the group's full-time lead vocalist, and he and Walter Becker acted like Steely Dan was a rock & roll band for the group's second album, Countdown to Ecstasy. The loud guitars and pronounced backbeat of "Bodhisattva," "Show Biz Kids," and "My Old School" camouflage the fact that Countdown is a riskier album, musically speaking, than its predecessor. Each of its eight songs have sophisticated, jazz-inflected interludes, and apart from the bluesy vamps "Bodhisattva" and "Show Biz Kids," which sound like they were written for the stage, the songs are subtly textured. "Razor Boy," with its murmuring marimbas, and the hard bop tribute "Your Gold Teeth" reveal Becker and Fagen's jazz roots, while the country-flavored "Pearl of the Quarter" and the ominous, skittering "King of the World" are both overlooked gems. Countdown to Ecstasy is the only time Steely Dan played it relatively straight, and its eight songs are rich with either musical or lyrical detail that their album rock or art rock contemporaries couldn't hope to match. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

1. Bodhisattva
2. Razor Boy
3. The Boston Rag
4. Your Gold Teeth
5. Show Biz Kids
6. My Old School
7. Pearl of the Quarter
8. King of the World

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Blaq

August 18th, 2008, 12:21 AM

Donna Summer
A Love Trilogy
[Direct Rip]

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41GGFP5FVTL._SL500_AA240_.jpg

Tracklist

1. Try Me, I Know We Can Make It
2. Intro: Prelude to Love
3. Could It Be Magic
4. Wasted
5. Come with Me

WAV
343MB

Part 1: http://rapidshare.com/files/138141759/D_Summer_ALT_Blaq_WAV.part1.rar
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Blaq

August 18th, 2008, 12:29 AM

RunawayTrane

August 18th, 2008, 12:58 PM

The Best of Peter Tosh: 1978 - 1987
REGGAE | FLAC | CUE | BOOKLET | 508 MBS
EMI 2003

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The words "Wolde Senayet" are scrawled in silver ink across a black-and-white image of Peter Tosh on the cover of this long overdue "best-of" from Tosh's EMI period. The words are an honorific Rastafarian title meaning "Son of Thunder." During those years, Tosh, who was thought to have had his best years behind him critically, was rocking reggae audiences all over the world commercially. This set puts both ends of that spectrum in perspective. Tosh's creative muse was always present during these years, even if he was misunderstood as a superstar. These 14 tracks are seamless in their quality, and are more than representative of Tosh's vision -- one that has been adopted and reworked in all sorts of reggae subgenres since his death. The music here, culled from six albums, marks reggae history with the sheer audacity of Tosh's restlessness. A much more diffident man than his former partners Bunny Wailer and Bob Marley, Tosh let it all come through in the music. His charisma was not in interviews, but in performances both live and recorded. His Columbia albums were all raw exercises in deep dread thinking and execution, while his EMI period was one of experimentation and sonic inquiry.

The production standards on the EMI records were high; Tosh was looking to incorporate all of the modern sounds he liked into his own and trademark it. He succeeded, as proven by tracks like "Bush Doctor," "Mystic Man," "Oh Bumbo Klaat," "The Day the Dollar Die," and the single version of "(You Gotta Walk And) Don't Look Back" with Mick Jagger. In the live cuts included here, including the stellar medley of "Equal Rights/ Downpresser Man" as well as "African" and "Get Up, Stand Up," the listener gets Tosh pretty much unedited, full of swirling, burning, and dark intensity. The album closes with "Fool's Die (For Want of Wisdom)," a song known by Wailers fans as "Wisdom" from 1970 and issued on the posthumous Marley collection as "Lips of the Righteous." But neither of these versions comes close to Tosh's spooky, deeply moving balladic haunt of a song. Flutes, electric pianos, and a shimmering acoustic guitar float atop a spare bassline to gird Tosh's vocal as it asks the tough questions of all within hearing range. At about five minutes, the instruments -- all covered in swimming echoes and delicate spaces -- carry the track to its resting place in the heart of the listener. This is among Tosh's most moving songs, and his least angry. Perhaps his bemusement was really heartbreak, but then, that will never be known; listeners can only find instruction in his songs, not solace. If any figure in popular music deserved to be reconsidered for the entirety of his contribution, Tosh is such an artist, and this collection proves it. Therefore, as Bruce Cockburn so aptly put it in a song long ago: "All you can do is praise the razor/For the fineness of the slash." Tosh was the razor; these are his beautiful wounds. Praise them, for they are worthy. ~ Thom Jurek, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Mystic Man
02. Bush Doctor
03. Pick Myself Up
04. (You Gotta Walk) Don't Look Back (Single Version)
05. Oh Bumbo Klaat
06. In My Song
07. Lesson in My Life
08. Equal Rights/Downpresser Man (Live)
09. Johnny B. Goode
10. The Day the Dollar Die
11. African (Live)
12. Not Gonna Give It Up
13. Get Up, Stand Up (Live)
14. Fools Die (For Want of Wisdom)

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Part 5 (http://lix.in/28029dac) | Part 6 (http://lix.in/9cb69bc6)

Sill looking for these four songs from the "Wanted Dread or Alive" album:

"Coming in Hot"
"Nothing But Love" (with Gwen Guthrie)
"Reggaemylitis"
"Rok With Me"
"Oh Bumbo Klaat"
"Wanted Dread and Alive"
"Rastafari Is"
"Guide Me from My Friends"
"Fools Die"

That's What They Will Do"

MaccaM

August 18th, 2008, 01:05 PM

Funkadelic - One Nation Under A Grove
WAVPACK - Cue - M3U - Cover

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Tracks

1. One Nation Under a Groove
2. Groovallegiance
3. Who Says a Funk Band Can't Play Rock?!
4. Promentalshitbackwashpsychosis Enema Squad (The Doo Doo Chasers)
5. Into You
6. Cholly (Funk Gettin' Ready to Roll)
7. Lunchmeataphobia (Think, It Ain't Illegal Yet!)
8. P.E. Squad/Doo Doo Chasers ["Going All-The-Way-Off" Instrumental Version]
9. Maggot Brain

Review by Steve Huey
One Nation Under a Groove was not only Funkadelic's greatest moment, it was their most popular album, bringing them an unprecedented commercial breakthrough by going platinum and spawning a number one R&B smash in the title track. It was a landmark LP for the so-called "black rock" movement, best-typified in the statement of purpose "Who Says a Funk Band Can't Play Rock?!"; more than that, though, the whole album is full of fuzzed-out, Hendrix-style guitar licks, even when the music is clearly meant for the dancefloor. This may not have been a new concept for Funkadelic, but it's executed here with the greatest clarity and accessibility in their catalog. Furthermore, out of George Clinton's many conceptual albums (serious and otherwise), One Nation Under a Groove is the pinnacle of his political consciousness. It's unified by a refusal to acknowledge boundaries — social, sexual, or musical — and, by extension, the uptight society that created them. The tone is positive, not militant — this funk is about community, freedom, and independence, and you can hear it in every cut (even the bizarre, outrageously scatological "P.E. Squad"). The title cut is one of funk's greatest anthems, and "Groovallegiance" and the terrific "Cholly" both dovetail nicely with its concerns. The aforementioned "Who Says a Funk Band Can't Play Rock?!" is a seamless hybrid that perfectly encapsulates the band's musical agenda, while "Into You" is one of their few truly successful slow numbers. The original LP included a three-song bonus EP featuring the heavy riff rock of "Lunchmeataphobia," an unnecessary instrumental version of "P.E. Squad," and a live "Maggot Brain"; these tracks were appended to the CD reissue. In any form, One Nation Under a Groove is the best realization of Funkadelic's ambitions, and one of the best funk albums ever released.

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PW = NoWay

RunawayTrane

August 18th, 2008, 01:06 PM

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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NEW LINKS (MATCHING TEST AND COPY CRC)
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pw=lisalisa

RunawayTrane

August 18th, 2008, 01:18 PM

The Best Of Tania Maria
LATIN | WAV | CUE | SCANS | 595 MBS
Capitol 1993

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This is called a "Best Of" album, but it was released in 1993, so it doesn't cover anything after that. And she's got about 5 albums since then. So it really doesn't do her any justice. It 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.

**Part 5 only 7 MBS**

From the mid-'80s to the mid-'90s, Tania Maria held court as a well-known post-Flora Purim Brazilian pop vocalist . Her dazzling piano chops and sexy air made her quite popular on the festival circuit. Maria's previous efforts for the Concord label branded her a fresh voice, but unfortunately these sessions, compiled by the World Pacific label, sound quite samey overall, or like an afterthought. Most of the material is overtly funky with a dash of Latin spice thrown in, the songs emotionally varying from "come here" to "go away," leaving the listener trapped on an emotional roller coaster. To put it mildly, Maria's stance was always quite confusing, while she sometimes presented herself as strictly a party animal. Though her musicianship is unquestioned, and all of this material is composed by her, her style and stance by this point had become clichéd -- although at times disarming -- and approached disco. Depending on your level of taste, this collection can be fairly satisfying, but only to the staunchest of fans. ~ Michael G. Nastos, All Music Guide

~ 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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RunawayTrane

August 18th, 2008, 01:23 PM

This album features 5 tracks from "Wanted Dread Or Alive". Been looking for that album for years. But the album has 4 more tracks. Does anyone have access to those tracks on CD?? This is my first of 3 Best of Peter Tosh albums that I got from the library. All in an effort to get those 9 songs from that album. Also looking for "Mama Africa" and "Bush Doctor", but remember, I don't do lossy formats

The Best of Peter Tosh: Dread Don't Die
REGGAE | FLAC | CUE | 382 MBS | 59:41 | 300DPI
EMI 1996

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As Gold Collection wasn't much of a wrap-up, concentrating so heavily on the No Nuclear War set, and certainly didn't deserve any gold medals, EMI/Capitol had another go with this compilation, although to call it The Best of Peter Tosh: Dread Don't Die is such a misnomer, it's a wonder they weren't sued for libel. This time, Wanted Dread & Alive and Mama Africa are the focus, with two further songs culled off the former, while the title track again is pulled from the latter, along with two different numbers from the set. "(You Gotta Walk And) Don't Look Back" comes courtesy of Bush Doctor, "Crystal Ball" from Mystic Man, while the two live tracks are drawn from Captured Live, which EMI's previous compilation totally ignored. Wanted was Tosh's most commercial album and Mama his most emotive, albeit musically entirely accessible, so this set once more gives new fans an incredibly unbalanced view of the artist. For collectors, however, the pot is sweetened by "That's What They Will Do," a song recorded around
the time of the Wanted album, but not included on that set. If this is EMI's idea of the best of Tosh, they've got a lot to learn. And if dread don't die, it's because he's still seeking retribution. ~ by Jo-Ann Greene, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Coming in Hot
02. Wanted Dread or Alive
03. That's What They Will Do
04. Reggae-Mylitis
05. Fools Die
06. Where You Gonna Run
07. Glasshouse
08. Johnny B. Goode
09. Get up, Stand Up (Live)
10. Equal Rights/Downpresser Man (Live)
11. (You Gotta Walk) Don't Look Back
12. Crystal Ball

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MaccaM

August 18th, 2008, 05:56 PM

Loose Ends - Zagora (1986)
FLAC - Cue - Cover - M3U

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Track Listing

1. Stay A Little While, Child
2. Slow Down
3. I Can't Wait (Another Minute)
4. Sweetest Pain
5. Ooh, You Make Me Feel
6. Who Are You?
7. You Can't Stop The Rain
8. Be Thankful (Mama's Song)
9. Nights Of Pleasure
10. Let's Get Back To Love
11. Stay A Little While, Child (Dub Mix)
12. Rainbow/Take The Train

Review by Ron Wynn
Loose Ends was still in peak form on the late-'80s Zagora. "Slow Down" was an R&B chart topper and huge club smash, and they had two other songs become moderate hits. Loose Ends had found the right mix of teasing vocals, clever lyrical hooks, tight production, and good arrangements that weren't relentless in their backbeats, yet were also groove-oriented enough for dancers.

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PW = NoWay

MaccaM

August 18th, 2008, 06:50 PM

Daft Punk - Human After All (2005)
FLAC - Cue - Scans

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Track Listing

1. Human After All
2. The Prime Time of Your Life
3. Robot Rock
4. Steam Machine
5. Make Love
6. The Brainwasher
7. On/Off
8. Television Rules the Nation
9. Technologic
10. Emotion

Review by John Bush
Four long years after their debut, Homework, Daft Punk returned with a second full-length, also packed with excellent productions and many of the obligatory nods to the duo's favorite stylistic speed bumps of the 1970s and '80s. Discovery is by no means the same record, though. Deserting the shrieking acid house hysteria of their early work, the album moves in the same smooth filtered disco circles as the European dance smashes ("Music Sounds Better With You" and "Gym Tonic") co-produced by DP's Thomas Bangalter during the group's long interim. If Homework was Daft Punk's Chicago house record, this is definitely the New York garage edition, with co-productions and vocals from Romanthony and Todd Edwards, two of the brightest figures based in New Jersey's fertile garage scene. Also in common with classic East Coast dance and '80s R&B, Discovery surprisingly focuses on songwriting and concise productions, though the pair's visions of bucolic pop on "Digital Love" and "Something About Us" are delivered by an androgynous, vocoderized frontman singing trite (though rather endearing) love lyrics. "One More Time," the irresistible album opener and first single, takes Bangalter's "Music Sounds Better With You" as a blueprint, blending sampled horns with some retro bass thump and the gorgeous, extroverted vocals of Romanthony going round and round with apparently endless tweakings. Though "Aerodynamic" and "Superheroes" have a bit of the driving acid minimalism associated with Homework, here Daft Punk is more taken with the glammier, poppier sound of Eurodisco and late R&B. Abusing their pitch-bend and vocoder effects as though they were going out of style (about 15 years too late, come to think of it), the duo loops nearly everything they can get their sequencers on — divas, vocoders, synth-guitars, electric piano — and conjures a sound worthy of bygone electro-pop technicians from Giorgio Moroder to Todd Rundgren to Steve Miller. Daft Punk are such stellar, meticulous producers that they make any sound work, even superficially dated ones like spastic early-'80s electro/R&B ("Short Circuit") or faux-orchestral synthesizer baroque ("Veridis Quo"). The only problems on Discovery arise when Daft Punk compensate for the album's lack of six-minute dance tracks by including a few too many half-developed productions like "High Life" and the ambient piece "Nightvision." One other crime is burying the highlight of the entire LP near the end. "Face to Face," a track with garage wunderkind Todd Edwards, twists his trademarked split-second samples and fully fragmented vision of garage into a dance-pop hit that could've easily stormed the charts in 1987. Daft Punk even manage a sense of humor about their own work, closing with a ten-minute track aptly titled "Too Long."

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PW = NoWay

RunawayTrane

August 19th, 2008, 12:43 AM

Smokey Robinson - A Quiet Storm
R&B | FLAC | CUE | SCANS | 198MB
Motown 1975

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The genius of William "Smokey" Robinson is immeasurable. As many of his prior songs had shaped R&B and pop music, this album would have a similar effect. The title track became the namesake for a music format. The album itself had three singles hit the charts. Arranged in an intermittent rhythm, "Baby That's Backatcha" ran up the Billboard R&B charts to number one inside 16 weeks. It was Robinson's first number one single since leaving the Miracles. The lyric of the ballad "The Agony and the Ecstasy" hit the Top Ten at number seven, and it was followed by the masterpiece "A Quiet Storm." Although it only managed to seal the Top 25, it has since made a greater impact on the music charts and music industry. Briefly, radio mogul Cathy Hughes, owner of Radio One, was the general manager at Howard University radio WHUR during the early '70s when she created the format "the quiet storm." She used Smokey Robinson's composition as the theme song. Before long, it caught on around the country and evolved into a new market. This album also features the "Wedding Song" which was written for Hazel and Jermaine Jackson's wedding and the "Happy" theme from the movie Lady Sings the Blues. ~ Craig Lytle, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

1. Quiet Storm
2. Agony and the Ecstasy
3. Baby That's Backatcha
4. Wedding Song
5. Happy (Love Theme from Lady Sings the Blues)
6. Love Letters
7. Coincidentally

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ain't gotta worry about fast fowarding this one not one bad track on here

RunawayTrane

August 19th, 2008, 12:51 AM

Had this one on hold for about 4 months. Couple of songs composed by Oscar Brown Jr.

R.I.P.

Max Roach - We Insist! Max Roach's Freedom Suite
JAZZ | FLAC | CUE | SCANS | 223MB
Candid 1960

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We Insist! Max Roach's Freedom Now Suite is a 1960 jazz album containing a suite which Max Roach and lyricist Oscar Brown had begun to develop in 1959 with a view to its performance in 1963 on the centennial of the Emancipation Proclamation. The cover references the Sit-in movement of the Civil Rights Movement. WIKI

~ TRACKLISTING ~

1. Driva Man
2. Freedom Day
3. Triptych: Prayer/Protest/Peace
4. Listen Now! All Africa
5. Tears for Johannesburg

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RunawayTrane

August 19th, 2008, 01:10 AM

Barry White - Stone Gon'
R&B | WAV | CUE | 300DPI | 399MB
Mercury 1973

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Stone Gon' was the second release in an incredible run of sensually charged titles White produced during the first half of the '70s. His patented mix of love monologues and rich vocal dynamics would come to mark the best songs of the period, including the two chart-toppers here, "Honey Please, Can't Ya See" and "Never, Never Gonna Give Ya Up." Of course, White's inventive arrangements and crack band only add to the stock of these soulful pop excursions. And beyond the hits, tracks like "You're My Baby" and "Hard to Believe That I Found You" maintain the high standard, compliments of mesmerizing backdrops and more vocal seduction; with wine and candlelight already casting a spell, it's just a matter of time before White's supremely tranquil delivery and blissed-out wash of strings and saxophone will cause the amatory to completely lose it. Bringing things back to earth, White displays unerring sensitivity on "Girl It's True, Yes I'll Always Love You," a love song as sincere and sanctified as any he's made. Essential listening. ~ Stephen Cook, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

1. Girl It's True, Yes I'll Always Love You (8:36)
2. Honey Please, Can't Ya See (5:11)
3. You're My Baby (9:08)
4. Hard To Believe That I Found You (6:59)
5. Never Never Gonna Give You Up

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RunawayTrane

August 19th, 2008, 01:51 AM

The Whispers - For Your Ears Only
R&B | FLAC | CUE | SCANS | 467MB
Satin Tie 2006

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It's been almost 9 years since the release of their last release. With such a wait rest assured that the Whispers have delivered what can arguably be described as their one of strongest albums ever released. Their sound is as fresh and vibrant as ever was. This time around, they've released For Your Ears Only on their own Satin Tie label. A strong album with a supporting cast of a whole plethora of quality artists all helping to make this one special album. The music feels real, not synthetic like so much of today's R&B. They may have a throwback sound, but the songs sounds surprisinglly fresh.

~ Tracks ~

01. Get It On
02. Don't Say No
03. Butta
04. Love Won't Let Me Wait
05. Love Strokin
06. Hold On
07. Livin' It Up
08. Love
09. Can I Get Next to You
10. Diamonds
11. It's You
12. For Your Ears Only
13. I Sing This Song for You
14. The Whispers Love You Too

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RunawayTrane

August 20th, 2008, 12:57 AM

Wu-Tang Clan - 8 Diagrams
RAP | FLAC | CUE | 300DPI | 459MB
Universal Motown 2007

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With anticipation so high it caused debate not only among fans but among the group itself, Wu-Tang Clan's fifth studio record, 8 Diagrams, found itself at the center of attention as 2007 wound down. First there was the announcement of the successful obtainment of the Beatles' "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" sample (which was later corrected to "interpolation," as it was actually played by Chili Peppers guitarist John Frusciante with help from George Harrison's son, a Wu enthusiast himself, Dhani). Then Raekwon did a highly publicized online interview in which he accused the RZA of taking a dictatorial stance regarding the shape of the album, calling him a "hip-hop hippie" who was moving the Clan in the wrong direction. Then Ghostface Killah followed suit, also protesting the timing of the release (it had been set for December 4, the same day The Big Doe Rehab was to come out, but was pushed back a week). Finally, RZA responded, diplomatically, thoughtfully, respecting the opinions of the dissenting MCs but standing by his own work.

There's reason for his confidence. Nothing RZA does is haphazard, and 8 Diagrams is clearly something he's put a lot of thought and energy into. It's beautifully, impeccably produced, from the soundtrack strings and horns of "Rushing Elephants" and "Unpredictable" to the philosophical samples and guitars that are interspersed throughout -- it's a mood record more than anything else, with no clear-cut single or fan favorites, the kind of thing that deepens and grows with every listen. Suffice it to say, it's probably not the album anyone would predict from the group after a six-year break, but it is truly RZA's crowning achievement, the result of both his years with the Wu and in Hollywood, intricate, dark, reflective, and gorgeous. These same qualities, however, can be used to support the less-than-enthusiastic response from Raekwon and Ghostface and fans of the early hard-hitting Wu-Tang of 36 Chambers (which, ironically -- or not -- was not the universally revered masterpiece it is now when it came out in 1993). The beats are certainly not something either usually raps over, and their moodiness and heavy attention to melody don't always fit their edgier flows. Still, both manage to contribute some pretty great verses -- Ghost on the Easy Mo Bee co-produced "Take It Back" ("We gonna have a ball/Might as well have a testicle") and "The Heart Gently Weeps," a song which also features the Chef at his finest, strange violent imagery and all -- and do nothing to discredit themselves, a repercussion Raekwon hinted at. In fact, all eight MCs are in fine form here. U-God, Masta Killa, and Inspectah Deck are able balance their old-school deliveries with the 23rd century beats, GZA is suitably genius-like ("Hold you for a ransom note/Goliath cutting David's throat/Grab your vests, abandon boat/And leave you out at sea to float," he spits on the excellent "Stick Me for My Riches"), RZA esoteric and serious (and the only one with a solo track, "Sunlight"), and Method Man absolutely great, showing up on no less than half the tracks, his raspy voice and tight rhymes reminiscent of his early Tical work.

