ON TRACK

IT'S BEEN OVER A DECADE NOW THAT AMIR AND I PUT OUT THE 1ST ON TRACK TAPE....YES TAPE, REMEMBER CASSETTES ?

WELL, IT WAS JUST SOMETHING WE REALLY DID FOR OURSELVES...AND IT TURNED INTO WHAT IT IS.
FOR THOSE NOT FAMILIAR, WE WERE EXPOSING ALOT OF ORIGINAL SAMPLES THAT WERE USED IN HIP HOP....AND ALOT OF RECORDS THAT WERE NEVER USED.
BREAKS, BREAKS AND MORE BREAKS. WHO CARES ABOUT THAT STUFF NOWADAYS !?

SHOUTS TO MY DUDE DJ SHAME (OF VINYL REANIMATORS FAME) THE FIRST TO DO IT UP LIKE THIS....SOULMAN IN PHILLY, JAKE1 AND MR. SUPREME, DJ MURO AND ALL OF THE OTHER FIENDS OUT THERE.

PEEP A SNIPPET OF ON TRACK 6, WITH THE RECREATION OF NAS' REPRESENT...AND SOME BEATNUTS SAMPLES AS WELL.
BACK TO Z SHARE FOR A MOMENT...DIVSHARE WONT UPLOAD FOR SOME REASON.
ON.TRACK6.SNIP

LOVE LOVE LOVE

I GUESS FOR THE REST OF THIS WEEK I WILL POST MORE JAM'S RELATED ABOUT LOVE.

YOUNG & CO'S SLEEPER, WHICH SOUNDS LIKE A ROY AYERS PRODUCTION, AND WHAT WAS A BIG HIT IN THE HOUSE WORLD....RASOUL'S LET ME LOVE YOU. ENJOY.

CLICK BELOW
YOUNG.&.CO

LET.ME.LOVE.YOU

WIN... OR LOSE

AS WE GET READY FOR VALENTINES DAY (I DONT ACTUALLY LIKE THIS DAY) I THOUGHT OF MAYBE POSTING A SWEET NICEY NICE JAM...INSTEAD, I'LL KICK IT OFF WITH SOMETHING BITTER SWEET. MAYBE I WILL POST MORE LOVEY DOVEY TYPE JAMS THIS WEEK.

FOR NOW, HERE'S A JAM WITH AMAZING STRINGS AND MELODY...WITH SOME GREAT LYRICS AS WELL.
CLASSIC WILLIE MITCHELL PRODUCTION, HIP HOP HEADS MAY RECOGNIZE THE ALCHEMIST SAMPLE.
ANYBODY GOT THE LP THIS COMES FROM...I SURE DONT.

D.L BELOW.
HERE.I.GO.

VOODOO THAT YOU DO

WHILE SOME ARE ON THE INTERNET IN SEARCH OF THE LATEST POPPY GOO-GOO-GAA-GAA MASH UPS, OR CHAINSAW ELECTRO, THAT (ALMOST) ALL SOUNDS THE SAME TO ME .....


HERES A TRACK FROM OUR OFF OFF TRACK SERIES ON BBE RECORDS, BY MR.MELVIN PRYCE.
AMAZING CONGAS AND PERCUSSION WITH BREAKS ON THIS JAZZY TRACK.
AMIR ENDED UP BECOMING FRIENDS WITH MELVIN, AMIR THEN ENDED UP REISSUING THIS LP VIA WAXPOETICS RECORDS.
MELVIN CAME OUT TO THE BBE PARTY IN LONDON WE DID LAST DECEMBER.
MELVIN THEN DANCED THE NIGHT AWAY WITH HIS FEMALE FRIEND....HIS SON ALSO ROLLED THROUGH.
WHEN YOUR IN YOUR 70'S SHOWING UP TO CLUB'S FILLED WITH YOUNG FOLK'S IS A GOOD LOOK.. WOULD'NT YOU SAY ?
THATS HOW I WANT TO BE WHEN IM THAT AGE...STILL ROCKING.

QUOTE OF THE MONTH GOES OUT TO BEN.. FROM FLAVORHEARD...
"YOU OLD MUFUKAS LIKE YOUR MONITORS LOUD"
DAMN RIGHT !

DOWNLOAD MELVINS JAM HERE:
VODOO.LOVE.DANCE

BEHIND THE GROOVE

LAST WEEK I FLEW DOWN TO PHILLY WITH AKROBATIK TO CONNECT WITH THE ROOTS AND ANTIBALAS, FOR THE SHOW THAT WENT DOWN LAST NIGHT... WHICH WAS BANANAS. HISTORIC SHIT YALL. BOSTON DOES NOT GET IT IN LIKE THIS..... I WILL POST VIDEO OF THAT SOON...AS LUCK WOULD HAVE IT....I RAN OUT OF VIDEO WHEN ANTIBALAS GOT ON STAGE WITH THE ROOTS AND JAMMED TOGETHER DOING THE DOOBIE BROTHERS WHAT A FOOL BELIEVES!!!
YALL MUST UNDERSTAND !! THE AMOUNT OF RAW TALENT, PASSION, LOVE, AND PROFESSIONALISM IN ONE ROOM....THE ENERGY WAS INCREDIBLE. TOP NOTCH MUSICIANSHIP.
AT ONE POINT I HAD THE IDEA (SHOUTS TO EDAN!) OF BOTH BANDS COVERING CAT STEVENS "DOG WAS A DOUGHNUT".
THAT ONLY GOT AS FAR AS THE ROOTS ROCKING IT...ACTUALLY KILLING IT PUTTING SOME JAZZY CHORDS ON IT.
?LOVE AND I COULD HAVE NERDED OUT ON THAT TIP FOR YEARS ON END....BREAK AFTER BREAK AFTER BREAK.

