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Looks like that's it. It seems that the doors will be closing, for good. Blogger has pulled countless links in the pass month, and has left me with literally a handful of posts, so I'm pulling the plug... But don't fret, I'll be setting up shop someone else. Thanks for all the support over the... shit, like four years. I've met countless people through this site, and hope to meet many more at the next place I decide to call home. I hope all of my readers will follow me over, wherever it is I decide to go; it's been a blast. Find me on TWITTER at: http://twitter.com/vinyl4giants or on FACEBOOK at: http://www.facebook.com/pages/vinyl4giants/364485321928 -- take care everybody...

Track Listing:

01. Stephane Saunier Intro
02. Ohio Players
03. Love Comes And Goes
04. Money Is King
05. Let’s Talk It Over
06. Ladies
07. Honey Dove
08. My World
09. Do You Love Me (Like You Say You Do)
10. Stephane Saunier Ending

Visit SoPedradMusical for the original link. Back soon, I hope. Blogger has decided to start pulling my posts completely, even though I'm not hosting the links directly. I've tried to use this spot as a friendly guide to what we all want, but they've decided that I can't even do that anyone... I think I have to relocate. What do you think!?!

"Gaspare "Gap" Mangione (born July 31, 1938) is a jazz pianist, composer, arranger, and bandleader from Rochester, New York, United States. Born and raised in Rochester, Mangione's younger brother is Grammy-winning flugelhornist Chuck Mangione. Members of a music-loving family, both Gap and Chuck took up instruments. In 1958, they started performing together as the Jazz Brothers, eventually recording three albums for Riverside Records. In 1968, Gap Mangione released his first solo album, Diana in the Autumn Wind, featuring drummer Steve Gadd and bassist Tony Levin in their first recordings, and new compositions and arrangements by Chuck Mangione who conducted as well. The 1970s brought more solo albums along with tours with his own group and many as featured pianist in his brother's orchestral performances. In the 1980s, Mangione began to spend more time playing in and around Rochester and less time on the road. In 1990, he formed the Gap Mangione New Big Band, which remains the premier dance and concert big band in the Rochester area. The New Big Band has released four CDs since 1998. Many major rappers and producers, including Madlib, Slum Village, and Talib Kweli, have sampled Gap's Diana in the Autumn Wind for their recent works. Today, Mangione continues to make regular appearances at Rochester locations, among them the Woodcliff Hotel and Spa (since May, 1987) and the Rochester International Jazz Festival, as well as private gigs; he can be found playing solo, with the 14-piece New Big Band, the "New Blues Band" (a quartet) or his sextet. He and Chuck continue to play together, mainly for appearances with symphony orchestras, or with Chuck as special guest with Gap's big band.
In 2004 he received the Artist of the Year Award from the Arts & Cultural Council for Greater Rochester. Mangione lives in the Rochester suburb of Greece, New York with his wife, Janet; his children are Ardis Mangione-Lindley and Jason Mangione..." courtesy of Wikipedia.

Track Listing:

01. Boy With Toys
02. Diana In the Autumn Wind
03. Long Hair Soulful
04. Yesterday
05. The Xlth Commandment
06. St. Thomas
07. You’re Nobody Till Somebody Loves You
08. Pond With Swans
09. You Are My Sunshine
10. Free Again
11. Dream On Little Dreamer
12. Graduate Medley: Scarborough Fair, The Sounds of Silence, Mrs. Robinson

I'm sure you'll recogonize the all too famous sample by Ghostface, and J DIlla as well. Visit the original post for the link at: SoPedradMusical

HipHopIsRead has never put out bullshit, and that's 100%. Grab this, RIGHT NOW!!! This sample set is liver then the entire "Wu-Massacre" album, and the Raoul Dev Burman sample for "Meth vs. Chef 2" is enough validation on the reason why is belongs in you sample collection... "Well... this certainly wasn't the Meth, Ghost & Rae album we were waiting for. As I said on Twitter, it sucks that Def Jam spent more money on the sick graphic design than on making sure the music held up to expectations. Wu-Massacre definitely had some solid tracks, but fell flat as an LP/album. Oh well... This sample set is undoubtedly incomplete but it's got plenty of great tunes you may have never heard before, namely the title theme for the Bollywood film Shalimar. Turn it up!!" courtesy of HipHopIsRead.

