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Franzini's Lounge

Movezerbe - Eau (Dendrophile, 2009)

@AndersonPaak

In 2012 we asked Breezy for permission to stream his track "D.T.B." (don't trust the bank) of his 'Lovejoy' album. The track was produced by Breezy & Keith Phelps and never really got the attention it deserved.

Free DL: http://get.tndn.io/l/7Wfj7Sk2Fv

Fast forward, Breezy now goes by the name of Anderson Paak and is well on his way to becoming a celebrity. Shout out and congratulations on everything you are accomplishing now.

Hit the 'Buy' button for a free low bitrate version, but don't forget to purchase 'Lovejoy' on Bandcamp.

https://breezylovejoy.bandcamp.com/album/lovejoy

Breezy Lovejoy - D.T.B.

lyrics:

conflicted like rain on a Sunday
life could be a one-way
wrong turn, DTLA 
self destructive as a salty snail bitter 'bout living 'cause it can't bring itself to shake its shell 
well well well

la da di di da di da 
ey ey ey ey

prod. by @thmwy
additional vocals by @nonchalant-savant & @ilovekida

visual experience: https://youtu.be/kWylYM-ogBg

$upport: https://versis.bandcamp.com/

iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/copeaesthetic/id1060288441

recorded at home
mixed by @alldayeverything & i; mastered by @Swarvy

photography by dana washington: 
http://danawashington.com/

art direction by DeChazier Stokes-Johnson: http://www.black-marmalade.com/

rain on a Sunday (prod. by T. Hemingway)

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https://open.spotify.com/track/1hsn7hh0Fb29PoiM1h0YHz

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https://nightowlcollective.bandcamp.com/album/feel-trip-vol-2

today is the 4th release from our Feel Trip, Vol. 2 compilation: "Remember" by the one and only Audiobot. this track will take you to another realm.

[Feel Trip, Vol. 2 is a 40-track compilation album, with a new song being released every other day until December 19th. please repost these songs and show support in any way you can to help us spread the love] <3

artwork by Elijah Hall, inspired by Simon Eng

Audiobot - Remember

About “The Egyptian Second Line” 

In the spirit of reclaiming that which colonization sought to destroy, I'm releasing the first single from my upcoming album Afro-Caribbean Mixtape at the top of Columbus Day weekend. Like a piece of African patchwork, this track is comprised of a lot of different elements — some old, some new. The main body of this record was constructed from the end vamp of a tune I wrote for Dr. Greg Carr (chair of African-American studies at Howard University) called, “Kimathi.” In fact, throughout the piece, you can hear my turntablist, DJ Lady Fingaz, scratching a sample I chopped from one of his interviews. I constructed a new work by cutting and pasting the best moments of Kevin Hays and I playing keyboards on top of the extended jam, and superimposed that over the groove laid down by bassist Vicente Archer, drummer Joe Dyson, and percussionist Daniel Sadownick. I did this with the help of my mix engineer, Blake Leyh (The Wire, Treme). 

Towards the beginning of the piece, you'll hear a chant from vocalists Yolanda Robinson, Jolynda Phillips, and Christina Machado. It's from a thing my father made up while walking through his childhood neighborhood of 13th Ward New Orleans back in the 1940s, “Na-na ni-ta ho-ho. Left, right. Left, right.” Thirty years later, as an elementary school band teacher at McDonogh #15, he had us chant this whenever we marched in second line parades. It recalls the syllabic prayers of ancient languages used in modern dance songs like Mani Dibango's “Soul Makossa,” of which Michael Jackson borrowed for “Wanna Be Startin' Something.”  


The centerpiece of the single is my recitation of a poem I wrote back in 2006 in the aftermath of the flood commonly referred to as “Katrina.” It's called “The Egyptian Second Line.” The gist of the poem toys with the theory that somehow Africans submitted to slavery in an attempt to become better versions of themselves. After the ladies chirp the hook, I step away from the keyboards and embrace the instrument I'm most known for — the trumpet — and blow a few before we take it out. With this song, I am channeling the energy of the ancestors to help give Africa back to herself in the best way I know how, through the power of music. 


In New Orleans, a “second line” is the procession where we dance in the streets to music played by a brass band to celebrate either life or death. When I think about what an Egyptian second line looks like, I think of the imagery of that photo of Louis Armstrong serenading his wife, Lucille in front of the Sphinx — again Africans giving Africa back to herself.
credits
released October 7, 2016 

Nicholas Payton: trumpet, spoken word, Fender Rhodes, Hammond B-3, Clavinet 

Kevin Hays: Fender Rhodes 

Vicente Archer: acoustic bass 

Joe Dyson: drums 

Daniel Sadownick: percussion 

DJ Lady Fingaz: turntable, sampler 

Yolanda Robinson: background vocals 

Jolynda Phillips: background vocals 

Composed by Nicholas Payton (BMI) 

Produced by Nicholas Payton 

Recorded, mixed, mastered, and designed using the PAYTONEsonic™ programming process 

Recording Engineer: David Stoller 

Assistant Engineer: Emily Eck 

Mixing Engineer: Blake Leyh 

Recorded at The Shed, New Orleans, LA 

Mastering: Michael Fossenkemper, Turtletone Studios, NYC 
turtletonestudio.com 

Art Direction: Nicholas Payton 

Cover Painting: Ayanna Bassiouni 

Cover Design: Ayanna Bassiouni

The Egyptian Second Line

Now available for download. Link below! Thanks for keeping Dilla's legacy alive! 
http://bit.ly/HearFlowers

Watch the Flowers - A J Dilla Dedication music video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0V-78BUQ8Q

Flowers - A J Dilla Dedication is a hip-hop soul mash-up to celebrate J Dilla. 
See how many of my favorite songs match my favorite J Dilla beat, Flowers.

1. Angel - Anita Baker 
2. Just Wanna Be Your Girl - Teedra Moses
3. Love of My Life (A Ode to Hip-Hop) - Erykah Bade ft. Common
4. Turnin Me Up - BJ The Chicago Kid - 
5. All the Way Up ft. French Montana, Infared - Fat Joe, Remy Ma 
6. Love Don't Live Here Anymore -  Rose Royce 
7. Keep Ya Head Up - Tupac 
8. If I Ruled the World (Imagine That) - Nas
9. Don't Touch My Hair - Solange
10. Golden - Jill Scott
11. Alright - Ledisi
12. Joy and Pain - Maze & Frankie Beverly
13. It Never Rains - Tony! Toni! Tone!
14. Happy Feelin's - Maze & Frankie Beverly

Flowers - A J Dilla Dedication

Mona Ki Ngi Xica (Rmx)

Pre-Order 'Balance' LP / Digital - https://wonderwheelrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/balance

DL single - https://wonderwheelrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/chucum-w-nicola-cruz-remix

Pre-Order

El Búho - Chucum (Nicola Cruz Remix)

narcos remix ;)
I could only upload my half beat because of copyright

stream/buy

soy el fuego

De Alto Cedro voy para Marcané...

<a href='https://theartistunion.com/tracks/9fd33f'>Download for free on The Artist Union</a>

YIN (ENTERLUDE)by STEEZA [prod. NUGO]

NŪGO