8 Diagrams is certainly not perfect. There is far too much singing, particularly in the second half of the album, where things slow down considerably, which helps substantiate the criticism that's surrounded it: that it's too pretty, too soft. This is indeed a record that will be debated for a while, and one of the few about which pretty much everyone will be right, whether they love it or hate it. It is a departure from previous releases and it does focus on melody and guitars and strings, but it is also lush and well-crafted and smart and addictive. Part of what's made RZA (and the rest of the Clan) thrive is their unpredictability and inventiveness, and so to create something expected would be counterintuitive to the band's ethos, and to what's made them so revered and respected across nations and genres and generations. Hip-hop has indisputably changed since 1993, and for Wu-Tang to not change with it would be not only shortsighted, it would be detrimental to their own immense creative powers as well. Unfortunately, this doesn't mean everyone will appreciate what they've done, but that won't be because 8 Diagrams isn't good; it just depends if you're willing to (at least try to) understand it. ~ Marisa Brown, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Campfire
02. Take It Back
03. Get Them out Ya Way Pa
04. Rushing Elephants
05. Unpredictable
06. The Heart Gently Weeps
07. Wolves
08. Gun Will Go
09. Sunlight
10. Stick Me for My Riches
11. Starter
12. Windmill
13. Weak Spot
14. Life Changes

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RunawayTrane

August 20th, 2008, 01:30 AM

I'm gonna tell you right now. You definitely gonna want this one

George Clinton - Hey Man...Smell My Finger
FUNK | FLAC | CUE | 300DPI BOOKLET | 546 MBS
Paisley Park 1993

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Hey Man, Smell My Finger is everything a great George Clinton album should be -- conceptually disjointed, overlong, silly, sloppy, and funky as hell. Thankfully, the music here is his best since Computer Games, and the album proves just how responsible he is for much of the music of the 1990s, as the irresistible single "Paint the White House Black" illustrates with its numerous cameos. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Martial Law
02. Paint The White House Black
03. Way Up
04. Dis Beat Disrupts
05. Get Satisfied
06. Hollywood
07. Rhythm & Rhyme
08. The Big Pump
09. If True Love
10. High In My Hello
11. Maximumisness
12. Kickback
13. The Flag Was Still There
14. Martial Law (single version)

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RunawayTrane

August 20th, 2008, 01:39 AM

This is Benson during his non-jazz period, where he did more singing than playing

George Benson - Give Me The Night
JAZZ | APE | CUE | COVERS | 217 MBS
Warner Brothers 1980

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This is the peak of George Benson's courtship of the mass market -- a superbly crafted and performed pop album with a large supporting cast -- and wouldn't you know that Quincy Jones, the master catalyst, is the producer. Q's regular team, including the prolific songwriter Rod Temperton and the brilliant engineer Bruce Swedien, is in control, and Benson's voice, caught beautifully in the rich, floating sound, had never before been put to such versatile use. On "Moody's Mood," Benson really exercises his vocalese chops and proves that he is technically as fluid as just about any jazz vocalist, and he become a credible rival to Al Jarreau on the joyous title track. Benson's guitar now plays a subsidiary role -- only two of the ten tracks are instrumentals -- but Q has him play terrific fills behind the vocals and in the gaps, and the engineering gives his tone a variety of striking, new, full-sounding timbres. The instrumentals themselves are marvelous: "Off Broadway" is driving and danceable, and Ivan Lins' "Dinorah, Dinorah" grows increasingly seductive with each play. Benson should have worked with Jones from this point on, but this would be their only album together. ~ Richard S. Ginell, ALL MUSIC GUIDE

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Love X Love
02. Off Broadway
03. Moody's Mood
04. Give Me the Night
05. What's on Your Mind
06. Dinorah, Dinorah
07. Love Dance
08. Star of a Story (X)
09. Midnight Love Affair
10. Turn Out the Lamplight

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RunawayTrane

August 20th, 2008, 01:44 AM

George Clinton - Computer Games
FUNK | FLAC | CUE | 300DPI | 297 MBS
Capitol 1982

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Amazon.com essential recording
With Parliament and Funkadelic in disarray, crazed overlord Clinton signed a solo deal with Capitol and released this, the first of four albums for the label. Updating the organic P-Funk sound with Prince-like synths and drum machines, Clinton came up trumps with the hilarious R&B smash "Atomic Dog" and the electro-funk epic "Loopzilla" (featuring snippets of Motown classics by the Four Tops and Martha and the Vandellas). Computer Games also took a skewed look at the growing soul sickness of Reagan's America, not least in the haunting and oddly beautiful "Free Alterations." A vital and prescient release. --Barney Hoskyns

~ TRACKLISTING ~

1. Get Dressed
2. Man's Best Friend/Loopzilla
3. Pot Sharing Tots
4. Computer Games
5. Atomic Dog
6. Free Alterations
7. One Fun at a Time

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RunawayTrane

August 20th, 2008, 01:50 AM

Nothing synthesized here. Just good old fashioned playing

George Benson - Livin Inside Your Love
JAZZ | APE | CUE | COVERS | 297 MBS
Warner Brothers 1979

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The success of Weekend in L.A. no doubt prompted producer Tommy LiPuma and Warner Bros. to give George Benson another double album (now on one CD) -- and this, like its three Warner predecessors, also went Top Ten. It is also, alas, slicker, more romantic in mood, and more bound by perceptions of formula than the others, fussed over in three different studios in earnest search of another hit single (the dance-tempo cover of L.T.D.'s "Love Ballad"). Most of the touring band, including Ronnie Foster, Ralph MacDonald and Phil Upchurch, is back, and Claus Ogerman's soft symphonic touch provides most of the backdrops, with Mike Mainieri supplying the orchestra on three tracks. Even at this point, the great guitarist is still given much room to burn -- the balance between instrumentals and vocals remains close -- and Benson comes up with some tasty stuff when the rhythm section pushes him on "Nassau Day" and "You're Never Too Far from Me." Ultimately there is just enough jazz content amid the velvet soul to keep guitar buffs interested. ~ Richard S. Ginell, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Livin' Inside Your Love
02. Hey Girl
03. Nassau Day
04. Soulful Strut
05. Prelude to Fall
06. Change Is Gonna Come
07. Love Ballad
08. You're Never Too Far from Me
09. Love Is a Hurtin' Thing
10. Welcome into My World
11. Before You Go
12. Unchained Melody

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RunawayTrane

August 20th, 2008, 12:15 PM

This is out of print except for a 1993 release in Germany

Grace Jones - Fame
DISCO | FLAC | CUE | 300DPI | 286MB
Island 1978

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Fame is the second studio album by Grace Jones. It was released in 1978. Just like on her debut album, Portfolio, side A is a continuous Tom Moulton-disco medley, with a total running time of 18:47. As Portfolio opened with "La Vie en rose", side B on "Fame" also opens with a French language cover, Jacques Prevert's "Autumn Leaves (Les Feuilles Mortes)". ~ WIKI

~ TRACKLISTING ~

1. Do Or Die
2. Pride
3. Fame
4. Autumn Leaves (Les Feuilles Mortes)
5. All on a Summers Night
6. Am I Ever Gonna Fall in Love in New York City
7. Below the Belt (La Vieille Fille)

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Blaq

August 21st, 2008, 01:33 AM

Deniece Williams
Let's Hear It For The Boy
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist

1. Let's Hear It For The Boy
2. I Want You
3. Picking Up The Pieces
4. Black Butterfly
5. Next Love
6. Haunting Me
7. Don't Tell Me We Have Nothing
8. Blind Dating
9. Wrapped Up
10. Whiter Than Snow

WAV
422MB

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RunawayTrane

August 21st, 2008, 01:52 AM

Usually post the double album sets as separate entities.
Did so with this one as well, but both albums are packaged together:

The BlackByrds - The Blackbyrds
R&B | FLAC | CUE | COVER | 221MB
Fantasy 1974

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This amazing album is the product of six full-time Howard University students taking the direction of department head and jazz great Donald Byrd into the Fantasy Studios along with the aid of production wizard Larry Mizell. The result is some of the finest groove-oriented jazz music ever recorded. The rhythm section of Joe Hall on bass and Keith Killgo on drums provides a tight foundation for the Blackbyrds to enhance any dancefloor with their soulful explorations. With Kevin Toney supplying beautiful keyboard work and Barney Perry hitting listeners up with his chicken-scratch guitar, the skeletal framework for what could be called optimistic funk was firmly established by this debut record. Recommended songs include "Do It, Fluid," "Reggins," and "Summer Love," although the overall consistency of quality tracks on The Blackbyrds is reason enough to give the album a complete listen. ~ Robert Gabriel, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

1. Do It, Fluid [Byrd] (5:27)
2. Gut Level [Ross] (4:08)
3. Reggins [Mizell] (4:05)
4. The Runaway [Byrd, Toney] (4:13)
5. Funky Junkie [Byrd] (7:01)
6. Summer Love [Barnes] (5:08)
7. Life Styles [Mizell] (3:13)
8. A Hot Day Today

The Blackbyrds - Flying Start
R&B | FLAC | CUE | COVER | 228MB
Fantasy 1974

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For their second album, Flying Start, the Blackbyrds whipped up yet another healthy menu of proto-disco music. Complete with crispy drum breaks, relentless basslines, chicken-scratch guitar, majestic horns, and meandering clavinet, their dance-oriented brand of funky jazz is captured at its finest on tracks such as "The Baby," "Blackbyrds' Theme," and "Spaced Out." Meanwhile, breezier songs such as "Love Is Love," "Walking in Rhythm," and "April Showers" express the more melodic side of the Blackbyrds' repertoire. Produced by Howard University professor and jazz legend Donald Byrd, the album represents an accessible rather than experimental version of jazz fusion, a style that later became wholly embraced by proponents of hip-hop culture. ~ Robert Gabriel, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

1. I Need You
2. The Baby
3. Love Is Love
4. Blackbyrds' Theme
5. Walking in Rhythm
6. Future Children, Future Hopes
7. April Showers
8. Spaced Out

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Blaq

August 21st, 2008, 02:00 AM

Run, I had to come and post my thanks tag. I'll be bumping these lossless versions this weekend. Good looks!

Blaq

August 21st, 2008, 01:16 PM

Lords Of The Underground
Here Come The Lords
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist

1. Here Come The Lords
2. From Da Bricks
3. Funky Child
4. Keep It Underground
5. Check It
6. Grave Digga
7. Lord's Prayer
8. Flow On (New Symphony)
9. Madd Skillz
10. Psycho
11. Chief Rocka
12. Sleep For Dinner
13. L.O.T.U.G. (Lords Of The Underground)
14. Lord Jazz Hit Me One Time (Make It Funky)
15. What's Going On

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MaccaM

August 21st, 2008, 04:56 PM

Prince & The New Power Generation - Diamonds & Pearls (1991)
Flac - Cue - Covers

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Track Listing

1. Thunder
2. Daddy Pop
3. Diamonds And Pearls
4. Cream
5. Strollin'
6. Willing And Able
7. Gett Off
8. Walk Don't Walk
9. Jughead
10. Money Don't Matter 2 Night
11. Push
12. Insatiable
13. Live 4 Love

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Blaq

August 22nd, 2008, 12:07 AM

Heavy D & The Boyz
You Can't See What I Can See
[Direct Rip]

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Blaq

August 22nd, 2008, 09:40 AM

Das Efx
Dead Serious
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist

1. Mic Checka
2. Jussummen
3. They Want EFX
4. Looseys
5. Dum Dums
6. East Coast
7. If Only
8. Brooklyn To T-Neck
9. Klap Ya Handz
10. Straight Out The Sewer

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Blaq

August 22nd, 2008, 09:27 PM

K-Solo
Time's Up
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist

1. I Can't Hold It Back
2. Letterman
3. Long Live The Fugitive
4. Premonition Of A Black Prisoner
5. Sneak Tip
6. The Baby Doesn't Look Like Me
7. The Formula (House Party)
8. Who's Killin' Who?
9. Household Maid
10. Rock Bottom
11. King Of The Mountain

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RunawayTrane

August 23rd, 2008, 12:30 PM

Bootsy's Rubber Band - Bootsy? Player of The Year
FUNK | FLAC | CUE | 300DPI | 299MB
Warner Brothers 1978

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Released in 1978 at the height of Parliament-Funkadelic mania, Bootsy? Player of the Year finds Bootsy far from short of quality material despite his affiliation with the numerous P-Funk-affiliated projects being churned out at this time. In fact, this album finds Bootsy at his peak; his previous two albums may have their share of brilliant moments and were no doubt filled with great ideas, melodies, and funk, but here he seems to have perfected his songwriting. There really isn't a dull song on Bootsy? Player of the Year. The up-tempo songs -- "Bootsy?," "Bootzilla," "Roto-Rooter" -- rate as some of the most exciting P-Funk material ever released, each song clocking in over five minutes and chock-full of elastic basslines. On the other hand, the abundance of slow jams -- "May the Force Be With You," "Very Yes," and "As In (I Love You)" -- helps maintain a good balance, providing a breather from the sweatier moments. Then there is "Hollywood Squares," a song that teeters somewhere between a dance song and a ballad, sometimes picking up the pace, other times slowing it down to a strut. Along with Stretchin' Out in Bootsy's Rubber Band (1976) and Ahh...The Name Is Bootsy, Baby! (1977), Bootsy? Player of the Year rates among the most enjoyable P-Funk albums ever. Unfortunately, it also marks the end of a glorious run. By the following year, 1979, it was clear that the P-Funk army was running out of fresh ideas, and Bootsy was no exception, as he'd struggle creatively for a couple years to come. This makes Bootsy? Player of the Year seem all the more special in retrospect, because it was among the last of the great P-Funk releases. ~ Jason Birchmeier, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

1. Bootsy What's the Name of This Town
2. May the Force Be With You
3. Very Yes
4. Bootzilla
5. Hollywood Squares
6. Roto-Rooter
7. As in "I Love You"

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RunawayTrane

August 23rd, 2008, 12:32 PM

You killin it Blaq!! Thanks for the Niecy and the Das. And of course peace to DaGod Macca for all his work

Blaq

August 23rd, 2008, 01:20 PM

You killin it Blaq!! Thanks for the Niecy and the Das. And of course peace to DaGod Macca for all his work

Likewise fam! Thanks!

Blaq

August 23rd, 2008, 01:20 PM

Redman
Whut? Thee Album
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist

1. Psycho Ward
2. Time 4 Sum Aksion
3. Da Funk
4. News Break
5. So Ruff
6. Rated 'R'
7. Watch Yo Nuggets
8. Psycho Dub
9. Jam 4 U
10. Blow Your Mind
11. Hardcore
12. Funky Uncles
13. Redman Meets Reggie Noble
14. Tonight's Da Night
15. Blow Your Mind (Remix)
16. I'm A Bad
17. Sessed One Night
18. How To Roll A Blunt
19. Sooper Luver Interview
20. A Day Of Sooperman Lover
21. Encore

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521MB

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Blaq

August 23rd, 2008, 02:58 PM

EPMD
Strictly Business
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist

1. Strictly Business
2. I'm Housin'
3. Let The Funk Flow
4. You Gots To Chill
5. It's My Thing
6. You're A Customer
7. The Steve Martin
8. Get Off The Bandwagon
9. D.J. K La Boss
10. Jane

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MaccaM

August 23rd, 2008, 05:20 PM

Prince - Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic (1999)
FLAC - Cue - Covers

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Track Listings

1. Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic
2. Undisputed
3. The Greatest Romance Ever Sold
4. Segue
5. Hot Wit U
6. Tangerine
7. So Far, So Pleased
8. The Sun, The Moon And Stars
9. Everyday Is A Winding Road
10. Segue
11. ManOwar
12. Baby Knows
13. I Love U, But I Don't Trust U Anymore
14. Silly Game
15. Strange But True
16. Wherever U Go, Whatever U Do
17. Interlude
18. Prettyman

Review
Leave it to Prince to put the best music of Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic, his return to major-label status, on a hidden track. That would be No. 18, a.k.a. "Pretty Man." A deep-fried groove and sax by guest Maceo Parker underpin a hilarious mock self-celebration ("I write a check and the bank bounce") that proves the Artist can flow at full power any time he wants to. And whether Rave will prove as durable as 1995's vastly underrated Gold Experience, it's a fine Prince album. Despite his current affiliation with Clive Davis, who returned Carlos Santana to Billboard's No. 1 slot by pairing him prominently with a number of guest stars, Prince employs the likes of Sheryl Crow, Ani DiFranco, and Eve to season his own blend, not to run off with the whole steaming pot. (Just to show who's boss, he includes a funky re-creation of Crow's hit "Everyday Is a Winding Road" that renders the song nearly unrecognizable.) The sounds here, from the Parade-style balladry of "[Eye] Love U, But [Eye] Don't Trust U Anymore" to the frenetic title track, won't surprise longtime followers, but they won't find a lot of reasons to complain, either. --Rickey Wright

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MaccaM

August 23rd, 2008, 05:23 PM

EPMD
Strictly Business
[Direct Rip]

This is bringing back those memories of my B-Boy days! Excellent up Blaq!

Thanks.

RunawayTrane

August 24th, 2008, 01:26 AM

Steely Dan - Two Against Nature
ROCK | FLAC | CUE | 300DPI | 381MB
Giant 2000

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Notorious for shunning concert performances, Steely Dan's improbable live reunion in the mid-'90s eventually turned into a full-fledged reunion album. Since Steely Dan fans went two decades without even the hope of a new record, the very prospect was a delight, but it was also a little worrying, since a botched comeback would tarnish the band's legacy. Fortunately, Two Against Nature is as seductive and alluring as the best of Steely Dan's later work, with a similar emphasis on classy atmosphere and groove. Pitched halfway between Gaucho and the immaculate production of Fagen's solo album Kamakiriad, it's a graceful, intricate record that works its subtle charms at its own pace. While that means it isn't a knockout on the first listen, it's a real grower -- a quietly addicting album that slowly works its way into the subconscious. It's also an uncannily natural extension of the duo's previous work, but surprisingly, it never sounds nostalgic or dated. It's clear that Becker and Fagen re-teamed because they simply enjoy working together: crafting the songs and arrangements, designing the production, shoehorning in-jokes into the lyrics, finding the exact performances that fit their specifications. In this sense, Two Against Nature is no different than any past Steely Dan effort; that's exactly why it's welcome, since they find nearly endless permutations within their signature sound. Lyrically, the album isn't quite as malicious as their '70s work, but they haven't lost their sharp humor, even on some mere throwaway lines. The real payoff, however, is musical. Each song gradually reveals its own identity through small, thrilling touches, giving the record depth and character, and fitting it comfortably into Steely Dan's acclaimed body of work. And that's as delightfully unexpected and peculiarly beautiful as anything else in their career. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

1. Gaslighting Abbie
2. What A Shame About Me
3. Two Against Nature
4. Janie Runaway
5. Almost Gothic
6. Jack Of Speed
7. Cousin Dupree
8. Negative Girl
9. West Of Hollywood

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Blaq

August 24th, 2008, 03:48 AM

Redman And Method Man
How High [Maxi-Single]
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist

1. How High [LP Version]
2. How High [Remix Radio Edit]
3. How High [Remix]
4. How High [Instrumental]
5. How High [A Cappella]

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208MB

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Blaq

August 24th, 2008, 03:50 AM

This is bringing back those memories of my B-Boy days! Excellent up Blaq!

Thanks.

You're welcome, Mac.

Steely Dan - Two Against Nature
ROCK | FLAC | CUE | 300DPI | 381MB
Giant 2000

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Nice drop as usual, Run.

Blaq

August 24th, 2008, 10:58 PM

Def Squad
El Niño
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist

1. Shower (Intro)
2. Check N' Me Out
3. Countdown
4. Full Cooperation
5. Ride Wit' Us
6. Lay 'Em Down (Skit)
7. Rhymin' Wit' Biz
8. The Game
9. World Announcement (Skit)
10. Can You Dig It?
11. You Do, I Do
12. Ya'll Niggas Ain't Ready
13. Say Word
14. No Guest List
15. Babies Father Committee (Skit)
16. Def Squad Delite

WAV
513MB

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RunawayTrane

August 24th, 2008, 11:41 PM

Sergio Mendes - Timeless
URBAN | FLAC | CUE | 300DPI | 473MB
Concord 2006

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It's easy to think that since Santana made his big comeback using a lot of contemporary pop stars it would become the formula for the artists of yore to edge their way back into the limelight. Sergio Mendes, the best-selling Brazilian recording artist of all time, hasn't made a platter in eight years. He plays piano on a Black Eyed Peas track -- "Sexy" from Elephunk -- and the jam's a smash. Will.i.am of the Peas decides to hook up for a full-on collaboration with Mendes, because he's a huge fan. Being the hotshot producer of the moment, will.i.am recruited everyone from Q-Tip, Justin Timberlake, and John Legend to Jill Scott, Black Thought (the Roots), and Stevie Wonder (just to name a few) to sign on. Recorded in both Brazil and the House of Blues in Encino, the set revisits many Mendes and Brazilian songbook classics and reworks them in the modern beat-driven idiom. Needless to say, the end result is entertaining, if mixed. Let it be said that a cut like "Mas Que Nada" should never have been covered, let alone redone. But it is here with Black Eyed Peas and some backing vocals with, of course, Mendes playing that trademark piano riff. OK, "That Heat" is a reworking of "Slow Hot Wind," the Henry Mancini tune Mendes covered and is supposedly the first track will.i.am ever sampled at the ripe old age of 14. Here Erykah Badu croons in a sultry humid way as will.i.am goes down deep with the rap. Mendes' piano is what keeps the thing from falling completely apart. Better is the Baden Powell-Vinicius de Moraes medley of "Berimbau/Consolacao." Mendes' Rhodes offers the vamp that the elegant chorus singers -- Gracinha Leporace, Debi Nova, and Kleber Jorge -- and Mendes groove to. Will.i.am lays down some rather organic-sounding electronic percussion that sounds like palmas, and Wonder blows his harmonica over the entire proceeding as Jorge's guitar strides alongside Mendes' piano. This may be the best cut on the set. There is a fine case to be made for the humor in "The Frog," written by João Donato, and originally covered by Mendes. Q-Tip lays down a charming rhyme and Mendes' Wurlitzer work is killer. The cover of "Let Me" is stiff and Jill Scott, as fine a singer as she is, doesn't cut it here, and neither does the rhythm track. The smoother than smooth "Please Baby Don't," written and sung by John Legend, works because of Legend's understanding of Brazilian rhythm and Mendes' piano groove that carries the voice. "Samba da Bencao," with Marcelo D2 and guitars by the Maogani Quartet, is engaging; Mendes' acoustic piano solo is beautiful, as are the horn charts. The title track with India.Arie is simply beautiful. Aire, with backing vocals by Nova and Leporace and a slinky guitar part by Jorge, makes the tune simply float as Mendes decorates it with Rhodes and synth. Timeless is a mixed bag, but it's not because of Mendes. His own playing and arranging is utterly elegant. As a producer, will.i.am means well and in general does a fine job -- though he is, as would be expected, a tad overzealous in working with one of his idols. Timeless may not actually achieve that status, but for the moment it's a fine effort that doesn't reek of cloying commercial manipulation and feels like a true collaboration. ~ Thom Jurek, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Mas Que Nada
02. That Heat
03. Berimbau/Consolacao
04. The Frog
05. Let Me
06. Bananeira (Banana Tree)
07. Surfboard
08. Please Baby Don't
09. Samba da Bencao (Samba of the Blessing)
10. Timeless
11. Loose Ends
12. Fo'-Hop
13. Lamento (No Morro)
14. E Menina (Hey Girl)
15. Yes, Yes Y'All

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Blaq

August 25th, 2008, 01:45 PM

Erick Onasis
Def Squad Presents Erick Onasis
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist

1. Talk To Me
2. I Do Em
3. Don't Get Gassed
4. Why Not - (featuring Slick Rick)
5. Live It Up - (featuring Khari Santiago)
6. Hostility
7. Mastering With E
8. So Sweet - (featuring Eazy E)
9. Focus - (featuring DJ Quik/Xzibit)
10. Feel Me Baby - (featuring Sy Scott/Khari Santiago)
11. Can't Stop - (featuring Dave Hollister/Peter Moore)
12. Get Da Money - (featuring Ja Rule)
13. Ain't Shit To Discuss - (featuring Teflon Da Don/Noah)
14. Sermon
15. Vangundy - (featuring Big Him/Sy Scott/Nolan Epps/Bo & Ruck/Billy Billions & PMD)
16. Fat Gold Chain - (featuring Too Short)

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RunawayTrane

August 26th, 2008, 02:12 AM

Gonna head down to Broadway for this one. Don't sleep on this.
It's got two good songs from Levi Stubbs of the Four Tops.
Plus some good doowop from the trio of Tichina Arnold (everybody
Hates Chris), Tisha Campbell and Michelle Weeks. Plus numbers
from Steve Martin, Rick Moranis and Ellen Greene

OST - Little Shop Of Horrors
SOUNDTRACK | WAV | CUE | 300DPI | 392MB
Geffen 1986

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In 1978 Alan Menken and Howard Ashman created a new musical take on Roger Corman's 1960 film Little Shop Of Horrors, which became a Broadway hit. Both involve a man-eating, Venus flytrap-inspired plant named Audrey II, raised in a skid-row flower shop into a massive beast with excessive chloroplast (testosterone?) levels. Though the film was inventive and campy, Menken and Ashman's music music - a mix of doo-wop and lavish songs along the lines of Rocky Horror Picture Show -- made the show's fun hilarious, its thrills outrageously gruesome. The soundtrack to Frank Oz's 1987 film adaptation carries on the musical's spirit: Steve Martin's rendition of "Dentist," about a demented psychopath who drills mouths (not just teeth) without novocaine, is achingly funny. "Downtown" is a full-powered choir of the slums; Rick Moranis works for an uptight flower shop manager ("He took me in, gave me shelter, a bed, crust of bread and a job, treats me like dirt and calls me a slob, which I am.") Martin and Moranis' sincere if limited singing is charming, and Ellen Greene returns as the original Audrey from the Broadway version; the way she belts out earth-shakingly high notes is bewildering, particularly on the lovely duet with Moranis, "Suddenly Seymour." The Four Tops' Levi Stubbs is a scene-stealer as Audrey II, particularly on the new track, the raunchy, boisterous finale "Mean Green Mother From Outer Space"; since film nominations must be new songs, it was added in hopes of an Academy Award (and did indeed receive a nomination.) When Disney added a tribute to Howard Ashman on the Beauty and the Beast credits after his death in 1992, it read: "To Ashman who gave a Mermaid her voice and a Beast his soul." He also gave a plant its appetite. ~ Peter Fawthrop, All Music

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Prologue (Little Shop of Horrors)
02. Skid Row (Downtown)
03. Da-Doo
04. Grow for Me
05. Somewhere That's Green
06. Some Fun Now
07. Dentist
08. Feed Me (Git It)
09. Suddenly, Seymour
10. Suppertime
11. The Meek Shall Inherit
12. Mean Green Mother from Outerspace
13. Finale (Don't Feed the Plants)

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RunawayTrane

August 27th, 2008, 01:10 AM

Sticking with my Broadway theme for at least one more post.
This time we have an album from a supposedly very famous
Broadway singer who I never heard of until I saw her on the
ABC show called Practice Makes Perfect (with Taye Diggs).
But apparently, she's quite the accomplished singer and has won several Tony Awards.

