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A groovy little number with the classic Mad Lads "Get Out My Life, Woman" from the Volt Records archives, with the ever comforting Jurassic 5 vocals. A treat for Carnival...

James DB - Get Out, Gotta Understand (Make It Funky Edit)

When Featurecast & The Gaff got a chance to play together recently, it didn't take long to get to talking about their mutual love for Stevie Wonder's "Hey Love" and how the world needed an edit of it, and just like that, a few sleepless nights, some dusty records and a little bit of finesse: "Ain't Got Time" was born! The ultimate Marvin Gaye meets Stevie Wonder track that never existed......So why did a collabo between these two legends never happen? They both recorded for Motown at the same time and were fans of each other!....Here's a little history lesson: 
 "Too busy thinkin bout my baby" was written by the Motown team of Whitfield, Strong, and Bradford in 1965, and first recorded by The Temptations a year later.
Marvin's cover of the tune came out a few years later, and was his 2nd biggest hit of the 60's, right after "Heard It Through The Grapevine" in 1969 at the age of 30...Curious who was in Marvin's heart as he was singin this? If You do the math, it's none other than Tammi Terrel, who he fell deeply in love with as they began working on their tracks ("ain't no mountain high enough) around the same time....Unfortunately, Tammi wasn't into Marvin in that way! She was much younger, early 20's, and apparently favored "darker men", Marvin was a light skinned brother, and perhaps wasn't what caught her eye? Well, that's the breaks, Tammi put on a good show for sure...
Now, Marvin Gaye was 11 years older than Stevie Wonder, who, at the time, was about to breakthrough to his hugely successful crossover lp's at only 19 with "Signed Sealed Delivered"! 
Stevie Wonder's "Hey Love" had come out on his album "Down TO Earth" in '66, at only 16, and a dope version was covered later by SoulSister Bettye Lavette, You should check it! Not many know about that cover :-)
So, there was a big age gap, with marvin bringout out songs of soulful love in his 30's, and Stevie bringin the Funk in his 20's!!!
in 1991, almost 25 years after it was released, De La Soul would flip "Hey Love" into "Talkin bout Hey Love" where it was brought back all over again for a new generation of Hip Hop heads around the world (a young skateboarding gaffer and a LIl Featurecast being 2 of them :-) 
25 years after that, we added in the horns from an early Serge Gainsbourg record so this tune would appeal to fans of De La Soul, be enjoyed by Motown lovers, and any fans of DJ's with dope cuts.....Sampled the OG records to provide the instrumental parts used...
We kept this mix so classic, for old and young alike, even your grandma can still appreciate it, nod her head to the fatback drums, dope cuts and scratches....we hope this version makes its rounds for a long time to come, giving you the Marvin & Stevie collaberation that you always wished for.......cheers! 
Gaff and Featurecast, June 9th 2015....
                                             
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Featurecast & The Gaff Ain't Got Time

Just a little something I put together to show my respect for the Golden Era of Hip Hop ! 

Pete Rock & Smoove - Ghettos Of The Mind Remix FREE DOWNLOAD!!!

The year is irrelevant...

Musical pioneers Aim & Mikey D.O.N. join forces as MAIDM and ATIC Records is proud to present the first fruits of this miraculous merger. Served on tasty 10” grape juice vinyl, MAIDM's opening statement boasts two hard hitting hip-hop home-runs, Tun Up Di Heat (Party Banger) and B-Boy Shit.

Tun Up Di Heat (Party Banger) is an earth-quaking, bass-speaker-shaking introduction to how nice they are. A beatific blend of head down hip hop and funky, floor-filling accessibility, Tun Up… embodies MAIDM and it's precision manifesto.

Flip to the flip side for second track B-Boy Shit, a track that eschews concession to commerce and takes no prisoners through minimalistic murk and hyper-aggressive vocals. Long forgotten legends are name-checked, old scores are settled, the dirty break-beat rolls on and hip-hop gains a fresh new anthem.

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Gone Baby Blues

The First official release from the upcoming album from Krafty Kuts & Chali 2na (Jurassic 5) due to be released 2018.

Hands High

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Andy Cooper - "The Perfect Definition" (Djar One Remix)

My bass heavy mix of http://soundcloud.com/hypnotic-brass-ensemble 'Fire', out on 12" late may/early june on the dublin-based http://soundcloud.com/choicecuts label.

Hypnotic Brass Ensemble FIRE (Mr Scruff Remix) Snippet

The standout track from Aldo Vanucci’s Love is Loops EP is back with some killer remixes.

Not one but two D&B mixes to choose from with V Recording’s Dr Meaker first up to the plate with a funked up jazzy D&B mix that shows why his recent productions have been getting so much airplay.

London bass crew Futurizm offer a tougher tech-step version for the heavier sets but both mixes are set to blow up the dance.

Straight out of Antwerp - Belgium’s D’Steph comes correct with a retro warehouse mix that oozes class and Smoove drops a funky Breakbeat mix for his legion of jazzhead followers.

The original – well what can you say ?

Kylie Auldist is the singer with one of the world’s most in demand Funk & Soul bands (The Bamboos) as well as being a solo artist in her own right on the highly respected Tru Thoughts label. Between her and Aldo Vanucci – the 14th Best DJ in Plymouth – they have crafted a modern classic.

Released by: Jalapeno Records 
Release/catalogue number: JAL144 

Aldo Vanucci -Feat Kylie Auldist - You're All Show - Smoove Remix

Here is a remix of Coldcut Feat Roots Manuva - Tru Skool that is free via 9th Records. Follow the link.

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Coldcut Feat Roots Manuva - Tru Skool - Leygo Remix 9th Records giveaway

Been working on some more down tempo beats of late. hope ya enjoy.

Solly (one funky soul)