The Poets of Rhythm Anthology: 1992-2003, featuring the previously unreleased track, "Path of Life." The 2xLP Gatefold and 20-page CD Bookcase is out now and includes extensive liner notes and never-before-seen photos.

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la grima - "Lithium" (Nirvana cover)

vocals & vocal arrangement: Jimetta Rose
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la grima - Lithium ft. Jimetta Rose (Nirvana cover)

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Nothing New, an album by Gil Scott-Heron, will be released and made available on 19 April 2014 by XL Recordings

Gil Scott - Heron - Alien (Hold On To Your Dreams)

El Michels Affair- Too Late To Turn Back (Timber Edit)

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Plane Jane Records is proud to present The Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band's newest 45 release. 

The BRSB made a ton of noise with their cult classic cover of 50 Cent's "PIMP" a few years back, most people thinking that it was the original tune 50 sampled from.

This time they take the Steel Drum Funk sound to a deeper part of Hip Hop with their own rendition on the late great classic tune. The A Side is "Bacao Suave",  a surefire version of the tune, and you know we like versions. DJs, have a great time.

The B Side is their rendition of the underground classic "Round & Round" from Hi Tek's Hi-Teknology album. An absolutely killer version of the tune, drums are heavy, steel pans playing thru the melodies, sure to turn heads on the dance floor.

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Round & Round

Sounding Out the City

Too Late to Turn Back - El Michels Affair

22 (VA 'Sampled vol.3 - 40 Original Soul Jazz Funk & Disco Tracks' cd1 (Virgin) - 15 - Quincy Jones – Summer In the City [Nightmares on Wax - Les Nuits])

Making his debut on Daptone Records, it brings us great pleasure to introduce the baddest new voice in the land, Napoleon Demps.  A Flint Michigan native, he grew up listening to Soul luminaries OV Wright, Willie Hutch and Sam Cooke, whose influence led Demps down a path to becoming an accomplished Soul singer himself - scoring his first hit at the age of 24 in the still thriving Southern Chitlin Circuit of the early aughts. Demps, having been a long time Daptone fan, connected with the Dap-Kings at a soundcheck at a Detroit nightclub for an impromptu rendition of “A Change is Gonna Come.” Bosco Mann was floored by his voice and swore they would meet again. Last year, with that sweet soulful voice still ringing in his ears, Mann would reconnect with Demps and bring him out to Penrose Recorders in Riverside, California to finally cut his first Daptone side. "Norma Jean" is a funky soul groover that lands somewhere between the nuanced big city sounds Chicago and Detroit were pumping out in the late '60s: think the grit of Twinight's houseband Pieces of Peace, kissed by the sophisticated Motor City production of Dave Hamilton or The Brothers of Soul and you're getting warm. Napoleon's smooth, commanding voice injects a je ne sais quoi that's wholly fresh, bypassing the affected trappings that plague many of today's singers. In short... Napoleon Demps is a Soul singer's Soul singer. Take a listen and hear for yourself!

Gil Scott - Heron - Alien (Hold On To Your Dreams)

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