Don't know if she can sing, but she definitely act.

Audra MacDonald - How Glory Goes (2000)
VOCAL | FLAC | CUE | 300DPI | 238MB
Nonesuch 2000

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On her debut album, Way Back to Paradise, Audra McDonald made a point of championing the work of a new generation of musical theater composers. Having made her point, she turned, on her second album, How Glory Goes, to a mixture of the same kind of material and older songs by established theater talents, particularly Harold Arlen. Her performances of Arlen's "Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home," "I Had Myself a True Love," "A Sleepin' Bee," "I Never Has Seen Snow," and "The Man That Got Away" confirmed that Arlen had found yet another champion among great women singers. McDonald's versions of the songs didn't make you forget those of predecessors such as Barbra Streisand and Judy Garland, but they had a theatrical precision and art-song esthetic those showier singers could never touch. McDonald brought the same attributes to musical theater standards like "Bill" from Show Boat and "Somewhere" from West Side Story, as well as less-well-known but worthy selections such as "Come Down from the Tree" from Once on This Island and "When Did I Fall in Love?" from Fiorello! She reserved five spaces on the album for contemporary composers, notably Adam Guettel whose "Was That You?" and "How Glory Goes" got sympathetic readings. The album's most moving song was "I Won't Mind," which treated the unusual subject of the love felt for a child by a family friend. It was such songs, on this and McDonald's previous release, that made listeners want to hear the whole scores of the works from which they were excerpted, or even see productions of them -- and, of course, that was the idea. ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home
02. Bill
03. I Had Myself a True Love
04. I Hid My Love
05. Was That You?
06. I Won't Mind
07. A Sleepin' Bee
08. Come Down from the Tree
09. I Never Has Seen Snow
10. When Did I Fall in Love?
11. The Man That Got Away
12. Somewhere
13. How Glory Goes
14. Lay Down Your Head

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Blaq

August 27th, 2008, 06:48 AM

Isaac Hayes
The Best Of Isaac Hayes, Volume 1 (Tracks Are Original Length)
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist

1. Theme From "Shaft"
2. Cafe Reggio
3. Walk On By
4. Ain't That Loving You (For More Reasons Than One)
5. Do Your Thing
6. If Loving You Is Wrong (I Don't Want To Be Right)
7. I Stand Accused

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Blaq

August 27th, 2008, 11:49 PM

Isaac Hayes
The Best Of Isaac Hayes, Volume 2 (Tracks Are Original Length)
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist

1. Never Can Say Goodbye
2. The Look Of Love
3. Theme From "The Men"
4. Joy
5. Let's Stay Together
6. Ike's Mood
7. By The Time I Get To Phoenix

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RunawayTrane

August 28th, 2008, 02:54 AM

Don't get me started on Marcus

Marcus Miller - M²
JAZZ | FLAC | CUE | 300DPI | 498MB
Dreyfus 2001

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Marcus Miller continues to display his multi-instrument virtuosity with M², and while the order of the day is still smooth jazz, there's more of a soulful R&B edge than the majority of his previous work. It also features an all-star cast that includes Herbie Hancock, Branford Marsalis, Raphael Saadiq, Paul Jackson, Jr., and Lenny White among others. While it's not his most impressive work ever, fans will find plenty of chops to whet their appetite, and yet again it proves Miller to be one of the most talented smooth jazz artists on the scene. ~ Rob Theakston, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Power
02. Lonnie's Lament
03. Boomerang
04. Nikki's Groove
05. Goodbye Pork Pie Hat
06. Ozell (Interlude 1)
07. Burning Down the House
08. It's Me Again
09. Cousin John
10. Ozell (Interlude 2)
11. 3 Deuces
12. Red Baron
13. Ozell (Interlude 3)
14. Your Amazing Grace
15. (untitled) - (hidden track)

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Blaq

August 28th, 2008, 01:51 PM

The Brothers Johnson
Look Out For #1
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist

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

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RunawayTrane

August 28th, 2008, 06:54 PM

Miles Davis - Porgy And Bess
JAZZ | APE | CUE | SCANS | 321MB
Columbia/Legacy 1958

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Tomes are available annotating the importance of this recording. The musical and social impact of Miles Davis, his collaborative efforts with Gil Evans, and in particular their reinvention of George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess are indeed profound. However, the most efficient method of extricating the rhetoric and opining is to experience the recording. Few other musical teams would have had the ability to remain true to the undiluted spirit and multifaceted nuance of this epic work. However, no other musical teams were Miles Davis and Gil Evans. It was Evans' intimate knowledge of the composition as well as the performer that allowed him to so definitively capture the essence of both. The four dates needed to complete work on Porgy and Bess include contributions from several members of his most recent musical aggregate: Julian "Cannonball" Adderley (alto sax), Paul Chambers (bass), and Jimmy Cobb (drums). Although the focus and emphasis is squarely on Davis throughout, the contributions of the quartet on "Prayer (Oh Doctor Jesus)," "I Loves You, Porgy," and "There's a Boat That's Leaving Soon for New York" are immeasurable. They provide a delicate balance in style and, under the direction of Evans, incorporate much of the same energy and intonation here as they did to their post-bop recordings. There is infinitely more happening on Porgy and Bess, however, with much of the evidence existing in the subtle significance of the hauntingly lyrical passages from Danny Banks' (alto flute) solos, which commence on "Fishermen, Strawberry and Devil Crab." Or the emotive bass and tuba duet that runs throughout "Buzzard Song." The impeccable digital remastering and subsequent CD reissue -- which likewise applies to the Miles Davis & Gil Evans: The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings box set -- only magnifies the refulgence of Porgy and Bess. Likewise, two previously unissued performances have been appended to the original baker's dozen. No observation or collection of American jazz can be deemed complete without this recording. ~ Lindsay Planer, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Buzzard Song
02. Bess, You Is My Woman Now
03. Gone
04. Gone, Gone, Gone
05. Summertime
06. Oh Bess, Oh Where's My Bess
07. Prayer (Oh Doctor Jesus)
08. Fisherman, Strawberry And Devil Crab
09. My Man's Gone Now
10. It Ain't Necessarily So
11. Here Come De Honey Man
12. I Loves You, Porgy
13. There's A Boat That's Leaving Soon For New York
14. I Loves You, Porgy (Take 1, Second Version)
15. Gone (Take 4)

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RunawayTrane

August 29th, 2008, 12:09 AM

Return To Forever - Romantic Warrior
FUSION | APE | CUE | 300DPI | 280MB
Columbia 1976

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The most popular and successful lineup of Return to Forever -- Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke, Lenny White, and Al Di Meola -- was coming off the Grammy-winning No Mystery when it recorded its third and final album, Romantic Warrior. It has been suggested that in employing a medieval album cover (drawn by Wilson McLean), using titles like "Medieval Overture" and "Duel of the Jester and the Tyrant," and occasionally playing in a baroque style, particularly in Clarke's "The Magician," Corea was responding to Rick Wakeman's successful string of albums on similar themes. Certainly, the music suggests that the musicians have been listening to Wakeman's band, Yes, among other progressive rock groups. But they bring more of a traditional jazz approach to their sound, particularly in the opening statement of intent "Medieval Overture" and the original side one closer, "The Romantic Warrior," both of which feature extensive acoustic piano soloing by Corea. The original side two -- Di Meola's "Majestic Dance," "The Magician," and "Duel of the Jester and the Tyrant" -- is much more in a jazz-rock style, with Di Meola particularly rocking out on extensive, fast-paced electric guitar solos. Meanwhile, the rhythm section of Clarke and White is always extremely busy, maintaining a funky, driving pulse and several cross rhythms no matter what's going on above it. This is particularly noticeable, naturally, on White's sole composition, "Sorceress," but it continues to keep the music in the fusion camp even when Corea is sounding like a more traditional jazz pianist. Romantic Warrior is the sound of a mature band at the top of its game, which may help explain why it was Return to Forever's most popular album, eventually certified as a gold record, and the last by this assemblage. Having expressed themselves this well, they decided it was time for them to move on. ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

1. Medieval Overture
2. Sorceress
3. The Romantic Warrior
4. Majestic Dance
5. The Magician
6. Duel of the Jester and the Tyrant

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Blaq

August 29th, 2008, 01:28 AM

Central Line
Central Line
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist

1. Walking Into Sunshine
2. I Need Your Love
3. Breaking Point
4. Shake It Up
5. That's No Way To Treat My Love
6. Don't Tell Me
7. Goodbye

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The sweetly grooving first album from Central Line -- one of the few British soul groups to really kick it in the early 80s scene -- with a catchy dancefloor sound that both encapsulates the era and lays down a killer groove for the ages! The album is a blend of bass riffing, keyboards, group vocals and nice electro touches -- always done with a truly soulful approach as a perfect counterbalance to the breezy electronics! Upbeat and fresh early 80s modern soul that holds up better than most huge hits of the time! Titles include the killer opener "Walking Into Sunshine", plus "Don't Tell Me", "Shake It Up", "Breaking Point", and "I Need Your Love".

Dusty Groove

Blaq

August 29th, 2008, 01:31 AM

Return To Forever - Romantic Warrior
FUSION | APE | CUE | 300DPI | 280MB
Columbia 1976

Thanks for this, Run. I'm gonna check it out.

Blaq

August 29th, 2008, 09:49 AM

Ohio Players
Angel
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Tracklist

1. Angel
2. Merry Go Round
3. Glad To Know You're Mine
4. Don't Fight My Love
5. Body Vibes
6. Can You Still Love Me
7. O-H-I-O
8. Faith

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There are three elements that can always be found on the Ohio Players' albums that were released during their heyday: funky tracks, hyped ballads and sexually suggestive album covers. This LP is no different, featuring three releases in "Body Vibes," "O-H-I-O" and "Merry Go Round." The first and last peaked at 19 and 77 respectively on the Billboard R&B charts. The second of the three is an uptempo cut, in which the song's title is the only lyric; it is repeated in a whispery chant in the verse and the word itself is sung throughout the chorus. This formula proved successful as the single cracked the Top Ten at number nine inside of 18 weeks. It was also the last Top Ten single for the Dayton, Ohio funk aggregate. "Angel," the title track, and "Can You Still Love Me" were not released, but are classic Ohio Players compositions. "Angel" is a mid-tempo number honed with dancing rhythms and piercing horns that Leroy "Sugarfoot" Bonner shrouds with his trademark baritone, complemented by superb background vocals. Bonner maintains that same vocal appeal on "Can You Still Love Me," leaving room for falsetto-flavored background vocals that are creatively arranged.

Craig Lytle, All Music Guide

RunawayTrane

August 29th, 2008, 02:03 PM

Got this from the Demon but haven't listened to it yet.
So check for quality

X Clan - To The East, Blackwards
RAP | FLAC | CUE | COVERS | 295MB
4th And Broadway 1990

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The self-sufficient X Clan should've made a bigger splash with To the East, Blackwards, the group's debut album for 4th & Broadway. Name-dropping Nat Turner and Marcus Garvey and dressing in red, black, and green instead of black and silver didn't exactly lend itself to marketability in 1990, but there's no evidence to the contrary that this Afrocentric group released one of the best rap records that year -- which is saying a great deal. Yes, plenty of groups had already swiped liberally from Funkadelic, and true, "Grand Verbalizer"'s instrumental backdrop is nearly identical to "Microphone Fiend," but there's an infectious vigor with the way each track is fired off that makes those points moot. Brother J's bookish, caramel-smooth delivery is like no other, and Professor X's jolting appearances after nearly every verse ("This is protected by the red, the black, and the green -- with a key! Sissy!") add even more character to the album. X Clan relentlessly pushes its pro-black motives and beliefs, and though the points are vague at times, at no point does it ever grow tiring. This isn't just a testament to the skills of the MCs -- it also stands as a testament to the group members as producers. Like the best work of BDP and PE, a thorough listen to To the East, Blackwards is more likely to provoke deep thought than an entire chapter of the average American school's history book. And history books simply don't provide this kind of electric charge. ~ Andy Kellman, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Funkin' Lesson
02. Grand Verbalizer, What Time Is It?
03. Tribal Jam
04. A Day of Outrage / Operation Snatchback
05. Verbal Milk
06. Earth Bound
07. Shaft's Big Score
08. Raise the Flag
09. Heed the Word of the Brother
10. Verbs of Power
11. In the Ways of the Scales

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Blaq

August 30th, 2008, 02:51 AM

Roy Ayers
No Stranger To Love
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Tracklist

1. Don't Stop The Feeling
2. What You Won't Do For Love
3. Shack Up, Pack Up, It's Up (When I'm Gone)
4. Slyde
5. No Stranger To Love
6. Don't Let Our Love Slip Away
7. Don't Hide Your Love

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An oft-overlooked funky soul gem from the incredible Roy Ayers -- taking turns with both uptempo material and more smoothed out soul sounds -- all done with Roy's trademark jazzy approach to the dancefloor! No Stranger To Love is a sly, and often funky set that deserves to be mentioned with his more famous dancefloor ready work of the late 70s -- and it gets an extra point too for the incredibly cool cover photo, the slow burning grooves more than deliver on the promise! The album does a really nice job of rolling out both the sultry jazzy soul and the funkier Ayers modes, with sweet strings in spots, Roy's incomparable vibes, bass and keyboard grooving, and vocals that set the mood for both the slow jams and the funky stuff! Includes the extended mellow number "Don't Let Our Love Slip Away", one of Roy's better downtempo moments, plus great stuff like "Don't Stop The Feeling", plus "What You Won't Do For Love", "No Stranger To Love/Want You", "Shack Up, Pack Up, It's Up (When I'm Gone)" and "Don't Hide Your Love".

Dusty Groove

RunawayTrane

August 31st, 2008, 03:06 AM

This is a Patti LaBelle compilation, but this is her "old" attitude as opposed to her "new" one from the mid 80's (before "pop" took over her brain). Don't listen to the reviewer, this material is surprisingly fresh from her days at PIR. If you're looking for the Patti that yells and screams like she's dying, you won't find too much of her here

Also, WAV files compress into 1GB worth of downloading

Patti LaBelle - Anthology (Double CD)
R&B | WAV | CUE | 300DPI | 1.35GB | 133:32:32
Right Stuff 2004

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There have been scads of Patti LaBelle compilations throughout the years. If you take a glance at the lower left-hand corner of Anthology's cover, you can get some idea of where it stands in relation to all the others. The Philadelphia International logo, located in that spot, indicates that the set will be reliant upon LaBelle's few years spent at that label, which weren't -- astonishingly enough -- all that successful from a commercial standpoint. It can't be denied that Anthology covers a lot of ground (despite all the late-'70s/early-'80s material for PI, it begins with 1977's "Joy to Have Your Love" and concludes with 1986's "On My Own," her number one hit duet with Michael McDonald) and differs from most of the other career overviews, but the ugly truth is that few people will want to shell out for a two-disc set that leaves no room for "Lady Marmalade," "New Attitude," and "Stir It Up." ~ Andy Kellman, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Joy to Have Your Love
02. You Are My Friend
03. The Spirit's in It
04. Here You Come Again
05. Love Lives
06. I Fell in Love Without Warning
07. Boats Against the Current
08. Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu
09. Family
10. Shoot Him on Sight
11. Over the Rainbow
12. I'm in Love Again
13. Lover Man
14. Love, Need and Want You
15. If Only You Knew
16. Body Language
17. I'll Never, Never Give Up
18. Love Bankrupt
19. When Am I Gonna Find True Love
20. Love Symphony
21. Living Double
22. Where I Wanna Be
23. Shy
24. Look to the Rainbow
25. I Can't Forget You
26. What Can I Do for You
27. If You Don't Know Me by Now
28. If You Asked Me To
29. On My Own

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RunawayTrane

August 31st, 2008, 02:57 PM

This is part 1 of the combo disc:

The Blackbyrds - City Life
JAZZ + SOUL | WAVPACK | CUE | LOG | PNG | 232MB | 38:02
Fantasy 1975

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The Blackbyrds -- a jazz-funk outfit formed in a university class taught by jazz trumpeter Donald Byrd, who produced the albums and wrote most of the tunes -- were more of an Earth, Wind & Fire-style horn band than a purist jazz crew, but few groups were better in their chosen style, and 1975's City Life is probably their best album. It's certainly their most successful, including the pop hit "Happy Music" and what has become their signature tune, a percolating Latin-flavored jam called "Rock Creek Park" that's one of the pinnacles of '70s jazz-funk. As on the bouncy title track, the lyrical content is minimal, a simple hypnotic chant, but the fluid interplay of the musicians, who are masters of the unison horn section and the polyrhythmic groove, is what's important about this music. Other highlights include the funky southern-style soul of "Hash and Eggs" and the lyrical ballad "Love So Fine." This is often-sublime stuff ripe for rediscovery by fans of '70s funk, soul, and fusion. ~ Stewart Mason, All Music Guide

TRACK-LISTING
1. Rock Creek Park
2. Thankful 'Bout Yourself
3. City Life
4. All I Ask
5. Happy Music
6. Love So Fine
7. Flying High
8. Hash And Eggs

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RunawayTrane

September 1st, 2008, 12:09 AM

Marsalis Plays Monk

Wynton Marsalis - Standard Time, Vol. 4
JAZZ | WAV | CUE | COVERS | 684MB
Columbia 1999

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As the fourth volume of Wynton Marsalis' ongoing Standard Time project, as well as the first volume of his planned eight-disc series Swinging into the 2, Marsalis Plays Monk arrives with some baggage -- but it isn't as great as the baggage that comes with tackling the compositions of Thelonious Monk, one of the greatest and most idiosyncratic composers in jazz history. Marsalis takes two different tactics to distinguish himself. He avoids the obvious choices, the songs that have long been part of every jazz musician's repertoire -- no "Round Midnight" or "Well, You Needn't" will be heard here -- and focuses on a selection of 14 tunes that illustrate the complexity and diversity of Monk's music. Secondly, Marsalis decided to give all these songs clean, direct arrangements, which makes this music more accessible. To some listeners, it may be a little disconcerting to hear the rough edges sanded away, but these precise arrangements are quite engaging in their own right, demonstrating the versatility of Monk's compositions. Marsalis might not offer anything new, but with his stellar supporting band -- including tenor saxophonists Walter Blanding and Victor Goines, alto saxophonist Wessell Anderson, trombonist Wycliffe Gordon, pianist Eric Reed, bassists Ben Wolfe and Reginald Veal, and drummer Herlin Riley -- he's made an enjoyable classicist jazz LP that happens to be an affectionate tribute to a true master. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Thelonious
02. Evidence
03. We See
04. Monk's Mood
05. Worry Later
06. Four in One
07. Reflections
08. In Walked Monk
09. Hackensack
10. Let's Cool One
11. Brilliant Corners
12. Brake's Sake
13. Ugly Beauty
14. Green Chimneys

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Blaq

September 1st, 2008, 03:43 PM

Prince
Erotic City / I Would Die 4 U [5" CD-Single]
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Tracklist

1. Erotic City [Dance Mix][Explicit Version] 7:24
2. I Would Die 4 U [Extended Version] 10:15

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RunawayTrane

September 1st, 2008, 06:35 PM

Cool!! Don't think this is available on any albums correct?

Blaq

September 1st, 2008, 07:11 PM

Cool!! Don't think this is available on any albums correct?

If i'm not mistaken, I think there's an edited version on "The Hits & The B-Sides." Something is telling me it wasn't an explicit version but I haven't messed with that box set in years so i'm not 100% sure. I think the extended explicit was only available on a couple of CD-singles.

The extended "I Would die 4 U" is bangin' too. It was recorded live. Sheila E is on it too. They used to have an extended live concert version where it led into "Baby I'm A Star." I think the video was about 13-14 minutes long. I had that shit on VHS but can't find it anywhere now.

