THE MUSIC CLASSIC INFO

"Shot Me In the Heart" music video, off of the "Black Dynamite" Original Score, available from Wax Poetics...


Adrian Younge & The Black Dynamite Sound Orchestra from the ASCAP Music Cafe 2010 (Sundance Film Festival...


The Wax Poetics "The Midnight Hour" featuring Adrian Younge & The Black Dynamite Sound Orchestra...


And coming soon, Adrian Younge gives insight into the inspiration, and the making of the "Shot Me In The Heart" music video...

A fantastic bit of tripped out funk! Cane & Able were one of the many groups that came out of the collective surrounding the Lafayette Afro-Rock Band in the early 70s -- and like that group, Cane & Able draw on a wide range of influences to create a heavy funky sound. The album mixes the African influences used by the LARB with more of a hard soul vocal approach, with some cuts sounding a bit like material from Atlantic albums of the late 60s, but handled with more of a fuzzy edge. Includes a great funky reading of Wilson Pickett's "Don't Knock My Love", a cover of "Who's Gonna Take The Weight", and the long tripped-out groover "Girl You Move Me"! © 1996-2010, Dusty Groove America, Inc.

Line-up: French Thompson (Lead Vocals,Arrangements), Blinky Bostic (Conga,Timbale), Garland Edwards (Guitar), Norris Ridguard (Trumpet,Valve,Trombone), Pee Wee Carter (Drums), George Alford (Trumpet,Vocal), Doc Brown (Bass), Billy Ellis (Alto & Tenor Sax).

1. Girl You Move Me
2. Starchild
3. Who's Gonna Take The Weight
4. Don't Knock My Love
5. Green Grass
6. Toe Hold
7. Found A Child

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Heavy funk from the Indy scene of the late 60s -- the lost album by one of the funkiest combos in the Midwest! Ebony Rhythm Band have an incredible sound that seems to take the heavy bottom of New Orleans Funk and merge it with the trippier elements of Detroit psychedelic soul -- no surprise, considering they hailed from Indianapolis, a point about halfway between the two cities! The tracks on the set have a really great tripped-out groove -- using lots of guitar and organ over heavy rhythms, in a style that's a bit like the Meters at times -- but a lot freer flowing. The album features 2 tracks that formed the basis of one of the group's singles -- plus a lot more that were never issued at the time, including a few by other incarnations of the combo! Titles include "Soul Heart Transplant", "Ode To Billie Joe", "Light My Fire", "Vanilla Fudge", "Get Yourself Together", "Drugs Ain't Cool", "Fool Am I", and "It's Too Late For Love". CD contains the bonus alternate version of "Light My Fire". © 1996-2010, Dusty Groove America, Inc.

Ebony Rhythm Band: John R. "Ricky Jackson (vocals, organ); Robert L. "Master Boobie" Townsend (guitar); Lester L. "Pig" Johnson (bass guitar); Matthew R. "Phatback" Watson (drums).

1. Soul Heart Transplant
2. Light My Fire
3. Ode to Billy Joe
4. Vanilla Fudge
5. Drugs Ain't Cool
6. Medley: Get Yourself Together/Smiling Phases/Sunshine of Your Love
7. Thought of Losing You [Edit][Alternate Take]
8. Can I Call You Baby
9. It's Too Late for Love
10. Fool Am I
11. Light My Fire [Alternate Take]

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Both the film "Black Dynamite," as well as the Original Score by Adrian Younge & the Incedental Music from the soundtrack have inspired so many since their release on Wax Poetics, and here is yet another attempt at bringing true hip-hop back to it's core: heavy drums & samples. Incorporating a mixture of both original lyrics by ProFound, selected sections from Jay-Z's 2003 release "The Black Album," and selected cuts from both Black Dynamite Soundtracks, Arkane's production, mixing, and arranging has made it hard to distinguish whether or not this is how these songs were originally intended to sound. While splitting production duties with Profound (on tracks 1, 4 & 6), Arkane's looping of Adrian Younge's cuts, in a dark, freakish manner, has succeeded in making songs that were enjoyed years ago, that much more enjoyable today, accompanied by a better lyrical flow by Profound then Jay-Z (sorry, but Jay-Z can't flow for shit in my book!! Hate me. It's your choice). Download the 6 track mix-tape here, courtesy of ProFound himself. Below are a few samples of the tracks included. Back soon. Peace!!

ProFound ft. Jay-Z - Moment of Treachery (Prod. by Arkane Beats)


ProFound ft. Jay-Z - Allurgator Shoes(Prod. by ProFound Beatz)