Tag: James Brown
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Ooh Uptown Funk NPG is gonna get you…
The list of how many songs ripped off by Mark Ronson’s Uptown Funk gets higher and higher. Latest is Jungle Love by the Time, I wonder if Prince/NPG/The Time will go all Tom Petty on their arse? I called this one, Mezzoforte – Garden Party which was released in 1982, pedant fans: But others called…
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?uestlove on sampling and hiphop
Tell the truth, James Brown was old ‘Til Eric and Ra came out with “I Got Soul” Rap brings back old R&B And if we would not, people could’ve forgot Stetsasonic came on the radio, and I’ve always loved this lyric as it really said what needed to be said about sampling in hiphop. Apparently…
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Not drowning but raving – 50PoundNote rave mix
I’ve been on a 1992/rave/acid tip recently, and one of the things that inspired that is 50PoundNote’s new Rave mix. Where were you in 92? Really recommended – always good to hear that Prodigy remix of Art of Noise (payment for the ‘HEY!’ sample in a Prodigy track – Liam did a lot of mixes…
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I Present to You: Raygun!
Yes their amps may not go to 7 let alone 11 and about as rock as David Hasselhoff but there is something severely odd in the state of Denmark (St). Yes this is as ‘edited’ by the wonderful BracesTower (is that what he’s doing now?) – but the originals are as jaw droppingly bad but…
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RIP Swells
As a child of the late 80’s & 90’s I used to read NME. And in NME there were many writers – from the wispy and fey Everett True (just like his beard) and the funnily bizarre yet removed David Quantick there was only one writer, Steven Wells. Sadly Swells (aka Susan Williams and Seething…