Having been involved with the Original Score for the film "Black Dynamite," I've had the chance to sit down with editor/producer/composer Adrian Younge on numerous occasions. With the upcoming release of the film on DVD & Blu-Ray (February 16th), the release of the music-video for "Shot Me In The Heart," live dates (Jan 22nd & 23rd) at the ASCAP Music Cafe at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival & (March 18th) at the SXSW Film & Music Festival in Austin, Texas for the Black Dynamite Sound Orchestra, we decided to take some time out to spotlight the inspirations, decisions, and thought processes behind the making of both the video and song...


V4G: What was your inspiration behind the music-video for "Shot Me In The Heart"?

AY: In the video, we wanted to capture the feeling of "old soul." The movie, “The Five Heartbeats” captured this sentiment very, very well. We were therefore inspired by this movie heavily; we also took alot of inspiration from the book, “Light: On the Southside.” This Numero Group release is an archive of pictures that was taken from 1975 to 1977, at a club in the southside of Chicago. It's a very intensely detailed book, and the music featured within the accompanied compilation is a must have for any funk & soul lovers collection...

V4G: Can you tell us a little bit about the inspiration for the music?

AY: The song is basically a mix of dark soul published by labels such as Stax Records from the late 1960's & 1970's. It combines a mixture of psychedelic rock & soul, meshed together under the superlative vocals of Loren Oden (who played Leon St. James in the film "Black Dynamite, spokesperson for "Anaconda Malt Liquour"). It's definitely one of my favorite tracks from the score, and was concieved after the film's production had concluded, so I was able to give the track (along with a few of the other bonus cuts) my undivided attention...


V4G: Approaching this video in the aspect of a "short film" -- has it lead you to approach song writing & composing in a different manner all together? I.E., while writing, do you think about what would conicide visually with the song if it were to ever become a video in the future?

AY: Well, the music comes first; the music is supposed to survive without a visual, regardless. I always approach a song in terms of it's own story, or journey, if you will. The only time I would approach a song differently is if I am actually scoring the music for a film, to the film. In this scenario, my job would be to enhance the video via the music; in this instance, the song was already completed, and I was basically editing the film to music, and my goal was to enhance the music with video. To enhance the "musical" moments.


V4G: How much forethought went into the overall writing of the song? Did you have the instruments and topic already chosen before recording, or did you just pick up the bass, or have a seat in front of the Rhodes and just "have at it"?

AY: A lot of thought went into this song, as well as a lot of changes at the beginning. (Vinyl4Giants actually has 2 completely different version of this song, one being an instrumental version inspired by the Jackson 5, the other a rougher version of the final cut, with both Adrian Younge & Loren Oden sharing vocal duties...) I was listening to the Stax anthology over and over, and became inspired; I wrote the song on bass & organ. Thereafter, I called Loren Oden into the studio, and we began composing the lyrics. The topic wasn’t chosen until after the music was written; however, we wanted to play with the juxtaposition of lyrics dealing with happiness and love on top of this dark instrumental that had been written.


V4G: Loren Oden (who also played Leon St. James in the film) really embodies a persona while doing the vocals on this track, both on the album and with your live performances. How much weight does that bare on which direction a song will take?

AY: None, actually. Loren can adapt to anything. Any song. Any situation. I can create something outta left field and he will always take it to that "next" level. We really make a good team together because no explanation is needed for either direction. He understands the logistics of “getting into character” which is something he did for every song on the "Black Dynamite" Original Score. Black people had different diction in the 60's & 70's, and he always understands his responsibility in becoming a character from that era.


V4G: Being an instrumentalist, first and foremost, I've heard your backing vocalists voice frustration that you "cover-up" backing keys & textures with instruments before they even have a chance to come into the studio to record. Do you feel that that pigeon-holes them while creating their vocals, or allows more room for them to shine? (No pun intended...)

AY: Well, when I create a song, there is always the question as to whether or not background vocals will be necessary at all. If the song is already full enough, there will be no need; I am a very independant musician... A lot of it has to do with the overall timing and scheduling. The vocalists I chose to work with are very creative, and very intellegent. They know when the cup is already full. They are very cognizant of when a song doesn’t need anything extra.