RunawayTrane

September 3rd, 2008, 12:49 AM

Wynton Marsalis - Standard Time Vol. 5
JAZZ | WAVPACK | CUE | LOG | 300DPI | 445MB | 76:01 | CUERIPPER
Columbia 1998

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The Midnight Blues is the fifth installment in his ongoing Standard Time series, where he offers his own interpretations of classic American pop, jazz and blues songs. Supported by pianist Eric Reed, bassist Reginald Veal and drummer Lewis Nash, as well as a 31-piece string orchestra, he runs through a number of standards -- "The Party's Over," "It Never Entered My Mind," "Baby, Won't You Please Come Home," "Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry" and "My Man's Gone Now" -- which are arranged and conducted by Bob Freedman, Marsalis' longtime collaborator. The album falls somewhere between Hot House Flowers and one of the early volumes of Standard Time, as it has a lush sound but remains quite idiosyncratic and quietly adventurous in its arrangements. The result is a lovely, albeit minor, addition to Marsalis' rich catalog. ~ Leo Stanley, All Music Guide

TRACKLISTING:
01. The Party's Over
02. You're Blasé
03. After You've Gone
04. Glad to Be Unhappy
05. It Never Entered My Mind
06. Baby Won't You Please Come Home
07. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry
08. I Got Lost in Her Arms
09. Ballad of the Sad Young Men
10. Spring Will Be a Little Late This Year
11. My Man's Gone Now
12. The Midnight Blues

LINKS (http://lix.in/-898af5)
pw: lisalisa

BenQ

September 3rd, 2008, 06:02 AM

:scratchchin:

Dr. Dre

The Chronic

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Track Listings:

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

WAV
[CD RIP]
661MB

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http://rapidshare.com/files/142266019/SYNCITI.NET_The_Chronic.part2.rar.html
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Blaq

September 3rd, 2008, 10:11 AM

Run, thanks for the help with the settings for EAC. http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y100/Blaq2/th_thumb_up.gif

The J.B.'s
Funky Good Time: The Anthology
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist

Disc One

1. Introduction To The J.B.'s / Doing It To Death
2. The Grunt (Parts 1 & 2)
3. My Brother (Parts 1 & 2)
4. Pass The Peas
5. Gimme Some More
6. J.B. Shout
7. Blessed Blackness
8. Hot Pants Road
9. Givin' Up Food For Funk (Parts 1 & 2)
10. Honky Tonk (Part 1)
11. Dirty Harri
12. Watermelon Man
13. Parrty (Parts 1 & 2)
14. You Can Have Watergate Just Gimme Some Bucks And l'll Be Straight
15. More Peas

Disc Two

1. Gimme Some More (Very Live)
2. Same Beat (Part 1, 2 & 3)
3. If You Don't Get It The First Time, Back Up And Try It Again, Party
4. Damn Right I Am Somebody
5. I'm Paying Taxes, What Am I Buyin'
6. Soul Power '74
7. Keep On Bumpin' Before You Give Out Of Gas
8. Breakin' Bread
9. Rockin' Funky Watergate
10. Control (People Go Where We Send You Part 1)
11. Cross The Track (We Better Go Back)
12. All Aboard The Soul Funky Train
13. (It's Not The Express) It's The J.B.'s Monaurail
14. Future Shock (Dance Your Pants Off)
15. Everybody Wanna Get Funky One More Time (Part 1)

WAV
1.52GB

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Part 2: http://rapidshare.com/files/142156492/JBS_FunkAnthD1_Blaq_WAV.part2.rar
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A killer 2CD set of funky grooves by one of the best backing bands ever! The JBs were James Brown's legendary combo during his monster funk years of the early 70s -- and this well-selected compilation brings together 30 rare tracks from their best years! The set's got a great set of notes -- and it stretches beyond work by the JBs alone to include cuts from other groupings of the band, like Maceo & The Macks, The Last Word, The First Family, and The New JBs. Titles include "Rockin Funky Watergate", "Keep On Bumpin Before You Give Out Of Gas", "Soul Power 74", "My Brother (parts 1 & 2)", "The Grunt (parts 1 & 2)", "Dirty Harri", "More Peas", "Watermelon Man", "Givin Up Food For Funk (parts 1 & 2)", "JB Shout", "Blessed Blackness", "Same Beat (parts 1, 2, & 3)", and "Gimme Some More (Very Live)". Nice nice nice -- and with a fair number of non-LP tracks

Dusty Groove

Blaq

September 3rd, 2008, 10:14 AM

:scratchchin:

Dr. Dre

The Chronic

I see you, Legend. Run has pulled you over to the other side too. :thumbs up:

Nice drop. :553:

RunawayTrane

September 4th, 2008, 12:41 AM

Marsalis plays Jelly Roll

Wynton Marsalis - Standard Time, Vol. 6
JAZZ | WAVPACK | CUE | LOG | PNG ARTWORK | 354MB | 61:53
Columbia 1999

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In this tribute to Jelly Roll Morton, at last there is a large sampling of the Wynton Marsalis who can get large crowds at outdoor jazz festivals like the Playboy at Hollywood Bowl to dance and wave white handkerchiefs. This is mostly gutbucket, stomping, swinging New Orleans jazz through the eyes and ears of avid students of old records -- and they have absorbed a good deal of the original raffish, joyous feeling. Dedicated scholars as they are, the band even recreates the original zany dialogue that opens Morton's recordings of "Dead Man Blues" and "Sidewalk Blues" (with a small alteration in the latter for PC purposes), leading to swaggering performances of both. Marsalis by now is an absolute virtuoso of the plunger mute, and he gets ample room to growl and snarl, often alongside trombonist/co-arranger Wycliffe Gordon. Without the mute, he is often majestically commanding, totally in his element. As befitting the contrapuntal New Orleans ethos, Wynton is also generous with the spotlight, turning over an entire track to Danilo Perez's lurching solo piano rendition of "Mamanita," another to the thick-toned period clarinet of performing musicologist Michael White on "Big Lip Blues," and another, alas, to Harry Connick, Jr.'s ham-handed solo treatment of "Billy Goat Stomp." The most startling performance -- authenticity taken to its extreme -- comes at the end as Wynton and pianist Eric Reed wander into Thomas Edison Laboratories (circa 1993) to record a cylinder of "Tom Cat Blues" with vintage acoustical equipment. The results are often hilarious, and certainly instructive (try this out as a blindfold test on friends who think that they don't make jazz records like they used to). ~ Richard Ginelli, All Music Guide

TRACKLISTING:
01. Red Hot Pepper
02. New Orleans Bump
03. King Porter Stomp
04. The Pearls
05. Deep Creek
06. Mamanita
07. Sidewalk Blues
08. Jungle Blues
09. Big Lip Blues
10. Dead Man Blues
11. Smoke-House Blues
12. Billy Goat Stomp
13. Courthouse Bump
14. Black Bottom Stomp
15. Tom Cat Blues

LINKS (http://lix.in/-848855)
pw: lisalisa

Blaq

September 4th, 2008, 02:03 PM

R. Kelly
Bump N' Grind [Remix]
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist

1. LP Version
2. Old School Mix
3. How I Feel It Mix
4. How I Feel It Mix (Ext)
5. Definition Of A Hotti (Remix)

Part 1: http://rapidshare.com/files/142633014/R_BumpGrindRmx_Blaq_WAV.part1.rar
Part 2: http://rapidshare.com/files/142622193/R_BumpGrindRmx_Blaq_WAV.part2.rar

WAV
235MB

This was bumpin' in Chi all summer of '94

Old School Mix Only

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WAV
44.8MB

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RunawayTrane

September 4th, 2008, 02:19 PM

Charles Mingus - Blues & Roots
JAZZ | WAV | CUE | 300DPI | 402MB
Atlantic 1960

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In response to critical carping that his ambitious, evocative music somehow didn't swing enough, Charles Mingus returned to the earthiest and earliest sources of black musical expression, namely the blues, gospel, and old-time New Orleans jazz. The resulting LP, Blues and Roots, isn't quite as wildly eclectic as usual, but it ranks as arguably Mingus' most joyously swinging outing. Working with simple forms, Mingus boosts the complexity of the music by assembling a nine-piece outfit and arranging multiple lines to be played simultaneously -- somewhat akin to the Dixieland ensembles of old, but with an acutely modern flavor. Anyone who had heard "Haitian Fight Song" shouldn't have been surprised that such an album was well within Mingus' range, but jazz's self-appointed guardians have long greeted innovation with reactionary distaste. After Blues and Roots, there could be no question of Mingus' firm grounding in the basics, nor of his deeply felt affinity with them. Whether the music is explicitly gospel-based -- like the groundbreaking classic "Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting" -- or not, the whole album is performed with a churchy fervor that rips through both the exuberant swingers and the aching, mournful slow blues. Still, it's the blues that most prominently inform the feeling of the album, aside from the aforementioned "Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting" and the Jelly Roll Morton tribute "My Jelly Roll Soul." The recording session was reportedly very disorganized, but perhaps that actually helped give the performances the proper feel, since they wound up so loose and free-swinging. With a lineup including John Handy and Jackie McLean on alto, Booker Ervin on tenor, frequent anchor Pepper Adams on baritone, and Jimmy Knepper and Willie Dennis on trombones, among others, Blues and Roots isn't hurting for fiery soloists, and they help make the album perhaps the most soulful in Mingus' discography. ~ Steve Huey, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

1. When Lights Are Low
2. Just One of Those Things
3. Namely You
4. Easy Living
5. Pete's Blues
6. It's You or No One
7. But Beautiful
8. Alone Together

Part 1 (http://lix.in/-328602) | Part 2 (http://lix.in/-340ca3)

RunawayTrane

September 4th, 2008, 09:11 PM

Roberta Flack - First Take
VOCAL | FLAC | CUE | SCANS | 267MB
Atlantic 1969

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Roberta Flack's debut album, titled First Take in true underachiever fashion, introduced a singer who'd assimilated the powerful interpretive talents of Nina Simone and Sarah Vaughan, the earthy power of Aretha Franklin, and the crystal purity and emotional resonance of folksingers like Judy Collins. Indeed, the album often sounded more like vocal jazz or folk than soul, beginning with the credits: a core quartet of Flack on piano, John Pizzarelli on guitar, Ron Carter on bass, and Ray Lucas on drums, as fine a lineup as any pop singer could hope to recruit. With only one exception -- the bluesy, grooving opener "Compared to What," during which Flack proves her chops as a soul belter -- she concentrates on readings of soft, meditative material. A pair of folk covers, "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" and "Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye," are heart-wrenching standouts; the first even became a surprise hit two years later, when its appearance in the Clint Eastwood film Play Misty for Me pushed it to the top of the pop charts and earned Flack her first Grammy award for Record of the Year. Her arrangement of the traditional "I Told Jesus" has a simmering power, while "Ballad of the Sad Young Men" summons a stately sense of melancholy. Flack also included two songs from her college friend and future duet partner, Donny Hathaway, including a tender examination of the classic May-December romance titled "Our Ages or Our Hearts." The string arrangements of William Fischer wisely keep to the background, lending an added emotional weight to all of Flack's pronouncements. No soul artist had ever recorded a record like this, making First Take one of the most fascinating soul debuts of the era. ~ John Bush, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

1. Compared to What
2. Angelitos Negros
3. Our Ages or Our Hearts
4. I Told Jesus
5. Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye
6. First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
7. Tryin' Times *
8. Ballad of the Sad Young Men

Part 1 (http://rapidshare.com/files/46471840/Row-berta_Flaque-1stt8ke-flac.part1.rar) | Part 2 (http://rapidshare.com/files/46468591/Row-berta_Flaque-1stt8ke-flac.part2.rar) | Part 3 (http://rapidshare.com/files/46458005/Row-berta_Flaque-1stt8ke-flac.part3.rar)

RunawayTrane

September 4th, 2008, 09:20 PM

Last link is only 13 Mbs
sorry

Roberta Flack - Chapter Two
VOCAL | FLAC | CUE | SCANS | 204MB
Atlantic 1970

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Right from the spoken word intro to the opening "Reverend Lee," this is Afrocentric (okay, African-American-centric) music that manages to be completely folk and completely pop at the same time, blending churchy piano with full-blooded choruses, intricate bass runs and from-the-heart singing. Not to mention swooping strings from disco pioneer Eumir Deodato, which are occasionally jarring but not unfitting. The jazz elements that dominated the previous record are missing here, but it's no sellout, just a shift to the uncomplicated, folk side of things. Flack delivers the best tunes, including "Gone Away" by Donny Hathaway, Curtis Mayfield and Leroy Hutson, and the anti-war "Business Goes On As Usual," in a manner so straightforward it's disarming. However, some of the tunes she chose to reinterpret are so hackneyed - "Let It Be Me," "The Impossible Dream" - nothing could make them sound sincere, and her take on Dylan's "Just Like A Woman" is surprisingly bland. Flack plays piano on many of the tracks; Hathaway takes over on two more. Other well known musicians include Eric Gale (guitar), Chuck Rainey (bass), Hubert Laws (flute), Gene Orloff (violin). Produced by Joel Dorn and sax legend King Curtis, who didn't play a note though he did sing some backing vocals. Without a hit single, this still managed to go gold like nearly all her early albums. ~~ David Bertrand Wilson, Warr.org

~ TRACKLISTING ~

1. Reverend Lee
2. Do What You Gotta Do
3. Just Like a Woman
4. Let It Be Me * * *
5. Gone Away Until It's Time
6. Until It's Time for You to Go
7. Impossible Dream
8. Business Goes on as Usual

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with Donny Hathaway, King Curtis, Eric Gale,
and Hubert Laws

RunawayTrane

September 5th, 2008, 02:37 AM

Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly
VOCAL | WAV | CUE | 300DPI | 436MB
Atlantic 1973

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An intermediate step between the small group sound of her first album and the slick orchestration of the next release, this disc finds Flack at the height of her powers. Besides the hit title cut (remarkable for its echoey choral effect), there's lots of pensive mood music ("I'm The Girl," Janis Ian's "Jesse") and snappy pop-soul ("No Tears (In The End)" by percussionist Ralph MacDonald, Eugene McDaniel's "River" with a freaky, shifting arrangement). Though as usual Flack didn't write a note on the album, it's a fine introduction to her approach - the only real dud is at least interesting: the string-fest "Suzanne" (another Cohen cover). ~~ David Bertrand Wilson, Warr.org

~ TRACKLISTING ~

1. Killing Me Softly With His Song
2. Jesse
3. No Tears (In the End)
4. I'm the Girl
5. River
6. Conversation Love
7. When You Smile
8. Suzanne

Part 1 (http://lix.in/-2c71fa) | Part 2 (http://lix.in/-2df89b)

Blaq

September 5th, 2008, 11:56 AM

After 7
Takin' My Time
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist

1. All About Love
2. Kickin' It
3. Can He Love U Like This
4. Truly Something Special
5. Baby I'm For Real/Natural High
6. Takin' My Time (Interlude)
7. No Better Love
8. Takin' My Time
9. G.S.T.
10. Love By Day, Love By Night
11. He Said, She Said
12. Takin' My Time (Reprise)

WAV
527MB

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RunawayTrane

September 6th, 2008, 12:01 AM

Not the greatest album, but at the very least, it did have that one great cut "Posse On Broadway" plus a couple of nice cuts. Listening to it album right now. Up to track 9. Quality is okay so far, but I heard a slight clicking noise in the middle of track 3. As I remember, the original album was not mastered very well to begin with so the levels are not going to sound right.

Sir Mix-A-Lot - Swass
RAP | FLAC | CUE | COVERS | 324MB
American 1988

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Sir Mix-A-Lot is one of greatest ironies in the history of rap. His occasional sociopolitical statements show he can be every bit as intelligent a commentator as KRS-One or Chuck D, but Mix's forte has always been the type of fun, escapist, even goofy fare that dominates his debut album, Swass. Though forceful and aggressive at times, the distinctive Seattle native never considered himself a hardcore rapper and is quick to point out that his influences range from quirky new waver Gary Numan to metal bands to George Clinton. Ranging from aggressive rap/metal like "Hip-Hop Soldier" and an inspired interpretation of Black Sabbath's "Iron Man" (which employs headbangers Metal Church) to his enjoyably silly impression of hillbillies on "Square Dance Rap" and "Buttermilk Biscuits," Swass set the tone for Mix's career by appealing to pop fans more than hardcore rap listeners. His strongest sociopolitical raps (including "Society's Creation" and "Jack Back") would come later. ~ Alex Henderson, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Buttermilk Biscuits
02. Posse on Broadway
03. Gold
04. Swass
05. Rippin'
06. Attack on the Stars
07. Mall Dropper
08. Hip Hop Soldier
09. Iron Man
10. Bremelo
11. Square Dance Rap
12. Romantic Interlude
13. F the BS
14. Iron Man (True Metal Meltdown Mix)

Part 1 (http://lix.in/-2afba3) | Part 2 (http://lix.in/-2c8244)

Blaq

September 6th, 2008, 05:54 AM

New Edition
Heart Break
[Direct Rip]

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/512F4XAY8SL._SL500_AA240_.jpg

Tracklist

1. Introduction
2. That's The Way We're Livin'
3. Where It All Started
4. If It Isn't Love
5. Intro - N.E. Heartbreak
6. N.E. Heartbreak
7. Crucial
8. Intro - You're Not My Kind Of Girl
9. You're Not My Kind Of Girl
10. Superlady
11. Can You Stand The Rain
12. Competition
13. Intro - I'm Comin' Home
14. I'm Comin' Home
15. Boys To Men

WAV
543MB

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Blaq

September 7th, 2008, 01:10 AM

6 Hunnit!

Miki Howard
Love Confessions
[Direct Rip]

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41841QN9PKL._SL500_AA240_.jpg

Tracklist

1. Baby Be Mine
2. You've Changed
3. That's What Love Is
4. In Too Deep
5. Crazy
6. Bitter Love
7. I Wanna Be There
8. Reasons
9. Love Confession
10. Edge Of Love

WAV
449MB

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Part 2: http://rapidshare.com/files/143271254/Miki_H_LC_Blaq_WAV.part2.rar
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RunawayTrane

September 7th, 2008, 02:54 AM

This did not get a good review from critics. And no doubt jazz "purists" like Wynton will not approve of this being classified as "jazz", but just heard this for the first time and I like it. If you're a "smoothie" like me, you'll probably like this album too. Got this from the Bay (from a group known as The Quality Music Project or "TQMP")

Candy Dulfur - Saxuality
SMOOTH | FLAC | CUE | SCANS | 288MB
Arista 1990

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~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Lily Was Here
02. Pee Wee
03. Saxuality
04. So What
05. Jazzid
06. Heavenly City
07. Donja
08. There Goes the Neighbourhood
09. Mr. Lee
10. Get the Funk
11. Home Is Not a House
12. Lily Was Here [DNA Remix]

Part 1 (http://lix.in/-312d47) | Part 2 (http://lix.in/-32b3e8)

Blaq

September 7th, 2008, 03:22 AM

Miki Howard
Femme Fatale
[Direct Rip]

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/515a5z8N9%2BL._SL500_AA240_.jpg

Tracklist

1. Good Morning Heartache
2. This Bitter Earth
3. Hope That We Can Be Together Soon
4. Shining Through
5. But I Love You
6. Ain't Nobody Like You
7. I've Been Through It
8. Release Me
9. Thank You for Talkin' to Me Africa
10. Cigarette Ashes on the Floor
11. New Fire from an Old Flame

WAV
528MB

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Part 2: http://rapidshare.com/files/143288768/Miki_H_FF_Blaq_WAV.part2.rar
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Blaq

September 7th, 2008, 03:27 AM

This did not get a good review from critics. And no doubt jazz "purists" like Wynton will not approve of this being classified as "jazz", but just heard this for the first time and I like it. If you're a "smoothie" like me, you'll probably like this album too. Got this from the Bay (from a group known as The Quality Music Project or "TQMP")

Candy Dulfur - Saxuality
SMOOTH | FLAC | CUE | SCANS | 288MB
Arista 1990

I remember when this was out. I've actually been meaning to check it out. I'll have to look but i'm associating Prince with speaking on her or having her on a cut or something. I forgot. Now I can check it out. Good looks, Run.

RunawayTrane

September 7th, 2008, 11:59 AM

^^You are correct sir!! She was the sax player on the Batman soundtrack. Specifically on "Partyman"

MaccaM

September 7th, 2008, 01:26 PM

I think Prince had her on his Musicology tour also. She is a quality player. He used Maceo on that tour also. That was a great concert.

Blaq

September 7th, 2008, 01:50 PM

^^You are correct sir!! She was the sax player on the Batman soundtrack. Specifically on "Partyman"

Good looking on the info, Run. I'm gonna have to check that cut out. I haven't listened to that album in awhile. I was gonna post the 'Scandalous' remixes this week off of it.

