Monday, December 19, 2011

Straight Jacket Funk Affair THE FREE ALBUM!









ITS FINALLY AVAILABLE! Take what you will.






Breakbeat / Funk / Mpls Funk and of course Experiemental.






Really glad to share this with you all and spent all year working on the album...and can finally catch a break!

Friday, November 18, 2011

Thursday, October 20, 2011

NAzz new album "Gloria Euphoria". 80's style Mpls FUNK




If you are looking for some Funky ass production strictly in the "1999" style range check out NAzz new album Gloria Euphoria. He harkens the new wave and funk styles of the early 80's. There is alot of autotune, however because of the outstanding production; such menial things can be overlooked after a while.




FREE!




Thursday, September 15, 2011

































BE SURE to cop Alison Carneys new free mixtape "Alisonwonderland" with some very stylish production and top notch delivery. SUPPORT our Underground funk/soul artists!!!! My favorite track barring "Off With Her Head"...Alison finds her man is cheating and goes after both of them in this adventerous tune with some crazy synths and what sounds like sampled timbales going off of a stylish hip hop beat. It is unique and I heard the instrumental going on Adult Swim.





I found her on soulbounce.com's review of the album:


alisoncarney.bandcamp.com/album/alisonwonderland



http://soulbounce.com/soul/2011/06/alison_carney_takes_us_on_a_wild_ride_to_wonderland.php









Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Michael Jackson "The Man Or The Music" pt. 2


http://www.jperiod.com/bkmj/

This is a very very nice collective mix of Michael Jackson tunes, that features snippets of interviews, songs, remakes and live versions of MJ's career from the Jackson 5 -Jacksons - MJ's solo career and even some takes from Jermaine and Janet.

Download for free the link above!















Tuesday, August 2, 2011

This Bad boy is the Korg: Microkorg. I plan on buying this baby after August rolls around. Got some financial things to put off for until then. I have many songs waiting in line for some funky synths and this keyboard will be complete heaven.



Friday, July 29, 2011

Wes Styles : The Betamax Collection review

www.igotnoticed.com/download_wes_styles.html

I happen to stuble upon Wes Styles free 2008 funk/pop album "The Betamax Collection" by chance on prince.org and it actually is pretty solid. Wes apparently works with another artist I come to admire: J*Davey. He never associates what the betamax has to do with the album name but its a cute title.

He posts a pretty eclectic but approachable style. His voice is very sincere and engaging. Accelerated is a headbopper with some hip hop influence. Limousine Grey has an infectious melody and a smooth 90's sound. Had it been released in 1995 it could have easily been accepted on the charts. On Top is a bit dirty and has some very clever and funny lyrics "I wanna be the paper in your legislature" - "I know you wanna ax me / all you have to do is ask me" ..almost reminicent of Scritti Politti's quirky wordplay. It has a nice punchy beat and is fun funk-pop. My favorite tune is probably "Occupied". Nice dreamlike mid-tempo funk jam with some nice live piano chords played throughout. The album as a whole is nice...I would have taken off a couple of cuts and it would have been outstanding...Baby Sister is cute the first time, but the kid vocal samples are kind of annoying after while. Yo Mama's So Fat interlude meh...wasnt that funny. Burn Me Alive - I like the musicianship but the overall output was a bit cliche 70's disco funk. Support our underground funk artists!

Thursday, July 28, 2011

Straight Jacket Mixtape Affair (pt. 2)




This mix I started on July 21st and finally completed on the 26th.

Nothing really used except my Ion mic to record the snippets, the Ion turntables to get the vinyl rips and Wave Pad for most of the mixing. So what I'm not really a Dj so to speak but I can throw down some funk that blends together. I mixed both mp3 files and vinyl files...some of them were lacking in quality (the mp3 files mostly).

This is the second official mix I thrown together on the net. Its a nice 16 minute quickie. Hope u like it.

Tracklist:

Put Our Heads Together (instrumental) - O'Jays //Dont Open The Door trailer/Afro Sheen skit
Im In Love - Evelyn King
I've Got A Thing (4U) - Confection //Phone message booty call skit
2 Hearts - Pebbles
Candy - E.T. //Afro Sheen skit
Traffic Jam - Prince //DBAM Ms. Gloria skit
Hot Mess - Sam Sparro //Blacula Trailer
Every Girl Wants My Guy - Areth Franklin // Afro Sheen skit
Celebrate Your Love - Executive
Tip Of My Tounge - The Tubes
It's Just Cruel - The National Trust //Boondocks skit / Madea talks Music + Community Service
Outro

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=4HPT08JI

Saturday, March 19, 2011

mama likes.. Shortnin'


Found this HOT 45 single at the weka stow for cheap. It is a disco - funk tune that is a little bit dirty. Take a listen.


http://www.sendspace.com/file/2wvkac