ANYWAY, HERES THE 1ST ROUND OF VIDEO, CHECK OUT THE BIG HOMMIE ?LOVE ROCKING THE DRUMS FOR ANTIBALAS DOING ONE OF FELA'S ILLEST JAMS ....MORE TO COME STAY TUNED. BIG SHOUTS TO AKROBATIK !

BIG DRUM BEATER

REDBULL INVITED ME TO BE A PART OF THIS EVENT THURS. JAN 29TH ,WHICH PROMISES TO BE SOMETHING SPECIAL.
THE ROOTS, A BAND THAT HAS BEEN TOURING FOR WELL OVER A DECADE NOW, NEED NO INTRODUCTION.
SOME MAY NOT BE AWARE OF ANTIBALAS, BUT IF YOUR IN BOSTON AND COME TO THIS SHOW, IM SURE YOU WILL NOT FORGET WHO THEY ARE.
I HAVE YET TO SEE THEM LIVE, BUT I HAVE SOME RECORDS BY THEM, AND THEY KILL IT WITH THE AFRO FUNK.
COMPLETE WITH KILLER BREAKS B-BOYS LOVE, AND THAT FELA KEYBOARD SOUND, YOU CANT LOSE.
I HAVE A BUNCH OF IDEAS FOR THIS SHOW....WE'RE SUPPOSED TO GET TO HAVE A REHEARSAL THE NIGHT BEFORE...FROM WHAT I WAS TOLD I WILL BE PLAYING RECORDS FOR EACH BAND TO FOLLOW ...THEN BATTLE IT OUT, ALL IN GOOD FUN OF COURSE. AKROBATIK WILL ALSO BE HOSTING.
SO I LEAVE YOU WITH 2 JAMMY JAMS...ONE IS TONY ALLEN ( FELAS INCREDIBLE DRUMMER) A DUB FROM HIS 12" RELEASED IN THE EARLY 80S, THE OTHER IS AN EDIT THE HOMIES HAUL AND MASON WERE BEHIND. IN MY OPINION WE HAVE THE BEST USEAGE OF THE COOLIE RIDDIM.

ENJOY......
TONY.ALLEN*12
FELA.VS.COOLIE

RE-UPS!

IVE NOW DECIDED TO TYPE IN CAPITALS. IT JUST LOOKS BETTER, AND FOR THOSE FOOLS OUT THERE THAT THINK TYPING WITH CAPS LOCK ON TRANSLATES TO YELLING, YOU CAN'T HEAR ME RIGHT ???
MOST OF YALL KNOW Z-SHARE'S SERVERS WENT DOWN, WHICH MEANT THAT ALL FILES DID AS WELL AND THEY NEVER FIXED THE OLD ONES...
HERES TWO MIXES THAT SHOULD BE IN ROTATION..ONE WAS FOR REDBULL MUSIC ACADEMY, THE OTHER WAS JUST ME DOING MY THANG.
ANYWAY, I LIKED Z SHARE BECAUSE YOU COULD SEE HOW MANY DOWNLOADS YOU WERE GETTING, ONE OF THESE MIXES HAD ALMOST 5000 DLS....YALL KNOW I DONT PROMOTE AND SELDOM UPDATE MY BLOG, SO I WAS FEELING GOOD ABOUT THAT..IF ONLY I HAD $1 FOR EACH DL. SHOUTS TO MY MAN LOU FOR MAKIING THESE HAPPEN, AS I NO LONGER HAD THE FILES FOR THEM.

TRACKLISTING
HOT ICE/ DANCING FREE ( KON EDIT)
CALENDAR/ COMIN ON STRONG
POPCORN WYLIE/ GEORGIA AFTERHOURS
PATTI JO/ MAKE ME BELIEVE IN YOU
SKULLSNAPS/ IM YOUR PIMP
MARBOO/ WHAT ABOUT LOVE
CARSTAIRS/ IT REALLY HURTS ME GIRL
BENITEZ/ WE ARE THE ONES
PRANA PEOPLE/ PRANA MAN (KON LIVE EDIT)
LOVE COMMITTEE/ JUST AS LONG AS I GOT YOU ( AL KENT EDIT)
BILLY PAUL/ ONLY THE STRONG SURVIVE (MAGICK EDIT)
LOLEATTA HOLLOWAY/ CATCH ME ON THE REBOUND (KON LIVE EDIT)
ASHFORD & SIMPSON/ ONE MORE TRY ( ELY ESCOBAR EDIT)
LLOYD AND THE JOYS/ THE NEW YORK BUSINESS
DOWNLOAD THE REDBULL MIX HERE.
KON'SREDBULLMIX




THIS MIX WAS FROM THE DISCO JUICE POST A WHILE BACK DL THE LINK BELOW.

KON'SDISCOBOOGIEMIX
Tracklisting
1. Bernard Wright/ Chillin out
2. Sunfire/Step In the Light
3. Leprechaun/ Loc it up
4. Family Of Eve/ I Wanna Be Loved By You ( TOM NOBLE EDIT)
5. Visions Of Tomorrow/ Galaxy
6. Omar/ Grandmaster Lover
7. Jeff Phelps/ On The Corner
8. Thunderbolt/ Loves so funny (inst)
9. Jorge Santana/ Darling I Love You
10. Le Stim/ Muhammad Ali
11. Disco Police/ Movin ( TOM NOBLE EDIT)
12. Brainstorm/ Lovin Is Really My Game pt.2
13. Hi Fidelity/ Magic Carpet Ride
14. Serenade/ Maybe This Time


ENJOY !