Btw, I just saw where you're gonna post 'Honey' by the OP. I'll be looking out for that one. :553:

RunawayTrane

September 7th, 2008, 02:27 PM

Buena Vista Social Club - Buena Vista Social Club
AFRO-CUBAN JAZZ | WAV | CUE | 300DPI | 616MBS
Nonesuch 1997

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This album is named after a members-only club that was opened in Havana in pre-Castro times, a period of unbelievable musical activity in Cuba. While bandleader Desi Arnaz became a huge hit in the States, several equally talented musicians never saw success outside their native country, and have had nothing but their music to sustain them during the Castro reign. Ry Cooder went to Cuba to record a musical documentary of these performers. Many of the musicians on this album have been playing for more than a half century, and they sing and play with an obvious love for the material. Cooder could have recorded these songs without paying the musicians a cent; one can imagine them jumping up and grabbing for their instruments at the slightest opportunity, just to play. Most of the songs are a real treasure, traversing a lot of ground in Cuba's musical history. There's the opening tune, "Chan Chan," a composition by 89-year-old Compay Segundo, who was a bandleader in the '50s; the cover of the early-'50s tune "De Camino a la Verada," sung by the 72-year-old composer Ibrahim Ferrer, who interrupted his daily walk through Havana just long enough to record; or the amazing piano playing on "Pablo Nuevo" by 77-year-old Rubén González, who has a unique style that blends jazz, mambo, and a certain amount of playfulness. All of these songs were recorded live -- some of them in the musicians' small apartments -- and the sound is incredibly deep and rich, something that would have been lost in digital recording and overdubbing. Cooder brought just the right amount of reverence to this material, and it shows in his production, playing, and detailed liner notes. If you get one album of Cuban music, this should be the one. ~ Steve McMullen, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Chan Chan
02. De Camino a la Vereda
03. El Cuarto de Tula
04. Pueblo Nuevo
05. Dos Gardenias
06. Y Tú Qué Has Hecho?
07. Veinte Años
08. El Carretero
09. Candela
10. Amor de Loca Juventud
11. Orgullecida
12. Murmullo
13. Buena Vista Social Club
14. La Bayamesa

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MaccaM

September 7th, 2008, 03:29 PM

MC Lyte - Act Like You Know (1991)
FLAC - Cue - Cover - M3U

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Track Listing

1. When In Love
2. Eyes Are The Soul
3. Search 4 The Lyte
4. Act Like You Know
5. Mickey Slipper
6. Poor Georgie
7. Take It Off
8. Beyond The Hype
9. All That
10. Big Bad Sister
11. Like That Anna
12. Kamikaze
13. Can You Dig It
14. Like A Virgin
15. Lola From The Copa
16. 2 Young 4 What
17. Absolutely Positively....Practical Jokes
18. Another Dope Intro
19. K-Rock's The Man

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Part 2 (http://rapidshare.com/files/139901554/AKLkYaNo.part2.rar)
Part 3 (http://rapidshare.com/files/139919008/AKLkYaNo.part3.rar)

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RunawayTrane

September 7th, 2008, 11:06 PM

found used copy of the "City Life/Unfinished Business" combo disc at J&R last week. City was actually new, but unfortunately, the City Life section has some scratches that will take some time for EAC to fix. So just ripped the Unfinished Business part of the disc. The previous post was a net copy off Demonoid ripped with with CD-Extractor and no log. This one is 100% secure

The Blackbyrds - Unfinished Business
SOUL + JAZZ | WAVPACK | CUE | LOG | PNG | 263MB | 36:46
Fantasy 1976

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This 1976 reissue is one of the Blackbyrds' classic albums. To be sure, "classic" isn't a word that many jazz purists have used to describe it at first -- when Donald Byrd produced it, bop's hard-liners were denouncing the Clifford Brown-influenced trumpeter as a shameless sellout and insisting that he should have stuck to straight-ahead acoustic jazz. But then, the Blackbyrds weren't going after jazz purists -- their music was soul, funk, and disco with jazz overtones, and the people who bought their albums were more likely to be into Earth, Wind & Fire and Tower of Power than Sonny Stitt or Art Blakey. Unlike Stevie Wonder, Gil Scott-Heron, Marvin Gaye, the O'Jays, and Curtis Mayfield, the Blackbyrds didn't get into a lot of heavy sociopolitical messages; their forte was party music, and it is that escapist, feel-good mindset that defines the memorable album tracks such as the insistently funky "Party Land". Calling this music escapist isn't saying that it's faceless or mechanical -- far from it. The Blackbyrds' party-time lyrics may not have been challenging, but musically, the band was creative, risk-taking, and distinctive. Even though they were primarily a soul/funk/disco outfit, the Blackbyrds came from jazz backgrounds -- and that jazz influence often works to their creative advantage on this excellent reissue. ~ Alex Henderson, All Music Guide

TRACK-LISTING
01. Time Is Movin'
02. In Life
03. Enter In
04. You've Got That Something
05. Party Land
06. Lady
07. Unfinished Business

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Blaq

September 8th, 2008, 02:08 AM

I don't really have any blues, but I bought this one off the strength of the title track. That shit is fire.

Bobby Rush
Sue
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist

1. Be Still
2. Twenty-Eight Days
3. Woman's Name Is Trouble
4. Straddle The Fence
5. Sue
6. Think, Pt. 1
7. Think, Pt. 2
8. Talk To Your Daughter
9. In The Morning

WAV
454MB

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Part 2: http://rapidshare.com/files/143541507/B_Rush_Sue_Blaq_WAV.part2.rar
Part 3: http://rapidshare.com/files/143526406/B_Rush_Sue_Blaq_WAV.part3.rar

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Barack Obama

September 8th, 2008, 04:47 AM

good job brothers

dont forget to register to vote:350:

RunawayTrane

December 4th, 2008, 03:42 AM

Miles Davis - E.S.P.
JAZZ | WAV | CUE | HQ ART | 591MB
Columbia 1965

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Considering that the quintet had recently formed, "E.S.P." does seem like a plausible explanation for the band's uncannily sensitive interplay - they support and complement each other as if they'd grown up playing together. At this point Shorter's tone sounds a lot like Trane's, but he's already impressively himself. Probably the most technically proficient and harmonically advanced rhythm section Davis ever worked with, in peak form. In contrast to his earlier quartets, Davis included compositions by and with his other band members from the start: Davis and Shorter wrote the title track and the lovely "Iris"; Hancock turns in "Little One," and Carter contributes two: the uptempo "R.J" and the stately, spacious "Mood." ~ David Bertrand Wilson, WARR.org

~ TRACKLISTING ~

1. E.S.P.
2. Eighty-One
3. Little One
4. R.J.
5. Agitation
6. Iris
7. Mood

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RunawayTrane

December 4th, 2008, 08:27 PM

Shirley Horn - I Remember Miles
VOCAL | FLAC | CUE | 300DPI | 281MB
Verve 1998

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No thanks to the paucity of musical genius in the latter half of the 1990s, tribute albums to the departed just kept pouring forth, although in Shirley Horn's case, she was repaying an old personal debt to her subject. After all, it was Miles Davis who originally got Horn out of D.C. in 1960 as his opening act at the Village Vanguard and contributed his trumpet to one of her comeback albums (1990's You Won't Forget Me). Not only that, Horn's understated, laconic, deceptively casual ballad manner is a natural fit for the brooding Miles persona, and she doesn't have to change a thing in this relaxed, wistfully sung, solidly played collection. She doesn't actually perform any Davis compositions; everything here consists of standards that Miles covered or transformed in the 1950s, including three numbers from Porgy and Bess. Roy Hargrove adds his effective muted Miles imitations on "I Fall In Love Too Fast" and open flurries on "I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'"; and Toots Thielemans makes like a long, lonesome train whistle on "Summertime." Former Davis cohorts Ron Carter and Al Foster join the rhythm section in a remarkably searching, extended "My Man's Gone Now," the only track which takes note of the electric music that consumed so much of Miles' output (in this case, inspired by the We Want Miles version, not the more familiar Gil Evans interpretation). In a sad way, the very idea of a Miles tribute is an oxymoronic denial of the ever-restless spirit of this genius who didn't believe in looking backwards. But Shirley Horn certainly serves the man's sensitive side well. ~ Richard S. Ginell, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

1. My Funny Valentine
2. I Fall in Love Too Easily
3. Summertime
4. Baby Won't You Please Come Home
5. This Hotel
6. I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'
7. Basin Street Blues
8. My Man's Gone Now
9. Blue in Green

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RunawayTrane

December 4th, 2008, 08:56 PM

Wayne Shorter - Joy Ryder
JAZZ | FLAC | CUE | COVERS | 277MB
Columbia 1988

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Sometimes, Wayne Shorter's albums are more trouble than they’re worth. The tantalizing traces of Weather Report hold the attention initially, but one might start drifting off and, by the time the song is over, you've forgotten everything that came before it. So you go back and listen to it again, telling yourself that this time you're really going to pay attention, and the same thing happens. This album has songs that the listener will enjoy each time they hear them, in this case “Joy Ryder” and the vaguely Oriental “Cathay.” Though the players have changed since Atlantis, the instrumentation stays about the same (a carryover from the bass/drums/keyboard/synth sound of Weather Report). Shorter isn’t a flashy soloist by design on Joy Ryder, moving into the background much as Miles Davis had done at this stage in his career, his presence felt primarily in guiding commentary and countermelodic lines that underscore some new wrinkle in the arrangement. There are still moments when he flashes his superlative skill, as on “Over Shadow Hill Way”, but Shorter the arranger/leader is interested in hearing the music from the talented group he’s assembled, and Shorter the saxophonist doesn’t care if he blows you away with a solo or not. It does strike me as less lyrical and more angular than I expected, perhaps a better companion to the Weather Report story for its edginess and modernism, but lacking the highpoint of a swingout section like “The Last Silk Hat.” ~ http://www.connollyco.com/

~ TRACKLISTING ~

1. Joy Ryder
2. Cathay
3. Over Shadown Hill Way
4. Anthem
5. Causeways
6. Daredevil
7. Someplace Called "Where"

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RunawayTrane

December 4th, 2008, 10:07 PM

Took awhile for this to come in, but it's worth the wait:

Victor Wooten - Soul Circus
JAZZ | WAV | CUE | HQ ART | 698MB | 60:27
Vanguard 2005

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Anyone who knows anything about Victor Wooten knows that he's one of those rare souls: he gains a rep for playing the bass. Soul Circus, however, isn't just an extravaganza for bass players. Wooten, as it turns out, is also a heck of a writer and, as the listener will learn on the first track, a fine singer. The unusual first track, "Victa," is a funky, soulful hymn in praise of -- who else -- Wooten himself, while "Bass Tribute" offers accolades to those who've come before him. If the subject matter sounds a bit strange, the confident delivery, understated humor, and fine songwriting make it all work. Soul Circus' production is a nice merger of keyboards, drums, lots of bass, and multiple voices. While this combination and Wooten's production does provide a blueprint sound for the album, it's never predictable. "Back to India," for example, combines soul and sitar for an unusual but winning mixture. There are other oddities like "Cell Phone," complete with dialer effects, spiritually tinged material like "Prayer" and "Back to India," and songs about the power of love such as "Can't Hide Love." Overall, Soul Circus has the adventurous, confident feel of an old Sly Stone album while still being completely of its time. It's also certain that the album will convince listeners that Wooten, while still a fine bass player, has many talents. ~ Ronnie D. Lankford Jr., All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Intro: Adam
02. Victa
03. Bass Tribute
04. Prayer
05. Natives
06. Can't Hide Love
07. Stay
08. On and On
09. Cell Phone
10. Back to India
11. Soul Circus
12. Higher Law
13. Take U There
14. Ari's Eyes
15. Outro: Kids
16. Bass Tribute (Reprise)

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RunawayTrane

December 4th, 2008, 10:13 PM

Ohio Players - Honey
FUNK | WAV/WAVPACK | CUE | LOG | 300DPI/TIFF | 346MB/229MB
Mercury 1975

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Honey may have had the most controversial LP cover of 1975. Its erotic cover, which depicted a nude model covered in honey, was protested by feminists when it was alleged that the model had become stuck to the floor during the photo shoot. Some retailers, in fact, refused to carry it. All the controversy certainly didn't hurt the album commercially. In 1975, the Ohio Players were one of R&B's most successful acts, and were inescapable for anyone who listened to black radio at the time. The album kept the band's commercial momentum going thanks to such hard-driving funk as "Love Rollercoaster" (a song that was sampled to death by rappers in the 1980s and '90s and covered by the Red Hot Chili Peppers in 1996), "Fopp," and the playfully jazz-influenced hit "Sweet Sticky Thing." While the Players' outstanding contributions to funk would continue to have an enormous impact long after the band's popularity faded, it's important to stress that only about half of Honey falls into the funk category. In fact, lead singer Sugarfoot's moving performance on the remorseful "Alone" makes one wish that the Players' ballads were discussed more often. ~ Alex Henderson, All Music Guide

TRACKLISTING:
1. Honey
2. Fopp
3. Let's Do It
4. Ain't Givin' up No Ground
5. Sweet Sticky Thing
6. Love Rollercoaster
7. Alone

WAV
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WAVPACK
LINKS (http://lix.in/-7e0339)
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RunawayTrane

December 4th, 2008, 10:21 PM

Kashif - Send Me Your Love
R&B | WAV | CUE | COVERS | 423MB
Arista 1984

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Kashif enjoyed another big hit album in the mid-'80s with this second Arista album that featured Al Jarreau on the cut "Edgartown Groove," and landed him one Top 10 and another Top 30 R&B hit. It was his best release from a performance standpoint; his vocals had more vigor and spirit than at any time before or since, and he toned down the production, varied the arrangements, and created a much more interesting and multi-faceted presentation than anticipated. ~ Ron Wynn, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

1. Baby Don't Break Your Baby's Heart
2. Ooh Love
3. Are You the Woman
4. Love Has No End
5. Call Me Tonight
6. Send Me Your Love
7. I've Been Missin' You
8. Edgartown Groove
9. That's How It Goes

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RunawayTrane

December 4th, 2008, 10:23 PM

Gotta have this one in my thread

John Coltrane - Giant Steps
JAZZ | WAV | CUE | HQ ART | 894MB
Atlantic 1959

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History will undoubtedly enshrine this disc as a watershed the likes of which may never truly be appreciated. Giant Steps bore the double-edged sword of furthering the cause of the music as well as delivering it to an increasingly mainstream audience. Although this was John Coltrane's debut for Atlantic, he was concurrently performing and recording with Miles Davis. Within the space of less than three weeks, Coltrane would complete his work with Davis and company on another genre-defining disc, Kind of Blue, before commencing his efforts on this one. Coltrane (tenor sax) is flanked by essentially two different trios. Recording commenced in early May of 1959 with a pair of sessions that featured Tommy Flanagan (piano) and Art Taylor (drums), as well as Paul Chambers -- who was the only band member other than Coltrane to have performed on every date. When recording resumed in December of that year, Wynton Kelly (piano) and Jimmy Cobb (drums) were instated -- replicating the lineup featured on Kind of Blue, sans Miles Davis of course. At the heart of these recordings, however, is the laser-beam focus of Coltrane's tenor solos. All seven pieces issued on the original Giant Steps are likewise Coltrane compositions. He was, in essence, beginning to rewrite the jazz canon with material that would be centered on solos -- the 180-degree antithesis of the art form up to that point. These arrangements would create a place for the solo to become infinitely more compelling. This would culminate in a frenetic performance style that noted jazz journalist Ira Gitler accurately dubbed "sheets of sound." Coltrane's polytonal torrents extricate the amicable and otherwise cordial solos that had begun decaying the very exigency of the genre -- turning it into the equivalent of easy listening. He wastes no time as the disc's title track immediately indicates a progression from which there would be no looking back. Line upon line of highly cerebral improvisation snake between the melody and solos, practically fusing the two. The resolute intensity of "Countdown" does more to modernize jazz in 141 seconds than many artists do in their entire careers. Tellingly, the contrasting and ultimately pastoral "Naima" was the last tune to be recorded, and is the only track on the original long-player to feature the Kind of Blue quartet. What is lost in tempo is more than recouped in intrinsic melodic beauty. Both Giant Steps [Deluxe Edition] and the seven-disc Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings offer more comprehensive presentations of these sessions. ~ Lindsay Planer, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Giant Steps
02. Cousin Mary
03. Countdown
04. Spiral
05. Syeeda's Song Flute
06. Naima [Alternate Version 1]
07. Mr. P.C.
08. Giant Steps [alternate version 1]
09. Naima [alternate version 1]
10. Cousin Mary [alternate take]
11. Countdown [alternate take]
12. Syeeda's Song Flute [alternate take]
13. Giant Steps [alternate version 2]
14. Naima [alternate version 2]
15. Giant Steps [alternate take]

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RunawayTrane

December 4th, 2008, 10:25 PM

Saw, snatched, ripped, burned, scanned, posted:
But don't ask me anything about em
:dunno:

Ying Yang Twins - Chemically Unbalanced
RAP | WAV | CUE | LOG | HQ ART | 654MB
TVT 2006

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Mr. Collipark explains it all in the "Intro." The first half of Chemically Imbalanced is for the longtime Ying Yang Twins fans and goes for that strip club thump. The second half "makes it a little musical for y'all" with the help of Wyclef and Jerry "Wonda" Duplessis, the duo who brought you the Shakira hit "Hips Don't Lie." In other words, this is effectively two EPs stuck together, an album that takes a massive turn in the middle, and a release that tries to please everyone, including the Ying Yangs themselves. Listening to a track as rich and Sly Stone-flavored as "Family," it's easy to hear that the Twins are anxious to explore new avenues, but they're just as enthusiastic when delivering the first half's stream of club tracks, of which the infectious "Jigglin" is the best, although "1st Booty on Duty" deserves special mention for title alone. The tricky beat on "Leave" and sexy single "Dangerous" are also noteworthy, and if it sounds like the second half of the album is the winner, it's not, since its tracks would make more sense on a real, flowing full-length, as the half-and-half format actually serves the simple, party-minded first half better. Making this frustrating release even more so is the "One Mo for the Road" skit, which infers the two are in for an extended break and all this growth won't be panning out anytime soon. To their credit, no one could have mixed these two sides of the Ying Yangs in a sensible way — at least not with this selection — and the only way the "Intro" could have warned the listener any better is if it had been titled "Warning." While Chemically Imbalanced can't decide if it's a home for the Wyclef singles, a haven for the experiments, or a plain old "return to form," the highlights are worth hearing and justify this scattershot placeholder's existence. ~ David Jeffries, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Intro
02. Keep on Coming
03. 1st Booty on Duty
04. Jack It Up
05. Jigglin'
06. Take It Slow
07. Patron (Skit)
08. Big Boy Liquor
09. Smoke Break (Skit)
10. Collard Greens
11. Water
12. Dangerous
13. Family
14. Friday
15. Leave
16. One Mo for the Road (Skit)
17. Open
18. In This Thang Still

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RunawayTrane

December 4th, 2008, 10:29 PM

Props to the demon

TLC - Fanmail
R&B | FLAC | CUE | 600DPI | 473MB
La Face 1999

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Crazysexycool was one of those records that defined an era. Few records before it combined hip-hop and classic soul songwriting quite as intoxicatingly or gracefully -- the performances and productions were utterly seamless. It would have been difficult to top anyway, but TLC had it doubly bad, since a number of behind-the-scenes problems delayed a sequel for nearly five years. As with any eagerly anticipated record, that follow-up, FanMail, arrived with too many expectations. And initially, it may be disappointing to realize TLC doesn't forge new ground with FanMail, but after a few spins, it settles in that nobody else makes urban soul quite as engaging as this. Not that it was easy to make this record, as the head-spinning list of collaborators indicates. Almost ten producers worked on the record, all trying to replicate the easy, appealing sound of Crazysexycool. And "replicate" is the right word, since there are no new innovations on FanMail, apart from a few lifts from the Timbaland book of tricks. Nevertheless, that may be for the best, since TLC and their army of producers have spent time crafting the songs and productions, turning FanMail into a record that almost reaches the peaks of its predecessor. By the end of the record, it appears that they can do it all -- funky, hip-hop-fueled dance-pop, seductive ballads, and mid-tempo jams -- and they can do it all well. Other groups try to reach these heights, but they don't have the skills or the material to pull it off quite so well. True, the five-year wait felt interminable, and they're now standard-bearers instead of pioneers, but if takes TLC as long to make a sequel to FanMail, so be it -- they have one of the best track records in '90s urban soul. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Fanmail
02. The Vic-E Interpretation (Interlude)
03. Silly Ho
04. Whispering Playa (Interlude)
05. No Scrubs
06. I'm Good At Being Bad
07. If They Knew
08. I Miss You So Much
09. Unpretty
10. My Life
11. Shout
12. Come On Down
13. Dear Lie
14. Communicate (Interlude)
15. Lovesick
16. Automatic
17. Don't Pull Out On Me Yet

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RunawayTrane

December 6th, 2008, 05:01 AM

Yet another hip hop act I have no knowledge of
:dunno:

Devin The Dude - Waitin' To Inhale
RAP | WAV | CUE | LOG | HQ ART | 714MB | 67:18
Rap-A-Lot 2007

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To typify Devin the Dude as an everyman would be criminal, however, his work ethic and demeanor in the booth would suggest he’s a lemming to the same pressures we all face. Sprinkling his blunts with regularity is the key to Devin’s constant growth. Devin throws his fourth solo album on the scale, this Ziplock burns with major flavor from spark to the filter. Guest spots represent the grind and Devin has been on those spots for over a decade, but, this time, newly anointed rap kings like Weezy, Snoop and Bun B dropping in for some sticky sessions. Andre 3000 manages to drop the most on-point verse of 2007 on “What A Job,” but Devin manages to keep up – barely.

Never hesitant to fall back onto his typical vices (weed, wine and women) deep subject matter has never been Devin’s forte, but he impresses with his outlook on social problems and shady industry shenanigans.

Soothing croons and babbling drunk talk aside, the Dude is truly at home over mellow beats that fit for an end of the night smoke show. Flip a 20-sack from your next reload and grab Waiting to Inhale, as Devin the Dude will be the Akon you remember in 15 years. ~ Chad Morgan, Formatmag.com

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Boom 1
02. She Want That Money
03. Almight Dollar
04. Hope I Don't Get Sick-A-This
05. What a Job
06. Broccoli & Cheese
07. Boom II
08. She Useta Be
09. Lil' Girl Gone
10. No Longer Needed Here
11. Just Because
12. Don't Wanna Be Alone
13. Somebody Else's Wife
14. Boom III
15. Cutcha' Up
16. Nothin' to Roll With
17. Til It's All Gone

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rasengan

December 7th, 2008, 05:03 AM

:dunno:

RunawayTrane

December 7th, 2008, 07:07 PM

Rev.Run - Distortion
RAP | WAV | CUE | HQ ART | 424MB
Def Jam 2005

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Kicking off his solo career with a bang, Rev Run brings the vintage Run-D.M.C. attack-rhyming while unknown producer Whiteboy rocks the house mash-up style on the fantastic but frustratingly short Distortion. Calling Distortion an "album" -- which the Rev himself has in pre-release press -- is a stretch. The 26-minute run time feels like a cheat, but with most of the competition wearing out their welcome with overstuffed, hour-plus albums that beg to be edited with the remote, Distortion is a rare, tight listen that demands to be swallowed whole. Hearing Run brag it like before and lay down the snide putdowns is exciting, but most thrilling is hearing him in the challenging yet slick atmosphere Whiteboy creates. Sampling "Sweet Home Alabama" for "Home Sweet Home" is clever, but looping the stomp of Kiss' "God of Thunder," cutting Joan Jett's "I Love Rock N' Roll" into a razor-sharp loop, and lifting a part of Blondie's "Rapture" that you'd never thought would be lifted is how he goes from nobody to the next underground, mash-up idol à la Diplo. Half of the reason to love him is that despite his ability to create jaw-droppingly smart and fun loops, he's a very intuitive producer and knows when to unclutter everything and let the Rev through. "I Used to Think I Was Run" is the man's shining moment lyrically, with bittersweet quotes from the old days rubbing shoulders with totally aware and sharp lines that explore life as "your momma's favorite rapper." It's a young man's business, but few of the young bucks would try something as risky as the mocking and bouncy "High and Mighty Joe" or the crunching title track, which reminds everyone Body Count had the best blueprint for rap-metal. Being chaotic and hanging onto the edge with its fingernails is the thrill of Distortion, and while this wild ride could be exhausting if it ran on too much longer, the skimpy run time is noticeable and downright perplexing coming from an album that ambitiously delivers otherwise. ~ David Jeffries, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. I Used to Think I Was Run
02. Home Sweet Home
03. Boom Ditty
04. Breaktime
05. High and Mighty Joe
06. The Way
07. Don't Stop Y'all
08. Mind on the Road
09. Take a Tour
10. Distortion

Part 1 (http://lix.in/-365da1) | Part 2 (http://lix.in/-37e442)

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RunawayTrane

December 8th, 2008, 01:22 PM

Gil Scott-Heron - Small Talk At 125th and Lenox
SOUL | FLAC | CUE | COVER | 211MB
Flying Dutchman 1970

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Gil Scott-Heron's first album -- and his angriest! Unlike some of Gil's other albums -- which have a sweet jazzy vibe and a mix of mellow soul styles -- this one's a lot rawer, and features Gil rapping loud over very heavy percussion backing. All the work is his own, and the album's a showcase for his brilliant protest poetry -- the most famous example of which is included in "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised", which leads off the album with an especially righteous groove! The set's a key link in the African American musical tradition of the 20th century -- and proof that the underground, while not always afforded a good place in the broadcast markets of the US, could always burst forth in the "narrowcast" medium of recorded music. A landmark album -- one we like even better than the early work by the Last Poets -- and great all the way through! Tracks include "Whitey On The Moon", "Who'll Pay Reparations On My Soul?", "The Subject Was Faggots", and "Brother". © 1996-2008, Dusty Groove America, Inc.