V4G: Can you tell us a little bit about the director, and why he was chosen for this project?

AY: The Director of "Shot Me In The Heart" is David Wong; he is a very skilled and educated director. My first choice was Scott Sanders (director of Black Dynamite) because we have tons of experience working one another, however, he was in Europe during the shoot, so I called on my equally competent friend, David Wong. We have worked with each other on other film projects, and I knew he would do a good job; he actually exceeded my expectations. He also brought in Mark Austin as Director of Photography, who was essential in establishing the style and look of the film.


V4G: Out of all the tracks off of the Black Dynamite Original Score, why did you choose "Shot Me In The Heart" to showcase as a music video or "short film"?

AY: The video was shot in conjuction with the Converse. And actually, an earlier version of the video exists where there's a bit of a confrontation between the other band members and Loren Oden, all of this cut over the instrumental track "Rafelli Chase." Converse was kind enough to publish an exclusive 45" record of “Rafelli’s Chase” prior to the commencement of the Video. These limited edition records were sent out to Wax Poetics subscribers as a bonus for subscribing (please subscribe to Wax Poetics!). Wax Poetics & Converse developed the notion of creating a video for the 45" record, and I wanted to incorporate “Shot Me In The Heart” into it, so we decided to synthesize the two songs into one. I wanted to incorporate "Shot Me In The Heart" because of the message that was conveyed in the song. I also thought it would be more appealing visually than just hearing "Rafelli’s Chase" over visuals... It's just funny how things worked out in reverse...



This interview was conducted in January of 2010, and since then, the video has recieved critical support by fans across the internet. Adrian Younge, The Black Dynamite Sound Orchestra, the production staff, and the people involved with this production would like to thank everyone for the support that has been recieved since the release of this video. Wax Poetics magazine has been kind enough to feature a photo spread of the making of the video in issue #40, which is in stores now... We now present to you, "Shot Me In The Heart" --

Featuring Trek Life as the main emcee, this album also showcases rhymes and vocals from Oddisee, Wyann Vaughn, Richard Wright, Mykestro, Ragen Fykes and many more. Combining a true West Coast sound with hard drums and gritty chops, J.Bizness sets the perfect backdrop for Trek Life and features to paint vivid hip-hop portraits, leaving the listener with no choice but to "run that back again." Along with being 2008 West Coast Regional Red Bull Beat Battle winner, J.Bizness has worked with Ras Kass, LMNO, Buff1, Danny Brown, Richard Wright and many more to bring a melodic yet raw sound to the table. Rhymes within Reason is the first of many upcoming projects from J.Bizness in 2010 including a song on Little Brother's final album Left Back and a series of 3 song EPs with various artist called "3Ps"... Trek Life has worked with several known artist from Bishop Lamont to Kev Brown and rocked over production from DJ Khalil, DJ Babu, Evidence, Oddisee and many more. With a growning global fanbase from consistantly touring from the States to the UK & Europe, Trek Life is planning on releasing 3 projects 2010 with J.Bizness (Rhymes Within Reason), Oddisee (Everything Changed Nothing) & Babu (Fire Outside) through Mello Music Group. Also with each album will be a series of Digital 12s that will feature Clean, Dirty and instrumental versions of the singles from the albums for free download. Trek Life is well known for his energetic delivery, straight forward lyrics, and engaging live show.



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Amazing female funk! Years after James Brown first rocked the Apollo Theater with his own live recordings, he returned to the Harlem showplace with the sock-soul diva Marva Whitney -- one of his greatest singers ever! This album's a monster all the way through -- hard and heavy funk, of the type that's been the blueprint for countless singers to come, especially most of those in the Desco/Daptone/Soul Fire mode. Backing is by the JBs, James produced, and the music is fantastically funky -- filled with great groovers like "Things Got to Get Better", "You Got to Have a Job", "Talk With JB", and "Respect". © 1996-2010, Dusty Groove America, Inc.

Tracks:
1 Things Got To Get Better(Part 1)
2 Respect
3 Things Got To Get Better(Part 2)
4 A Talk With James Brown
5 Foolish Fool
6 You Got To Have A Job(Part 1)
7 It's My Thing
8 You Got To Have A Job(Part 2)
9 I Made A Mistake Part 1
10 I Made A Mistake Part 2