The Pimps of Joytime

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Take The L Train

(Intro)
In the hush of early memory, shadows stretch, etching the shape of my childhood, a faded sketch, these stories built where recollections falter, passed down like soft inheritance on a sacred altar, a vibe that never alters.

(Verse 1)
Yeah, there's a way to weather all the dissonance, a method for that side-step, slipping through the crowd's dense ignorance, I gotta watch my rep, I'm not the raw self, nah, I'm clothed in this chosen form, the musician, the creator, the steady architect who's present in the storm. 'Cause anxiety, it always beckons from the edge of the unfamiliar, that cold, shaky premonition, but the stage, the song, these practiced hands, they make a sanctuary out of motion, that's the sacred mission.

(Chorus)
Control ain't found in dominance, it's that gentle occupation, it's the will to become the task, the purpose, that's the whole creation, it's not forgetting, nah, it's selective becoming, a remembrance shaped by resilience, while the tribal drums keep humming.

(Verse 2)
Every adaptation is a modest artistry, I'm naming the power to endure, that's the transformed part of me, see, it's the gift, this forging selfhood from all the broken fragments and the stories, I'm carving out my own station, man, I'm taking all the glory.

(Chorus)
Control ain't found in dominance, it's that gentle occupation, it's the will to become the task, the purpose, that's the whole creation, it's not forgetting, nah, it's selective becoming, a remembrance shaped by resilience, while the tribal drums keep humming.

(Outro)
Forging selfhood... just forging selfhood... from fragments... and stories... transformed presence... yeah...



Lyrics By: S.H. Sydness - Crunchy Creations - 2025


Sacred Mission

Through The Wire features Captain Planet's best & most sought-after remixes, pressed to 2xLP vinyl for the first time ever - guaranteed to get the party started worldwide. 

BUY VINYL / DOWNLOAD: 
https://djcaptainplanet.bandcamp.com/album/through-the-wire-remixes-2012-2015

Album available everywhere September 18th 

Buy Vinyl / Download

The Pimps of Joytime - Keep That Music Playin (Captain Planet Remix)

The Source

I Wish I Knew

Janxta Funk!

Blues Wit You

remix of Esperanza Spalding's The Peacocks and Elzhi's Colors

esperanza spalding & elzhi - the peacocks and colors (katrah-quey rmx)

Port Of Spain Hustle

Displaced Diaspora

Frontline (feat. Kevin Haynes)

San Francisco Bound

Walkin feat Roy Ayers

For her fourth edition in our recent Cover Series, Wax Poetics Records artist <a href="http://www.waxpoetics.com/wax-poetics-artists/kendra-morris">Kendra Morris</a> flips the Johnny Mathis track "No Love (But Your Love)," recognizable as the sample behind the Gravediggaz's "Diary of a Madman." The track is produced by Jeremy Page.

Kendra's debut album of all original material, <a href="http://www.waxpoetics.com/wax-poetics-records/banshee"><i>Banshee</i>,</a> dropped on Wax Poetics Records on August 28, 2012.

Every Tuesday, leading up to the release of the album, Wax Poetics will drop a new, free cover song by Kendra Morris.

Photo by <a href="http://nicecleanwhite.com/">Eric White</a>.

Cover series:

http://soundcloud.com/wax-poetics/kendra-morris-ride-the

http://soundcloud.com/wax-poetics/shine-on-you-crazy-diamond

http://soundcloud.com/wax-poetics/kendra-morris-wicked-game

http://soundcloud.com/wax-poetics/kendra-morris-im-real-ft


Kendra Morris "No Love (But Your Love)"

Pick up the 7" vinyl on Bandcamp!: https://thedurites.bandcamp.com/album/jheri-curl-b-w-du-vibrations-single

The first single from our upcoming fifth album.

Jheri Curl

Dj Afrobeat, R&B, Hiphop, Dancehall, Reggaeton, Reggae, Dub, Latino

Our new album ‘Reachin’ Up’ is OUT NOW! Listen here 👇
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Let’s take this thing it higher. 

Anyone familiar with the Pimps of Joytime live experience knows the feeling—it’s that moment when a deep bluesy groove morphs into a full-on EDM explosion, or the sensation when the wide-eyed audience collectively elevates in sync with the band’s irresistible energy.

On Jukestone Paradise, the Pimps of Joytime raise the bar with swagger to spare, crafting ten cohesive songs that ring out like the soundtrack for a ride through the diverse Brooklyn neighborhood where their sound materialized.  Pulling from lead guitarist and singer Brian J’s deep discography of influences, the creation of Jukestone Paradise began a decade ago, when he penned anthems like “Sky” and “Freedom Dancer,” all the way up to the album’s studio recording sessions.

You might accurately call the Pimps of Joytime a ‘post-genre’ band; they’re a group whose sound—even within a single song—mirrors the diversity of our era’s musical tastes. “It’s a sonic tapestry that’s representative of this time and place that we live in,” says Brian J. 

That’s where the Pimps excel, by mashing up ‘70s funk tones with modern dance beats, mixed with original samples creating their mosaic sound. For listeners weary of today’s DJ culture but eager to dance with abandon, the Pimps of Joytime are the antidote. 

“At our core, the Pimps of Joytime are not just dance music,” says Brian J of the band’s three-part harmony attack. “My first vocal mentor was a doo-wop singer, so I have a long-time love affair with vocal harmonies.”

With the release of Jukestone Paradise, the band makes official their solid touring lineup, featuring dual female vocalists and percussionists Mayteana Morales and Cole WilliamsX. And they’re hitting the road hard, continuing a constant touring schedule that’s already left prominent sets at festivals like Voodoo, Outside Lands, Bonnaroo and High Sierra in their wake.

Behind the frontlines are bassist/keyboardist David Bailis and drummer John Staten, forming the rhythmic backbone of the Pimps’ audible collage. And for Jukestone Paradise, they called in a few friends to lend their talents, including Ivan Neville, who lends New Orleans flavor to “Sky,” and Rubblebucket’s Alex Toth, who co-wrote the quirky and infectious “Dance Cardia.” 

Just as Brooklyn has changed since the Pimps started, so has the band’s sound. But as Williamsburg gentrifies, the Pimps of Joytime’s diverse evolution keeps the neighborhood’s spirit alive. That spirit goes into the Pimps’ pot, over a soulful roux of rhythm and groove.

Walkin feat Roy Ayers

Pimps of Joytime

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