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Introduction - The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
02. Omen
03. Brother
04. Comment #1
05. Small Talk At 125th & Lenox
06. The Subject Was Faggots
07. Evolution (And Flashback)
08. Plastic Pattern People
09. Whitey On The Moon
10. The Vulture
11. Enough
12. Paint It Black
13. Who'll Pay Reparations On My Soul?
14. Everyday

Part 1 (http://lix.in/-366c01) | Part 2 (http://lix.in/-37f2a2)

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BenQ

December 8th, 2008, 02:05 PM

Run I was looking for music to jacked on avax , I ran into some of your stuff there:surprised-004:

and wheres Blaq ? :eek:

RunawayTrane

December 9th, 2008, 02:49 AM

Whenever you see me give "bigupps to the bloggers" (like my next post) and it's a non-jazz post, more than likely I got it from there.

The Russian cats got the lossless game on LOCK. That is where I got the idea for my thread from. When you're on that site, what do you see?? Nothing but rock and european "classical" music right? White musicians from every single time period, doing every single kind of music. But the only time you MIGHT see black music posted is when it's the lastest rap or R&B artist like: Jay Z, 50 or Kanye. Or even Beyonce!! There's waaaay too much black music not being posted, so that's where I come in. My goal is post to nothing but black music that you will NEVER see get the time of day anywhere except for itty, bitty, SHITTY, MP3s. As if our music don't deserve being preserved or something. So you'll probably see a few of mine posted on a few different Russian boards. Not Noname though, because I can't register there. No Latin keys on my keyboard
:dunno:

But there are dozens of russian boards and almost every one of them will have lossless threads. Some of them will even have a lossless FORUM like AVAX. But I gotta be careful there. Cause there are LOADS of spyware type popups on that site. Absolutely cannot use IE on that site or I will contract a virus. It's happened twice already. Second time I had to do a complete system restore. That's why I haven't posted anything on there in awhile now. Can't even tell the site owner about it, because he doesn't speak english very well. So be careful

RunawayTrane

December 9th, 2008, 02:53 AM

Bigupps to the bloggers

Black Uhuru - Guess Who's Coming To Dinner
REGGAE | APE | CUE | COVERS | 222MB
Heartbeat 1990 (Reissue)

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Generally acknowledged to be Black Uhuru's masterpiece as well as one of the defining documents of roots reggae, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (originally released on the Taxi label under the title Showcase) was the first album to feature singer Puma Jones as a member of the group's vocal trio lineup, and it was also their first with Sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakespeare. These additions gave the group a tremendous lift: Jones' keening, almost North African-inflected voice became an instantly identifiable part of Black Uhuru's sound, and the chugging rhythms supplied by Dunbar and Shakespeare were the perfect instrumental accompaniment. True to its original title, this collection of singles and new tracks is presented in "showcase" style; each track is followed without pause by a dub version. "Leaving to Zion" and "General Penitentiary" are typical of Black Uhuru's lyrical concerns, and lead singer Michael Rose's sharp tenor voice and wordless ululations convey a sense of dark foreboding; on "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" he sounds like a muezzin calling the faithful to prayer and repentance. Highly recommended. ~ Rick Anderson, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

1. Shine Eye Gal
2. Leaving to Zion
3. General Penitentiary
4. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
5. Abortion Rose,
6. Natural Reggae Beat
7. Plastic Smile

Part 1 (http://lix.in/-367a93) | Part 2 (http://lix.in/-380134)

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SilkyJohnson

December 10th, 2008, 08:51 AM

damn i want a lot of these albums i just dont have the space to get this format

SilkyJohnson

December 10th, 2008, 08:52 AM

great taste in music though

RunawayTrane

December 11th, 2008, 04:26 AM

Larry Coryell - Spaces Revisited
JAZZ | WAV | CUE | LOG | HQ ART | 598MB
Shanachie 1997

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What started as a project to reunite Coryell with Billy Cobham on drums in order to take a second look at the sound and style of the Coryell's Spaces ended up creating a whole new chapter instead. With Richard Bona on bass and Bireli Lagrene on guitar, these nine songs capture the spirit of that 30-year-old session with new, adventuresome playing and vigor. Coryell takes great pride in the spontaneity of this project -- one day rehearsal, two days recording -- and well he should, since it contains musicians interacting with each other in a loose yet totally on-top-of-their-game manner. Bireli shines on the 9/8 section "Variations on Goodbye Pork Pie Hat," while Bona solos beautifully on "Blues for Django and Stephane." Yet it's ultimately Coryell's and Cobham's show, and their playing throughout is sublime with the on-the-spot recording of "Hong Kong Breeze" -- an off the cuff head arrangement done in one take -- showcasing their two players/one mind interplay. Maybe you can't go home again, but this album clearly proves you can always take your luggage with you and build a whole new house. ~ Cub Koda, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

1. The Dragon Gate
2. Hong Kong Breeze
3. Spaces Revisited
4. Variations on Good-Bye Pork Pie Hat
5. Blues for Django and Stephane
6. Morning of the Carnival
7. Oleo
8. Introductions to "Ruby"
9. Ruby, My Dear

Part 1 (http://lix.in/-33a875) | Part 2 (http://lix.in/-352f16)

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RunawayTrane

December 11th, 2008, 04:28 AM

damn i want a lot of these albums i just dont have the space to get this format

I didn't either until I got an external HD. Hell, the HD on my computer only has 19 GB. Drives are quite inexpensive nowadays. If a broke cat like me can afford one, anyone can
:dunno:

Oh and thanks.

RunawayTrane

December 11th, 2008, 04:33 PM

Prince & The Revolution - Purple Rain
SOUNDTRACK | WAV | CUE | LOG | COVERS | 321MB
Warner Brothers 1984

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Prince designed Purple Rain as the project that would make him a superstar, and, surprisingly, that is exactly what happened. Simultaneously more focused and ambitious than any of his previous records, Purple Rain finds Prince consolidating his funk and R&B roots while moving boldly into pop, rock, and heavy metal with nine superbly crafted songs. Even its best-known songs don't tread conventional territory: the bass-less "When Doves Cry" is an eerie, spare neo-psychedelic masterpiece; "Let's Go Crazy" is a furious blend of metallic guitars, Stonesy riffs, and a hard funk backbeat; the anthemic title track is a majestic ballad filled with brilliant guitar flourishes. Although Prince's songwriting is at a peak, the presence of the Revolution pulls the music into sharper focus, giving it a tougher, more aggressive edge. And, with the guidance of Wendy and Lisa, Prince pushed heavily into psychedelia, adding swirling strings to the dreamy "Take Me With U" and the hard rock of "Baby I'm a Star." Even with all of his new, but uncompromising, forays into pop, Prince hasn't abandoned funk, and the robotic jam of "Computer Blue" and the menacing grind of "Darling Nikki" are among his finest songs. Taken together, all of the stylistic experiments add up to a stunning statement of purpose that remains one of the most exciting rock & roll albums ever recorded. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Let's Go Crazy
02. Take Me With U
03. The Beautiful Ones
04. Computer Blue
05. Darling Nikki
06. When Doves Cry
07. I Would Die 4 U
08. Baby I'm A Star
09. Purple Rain

Part 1 (http://lix.in/-3233cc) | Part 2 (http://lix.in/-33ba6d)

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RunawayTrane

December 11th, 2008, 10:04 PM

Not really a Trane album even though he is on the cover.

John Coltrane - Dakar
JAZZ | FLAC | CUE | 300DPI | 194MB
Prestige 1989 (Reissue)

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Often cited as saxophonist John Coltrane's first album as leader, Dakar—recorded on April 20, 1957—is a usurper. Originally credited to the Prestige All Stars (and released as part of a short-lived experiment with 16-rpm discs), it was only credited to Coltrane on its re-release in 1963, when the saxophonist's star was firmly in the ascendant. The Dakar session was one of several Coltrane appeared on as a sideman that week—on the 16th with pianist Thelonious Monk, on the 18th with the Prestige All Stars, and on the 19th with pianist Mal Waldron. He gets no more solo time than either of the other saxophonists, baritone players Cecil Payne and Pepper Adams. Another day, another dollar.

If it's anyone's baby, Dakar—here released as part of Prestige's Rudy Van Gelder Remasters series—belongs to Teddy Charles. The vibraphonist and bandleader produced the sessions, composed three of the six tunes, and—crucially—picked the line-up. Clearly, he didn't have a Coltrane album in mind, more a meeting between the elder statesman of bop baritone, Payne, and the younger hard bop stylist, Adams. Coltrane, his tenor already possessing the incisive sound which took wings on Giant Steps (Atlantic, 1959), works like spice amongst Payne's lighter, at times Lester Young-ish tone, and Adams' tougher, more abrasive one (not for nothing was Adams nicknamed The Knife).

It's rough and ready music, almost certainly rehearsed for the first time in the studio (with the clock ticking), but it sure is ready. The three saxophonists roar into the opening title track, Payne soloing first, then Coltrane, then Adams. There's a fierce, devil may care atmosphere, rolling around in the sound of the instruments, which establishes a mood sustained throughout the album. There's a telling moment towards the end of the closing "Cat Walk" when Payne's baritone emits a horrible squeak. Even in 1957, most producers would have asked for another take, or got busy with a razor blade. It's retention, for whatever reason (lack of money, lack of time, confidence in the fundamental quality of the music), on the finished album adds to the sense of reportage and the enjoyment.

There's just one ballad, Waldron's "Velvet One," on which Coltrane's tenor states the theme over soft riffing from Payne and Adams, and which gives a taste of the lyrical magic Coltrane would later weave on Ballads (Impulse!, 1962).

A minor chapter in the Coltrane canon it may be, but Dakar is a characterful set of propulsive, pre-codification hard bop and still a delight over half a century later. --- Chris May, All About Jazz

~ TRACKLISTING ~

1. Dakar (7:07)
2. Mary's Blues (6:45)
3. Route 4 (6:53)
4. Velvet Scene (4:52)
5. Witches Pit (6:40)
6. Cat Walk (7:11)

DOWNLOAD (http://lix.in/-3852ba)

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RunawayTrane

December 12th, 2008, 01:24 AM

Ruthie Foster - The Phenomenal Ruthie Foster
BLUES | WAV | CUE | LOG | ARTWORK | 459MB | 44:28
Blue Corn 2007

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Ruthie Foster's fifth CD features the singer moving away from her usual genre of modern folk music into soul. While she performs selections by Son House and Sister Rosetta Tharpe and there are bluesy performances, most of the numbers are of more recent vintage. Her powerful voice, which infuses secular music with the power and emotions of gospel, is heard throughout in prime form and she makes a particularly powerful statement on "People Grinnin' in Your Face." Throughout this set, Ruthie Foster sounds a bit like a young Aretha Franklin (although not copying her) and gives one the impression that she could sing in any idiom that interested her. The Phenomenal Ruthie Foster is a strong example of her musical talents. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. 'Cuz I'm Here
02. Heal Yourself
03. Fruits of My Labor
04. People Grinnin' in Your Face
05. Up Above My Head (I Hear Music in the Air)
06. Harder Than the Fall
07. Beaver Creek Blues
08. Mama Said
09. Phenomenal Woman
10. A Friend Like You
11. I Don't Know What to Do with My Heart

Part 1 (http://lix.in/-323c28) | Part 2 (http://lix.in/-33c2c9)

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RunawayTrane

December 13th, 2008, 01:45 AM

Keb Mo - The Door
BLUES | APE | CUE | LOG | 300DPI | 281MB
OKeh/550/Epic 2000

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Keb' Mo''s self-titled first album, from its Robert Johnson covers to its appearance on a resuscitated Okeh Records, seemed to suggest the arrival of a Delta blues traditionalist, even though the former Kevin Moore was really a Los Angeles native who had kicked around the music business for years playing various styles of music. The follow-up, Just Like You, was therefore a disappointment to blues purists, since it clearly used folk-blues as a basis to create adult contemporary pop in the Bonnie Raitt mold. But to the music industry, that was just fine, since it fostered the hope that here was an artist (finally!) who could find a way to make the blues -- consistently revered but commercially dicey -- pay, and Keb' Mo' won a Best Contemporary Blues Album Grammy for his effort. Slow Down (1998) brought him a second Grammy and got even higher in the charts. The Door is more of the same. Keb' Mo''s slightly gritty voice and fingerpicking are the focus of the music, but he does not hesitate to add mainstream pop elements, beginning with writing partners who include Bobby McFerrin and Melissa Manchester, and continuing with a backup band that features such session aces as keyboard player Greg Phillinganes and drummer Jim Keltner. This is music that is folkish and bluesy rather than being actual folk-blues. Just in case anyone hasn't gotten the point yet, Keb' Mo' begins the album's sole cover, Elmore James' "It Hurts Me Too," in authentic folk-blues style, after which the arrangement lurches into a heavily percussive, anything but traditional direction. It's fair warning that the singer/guitarist is interested in tradition only as a jumping-off point. Maybe that's what "contemporary blues" is. ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. The Door
02. Loola Loo
03. It Hurts Me Too
04. Come on Back
05. Stand Up (And Be Strong)
06. Anyway
07. Don't You Know
08. It's All Coming Back
09. Gimme What You Got
10. Mommy Can I Come Home
11. Change
12. The Beginning

Part 1 (http://lix.in/-3258d4) | Part 2 (http://lix.in/-33df75)

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RunawayTrane

December 13th, 2008, 11:26 AM

Respect to the bloggers

Pointer Sisters - Break Out
R&B | FLAC | CUE | COVERS | 281MB
Planet 1983

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By the time the Pointer Sisters unleashed their 1983 Break Out LP, they had racked up six Top Ten singles spread between the pop and R&B charts. Break Out would prove to be their new wave breakthrough, peppering both charts with five further songs -- half the album -- while the LP itself spent over a year on the charts. Astute performers, the Pointer Sisters had embraced the 1980s' penchant for synthesized sonics wholeheartedly and used them to fine effect across songs that were upbeat and slick, space-age dance grooves that brought a new dimension to the trio's sound. Both "Jump (For My Love)" and "Automatic" were massive hits during early 1984, as both injected the sisters' trademark harmonies with fresh grooves that culminated in an appealing blend of old and new. "Neutron Dance," meanwhile, with Ruth Pointer's rich lead vocal laying over an extraordinarily snappy and nearly frenetic melody, did double duty, also featuring in the film Beverly Hills Cop. Using those three songs as a springboard, Break Out powers on through one groover after another with few surprises, although "Dance Electric" combines a synthesizer straight out Human League territory with a blistering guitar solo and "Easy Persuasion" emerges as a smoky ballad of sorts. Although Break Out is a far cry from the Pointer Sisters' earliest intentions, it still charms and pleases. It's a vital part of the early-'80s tapestry, a sonic signpost for the ultimate feel-good generation. ~ Amy Hanson, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Jump (For My Love)
02. Automatic
03. I'm So Excited
04. I Need You
05. Neutron Dance
06. Dance Electric
07. Easy Persuasion
08. Baby Come and Get It
09. Telegraph Your Love
10. Operator

Part 1 (http://lix.in/-32636a) | Part 2 (http://lix.in/-33ea0b)

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RunawayTrane

December 14th, 2008, 02:25 AM

Tony Grey - Chasing Shadows
FUSION | WAV | CUE | LOG | COVERS | 655MB
Abstract Logix 2008

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Tony Grey is among that corps of younger jazz bass players who have known from the beginning that the bass is more than just a member of the rhythm section. Jaco, Clarke, Egan, Hellborg and others had long since paved the way for the use of the bass guitar as lead voice. This paradigm shift has allowed later players to ignore the arbitrary limits put on the bass in the past because they aren't even aware of them. This has enabled a new a generation of players to excel technically and compositionally. If you are unaware of any limitations, you have no boundaries. One such bass player who is perfect for his time is Tony Grey. Aside from his wonderful playing, he is proving to be a composer of great clarity. "Chasing Shadows" features an unusual instrumentation. To envision a harmonica, bass trumpet and electric bass melding together in a composition requires a truly open imagination. All of the musicians perform superbly on the hummable "Chasing Shadows." But the real star is the composition itself. It is a fully formed piece that has both a real jazz feeling and a pop sensibility. That is one hell of a difficult thing to achieve without the music sounding like that brain-cell draining sludge Smooth Jazz. (Pardon me while I gag.) Grey's bass-playing prowess and writing skills look like the making for a very long and fruitful road ahead. ~ Walter Kolosky, Jazz.com

~ TRACKLISTING ~

1. Chasing Shadows
2. Walking in Walking Out
3. Guiding Light
4. No Mans Land
5. Don't Look for Love
6. Peace of Mind
7. Dark Within
8. One of Those Lives
9. Where Does It End

Part 1 (http://lix.in/-3a0f1b) | Part 2 (http://lix.in/-3b95bc) | Part 3 (http://lix.in/-3d1c5d)

RunawayTrane

December 16th, 2008, 01:42 AM

Mandrill - Mandrill
FUNK | FLAC | CUE | ART | 240MB
Polydor 1971

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Mandrill's debut isn't half the album it could've been, since the band's talented musicianship and desire to experiment were often subverted -- by ambitions of pop success as well as a dry, over-serious approach to music-making. The three Wilson brothers, though masters of over a dozen instruments, still hadn't mastered the added burden of songwriting; "Warning Blues" is perfunctory (as is the vocal performance) and "Symphonic Revolution" is a bland summer-day soul song with cloying strings. The group sounds much more confident getting into a good groove and allowing room for some great playing; the band's self-titled song, "Mandrill," is the best here, featuring great solos for flute and vibraphone. Mandrill also loved playing with different musical forms: "Rollin' On" moves from an average rock song to a torrid Latin jam and climaxes with a testifying gospel session. Most ambitious of all is the five-part, 14-minute suite "Peace and Love," but the intriguing concept is negated by a few bizarre pieces, one of which sounds like a parody of a Vincent Price reading over a Santana jam. The band would soon learn that experimentation and stylistic change-ups were a means, not an end. ~ John Bush, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Mandrill
02. Warning Blues
03. Symphonic Revolution
04. Rollin' On
05. Movement I (Birth)
06. Movement II (Now)
07. Movement III (Time)
08. Movement IV (Encounter)
09. Movement V (Beginning)
10. Chutney

*"Peace And Love (Amani Na Mapenzi)" separated into 5 tracks*

Part 1 (http://lix.in/-34288b) | Part 2 (http://lix.in/-35af2c)

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RunawayTrane

December 17th, 2008, 09:07 AM

Had no idea he did music in the 90's and beyond. Damn shame our radio stations couldn't find there way to give him some air time

Isaac Hayes - Branded
R&B | FLAC | CUE | COVERS | 390MB
Point Blank 1995

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With about seven years of downtime on the recording front, Isaac Hayes burst to life again in 1995 with not one but two albums, released simultaneously with cover art that merges together when placed side by side. One was a collection of old demos and new instrumental tracks (Raw and Refined), but the other -- the disc at hand -- was a brand-new package hearkening back to Hayes' old extravagant ways. In a major attempt to restart his commercial engines, Hayes goes so far as to record in his original headquarters, Memphis, gathering around him many old cronies -- most notably his old writing partner from the Sam & Dave days, David Porter, and guitarists Michael Toles and Skip Pitts from the Stax period. Once again, Hayes attempts to transform well-known pop hits into wide-screen spectaculars, and he revisits tunes and ideas from his heyday. In a blatant imitation of the fold-out jacket of the original Black Moses LPs, the CD booklet even folds out in the shape of a cross. Yet there is a noticeable change in emphasis right at the start. "Fragile" begins with a rap that deals not with the usual Hayes topic of love gained or lost, but with a message about preserving the planet, and his treatment of Sting's song has a conga-driven momentum that ranks with many of Hayes' better extended rap/songs of the past. John Sebastian's "Summer in the City" is a tense amalgam of '70s funk and '90s digital synthesizers, a really effective update of the Hayes formula. But Hayes gets down to serious lovemaking business soon enough with new material like "Let Me Love You" and "I'll Do Anything (To Turn You On)." The Porter collaboration, "Thanks to the Fool," is a fine, humorous rap/song that picks up where "I Stand Accused" left off (this time, Ike gets the girl, albeit 25 years later!). The two golden oldies are handled in pointedly different ways. "Soulsville" (from the Shaft soundtrack) is almost unchanged from the original -- itself a comment that little has changed in the ghetto since 1971 -- while Chuck D. grafts a contemporary rap onto "Hyperbolicsyllabicsesquedalymistic" -- which doesn't do much for the tune, but doesn't hurt either. Though it came too late for his heyday, and a bit soon for his comeback on the wings of the cable series South Park, this is actually one of Hayes' best albums -- and it holds up under repeated plays. ~ Richard S. Ginell, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Ike's Plea
02. Life's Mood
03. Fragile
04. Life's Mood II
05. Summer In The City
06. Let Me Love You
07. I'll Do Anything (To Turn You On)
08. Thanks To The Fool
09. Branded
10. Soulsville
11. Hyperbolicsyllabicsesquedalymistic

Part 1 (http://lix.in/-375977) | Part 2 (http://lix.in/-38e018)

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RunawayTrane

December 18th, 2008, 02:58 PM

Lee Morgan - The Last Session
JAZZ | FLAC | CUE | HQ ART | 452MB
Blue Note 1998 (Reissue)

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Lee Morgan's final studio recording before he was murdered was initially released as a two-fer LP, and the original recordings without alternate takes are included here on one CD. This was a fertile creative time for Morgan, as rivals Freddie Hubbard and Woody Shaw were embracing the electrified sounds of the times and Morgan followed suit. Harold Mabern is on the Fender Rhodes piano, tenor saxophonist Billy Harper proves a formidable front-line mate, and the vibrant Bobbi Humphrey is heard on flute before she commercialized her sound. It would be the last creative project Humphrey would involve herself in. Add the exciting trombonist Grachan Moncur III, drummer Freddie Waits, electric bass guitarist Jymie Merritt, and acoustic bassist Reggie Workman, and you have a dream team of unstoppable modern musicians who fully embrace progressive concepts and traditional values at once. One of the most famous compositions in modern jazz, "Croquet Ballet," is here in its initial form, and also available on Harper's Black Saint CD. It's a classic waltz sporting the brightest exuberant and memorable melody molded around a dancing image enhanced by unison and harmonic substance, Humphrey's over the top flute, the bold excursions of Harper, and scintillating solos. Closely following this in terms of enduring jazz are "Capra Black" and "In What Direction Are You Headed?" The former is a heavy and dark modal post-bop magnum opus well known in Harper's repertoire, while the latter has Mabern's perky Rhodes setting the pace in a bright, happy strutting 7/8 and diffuse 4/4, again with the atmospheric flute of Humphrey. "Angela" is led by the introspective bass of Merritt and reflects a sighing emotive motif, while the 17-minute "Inner Passions Out," written by Waits, holds an Arabic feel with the drummer also playing a shenai-sounding recorder. One of the bandmembers (unidentified) on mbira prompts a two-note modal framework from the bass players in an underground-to-free romp stomp. It is unfortunate that the brilliant and forward-thinking Morgan was cut down at such a young age, for as the music was changing, he would have adapted, as this final statement valiantly suggests. ~ Michael G. Nastos, All Music Guide

Cast:
Lee Morgan - Trumpet, Flugelhorn
Frederick Waits - Drums
Reggie Workman - Bass, Percussion
Billy Harper - Flute (Alto), Sax (Tenor)
Bobbi Humphrey - Flute
Harold Mabern - Piano
Jymie Merritt - Bass (Electric)
Grachan Moncur III - Trombone

~ TRACKLISTING ~

1. Capra Black
2. In What Direction Are You Headed?
3. Angela
4. Croquet Ballet
5. Inner Passions Out

Part 1 (http://lix.in/-3a856d) | Part 2 (http://lix.in/-3c0c0e) | Part 3 (http://lix.in/-3d92af)

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RunawayTrane

December 19th, 2008, 12:47 AM

Hank Mobley - Soul Station
JAZZ | FLAC | CUE | LOG | COVERS | 251MB
Blue Note 1999 (Reissue)

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Often overlooked, perhaps because he wasn't a great innovator in jazz but merely a stellar performer, tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley was at the peak of his powers on Soul Station. Recorded with a superstar quartet including Art Blakey on drums, Paul Chambers on bass, and Wynton Kelly on piano, it was the first album since Mobley's 1955 debut to feature him as a leader without any other accompanying horns. The clean, uncomplicated sound that resulted from that grouping helps make it the best among his albums and a peak moment during a particularly strong period in his career. Mobley has no problem running the show here, and he does it without being flashy or burying the strong work of his sidemen. The solidness of his technique means that he can handle material that is occasionally rhythmically intricate, while still maintaining the kind of easy roundness and warmth displayed by the best players of the swing era. Two carefully chosen standards, "Remember" and "If I Should Lose You," help to reinforce that impression by casting an eye back to the classic jazz era. They bookend four Mobley originals that, in contrast, reflect the best of small-group composition with their lightness and tight dynamics. Overall, this is a stellar set from one of the more underrated musicians of the bop era. ~ Stacia Proefrock, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

1. Remember
2. This I Dig Of You
3. Dig Dis
4. Split Feelin's
5. Soul Station
6. If I Should Lose You

Part 1 (http://lix.in/-3c1de8) | Part 2 (http://lix.in/-3da489)

Lineup:
Hank Mobley - Sax
Art Blakey - Drums
Paul Chambers - Bass
Wynton Kelly - Piano

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RunawayTrane

December 19th, 2008, 10:17 AM

Another blog find:

Yellowjackets - Mirage A Trois
FUSION | FLAC | CUE | COVERS | 240MB
Warner Brothers 1983

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Nominated for a Grammy for "Best Jazz Fusion" recording in 1983, much of Mirage À Trois is similar to the Yellowjackets debut album. Most notable on this effort is "Claire's Song", which would anticipate the future of Yellowjackets music with its sequencer and rhythmic elements. The same concept applies for "Goin' Home", a slower, more reflective tune which also happens to be a concert favorite. "Nimbus" also predates the more complex compositions the group would create on later albums, expanding beyond the catch-all "fusion" genre.

~ TRACKLISTING ~

1. Claire's Song
2. Top Secret
3. I Got Rhythm
4. Pass It On
5. Goin' Home
6. The Man in the Moon
7. Elamar
8. Nimbus

Part 1 (http://lix.in/-3790ef) | Part 2 (http://lix.in/-391790)

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RunawayTrane

December 19th, 2008, 11:27 AM

Prince - 1999: The New Master (EP)
ROCK | FLAC | CUE | COVERS | 245MB
NPG 1999

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No review for this one. But I can tell you the reviewers did not like this one. Personally, only heard the first track due to CD damage, but that first track sounded hot. Prince does most of the music, but it includes Rosie Gaines, Doug E. Fresh, Larry Graham and Rosario Dawson

~ TRACKLISTING ~

1. 1999 (The New Master) (7:09)
2. Rosario (1999) (1:19)
3. 1999 (The Inevitable Mix) (5:46)
4. 1999 (Keep Steppin’) (4:33)
5. 1999 (Rosie & Doug E. In A Deep House) (6:23)
6. 1999 (The New Master: Single Edit) (4:30)
7. 1999 (Acapella) (5:11)

Part 1 (http://lix.in/-32ffaa) | Part 2 (http://lix.in/-34864b)

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RunawayTrane

December 20th, 2008, 09:46 AM

Labelle - Back To Now
R&B | FLAC | CUE | COVER | 317MB
Verve 2008

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Given the state of reunion albums, the average rate of success is usually one in ten if that; ergo, Labelle's first offering since 1976's Nightbirds could have been a stone disaster. It's not; in fact, it's far from it. The trio of Nona Hendryx, Patti Labelle, and Sarah Dash assembled a crew of kickin' producers with real pedigrees: Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff, Lenny Kravitz (is there a bigger retro boss?), Kit Lambert and Hendryx. The one nod to the kids (who probably won't get it anyway) is the Wyclef Jean-produced leavin' jam "Rollout," on which he appears (why on earth he felt he needed to place AutoTune on a Labelle record is beyond imagination -- it's irritating to vintage fans). That isn't to say this is a set of old-school sounding production, but more that the updated sound feels more organic and warm, and thank God the disc is not loaded with guest appearances or ham-fisted duets. Some cuts are a little obvious, such as "The Truth Will Set You Free," with its 1970s anthemic socio-political "us" vibe -- but if 2008 isn't the year of African-American empowerment, with Barack Obama being elected the 44th president of the United States, then there isn't one. Better are the drenched-in-strings soul groovers like "Candlelight" that opens the set. When the backing vocals kick in on the chorus and bridge, it's like it's 32 years ago! Yes, really. "Dear Rosa," with Ronnie Drayton on his subtle but funky wah-wah guitar phrasing, sets up a powerful anthemic tribute to Rosa Parks. Add that B-3 and it sends chills. Dexter Wansel arranged "Tears for the World," that features amazing vocal performances even if its lyrics leave a bit to be desired. The closing cut is Cole Porter's "Miss Otis Regrets," produced by Lambert. This is a surprise, because it was actually recorded 38 years ago and features performances by the late Keith Moon on drums and the late Nicky Hopkins on piano! That said, it sounds seamless when juxtaposed with the other tracks on the set. Vocally, this trio hasn't slipped a notch -- particularly Labelle. Indeed Back to Now exceeds expectations and will no doubt satisfy most fans of the trio's fantasies and hopefully -- thanks to the ultra sleek "Rollout" -- hook a few new ones to boot. ~ Thom Jurek, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Candlelight
02. Rollout
03. Superlover
04. System
05. The Truth Will Set You Free
06. Without You in My Life
07. Tears for the World
08. Dear Rosa
09. How Long
10. Miss Otis Regrets

Part 1 (http://lix.in/-349faf) | Part 2 (http://lix.in/-362650)

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RunawayTrane

December 21st, 2008, 10:05 PM

Acoustic Alchemy - Against The Grain
JAZZ | FLAC | CUE | 600DPI | 360MB
GRP 1994

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By the time of Against the Grain, Acoustic Alchemy's albums had become rather indistinguishable from each other. All of the records contained fine moments, but their gentle, lilting music began sounding a little formulaic. Nevertheless, that doesn't make Against the Grain a bad album — just not a particularly noteworthy one. ~ Sara Sytsma, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Against the Grain
02. Lazeez
03. A Different Kind of Freedom
04. Lady Lynda
05. Road Dogs
06. Shoot the Loop
07. Across the Golden Gate
08. Papillon
09. Silent Partner
10. Nouveau Tango

Part 1 (http://lix.in/-3c6db6) | Part 2 (http://lix.in/-3df457)

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RunawayTrane

December 23rd, 2008, 02:40 AM

Peter Tosh - Scrolls of The Prophet
REGGAE | WAV | CUE | LOG | HQ ART | 72:46
Sony/BMG 1999

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Scrolls of the Prophet is the first single-disc Tosh best-of to contain tracks from his Columbia, Rolling Stones, and EMI albums. Since the set originates with Columbia, the material from the other two labels is limited; there are five tracks from Equal Rights and four from Legalize It, with two from Bush Doctor and one from Wanted Dread & Alive, plus three rare or previously unreleased tracks. But the bulk of Tosh's most memorable tracks appeared on those first two Columbia albums, including his solo remake of the Wailers song "Get Up, Stand Up" and "Stepping Razor," "Equal Rights," and "Legalize It." Tosh was intense and directed, but not prolific. His tunes are sometimes borrowed; "Downpressor Man" is a rewrite of the folk-gospel tune "Oh Sinner Man." His themes are also repetitive, as the sequencing here -- which follows "Legalize It," his ode to the legalization of marijuana extolling the drug's medicinal qualities, with "Bush Doctor," a song that bears much the same message -- tends to emphasize. Nevertheless, he managed a surprising variety within the sometimes constricted reggae form, speeding things up on his hit remake of the Temptations' "Walk and Don't Look Back" (a duet with Mick Jagger) and slowing them down for the ballad "Fools Die," which has a haunting flute line. ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Get Up, Stand Up
02. Stepping Razor
03. Downpresser
04. Equal Rights
05. (You Gotta Walk) Don't Look Back
06. African
07. Legalize It
08. Bush Doctor
09. Igziabeher (Let Jah Be Praised)
10. Fools Die
11. Mystery Babylon
12. Ketchy Shuby
13. Till Your Well Runs Dry
14. One Love
15. Get Up, Stand Up (Acoustic, Live)

Part 1 (http://lix.in/-3c8558) | Part 2 (http://lix.in/-3e0bf9) | Part 3 (http://lix.in/-3f929a)

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RunawayTrane

December 23rd, 2008, 10:14 AM

Boz Scaggs - Middle Man
SOFTROCK | APE | CUE | COVERS | 270MB
Columbia 1980

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1980's Middle Man was Boz Scaggs' last album for Columbia before an eight-year self-imposed sabbatical. Scaggs nonetheless caps off the decade with equal nods to his '70s hitmaking formulas and the newer, shinier production techniques of the coming decade. The synthesizer rocker "Angel You" and the title track are given the full in-vogue androgynous (i.e., Hall & Oates) treatment, while the opener "Jo Jo" and "Simone" are pages taken from his Here's the Low Down-era grooves that wedded soulful vocals against a flurry of jazz changes. His penchant for the ballad is explored on "You Can Have Me Any Time" and "Isn't It Time," while his seldom-seen rockier side comes up for air on the bluesy "Breakdown Dead Ahead" and "You Got Some Imagination," both featuring stinging guitar from Steve Lukather. Not his best album, but a very timely one. ~ Cub Koda, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

1. Jojo
2. Breakdown Dead Ahead
3. Simone
4. You Can Have Me Anytime
5. Middle Man
6. Do Like You Do in New York
7. Angel You
8. Isn't It Time
9. You Got Some Imagination

Part 1 (http://lix.in/-37f9c7) | Part 2 (http://lix.in/-398068)

pw=lisalisa

RunawayTrane

December 24th, 2008, 04:21 AM

Prince - N.E.W.S.
JAZZ | FLAC | CUE | COVERS | 328 MBS
NPG 2003

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Another instrumental fan club release, and this one really sounds like a Madhouse record, with Leeds on sax, Prince mostly on lead guitar, and the tunes verging between midtempo funk and soft mood music (the interminable second half of "South"). The disc is organized into four fourteen-minute tracks, but except for "North," each track is made up of several unconnected sections: "East" starts as a drum solo, shifts to a funk dirge with Prince repeating a three-note riff, then breaks into fast James Brown-style R&B for a few minutes before an impressionistic, gossamer denouement. Which would be great if the individual sections were up to Prince's standard, but they're just undistinguished vamps: the middle section of "West" is probably the high point, and even that's no more than a solid groove. The featured soloists - Leeds and Prince - don't play anything we haven't heard from them before, so though Renato Neto plays some exceptionally delicate keyboards ("West"), the disc is less interesting and no more entertaining than Xpectation. ~ David Bertrand Wilson, Warr.org

~ TRACKLISTING ~

1. North
2. East
3. West
4. South

Part 1 (http://lix.in/-2a11dc) | Part 2 (http://lix.in/-2b987d) | Part 3 (http://lix.in/-2d1f1e) | Part 4 (http://lix.in/-2ea5bf)

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RunawayTrane

December 24th, 2008, 01:37 PM

Nnenna Freelon - Maiden Voyage
VOCAL | APE | CUE | COVERS | 388MB
Concord Jazz 1998

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Nnenna Freelon's fifth CD should establish her as one of the top jazz singers of the 1990s. Rather than stick to typical jazz standards, she explore women's songs (or at least lyrics) from many fields of music. Her compelling interpretation of the title track, with its infrequently heard lyric by Mrs. Herbie Hancock, is followed by a hypnotic original lyric written by Freelon for Marian McPartland's "Threnody," titled "Sepia Wing" in its vocal incarnation. One of the more unusual songs selected is folk singer Buffy Saint-Marie's "Until It's Time for You to Go"; Freelon drastically rearranged this tune by changing the melody line and adding an uptempo vamp, and Bob Mintzer's soprano sax accents are also a nice touch. The moody lament written by the late Laura Nyro, "Buy and Sell," is also an intriguing chart by the singer. Of course, she's no slouch with standard Broadway fare either, as her lively duet with guitarist Joe Beck proves. ~ Ken Dryden, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Come Into My Life
02. Four Women
03. Maiden Voyage
04. Buy And Sell
05. Future News Blues
06. Until It's Time For You To Go
07. Women Be Wise
08. Sepia Wing
09. Pick Yourself Up
10. I Won't Dance
11. Inside A Silent Tear
12. Sing Me Down

Part 1 (http://lix.in/-3381be) | Part 2 (http://lix.in/-35085f)

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RunawayTrane

December 25th, 2008, 10:01 AM

Got this more than a year ago. Not really into the Christmas music
but the timing was pretty good to share this with y'all.
Finally listened to it this morning and it really is quite good

Merry Christmas to the entire Synciti family and especially to the
family of Librarians:

DaDirtyDJ
Blaq
Mr. Disco
MaccaM
BenQ

Thank you for all the work you put into building this thread.
All the best!!!!! You guys are the greatest!!

Fourplay - Snowbound
JAZZ | FLAC | CUE | LOG | COVERS | 322MB
Warner Brothers 1998

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Fourplay's first Christmas album Snowbound features traditional and contemporary holiday songs, all performed in the supergroup's popular smooth jazz style. Their renditions of "Angels We Have Heard on High," "Away in a Manger," "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town," and "The Christmas Song" -- which also features vocals by Eric Benet -- combine the best of Fourplay's style with vibrant holiday spirit. ~ Heather Phares, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Angels We Have Heard on High
02. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
03. Snowbound
04. The Christmas Song
05. The Ivy Variations
06. River
07. Amazing Grace
08. Christmas Time Is Here
09. Santa Claus Is Coming to Town
10. Away in a Manger
11. Merry Little Stroll
12. Auld Lang Syne

Part 1 (http://lix.in/-339578) | Part 2 (http://lix.in/-351c19)

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RunawayTrane

December 26th, 2008, 10:34 AM

Mastercuts Funk Divas (Disc 1)
R&B | WAV | CUE | LOG | COVERS | 357MB
Mastercuts 2005

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Not as riddled with abysmal re-recordings and poor-sounding live versions as some of the other compilations released by Mastercuts in 2005, Mastercuts: Funk Divas is a three-disc set that should come in handy for listeners who don't consider themselves experts of soul and funk from the '60s through the early '80s, but want to dig beyond the obvious classics. It's annoying that only 30 tracks are spread across the three discs (everything would've fit comfortably on two discs), but there's a decent if arbitrary assortment. A couple particularly notable inclusions: Material's "Take Care," featuring a pre-fame (and therefore pre-"Crack is wack!") Whitney Houston, and Ethel Beatty's "I Know You Care," an excellent (if hyper-repetitive) B-side from Roy Ayers' Uno Melodic label. ~ Andy Kellman, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Material (Featuring Whitney Houston) - Memories
02. Ann Sexton - You’re Losing Me
03. Linda Clifford - If My Friends Could See Me Know
04. Ike & Tina Turner - Use Me
05. Betty Harris - There’s A Break In The Road
06. Staple Singers - Funky Love
07. Mavis Staples - Chocolate City
08. Irma Thomas - Lady Marmalade
09. The Fascinations - Girls Are Out To Get You
10. Jean Knight - Jessie Joe

Part 1 (http://lix.in/-3e5c67) | Part 2 (http://lix.in/-3fe308)

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RunawayTrane

December 27th, 2008, 01:13 AM

(Kool Keith) The Return Of Dr. Octagon
RAP | WAV | CUE | LOG | HQ ART | 388MB
OCD International 2006

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Despite rumors that one of the few MCs to have taken the Hippocratic Oath had met his demise (in the opening track on the 1999 Dr. Dooom -- another Kool Keith creation -- album First Come, First Served), Dr. Octagon was, in fact, alive and though the actual events were unclear (they always are with aliens), while the Doctor was away, his unauthorized clones began moving throughout the galaxy with the purpose of destroying each world in it. (This entire story was revealed in an eight-episode online comic that marked the eight weeks prior to the release of the new album.) The clones were apparently controlled by a giant gorilla with malicious intentions, and it was only a matter of time until his pursuit to obliterate the universe and Dr. Octagon led him to our own planet. Simultaneously, but equally as grave, Earth's inhabitants were systematically destroying themselves with bad music. We desperately needed a savior! Luckily, not only was Dr. Octagon ready and willing, but this time -- unlike in Dr. Octagonecologyst, when the MC's concern was more on the "health" of the female body -- The Return of Dr. Octagon finds someone who's matured somewhat, whose focus has broadened, and who's truly worried about the state of humankind, both physically and musically; in short, someone who could truly save the world.What propels Dr. Octagon and his new album to the ranks of superhero isn't just the MC's new topical focus. It's the beats. Dr. Octagonecologyst showcased the sparse, slightly eerie work of Dan the Automator, leading to numerous collaborations and projects for the producer, and though assuredly Mr. Nakamura would have done a fantastic job again, Keith went with the three-man team One Watt Sun, who truly make the album erupt in crackling, electrified explosions of keyboards, processed guitars, horns, and turntables, knocking politely and then shoving its way into pop, dirty blues, rock, and R&B. There are few samples -- much is produced organically -- and the themes twist through and out of each other like dervishes wildly reaching some kind of esoteric, exalted spiritual plane. Lyrically, the album is as creative and innovative as what you would expect from someone who wrote a song called "Halfsharkalligatorhalfman," and it generally sticks to the motives for Dr. Octagon's return as the songs' themes. There are aliens, of course, like in "A Gorilla Driving a Pick-Up Truck," where electrified dusty blues licks blow like thunderclouds across the plains and Dr. Octagon's low, breathy voice tells the bizarre story of being chased by a huge primate and attempting to ward it off, but there are also as many, if not more, songs about man's own behavior toward himself and his environment. "Using material for Christmas, papers get printed/Trees may get extinct like the elephants," he says in "Trees," and though here listeners may just have to trust his abilities as an oracle, there's something about the way he says it that makes it seem absolutely believable. The Return of Dr. Octagon doesn't always make a lot of sense, but that's the beauty of it. It's a kind of concept album that concentrates more on the actual overall sound than the concepts. Its elements are all on the very edge of control, which is both exhilarating and terrifying at the same time; if it works, it could bring us to where we've never been, protect us from what may be, but if it fails, it could kill us all. And though perhaps we may have to wait for a new album to see if the gorilla wins in the end, for the moment it seems as if we're safe. ~ Marisa Brown, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Our Operators Are Masturbating
02. Trees
03. Aliens
04. Ants
05. Don't Worry MZ Pop Music
06. Perfect World
07. The Turtle Skit
08. Al Green
09. A Gorilla Driving a Pick-Up Truck
10. Got Any Kids?
11. Doctor Octagon
12. It's the Morning
13. Jumpstart
14. Eat It

Part 1 (http://lix.in/-33bd8c) | Part 2 (http://lix.in/-35442d)

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Blaq

December 27th, 2008, 02:24 AM

Labelle - Back To Now
R&B | FLAC | CUE | COVER | 317MB
Verve 2008

Nice drop, Run. I wanted to check this out. Thanks!

Blaq

December 27th, 2008, 02:31 AM

Merry Christmas to the entire Synciti family and especially to the
family of Librarians:

DaDirtyDJ
Blaq
Mr. Disco
MaccaM
BenQ

Thank you for all the work you put into building this thread.
All the best!!!!! You guys are the greatest!!

Co-sign, Run. Happy Holidays!

Blaq

December 27th, 2008, 02:56 AM

Marvin Gaye
Let's Get It On
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist

1. Let's Get It On
2. Please Stay (Once You Go Away)
3. If I Should Die Tonight
4. Keep Gettin' It On
5. Come Get To This
6. Distant Lover
7. You Sure Love To Ball
8. Just To Keep You Satisfied

WAV
321MB

Part 1: http://rapidshare.com/files/177167258/Marvin_G_LGIO_Blaq_WAV.part1.rar
Part 2: http://rapidshare.com/files/177161715/Marvin_G_LGIO_Blaq_WAV.part2.rar

PASS: BLAQ_SYNCITI.NET

Review

After brilliantly surveying the social, political, and spiritual landscape with What's Going On, Marvin Gaye turned to more intimate matters with Let's Get It On, a record unparalleled in its sheer sensuality and carnal energy. Always a sexually charged performer, Gaye's passions reach their boiling point on tracks like the magnificent title hit (a number one smash) and "You Sure Love to Ball"; silky and shimmering, the music is seductive in the most literal sense, its fluid grooves so perfectly designed for romance as to border on parody. With each performance laced with innuendo, each lyric a come-on, and each rhythm throbbing with lust, perhaps no other record has ever achieved the kind of sheer erotic force of Let's Get It On, and it remains the blueprint for all of the slow jams to follow decades later -- much copied, but never imitated.

All Music Guide, Jason Ankeny

RunawayTrane

December 27th, 2008, 11:28 AM

One of my favorite jazzfunk albums

Marcus Miller - Silver Rain
JAZZ | FLAC | CUE | LOG | 454MB | SCANS | 75:30
Koch 2005

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Marcus Miller is foremost known as a Grammy-winning bass player, but as he proves on Silver Rain, Miller is equally formidable as an arranger. Taking songs from a disparate mix of artists that includes Stevie Wonder, Duke Ellington, Jimi Hendrix, Edgar Winter, Beethoven and Prince, Miller’s skills are in almost embarrassing abundance here. On Edgar Winter’s 70s rock jam "Frankenstein", his band (including the likes of Kirk Whalum on tenor and Kenny Garret on alto) flat out wails, but Miller’s slapping bass keeps the groove completely locked down. In contrast, his take on Beethoven’s "Moonlight Sonata" sets the stage for Miller’s mellow-groove skills while the cover of Stevie Wonder’s "Boogie On Reggae a Woman" is Miller at his intricate, funky best. On Prince’s "Girls & Boys", Macy Gray adds her swooping, sensual vocals while Eric Clapton sits in on the title track. Clocking in at around 75 minutes, this CD is full to bursting, but what’s striking here is not the quantity, but the quality. Miller is able to effortlessly make this material his own; moreover he is able to take an impossibly diverse set of songs and construct an album with real cohesion and flow. There is a lot happening on this album, as multi-instrumentalist Miller swaps instruments, moods and musicians from tune to tune, to his credit, however, he never loses the trail. The result is an extremely enjoyable album and an apt platform for Miller’s many, many talents. --Steve Duda Amazon.com

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Intro Duction
02. Bruce Lee
03. Villette
04. Behind the Smile
05. Frankenstein
06. Moonlight Sonata
07. Boogie on Reggae Woman
08. Paris (Interlude)
09. Silver Rain
10. Make up My Mind
11. Girls et Boys
12. Sophisticated Lady
13. Power of Soul
14. Outro Duction
15. If Only for One Night

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Blaq

December 27th, 2008, 01:01 PM

Marvin Gaye
What's Going On
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist

1. What's Going On
2. What's Happening Brother
3. Flyin' High (In the Friendly Sky)
4. Save the Children
5. God Is Love
6. Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)
7. Right On
8. Wholy Holy
9. Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)

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Review

What's Going On is not only Marvin Gaye's masterpiece, it's the most important and passionate record to come out of soul music, delivered by one of its finest voices, a man finally free to speak his mind and so move from R&B sex symbol to true recording artist. With What's Going On, Gaye meditated on what had happened to the American dream of the past — as it related to urban decay, environmental woes, military turbulence, police brutality, unemployment, and poverty. These feelings had been bubbling up between 1967 and 1970, during which he felt increasingly caged by Motown's behind-the-times hit machine and restrained from expressing himself seriously through his music. Finally, late in 1970, Gaye decided to record a song that the Four Tops' Obie Benson had brought him, "What's Going On." When Berry Gordy decided not to issue the single, deeming it uncommercial, Gaye refused to record any more material until he relented. Confirmed by its tremendous commercial success in January 1971, he recorded the rest of the album over ten days in March, and Motown released it in late May. Besides cementing Marvin Gaye as one of the most important artists in pop music, What's Going On was far and away the best full-length to issue from the singles-dominated Motown factory, and arguably the best soul album of all time.

Conceived as a statement from the viewpoint of a Vietnam veteran (Gaye's brother Frankie had returned from a three-year hitch in 1967), What's Going On isn't just the question of a baffled soldier returning home to a strange place, but a promise that listeners would be informed by what they heard (that missing question mark in the title certainly wasn't a typo). Instead of releasing listeners from their troubles, as so many of his singles had in the past, Gaye used the album to reflect on the climate of the early '70s, rife with civil unrest, drug abuse, abandoned children, and the spectre of riots in the near past. Alternately depressed and hopeful, angry and jubilant, Gaye saved the most sublime, deeply inspired performances of his career for "Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)," "Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)," and "Save the Children." The songs and performances, however, furnished only half of a revolution; little could've been accomplished with the Motown sound of previous Marvin Gaye hits like "Stubborn Kind of Fellow" and "Hitch Hike" or even "I Heard It Through the Grapevine." What's Going On, as he conceived and produced it, was like no other record heard before it: languid, dark, and jazzy, a series of relaxed grooves with a heavy bottom, filled by thick basslines along with bongos, conga, and other percussion. Fortunately, this aesthetic fit in perfectly with the style of longtime Motown session men like bassist James Jamerson and guitarist Joe Messina. When the Funk Brothers were, for once, allowed the opportunity to work in relaxed, open proceedings, they produced the best work of their careers (and indeed, they recognized its importance before any of the Motown executives). Jamerson's playing on "Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)" functions as the low-end foundation but also its melodic hook, while an improvisatory jam by Eli Fountain on alto sax furnished the album's opening flourish. (Much credit goes to Gaye himself for seizing on these often tossed-off lines as precious; indeed, he spent more time down in the Snakepit than he did in the control room.) Just as he'd hoped it would be, What's Going On was Marvin Gaye's masterwork, the most perfect expression of an artist's hope, anger, and concern ever recorded.

All Music Guide, John Bush

Blaq

December 28th, 2008, 04:20 AM

Stevie Wonder
At The Close Of A Century
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklisting

Disc One

1. Fingertips Pts. 1 & 2
2. Uptight (Everything's Alright)
3. Nothing's Too Good For My Baby
4. Blowin' In The Wind
5. A Place In The Sun
6. Hey Love
7. I Was Made To Love Her
8. Until You Come Back To Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)
9. I'm Wondering
10. Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day
11. You Met Your Match
12. For Once In My Life
13. I Don't Know Why
14. My Cherie Amour
15. Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday
16. Never Had A Dream Come True
17. Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I'm Yours)
18. Heaven Help Us All
19. We Can Work It Out
20. If You Really Love Me
21. Never Dreamed You'd Leave In Summer
22. Superwoman (Where Were You When I Needed You)
23. I Love Every Little Thing About You

Disc Two

1. Superstition
2. You Are The Sunshine Of My Life
3. You And I
4. I Believe (When I Fall In Love It Will Be Forever)
5. Too High
6. Visions
7. Living For The City
8. Golden Lady
9. Higher Ground
10. All In Love Is Fair
11. Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing
12. He's Misstra Know-It-All
13. You Haven't Done Nothin'
14. Heaven Is 10 Zillion Light Years Away
15. Too Shy To Say
16. Boogie On Reggae Woman
17. Creepin'

Disc Three

1. Sir Duke
2. I Wish
3. Knocks Me Off My Feet
4. Pastime Paradise
5. Isn't She Lovely
6. Ngiculela-Es Una Historia-I Am Singing
7. If It's Magic
8. As
9. Another Star
10. Send One Your Love
11. All I Do
12. Rocket Love
13. I Ain't Gonna Stand For It
14. Master Blaster (Jammin')
15. Lately
16. Happy Birthday

Disc Four

1. That Girl
2. Ribbon In The Sky
3. Do I Do
4. Love Light In Flight
5. I Just Called To Say I Love You
6. Overjoyed
7. Part-Time Lover
8. Go Home
9. You Will Know
10. Skeletons
11. Gotta Have You
12. These Three Words
13. For Your Love
14. How Come, How Long

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Review

He's been called one of the most influential performers and songwriters of the century, but until 1999 Stevie Wonder didn't even have a box set to call his own. Such was the reissue campaign at Motown that, until very recently, some of the best pop music of the '60s sounded poorer in reissue form than when it was first played on AM radio. In 1996, the long-awaited Stevie Wonder digital-age hits package Song Review reached the shelves, but it didn't even follow compilation etiquette (that is, chronological order). Finally, At the Close of a Century made everything right — complete with digital remastering, near-perfect sound, complete coverage of his epic career, an attractive design, and copious liner notes and pictures. The box, a four-disc set spanning 1962 to 1996, debuts with "Fingertips, Pts. 1 & 2," the long-unheard seven-minute version of his first hit. The first disc includes every hit that fans can remember, including great-sounding versions of "Uptight (Everything's Alright)" and "Hey Love," plus plenty of moderate hits they may not remember, like his definitive cover of the Beatles' "We Can Work It Out." Disc two features more than a dozen of his biggest hits, including "Superstition," "You Are the Sunshine of My Life," "Living for the City," "Higher Ground," and "Boogie On Reggae Woman." Disc three begins with no less than nine tracks from Songs in the Key of Life, his standout double album from 1976. Right into the '80s and '90s, Stevie Wonder remained at the top of the charts, with hits like "Rocket Love," "Master Blaster (Jammin')," "Happy Birthday," "I Just Called to Say I Love You," and "Part-Time Lover." It took far too long, but Motown finally issued a box set worthy of Stevie Wonder's continuing artistry.

All Music Guide, John Bush

RunawayTrane

December 28th, 2008, 10:20 AM

^^^Incredible post^^^
:surprised-004:

If I didn't have all Stevie's albums already, I'd be all over this one

RunawayTrane

December 28th, 2008, 01:08 PM

George Michael - Faith
POP | WAV | CUE | LOG | HQ ART | 666MB
Columbia 1987

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A superbly crafted mainstream pop/rock masterpiece, Faith made George Michael an international solo star, selling over ten million copies in the U.S. alone as of 2000. Perhaps even more impressively, it also made him the first white solo artist to hit number one on the R&B album charts. Michael had already proven the soulful power of his pipes by singing a duet with Aretha Franklin on the 1987 smash "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)," but he went even farther when it came to crafting his own material, using sophisticated '70s soul as an indispensable part of his foundation. Of course, it's only a part. Faith's ingenuity lies in the way it straddles pop, adult contemporary, R&B, and dance music as though there were no distinctions between them. In addition to his basic repertoire of funky dance-pop and airy, shimmering ballads, Michael appropriates the Bo Diddley beat for the rockabilly-tinged title track, and proves himself a better-than-decent torch singer on the cocktail jazz of "Kissing a Fool." Michael arranged and produced the album himself, and the familiarity of many of these songs can obscure his skills in those departments -- close listening reveals his knack for shifting elements in and out of the mix and adding subtle embellishments when a little emphasis or variety is needed. Though Faith couldn't completely shake Michael's bubblegum image in some quarters, the album's themes were decidedly adult. "I Want Your Sex" was the most notorious example, of course, but even the love songs were strikingly personal and mature, grappling with complex adult desires and scarred by past heartbreak. All of it adds up to one of the finest pop albums of the '80s, setting a high-water mark that Michael was only able to reach in isolated moments afterward. ~ Steve Huey, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Faith
02. Father Figure
03. I Want Your Sex, Pts. 1 & 2
04. One More Try
05. Hard Day
06. Hand to Mouth
07. Look at Your Hands
08. Monkey
09. Kissing a Fool
10. Hard Day [Shep Pettibone Remix]
11. A Last Request

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Blaq

December 28th, 2008, 06:57 PM

The Isley Brothers
Eternal
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Tracklist

1. Move Your Body
2. Contagious
3. Warm Summer Nights
4. You Deserve Better
5. Just Like This
6. Secret Lover
7. You're All I Need
8. Settle Down
9. Eternal
10. If You Leave Me Now
11. Said Enough
12. You Didn't See Me
13. Ernie's Jam
14. Think

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Review

Within seconds of listening to "Move Your Body," the opener to Eternal, the latest by the Isley Brothers, audiences will easily agree — the forefathers of boudoir faire still have it. Forty years in the business have not chiseled away at the talented brothers: Ronald Isley's falsetto is unwavering and remains inimitable in 2001, when the R&B market is saturated. Ernie Isley soars on guitar — "Ernie's Jam" showcases the brother playing soulful and tasty solos, à la Jimi Hendrix — adding further sexiness to this already sensual disc. Cheaters are blatantly busted on the slithering "Contagious," where the rogue-lover is caught in the act. The words coming from the jilted are so vivid and painful. Ronald specifically describes walking toward the bedroom, hearing his lover crying out someone else's name. Ouch. While it's all about sex and pleasing a lover on the arousing "Just Like This," the disc is not just skin on skin. The album poignantly explores commitment on such romantic slow jams as "You're All I Need," "Settle Down," and the title track. An impressive roster of collaborators — writers, performers, and producers — grace Eternal and they span old-school and modern R&B players such as R. Kelly, Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis, and Jill Scott. There is nothing groundbreaking on this recording, however, the longtime R&B legends prove they're still very much worth their salt and can keep up very well with the Joneses. Indeed, the Isley Brothers are eternal.

All Music Guide, Liana Jonas

Blaq

December 28th, 2008, 07:04 PM

^^^Incredible post^^^
:surprised-004:

If I didn't have all Stevie's albums already, I'd be all over this one

You can appreciate when they do a box set correctly. This one falls within that category. I like to put all four discs in the changer and just go through it. The sound is great. I would say it's in my top 5 as far as box sets go.

George Michael - Faith
POP | WAV | CUE | LOG | HQ ART | 666MB
Columbia 1987

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Nice drop here, RS. I wasn't into WHAM!, but I did like a couple of cuts. This seemed more on the R&B side which made it better imo.

Blaq

December 29th, 2008, 01:40 AM

The Intruders
The Best Of The Intruders: Cowboys To Girls
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist

1. A Love That's Real
2. Cowboys To Girls
3. Together
4. (We'll Be) United
5. (Love Is Like A) Baseball Game
6. Slow Drag
7. Sad Girl
8. Me Tarzan, You Jane
9. When We Get Married
10. Friends No More
11. (Win, Place Or Show) She's A Winner
12. Mother And Child Reunion
13. I'll Always Love My Mama
14. I Wanna Know Your Name
15. Teardrops
16. Hang On In There
17. A Nice Girl Like You
18. Plain Ol' Fashioned Girl
19. To Be Happy Is The Real Thing
20. Save The Children

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Review

The prototype for Gamble & Huff's classic Philly soul groups of the early '70s, the Intruders didn't spend much time in the pop Top 40 — especially compared to heavy-hitters like the O'Jays or Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes — but their smooth performances and Gamble & Huff's strong arrangements usually triumphed over the occasional novelty-ridden nature of their songs. The title track, "Cowboys to Girls," isn't a novelty by any means; it's one of the paragons of soul music, a delicious blend of subtle strings, punchy brass, and crystal harmonies from the group, with Samuel "Little Sonny" Brown's strong lead keeping it all together. The follow-up (and their only other Top 40 hit), "(Love Is Like A) Baseball Game," was a novelty, but a good one, as were the R&B hits "A Love That's Real" and "(Win, Place or Show) She's a Winner." At 20 tracks, Cowboys to Girls: The Best of the Intruders has room for all the Intruders' hits, including a few engaging latter-day entries like 1969's "Sad Girl" and 1970's "When We Get Married" (the latter during Bobby Starr's brief tenure at the head of the group).

All Music Guide, John Bush

RunawayTrane

December 29th, 2008, 01:26 PM

Irma Thomas - After The Rain
BLUES | WAV | CUE | LOG | 556MB | 49:25
Rounder 2006

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A rumor circulated after Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast at the close of summer in 2005 that Louisiana soul great Irma Thomas was one of the missing. The rumor, fortunately, turned out to be false -- she was gigging at the time in Austin -- but Thomas' New Orleans home was completely destroyed. The shadow of Katrina hangs large over After the Rain, Thomas' first new album in six years, and several of the songs take on an added poignancy because of the tragedy, most tellingly the cover of Arthur Alexander's "In the Middle of It All" which opens this set and a stunning version of the traditional blues spiritual "Another Man Done Gone" with its telling line "another storm has come." It would be easy to call this album Thomas' response to the devastation, and to a great extent it is, but except for "Another Man Done Gone," all of the songs here were chosen for the recording sessions well before Katrina developed. Coincidence or not, though, the dominant image in these tracks is one of rain, of storms washing things away, and Thomas gives each song a kind of elegant resignation with her low-key vocal approach, until the whole album seems like one long whispered effort to recapture hope in the future. Storms wash things away, often things we dearly love, Thomas seems to be saying, and here is what we're left with, ourselves and our need to believe that there's a reason for all of the pain we're forced to carry. Mostly muted and acoustic, After the Rain cautiously stretches out like a slow train pulling away from the platform, and tracks like "Another Man Done Gone," the old blues nugget "Make Me a Pallet on Your Floor," and a stripped-down (just acoustic guitar, banjo, and percussion) version of Blind Willie Johnson's blues gospel classic "Soul of a Man" all share a certain restless searching for answers. Maybe there aren't any answers. Another storm has come. Not everything can be washed away. That, at least, is something to cling to, and After the Rain, in the end, is gently hopeful. ~ Steve Leggett, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. In the Middle of It All
02. Flowers
03. I Count the Tears
04. Make Me a Pallet on Your Floor
05. I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free
06. If You Knew How Much
07. Another Man Done Gone
08. Till I Can't Take It Anymore
09. These Honey Dos
10. Another Lonely Heart
11. Soul of a Man
12. Stone Survivor
13. Shelter in the Rain

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December 30th, 2008, 11:25 AM

Johnny "Guitar" Watson - Space Guitar
BLUES | FLAC | CUE | LOG | SCANS | 250MB
Proper 2006 (Remastered)

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"The Proper Introduction to Johnny "Guitar" Watson and His Space Guitar" is indeed an introduction to Watson's early years, long before he became a funk master. The 18 cuts on this set are mainly from the 1950s, when Watson was a blues and R&B kingpin burning up the soul circuit and the jukeboxes in the South and up into Chicago. He came out of the Joe Turner tradition on the one hand, and the great T-Bone Walker Texas blues heritage on the other. This set is close in proximity to the Varese Sarabande collection that was issued with a similar name in 2004, but the Proper set has better notes and some better selections, such as "Motor Head Baby." The music, from "Highway 60" through to "Half Pint-A-Whiskey" and the title cut, and all the way down to his badass strolling rocker "Those Lonely Nights," offer a glimpse of the direction he would go in, but he's still far from the Gangster of Love image he would project during the funk years.

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. No I Can't
02. Motor Head Baby
03. Highway 60
04. Sad Fool
05. I Got Eyes
06. What's Going On
07. Walkin' to My Baby
08. Thinking
09. Space Guitar
10. Half Pint-A-Whiskey
11. Gettin' Drunk
12. You Can't Take It With You
13. Hot Little Mama
14. I Love to Love You
15. Too Tired
16. Don't Touch Me
17. Those Lonely, Lonely Nights
18. Someone Cares for Me

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December 30th, 2008, 12:11 PM

Bomfunk MCs - In Stereo
RAP | APE | CUE | LOG | COVERS | 337MB
Sony 1999

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Timing couldn't have been better for Bomfunk. The late '90s were good times for both Finnish electronic and hip-hop music, and when Bomfunk combines them both, the success is surely on their side. Even that In Stereo gained loads of popularity and it stayed long at the Finnish album chart, it cannot be the best shot from this innovative duo. In Stereo contains many songs with a vast amount of potential, but as a whole it kind of fails. There are many tracks that could be easily considered as fillings. The first half of In Stereo is mostly just what you can expect from Bomfunk, but listening to the rest of the album, it seems that they've totally run of ideas. Also, producer Jaakko Salovaara's effect is too obvious on some tracks; "1,2,3,4," "Stir Up the Bass," and "Rock, Rocking tha Spot" resemble way too much of JS16's monotone house music. That is not, naturally, such a bad thing, but JS16's music lacks diversity and differs too much of Bomfunk's fusion. As a result, In Stereo both succeeds and fails. It's out of question that Bomfunk's effect on Finnish dance music wouldn't be considerable; hit songs such as "B-Boys & Flygirls" and "Freestyler" prove that Bomfunk MC's will have a glorious future, if they just keep on working on their own thing. ~ Antti J. Ravelin, All Music Guide

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

01. Uprocking Beats
02. Other Emcee's
03. B-Boys and Flygirls
04. Freestyler
05. Rocking, Just to Make Ya Move
06. Sky's the Limit
07. Stir Up the Bass
08. Fashion Styley
09. 1, 2, 3, 4
10. Rock, Rocking Tha Spot
11. In Stereo
12. Spoken Word

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December 30th, 2008, 02:13 PM

Bobby "Blue" Bland - Two Steps From The Blues
BLUES | FLAC | CUE | LOG | 300DPI | 178MB
MCA 1973

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Without a doubt, Two Steps From the Blues is the definitive Bobby "Blue" Bland album and one of the great records in electric blues and soul-blues. In fact, it's one of the key albums in modern blues, marking a turning point when juke joint blues were seamlessly blended with gospel and Southern soul, creating a distinctly Southern sound where all of these styles blended so thoroughly it was impossible to tell where one began and one ended. Given his Memphis background, Bobby "Blue" Bland was perfectly suited for this kind of amalgam as envisioned by producer/arranger Joe Scott, who crafted these wailing horn arrangements that sounded as impassioned as Bland's full-throated, anguished vocals. It helped, of course, that the songs were uniformly brilliant. Primarily from the pen of Deadric Malone, along with Duke head Don Robey and Scott (among others), these are the tunes that form the core of Bobby "Blue" Bland's legend and the foundation of soul-blues: "Two Steps From the Blues," "I Don't Want No Woman," "Cry, Cry, Cry," "I'm Not Ashamed," "Lead Me On," "Little Boy Blue" -- songs so good they overshadow standards like "St. James Infirmary." These are songs that blur the division between Ray Charles soul and Chess blues, opening the doors for numerous soul and blues sounds, from Muscle Shoals and Stax through the modern-day soul-bluesman. Since this, like many blues albums from the late '50s/early '60s, was a collection of singles, it's possible to find the key tracks, even the entire album, on the numerous Bobby "Blue" Bland collections released over the years, but this remains an excellent, essential blues album on its own terms -- one of the greatest ever released. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Two Steps From the Blues
02. Cry Cry Cry
03. I'm Not Ashamed
04. Don't Cry No More
05. Lead Me On
06. I Pity the Fool
07. I've Got to Forget You
08. Little Boy Blue
09. St James Infirmary
10. I'll Take Care of You
11. I Don't Want No Woman
12. I've Been Wrong So Long

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December 30th, 2008, 03:57 PM

The Temprees
Dedicated To The One I Love
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist

1. Dedicated To The One I Love (Long Version)
2. If I Could Say What's On My Mind
3. I Love You, You Love Me
4. We've Only Just Begun
5. Mr. Cool That Ain't Cool
6. Your Love (Is All I Need)
7. Loving You Is So Easy
8. I Love, I Love (Long Version)
9. The Whole Bit Of Love
10. You Make Me Feel So Good Baby
11. Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight/A Love Song
12. I'll Live Her Life
13. You're On My Mind
14. Ain't Nothin' Like It
15. Out Of My Reach

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Review

Led by the late Jasper "Jabbo" Philips' sweet falsetto, the Temprees excelled at singing heart touching sweet southern jerkers. Representative of that infectious sound are "Dedicated to the One I Love," "If I Could Say What's on My Mind," and "I Love You, You Love Me." Jabbo forsakes the falsetto for a natural tenor similar to the Newcomers' Bertram Brown on "Your Love Is All I Need," the mid-tempo "I Love, I Love," "You Make Me Feel So Good Baby," and James Taylor's Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight/A Love Song." Mid and ups flow with their sugary ballads to provide a more even and enjoyable set than their The Best of the Temprees' compilation.

All Music Guide, Andrew Hamilton